The Travel Wire: best travel reads #66

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 up.”

• On this remote Canadian island, there are more wild horses than humans [afar]
“Sable Island National Park Reserve is one of Canada’s most distinctive protected landscapes. Getting there is an adventure all its own.”

• Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere [Without Maps]
“Writer Jan Morris came before me, and showed me where to go.”

• He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over. (archive) [Washington Post]
“Karl Bushby is expected to finish his globe-walking expedition by September 2026.”

• Three months in Brazil: useful and delightfully irrelevant observations [Wander, Wonder, Write]

• The case for taking the same holiday again and again [BBC Travel]

• What we should expect to see is what we will see [Scott Monaco]
“A journey to the quiet edge of Zimbabwe.”

• These travel influencers don’t want freebies. They’re A.I. (archive) [The New York Times]
“Social media posts by A.I.-created travel avatars cost far less to produce, yet look and sound real. Human influencers worry they’re being elbowed out.”

• Chania unwrapped: Venetian alleyways and Christmas lights [Claire in Crete]

• ‘When the church door opens, it’s like a miracle’: the phone app that’s a key to Italy’s religious art [The Guardian]

• Postcards from Paternoster [Marita Bester]
“Exploring the beaches, flavours, and local voices of Paternoster.”

• Mdina in Malta is known as the ‘Silent City’—here’s why [National Geographic]
“With its Roman mosaics, grand stately homes and baroque city gates, this small Maltese city preserves traces of its ancient history.”