[manaboutown]

Although I need to fly for business purposes I have cut way back since the world got hit by the China virus pandemic. I now only travel when absolutely necessary. When possible I use accumulated frequent flyer miles which now amount to 1.6M. I use them to rent cars and hotel rooms too but I doubt I'll ever be able to use them all.

I went on a lot of cruises back in my early to mid sixties and got them out of my system. What I experienced was whenever a bug was going around a ship, which was at least half the time, I got it as I am prone to catching whatever respiratory disease is circulating within the population. Too, as a result of my time at sea my facial skin had started to age rapidly from both the direct sunlight and that reflected off the water's surface.

From my experience many if not most cruisers were newly wed, nearly dead or overfed.