Southern Africa travel ban locks away scenic treasures
Another Covid variant has caused some countries to restrict travel from southern Africa, another sign of how small the world is.
The world is a small place. Every day we learn a bit more about how small.
Setting climate change aside, we’re back to damage control with the virus. A new variation found in a lab in South Africa’s Gauteng Province, location of Johannesburg, has led several governments to put another clamp on travel from six southern Africa nations.
A microbe blocking travel from Tambo International Airport in South Africa, 5,635 miles to London Heathrow, shows how small the world is.
I visited South Africa in 2004 and 2019, finding it the world’s best travel destination, at least in my world. I’ve been writing about it with this new (at least to me) Substack format.
I plan to continue writing about travel to Africa and the world, regardless of travel restrictions, to augment what I write on my home area, the U.S. West. There is no need to join or pay anything to follow along at terryjrichard.substack.com.
Tweets that capture the frustration in southern Africa right now:
