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The 10 wildest places people have been stuck during the coronavirus pandemic
The 10 wildest places people have been stuck during the coronavirus pandemic
Gabbi ShawMay 28, 2020, 22:35 IST
The Polarstern is stuck in Arctic ice.Associated Press
As travel restrictions were placed upon countries due to the coronavirus pandemic, people have been forced to self-isolate, shelter in place, or quarantine in some pretty strange places.
Insider picked 10 places around the world that people have been forced to stay due to the pandemic.
A couple on their honeymoon was stuck in the Maldives for weeks, to the point where they were the only guests at the resort.
All around the world, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted every facet of daily life, including travel and vacations. As travel restrictions suddenly descended, tourists and others across the world were essentially placed in a holding pattern. But they're not the only ones affected. Some people have been forced to remain at their places of work, like the crew of a ship in the Arctic, or zookeepers who are keeping their animals safe and fed.
Keep scrolling to see 10 of the wildest places people have been stuck during the COVID-19 pandemic, from a bamboo Airbnb in Bali to a deserted island off the coast of Yemen.
Brent Underwood is riding out the pandemic in a California ghost town that he owns.
Underwood in Cerro Gordo.
Brent Underwood/Cerro Gordo
Andrea Goh, and 400 other Singaporeans, were forced to isolate for two weeks inside a five-star resort.
The view from Goh's room at the Shangri-La.
YouTube/Andrea Goh
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Kinsey Wolanski, an influencer, spent almost an entire month on the so-called "Fyre Festival Island" in the Bahamas before hitching a ride on a private plane.
Great Exuma.
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YouTuber Eva zu Beck has been stuck on an essentially deserted island off the coast of Yemen for two months.
Zu Beck on Socotra.
YouTube/Eva zu Beck
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British couple Corinne and Dave Pruden and their two sons traveled to Bali, Indonesia, before travel restrictions came into place. They've been staying in an Airbnb since.
The Prudens in Bali.
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The crew of the Polarstern is literally stuck in the Arctic ice, but that didn't prevent the coronavirus from reaching them.
The Polarstern.
Associated Press
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Four zookeepers at the Paradise Park in Cornwall, England, moved into the wildlife sanctuary in order to stay isolated and keep their animals fed.
Some of the zookeepers that moved in.
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Olivia and Raul De Freitas were all set to spend their six-day honeymoon in the Maldives. They were there for three weeks.
Olivia and Raul De Freitas in the Maldives.
Olivia and Raul De Freitas
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Thousands of people around the world were stuck on cruise ships that were refused entry at various ports.
The Diamond Princess.
Associated Press/Eugene Hoshiko
British tourists were ordered to isolate in an abandoned Vietnamese hospital.
Ninh Binh in North Vietnam.
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