Lingo in Transit
Travel, Languages and Life
Category: travel thoughts
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I have to admit, I never really understood the notion that people travel to find themselves. Finding themselves like they had lost parts that could be found. I know myself I stubbornly thought. But the more thought about it, the more I started to change my mind on this. Maybe we don’t consciously make a…
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Travel is not all about seeing new places, eating interesting foods and meeting new people. As with all the good things in life, it also comes with the bad things in life. Stomach bugs. I had previously written about how I discovered seasickness on my travels and the time I got eaten alive by mosquitoes…
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Many developed countries are in the midst of a vaccine roll out and there has been chatter here and there about a so called vaccine travel passport. In these conversations, people compare it to the yellow fever vaccine passport. It seems bizarre to me that we are comparing this COVID19 vaccine which, let’s face it,…
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I show my boarding ticket to the flight attendant and they tell me which aisle to go down. They are all smiling and look so well put together with not a hair out of line. I wonder how they always look so good even through night flights. I’m always so excited to be on huge…
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When was the last time you consciously did something new? New hairstyle, new clothing combinations, new cafe, new way of thinking or new walking path? If you’re like me and have been home much of the year, routine got the better of me. I wore much the same things day in and day out. I…
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Do you find that drinks don’t get as much coverage when talking about past travels? Yet some of my fondest travel memories are drinks that I’ve tried, whether I had like them or not and where I was exactly when I drank it. Whether it be alcoholic, a delicious fruit smoothie or some sort of…
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Souvenirs are such a personal matter. Some travelers don’t buy anything at all, others are drawn to build their collection of a certain item and others are just looking out for things that catch their eye or perhaps personalised items. Frida Kahlo magnet from the Frida Kahlo Museum. One of the Top 8 places to…
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Warning: This post may contain images that viewers might find disturbing. One of best things about traveling is getting to try food and drinks that you’ve never had before. Whether it be a fruit, vegetable or protein that you’ve never seen in your home country before, combination of flavors or dishes you’ve never tried- there…
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I use to fly regularly on domestic trips for work. Red eye flights. I was one of those people who would be asleep even before the plane took off in the early hours of the morning. Despite having to fly often, I never tire of being on planes. I love being in the clouds and…
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I’ve come to learn and research quite abit around memory in my scientific life (neuroscientist by training here!). I know how unreliable and fleeting memories can be which I think is just a guarantee of life- that you will not have your memories forever. To try and capture my own memories, I’ve been on a…
Lingo in Transit 