The Alishan Forest Train, travel to the same place, eight trains from the UK to Turkey, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/8-august-2025

Guidebooks for China, self-navigating cars in the Faroe Islands, Bruges, the tiny Australian town that became a Nepalese village, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/1-august-2025

The centuries-old abandoned farmhouses of Puglia, how to travel like Anthony Bourdain, when the icebergs came to town, some of Portugal’s best beaches, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/25-july-2025

How travel has changed in 20 years, notes on Surabaya, we won’t see most of the world, puffins in Ireland, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/18-july-2025

Zero Zen in Kyoto and overtourism in Japan, Guizhou’s best-kept secret, Ulaanbaatar, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/11-july-2025

Spain’s Sierra de la Demanda, North Korea’s huge new beach resort, Europe’s longest train journey, quokkas of Rottnest Island, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/4-july-2025

Sri Lanka’s Main Line railway, Saigon Zoo, travel blogging and AI, Greece’s tiny Island of outcasts, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/27-june-2025

Yemen’s Al-Qahira Castle, An Innocent Abroad in Mark Twain’s Paris, the best books on long-distance journeys, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/20-june-2025

Comparing Da Nang and Nha Trang, the secret CIA base in Laos, the reinvention of Catania, Sumba is not Bali, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/13-june-2025

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