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A Day in the Life in Buenos Aires

02 November 2009 ( #buenos aires, #change career, #day in the life, #female, #living abroad, #single, #teach abroad, #Travel News, #work abroad, #write abroad )

Hi Guys, What is it like to live, work, love and survive in Buenos Aires? What is a normal day like as a single female in Buenos Aires? Rather than blog about anything specific today, I've just got back to my flat in Palermo, Buenos Aires at midnight...

Trust your intuition when networking online

05 November 2009 ( #couchsurfing, #Diverse Traveller, #experience, #facebook, #Online, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #safety, #Skype, #travel, #women travellers )

Around Easter I joined couchsurfing.com, a volunteer-based worldwide network connecting travellers with members of local communities, offering free accommodation and/or advice. I was on a mission to travel as many times as possible with my very limited...

Introducing Guest Author Nadine Stewart

27 October 2009 ( #black woman traveller, #blogging, #Bristol, #Diverse Traveller. new York, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Nadine, #travel, #traveler, #travelling, #woman )

I'm Nadine and not only am I new to Ola's World and Diverse Traveller, I'm also new to the world of blogging... so please do take it easy on me! A little bit about me? I'm a 32 yr old (but very young at heart) single female originally from Bristol, but...

Review of Best Western Robert Treat Hotel, New Jersey, USA ...

30 September 2009 ( #Best Western Hotel, #black women travellers, #hotel, #New Jersery, #Ola Fagbohun, #Ondolady, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #travel, #travellers, #woman travellers )

After eight days in Canada, Ronke and I headed to New York. New York hotels are hideously expensive, so after a quick search on TripAdvisor, I found the Best Western hotel in nearby New Jersey. Here's my review: “OK hotel with indifferent staff ” Sept...

A photo trip around historic Savannah

17 July 2009 ( #antebellum, #historicSavannah, #OlaFagbohun, #Olde Harbour Inn, #Savannah, #travel, #Travel News, #travel pictures, #travelphotos, #USA )

Still got some ways to go re cleaning up the Diverse Traveller archive, but I'm now bored and it's late. I'm usually in bed by 10 pm, I'm a morning person, but it's 11.17 pm and I'm still wide awake; even the crap on TV can't send me to sleep. Yes, I...

Where in the world was I?

23 January 2012 ( #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Italy photos, #Ola Fagbohun, #Rome photos, #Snap Away (travel photography), #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel photo, #Travel photo quiz )

They. Whoever they are, say imitation is best form of flattery so I am flattering the Mirror online by copying their great photo idea. TEST your travel knowledge with the Daily Mirror as as will be known from now on with these virtual walls ' test your...

Top tips for stress-free travel with kids

21 June 2011 ( #advice, #children, #Family Travel, #holidays, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #stress-free travel, #tips, #travelling parents, #travelling with kids, #TravelSupermarket.com )

Holidaying abroad can seem like a daunting prospect when you've got kids in tow – especially if they're in the toddling phase – but with careful planning, you can reduce your stress levels and get down to enjoying a well earned break. If you're planning...

Unleashing my creativity - one

03 March 2010 ( #activities, #City Lit, #creativity, #DiverseTraveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #improvisation, #Ola Fagbohun, #Petina Hapgood, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Workshop )

The text message I sent back to a friend, who had asked what I was up to today, Sunday, read … “Hiya, Hve just been a melted wax work now singing twinkle twinkle little start as a scene from Eastenders…” Rainy days and Sundays Once again I wondered why...

Out of office? British managers reluctant to get away this summer

27 July 2009 ( #british managers, #Chartered Management Institute, #heavy workload, #holidayentitlement, #holidays, #summerholiday, #timeoff, #Travel News, #travel research, #wellbeing )

Despite being half way through the year, research published by the Chartered Management Institute (CIM) today shows that four out of ten British managers have not yet booked any summer holiday. You won't be surprised to learn that I have rarely needed...

Travel Kitchen - Fluffy American Pancakes

22 April 2012 ( #American Pancakes, #Cooking, #Food, #Pancakes, #reciepe, #travel, #travel and food, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel kitchen, #Travel Kitchen (recipes and food stories from around the world) )

I am not much of a cook, but something I can do without getting into a tizzy, is make tasty pancakes. And my favourite day to do this is on Sunday, the day of my digital detox, no email checking, Tweeting, browsing and so on. My day of rest consists of...

Travel quote - insightful travel

17 July 2011 ( #Beach, #Eudora Welty, #insight, #Malaysia, #Ola Fagbohun, #Quotation, #Snap Away (travel photography), #Therapy, #travel, #travelling )

"Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; Picture: Me - relaxed by the beauty, vastness and peace of a Malysian beach (2004) it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming part of it." - Eudora Welty, writer...

Friday Photo: Flinders Street Station is a Landmark in Which Australian City?

