Travel

December, 2020

• 21 December

  2020 - Kilauea wants a word

  

  The evening of 20 December Kilauea (Big Island, Hawaii) erupted, putting her exclamation point on the year 2020 with an eruption of lava which included a 165-foot plume. The photos from the USGS Volcanoes are spectacular. This thermal GIF gives you a feel for the raw power of the eruption. …
• 21 December

  Countries restrict entry from UK

  

  The revelation of a new COVID strain in the UK has resulted in a multitude of countries restricting entry of travelers from the UK. These countries are: FranceGermanyItalyRussiaIndiaCanadaNetherlandsDenmarkPolandBelgiumAustriaIrelandNorwayBulgariaIsraelHong Kong El Salvador France took the draconian step of banning ALL travel from the UK for 48 hours beginning 21 December - …
• 3 December

  Traveled? Assume you’re exposed to COVID

  

  Thanksgiving has come and gone and sadly, the millions who traveled over the past 7 to 10 days have created what may turn out to be the largest COVID super-spreader event when they ignored CDC warnings to avoid travel and gatherings as the number of COVID cases spiked in the …

September, 2020

• 17 September

  Hawaii’s tourist industry urges Governor to reopen

  

  Tourism to Hawaii is what wheat is to bread, an essential ingredient. Since the onset of COVID, the state has judiciously put in place a protective regime, designed to keep the citizens of Hawaii COVID free. At this time, travelers to Hawaii who are not going to a family residence, …
• 14 September

  Israel to enter COVID Lockdown 18 September

  

  Effective 18 September 2020, Israel will enter a nationwide lock down due to COVID. The Prime Minister’s office issued a notice on 13 September, which can be read in it’s entirety by clicking on the Facebook embed. This is the second lock down which Israel will have experienced due to …
• 10 September

  COVID screening at US airports ends 14 September

  

  The folks over at Yahoo News are reporting that U.S. international traveler screening for COVID is going to end at 12:01AM on 14 September 2020. Currently travelers are subject to (though many reports indicate it isn’t 100 percent by any measure) having their temperatures taken and their basic health observed …
• 9 September

  Still too early for Cruise lines to return passengers to the seas?

  

  Cruising has returned to the Mediterranean with MSC Grandiosa leading the way with a 7-day cruise out of Genoa, Italy with stops at three Italian ports and Valletta, the capitol of Malta which departed some three weeks ago on a post-COVID cruise. Yes, you read that correctly - a cruise …
• 8 September

  Tourist bodies found in Ensenada well

  

  The last day Ian Hirschsohn and his girlfriend Kathy Harvey were seen was 29 August in the Pacific coast city of San Quinton, about 30 kms north of El Socorrito where Hirschsohn had a second home. They were driving a Toyota Land Cruiser and due in San Diego on 31 …
• 8 September

  Murder in Baja California Sur

  

  Today we learned from the Baja California Sur state prosecutors office that the body of ex-pat Craig Harrison (65-year-old) was found on the beach in Cabo Pulmo on 05 September. Murder An autopsy of Harrison showed he had been stabbed in the chest. How his body ended up in the …

August, 2020

• 27 August

  Securely Travel is out of hiatus

  

  As we struggled through health issues related with the pandemic in the spring, we went into hiatus and thought, as did so many, we were going to be in clear sailing come late-summer. We were wrong. And travel has changed and thus the need for Securely Travel has never been …