[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 a relaxing antidote to hot spots like Cancún and Puerto Vallarta.”
• Darkest North [Sidetracked]
“All I have to do is one final gear check, close up my saddlebags, and I’m ready to start this adventure. From now on the plan is simple: pedal from the end of the Lofoten Islands to Vardø, easternmost point of Norway – 1,400km through the forests of northern Scandinavia. But simple doesn’t mean easy. Yesterday, December 13th, was the start of the polar night, and 25 days of Arctic darkness and deep cold lie ahead.”
• My beach paradise is somewhere most tourists ignore as they pass through (archive) [Traveller]
“If you’ve been to Koh Tao, chances are you’ve been to Chumphon. Transited through it, in any case. To you, it would have been little more than a bus stop, a train station and the Lomprayah pier, but to me, it’s paradise.”
• Visiting my accountant in Pakistan Part 1: Kashgar, the journey begins [Ming Khor]
“Eating my way through the ancient silk road to reach my accountant.”
• Why western Sicily is Italy’s emerging arts hub [The Guardian]
“Art is helping to revitalise Sicily’s ghost towns and deserted urban spaces, with the earthquake-hit town of Gibellina becoming Italy’s first Capital of Contemporary Art.”
• A quest for Fukuoka’s postmodern architecture [eastside]
• An unspoiled haven for digital nomads still exists — for now [Business Insider]
“The boom reshaping Vietnam’s central coast is dividing opinion: Is Da Nang on the verge of a new era or headed toward gentrification?”
• Khon Kaen [Sam Mendelsohn]
“Nice modern city, fun and charming, great food, temples, cafes, art galleries, Sinxay, and more!”
• The Illuminations of Utrecht [The Unplugged Traveler]
“Art, magic, and a Dutch version of Platform 9¾.”
• The Italian city where life is sweetest in winter (archive) [BBC Travel]
“February is when much of Italy hibernates. But in Turin – an elegant ducal city at the foot of the Italian Alps – this frigid month is when the city comes alive.”
• Mauritius Diaries. December 2025. Part 2. Flic en Flac to La Preneuse. [Hungry for travel by Igor]
• Upcoming ‘Dracula Land’ will turn the classic gothic horror into a real-life theme park in Romania [My Modern Met]
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