The Travel Wire: best travel reads #30
Paris’s rewilded railway line, French Polynesia, visting Shanghai now, airline safety videos, and more travel reads
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Travel reads
• I been everywhere, man. Now what? [Trying!]
"My travel bucket list is pretty much complete. But there's still a ton left to do."
• Paris’s rewilded railway line: the disused track turned into a green space for wildlife and walkers [The Guardian]
• This lesser-known region of French Polynesia Is best explored on the most unexpected cruise ship [Afar]
"It doesn’t get more authentic than sailing on an upscale cruise ship doubling as a freight vessel that delivers critical supplies and transportation services to remote island communities throughout this Polynesian archipelago."
• The revival of Jordan's 1,600-year-old camino [BBC Travel]
• 8 bizarre hostel experiences that will make you miss your own bed [Pipeaway]
• Visting Shanghai now: It’s a blue-sky, app-based life (archive) [NY Times Travel]
"A longtime visitor returns to the post-pandemic city, finding it as varied and sophisticated as ever, and newly powered by digital commerce, with challenges for travelers."
• The booming, high-stakes arms race of airline safety videos [The Hustle]
• The Hypnotizing Tammurriata [Nomadic Mind]
"If you ever visit south Italy, make an effort to find and experience tammurriata. It is one of the most haunting, archaic dances that leaves you speechless in its beauty, energy and expression."
• Heard about The Ghan? Try Australia's other outback train instead [National Geographic]
"Travel across Australia by rail on a journey of continental proportions — from Sydney to Perth via outback ghost towns, drag queen tours and the otherworldly Nullarbor plain."
• Somaliland, Africa’s forgotten state (email login required) [Escape Artist]
"A thriving nation that still seeks recognition."
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James Clark (Nomadic Notes)
Omg if one more publication describes the Nullarbor as… It’s not actually _that_ long / boring, there’s bushes on the whole d*mn ‘desert’ thing, there’s a road house every hundred-ish km, and frankly you’d have to be trying hard to die on it. Or I’ve lived in Oz too long so nothing’s actually ‘hard’ any more 😊
So happy to stumble upon this thread! My personal favorite is thus bizarre hostel experience by Pipeaway!!