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Travel Travails
Beware, if Lon-
don is calling!
The city can be very unsafe and one can get mugged, see the home safe raided
or get pickpocketed in a restaurant, writes Vinita Alvares Fernandes
London is second home for many Indians. Human beings are truly a resilient bunch.
So while the swish set sway between the We definitely do not waste time bouncing
two countries, to catch up with friends, back. And get dolled up for luncheons
summer sales or just be, there might be a and dinners, wedding banter or even the
dampener to your trip. premier show of JugJugg Jeeyo. The blind
Many have been forced by the pandemic to side of the matter is that with the pandemic,
stay away from travel for the past couple of a lot of people lost their jobs. Retail or
years. small businesses went bankrupt, loans or
Now that commercial travel has resumed, mortgages could not be paid, even securing
and the travel budget of the last couple of the roof above your head was tough for
years has been saved, it’s the end of the many, no surprises here for the rise in
compulsory travel sabbatical and time to crime.
rekindle travel ties. Economies have crashed, the Russia-
With the endemic in sight, almost all bans Ukraine war has left the world to sink
lifted for travel in and out of countries further and the struggle has grown deeper.
worldwide, the United Kingdom (UK) being The pandemic has left many —
the pioneer to remove all testing, vaccine • Depressed and unable to get back on their
and mask restrictions and asking their feet to work and earn again,
people to treat Covid-19 like the usual flu, • Embracing a solitary lifestyle due to the
everyone is ready with a boarding pass in shift to the “work from home” concept.
hand to resume life. • Finding that getting back into the buzz of
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