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More tips for successful travelling with children
The summer holidays are in full swing now, whether you are recently back from a holiday with your children, or about to go off on one, we all know that a carefully planned family holiday can be a wonderful experience. Picture: Family travel can be stress-free....
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Out of office? British managers reluctant to get away this summer
Despite being half way through the year, research published by the Chartered Management Institute (CIM) today shows that four out of ten British managers have not yet booked any summer holiday. You won't be surprised to learn that I have rarely needed...
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Introducing Guest Author Nadine Stewart
I'm Nadine and not only am I new to Ola's World and Diverse Traveller, I'm also new to the world of blogging... so please do take it easy on me! A little bit about me? I'm a 32 yr old (but very young at heart) single female originally from Bristol, but...
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A Day in the Life in Buenos Aires
Hi Guys, What is it like to live, work, love and survive in Buenos Aires? What is a normal day like as a single female in Buenos Aires? Rather than blog about anything specific today, I've just got back to my flat in Palermo, Buenos Aires at midnight...
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Trust your intuition when networking online
Around Easter I joined couchsurfing.com, a volunteer-based worldwide network connecting travellers with members of local communities, offering free accommodation and/or advice. I was on a mission to travel as many times as possible with my very limited...
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David John Butchers - My Guilty Oxford Pleasure
I love a good meat pie, particularly steak and kidney. And I don't think there is a better pie maker than David John Butcher, located in the Oxford Cover Market, Oxford. David John Butchers used to be two next door businesses, the Oxford Pantry and the...
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The Brixton Market revival
A unique mixture of old and new shops, including twenty creative pop-ups and new community-driven businesses have opened recently in the Brixton Village indoor market (aka Granville Arcade) run by the Space Makers Agency. On Saturday, January 16th, 2010,...
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Diverse Traveller: March 2010
This month our latest Diverse Traveller tales take you around the world via unique and diverse female insights, and that's not all! TravelWise - Stimulate your creativity with practical and enjoyable tips and trips, and win free tickets to events and...
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Unleashing my creativity - one
The text message I sent back to a friend, who had asked what I was up to today, Sunday, read … “Hiya, Hve just been a melted wax work now singing twinkle twinkle little start as a scene from Eastenders…” Rainy days and Sundays Once again I wondered why...
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Feel the fear and do it anyway!
This might be hard to believe, especially as I'm addicted to travelling, but I'm scared of flying. When I was young my Mum bought me, Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway by Susan Jeffers, a book with a message that has stayed with me. Picture: Feel the Fear...
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My perfect holiday - I'll be talking all day. Viva Espana!
No time for preening. Too much to do! Updated Diverse Traveller website , created and sent out the Diverse Traveller newsletter, now time for a cup of coffee and a bath. Then, with a deep breath I will commence my travel planning. Where am I off to this...
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Best supporting role in a film goes to .... Britain
Travel and film go hand in hand as can be seen by the many films, including award winners, featuring Britain in the best supporting role. Les Miserables at the ORNC. Photocredit Universal Pictures The glam and glitz of the 85th Academy Awards may be over,...
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A photo trip around historic Savannah
Still got some ways to go re cleaning up the Diverse Traveller archive, but I'm now bored and it's late. I'm usually in bed by 10 pm, I'm a morning person, but it's 11.17 pm and I'm still wide awake; even the crap on TV can't send me to sleep. Yes, I...
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Perfect holiday up in smoke - thanks Eyjafjallajökull
"What's a bloody volcano in Iceland got to do with my flight to Madrid?" I asked the Easyjet customer service rep. "Don't know", came his bored response, "all I know you aren't going to Madrid today." The was bored, having had to repeat the same refrain...
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Men pay the price while we make the decisions
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...
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Review of Best Western Robert Treat Hotel, New Jersey, USA ...
After eight days in Canada, Ronke and I headed to New York. New York hotels are hideously expensive, so after a quick search on TripAdvisor, I found the Best Western hotel in nearby New Jersey. Here's my review: “OK hotel with indifferent staff ” Sept...
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Travel Quote: We Travel Because ... Anything Could Happen
"Women who travel as I travel are dreamers. Our lives seem to be lives of endless possibility. Like readers of romances, we think that anything can happen to us at any time. We forget that this is not our real life - our life of domestic details, work...
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Travel Through The World's Coolest Airports [Infographic]
As airports get busier and delays more prevalent, an airport with all the right facilities can really help to make the time pass that little bit quicker. Duty free is pretty much a given, but some airports are going all out in the battle to become the...
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Running for my life; raising money for the Blood Pressure Association
You'd think I'd come up with a much easier way to explore historic London, than a 10K run. But easy is not on my birth certificate, so once again I am experiencing London via a 10K London run, my third this year. Why? Because I can. But also because jogging...
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Race complete! Blood Pressure Association press release
Harlesden resident Ola Fagbohun, raced her way to good blood pressure health when she took part in the British 10K London Run in aid of UK charity the Blood Pressure Association (BPA). Ola, online travel editor of DiverseTraveller.com, took to the capital’s...
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Travel Quote: The power of photography
"Memory has painted this perfect day With colors that never fade." - Carrie Jacobs Bond, Composer, lyricist, poet and the first woman to establish a music publishing firm in America. Picture: Bolivian dancers preparing to take part in Carnaval del Pueblo,...
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Teach your children about Africa with Bino and Fino
EVCL, Nigeria aim to teach your Children African history with their new animation series 'Bino and Fino.' Picture: Bino and Fino with their grandparents. Copyright: ECVL, Nigeria Bino and Fino is a cartoon series about a brother and sister named Bino...
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Foreign Affairs
It seems I am not alone in having a long-distant relationship, as the number of UK singles looking to date someone in a foreign country trebled last year, according to a survey by matchmaking service, Parship. it seems, three million of the 15 million...
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Bargain family summer holidays (source: Guardian.co.uk)
Photo: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/jun/18/bargain-family-summer-holidays With the school holidays in sight, the Guardian.co.uk has picked exciting and good-value family holidays in Britain or just a short flight away (Note - all prices are for...
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Ten great new UK holidays for 2011 (source: Guardian.co.uk)
Photo: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/jun/13/uk-whats-new-holidays-accommodation From cattle ranching to cycling for softies, and staying in a smuggler's house to wild camping, we've rounded up some of the best new things to do and places to stay...