Wanderlust in the Time of Coronavirus (A GeoEx eBook)

Wanderlust in the Time of Coronavirus

April 16, 2020

WHEN CAN WE TRAVEL AGAIN?

I n last week’s letter, I wrote that one of the unexpected gifts of sheltering in place is that it has imparted a new urgency to my travel dreams and has inspired me to create an ASAP List: the places I’m going to explore as soon as we’re able to wander the world again. I said that Antarctica, Bhutan, and Iceland are on that shortlist, and that viewing gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda, or the Congo is at the top of the list. Many readers responded with their ASAP Lists. Gorilla- trekking was a prime dream for a number of travelers, as was journeying to Antarctica and Iceland. Others shared my desire to go to Bhutan. Many other readers wrote enthusiastically to say that they have already been to one or more of these places and that they would urge me to go there ASAP! Other destinations that featured high on readers’ ASAP Lists were the Galápagos, South Africa, Japan, Vietnam, Patagonia, and Botswana. Sheltering-in-Place and Planning a Grand Opus One note especially inspired me. Doc Robinson wrote, “I have been taking advantage of my new-found free moments to create my own travel itinerary which will begin as the current

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