Polar Bears, A Farmer’s Invisible Kite, and a Chain-smoking Deity
October 1st, 2009 Posted in Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel, Travel books, Travel music, contests
Those three things go together like…a new issue of Perceptive Travel!
Follow that link over to the new issue page or go to individual stories below. Meanwhile, we’re giving away underwear this month. Not just any underwear, but three pairs of ExOfficio travel underwear in your choice of style or color. You can only win if you’re a newsletter subscriber though, so go sign up before the newsletter goes out on the 2nd. If you’ve missed this one, don’t worry. There’s a new prize every month.
Amy Rosen, who has won a shelf full of awards for her Perceptive Travel stories, returns from a trip communing with polar bears on Hudson Bay in very northern Canada.
Luke Armstrong returns with a tale about Guatemala, Lake Atitlan, and that chain-smoking wooden godhead Maximón.
We welcome frequent Travelers’ Tales anthologies editor Amy Carlson with her tale of hiking the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail in Japan.
Graham Reid reviews some interesting new world music CDs and I review three new travel books, including the disgustingly entertaining Extreme Cuisine book.
Go check it out!



