14 different ways to travel the world without leaving home

Revisit your past travel photos to reminisce your travel adventures. Dust off your old photo albums or open those long forgotten photo folders on your computer and have a giggle or cringe.

Maybe now is a good opportunity to sort out all those photos too, that you've been meaning to do for ages. Delete all the bad and out-of-focus photos and file the remaining photos into folders (categorise in countries or cities).

2. Turn photos into works of art

Turn your favourite photos into works of art. You can have them printed onto canvas so you can hang on your walls to give you a smile every day.

Alternatively, you can have a collection printed into a coffee table book. Makes a wonderful conversation starter for when we allowed to have visitors in our home once again.

In Australia, Officeworks has such a service. Or just Google for ‘canvas photo prints’.

3. Live calls with overseas friends

Staying in touch doesn’t mean it has to be face to face. Skype, Zoom or live call your overseas friends to catch up. It will you stay calm and positive.

Last weekend I spoke with my friend in Brussels via Zoom and was interesting to learn how life is for them at the moment. My friend felt so much better as he lives alone in his apartment.

4. Read travel blogs

Why not read some travel blogs. It can be for pure entertainment or for research purposes as you dream about your next holiday once the pandemic is over.

For example, take a read of last month’s blog about how I experienced the big 2015 earthquake in Nepal. That was a different type of crisis compared to today, but it still caused me to change the way I think. I tend to value life more now and strive to make the most of every waking moment. I always look for the positives, even in the current challenges.

5. Travel diaries

8. Visit a museum online

Did you know that you can visit museums through Googles Art and Culture?

Once on the Arts and Culture page, simply search the word ‘museums’ in the search bar. Then scroll and choose from the wide selection.

9. Immerse yourself in travel novels

Keep your inner travel gypsy alive by reading some books on real life travels. Perhaps select books that are set in the country of your next dream holiday.

I remember reading Travels in a Thin Country while I travelled through Chile.  I enjoyed reading Captain Corelli’s Mandolin as I sailed through the Greek Islands. And one book I wish I had read before I travelled through Tuscany for three weeks  was The Medici – the rise and fall of the most influential Tuscan family that contributed greatly to the renaissance period. I want to go back to view the art again with a greater knowledge and appreciation.

The ones I’ve read in the last year are adventures that I wouldn’t do myself personally but was great to live through their eyes as they experienced it. Some choices below:

Fat Chick Goes AWOL – exploring Western Australia the hard way, on a trike!

Ubuntu, a motorcycle odessey – an adventure of a life time by a solo female travelling through Africa on a motor bike. She learnt an important rule that helped her escape little mishaps to dangerous dramas.