The fall of Lonely Planet, my city: Tokyo, how not to see everything, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/11-april-2025

Paris’s rewilded railway line, French Polynesia, visting Shanghai now, airline safety videos, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/4-april-2025

The new American travel anxiety, an 8,000-mile rail journey from England to the Taj Mahal, walking in solitude and sunshine in Sicily, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/28-march-2025

The unlikely revival of a great Middle Eastern railroad , the end of the line in South Sumatra, the dark side of wanderlust, the car-free village reached by cable car, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/21-march-2025

Former and active DMZs, the powder capital of Asia, Rembrandt’s Amsterdam, the world’s biggest heavy metal cruise. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/14-march-2025

Ireland’s time-warped island of Owey, never become a travel expert, Cambodia’s floating villages, the low-key pleasures of Taipei, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/7-march-2025

Exploring ‘the last paradise on Earth’—in a sea kayak, Koh Mak, Visiting the Beatles ashram in Rishikesh, The London Tunnels. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/28-february-2025

50 years of travel tips, Vietnam’s Ha Giang loop, the ‘White Lotus effect’, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/21-february-2025

Discover Shimokitazawa (Tokyo), the weird psychology of airports, the hidden side of Ho Chi Minh City, Uzbekistan’s tourism boom, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/14-february-2025

La Rambla in Montevideo, retro snow train to the Dolomites, Egypt’s ‘other’ pyramids, the illusion of conquering countries through travel. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/7-february-2025