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The Covid-19 pandemic is still unfolding with complexity and no clear end in sight. As travel destinations worldwide gradually close their doors, Vietnam is no exception. Certainly, the 'wanderlust team' must be feeling quite fed up facing the prospect of being stuck at home during this period of isolation and social distancing. But fret not, below are some incredibly fantastic solutions for travel enthusiasts amidst this pandemic.
Strategies to Overcome the 'Wanderlust Blues' During the Pandemic
Indulging in Travel Books or Magazines
Home isolation doesn't have to be dreadful or lonely. It can be a moment to slow down and rethink for travel enthusiasts. Immersing yourself in a travel book about a new destination through the lens of 'wordly meanings' will let your imagination wander through incredibly rich landscapes. Alternatively, keeping up with daily news updates through magazines can give your eyes a break from physical exploration right now.
As the nation rallies to fight the pandemic, simply sitting still, listening to music, reading books, and staying healthy is all we need. This type of activity is perfectly reasonable for both travel enthusiasts and non-enthusiasts, extroverts or introverts, to forget about the wanderlust fever right now.
Travel magazines help quench your thirst for exploration during the distancing season. Photo: Internet
Cultivate and Live Green
If your home has suitable space to start a gardening venture, go for it! Dig the soil, plant seeds, water, install a misting machine to humidify the plants, and nurture the fresh crops every day. It's also a fantastic way to reduce stress, forget the longing for travel that currently exists.
It would be truly delightful during this time if your vegetable garden that you've personally cultivated becomes lush green and can be harvested for a nutritious meal.
Immersing yourself in nature, plants, and trees also adds extra energy to yourself. Spending social distancing time gardening, harvesting, and cooking according to your preferences is a way to pamper yourself, reduce stress, and alleviate the existing sense of confinement.
Make use of indoor space to grow green vegetables during the pandemic. Photo: Internet
Caring for the Sense of Taste - Warming Up the Family Kitchen
Previously, when busy with work and economic worries, you might have forgotten the importance of family meals to the extent. Now, during home isolation, you suddenly realize that a simple, warm meal, and a sweet soup also bring warmth to the soul.
Feeling nostalgic, your steps will falter and stop if you catch the scent of a delicious dish you once loved. Remembering childhood, the days of joy enjoying mom's delicious meals and then cooking yourself a hearty family meal. This will surely be an endless feeling of happiness during the quarantine period. It's also a fantastic way to cure the wanderlust disease right now.
'Seducing' your taste buds will be the recipe and solution to make you love your home kitchen more, forgetting the longing to travel right now. And this is also a way to enhance the health of you and your family members through the epidemic season.
Cooking with Family for a More Comfortable Experience. Photo: Internet
Home Workouts
Create energy in your home by choosing your favorite sport and exercising at home. Exercise is an excellent way to train your body and boost immunity against Covid-19. Cardio workouts burn fat, and home yoga poses will make travel enthusiasts forget the discomfort of always being urged by their restless feet.
Set yourself a plan and goal to improve your physique and weight, then strictly follow it in your spare time. After the distancing, you will appear with a truly perfect appearance that everyone will be surprised and look up to.
Exercise to Relieve Negative Feelings During the Distancing Season. Photo: Internet
Traveling at Home
Sitting still but still traveling? You might think this sounds surreal, but no, each of us can totally do it. By reading travel magazines, watching exploration programs of new territories, travel channels... you can easily learn about countless famous destinations worldwide.
Traveling through online entertainment channels is considered a popular solution. And right now, traveling at home through the internet can effectively solve the wanderlust of travel enthusiasts.
These programs not only bring stories of cuisine and culture from new territories but also help you understand more about the people in those lands. The lands you planned to visit but are still on hold due to the pandemic. No need to go far, just stay at home and watch these programs. Your energy source always stays alive and full.
Traveling at home through television, videos. Photo: Internet
Revisiting images, videos from previous trips
You've tried various methods but still feel something missing, try looking back at the photos, albums from many past trips and see how it goes. This is also a way to relieve stress, pent-up feelings in a small space, unable to go out to indulge in the passion for travel very effectively.
By revisiting memories, watching videos, images of previous trips, you can also send them to friends, family, then share and talk about past events together. Connecting relationships during the pandemic through social media will shorten emotions and make you much more comfortable and relaxed.
Combat Wanderlust with Virtual Travel
Have you heard of this solution? This is an interesting way to travel through virtual spaces that has been developed for a long time. Western countries have applied it extensively in the past and now they have the opportunity to expand it. Although the cost of installing digital devices, modern technology for virtual travel is quite high, it can still be done. If you have the means, this is a fantastic travel solution in the era of pandemics.
You will experience a virtual journey through a small screen using virtual reality technology to access culture, destinations... in a new, unique way. Travel destinations will be digitized in 3D that you don't have to bother moving anywhere, just sit at home and still enjoy as if you were there.
Virtual Reality (VR) technology comes with supporting tools like smartphones, computers, headphones, and effect chairs. This remote form of tourism has helped satisfy the wanderlust of thousands of travel enthusiasts in this pandemic situation.
Travel 4.0 through virtual space. Image: Internet
Hope these fantastic suggestions will help you slow down, look at life from a different perspective. Renew your energy source during the pandemic so that after this period of home isolation, future trips will become wiser. Look back at the negative statistics of the pandemic raging in Vietnam to increase motivation to stay at home to help the country quickly overcome social distancing, threatened by the Covid-19 virus.
