Les and Tracy travelled extensively until COVID-19 wrought havoc on their plans. Like millions of others, they stayed home and wistfully watched TV shows set in foreign lands, dreaming of the day when they would dust off their suitcases, check that their passports were up to date and peruse airline and rail timetables.
Les fretted. Being the older one in the relationship, he was concerned that his advancing years and recurrent back problems, meant that he would never again go on a grand adventure. Tracy was more reluctant to hit the road, concerned about the impact of being ill on foreign shores. She monitored the ever-changing virus on Twitter, alternately marvelling and being horrified by its capacity to mutate.
Cannes Encore is a delightful travelogue written by Baby Boomers, Les and Tracy Stanley. From Brisbane, Australia to Cannes then on to Paris, London, Edinburgh, Brussels, Cologne, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Bangkok and finally to the delightful riverside town of Huay Plu, Thailand. Eschewing, as much as possible, the well trodden path, with a preference for observing everyday life in quiet back waters. Modes of travel include trains, boats and planes along with the occasional tuk-tuk and bicycle.