escape - Procrastinating Ola

Travel dilemma: where to next?

January 14 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #advice, #black traveller. getaway, #decisions, #dilemma, #escape, #Ola Fagbohun, #solo travel, #travel, #Travel News, #traveler, #travelling, #woman traveller

I've just packed my material life into storage, leaving me with my favourite upright spinner suitcase, two laptops, funky brown boots (they make me feel sexy), my ipod, with over 40 days worth of songs and my absolutely fabulous quirky jewellery, souvenirs...

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Spontaneous day trip to Canterbury, Kent

April 21 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Canterbury, #day trip, #escape, #heritage, #history, #Kent, #Ola Fagbohun, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #seaside, #stylishly cheap travel, #UNESCO World Heritage Site

It may not be Spain, but a day trip to Canterbury will go some way to help me forget Icelandic volcanos and cancelled flights. Rather than let this week go to waste. I am already doing more work this week, as people assume I have more time on my hands,...

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Tears of the Desert: One woman's true story of surviving the horrors of Darfur

March 10 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Africa, #Book, #Darfur, #escape, #Islam, #Memoir, #Politics, #Rape, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Religion, #Sudan, #Torture, #woman, #women of colour

Since I won't be travelling abroad anytime soon, I have turned to my travel library to 'Travel Buy the Book'. Over two days, I left the cold of my NW London home and travelled to hot and troubled Sudan - Darfur to be exact; courtesy of Halima Bashir's...

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Stylishly cheap travel - part three

April 10 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #aroundtheworld, #bargains, #Budget, #Cheap, #Cost, #Costofliving, #Credit, #Crunch, #DiverseTraveller, #editor, #escape, #experience, #Help, #holiday, #insight, #Ola, #OlaFagbohun, #Planning, #Smart, #Stylishly, #travel, #Travel News, #traveler, #traveller, #TravelTips, #vacations, #World

Over the last two posts I have shared with you my 'interesting' recession-busting travel tips. Today. I'm going to share with you my favourite travel tips, that are free or cost very little, and don't involve getting on a plane or train. 1. Travel by...

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Stylishly cheap travel - part two

March 29 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #aroundtheworld, #bargains, #Budget, #Cheap, #Cost, #Costofliving, #Credit, #Crunch, #DiverseTraveller, #editor, #escape, #experience, #Help, #holiday, #insight, #Ola, #OlaFagbohun, #Planning, #Smart, #Stylishly, #travel, #Travel News, #traveler, #traveller, #TravelTips, #vacations, #World

As promised last week, here are more travel tips to help you travel cheaply and in style this year. 6. Book early . My friend Rachel snagged a ticket to Washing DC for the Obama inauguration for under £300 by booking in November. I snagged one of the...

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Life Changing Journeys: Tessa's Story

March 11 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #2008, #50s, #Adventurer, #aroundtheworld, #career, #charity, #environmental, #escape, #Events, #Exhibition, #experience, #Foriegn, #International, #life, #SingleTravel, #solo, #stories, #travel, #Travel News, #traveler, #traveller, #TravelTales, #woman

In an earlier post I requested stories about life changing travels. Here is the first about Tess, in her own words, about how travel saved her life. "In my early fifties and after 26 years of marriage and running a successful business, I decided there...

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Doom? Gloom? Not for holiday flats

March 5 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #2009, #accommodation, #bargains, #breaks, #Britain, #British, #BusinessTravel, #City, #Cost, #Costofliving, #Credit, #Crunch, #Destination, #economic, #England, #escape, #familytravel, #Getaways, #holiday, #honeymoon, #Money, #Planning, #recession, #Rental, #Scotland, #Smart, #Stylishly, #travel, #Travel News, #traveler, #traveller, #TravelTips, #UK

I don't mean to compound the message of doom as a result of the recession, but I have started thinking about what or who are benefiting or thriving in these challenging times. If you are not one of the lucky few on a ridiculously cheap tracker mortgage,...

Great England, great value

March 3 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #2009, #activity, #advertorial, #Art, #Attractions, #bargains, #breaks, #Britain, #British, #Budget, #Cheap, #children, #City, #Cost, #Costofliving, #creative, #Credit, #Crunch, #day, #Destination, #Discount, #Diverse, #economic, #England, #escape, #Events, #Explore, #familytravel, #free, #Getaways, #Help, #Leisure, #London, #Online, #Planning, #PressRelease, #Time, #Travel News

Credit crunch, recession, depression - we all know this year may mean cutbacks and economies for many of us, especially when it comes to getting out and about. But that doesn't mean that we have to stay in huddled under numerous blankets (as we save on...

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