A.D Cooper
Apr 18, 20202 min
Updated: May 15, 2020
As tourism warms the pine for the foreseeable future uncertainty surrounds when it will, if ever, return to the status quo we once knew. With borders closed and budget airlines collapsing it is likely that affordable travel will be a long way away. One of the few positives that have come from this virus is the earth appearing to benefit from human quarantine. Hopefully when we can take to the skies and lose ourselves in jungles, mountains and oceans again we will appreciate and nurture the world more than we have previously. I keep my fingers crossed that as humans we will learn from this environmental rejuvenation and recalibrate the way we live. It is a great time to educate about, and partake in, the reduction of harmful practices we poison the planet with. With the hope that this will be a line in the sand toward improvement I look back at my favourite parts of the 54 countries I explored before COVID-19.
· Nui Beach (Phi Phi Island, Thailand)
· Sunset Beach (Thoddoo, Maldives)
· Praiya de Leste (Florianopolis, Brazil)
· Triund Hill (McCloud Ganj, India)
· Tatra National Park (Polish & Slovakian border)
· Dragon’s Crest (Krabi, Thailand)
· Iguazu Falls (Brazilian & Argentinian border)
· McKenzie Falls (Victoria, Australia)
· Erawan Falls 3 (Kanchanaburi, Thailand)
· Koh Phi Phi Ley (Thailand)
· Halong Bay (Vietnam)
· Santo Winery, Santorini (Greece)
· Bagan (Myanmar)
· Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
· Jaisalmer Sand Dunes (India)
· SS Thistlegorm (Sharm El Sheik)
· Manta Point (Komodo)
· The Pit (Tulum)
· Taj Mahal (India)
· The Monastery, Petra (Jordan)
· Petronas Towers (Malaysia)
· Indian
· Argentinian
· Mexican
· 525 (Luang Prabang, Laos)
· Pretty Poison (Canggu, Bali, Indonesia)
· Blanco Beach Bar (Koh Phi Phi Don, Thailand)
· Blanco (Phi Phi Island and Railay Beach, Thailand)
· Ginger Monkey (Zdair, Slovakia)
· Hostel Rio Elemento (Minca, Colombia)
· Edinburgh (Scotland)
· Dublin (Ireland)
· New York (USA)
· Hoi An (Vietnam)
· Luang Prabang (Laos)
· Tulum (Mexico)
· Koh Phi Phi (Thailand)
· Utila (Honduras)
· Gili Trawangan (Indonesia)
· India
· Ireland
· Thailand
· Kokoda Trek with Family, Papua New Guinea
· Sailing the San Blas Islands, Panama
· Liveaboard diving in the Komodo Islands, Indonesia
· Dive Master Internship & Turtle Conservation at Batu Batu
· Living on Phi Phi Island, Thailand
· Paintball at Pablo Escobar’s Mansion in Medellin, Colombia
· Sparty in Budapest, Hungary
· Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
· Cave Diving in Tulum, Mexico
· Whiskey Tasting at the Jameson Distillery in Dublin, Ireland