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

  18 January 2012 ( #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...

• Childhood jet-setters

  16 June 2009 ( #Britain, #Britishchildren, #child, #children, #countries, #destinations, #family, #familytravel, #holiday, #hotel.com, #parents, #research, #travel, #Travel News, #travellers, #under16 )

  The youngest edition to my family, my two-year old nephew Levi is well travelled, by the time he was 18 months, he had been to Eygpt, Israel and Malta. Bit, these days that's nothing new, according to recent research by Hotels.com, he is typical of today's...

• Calling women travellers - share your travel experiences

  17 March 2013 ( #inspiration, #Sharing, #stories )

  Share travel experiences and inspire others Travel over to the Diverse Traveller Archive (my old website) and enjoy - over 500 travel stories and features I've received over the years. If you think you could do better, or just want to add your story or...

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

  01 May 2012 ( #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...

• Life don't mean a thing till you've had a Singapore Sling ...

  26 February 2012 ( #Charlotte McCulloch, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Marina Bay Sands, #Orchard Road, #Raffles Hotel, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #shopping in Singapore, #Singapore, #Singapore Night Safari, #Singapore Sling, #things to do in Singapore, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #Travel Write Now (stories and news), #TravelSupermarket.com )

  After growing up in Singapore, Charlotte will always have a fondness for this vibrant little country, and what it may lack in size it certainly makes up for in fantastic things to do. When I visited again as an adult in 2011, I was excited to see how...

• Win a pair of tickets to The Telegraph Adventure Travel Show! - Closed

  08 January 2012 ( #Belinda Kirk, #Discount tickets, #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Events, #Frances Gordon, #Free tickets, #Lois Pryce, #Prize Draw, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #The Telegraph Adventure Travel show, #travel, #travel photography, #travel writing, #Win )

  Discover a journey of your lifetime 28-29 January 2012, Olympia, London The Telegraph Adventure Travel Show is a world of extraordinary discoveries, all under one roof. It is the UK’s foremost travel event for people who like to travel outside the mainstream...

• The Travel Marketing Awards 2011 - did your favourite travel brand win?

  30 March 2011 ( #advertising, #awards, #black tomato, #campaigns, #Chartered Insititute of Marketing, #CIMTIG, #marketing, #Rough Guide, #Rough roads, #To-Tuscany, #travel, #Travel brands, #Travel Interest Group, #travel marketing, #Travel News )

  While running DiverseTraveller.com is my passion, it doesn't keep me in the style I have grown accustomed to. So in order to keep the bills paid, I dabble in marketing. Well I do more than dabble, I lecture on a number of marketing subjects and in the...

• My 'art on the beach' birthday experience

  15 September 2010 ( #Birthday, #coast, #England, #Evewright, #evewright studio, #Kadija George, #Lancaster, #Ola Fagbohun, #public art, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #seaside, #Silecroft Beach Cumbria, #Travel Beyond the UK, #UK, #Walking Drawings )

  When I was much younger, I hated birthdays ; if I wasn't in school, I was at on my way back to university. I hated those school birthday celebrations, shared with the many other September babies. A unique birthday experience Fortunately, these days I...

• Life's no beach for holiday donkeys

  08 June 2009 ( #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)...

• What will you do for a good summer?

  03 June 2009 ( #Eire, #holiday, #Ireland, #Irish, #pray, #praying, #rain, #research, #summer, #sun, #sunshine, #travel, #Travel News, #Vacation, #www.IrelandDeservesSun.ie )

  Over the weekend, whilst visiting family, the conversation turned to summer barbecues. We had all heard the predictions of a good summer, but none of us really believed it. It seems my family are not the only 'doubting Thomases', as recent research* with...

• #Brazil! Brazil!- capoeira, football, samba, and chocolate men!

  26 July 2010 ( #Arthur Mansilla, #Brazil, #Brazil! Brazil!, #Capoeira, #Edinburgh Fringe Festival, #Festival of Brazil 2010, #Football, #Ola Fagbohun, #Paloma Gomes, #Rayson Santana, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Rhythm Carnival, #Salvador de Bahia, #samba, #SouthBank Centre )

  I could think of no better way to indulge my love of travel, football and good-looking athletic men, than with a visit to Brazil! Brazil!. Brazil! Brazil! was part of the Festival of Brazil taking place at the Southbank Centre. The festival brings ......

• Better safe than sorry!

  29 August 2009 ( #BBC, #crime, #facebook, #Legal & General, #On the Web, #Online Communities, #Royal Mail, #safety, #security, #Social network, #Social network service, #travel, #Travel News, #travel tips, #Twitter )

  According to a recent survey by British-based Legal & General, Facebook users (and I am one) enthusing about an upcoming holiday or a recently purchased high-tech gadget may not just be telling their friends but also potential burglars, warns an insurance...

• Jules Beard recommends ...

  09 October 2009 ( #Andalucia, #Brazos Abiertos Casa Rural, #DiverseTraveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Jules Beard, #La Alhambra, #Patio festival, #rants. spain, #recommendations, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #travel, #traveling, #travelling, #tripadvisor, #women travellers )

  Brazos Abiertos Casa Rural in Andalucia "I visited a great casa Rural in Andalucia, Brazos Abiertos Casa Rural. As a woman travelling alone it was simply perfect. I hired a car at Malaga airport ... very easy and motored to Iznajar about 50 minutes north...

