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Polite Vikings, Juggling Backpackers, and Grilled Lamb’s Face

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 Posted in Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel, Travel books | No Comments »

A headline like that can only mean one thing - the new issue of Perceptive Travel is out. We've got Notes Towards a True Historie of the Vikings, Backpacker Cabaret at the Jugglers Rest Youth Hostel, and Extreme Eating in Morocco ...

A Puppet Opera, Dead Rock Stars, and a Mysterious Legionnaire

Thursday, September 6th, 2007 Posted in Perceptive Travel, Travel books | 1 Comment »

Plus mysterious archeology and a romp through the safe danger of Costa Rica. It's all just another issue of the Perceptive Travel webzine. Of course there are also the usual reviews of new travel books plus reviews of interesting world ...

Win a Steripen Traveler

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in Perceptive Travel, Travel gear, contests | No Comments »

I run a separate travel gear blog where I spout off on practical gear that really works. Back in June I posted an enthusiastic review of the SteriPEN Traveler, an item I used in Guatemala and found to be fan-fricken-tastic. ...

Pyongyang Slide Show

Saturday, August 4th, 2007 Posted in Perceptive Travel, Travel books | No Comments »

In the late 90s I spent over a year living in a suburb of Seoul, South Korea. From the top of a large hill near our apartment we could see North Korea. Being that close, naturally our parents thought we ...

Ayahuasca, Sankranthi, and Acrophobia

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 Posted in Leffel projects, Perceptive Travel, Travel adventures | 2 Comments »

If you know what all three of those words in the title mean, you're either a very smart person or you've just read the July issue of Perceptive Travel. Yeah, we're a few days late, but it's a holiday week for ...