The Travel Wire: best travel reads #8

[Travel Newsletter 1 November 2024] Las Vegas, Australia's 'big things' obsession, airline magazines, private train cars, and more travel reads

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“In the mid 1980s, barely any foreigners had visited China, let alone lived there - but American Brian Linden was already on the ground, and headed overland to Tibet.”

“With the recent unveiling of the biggest tractor sculpture in WA, Australia's list of 'big things' is getting bigger. Here are some of the most iconic structures and the stories behind them.”

“On hitching your luxury shuttle to an Amtrak, codependency, and industrial barons.”

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James Clark.