travel - Procrastinating Ola

Travel quote: the riches of markets

July 23 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #markets, #Marrakesh souk, #Morocco, #Sue Miller, #travel, #Travel News, #travel photography, #Travel quote, #travel writing, #travelling

The riches of markets are surely some of the surprises of travel - overflowing tables, the astonishing variety of fruits and spices. As Sue Miller wrote in her story "Travel", the abundance is " so unlike the parsimony of pint boxes in the supermarket...

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Forget SATC2, the travel movie of the year may be #Eat, Pray and Love

June 11 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Eat Pray and Love, #Elizabeth Gilbert, #Italy, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Rome, #travel, #Travel books, #women, #women travellers

Forget SATC2 in Morroco, the movie you should be excited about is Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything . For those of you who haven't read Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything , where have you been? Before I introduce the film...

Celebrating all women who love travel

June 7 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #travel, #Travel poetry, #travelers, #travellers, #Trudy Howson, #women

Off...off...off on the wings of a dove we are. On a plane or a boat, or a bus we are. Be it near or far, by train, or car. We are women, who travel. Up... up... up on the crest of a wave we are. Propelled by a whim, and a wish we are. We cannot say no,...

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#World Cup sibling envy

June 2 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #WorldCup, #Football, #Ola Fagbohun, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel planning

It's not often I am envious of anyone, but this month I'm surprised I don't turn into the the incredible hulk (or should that be sulk) every time the World Cup is mentioned. The reason, I let rationale stop me from joining my brother in South Africa....

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Congrats, you've been scammed!

May 24 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Island Residence Club Malta, #Ola Fagbohun, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #scam, #travel, #travel competition, #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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The meaning of travel

May 19 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #365 Travel, #Back of beyond, #David Yeardon, #Journeys, #travel, #travel meditations, #Travel News, #travel quotes, #travelers' tales

Some very wise writers have defined travel as "the exploration of inner space - the losing of the self in order to find oneself"; "a pursuit of rootlessness"; "the recurrent human desire to drop our lives and walk out of them"; "to leave home where we...

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This is What Travelling Feels Like These Days

May 12 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #airport security, #female travel, #stressful travel, #travel, #Travel News, #traveling, #travelling, #women, #women traveler

Source: http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1ye340UUZ1qzsw67o1_r1_500.png I have the experienced the above far to often, no matter how prepared I am. What about you, how stressful, or not, do you find travelling?

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Men pay the price while we make the decisions

May 7 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Couples, #holiday, #hotel, #research, #Survey, #travel, #Travel buying Decision, #Travel News, #travel planning, #women

This rsearch may be a few years old (2007), but the findings are still very much relevant today. A survey of over 1,000 members of the UK’s most popular online dating site** match.com, found that while the average man is left with a total bill of £351...

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Quoting Mary Morris: "Women who travel as I travel are dreamers."

April 28 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #365 Travel, #Mary Morris, #Nothing to Declare, #quotations, #travel, #Travel News, #Travel quote, #woman traveller

"Women who travel as I travel are dreamers. Our lives seem to be lives of endless possibility. Like readers of romances, we think that anything can happen to us at any time. We forget that this is real life - our life of domestic details, work pressures,...

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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...