The Travel Wire: Syria’s fragile paradise

[The Travel Wire #55] Following James Joyce from Dublin to Trieste by train, visiting the world’s most dangerous places, hungry at the airport, and more travel reads.

Travel reads

• Welcome to Syria’s fragile paradise [New Lines Magazine]
“On a once-exclusive strip of Mediterranean coast, DJs, influencers and beach bars are testing how far freedom can stretch in a country emerging from war.”

• James Joyce went by train from Dublin to Trieste. A hundred years on, it’s a very different experience [The Guardian]
“It is more than a century since Joyce crossed Europe by rail but there is still inspiration to be found on the overland journey to Trieste.”

• Dilly-dallying up and down the mountain [Dispatches from the Wave]
“Maybe I should listen to mountain experts a.k.a. three panic attacks on Mt. Triglav, Slovenia.”

• How travel makes me feel more like myself [Thoughtful Travel]
“Reflections after a week in Bangkok.”

• Meet the travelers who visit the world’s most dangerous places (archive) [WSJ]
“Somalia and Afghanistan might not be at the top of your travel list. But for these travelers, the risks are dwarfed by the rewards of getting way off the beaten path.”

• What Australia really taught me about travel [GlobeFoxing]
“A trip down under as a fifteen-year-old completely altered my outlook on what it means to travel.”

• An encounter with a wild diver in Denmark [Travel and Culture]
“When wildlife suddenly appears tame.”

• Your favorite trip was probably a disaster [Scott Monaco]
“Why the worst days make the best stories.”

• Dead before dawn [Nomadic Mind]
“The night the hill disappeared in Sarakina.”

• When I’m hungry at an airport, there’s only one thing I want to eat (archive) [Traveller]

• The small English town that changed global travel (archive) [BBC Travel]
“Two hundred years ago, Shildon in north-east England changed the way we travel forever – and its legacy shaped rail networks around the globe.”

• Solving the mystery of whether a Bolivian salt flat is the world’s largest natural mirror [Phys . org]