ola fagbohun - Procrastinating Ola

The perils of travelling ... planning (and credit cards)

November 22 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Business Travel, #credit cards, #Ellicott City, #Ola Fagbohun, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #solo travel, #travel planning, #travelling

I have meticuliouly planned my next two weeks of travel: a night in Baltimore, last time I was there 2000, five nights in NYC via Jersey City, two nights in Philadelphia,last there in 1997, a night in Baltimore, back to Ellicott City for the weekend,...

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Detained for questioning

October 16 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Airport, #BWI, #Diverse Traveller, #immigration, #interview, #Ola Fagbohun, #questioning, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #travel, #travelling, #USA

Passing through immigration is one of the pet hates of most travellers to the USA. We all know the process is necessary, but with so many booths why are there never enough officers on hand to deal with the hundreds of passengers arriving practically every...

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Packing dilemma for the gadgetry-challenged traveller

October 12 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #digital equipment, #gadget-girl, #Gadgets, #Ola Fagbohun, #packing, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #samsonite luggage, #Travel Insurance, #traveler, #traveller, #travelling

These days I can pack for three months, fall into winter, weighing in at 20.15kg out of my flight allowance of 23kg. Years of travelling has taught me to only pack only the things I plan to wear, this using the age old art of mixing and matching. No longer...

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Walking the line to happiness

September 23 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Cumbria, #England, #Everton Wright, #EvewrightStudio, #Lake District, #Ola Fagbohun, #public art, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Silecroft Beach, #Travel Beyond the UK, #UK, #Walking Drawings

"Don't mess up, have to concentrate on my place in the line." This is my mantra, but it's not easy to follow. As I walk, the wind, using my flimsy coloured poncho, is trying to suffocate me. Doh! My left arm is in the hole for my head. I try to redress...

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My 'art on the beach' birthday experience

September 15 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Birthday, #coast, #England, #Evewright, #evewright studio, #Kadija George, #Lancaster, #Ola Fagbohun, #public art, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #seaside, #Silecroft Beach Cumbria, #Travel Beyond the UK, #UK, #Walking Drawings

When I was much younger, I hated birthdays ; if I wasn't in school, I was at on my way back to university. I hated those school birthday celebrations, shared with the many other September babies. A unique birthday experience Fortunately, these days I...

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African 'Journeys' with Tim Butcher and Anthony Sattin - Sept 27th, 2010

September 6 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Africa, #Anthony Sattin, #Chalke Authors, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Florence Nightingale, #Graham Greene, #Journeys, #Ola Fagbohun, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Sierra Leone and Liberia, #Time Butcher, #travel writing

Join me, ticket price £ 7.50 , on Sept 27 th, 2010 , Stanfords (b ook store) in central London for Journeys, where authors Tim Butcher and Anthony Sattin will be talking about their latest books and discussing the art of Travel Writing. You can purchase...

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Queen of procrastination

August 23 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #multi-tasking, #not writing, #Ola Fagbohun, #procrastination, #sky-plus, #Writing

"Procrastination - the action of delaying or postponing something." (Source: Dicionary.com) Each morning I awake to pray for the day on BBC Radio 4, and usually spend the following hours planning to do things I knew would never get done. But today was...

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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)

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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:

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#Brazil! Brazil!- capoeira, football, samba, and chocolate men!

July 26 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Arthur Mansilla, #Brazil, #Brazil! Brazil!, #Capoeira, #Edinburgh Fringe Festival, #Festival of Brazil 2010, #Football, #Ola Fagbohun, #Paloma Gomes, #Rayson Santana, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Rhythm Carnival, #Salvador de Bahia, #samba, #SouthBank Centre

I could think of no better way to indulge my love of travel, football and good-looking athletic men, than with a visit to Brazil! Brazil!. Brazil! Brazil! was part of the Festival of Brazil taking place at the Southbank Centre. The festival brings ......