27 April 2012 ( #Australia, #Australian Architecture, #Flinders Street Station, #holiday snaps, #Queensland Landmarks, #Snap Away (travel photography), #train stations, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel photography, #where am I? )

The grand Edwardian baroque building of Flinders Street Station, below, has become more than a place to catch a train. These day meeting 'under the clocks' is a 'must-do' when visiting this eastern Australian city that: edged out Vancouver, in 2011, to...

Adventure Travel Show 2012 speakers confirmed

22 January 2012 ( #adventure, #adventure travel, #adventure travel show 2012 London, #adventure travel show 2012 speakers, #London, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #spirit of adventure, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel show 2012 competition )

The list of speakers has been confirmed for the Adventure Travel Show 2012, celebrating the spirit of adventure, this year’s show also includes talks from a panel of Daily Telegraph editors and writers, presenting their pick of top adventures for 2012....

More tips for successful travelling with children

15 August 2011 ( #children, #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #family, #family hoildays, #Family Travel, #Summer holiday, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel tips )

The summer holidays are in full swing now, whether you are recently back from a holiday with your children, or about to go off on one, we all know that a carefully planned family holiday can be a wonderful experience. Picture: Family travel can be stress-free....

Khaira Arby asks, "Why, in a country of beautiful women, do men go to war?"

31 August 2010 ( #African music, #African women, #female genital mutilation, #Khaira Arby, #Mali, #Music, #NPR, #singing, #Travel News, #Waidio )

As a singer, Khaira Arby has opened the door to a generation of artistic women who now follow in her footsteps. ... Arby has also sung against the practice of female genital mutilation, and in "Waidio," she decries the "anguish of women," insisting that...

David John Butchers - My Guilty Oxford Pleasure

16 November 2009 ( #butcher, #David John, #meat, #Oxford, #Oxford covered market, #pantry, #Pies, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #sausages, #shop )

I love a good meat pie, particularly steak and kidney. And I don't think there is a better pie maker than David John Butcher, located in the Oxford Cover Market, Oxford. David John Butchers used to be two next door businesses, the Oxford Pantry and the...

Airport Scanner Reveals All

31 October 2009 ( #Airport, #body, #body search, #Heathrow Terminal 2, #naked, #scanner, #screening, #travel, #Travel News )

There has been a fair bit of unfavourable noise about the new airport body scanners, so much so that they will not be used on children. To be honest, I haven't been paying much attention, that is until I saw a video, see below, of the images that are...

Celebrating all women who love travel

07 June 2010 ( #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,...

Travel Through The World's Coolest Airports [Infographic]

25 May 2012 ( #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...

Five tastes of Thailand

29 August 2011 ( #Asia, #cuisine, #dishes, #Food, #meals, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Thailand, #travel, #Travel Kitchen (recipes and food stories from around the world) )

Thailand has to be one of my favourite countries, not only because of its beautiful scenery, friendly locals and the culture in abundance to be found there, but for many, many other reasons too. Where else can you find such contrasts between the metropolitan...

Ten great new UK holidays for 2011 (source: Guardian.co.uk)

27 June 2011 ( #Family Travel, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Staycation, #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel tips, #traveling, #UK, #UK holidays )

Photo: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/jun/13/uk-whats-new-holidays-accommodation From cattle ranching to cycling for softies, and staying in a smuggler's house to wild camping, we've rounded up some of the best new things to do and places to stay...

Better late than never! Belated Christmas greetings from Greece

06 April 2011 ( #Christmas, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Greece, #Hermoupolis, #Jackie Storey, #Kini, #Syros, #Travel Beyond the UK, #Travel Write Now (stories and news) )

Dear Ola and fellow Diverse Travellers, After hail, wind and forty eight hours of rain which wreaked desolation to Kini and killed off many of my plants, the weather has changed and the sun is shining. The people of Hermoupolis are enjoying mild temperatures...

Bargain family summer holidays (source: Guardian.co.uk)

18 June 2011 ( #bargain holidays, #family, #Family Travel, #Guardian travel, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #travel, #Travel Beyond the UK, #travel with kids, #vacations )

Photo: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2011/jun/18/bargain-family-summer-holidays With the school holidays in sight, the Guardian.co.uk has picked exciting and good-value family holidays in Britain or just a short flight away (Note - all prices are for...

Teach your children about Africa with Bino and Fino

08 October 2010 ( #Africa, #animation, #Bino and Fino, #cartoons, #Children's video, #EVCL Nigeria, #Independence day, #Nigeria, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews) )

EVCL, Nigeria aim to teach your Children African history with their new animation series 'Bino and Fino.' Picture: Bino and Fino with their grandparents. Copyright: ECVL, Nigeria Bino and Fino is a cartoon series about a brother and sister named Bino...

Travel Quote: The power of photography

10 September 2010 ( #Bolivian dancers, #Carnaval del Pubelo, #Carrie Jacobs Bond, #DiverseTraveller.com, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #London festivals, #memories, #photography, #Travel quote )

"Memory has painted this perfect day With colors that never fade." - Carrie Jacobs Bond, Composer, lyricist, poet and the first woman to establish a music publishing firm in America. Picture: Bolivian dancers preparing to take part in Carnaval del Pueblo,...

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