Six virtual holidays

Chris Carter takes six virtual holidays you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home

Hawksbill Sea Turtle © Steffen Binke / Alamy
Explore the Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough as your guide © Alamy
(Image credit: Hawksbill Sea Turtle © Steffen Binke / Alamy)

Even when you live and work in an exciting place such as Chicago, the chances are you haven’t seen all there is to see. That is as true for penguins as it is for people, it turns out. With Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium closed to the public last month due to coronavirus, some of the penguins were allowed out of their pens to take a tour of the rest of the attraction. Quite what they thought is unknown to any of us as none had yet mastered the art of leaving a review on Tripadvisor. However, holiday snaps of the diminutive tourists enjoying a gawk at their fishy neighbours can be viewed here.

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Chris Carter
Wealth Editor, MoneyWeek

Chris Carter spent three glorious years reading English literature on the beautiful Welsh coast at Aberystwyth University. Graduating in 2005, he left for the University of York to specialise in Renaissance literature for his MA, before returning to his native Twickenham, in southwest London. He joined a Richmond-based recruitment company, where he worked with several clients, including the Queen’s bank, Coutts, as well as the super luxury, Dorchester-owned Coworth Park country house hotel, near Ascot in Berkshire.

Then, in 2011, Chris joined MoneyWeek. Initially working as part of the website production team, Chris soon rose to the lofty heights of wealth editor, overseeing MoneyWeek’s Spending It lifestyle section. Chris travels the globe in pursuit of his work, soaking up the local culture and sampling the very finest in cuisine, hotels and resorts for the magazine’s discerning readership. He also enjoys writing his fortnightly page on collectables, delving into the fascinating world of auctions and art, classic cars, coins, watches, wine and whisky investing.

You can follow Chris on Instagram.