[The Travel Wire #74] Underground Paris, slow train to Turin, an ode to hostels, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Can the “Galápagos of the Arabian Sea” survive its popularity? [Afar] “The UNESCO-listed island of Socotra faces an onslaught of sustainability challenges, from climate change to an Instagram-fueled tourism surge.” • Underground Paris is the city […]

[The Travel Wire #73] Nagasaki, a mystery tour in the Faroe Islands, Maldives beyond the resorts, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Protecting one of Europe’s last wild rivers: a volunteering trip to the Vjosa in Albania [The Guardian] “Now a ‘wild river national park’, the Vjosa needs more trees to be planted to preserve […]

[The Travel Wire #72] The slow extinction of budget travel, riding the Bamboo Curtain, North Korea by night, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The Italian paradise island with no roads, no phone signal — and almost no tourists [CNN Travel] “Palmarola has no town and no roads. There is no electricity, no mobile phone […]

[The Travel Wire #71] The hunt for Vietnam’s last floating market, Ko Chang keeps its soul, Nepal’s mountainside teahouses, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Italy’s new nun-mapped pilgrim trail (archive) [BBC Travel] “As Italy grapples with overtourism, a series of ancient trails resurrected by nuns winds through the forgotten landscapes where Benedictine monasticism shaped […]

[The Travel Wire #70] Notes on Afghanistan, Georgia’s western Pankisi Valley, Mauritius beyond the beach, and more travel reads. Travel reads • ‘A place of darkness and light’: the uninhabited Japanese island that became a rabbit paradise [The Guardian] “Once host to a poisonous gas research facility, Okunoshima is now an Instagram-friendly tourist destination.” • Notes on […]

[The Travel Wire #69] Skiing through a winter wonderland in Norway, Finland’s European Capital of Culture, notes on Taiwan, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The TAZARA turns 50 [Al Jazeera] “Riding the troubled railway line between Tanzania and Zambia as China moves to rebuild it.” • In Norway, skiing through a winter wonderland (archive) [NY […]

[The Travel Wire #68] On synchronicity, Bissau, Mount Fuji, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The island without time (archive) [The Atlantic] “I traveled above the Arctic Circle to find out whether a town really can live free from the clock.” [Norwegian fishing village of Sommarøy, located above the Arctic Circle.] • On synchronicity [The Unplugged Traveler] […]

[The Travel Wire #67] Lagoons of Lençóis Maranhenses, Yangon, and more travel reads. Travel reads • I hiked right up to the Vatican’s back door on this underrated Italian camino [Adventure] • Brazil’s lagoon-filled desert you can hike barefoot [BBC Travel] “Lençóis Maranhenses looks like a desert, but it’s alive with shimmering pools, remote villages and ancient paths that […]

El Salvador, Sable Island National Park Reserve, Trieste, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Regenerating a nation [Wanderlust] “As El Salvador and its people seek to move on from the violence of the recent past, what is now reportedly one of the safest countries in Latin America is still waiting for its global reputation to catch […]

North Macedonia, holidays in the 1970s, Roof of England walk, Varanasi, and more travel reads. Travel reads • There’s still one beautiful Southern European country with delicious food, great wine and no tourist crowds [CNN Travel] “Spiked with ridges and peaks that deliver scenery running the full four-seasons gamut — from electric green slopes to snow-capped crags […]