Welcome to the April 2020 issue of online magazine Perceptive Travel, the home of great travel stories from book authors and the latest notable travel book reviews. This month it's a "Salute to the Adventure Guides" retrospective, with narrative stories on venturing into the wild:
Rent a Real Man in Borneo by Bruce Northam
Addicted to the conveniences of modern-day life, a city dweller ventures to the wilds of Sarawak, Malaysia, and discovers the ultimate jack-of-all-trades.
Lessons in Leadership While Horseback Riding in Iceland by Julia Hubbel
Riding horses in Iceland into the vast countryside can be treacherous even in the best months, so when trouble strikes, there had better be a good travel guide leader in control of the journey.
Into a Lost World: El Triunfo, Chiapas by Nick Rider
An itch to fill an unknown space on the map leads via a long mountain trek to a cloud forest vastness of amazing riches in the wildest part of Mexico.
Travels with Tarzan in the Amazon Jungle by James Michael Dorsey
Entering the rainforest along the Amazon River with a local guide, a traveler gets a deeper insight into this mysterious world and its magic with a man of the jungle.
The Mountain Men Who Don't Exist in Kyrgyzstan by Kirsten Koza
Visiting a mountain lake that doesn't appear on their map of Kyrgyzstan, a group of campers encounters a group of threatening men with mysterious origins.
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