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But not for 27-year-old Isabel Leong.
The Singaporean travel blogger is currently in the U.S., after flying there from Singapore in October this year. But mostly wandering in nature, she tells us.
She has camped in negative 12°C weather, rock-climbed on natural rock formations, soaked in natural hot springs and explored national parks.
But why did Leong decide to leave Singapore, where strict safe distancing measures have kept Covid-19 more or less under control, to fly to the U.S., where the number of infections continues to climb daily?
Over a Zoom call from her friend s home in Los Angeles, Leong told me more about her unconventional travel decision.
ST & BT Podcasts of the week (Dec 11)
Green Pulse Ep 39: Singapore’s great green transition (featuring Singapore Management University assistant professor of strategic management Simon Schillebeeckx)
Editor Says Ep 7: Why we should not refuse the Covid-19 vaccine (featuring The Straits Times editor Warren Fernandez)
BT Money Hacks Ep 85: How to fix money mistakes of the sandwich generation (featuring Aviva’s product and marketing director Daniel Lum)
SFF x Switch 2020: The 2020 Singapore FinTech festival (featuring Monetary Authority of Singapore s managing director Ravi Menon)
The Big Story Ep 62: Grab-Gojek merger will have less competition dilution compared with 2018 Uber deal (featuring ST s senior transport correspondent Christopher Tan)
COVID-19 testing to be offered to hostel residents at NUS, NTU, SMU, SUTD channelnewsasia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from channelnewsasia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Silver Ribbon has been working to identify and address the gaps to combat mental health stigma and to encourage early help.ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH
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