The Travel Wire

[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 […]