Sarajevo trip report
Hobo code, a nomad on the Appalachian Trail, living in hotels, and more travel reads.
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DUBAI - The last time I was in Dubai it was too hot to go to the beach (which is for months at a time here). To make up for that trip I’ve been to two beaches this week. It felt good to put my feet on a sandy beach again.
Being in one place for a few weeks has been good after the pace of travel of the last few months. I’m now catching up on my Balkans trip reports, though at this rate I will have Dubai posts by the end of the year.
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COVID-19 and travel
• International travel will get easier, but restrictions will remain
“Cross-border travel will probably not recover to pre-covid levels until 2024.”
Assorted travel reads
• The new luxury vacation: being dumped in the middle of nowhere
“The joys—and absurdities—of finding oneself abandoned in a desolate landscape.”
• Norway's soaring mountain staircases
• At 83, ‘Nimblewill Nomad’ enters the Appalachian Trail record book
“M.J. Eberhart, known by his trail name, hiked into Dalton, Mass., on Sunday and became the oldest known person to hike the more than 2,000 miles of trail from Georgia to Maine.”
• S’porean, 36, has been living in luxury hotels in Bangkok, Dubai & Bali since Nov. 2020 at S$1,193 per month ($870 USD per month)
• Abandoned former USSR sites – in pictures
• 29+ abandoned airports that tell a fascinating story
• Everything you thought you knew about ‘Hobo Code’ is wrong
“Rail riders past and present leave messages for each other, but not the ones you’ve probably heard about.”
• Flight attendant explains why you never want to hear this chime alarm when flying
• Selfies and smartphones are making these photographers obsolete
One of the articles featured in the latest edition of Europe Rail News.
• I wish I could sleep on planes…
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The Nomadic Notes Travel Newsletter is a weekly newsletter of the best travel reads and interesting travel news from around the web, and random ramblings by the editor.
- James Clark
First, love those pics from Russia. Fascinating stuff. Second, as a former flight attendant, I heard emergency chimes more than once. And two years ago as a passenger, our plane caught on fire over the Atlantic and had to divert. Don't recall hearing those chimes but it was definitely an emergency!