You Should NOT Visit Syria Right Now
Posted : 2/27/2020 | February 27th, 2020 If you’re like me, you associate travel with positive emotions: the feeling of the sun on your shoulders halfway around the world, of breaking bread with people from cultures different than your own, and the inner joy of making your way across unknown lands safely. Travel improves our lives, broadens our horizons, and helps us understand the world we inhabit. Yet these are experiences few humans will ever have. As widespread as it has become in recent years, travel is still a privilege afforded only to a few. That is especially true of war zones, where residents are more concerned about living through the day than seeing the wonders of the world. Things we take for granted — the ability to turn on a tap and get drinkable water, to flick a switch and get light, to walk to the store and find food on the shelves — are rare or absent for those suffering through such conflicts. While there many places in the world that are like that, toda...