The new decade, which we all excitedly entered with a renewed sense of clarity (cue the 20/20 references Only 183 more days to go until I was permitted to apply for a shiny new UK visa. New Zealand, which, to date, had contributed only 1,154 cases and 22 deaths to those aforementioned totals The bad news was that New Year's Eve would have to be celebrated at home and my 20-year streak of ringing in the new year in a new city/country would come to an end.

I kept a close eye on travel-related news and researched flight schedules extensively. I followed all the new onboard regulations, suggested guidelines and health protocols. COVID-19 is still relatively new, so accurate data on how it can spread between aircraft passengers is that getting on a plane always brings me...Which is less to do with flight itself and more about the new

For the past twenty years, I have spent New Year's Eve in a different city - the last ten of those, in Moving slightly south from Canada, but sticking to North America, the first half of my USA New Year's It was a white New Year's Eve. There was skiing and broomball in the daytime. In Kochi, Kerela, the Cochin Carnival takes place for ten days, ending on New Year's Day. Cheers to a new year, all...And too many more New Year's celebrations around the globe!

united states pacific ocean (2/15) australia east timor fiji kiribati marshall islands micronesia nauru new zealand palau papua new guinea samoa solomon islands tonga tuvalu vanuatu middle east (3/13) bahrain