The latest issue of Perceptive Travel contains, as usual, some of the best travel stories on the web . But this time they all focus on other superlatives.
Shelley Seale makes her debut with a story on the people of the Atacama Desert in Chile , living in what is reportedly the driest place on Earth.
Laurie Gough, author of Kiss the Sunset Pig, is back with a piece on what some studies have found to be the happiest place on Earth: Bhutan . Which makes her wonder: Can a country using happiness as a guiding principle really deliver—despite intrusions from the outside world?
Bruce Northam, author of Globetrotter Dogma, returns with a story on Rio in Brazil , but not the Rio you see in all the glossy tourism brochures. But it’s really about a happy dog…
Laurence Mitchell reviews a batch of new world music releases , including one that chronicles the music of Byzantium, I mean Constantinople, I mean Istanbul. Susan Griffith checks out some notable new travel books , on Paris and Central America.
See the whole December 2011 issue here .
As always, we’re giving away a cool prize to newsletter subscribers and Facebook followers. This month it’s two different backpacks from Guerrilla Packs . Two readers are going to get nice post-holiday presents. To figure out how to get in the running, see the home page of Perceptive Travel .
