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

Mardi Gras the Balkan way, tracing a travel writer’s legacy in Taiwan, Japan’s abandoned industrial island of Hashima, in search of a legendary skiing village. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/31-january-2025

Cycling the Namib desert, Yogyakarta, cargo ship cruise through the Marquesas Islands, the Maha Kumbh Mela, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/24-january-2025

Bangkok is the definitive city of the 2020s, the cyberpunk megacity Chongqing, Greenland, the original Las Vegas, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/17-january-2025

Notes on places to go in 2025, the borderless Capital of Culture, powerful passports, where to go by train in Europe. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/10-january-2025

On travel media’s misguided obsession with the “local” experience, navigating reverse culture shock, Laos, Sardinia, Mekong Delta in harvest season, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/3-january-2025

After the tsunami, a hike through Iceland’s Highlands, the practice of travel, best travel books of 2024, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/27-december-2024

Walking London’s Overground lines, airport typeface, Siargao (x2), big roadside things, and more travel reads. View at https://thetravelwire.beehiiv.com/p/20-december-2024