The Travel Wire: How a century of tourism shaped the Bali we know today

[The Travel Wire #57] Chile’s Route 7, an orangutan sanctuary in Borneo, Orkney, Taiwan’s underrated east coast, and more travel reads.

Travel reads

• How a century of tourism shaped the Bali we know today [Travel + Leisure]
“A designer and author traces the lines between memory and marketing, place and performance behind tour beloved Bali.”

• Chile’s Route 7: A tough, lonely drive to the end of the world (archive) [BBC Travel]
“Chile’s Carretera Austral remains one of the world’s most remote and spectacular road trips, where every kilometre tests your resolve and rewards your persistence.”

• Notes on Bao Loc – Like Da Lat as it once was [Nomadic Notes]

• An orangutan sanctuary in Borneo is giving the endangered primates a second chance, just when they need it most [Smithsonian Magazine]

• On travel writing [New Worlder]
“My history with the medium and a question for the future.”

• Wong Kar-wai’s Bangkok: The sites of “In the Mood for Love” [draft punk]
“A love letter to memory, diaspora, and Bangkok’s Chinatown.”

• I went on a cold vacation and I didn’t hate it [Get Lost with Lonely Planet]
“Maybe the beach isn’t all it’s cracked up to be…”

• ‘It’s more than a pretty backdrop’: crime writer Ann Cleeves on the magic of Orkney in Scotland [The Guardian]

• Finding home after a lifetime of motion [Roberta Hill, Wander After 70]
“What returning after fifty years away revealed about belonging.”

• Taiwan’s underrated east coast is a gem for nature lovers (archive) [NY Times Travel]
“The island’s lesser-known rugged side delivers staggering natural scenery and a range of outdoor experiences.”

• Turkmenistan is not cool. [Nomad Life]
“Part 1: The Gates of Hell.”

• Adventurer crosses Moroccan desert on Norway-to-Amazon expedition [ExplorersWeb]