Vietnam’s ‘Happiness Road’, Iceland, one fine day in the high Himalayas, Jeju, and more travel reads. Travel reads • A pulse-revving motorcycle journey on Vietnam’s ‘Happiness Road’ (archive)[NY Times Travel] “The roughly 230-mile Ha Giang Loop, six hours north of Hanoi, thrills riders with breathtaking views, cultural wonders, and plenty of twists and turns.” • […]

[The Travel Wire #57] Chile’s Route 7, an orangutan sanctuary in Borneo, Orkney, Taiwan’s underrated east coast, and more travel reads. Travel reads • How a century of tourism shaped the Bali we know today [Travel + Leisure] “A designer and author traces the lines between memory and marketing, place and performance behind tour beloved […]

[The Travel Wire #56] Rwanda, not a travel story, the “cool Camino”, Copacabana Beach, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Postmarked: Wallis and Futuna [Shellphone Chronicles] “Meet the tiny works of art that inspire travel dreams around the world.” • This is not a travel story [Trying!] “I built my career on artful narratives […]

[The Travel Wire #55] Following James Joyce from Dublin to Trieste by train, visiting the world’s most dangerous places, hungry at the airport, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Welcome to Syria’s fragile paradise [New Lines Magazine] “On a once-exclusive strip of Mediterranean coast, DJs, influencers and beach bars are testing how far freedom […]

[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 #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 #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 #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 #50] Old passenger ship hotel in Indonesia, hiking ancient Greek villages, Afghanistan, less bad travel, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Is Taiwan one of the world’s most underrated railway destinations? [Adventure] • He bought the world’s oldest passenger ship — and spent $18 million turning it into a hotel [CNN] […]