The Travel Wire: best travel reads #14

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

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)