Currently you can go from Hempstead to Vehl but not from Vehl to Hempstead.
For players that know the world, it's easy enough to hop
Vehl->Mariner's Hold->Hempstead
but thats not so intuitive for a new player.
I've seen a couple people get confused by this recently (some of whom weren't all that new) so I though it could definitely throw some very new players off.
I imagine the reason for this route in v2 was a sort of triangle trade going:
Hempstead->Vehl->Mariner's Hold->Hempstead
But since Vehl and Hempstead are the starting areas now I think accessibility (and not confusing people hehe) should be near the top on the list of priorities for that suite of areas.