recommendations & rants (tips, links and reviews)

Start an art collection by visiting London's Affordable Art's Fair

February 1 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #affordable art, #Art, #Battersea Park, #London, #Ola Fagbohun, #pottery, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Robert Bradford

The global recession has given some of us many things to worry about, but I don't need to be a business sooth-sayer to know that adding to your art collection is not one of them. Despite the recession, life must go on and if you love art but are put off...

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Congrats, you've been scammed!

January 26 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Competition, #free, #Malta, #Ola Fagbohun, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #too good to be true, #Travel scam

"Is that Mrs Fagbohun?" the caller asked. "Who is this?" I asked. "This is Linda from the Island Residence Club, Malta." Still none-the-wiser, I asked "Hi Linda, what can I do for you?" "Thank you Mrs Fagbohun, I'm calling to let you know that you have...

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An evening of new friends, pizza and sultry soul

January 25 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #black women, #Jazz, #London, #Meetup.com, #Music, #Ola Fagbohun, #Ola Onabule, #PizzaExpress, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Soul, #UK Soul

"He looks like a black Grant Mitchell", Sharon said, and she was right. But he also looked like a banker or like the estate agent he sang he could have been (while waiting for his microphone to be fixed). The singer in question was London born, Nigeria...

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The Brixton Market revival

January 22 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Bricolage project, #Brixton, #lanterns, #London, #Market, #Ola Fagbohun, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Sean Adrian, #Space Makers, #Sweet Tooth

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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Will You Be 'Naked Cruising' in 2010?

January 18 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #ABTA, #jamie oliver, #naked cruising, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #research, #road trip, #South Africa, #travel, #travel trends, #USA, #X factor

Naked Cruising - sounds a bit dodgy doesn't it? Paints a picture of dirty old men lurking aamongst the bushes in parks and commons. In fact, naked cruising is a holiday on a cruise ship where the holidaymakers are legally nude. I bring this up, as according...

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Volunteer, Intern or Work and Live Abroad

December 29 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #idealist, #internships, #living and working abroad, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #south america, #south american explorers, #volunteer

Fancy doing something different in the New Year? How about working in South America? Volunteering There are many ways to find work abroad or gain experience to put you on the right track for a new career path, far too many to include in a single post....

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Are you protected?

December 17 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #airline, #ATOL, #channel 4, #consumer credit act, #flights, #Flyglobespan, #Insurance, #online travel, #package holiday, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Scotland, #travel, #Travel Insurance

With the collapse of yet another airline, Scotland’s Flyglobespan.com , over 3,000 Flyglobespan customers may have an additional worry – how to get home. This is because they booked their flights direct with the airline, rather than a travel agent, thus...

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Leaving a tip may not be optional

December 10 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Canada, #eating out, #experience, #Italian, #meal, #metro, #Montreal, #Ola Fagbohun, #ondo lady, #pennsylvania, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #restaurant, #service, #service charge, #tips, #travel, #USA

One evening in Montreal, my travel partner Ronke and I, starving, had a dinner to forget at Mike's, an Italian restaurant chain. We were seated immediately only to wait about 30 minutes for a waiter to bring us drinks and take our order. And that's only...

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A new fan of The 'Dam

December 3 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Amsterdam, #black woman traveller, #Dutch, #English, #Europeans, #Holland, #La Margarita, #Lonely Planet, #multi-racial, #multicultural, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #restaurant, #south america, #Surinam, #Suriname, #tourist, #travel, #traveller, #visit

I recently got back from a lovely weekend trip to Amsterdam. Although this was not my first visit, I had visited the city once before as a child with my Grandma and cousins, this was my first visit as an adult. On this trip, I saw more of Amsterdam including...

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Changing left over currency that nobody wants

November 20 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #black market, #bolivar, #currency exchange, #peso, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #south america

When I left Venezuela eight months ago, I found myself in the middle of a very large problem. I had lots of Bolivares left over, which I'd saved from various months of pay and I had nowhere to buy dollars instead. Well, that's not strictly true. I could...