Paragliding with Vultures, Flying Giant Guatemalan Kites, and Finding the Scene of The Scream

It’s time for a new issue of Perceptive Travel, home to the best travel stories on the web. If you don’t believe me, check out the just-announced results of the Solas “best travel writing” awards . We took home six of them. I got two golds, Luke Armstrong won a gold, Beebe Bahrami got a gold, Chris Epting got a silver, and Gloria Kirchheimer got a silver. This is a month after scoring another five from NATJA . Sweet.

In this issue we travel to Norway with Chris Epting to see if the place painted in The Scream actually exists.

Luke Armstrong takes us to a festival in Guatemala around Day of the Dead where people try to get giant handmade kites aloft.

Michael Buckley tries parahawking in Nepal . Parawhat? Check out the cool video of his below to get a sampling.

We’ve also got a new batch of travel book reviews and world music reviews .

Are you signed up for the newsletter ? ‘Cause each month we give away something cool. This time it’s a great camera backpack from LowePro. See the home page for a picture and link.