In September 2019 I was unemployed, living with my parents and anxiety was getting the better of me. So, I went away. I spent five months stepping outside my comfort zone and being kind to my brain. And then the world completely shat itself. This is 157 days Before Covid.
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21 BC, Singapore - I paid 30 bucks for a Singapore Sling at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. I then nursed a Stella for two hours.
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55 BC, Cliffs of Moher - It was supposed to be raining on this day, so I was quite chuffed with blobs of sea foam that look like snow.
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113 BC, Washington D.C - Most things worth seeing in D.C are free, which is ideal for someone who stupidly splashed out on a flashy Air Bnb. This is the Library of Congress.
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8 BC, Hue - Is it a little bit wanky? Yes. Do I care? Only a little bit.
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117 BC, New York - The High Line is an old train track that’s been turned into a walkway. You’d probably have it all to yourself right about now.
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86 BC, Wadi Rum - I had to wake up at 5am about three times on my trip. This was the only time it was worth it.
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48 BC, London - Just before Christmas, we went to Merry Yeezus; an orchestra belting out Kanye classics. A violin has never been so hardcore.
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41 BC, Berlin - Earlier in the day, I ate a pretzel on top of the place Hitler died (which is now a carpark).
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17 BC, Hanoi - The scroll this man painted for me is just about the only gift I brought home after 157 days. Mum pretended she didn’t mind.
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34 BC, London - Street art makes you look really cultured, so here’s the Leake Street tunnel.
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125 BC, New York - I didn’t quite make it to Saturday Night Live, but I made it to the same building on the same night. If you look closely, you can see Taylor Swift.
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155 BC, Vancouver - When they say ‘talk to locals’, we didn’t expect an elderly man to tell us a 30 minute story about the Canadian man who inspired James Bond.
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30 BC, Budapest - This macaron shop is famous for inventive flavours. My favourite was ‘bourbon and bacon’, which was definitely more bourbon than bacon.
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11 BC, Halong Bay - This photo was taken just when Covid was transitioning from ‘moderate threat’ to ‘ pretty big deal’. The calm before the storm?
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59 BC, Dublin - I got my face printed on a pint of Guinness and clocked Ireland with one photo.
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108 BC, London - St Paul’s Cathedral. Not a cloud in the sky. This happens maybe once a year.
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126 BC, New York - The Nom Wah Tea Parlour in Chinatown is the oldest dim sum in New York. It’s almost as good as the one in Meadowlands.
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