The Travel Wire

[The Travel Wire #84] One day in Jakarta, shooting for Lonely Planet, Ngorongoro Crater, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Inside the world’s best airport: Why does Changi keep winning? [BBC Travel] “Singapore’s Changi Airport is famous for its waterfall, butterfly garden and seamless transit. But its real competitive edge is behind the scenes.” • The […]

[The Travel Wire #83] Kerala’s houseboating scene, Outside the resort walls in Jamaica, Greenland’s last ferry, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Lessons from 10 months travelling in Iran (archive) [Financial Review] “I’m often asked what Iranians are really like and what it’s like to travel there. From being arrested to redefining hospitality, this is […]

[The Travel Wire #82] Hiking the Annapurna Circuit, Valencia, Bucharest’s accidental urban wilderness, and more travel reads. Travel reads • A cruise through history on the Canal du Midi [The Guardian] “Designed as a shortcut between the Atlantic and the Med, today the scenic waterway from Toulouse to Sète is seen as a living ‘work of […]

[The Travel Wire #81] Surf in Malaysia, travel in the early 2000s, Kilimanjaro, hike around this Spanish island, and more travel reads. Travel reads • ‘It was too much to handle’: What happens when remote travel goes wrong (archive) [BBC Travel] “The idea of being a castaway on a desert island has an irresistibly romantic appeal: […]

[The Travel Wire #80] What 1990s travel can teach us about the coming airfare crisis, a return to Nagasaki, Bali is not “ruined”, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Turkey’s best budget train ride is an 800 mile journey east [Independent] “In search of an affordable way to cross the country, Richard Collett boarded the […]