gINKgo I RARE Newsletter I Vol 27 I Testing my travel feet and wings

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Testing my travel feet and wings!

by Shoba Mohan

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With a few boarding cards, train tickets, boat tickets and hundreds of photos collected as souvenirs, this was a January well spent.

Traversing Tezpur, Guwahati, Kolkata, Ajimganj, Murshidabad, Visakhapatnam, Rajmundry, Amalapuram, Yanam, Bhubaneshwar; and three rivers - Brahmaputra, Ganges and Godavari; it surprisingly was an easy, safe and mindful journey. 4 Flights, 2 trains, 1 river boat and a cruise ship, over 1500 kms on the road and you will agree, it is not enough after the year of hibernation that 2020 was.

Here is my journey in moments. To begin with safety precautions, almost to the point of obsession – plenty of handwashing, hot showers, copious amounts of hot beverages, double face masks and safe distancing with RTPCR tests before and after travel. Some may ask if it's worth the trouble....if travelling is not to bust the ROI argument, then what is?