Before the Coronavirus Pandemic brought air travel to a screeching halt, in a normal year, over 300 million passengers flew over 6 billion miles on long-haul flights each year (source: Qantas airlines) That’s a lot of people and a lot of miles. 5 months on from the initial travel restrictions, air travel remains at a tiny… Read More The “New Normal”: Travelling long-haul in the time of Coronavirus
As I write this from a very quiet lanai, overlooking beautiful gardens somewhere on the Big Island, it’s strange to think how much the world has changed in the past two weeks or so. It’s incredibly quiet here. The wind rustles the palms, a bright green gecko is stalking along the wall, colourful birds are… Read More Hunkering down in Hawaii: social distancing on the Big Island
“O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away!” ― William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona Only an hour inland from Venice by high speed train, the pretty medieval Italian city… Read More 24 hours in beautiful Verona
Champagne with Charlotte 