Travel in the Times of Corona

Travel in the Times of Corona — a Journey Back and Forth

Going on a 3-week trip at the peak of a world…

The attempted way back home

Between the time we booked our flight to NYC, and the flight itself, not a lot has happened in our so-called…

Communication, or lack thereof, when most needed

After landing in Santiago in the Amazing Race-esque journey from Northern Chile, I tried contacting Copa to change the flight from March 23rd to an earlier day, ideally in a few hours. After a surprisingly short wait time on the phone, I made it…

Border closures and the escape attempts from lockdown

So. So much has happened so very fast. 
Two days ago, at night, we finally got a hold of American airlines, trying to modify out flight to leave earlier and not from Buenos Aires as the country went on a lockdown. After (only) an hour…

Flights, viruses and sanitizers

We left yesterday morning, choosing a rideshare over public transport, to minimize exposure as much as we can. This outbreak is going to be expensive 💸.

At Montréal airport, we started noticing first signs of how things have changed. The terminal…