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Returning to where you said you would never go back
Google Doc travel guides, Faroe Islands, walking the Yamanote Line, and more travel reads.
Welcome to The Travel Wire (formerly the Nomadic Notes Travel Newsletter), where I curate the best travel reads of the week. This is edition #2 of this new format, and this week I have separated the subscriber lists from The Travel Wire and Nomadic Notes. I will send out a Nomadic Notes newsletter next week, which will be the Nomadic Notes Newsletter. This will include the latest posts, site updates, and other things of interest that don’t fit anywhere else. If you were just there for the travel links then you unsubscribe from that when it arrives.
Meanwhile, I’m still tinkering around with the format of The Travel Wire, so I will add and subtract categories to see what works.
I set up an Instagram/Threads account, and there is also the Facebook Group.
Travel reads
"I was reading a travel column the other day that I vehemently disagreed with – which would be fine, except the author of that column was me.”
I once wrote that I didn’t like a place, then a few years later someone remembered that I didn’t like it when I went back, even though my position had changed. Tastes change, and sometimes you just aren’t feeling it. If I’m not feeling it, I look for a story instead of complaining about how I don’t like a place.
"Although Google Docs and Maps are simple to share, the creators who spend years perfecting their magnum opus docs are often selective about who gets access."
It’s a good thing that I didn’t have a travel blog when I went to Waterford, otherwise, I might written an “I’m never going back to Waterford” article. It was raining while I was there, and the counties had not yet been revived as Dublin had during the Celtic Tiger era.
“What you need to know about visiting the Serengeti.”
“Several years ago, we emigrated from the UK to Hong Kong. Unusual in itself, you might say, but for something completely different and certainly a little wacky, we used an ocean liner for the purpose.”
“Which books make you want to travel? Here's a story about one that changed the way I saw my destination”
Events
"The upcoming Tokyo Yamathon charity walk is a reminder that urban exploration, preferably on foot, is the best way to go beyond the usual spots, beat overtourism, and enjoy a different side of Tokyo."
I have thought about doing this on my own, not realising that there is an event that does it. This is in October, which is a nice time to be walking around Tokyo.
Air travel
Found on Threads
• Via @wi.sepi
Lawson in Japan ❌
Indomaret in Indonesia ✅
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James Clark – Chiang Mai, Thailand.