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"The Practical Nomad"--Edward Hasbrouck
The Practical Nomad:
The Amazing Race 34, Episode 1:
Los Angeles, CA (USA) - Munich, Bavaria (Germany)
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002656.html
What can we learn from this new season and episode of "The Amazing Race" about the "new normal" of post-pandemic and COVID-endemic travel?
The Practical Nomad:
The Amazing Race 34, Episode 2
Munich, Bavaria (Germany) - Innsbruck (Austria)
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002658.html
Which will prove to have been of larger or more lasting significance to travel, 9/11 or COVID-19?
What else has changed in 20 years of "The Amazing Race"?
The Practical Nomad:
The Amazing Race 34, Episode 3 (two-part episode)
Innsbruck (Austria) - Bologna (Italy) - Florence (Italy)
Have you ever been in the middle of a big trip and thought, “I just want to go home”?
That’s what happened to Sharik near the end of an especially long day of navigation, driving, and (sometimes physical) challenges in this double-length leg of The Amazing Race 34....
Thoughts on travel, the autism spectrum, and the pandemic:
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002660.html
The Practical Nomad:
The Amazing Race 34, Episode 4
Florence (Italy) - Aqaba (Jordan) - Wadi Rum (Jordan) - Petra (Jordan)
Phil Keoghan welcomed the cast of The Amazing Race 34 onto their chartered jet flight from Florence to Aqaba by telling them that this would be the first time that "The Amazing Race" had visited Jordan.
Why Jordan? Why now? Why not sooner?
More:
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002661.html
The Practical Nomad:
The Amazing Race 34, Episode 5:
Amman, Jordan
COVID-19 testing
Will and Abby were eliminated from "The Amazing Race 34" not because they finished last in this leg of the reality-TV race but because they tested positive for COVID-19 after the previous episode was filmed.
That’s a reminder both of the ongoing risk of infection with COVID-19, even if you have had it already and/or have been vaccinated, and of the continued importance of COVID-19 testing, even if it is no longer required by law for travel to, from, or within most countries.
Choosing to resume some travel doesn’t have to mean, and shouldn’t mean, ignoring the risks to ourselves and others of COVID-19 infection. If the COVID-19 pandemic is over, that’s only because COVID-19 is now endemic. We don’t have to travel exactly the same way we did before the pandemic. COVID-19 self-testing before and after especially risky activities (large indoor gatherings, long flights or train or bus rides, etc.) or if we feel sick — the same protocols as are now followed during filming of "The Amazing Race" and other Hollywood movies and TV shows — is one of the important changes we can and should make in our travel habits for the indefinite future....
More:
https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002662.html
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