The Travel Wire: best travel reads #63

Backpacking Greenland, Bangkok during a coup in 1992, the Dolomite Mountains, Somalia, and more travel reads.

Travel reads

• Greenland is notoriously expensive. I tried to visit on a shoestring [Independent]
“Most people visit the country on an expensive cruise or guided tour – Anna Richards attempted to backpack it.”

• Sukhumvit under siege: A bar, a coup, and a very bad idea – Bangkok, 1992 [qbarandrew]

• The European region with a ‘split personality’ [BBC Travel]
“Straddling Italy and Austria, the Dolomite Mountains blend three languages, two identities and one breathtaking landscape – but their delicate balance is being tested.”

• If Somalia is dangerous, why is it experiencing a surge in tourism? [CNN Travel]

• Our road trip in Japan: Searching for autumn colors in the mountains of Honshu [Brent and Michael Are Going Places]

• This country is so obscure, no guidebook for it exists. So I wrote one (archive) [Traveller]

• Is the border officer in a good mood? [Without Maps]
“Traveling with my muslim & queer friend when the world still builds walls.”

• Why Ek Balam remains one of the Yucatán’s hidden gems [Mexico Soul]

• The gap year I finally took — 35 years late [Benthall Adventures — A Slow Travel Journal.]

• An ode to Vũng Tàu, Saigon’s unwavering summer crush [Saigoneer]

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