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Travel in the Age of Covid-19

Title (Dublin Core)

Travel in the Age of Covid-19

Disclaimer (Dublin Core)

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Description (Dublin Core)

If you would like to know why I was travelling, please see this journal:

https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive/item/30217

Travelling at the best of times can induce stress and anxiety. In the times of Covid-19, it is a whole different experience.

I am dropped off at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport. The departure screen, usually filled with flight information, now only has a handful of flights on display.

Incoming flights into Melbourne have been suspended entirely.

My destination is Bahrain via Dubai International Airport.

Emirates Airlines EK409 is flying at about a third of its capacity (the Melbourne-Dubai route is, at normal times, a very popular one and flights are usually almost full).

The extra room is welcome, allowing many travellers to lay down and enjoy a little comfort in these uncomfortable times.

Masks as well as gloves are required throughout the flight. A hygiene kit is provided.

I sleep for most of the flight. When I arrive in Dubai, sitting in the terminal building waiting for my connection (which is in 10 hours because of reduced flights frequency), and as a way of passing the time, I join one of my online University classes.

Three months later, in October 2020, when this journal was written, travel is still a very complicated affair. This is the worst crisis to hit the industry since the attacks of September the 11th 2001.

I will not take travel for granted ever again.

This reflection was submitted as part of the HIST30060 Making History project at the University of Melbourne.

Date (Dublin Core)

July 15, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Yusuf Abdulwahab

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Yusuf Abdulwahab

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HIST30060

Partner (Dublin Core)

University of Melbourne

Type (Dublin Core)

Text and photographs

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

Covid-19, Education and Making Choices

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Education--Universities
English Healthcare
English Online Learning
English Travel
English Transportation

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Victoria
education
learning
international student
immigration

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

travel
Dubai
International students
Australia
Melbourne
airport
education

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HIST 30060 University of Melbourne Syllabus

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

2020/11/08

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

2020/11/10

Date Created (Dublin Core)

2020/07/15

Item sets

Covid 19
Australian Collection

This item was submitted on November 8, 2020 by Yusuf Abdulwahab using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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