Watching that tomb like a hawk

Answering your first batch of travel questions on podcasts, dream companions and losing things on holiday

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Those who follow me closely, close enough to be considered a disciple, say, will know that in January I began writing travel guides on specific places or travel themes, like the best graveyards to take a stroll through.

I realised quite quickly that I had no idea which of these guides would work well, and what people actually wanted to read about. And so instead of doing the hard work of researching and choosing destinations to write about and staying on top of “consumer trends,” I have decided to let you do all the hard work and submit questions for me to answer.

So this post is full of my travel tips, opinions and hacks. Unfortunately it is for paid subscribers only, but I have left the first question open for everyone, just as a little teaser.

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You’ve been whisked back in time to join a historical figure on a journey they made (e.g. Alexander the Great at the Siwa Oasis). Who is your new travel companion and where are you going?

This feels like one of those impossible questions as there are so many figures it would be amazing to follow around. As you've said, there's Alexander the Great. What about Christopher Columbus? I'd love to watch the moment he discovered that the “New World” wasn't so new and untouched after all. Or Hannibal as he crossed the Alps. Or James Cook as he gets skewered on Hawaii. 

So perhaps I have to go quite route one: Jesus. There isn't, I don't think, a person who has had a greater effect on our modern world, and so I'd like to just follow him around, see what he's like, where he goes. I'm an agnostic leaning towards atheism, and so it won't come as a surprise that I'd also be keeping quite a close eye on my new friend. I obviously can't say whether he really did rise from the dead or not, or change anybody's opinion as to whether he did, but I can, in this scenario, go and watch that tomb like a hawk. 

I'm glad that first question was nice and non-controversial.