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The Best Travel Tip During a Global Disaster: Don’t Travel There’s a moment when travel stops being exciting and starts feeling urgent. Episode 5 captures that exact moment — when the world shifted from business as usual  to how do we get home before everything shuts down? In this episode of On the Bar Fly , we tell the story of navigating international travel as borders closed, flights vanished, and uncertainty became the only constant. The trip wasn’t spontaneous. It was pl

🧦 The Story of Stan, the Drunk Sock Monkey In 2013, my daughter gave me a sock monkey named Stan  to keep me company when I travel — a sweet little gesture meant to make me feel safe on the road. What she didn’t realize was that Stan would become my drinking buddy  and accidental travel mascot. Since then, Stan has joined me on countless adventures, and, naturally, a few pub visits . Over time, he earned his full title: Stan the Drunk Sock Monkey . 🍺 Sydney Shenanigans One