Perceptive Travel

It was 10 years ago when we published the very first issue of Perceptive Travel online magazine, which you can still see at that link. It’s got Rolf Potts, Jen Leo, Bruce Northam, Peter Moore, and Harold Stephens, plus me reviewing some books like the very first edition of Signspotting. We started off with a …

We kicked things off with an eight-year retrospective in January, then presented some of the best travel writing of 2014 the rest of the year in the virtual pages of Perceptive Travel. That issue marked the debut of Canadian writer Jerry Kobalenko, a man who thinks its fun to hike across snow-blown plains in sub-zero …

I launched Perceptive Travel webzine in 2006 and the blog soon after. It’s won a slew of “best travel writing” awards and gotten stories into travel writing anthologies. Each month the webzine publishes interesting narratives from wandering authors as well as reviews of new travel books and world music albums. In the first month of …

“I like going on group tours because there are no surprises,” a traveler I met once told me. “I know the whole travel itinerary in advance and someone else is taking care of all the arrangements.” Oh, but how many things does she miss by aiming for a trip with no surprises? Travel surprises can …

We published a lot of terrific material over at Perceptive Travel in 2012 and added a dozen more travel writing awards to the virtual shelf. We affirmed that we are home to the best travel stories from book authors on the move. We kicked off the year by celebrating our 5th birthday. I was so happy …