The Travel Wire

[The Travel Wire #70] Notes on Afghanistan, Georgia’s western Pankisi Valley, Mauritius beyond the beach, and more travel reads. Travel reads • ‘A place of darkness and light’: the uninhabited Japanese island that became a rabbit paradise [The Guardian] “Once host to a poisonous gas research facility, Okunoshima is now an Instagram-friendly tourist destination.” • Notes on […]

[The Travel Wire #69] Skiing through a winter wonderland in Norway, Finland’s European Capital of Culture, notes on Taiwan, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The TAZARA turns 50 [Al Jazeera] “Riding the troubled railway line between Tanzania and Zambia as China moves to rebuild it.” • In Norway, skiing through a winter wonderland (archive) [NY […]

[The Travel Wire #68] On synchronicity, Bissau, Mount Fuji, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The island without time (archive) [The Atlantic] “I traveled above the Arctic Circle to find out whether a town really can live free from the clock.” [Norwegian fishing village of Sommarøy, located above the Arctic Circle.] • On synchronicity [The Unplugged Traveler] […]

[The Travel Wire #67] Lagoons of Lençóis Maranhenses, Yangon, and more travel reads. Travel reads • I hiked right up to the Vatican’s back door on this underrated Italian camino [Adventure] • Brazil’s lagoon-filled desert you can hike barefoot [BBC Travel] “Lençóis Maranhenses looks like a desert, but it’s alive with shimmering pools, remote villages and ancient paths that […]

El Salvador, Sable Island National Park Reserve, Trieste, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Regenerating a nation [Wanderlust] “As El Salvador and its people seek to move on from the violence of the recent past, what is now reportedly one of the safest countries in Latin America is still waiting for its global reputation to catch […]