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Looking back to some of my travel photo archives before I went digital in 2006, I managed to get some travel negatives put on to a CD disc and the images seem to have held up well. These pictures were just a few of many that I took on my U.S trips between 2000 and 2006. And it was while I was staying in New York that I jumped on a Greyhound Bus at Penn Station and took the four hour trip to Boston. Of course I miss the travelling after my big scare with the big 'C' in 2013. But then if the opportunity rose to travel today, I'm not sure I would, now that we have a potential global threat with the CORONAVIRUS. And looking around online I see that many leisure travellers are still hopping around the world without a care. To them the virus is an inconvenience. Wouldn't it be better for these people to just stay at home until the whole thing goes away, if it does. Apparently the authorities in Boston are trying to tackle the virus problem before their City's Boston Marathon coming up next month. Many of us saw the pictures this last weekend of the half empty streets during Sunday's Tokyo Marathon. THE BOSTON HERALD |
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I remember spending a few hours late in the day, roaming around the Boston Harbour and River before jumping back on the Greyhound Bus for that four hour journey back to New York. |
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Above: Cathay Pacific staff at Boston's Logan Airport. |
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Looking like something out of a science fiction film, this is the Thai Airways crew disinfecting an aircraft cabin to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi National Airport. 2,773 PEOPLE ARE UNDER QUARANTINE IN NEW YORK CITY. |
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| U.K CORONAVIRUS LIVE UPDATES THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ONLINE Apparently the latest figure of confirmed U.K. coronavirus cases is up to 5,683. And we're reading that things will get a lot worse. And as we're being encouraged not to go out unnecessarily, it is slightly putting me off visiting all the places around town that I had planned to visit, places like Galleries and Museums. |
You can think like that and I understand, but your chances are low and that even if you do contract it, it probably won't be so serious for you, just a big inconvenience with probably self isolation at home for a couple of weeks. If you look at the population numbers where the virus is significant, it is still a very low percentage of the population. I really wish I had the courage of my convictions. I ate a pepper steak pie today and my nose dripped and fear overtook logic and I was about to die. Of course it was the pepper in the pie.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, I just thought that by many people moving around the globe that it wasn't exactly
Deletehelping things. But it's natural that American airports are weary of Asian passengers
especially coming from China and those parts, the very place where they believe the virus
started out.
But I know that most Airports are now testing all passengers, especially at U.S Airports.
Can't say that I'm keen on pepper or indeed any spicy food so popular with Asians.
They often put pepper in our Cornish Pasties which can spoil them a bit.
But I would never worry if some food made my nose drip. In fact every day I have a
handful of Almond nuts, my absolute favourite nut. They are incredibly good for you
and they always make my nose drip after a handful. They go to work on blocked nasal
passages which is good for me having had a lifetime of sinusitis problems.
Do look them up sometime. They are highly praised.