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

Tirana’s pyramid, A hike through stormy Daisetsuzan, Riga, Australia’s biggest lake, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/6-june-2025

Notes on Bandung, walking Britain’s entire coast, Lord Howe Island, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/30-may-2025

Japan’s unstaffed train stations, Luxembourg by bus, Germany’s Camino trek, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/23-may-2025

Coffee farms, hobo handbook, surfing Siargao, fake travel photos, Famagusta ghost town, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/16-may-2025

Hitchhiking, “Beni York”, The Ertholm Islands, abandoned hotels, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/9-may-2025