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Notes on Podgorica, the shipyards that built the Titanic, West Cork, airport therapy dogs, and more travel reads.

James Clark
Dec 3, 2021
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BANGKOK - Greetings from Thailand! I arrived on the Test & Go visa system, which reduces quarantine time down to 1 day. I also had to spend 3 weeks in the UAE to qualify for entry (which explains my extended stay in Dubai).

December is the best month of the year for weather in Bangkok, and it is usually packed with tourists. Things are still nowhere near back to normal though. I visited the MBK Mall (a tourist favourite) and it was like a ghost town. I will be reporting on what it is like here in these pandemic times, and I will be doing some Bangkok construction and transport updates for Future Southeast Asia. And eating all the Thai food, of course.

Latest posts at Nomadic Notes

Where I’m At: December 2021 – Bangkok (quarantine edition)

Notes on Podgorica – From provincial outpost to nation’s capital

Assorted travel reads

• Buddhist ceremony held to mark Laos-China railway inauguration

The Laos-China railway opens today, so expect to see more reports from bloggers based in Laos over the next few weeks. I will post more news about this on the Future Southeast Asia Newsletter.

• Why the shipyards that built the Titanic still influence Belfast

“Successful, troubled, revived, this former industrial hub remains the pride of Northern Ireland’s capital.”

• Coffee or chai? At 2 Kolkata cafes, ‘adda’ is what’s really on the menu

• West Cork

“A beautiful trip down south to County Kerry, West Cork to be precise, to say it is beautiful would be an injustice.”

• Please look at these 7 airport therapy dogs (and a therapy cat) right now

• Is it okay to travel to homophobic countries?

“We've been criticized for visiting places that are intolerant of LGBTQ folks. We have some thoughts on the topic.”

• They set out to hike three of America’s longest trails in less than a year. What could go wrong?

• What I learned eating at 8,000 Chinese restaurants

• Taxi! To the airport — by air, please.

“Several companies are betting they can bring electric urban air travel to the masses — perhaps within the next few years.”

Meanwhile, in the UAE: What it's like to ride in the UAE's first autonomous taxi

• 'Earth sandwich' made by two men 20,000km apart

• I would have a cat if I wasn’t such a nomad…

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• Guzeiji Temple’s 300-year old ginkgo tree…

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TL cleanse with this footage from the Asahi of Guzeiji Temple’s 300-year old ginkgo tree, which is at peak foliage right now. (audio on for extra calming sounds of nature)

November 27th 2021

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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

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Michael Jensen
Writes Brent and Michael Are Going Pla… Dec 3, 2021Liked by James Clark

The earth sandwich made me smile...

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