travel - Procrastinating Ola

Celebrating the best of British (and Ireland)

March 9 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Best of British, #Birmingham NEC, #Britain, #British, #British Tourism Week, #Ireland, #Minister of Tourism & Heritage, #Ola Fagbohun, #Tourism, #Trade Show, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK

Picture: 'Party on the Pier ' . Source: http://www.britishtourismweek.com Hands up who knew that British Tourism Week kicks off this weekend, 12 - 20 March 2011 ? I thought so, not many of you. Well it does, and the aim is to "demonstrate the critical...

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Top 10 backpacker destinations

February 18 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Argentina, #Australia, #backpackers, #Bolivia, #Brazil, #Cambodia, #Columbia, #Destination, #destinations, #India, #Italy, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Reykjavik, #Thailand, #top 10, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #Travel Insurance, #travel tips, #Travel Write Now (stories and news)

If you are after an adventure filled, life changing experience, then backpacking could be the answer. Afterall, what else gives you that sense of endless freedom plus the chance to redefine yourself and life's priorities? When it comes to backpacking,...

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Travel quote: Ode to the habitual traveller

February 8 2011 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #black woman, #Canada, #Colleen J McEloy, #Ottawa, #Snap Away (travel photography), #travel, #traveler. traveller

"What are the telltale sign of the inveterate* traveler? She love the act of traveling; the motion, the confusion of tickets and luggage, strangeness waiting like tickets to be opened." Colleen J. McEloy. A Long Way from St. Louie Picture right: Or like...

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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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The many flavours of New York City by Natasha Kachhwaha

November 29 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Flavours, #Jelly Belly Beans, #Natasha Kachhwaha, #new York, #travel, #Travel poetry

New York. New York! How best to describe this great city than in the form of the country’s best exports – Jelly Belly beans. One hour in this city and I’m already blown away and I've got four more days to go. I'm as excited as a child who’s just arrived...

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What type of traveller are you?

November 5 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #insight, #stylishly cheap travel, #stylishly cheap traveller, #travel, #Travel News, #travel research, #travelers, #travellers future tribes

Researchers are fond of categorising us all, I should know I am one of them. The results of a new segmentation research tends to only excite those of us in the industry; so yes I was excited when I came across a presentation called, 'Future traveller...

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Reading: Stranger on a Train: Daydreaming and Smoking Around America

October 23 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Jenny Diski, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #stranger on a train, #train, #travel, #traveling, #travelling, #USA, #women travelers, #women travellers, #women writers

Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New edition (15 Jan 2004) Price: £6.99 Stranger on a Train: Daydreaming and Smoking Around America "We were on a train, out of the way of our lives, any of us could tell anything we liked. We were, for...

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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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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: