- The Travel Wire
- Posts
- The Travel Wire: best travel reads #63
The Travel Wire: best travel reads #63
Backpacking Greenland, Bangkok during a coup in 1992, the Dolomite Mountains, Somalia, and more travel reads.
James Clark
November 20, 2025
The Travel Wire is a weekly newsletter of the best travel reads from around the web.
Travel reads
"Most people visit the country on an expensive cruise or guided tour – Anna Richards attempted to backpack it."
• The European region with a 'split personality' [BBC Travel]
"Straddling Italy and Austria, the Dolomite Mountains blend three languages, two identities and one breathtaking landscape – but their delicate balance is being tested."
• Our road trip in Japan: Searching for autumn colors in the mountains of Honshu [Brent and Michael Are Going Places]
• Is the border officer in a good mood? [Without Maps]
"Traveling with my muslim & queer friend when the world still builds walls."
• Why Ek Balam remains one of the Yucatán's hidden gems [Mexico Soul]
• The gap year I finally took — 35 years late [Benthall Adventures — A Slow Travel Journal.]
• An ode to Vũng Tàu, Saigon's unwavering summer crush [Saigoneer]
Travel resources
• Compare and save on train travel across 35 countries with Rail Europe - The easiest way to book European train tickets and passes.
• With eSIMs from Airalo, travelers can download and install a digital data pack for over 200 countries/regions and get connected anywhere in the world as soon as they land.
Submit a travel read
Articles for newsletter consideration can be submitted via Facebook:
-Share an article on The Travel Wire Facebook Group.
-Alternatively, you can tag the @thetravelwire Facebook Page.
Contact The Travel Wire
For advertising and other enquiries, please reply to this newsletter or contact me at thetravelwirenet @ gmail . com.
…
James Clark (@nomadicnotes) - Editor.