[The Travel Wire #99] Timbuktu, Bhutan after dark, bike ride around Taiwan, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The Scottish explorer who fancied an adventure closer to home: hiking the Highlands’ Affric Kintail Way [The Guardian] “Globetrotter and TV presenter Alice Morrison trades in her camels and backup team for wild camping in one of […]

[The Travel Wire #98] I visited every Colombo restaurant in a 25-year-old guidebook, the charm of unremarkable places, pointless competition with other travelers, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The lonely road to Europe’s Arctic edge (archive) [BBC Travel] “Most visitors come to Norway for its dramatic western fjords. But the country’s most extraordinary drive […]

[The Travel Wire #97] Beyond the end of the Orient Express, Dubrovnik journey that ditches the crowds, gatekeepers are hiding their favorite places, and more travel reads. Travel reads • For three hours every day, open ocean transforms into Australia’s ‘ghost’ reef [Smithsonian Magazine] “An isolated wonder some 1,200 miles from the nearest city, Montgomery Reef […]

[The Travel Wire #96] Homer the travel writer, Lisbon, how a quiet Chinese fishing village became a global surfing hotspot, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Mauritania: A rare glimpse at one of the world’s least-visited nations (archive) [BBC Travel] “Located almost entirely in the Sahara, Mauritania is home to centuries-old cities, desert oases and […]

[The Travel Wire #95] Travel as a suspension of identity, Canada’s ‘breathtaking, must-see hike’, Bishkek to Kochkor, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Hiking through time in Northeast Taiwan [DestinAsian] “Traversing the mountains of Taiwan’s Yilan County, a network of forest trails reveals as much about the region’s natural beauty as about its layered cultural […]

[The Travel Wire #94] Notes on Lopburi, on trusting strangers in Egypt, the reality of living on a permanent cruise, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Soviet markets, sunshine and beer steins: This beautiful former USSR city is opening up to tourists [Independent] “Nearby Tbilisi is still enjoying its moment and now – thanks to […]

[The Travel Wire #93] The Forgotten castles of the Garamantes, Cabo Verde, Romania’s Via Transilvanica, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Salerno: the charming and affordable gateway to Italy’s Amalfi coast [The Guardian] “The vibrant port city offers a more relaxed and budget-friendly base for exploring this beautiful coastline by train and ferry.” • The Forgotten […]

[The Travel Wire #92] The caste system of travel, notes on Lamphun, aboard the celebrity impersonators’ cruise, lost in Lesotho, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Journey into the midnight sun: my solo road trip to the top of Norway [The Guardian] “I found cinematic landscapes, wild freedom and thousands of miles of perfect solitude […]

[The Travel Wire #91] Laos’ Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, walking Tokyo’s Yamanote Line, the smallest inhabited island in the Bay of Naples, and more travel reads. Travel reads • No resorts, no direct flights: Why this island might be one of Europe’s best-kept secrets [CNN Travel] “While the big-hitter islands like Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran […]

[The Travel Wire #90] Equitable beach access in Mauritius, I was a space suit model in Greenland, Portugal’s Fisherman’s Trail, service stations of the world, and more travel reads. Travel reads • A 1,400km bike ride through Patagonia along the ‘End of the World’ trail (archive) [BBC Travel] “Wild, rugged and breathtakingly beautiful, Patagonia is one […]