Travel Newsletter - Happy New Year 2021 edition
Updates on travel in 2021, the McTrain, the man who walked across Africa, and more travel reads.
Hello and happy new year from Ho Chi Minh City! After 2020 trashed the travel world I’m not making any predictions for a recovery timeline. My only travel goal is for Australia by Christmas. Until we know more I’ll keep posting travel news and reads here at the Nomadic Notes Travel Newsletter.
Latest posts at Nomadic Notes
Where I’m At: January 2021 – Saigon edition
COVID-19 and travel (or lack thereof)
I hope that I can retire this category in 2021, but for now there is still a long way to go before travel resembles some kind of normality.
9 ways the pandemic will change travel in 2021
“As 2020 ends, and with vaccination against the coronavirus ramping up, would-be travelers wonder what they can expect in the coming year, and beyond. Here’s what we know.”
My family’s COVID year sequestered on a superyacht off New Zealand
The biggest challenge to tourism’s recovery in 2021
2020 wasn't all terrible. Here's how travel benefited from a bad year
Travel news
China’s new airline takes flight for the first time with domestically-made jetliner
Assorted travel reads
The McTrain: The rise and fall of McDonald's ambitious plan to conquer the railroads
The man who walked 12,000 kilometers across the African continent
Koh Trong: A Mekong island showcasing rural Cambodia at its most lovely
Man shares blog post on experiences he's had while travelling abroad with a Pakistani passport
I had to sort out my visa situation this week, though overall it wasn’t a big deal. It’s good to be reminded of the privilege of my Australian passport.
My friend Treen has been living in Jakarta for over a decade. This is her goodbye letter.
A trucker’s photographic ode to America
An incredible 4K compilation of planes taking off and landing above Maho Beach, St Maarten
The dog and cat ambassadors at luxury hotels and resorts make a career of being cute
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