The Travel Wire: best travel reads #7

Hiking the Astungkara Way in Bali, tracking the anaconda in the deep Peruvian Amazon, rebuilding Antakya, Japan's car-free town that autumn hikers love, 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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"Roughly 80% of Antakya was lost. Now the city is beginning construction on a new district with more green space, walkability, and social connection."

“Lama Obeid got her dream job. But it came at a price...”

“Meet Emma, Germany’s new AI travel influencer, who behaves remarkably like a chatbot. The travel industry has some thoughts.”

"There are many visions of Yugoslavia's past. Laurence Mitchell visits the hills of western Serbia to learn how heritage and history fuel the imagination. It's a journey that starts and ends in Uzice and takes in the famous Sargan Eight narrow-gauge railway."

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