Travel Inspiration-Indian Cinema, Mumbai/South India TravelReminiscing

07/06/20 • 26 min

In this episode I share how lately I've opened up my imagination to travel through watching Indian cinema and looking back at my last extensive trip to Mumbai and South India.
I've chatted with a few of you about when we'll be able to travel again and helped some of you with thinking about your travel plans for 2021. Personally I have also been finding it difficult to visualize travel with the current situation with no answers to when we'll be able to travel internationally again. Recently I started watching Indian movies and not only has it helped me think back on previous trips to India but it's opened up my mind to visualizing when I can travel again and where I would like to go. If you're having a hard time imagining where to travel next we all know we can go to YouTube for travel ideas and insights, but cinema is also a wonderful way to be inspired, not only by images but by stories and cultural differences that are reflected in movies. Almost every country in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and of course South Asia has it's own movie industry. Some like India are huge, others are modest but still insightful and inspirational. Start dreaming again and check out some movies from some future destinations you'd like to visit. Over the next few weeks I'll be sharing some of my favorite movies from Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam and other places in hopes they will help with your future travel plans.
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Malaysian Borneo-Food, Adventure, Wildlife Top Things To Do

Honestly I really don't know why I don't talk about Malaysian Borneo-Sarawak/Sabah more! I have so many wonderful memories of these places to eating amazing seafood dinners to climbing to the roof of Borneo on Mt. Kinabalu. In this episode I cover the main centers of the states of Sarawak and Sabah, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu respectively. Of course there's tons of other places to see and adventures to experience I don't talk about in this episode but this will certainly getting you started on your vision of a trip to Malaysian Borneo. This place really does have it all including modern sophisticated resorts if you prefer or basic hostel accomodations. Some of the more serious adventures aren't cheap, my hike up Mt. Kinabalu was over $500USD and if you want to make a trip out to the Danum Valley that will be expensive too unless you book accomodation at the park huts, which you'll need to do months in advence. Also of note I will say is even in the tourist places I never felt like I was a target as much as in other places in Southeast Asia, it's a pretty cool laid back vibe there. Thanks for listening! I always enjoy hearing from listeners, please connect with me on Facebook, Instagram or Twiiter and visit my website: https://fareasttravels.com
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Southeast Asia/East Asia Travel Update

Currently there are no countries issuing tourist visas in either Southeast Asia or East Asia. I think it's safe to say that with a possible exception of one or two countries it will still be some time before travel for tourists will resume in these regions. With the recent resurgence of COVID-19, particularily where there had not been any community cases detected in months I would not expect countries to start issuing tourist visas or visas on arrival until 2021. Of course that doesn't mean you can't plan or dream for next year. While you're staying away from the crowds and safe at home what better time to start researching for your next big adventure. I'm receiving lots of messages, inquiries from people saying they heard travel will resume in September or October or late fall in Asia. What I think is happening is as countries start opening up their borders again for business people, highly skilled experts, and investors, people are assuming that travel is also opening up for tourists. This is not the case. In order for developing countries to keep increasing growth and investment they are accomodating this sector. These people are being quarantined upon arrival and because this is a small percentage of what the tourism arrivals would be, it's manageable. Would love to hear from you and how you're managing your travel plans and dreams or get your ideas on future shows. Email:[email protected]. Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/FarEastTravels1
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