[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 […]

Bhutan, the coffee hub of Vietnam, how Bali has changed for better and worse, cats of Istanbul, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The sights and sounds of Bhutan [Wait But Why] • Notes on Buon Ma Thuot – The coffee hub in the heart of the Central Highlands [Nomadic Notes] • I’ve been traveling to Bali for 40 […]

Backpacking Greenland, Bangkok during a coup in 1992, the Dolomite Mountains, Somalia, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Greenland is notoriously expensive. I tried to visit on a shoestring [Independent] “Most people visit the country on an expensive cruise or guided tour – Anna Richards attempted to backpack it.” • Sukhumvit under siege: A bar, a coup, […]

When places change, Leiden, Levuka (Fiji’s original capital), exoplanet tourism, and more travel reads. Travel reads • When places change [A Sense of Wander] “I just spent a week in New Delhi, India. It is an annual ritual, a pilgrimage of sorts, this return to my soulplace. I find it restorative—and unsettling. The Delhi I fell in […]

The Chōishi-michi pilgrimage route, the forgotten republic of Transnistria, rediscovering the ancient wonders of eastern Turkey, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Every tree can be a Buddha [Kottke] “The Chōishi-michi pilgrimage route is an amazing 12-mile trail that winds its way up through the forest from the Jison-in temple in the town of Kudoyama in […]