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JungleDrums issue 83 - secret London & best pousadas in #Brazil

August 12 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Brazil, #issuu, #JungleDrums, #London, #online magazine, #pousada, #Travel News

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Vuvuzela, Zakumi the Cheetah and Winnie Mandela

August 5 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #David Fagbohun, #Football, #South Africa, #Travel News, #vuvuzela, #Winnie Mandela, #World Cup 2010, #Zakumi

You guessed it a vuvuzela. Throughout the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, David and I were texting each other several times a day, he giving updates from his three weeks in South Africa, me giving him the 'home' perspective. However, for the most important...

Travel quote - travel, a personal journey

August 2 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Brazil, #evelyn welty, #Ola Fagbohun, #photograph, #Salvador de Bahia, #travel, #Travel News, #Travel quote, #travel writer, #travelling, #woman travellers, #women travelers

"Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming part of it." - Eudora Welty, writer Picture: Me in Salvador de Bahia, N.E Brazil (2003)

Travel quote: Going stir crazy

July 31 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #door of no return, #Ghana, #Ola Fagbohun, #slavery, #travel, #Travel News, #travel photos, #Travel quote

"A (wo)man of superior talent ... will go to pieces if (s)he remains forever in the same place." Paraphrasing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer. Picture: Door of no return. Cape Coast, Ghana View my travel photos on Flickr:

Travel quote: the riches of markets

July 23 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #markets, #Marrakesh souk, #Morocco, #Sue Miller, #travel, #Travel News, #travel photography, #Travel quote, #travel writing, #travelling

The riches of markets are surely some of the surprises of travel - overflowing tables, the astonishing variety of fruits and spices. As Sue Miller wrote in her story "Travel", the abundance is " so unlike the parsimony of pint boxes in the supermarket...

My 10K run for charity featured in local press

July 16 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #blood pressure association, #British 10k run, #health and fitness, #hypertension, #jogging, #London, #Ola Fagbohun, #Travel News, #Wembley and Willesden Observer, #Willesden and Brent Times

World Cup (#WorldCup2010) - divided loyalties

June 10 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Brazil, #Football, #Jungle Drums, #magazine, #Travel News, #world cup

Lucky me, I drew Brazil in the family World Cup draw, unfortunately I also drew Honduras, North Korea. So, it's goooooooo Brazil (England and Nigeria too).

The meaning of travel

May 19 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #365 Travel, #Back of beyond, #David Yeardon, #Journeys, #travel, #travel meditations, #Travel News, #travel quotes, #travelers' tales

Some very wise writers have defined travel as "the exploration of inner space - the losing of the self in order to find oneself"; "a pursuit of rootlessness"; "the recurrent human desire to drop our lives and walk out of them"; "to leave home where we...

This is What Travelling Feels Like These Days

May 12 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #airport security, #female travel, #stressful travel, #travel, #Travel News, #traveling, #travelling, #women, #women traveler

Source: http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1ye340UUZ1qzsw67o1_r1_500.png I have the experienced the above far to often, no matter how prepared I am. What about you, how stressful, or not, do you find travelling?

Men pay the price while we make the decisions

May 7 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Couples, #holiday, #hotel, #research, #Survey, #travel, #Travel buying Decision, #Travel News, #travel planning, #women

This rsearch may be a few years old (2007), but the findings are still very much relevant today. A survey of over 1,000 members of the UK’s most popular online dating site** match.com, found that while the average man is left with a total bill of £351...