The Travel Wire

[The Travel Wire #79] Iran, the overlooked Canary Island, Sri Lanka’s little-known north, and more travel reads. Travel reads • I took a solo railway trip across the largest landlocked country in the world [Adventure] “Boarding a cavernous platzkart to cross the Central Asian steppe the slow way, writer Kate Bettes embarks on a 26-hour rail […]

[The Travel Wire #78] The best way to understand India is to travel by train, ‘Serengeti of South America’, travel without an audience, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Cheese, beer and divine intervention in Bumthang, Bhutan’s spiritual heartland [Eastside Asia] “As a Bhutanese, I often get asked by curious travellers: “Where is your favourite […]

[The Travel Wire #77] Passport privilege, when intuition becomes your guide, Nigeria, Guatemala thirty years after my first visit, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Short of breath, but finding peace, at 18,000 feet (archive) [NY Times Travel] “A writer grapples with the death of her sister, and the end of a marriage, during a […]

[The Travel Wire #76] Mumbai, the fantastic Faroes, Tunisia, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The last yak herder of Ladakh [Noema] “As glaciers melt and traditions fade, one man’s journey across Ladakh’s sacred pastures is a living archive of a disappearing way of life.” • My City: Mumbai – an homage to the Indian metropolis […]

[The Travel Wire #75] Pedal from the end of the Lofoten Islands to Vardø, my beach paradise is somewhere most tourists ignore, visiting my accountant in Pakistan, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Surf shacks and ocean breezes: welcome to Riviera Nayarit (archive) [NY Times Travel] “A budget-friendly stretch of coastal towns in Mexico offers […]