recommendations & rants (tips, links and reviews)

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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Teach your children about Africa with Bino and Fino

October 8 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Africa, #animation, #Bino and Fino, #cartoons, #Children's video, #EVCL Nigeria, #Independence day, #Nigeria, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews)

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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Diverse women travellers share diverse African travel experiences

October 2 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Africa, #Diverse Traveler, #DiverseTraveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #travel tales, #travel writing, #travelers, #travellers, #women, #Writing

Just finished uploading the October edition of Diverse Traveller. This month Diverse Travellers will take you on a journey around Africa. And you don't have to pack or take any vaccinations. And that's not all ... Write for DiverseTraveller - we are hungry...

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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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Join me, tomorrow, on the Barefoot Peace Walk to mark UN International Day of Peace

September 20 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Africa Centre, #Barefoot Peace Walk, #Bussman Holiday, #Central East Africa, #Democratic Republic of Congo, #Human Rights Watch, #humanitarian crises, #international Refugee Trust, #Jane Bussman, #Joseph Kony, #London, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Sudan, #The Enough Project, #Travel Beyond the UK, #Uganda, #War child

The World's Most Wanted man, Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, has kidnapped somewhere between 20 - 60,000 children. On Tuesday 21 September, Londoners are demanding he be stopped. To mark the UN International Day of Peace this Tuesday, the charity International...

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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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UK holiday-makers urged to check their vaccinations are up-to-date

August 18 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #8weekstogo, #Bali, #disease, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #eat pray love, #holiday-makers, #Rabies, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel health, #travellers, #vaccinations

Planning to follow in the footsteps of American author Elizabeth Gilbert, and create your very own Eat, Pray, Love experience? Well, stop fantasizing, and take a moment to consider the following urgent travel health advice, particularly if you plan to...

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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 ......

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'Hot'desking for the day: Eastbourne, Sussex

June 22 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #coast, #Eastbourne, #England, #Hotdesk, #Ola Fagbohun, #Pier, #Promenade, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #seaside, #Staycation, #Travel Beyond the UK

What do you do when the thought of another day working from home is no longer inviting? You hot desk it over to England's sunniest seaside resort - Eastbourne. EnjoyEngland.com describes Eastbourne (its destination of the month) as ... "The sunniest English...