The Travel Wire: best travel reads #16

After the tsunami, a hike through Iceland's Highlands, the practice of travel, best travel books of 2024, 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

• After the tsunami: Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 20 years on (archive)

• 20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami: How Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park has recovered – and thrived

• Following myths and legends on a hike through Iceland's Highlands

• Couchfish: On the practice of travel: heaven, hell, and all in between.

• Notes on Trinidad and Tobago

• Best travel books of 2024:

- The ten best books about travel of 2024 (Smithsonian Magazine)

- The best travel books of 2024 (Wanderlust)

- Best travel writing of 2024 so far (Tertulia)

• World of wonders: travel lessons of 2024 by Don George

• ‘Each step we take is an escape’: the intrepid hikers exploring war-torn Yemen

“Few Yemenis hike, and female hikers are even rarer. But one group is overcoming security and social challenges to enjoy the benefits of walking in nature.”

• An Irishwoman sailing around the world: ‘This paradise has just seven residents and two dogs’ (archive)

“Dubliner Kate Ashe-Leonard left Ireland in 2017 to live with her partner in London. In 2018, they began their adventure to sail around the world.”

• I’ve worked remotely all over the world: Tbilisi in Georgia is the most welcoming place I’ve tried

• The worst national-parks reviews of the year

““The trees aren’t as big as everyone says” and “I've seen better in video games.” Our national-parks columnist rounded up some scathing reviews of America's Best Idea.”

• Map of The Hippie Trail routes of the 1960s & 1970s

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James Clark (Nomadic Notes)