I’ve never really considered myself a particularly perceptive traveller. Indeed there have been many instances where I haven’t figured out what was going on until I’ve been home for a couple of months. It’s never anything really important. That the guy forcefully asking me for money in a darkened alley was really trying to mug me, for instance. Or that the girl I thought was just being friendly was interested in something more.
So you can imagine my surprise when I was asked to 
contribute to a new website called Perceptive Travel. I liked the fact that it billed itself as ‘a web magazine written for independent travelers with open senses and open minds’ but I was worried that it might be all a little too worthy and philosophical. Then they accepted my piece about dressing up in a loin cloth and hunting monkeys in Sumatra and my mind was put at ease. I also got to do the music reviews which is something I’ve always wanted to do.
Anyway, the site just went live today so you’re welcome to judge for yourselves. You’ll find it here >>>
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Went there and read, and that was quite a story Mr Moore … but how can we believe it’s not some big Aussie ‘yarn’ … we need photographs … just one of the Aussie blokes in costume will suffice.
Hi Di – It’s true, every word of it you doubting Kiwi. Trouble is the photographic evidence is locked up in a storage unit in Sydney. Next time I’m there I’ll dig them out and scan them. But until then you’ll just have to imagine what a truly horrific sight it was!
So how about a book about this stage of your travels, now that you’re more tied down?
Hey Peter, cool story, but this bit worries me greatly :- “In his jungle hide he’d silently pull an arrow from his quiver and deftly put in place, waiting until he got a clear shot of the king monkey, the biggest of them all, still scratching his balls after a quick shag”.
Magwa has top dexterity, to be holding a bow and arrow steady and scratching his balls at the same time ??!!!!!!!!! Just kidding mate !!!
Alex
A storage unit in Sydney … uh huh.
Verrry convenient, not saying that I don’t believe you (merely implying it).
Hey, met an American the other day and one of her first questions was, ‘Do you guys really say Crickey?’ Steve Irwin has a lot to answer for however, I have been known to laughingly say to my Belgian, ‘By crickey, you’re in a wee bit of trouble’ … but that aside, I said ‘Yeah, and there’s even a book coming out by that name … this Aussie guy has written some really good stuff’. So make sure the Belgian book distributors do their work.
I could make a fuss in bookshops around Belgium, but it seems a bit hollow while I’m waiting for permission to reside and lack anything like an income. Bookshops are my ‘my place of worship’ I don’t want to mess with the staff.
‘Struth, I have truly heard Aussies say “Crikey” (with gusto) on several occasions.
Likely release date for ‘Crikey’ in the UK ? Re-reading ‘Wrong Way Home’ at the moment – had forgotten how edgy Bosnia had been for Peter
Hey there, just thought I’d let you know that two friends have written in recent days, thanking me for recommending your books to them … a Canuck, and the Kiwi who had to sign up in the library queue to get one of them down there in Dunedin.
Soon you’ll have insatiable fans harassing you here, since I’ve been handing out your website willy nilly too. Hmmmm, where’s that whip-cracking emoticon …
Peter – what chance a book comprised of the various article-type pieces you’ve written? You could even run a competition on your website for suggestions re. a suitable title…
Just read ‘Vroom’ by the way – Loved it! My Dad used to have a Vespa (he was a Mod in the 60s), am now trying to get him to read it.
Thanks for the link, Perceptive Travel is great! I loved your article and your music reviews. However, I’ll have to second Di and ask for photographic evidence