The Travel Wire

[The Travel Wire #76] Mumbai, the fantastic Faroes, Tunisia, and more travel reads. Travel reads • The last yak herder of Ladakh [Noema] “As glaciers melt and traditions fade, one man’s journey across Ladakh’s sacred pastures is a living archive of a disappearing way of life.” • My City: Mumbai – an homage to the Indian metropolis […]

[The Travel Wire #75] Pedal from the end of the Lofoten Islands to Vardø, my beach paradise is somewhere most tourists ignore, visiting my accountant in Pakistan, and more travel reads. Travel reads • Surf shacks and ocean breezes: welcome to Riviera Nayarit (archive) [NY Times Travel] “A budget-friendly stretch of coastal towns in Mexico offers […]

[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 […]