travelling - Procrastinating Ola

Tips for healthy travel

July 23 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #8 weeks to go, #fit to travel, #foreign and commonwealth office, #know before you go, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel health, #travel tips, #travelling

When planning a holiday, even before thinking about what to pack, health is uppermost on my mind. As I have hypertension, three years ago I fainted and needed medical assistance while in the US, it's essential I pack 'good' travel insurance, along with...

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Travel Through The World's Coolest Airports [Infographic]

May 25 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Airport, #MoneySupermarket, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #Travel Infographic, #Travel Insurance, #travelling, #World Airports

As airports get busier and delays more prevalent, an airport with all the right facilities can really help to make the time pass that little bit quicker. Duty free is pretty much a given, but some airports are going all out in the battle to become the...

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Now is the Best Time to Travel to Spain For a Bargain City Break

May 1 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Alicante, #budget break, #cheap travel, #city break, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Ellie Austen, #Euro crisis, #female traveller, #low cost travel, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #solo travel, #Spain, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travelling

Central Market, Alicante In the last few years the dire economy of Europe has cast doom and despondency over the land. Spain is the latest country in the spotlight, but is the crisis spoiling Spain as a holiday destination. Curious to find out, I flew...

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Travel Quote: We Travel Because ... Anything Could Happen

April 24 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Love of travel, #Mary Morris, #Nothing to Declare, #travel, #Travel quote, #Travel Write Now (stories and news), #travel writing, #travelling

"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 not our real life - our life of domestic details, work...

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Travel Teaser - Where Am I?

April 5 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Excess Baggage (Misc), #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel quiz, #travel teaser, #Travel trivia, #travelling, #where am I?

Where am I? My first is in Ireland but never in Wales My second's in engine but never in sails My third is in Denmark but never in Greece My fourth is in Paris and also in Nice My fifth is in transport and also in fast My whole is a nation that has a...

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Travel Trivia - Signs You Fly Too Much

March 27 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Excess Baggage (Misc), #flying too much, #frequent flyer, #nomadic life, #travel, #Travel trivia, #traveller's companion, #travellers, #travelling, #trivia

You know you fly too much when ... The curse of the Frequent flier 1. You have a favourite trolley at the airport 2. You can mime along with the safety announcement, 3. As far as you are concerned, more than five peanuts at a time is just plain indulgent....

Favourite poems - 'Wherever I hang me knickers' by Grace Nichols

March 21 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #England, #Grace Nichols, #Home, #identity, #immigration, #journey, #London, #place, #poetry, #travel, #travel poem, #Travel poetry, #Travel Write Now (stories and news), #travelling, #Wherever I Hang

Often when we lament about not being able to do something, we are told to try, not to worry about doing a bad job, because we can always try and try again; and if all else fails we can pat ourselves on our backs knowing we gave it our all. Sadly, being...

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The 'what if' and fear of travelling

March 12 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #Albert Camas, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Fear, #fear and traveling, #fear and travelling, #feel fear and do it anyway, #travel, #Travel quote, #Travel Write Now (stories and news), #travel writing, #traveling, #travelling, #what if

Often when the day of departure arrives, the thrill of travelling is replaced with fear. Suddenly the confident traveller, that I am, is replaced by one riddled with doubts, asking myself perhaps I should cancel and stay at home, preferably in my warm...

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Love of Travel - 'Love of place.'

February 14 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #365 Travel, #Love, #love travel, #Muriel Sparks, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #Travel quote, #Travel Write Now (stories and news), #travel writing, #travelling, #Tuscany

Life on a typical Tuscan street "It isn't necessarily the great and famous beauty spots we fall in love with. As with people, so with places; love is overseen, and we can all find ourselves affectionately attached to the minor and the least obvious. I...

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Natural traveller - bad hair days won't spoil my holiday

January 18 2012 , Written by thediversetraveller Published on #African-American women, #Afro hair, #beauty tips, #Black hair, #black traveler, #black travellers, #black women, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #hair tips, #hairdressing, #Natural hair, #Ola Fagbohun, #travel, #travel tips, #traveling, #travelling

I love to travel; I'm not exaggerating when I say I live to travel. But when it comes to travel planning, i don't find much to love, in fact I find planning very stressful - the research, the decisions - where to go, when to go, who to go with, what to...