[The Travel Wire #83] Kerala’s houseboating scene, Outside the resort walls in Jamaica, Greenland’s last ferry, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Lessons from 10 months travelling in Iran (archive) [Financial Review] “I’m often asked what Iranians are really like and what it’s like to travel there. From being arrested to redefining hospitality, this is […]

[The Travel Wire #82] Hiking the Annapurna Circuit, Valencia, Bucharest’s accidental urban wilderness, and more travel reads. Travel reads • A cruise through history on the Canal du Midi [The Guardian] “Designed as a shortcut between the Atlantic and the Med, today the scenic waterway from Toulouse to Sète is seen as a living ‘work of […]

[The Travel Wire #81] Surf in Malaysia, travel in the early 2000s, Kilimanjaro, hike around this Spanish island, and more travel reads. Travel reads • ‘It was too much to handle’: What happens when remote travel goes wrong (archive) [BBC Travel] “The idea of being a castaway on a desert island has an irresistibly romantic appeal: […]

[The Travel Wire #80] What 1990s travel can teach us about the coming airfare crisis, a return to Nagasaki, Bali is not “ruined”, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Turkey’s best budget train ride is an 800 mile journey east [Independent] “In search of an affordable way to cross the country, Richard Collett boarded the […]

[The Travel Wire #79] How Lonely Planet stopped serving the very people it was created for, Tehran, the Surin Islands, Tobacco Caye, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Totally Med: exploring Menton, where the French and Italian rivieras meet [The Guardian] “Feted for its warm winters and famous lemons, the seaside border town has attracted […]

[The Travel Wire #79] Iran, the overlooked Canary Island, Sri Lanka’s little-known north, and more travel reads. Travel reads • I took a solo railway trip across the largest landlocked country in the world [Adventure] “Boarding a cavernous platzkart to cross the Central Asian steppe the slow way, writer Kate Bettes embarks on a 26-hour rail […]

[The Travel Wire #78] The best way to understand India is to travel by train, ‘Serengeti of South America’, travel without an audience, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Cheese, beer and divine intervention in Bumthang, Bhutan’s spiritual heartland [Eastside Asia] “As a Bhutanese, I often get asked by curious travellers: “Where is your favourite […]

[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 […]

[The Travel Wire #76] Mumbai, the fantastic Faroes, Tunisia, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The last yak herder of Ladakh [Noema] “As glaciers melt and traditions fade, one man’s journey across Ladakh’s sacred pastures is a living archive of a disappearing way of life.” • My City: Mumbai – an homage to the Indian metropolis […]

[The Travel Wire #75] Pedal from the end of the Lofoten Islands to Vardø, my beach paradise is somewhere most tourists ignore, visiting my accountant in Pakistan, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Surf shacks and ocean breezes: welcome to Riviera Nayarit (archive) [NY Times Travel] “A budget-friendly stretch of coastal towns in Mexico offers […]