May 23, 2020
When the coronavirus hit, Gilda and her husband were on a ten week trip through Asia. Like most of us, they had little concern for the tsunami of infections that was soon to engulf the world, and assumed it would be confined to China. On this podcast episode Gilda tells us how it felt traveling through Asia during the pandemic as the locals feared that foreigners were bringing the virus with them, how they made it home just in time and what lockdown is like in England.
Just the name Bermuda conjures up wonderful images of pink, sun soaked beaches, people milling about in Bermuda shorts, laying on warm sand and slinging back tropical drinks with exotic names like Lava Flow and Paradise. Bermuda is also a much coveted destination for expats. On the latest podcast chronicles, I interview Glenda Jack about life on the island, and what the current pandemic lockdown has been like from an expat in Bermuda point of view.
May 10, 2020
The latest instalment of the lockdown chronicles is an interview with a full time practicing physician, best selling author, speaker and successful luxury travel blogger. Fresh off her CNN appearance where she talked about the coronavirus back in March (post viral blog post on covid-19), and just before the whole world imploded, my interaction with Dr. Nadeen White resulted in a very informative and fun podcast because of so many shared interests. Check out the interview and read also about how Valencia failed in our quest to move on to the next phase in the coronavirus containment government strategy.
April 25, 2020
Episode 4 of the podcast chronicles finds me chatting with Glenn, a nomad of several years with his wife Jacqueline. Having been on the go after a stupendous gap year, they had recently rented their home. Of course the coronavirus pandemic struck shortly after, leaving them with no place to ride it out. Read on to find out how they are coping down under.