“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain
I had such hope. I really did. When the vaccines came out earlier this year I felt the first inkling of hope. When I finally got my vaccine appointments in April I started gleefully looking at possible trips online. By May I had rebooked the South Africa trip I had to cancel last year and…