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Protests in Rotterdam on Friday, November 19, turned violent as the first week of the three week partial lockdown came to a close. Protestors became violent with wide spread property destruction occurring. The Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, said it was an “orgy of violence. Police used water cannons and …
November, 2021
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19 November
New Delhi’s air pollution crisis worsens
It is an age old problem for the capitol of India, New Delhi, the air pollution in the cool winter months. This past week has been especially heinous for the residents and visitors, so much so that the government has taken some pretty unusual steps to address the issue. The …
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19 November
Italy: Ugly Americans sip a brew in the Colosseum
What we saw in Italy this past week was just another page from what can be called the “entitled traveler’s guide of gauche behavior” by American tourists. They made a Hollywood film about the ugly American, these two are accentuating the meme. CNN tells us, two American tourists, aged 24 …
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17 November
Floods and Fires in British Columbia
Back-to-back atmospheric rivers dumped an extraordinary amount of rain upon the Pacific Northwest, severely affecting northwest Washington State and the northern border Canadian province of British Columbia. According to the Government of British Columbia, the province currently has 63 evacuation alerts and orders issued (8 Fire and 42 Flood). While …
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15 November
Caribbean Travel - What you need to know
There were periods where travel to and within the Caribbean was problematic, that is no longer the case. Travel Weekly compiled a most useful of the COVID travel restrictions and requirements for the region in a November 2, 2021 post, which we highly recommend be read (link at the bottom). …
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13 November
Austria issues locked down orders for the unvaccinated
Reuters reported on how “Austria announced on Friday it is barring those not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from cafes, restaurants and hairdressers as infections approach the record set a year ago and the government struggles to convince holdouts to get the shot.” Areas which will be off limits to the …
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12 November
SITA: Digital Travel Declaration solution
SITA is availing their Digital Travel Declaration solution to governments. This will permit passengers to share required health and immunization documentation with governments ahead of travel in a streamlined fashion. CEO of SITA at Airports & Borders, David Lavorel commented, “In many cases, today’s onerous health requirements are discouraging travelers …
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11 November
FAA to the unruly in the air, it’s gonna cost you
On 10 November, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes $225,287 in civil penalties against 10 airline passengers for alleged unruly behavior involving physical assault. The highest fine went to a lady who in addition to punching and screaming at family members, threw trash and stole cookies …
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10 November
TSA - Travel numbers continue to increase
A quick look at the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) stats on travel for the first week of November 2021 shows a low of 1.48 million passengers and a high of 2.15 million passengers for an average of 1.81 million travelers. This is a significant uptick, 233 percent, from 2020, when …
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9 November
Sputnik Vaccine won’t get you into the US
The United States opened air-travel to the U.S. to the world for those non-US citizens who are fully vaccinated. Reminder, Sputnik Vaccine is not recognized as being sufficiently effective against COVID and is not on the approved list of vaccines as recognized by the CDC. The following list of acceptable …
