Travel Newsletter: 23 June 2023

A walk in Zadar, the hunt for the missing Orient Express trains, Italy’s vanishing towns

Hello from Danang! I’m back in Vietnam where I continue alternating between here and Thailand. Danang is one of my pillar cities forFuture Southeast Asiaso there is always something for me to do here. I was walking around to update the construction guide, and I was surprised to see a Nobu Hotel going up here. This is the hotel that is part-owned by Robert Ne Niro.

Another addition since I was last here is a new electric taxi company.

After posting two articles on Nomadic Notes last week, I didn’t post any this week. Expect a new article next week, and the monthly edition ofSoutheast Asia Railwayswill also be going out.

Travel reads

• A walk in Zadar: A loop through history

This is one city in The New York Times series: 7 Great Cities, 7 Great Walks.

• The hunt for the missing Orient Express trains

• An excellent view of oblivion: On Italy’s vanishing towns

• Fortresses and feuds: the Maniot Land of Greece

• An island in Finland is asking travelers to ditch their phones

“This summer, tourism officials want you to voluntarily disconnect when visiting Ulko-Tammio, an uninhabited nature island tucked in the Eastern Gulf of Finland National Park.”

• A road trip across the cradle of civilisation

• Follow Bob Dylan’s footsteps through Minnesota and New York

• Opinion: With new Vietnam guide, Michelin has failed Asian street food again

🚆Train travel

• The monthly edition of Europe Rail News went out this week. I curate this newsletter to keep myself updated on Euro rail travel news. For example, I discovered that the Sarajevo-Ploče train service has resumed. Ploče is in Croatia and I tried to do this tip when I was there in 2021. Subscribe for the next edition here.

✈️ Air travel

• The world’s best airlines for 2023, according to Skytrax

• People are still being awful on flights, and no one really knows why

• A dress code for flying? Yes, and here's why we need one now

“People who dress up are less likely to act up, say experts.”