My spaceship has not have had so much use this year. I’ve traveled far less in the last 6-7 months than I have in years. Currently, in Slovenia, we have a surge in cases. So this means that we cannot leave our city and have a 21:00 curfew. Everything nonessential is closed except we can…
Author: The space cadet
Why you should avoid Southern Albania in late September
Facebook memories in the time of COVID 19 can be brutal, especially during the time of the year that you choose to take your holidays. Traditionally, I usually take a week-long holiday with my Prague gang plus a couple of other friends during one of the last weeks of September. We usually go to a…
The cadet is back in Europe!
Some of y’all are going to want to nail me to a cross for this, but the cadet managed to get back to Europe! After three months of quarantine and social distancing in the southern US, I was getting restless. There was little for me in the US. It’s costly to live there. I was…
Autonomous region hopping: Gagauzia
Facebook memories during this particular time can be a bit torturesome. I know this is unfair to those that are undergoing real torture. But to someone used to being able to go where they please for the last decade and find themselves with their wings clipped in their hometown when all is going wrong in…
The space cadet is back in the south!
After cross-examining every scenario and situation that was possible, I ended up getting on one of those state department flights offered a week or so later than the first batch. I had to sign a promissory note to the state department that I would pay them back. It was only a better idea in the…
Ways to help Guatemala’s tourism industry in the time of the coronavirus
Hola! Well, it looks like I was not successful in getting out this week. I am just going to hold off now to see what happens. I feel I have elaborated enough about my problems and have neglected to speak about a significant problem Guatemala is going to face during this pandemic. Yes, the pandemic…
Should I stay, or should I go?
Well, not much progress has been made, I am still in my lovely apartment, but I am really agonizing about that is the best solution for me. It has not been easy. I have been very torn about what to do and how to make this decision despite being well versed in risk analysis. I…
Stuck in Guatemala# 2
Hello from my beautiful quarantine Things are going a little more on lockdown, but not as chaotic as other places. The local Tiendas are open. The Mercado was open until this afternoon. It is now closed until next week and will only be open for limited hours. Restaurants are still doing takeaways. There has been…
Stuck in Guatemala: Update # 1
Greetings from San Pedro! I found out that 3,000 other foreigners are stuck here as well in the country. I have joined several WhatsApp and Facebook groups. Many of them are full of mixed information. Many people are panicking and spending 150-300 on taxis to the Mexican border to try to catch a flight from…
Love of travel in the time of the Coronavirus
6 weeks ago, I decided to return to the states for a temporary period. I was once again in a transition phase between Tbilisi- Prague- Ljublijana- Philadelphia- Mars. I wanted a few weeks to visit my family and try to think of my next chapter. Like every single trip, I make back to the states,…