[The Travel Wire #54] From accidental hiker to climbing 87 mountains, a road trip to Turkey’s fairytale north-east, and more travel reads. • Five travel rules you should always break [A Sense of Wander] A new newsletter by Eric Weiner, author of The Geography of Bliss, among other great travel books. • She went from […]
The Travel Wire: Has Tulum lost its luster?
[The Travel Wire #53] Swiss cows, Digital Nomad Village in East Sikkim, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Has Tulum lost its luster? [Mexico Soul] “Facing sargassum, beach fees and inflated prices—can Tulum reverse the trend?” • When the cows come home in the Alps, the Swiss eat raclette [Smithsonian Magazine] “Every September, dairy […]
The Travel Wire: The Little Osaka of Thailand
[The Travel Wire #52] The Doğu Express, carefree or clueless travel, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Notes on Sri Racha – The Little Osaka of Thailand [Nomadic Notes] • All aboard the Doğu Express, the cult Turkish train you’ve never heard of [Adventure] “Traveling 800 miles from the Turkish capital Ankara to the […]
The Travel Wire: Albania seizes its moment in the sun
[The Travel Wire #51] Sarajevo, a little walk across Tokyo, Turku, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Sarajevo [The Unplugged Traveler] “There were the Middle Eastern tourists who come in part for Sarajevo’s mosques and Ottoman history, but perhaps more for the refreshing temperatures and– if the line of ladies crowding the aisles of […]
The Travel Wire: best travel reads #50
Taiwan the railway destination, old passenger ship hotel in Indonesia, hiking ancient Greek villages, Afghanistan, less bad travel, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/22-august-2025
The Travel Wire: best travel reads #49
Notes on Bac Ninh, the lost art of hitchhiking, hill-tribe trek in Vietnam, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/15-august-2025
The Travel Wire: best travel reads #48
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
The Travel Wire: best travel reads #47
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 Travel Wire: best travel reads #46
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
The Travel Wire: best travel reads #45
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
