The Travel Wire: best travel reads #14

The Pamir Trail, country counting, Grimsey, coast to coast walk across Northern England, an overland journey to North Macedonia, and more travel reads.

Welcome to The Travel Wire (by Nomadic Notes), where I curate the best travel reads of the week.

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Travel reads

• Building the Pamir Trail

“Charting a thru hike across the Roof of the World.”

• How many countries have you visited? Inside the quest to become the world’s “biggest” traveler

• The Italian town that becomes a giant, goose-themed board game each fall

“With teams competing in outlandish physical challenges, the Zogo dell’Oca of Mirano showcases Italy’s flair for invented traditions.”

• Postcard from the edge

“The green valleys and hills of the Khasi are part of – yet somehow apart from – India. And they have a shared history with another marginal, poetic land.”

• Worlds we don't see

“English: the Lingua Franca Lie.”

• Our coast to coast walk across Northern England was an exercise in hope and joy

"My wife decided we needed an active outdoor getaway, a romantic ramble across moors and fells and three national parks. I knew it’d be hard. I’ve never been happier." (via Curious About Everything).

• Manazuru. Peninsula, cape and town.

“Dating places is possible.”

• Let's talk about airplane boarding — and why it's so hard

“Bringing order to the boarding experience has long been a challenge for airlines, but the precise logistics of the practice can present their own obstacles.”

• Grímsey: The Arctic island with 20 people and one million birds (archive)

• Coffee, kelims and the call to prayer: an overland journey to North Macedonia

• A converted cowshed and olive oil: This village in Spain revived its community using digital nomads

• The mysterious cities of the dead carved into the sides of cliffs

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James Clark (Nomadic Notes)