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QUARANTINE

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Quarantine Diary: 14 Days in Isolation Quarantine Diary: 14 Days in Isolation A journey through confinement during pandemic times The Beginning of Quarantine QUARANTINE - so you do everything that is required of one to travel in these pandemic times. You have a hard copy of your most recent (within 96 hours) PCR NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST, you have a valid reason to travel (I'm going to work), you have the correct status for the country you are traveling to and off you go. Once you get there though, despite all this negative information, you are told that you have to quarantine for 14 days. But how do you actually do that? For most of us the thought of 14 days in bed with endless movies seems like a dream. Lounging around with a coffee or drink in your hand depending on the time of day. Never getting out of you PJ's. Time to talk over VPN to family ...

The Shetland Way: A Journey to the Far North

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From A to Z: A World Traveler's Journey From A to Z: Adventure Beyond Plan B Exploring Shetland & Fair Isle during the Pandemic The breathtaking landscape of the Shetland Islands During the Pandemic, you can't just have a Plan B. How about the rest of the alphabet? We took Plan S: Shetland and Britain's most remote inhabited island—Fair Isle. Note: Not "Shetlands" - The Vikings clearly thought of Shetland as a 'land' Redefining Expedition History It is very important that expedition history not be distilled to just those great men and women like Magellan, Edmund Hillary, Lewis and Clark et al., but to the regular folk—like Sarah and Ed (Us) who go out to ...