Cambodia by train

Travel Reads: Hiking an ancient Japanese pilgrimage route, about travel lists, and travelling just for the people

Greetings from Chiang Mai. I’m back in one of my designated home-away-from-homes (I have more than one). This time of year is the burning season, and Chiang Mai can get smoky, so I might end up getting smoked out. So far it is ok.

I plan to knock out some work and not move about too much while I am in Thailand. I will be in the south later on (or sooner if gets too smoky). I have a publishing schedule for multiple sites, so expect to see more posts here. I’m currently updating articles and fixing categories, thus the amount of SE Asia rail articles recently.

This week’s article is a summary page for the limited railways of Cambodia. There is a chance that the railway will be connected between Thailand and Cambodia this year, so a Bangkok-Phnom Penh train trip could become a possibility.

Latest posts at Nomadic Notes

• Cambodia Railways: A guide to train travel in Cambodia

Travel reads

• Hiking an ancient Japanese pilgrimage route with the last monk of Hongu

• The problem with travel lists

“Becoming a travel writer ruined some travel articles for me. The more I learned about travel writing practices in general, the more selective I became about which travel articles I read.”

This is also true as a travel curator. I see patterns in how articles are written, and I know that some articles are written from a desk. The hardest part is the discovery of articles. There are travel articles that get written on blogs that don’t promote themselves, so they are harder to find.

• Death of a hotel: The last days of Interhotel Veliko Turnovo

• Travelling just for the people

A short, thoughtful read by Derek Sivers.

• The astonishing transformation of Austin

"My town, once celebrated for its laid-back weirdness, is now a turbocharged tech megalopolis being shaped by exiles from places like Silicon Valley."

• Why we should record travel moments

“Travellers often talk about seeing the world, but it's time we learn to listen to it, too.”

• Walking off grief on the Appalachian Trail

“Every hiker is called to the trail for a different reason, but we all share a common goal: We all want to finish.”

• This family of four are driving around Asia in a bus

🚆Train travel

• You can travel in a vintage 1940s train along the Hudson River

• Amtrak plans to upgrade its overnight trains – here’s what that means for travelers

• What should a new Penn Station look like?

“New York City’s much-hated train hub is overdue for a facelift. These architects have alternative visions for a dramatically reimagined Pennsylvania Station.”

✈️ Air travel

• Man attempts trip to Sydney, Australia – and ends up in Sidney, Montana

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