Welcome to the October 2019 issue of online magazine Perceptive Travel, the home of great travel stories from book authors and the latest notable travel book reviews. Here's what we've got in store for you:
My Palestinian Pillows by James Michael Dorsey
A traveler looks back on a visit to Jordan with a Palestinian guide packing heat...
Shifting Gears in Baracoa, Cuba by Heidi Siefkas
It's best to go with the flow while riding the picturesque back roads of eastern Cuba in a '54 Plymouth.
Digital Detox While Connecting With Nature: Four Weeks Unplugged in Remote Canada by Julia Hubbel
A writer feeling the effects of too much time online saddles up and heads into one of the most remote areas of North America: the Muskwa-Kechika Wilderness of British Colombia.
Footsteps of Frost: The Poet's Path in England by Megan Eaves
A writer who discovered the beauty of language through Robert Frost goes walking in his footsteps in the English countryside, thorns and all.
Travel Book Reviews - Susan Griffith
Travel book reviews of From the Lion's Mouth: A Journey Along the Indus, The Rough Guide to the 100 Best Places on Earth 2020, and he World’s Cheapest Destinations: 26 Countries Where Your Travel Money is Worth a Fortune .
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