ola fagbohun - Procrastinating Ola

Remembering Oklahoma - 15th year anniversary of city bombing

April 19 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #9:02am, #empty chairs, #gates of time, #McVeigh, #memorial, #memorial gates, #National memorial, #Oklahoma, #Oklahoma City, #Ola Fagbohun, #terrorism, #Travel News

In 2006 my cousin and her family moved from near San Francisco to Oklahoma. Up until their move, the only things I knew about Oklahoma were there was a musical of the same name, and the Oklahoma City bombing. On my last trip to Oklahoma, in 2008, in the...

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Perfect holiday cancelled - getting a refund

April 18 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Easyjet, #Eyjafjallajökull, #Flight refund, #Ola Fagbohun, #pueblo Ingles, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews)

Just checked Easyjet website, and my 09:35am flight to Madrid has been cancelled as Eyjafjallajökull still spewing. Truth be told, as much as I am disappointed I won't be experiencing Pueblo Ingles, I am relieved, the 'will I or won't I go' was stressing...

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Perfect holiday up in smoke - thanks Eyjafjallajökull

April 15 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Easyjet, #Eyjafjallajökull, #Gatwick, #Iceland, #Madrid, #Ola Fagbohun, #pueblo Ingles, #travel, #Travel News, #Volcano

"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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Two fingers to the Easter weather forecasts, I'm off to the seaside

March 31 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Bournemouth, #Brighton, #coach, #day trips, #Easter, #Hastings, #London, #National Express, #Ola Fagbohun, #Ondolady, #rail, #seaside, #stlyishly cheap travel, #train, #travel, #Travel News, #weather, #weather forecasts

I am poo-pooing the weather forecast of torrential rain and gale force winds this Easter to spend the Easter holidays at the seaside; Bournemouth, Hastings and Brighton to be exact. Many nay-sayers said I was crazy, "why waste the Easter break being miserable,...

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Last minute networking @ Lastminute.com (#oylb)

March 25 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #oylb, #bloggers, #blogging, #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #lastminute.com, #lastminute.com blog, #networking, #Ola Fagbohun, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #travel bloggers

A few days ago I received an email informing me about an 'event' for travel bloggers organised by Lastminute.com. I mulled over it for a few days, I wondered if I could I pass myself off as a travel blogger; one look at their list of '50 best for February'...

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Unleashing my creativity - two

March 4 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #City Lit, #creativity, #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Ola Fagbohun, #Petina Hapgood, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Workshop

As promised in my last post Unleashing my creativity - one, here is a brief overview, plus a few videos showing you more of the games and activities that made up the How to run a workshop class. Warm Ups – warm the body up and relax students Body stretch...

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Unleashing my creativity - one

March 3 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #activities, #City Lit, #creativity, #DiverseTraveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #improvisation, #Ola Fagbohun, #Petina Hapgood, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Workshop

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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Diverse Traveller: March 2010

March 1 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #DiverseTraveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Ola Fagbohun, #tales, #travel stories, #travel writing, #women, #women travel, #women travelers, #women traveller

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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In a reflective frame of mind

February 16 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #business plan, #DiverseTraveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Inspiration, #Maya Angelou, #Ola Fagbohun, #small business, #travel writing

Over the last month and the weeks of this, I have been: working on a new business plan for Diverse Traveller, updating the Diverse Traveller website, writing posts for this blog and other websites, searching and researching story ideas, managing volunteers,...

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Keeping an open mind regarding adventure travel

February 12 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #adventure travel, #Afghanistan, #Exhibition, #glamping, #Iran, #Ola Fagbohun, #Oz Bus, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Spaceship Rentals, #Ticks, #uloop

On the last Saturday of January, I visited the Adventure Travel Live 2010 exhibition in London. Adventure travel is not my type of travel, in fact the thought of soaking myself while white water rafting, exhausting myself while hiking or lying down with...