Weekly travel reads: A challenging trek in Tibet

[The Travel Wire #77] Passport privilege, when intuition becomes your guide, Nigeria, Guatemala thirty years after my first visit, and more travel reads.

Travel reads

• Short of breath, but finding peace, at 18,000 feet (archive) [NY Times Travel]
“A writer grapples with the death of her sister, and the end of a marriage, during a challenging trek in Tibet.”

• Passport privilege, the fear of ‘Third World’ passports, and why we have a long way to go [Adventure]
“With tourist visas for Global South travelers increasingly hard to come by, who gets to travel (and to where) remains politically charged, writes Indian travel editor and journalist Akanksha Singh.”

• When intuition becomes your guide [Toni Travels]
“There’s a difference between wanting to go somewhere and being called to it. One is a preference. The other is a knowing you can’t talk yourself out of, even when you try.”

• Where to start with Nigeria? [Trailing Ivy]
“A country that messed with our heads.”

• Guatemala, 30 years later [Travelling Troubadour]
“Thirty years after my first visit, I found beauty unchanged and history impossible to ignore.”

• A land before time [Scott Monaco]
“Among dragons and drifting reefs, control is an illusion.”

• The dark side of Dark Tourism [The Wandering Environmentalist]
“How do we remember places with difficult histories?”

• Why this tidal island in Northumberland is so special [Independent]
“Holy Island is a magical place, rich with nature and history – and best enjoyed when the tide comes in, writes Helen Wilson-Beevers.”

• I tried to swim to Sweden [Postcards I Forgot to Send]

• Zagreb – Europe’s quirkiest capital? [Alex & Beyond]
“Offbeat museums, local lore, and a city for the curious.”

• Beyond the crowds – rethinking travel [Add This To Your Itinerary]
“I’ve been meaning to write about overtourism for months. Turns out, I’m part of the problem too. A deep dive into why our travel habits might need a reset.”