travel - Procrastinating Ola

Calling women amateur photographers, worldwide, to share your travel photos

April 10 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #amateur photographers, #camera, #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #photo club, #photo group, #photography, #photos, #pictures, #travel, #travelers, #travellers, #women

'Til now Diverse Traveller has been encouraging and inspiring women, new to travel writing, to share their stories; and the result, many diverse and inspiring travel tales. However, there are many women travellers who are not into travel writing, and...

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Feel the fear and do it anyway!

April 6 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Airport, #Fear, #feel the fear and do it anyway, #Flying, #Nadine Stewart, #susan jeffers, #travel, #Travel News, #traveling, #travelling

This might be hard to believe, especially as I'm addicted to travelling, but I'm scared of flying. When I was young my Mum bought me, Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway by Susan Jeffers, a book with a message that has stayed with me. Picture: Feel the Fear...

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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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Travel media needs more colour

March 22 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #"womenofcolour" traveler, #DiverseTraveller.com, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #OlaFagbohun, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #travel, #traveller, #womentravel, #worldoftravel

For years, my view of travel was one of either scruffy, white, middle-class, middle-aged, and male travellers or middle-class white women who could afford to 'take time out'. Now I'm not knocking them as I enjoy reading and watching their travels. But,...

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International Woman's Day - share your life changing stories.

March 8 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #DiverseTraveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Memoir, #OlaFagbohun, #stories, #travel, #traveler, #traveller, #TravelTales, #volunteering, #women International womans day

Today, International Woman's Day, Diverse Traveller is asking women travellers the world over to share their stories of travel. Stories that tell us how travel has either changed your life in some way, no matter how small, or how you have improved / changed...

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Diverse Traveller - meet, share and raffle!

February 25 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #DiverseTraveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #meeting, #travel, #travelling, #women travellers

Meet Last night, at 6.45pm, seven Diverse Travellers braved the rain and joined me at the 5th floor bar and food in Waterstone's, Piccadilly. The evening got off to a faulty start as I was delayed, due to the rain effect on the Bakerloo line, and we were...

Free travel to Istanbul

February 11 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #DiverseTraveller, #Istanbul, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #travel, #Turkey, #YouTube

Who says you have to have money to travel? Take me for instance, a group of ladies I know are travelling to Instanbul for a long weekend next month; unfortunately, despite my peny-pinching ways I am too broke to join them. Do I moan, cry or steal. No!...

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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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The Dilemma of the Solo Traveller

January 11 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #adventure, #black woman traveller, #Canada, #DiverseTraveller, #Montreal, #nightmare travellers, #single travel, #solo travel, #Toronto, #travel, #Travel News, #travelling with others

Yay! The first working week of 2010 is over. We've gone back to work and back to reality. This is the time of year where the only thing motivating is dreaming of travel plans. Cue trawling travel websites when we should be working, "ahem!" Decisions decisions...

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Resolve to Explore, Experience and Enjoy

January 4 2010 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Canada, #Croatia, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #England, #Grand Union Canal, #Holland, #keep-fit, #London, #Resolutions, #stylishly cheap travel, #travel, #travel writing, #USA

Despite being queen of to-do lists, I'm not a fan of making general resolutions, such as losing weight. Instead I make my resolutions desirable i.e travel related. 2009 resolved Last year, my only resolution was to travel comfortably to new places while...