Worthy Tourists
Why do people want to replicate the travel experiences of others? What is the value of curated tourism, to tourists or locals?
Tag: travel
Differences
The UK had COVID-freedom day months ago while NZ is still wearing masks. The best aspect of travel is as a reminder there are different ways of living.
The weight of absence
The impact of absence can be an enormous void or a welcome relief depending on your expectations and desires.
Third waves
Here comes the third wave of COVID-19 around the world. Luckily, it appears the 3rd wave is relatively non-lethal in countries with high rates of vaccination. Although NZ still hasn’t decided on our vaccination targets.
The role of insurance
If you experienced the Canterbury earthquakes, or another major natural disaster event, you may hate insurance companies as much as I do. However, insurance is a powerful force influencing our actions – what will travel insurance look like in a post-COVID world?
Squashed frog
Sometimes I feel like a squashed frog. In COVID times, this is a reasonable feeling. How to break out of it?
Are you on an e-bike?
How you think about yourself is impacted by what other people are telling you. We don’t look young so people ask if we are riding e-bikes, as we cycle west to east across the central North Island. This can make me feel like I’m not competent, even when my cycling proves otherwise.
Hope & reality
For any sort of normal to reappear in the world, we need the vaccines that have now been developed to be rolled out to achieve herd immunity. For New Zealand, it looks like that won’t happen until 2022 given we don’t yet have vaccines in the country. That’s a long time staying home…
Chewable chunks
The concept of chewable chunks applies to COVID as much as cycle touring. Here are our strategies for breaking a 1300km cycle tour into chunks of a size we can cope with.
Focusing on the journey
Cycling and cycle touring are two of my all time favourite activities. I don’t remember a time when I didn’t love cycling.