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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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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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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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Life's no beach for holiday donkeys

June 8 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #animaltrade, #AnimalWelfare, #atlasmountains, #British, #donkeys, #historicallandmarks, #horses, #Morocco, #over-worked, #overseasequinewelfarecharity, #theBrooke, #tourists, #travel, #Travel News, #traveller

In a trip to the Atlas mountains in Morocco, in 2004, I was horrified at the load the donkey carrying my bag and those of the six other travellers, was carrying (see above picture). The donkey handler and our guide tried to reassure me, 'they (donkeys)...

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Photos of Istria, Croatia

May 6 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #2009, #Blackwomantraveller, #Croatia, #Dining, #DiverseTraveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Europe, #flickr, #Food, #Istra, #Istria, #OlaFagbohun, #OliveOil, #photos, #Tours, #travel, #TravelBloggers, #traveller, #Wine, #womantraveller

Sorry it's taken me a while to get back to you, but I do have a good excuse - flu. I got back from Istria, last Tuesday morning safely, but spent the rest of the week in bed with flu - no not swine flu. I getting better everyday, and slowly easing myself...

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On my way to Istria, Croatia

April 17 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #2009, #bloggers, #blogging, #business, #Croatia, #Destination, #DiverseTraveller, #Europe, #International, #Istria, #Ola, #OlaFagbohun, #Tours, #travel, #Travel News, #traveler, #traveller, #Trip, #women, #womenofcolour, #Writing

I am off to Croatia* on Monday, and can't wait. Before you ask, this is not a travel jolly, in fact I shall be working. Along with four other travel bloggers, I have been invited to experience the famed rustic and natural beauty of Istria (western Croatia),...

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Stylishly cheap travel - part three

April 10 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #aroundtheworld, #bargains, #Budget, #Cheap, #Cost, #Costofliving, #Credit, #Crunch, #DiverseTraveller, #editor, #escape, #experience, #Help, #holiday, #insight, #Ola, #OlaFagbohun, #Planning, #Smart, #Stylishly, #travel, #Travel News, #traveler, #traveller, #TravelTips, #vacations, #World

Over the last two posts I have shared with you my 'interesting' recession-busting travel tips. Today. I'm going to share with you my favourite travel tips, that are free or cost very little, and don't involve getting on a plane or train. 1. Travel by...

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Stylishly cheap travel - part two

March 29 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #aroundtheworld, #bargains, #Budget, #Cheap, #Cost, #Costofliving, #Credit, #Crunch, #DiverseTraveller, #editor, #escape, #experience, #Help, #holiday, #insight, #Ola, #OlaFagbohun, #Planning, #Smart, #Stylishly, #travel, #Travel News, #traveler, #traveller, #TravelTips, #vacations, #World

As promised last week, here are more travel tips to help you travel cheaply and in style this year. 6. Book early . My friend Rachel snagged a ticket to Washing DC for the Obama inauguration for under £300 by booking in November. I snagged one of the...

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Life Changing Journeys: Tessa's Story

March 11 2009 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #2008, #50s, #Adventurer, #aroundtheworld, #career, #charity, #environmental, #escape, #Events, #Exhibition, #experience, #Foriegn, #International, #life, #SingleTravel, #solo, #stories, #travel, #Travel News, #traveler, #traveller, #TravelTales, #woman

In an earlier post I requested stories about life changing travels. Here is the first about Tess, in her own words, about how travel saved her life. "In my early fifties and after 26 years of marriage and running a successful business, I decided there...