The Ramblings of an Aspiring Expat Traveling Nomad Wanderer
Written on June 17, 2021
February 14, 2020: Egypt confirms the countries first COVID-19 case and case numbers continue rising elsewhere. [Wikipedia]
Jill and I packed our bags and ate our last breakfast in Ubud. I probably cried on my pancake but I managed to take a few pictures of the guesthouse cat. Then we walked down the driveway and met, Eddy, our driver who would deliver across the island to Amed Beach.… Read the rest
Written on June 15, 2021
February 11, 2020: The WHO names the disease COVID-19 and the virus is named SARS-CoV-2.
February 12: The first case in London, UK is confirmed.
February 13: Japan confirms its first death from COVID-19. The National University of Singapore starts a week of online classes.
In Ubud. Jill and I were thinking about going to the beach for a week.… Read the rest
I wrote this June 14, 2021.
February 9-10, 2020: The death toll from COVID-19 surpasses the death toll from the SARS epidemic of 2002-2003. [Wikipedia]
Day 9 in Ubud and we found another cafe. I actually wrote a journal entry after we met Daria there. So, I’m a little confused about the timing.
Another Day, another cafe. We found Daria!… Read the rest
Written on June 12, 2021
Feb. 8, 2020: the cases tick up.
We took a walk in the morning to a cafe on the outskirts of town. Jill picked it somehow, as I recall it seemed like a long walk. Jill wanted to get some work done because she was going to teach her students online when the semester started again.… Read the rest
Written on June 11, 2021
February 7, 2020 COVID-19 report: As of this date, our lovely province of Guangdong, China had over 1,000 cases and recorded the first death. Malaysia now had 15 cases. [Wikipedia]
It was the morning of our seventh day in Ubud. Dawn found us far from our beds. We had walked to a ridge in the dark for a view of the city sunrise.… Read the rest
Written June 10, 2021
I just found this email I sent my mother on Feb. 4, 2020. It’s weird how many places on my computer I can find scraps of memories from that time. My mother invited us to stay with them in Florida, USA.
Thanks for the invitation! We are holding tight here in Bali. Maybe we will reevaluate later.… Read the rest
It was the 4th of February. Belgium confirmed a case of COVD-19, its first. Hong Kong confirmed the city’s 13th death. Malaysia now had 10 cases, Thailand 25, South Korea 16, and Vietnam 9 [Wikipedia]. The world was swirling around us but we remained in a calm eye of the storm.
Jill unfailingly meditated in our room each day. … Read the rest
Well, here we are again. It’s the third day in Bali or maybe the fourth, it’s a bit jumbled. On February third, 2020 the USA declared a public health emergency. Things were heating up. India confirmed a third case and Vietnam announced an eighth case.
Here’s a portion of a journal I wrote dated Feb. 4.
… Read the restJill’s doing yoga and I’m puttering about, being a tourist.
On our second day in Ubud (I believe this is Feb. 2, 2020), Jill geared up for her Yoga workshop. She was so excited for it. She’d been watching this celebrity teacher on instagram for a long time. She even signed up for her VIP club because there was a big discount on the workshop. While Jill was getting started I started to explore the city.… Read the rest
First of all, Jill pointed out to me two glaring omissions. First, when we left our apartment in Manila for the airport on 31 January, 2020. We hopped in a taxi. More than halfway through our ride we discovered our drivers’ licenses were missing. If you’ve been reading along and remember every single line for the last 10 entries or so you could tell me where they are or were.… Read the rest