The changing face of Tirana
Namibia’s Skeleton Coast, Italy's surprising capital of coffee, remote working in Venice, and Is Japan open yet?
PHNOM PENH - It’s my last week in Cambodia, and it is has been relatively easy to travel here. Crossing borders is still complicated, though there is a glimmer of hope in neighbouring countries. Thailand is resuming the Test & Go program, and Vietnam is looking to fully reopen by April.
This week I got round to doing a trip report for Tirana. I happened to visit while it was going through a big transformation. Indeed, Albania is giving off “next big thing” vibes, and I would like to go back in the summer months to see what coastal Albania has to offer.
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Assorted travel reads
• The eerie, lunar nothingness of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast
“The stretch of coastline in southwest Africa is a strange and beautiful reminder that, in the end, we are powerless against nature and time.”
• Trieste: Italy's surprising capital of coffee
“Home to the Mediterranean's biggest coffee port and one of Italy's biggest coffee brands, Trieste is a city built on caffeine.”
• First glimpse of Etihad Rail passenger trains for Abu Dhabi to Dubai
A question that crosses my mind often is answered by canigotojapan.com.
• Abandoned phone booths in George Town transformed into colourful mini libraries
I’m also waiting to return to Penang. I usually visit once a year, so I hope to be there sometime this year.
• ‘Like a work of art’: rare stretch of pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti
• The hidden gift of a travel disaster
“A viral story about an insufferable dinner in Italy offers a lesson on silver linings.”
• I captured the magic of Pink Lagoon in Western Australia (20 pics)
• Embracing slow time in Tajikistan
• Can remote workers keep Venice afloat?
“The Italian city has launched a program to attract young professionals and digital nomads in a bid to repopulate its historic center.”
• Emirates reveals how it pulled off the A380 Burj Khalifa stunt
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- James Clark
Tirana is already on our list and looks like it's only getting better, but very disappointing about Japan...