• 1. Why?

  31 March 2012 ( #black travel, #black woman traveller, #black women, #DiverseTraveller, #diversity, #Ola Fagbohun, #solo traveler, #travel blog, #travel media, #Travel News, #travel writers, #travel writing, #women travel writers, #women traveller )

  Wherever I open my laptop is my home Ola's world, because travel and travel media doesn't have to be male, middle-aged, middle-class and white! That's right, I said it! Travel media needs to join the 21st century and be more inclusive. Here in the UK...

• Train operators - as greedy as bankers!

  04 October 2009 ( #administration fees, #Department for Transport, #First Great Western, #London Paddington, #London Paddington station, #Ola Fagbohun, #Oxford, #rail, #Rail transport, #refund, #train fares, #train tickets, #Transport, #Travel News )

  My blood is boiling. Why? Train operator, First Great Western. It's bad enough that I can rarely find any of the cheap advance tickets despite booking up to 14 days in advance, but today I have been a victim of another of their scams - the administrative...

• Clean bill of health

  24 August 2009 ( #business, #Financial Services, #Health, #Insurance, #Insurance contract, #Katy Texas, #London, #Medicine, #Ola Fagbohun, #travel, #Travel News, #UK, #woman traveler, #woman traveller )

  Following my mysterious fainting at Baltimore airport, I thought I'd give you an up date. Travel Insurance Before seeing the doctor I called the Global assistance medical help-line, as stated in my insurance policy from Columbus Travel. They are a 24...

• Travel Kitchen - Akara, like my mother used to make

  25 March 2012 ( #Akara recipe, #bean pancake recipe, #bean pancakes, #Food and childhood, #food and culture, #food and travel, #identify, #Nigerian dishes, #Nigerian snacks, #Ola Fagbohun, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel kitchen, #Travel Kitchen (recipes and food stories from around the world) )

  Most Sundays bring out the Pavlov's Dog response in me, as I lie in bed eyes tightly closed, waiting to sneeze. My nose peeks out of my duvet, nostrils flaring waiting to inhale the intoxicating smell of sizzling blended beans, fresh bonnet peppers and...

• Tears of the Desert: One woman's true story of surviving the horrors of Darfur

  10 March 2010 ( #Africa, #Book, #Darfur, #escape, #Islam, #Memoir, #Politics, #Rape, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Religion, #Sudan, #Torture, #woman, #women of colour )

  Since I won't be travelling abroad anytime soon, I have turned to my travel library to 'Travel Buy the Book'. Over two days, I left the cold of my NW London home and travelled to hot and troubled Sudan - Darfur to be exact; courtesy of Halima Bashir's...

• Tips for a successful caravan holiday [video]

  27 July 2012 ( #Caravan holidays, #caravanning holiday, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Staycation - UK, #the Institute of Advanced Motorists, #Tim Shallcross, #towing, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel research, #travel tips, #travelling, #video )

  For anyone planning on going on a caravanning holiday, watch the following video, which gives a full run down on everything needed to tow a caravan safely and with confidence. *** When it comes to camping, cruising or carvanning, I am a holiday virgin....

• Don't like your life story... change it!

  31 August 2012 ( #comedy, #Daily Show, #Excess Baggage (Misc), #GOP 2012, #John Daily, #John Oliver, #political satire, #Politics, #Presidential campaign, #Republican National Convention, #RNC 2012, #Travel Beyond the UK, #US politics )

  Don't like the direction your life has taken or is going ... then follow the motto of the Republican National Party Convention 2012 and "..change it!" The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c RNC 2012 - The Road to Jeb Bush 2016 - We Can...

• Take Your Hen Do Worldwide

  14 May 2012 ( #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #girlfriend getaway, #Hen do, #Hen do ideas, #Hen night, #Hen weekend, #MoneySupermarket, #Staycation - UK, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travelling with girfriends, #women travel, #worldwide travel )

  Having a hen do no longer means having to party at home; these days you can travel across the UK and abroad, to provide your 'hen' with a unique and very special break, to celebrate her last days of single life. Read on for a few ideas. The world's your...

• Which books and films inspire you to travel?

  11 May 2012 ( #books, #books that inspire travel, #British Airways, #films, #films that inspire travel, #poll, #research, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel planning, #travel research, #Travel Write Now (stories and news), #travellers )

  New poll reveals the films and books that inspire travel, and the feelings we get when we are all about the travel planning. Media inspired travel My travel wish list gets longer each time I watch a TV program or film that features a destination I am...

• Photo Friday - Roman Baths in ... Bath

  23 March 2012 ( #Baths, #England, #Friday photo, #Roman Baths, #Snap Away (travel photography), #Spa baths, #Staycation, #Staycation - UK, #things to do in Bath, #travel, #UK travel, #VisitBath, #VisitEngland )

  When planning a trip to London allow some time, for either a day trip or a weekend, to the historic city of Bath. The city "offers a unique experience with stunning architecture, great shopping and iconic attractions". While you are there roam around...

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

  10 April 2010 ( #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...

• Resolve to Explore, Experience and Enjoy

  04 January 2010 ( #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...