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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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