Author: Doret
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How to start a Virtual Trip around the World – by Accident
The Dusty Shelf Academy hears about Doret’s virtual trips she started in 2020 in a series of conversations. This post is a throwback from 10 June 2020. Her full essay about her armchair travels will be published in Afrikaans in 2025 on her website. I’m drifting off to sleep in front of a campfire crackling…
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Today’s Couch is Tomorrow’s Ferry – 10 Lessons from my Armchair Travels (Part 1)
In March 2020 when the last door shut behind her to start the Hard Lockdown in South Africa, Doret’s first thought was “I must find a way to not go crazy”.On Easter Weekend 2020, she pitched a tent in her living room and found a campfireon YouTube. A couple of days later she “left” for…
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