Travel Briefs

Pakistan and India have agreed to continue cross-border bus service for five years. The resumption follows the restoration of regular airline service in early January. Train service between the two countries also was restored, and the weekly train is running between Lahore in Pakistan and Attari in India.

The air and ground links were suspended after India accused Pakistan of an attack on its Parliament two years ago. Pakistan continues to deny any involvement in the attack.

The long-term project to turn Mont St. Michel, France, back into an island is progressing. The estuarine tidal island — a granite pinnacle located a kilometer off of Normandie in northwest France — is famous for its abbey that was carved deep into the rock from the 11th to 15th centuries.

The plan is for the tides and the river Couesnon to slowly scour away the sand and silt that has built up around the island over centuries. A short distance up the river, a hydraulic dam with sluice gates now closes during high tide to prevent water from moving upstream. Sedimentation of the inner...

Montague Island, off the coast of Narooma, New South Wales, Australia, has a historic lighthouse and a nature reserve which seals and seabirds, including little penguins, call home.

On a one-night tour of the island, visitors stay in the lightkeeper’s quarters and can opt to assist in a seabird and penguin research project. The price includes boat transport from Narooma; meals; a night in the guest house; a tour of the lighthouse and museum, and wildlife viewing with a naturalist — Aus$415 per person, twin, or Aus$475 single (US$341/US$391) during peak season and Aus$370 ppt or $430...