Melange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine July 2020 | Page 63

In New Zealand, 2019
be cancelled?” But as countries shut down and
death tolls climbed, the gravity of the situation
set in. It was not going to be fine. I was overcome
with emotions in those early days of March.
Panic, anxiety and dread hit me in tumultuous
waves as Grenada added more countries to its
restricted entry list. Then, when our borders
closed completely, I cried.
At first, I grieved for my lost adventures. I had quit
my job to build my travel blog, but how could I
be a full-time travel blogger without travel?
Trinidad Carnival, 2020