The world is becoming more violent, but we [i.e. you] shouldn’t be afraid to explore it

Admirable headline, and then:


"The sleepy backpacker haunts in those photographs have long ago mushroomed into sprawling package holiday destinations, but flights to Sharm el-Sheikh remain suspended following last year’s terrorism scare, and it will be years before many families are prepared to risk it. The same is true for the tiny island off Malaysia where years ago I saw baby turtles hatching on a moonlit beach; I’d love to take my own son there, but not while a terrorist group with links to Islamic State is kidnapping people along the coastline."

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