The Travel Wire

[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 […]