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The Tranquilo Traveler is a celebration of voluntourism, slow travel, and other interesting ways to see the world. Travel writer and award- winning Moon Handbooks author Joshua Berman created The Tranquilo Travel as a resource for world trippers and international volunteers, a window to the author’s travels in Nicaragua, Belize, and beyond, and an update of his books and articles.
New Article in Perceptive Travel
By Joshua | March 1st, 2006 | 
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Please enjoy my spankin’ fresh essay in the new issue of Perceptive Travel:
Nothing to Achieve: In the Place of Enlightenment, Joshua Berman learns that being a pilgrim in the Mahabodhi Temple is about more than mere religion.
The piece was written about a full moon visit to the most sacred tree in the world: the Place of Enlightenment in Bodhgaya, India, where the Buddha attained enlightenment. The series of blog postings from that visit begins with footsteps and continues with reports about our meditation retreat.
Perceptive Travel is a relatively new publication, updated bimonthly, and self-described as “a web site for independent travelers with open senses and open minds.” I’m in some pretty good company, so please also enjoy the other essays in the March/April edition.
3 Responses to “New Article in Perceptive Travel”
Enjoyed reading your article in Perceptive Travel immensely. Having just come from from visiting with you and Sutay and spending time amongst Buddhists in Thailand and Cambodia, your words describing the monk’s sadness to leave that sacred place moved me to tears. Keep up the wonderful job of taking us right along with you to astonishing places.
Miss you both,
Carrie
Had read your article when you were travelling through India. Had an opportunity to finally visit Bodh Gaya. It was magical. Thought you would enjoy the photographs at http://www.soumya.org/genesis/2008/01/monks-and-monla.html
Regards
-Soumya
http://soumya.org
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Enjoyed the article. Smart people like to flap their chops about the glory days of travel writing being over, but the times we live in provide for more irony than ever. Who is a tourist? What is sacred? What is profane? Who the hell knows?
Also, wanted to let you know that I spent a few weeks in Nicaragua this summer and found your guidebook to be one of the better I have used in my travels.
Keep up the good work.