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You know you are growing old when ... shopping trolleys

16 May 2011 ( #aging, #Growing old, #maturity, #middle-age, #shopping, #shopping trolley, #Travel News )

This month I have been feeling every day of my uhmmm! years. The days of working to the small hours without feeling are now well behind me. These days it's still up at sunlight, but asleep by 9.30pm. Last year, my many visits to the UK's seaside towns...

Stress of running the Diverse Traveller website - down time

02 May 2011 ( #Clarity.uk, #Diverse Traveller, #DiverseTraveller.com, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #fasthosts server issues, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #server issues )

Even though I've been managing the Diverse Traveller website since 2005, I am still very much a website novice. So, on May 1st, you can image my horror, when I discovered that the Diverse Traveller website was not display correctly. After I calmed down,...

Want to be a better writer? Then learn to ask

25 June 2011 ( #jurgen wolff, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #time to write, #travel writing, #Writing, #writing a novel, #writing tips )

My mother drummed into me, that if I "won't ask, I won't get." I can hear her chiding me now. It seems her wise words can be applied to writing, according to author and writing coach Jurgen Wolff. He reminds us that ... "If you need research information,...

Travel quote: Ode to the habitual traveller

08 February 2011 ( #black woman, #Canada, #Colleen J McEloy, #Ottawa, #Snap Away (travel photography), #travel, #traveler. traveller )

"What are the telltale sign of the inveterate* traveler? She love the act of traveling; the motion, the confusion of tickets and luggage, strangeness waiting like tickets to be opened." Colleen J. McEloy. A Long Way from St. Louie Picture right: Or like...

The many flavours of New York City by Natasha Kachhwaha

29 November 2010 ( #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #Flavours, #Jelly Belly Beans, #Natasha Kachhwaha, #new York, #travel, #Travel poetry )

New York. New York! How best to describe this great city than in the form of the country’s best exports – Jelly Belly beans. One hour in this city and I’m already blown away and I've got four more days to go. I'm as excited as a child who’s just arrived...

#Bupa 10k and an #Elephant Parade

04 June 2010 ( #Bupa 10K, #London, #Ola Fagbohun, #Outdoor fitness, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #road races, #women and fitness )

I may have been stupid, but I am proud of myself. Why? Well, despite only four days of long jogs, power walking and yoga, I managed to complete the Bupa 10K in 74 minutes. How did I do it? By being my typical pig-headed self, coupled with adrenalin -...

Congrats, you've been scammed!

24 May 2010 ( #Island Residence Club Malta, #Ola Fagbohun, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #scam, #travel, #travel competition, #Travel scam )

"Is that Mrs Fagbohun?" the caller asked. "Who is this?" I asked. "This is Linda from the Island Residence Club, Malta." Still none-the-wiser, I asked "Hi Linda, what can I do for you?" "Thank you Mrs Fagbohun, I'm calling to let you know that you have...

Volunteer, Intern or Work and Live Abroad

29 December 2009 ( #idealist, #internships, #living and working abroad, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #south america, #south american explorers, #volunteer )

Fancy doing something different in the New Year? How about working in South America? Volunteering There are many ways to find work abroad or gain experience to put you on the right track for a new career path, far too many to include in a single post....

Review of Arise N Shine B&B Toronto Canada

14 September 2009 ( #accommodation, #AriseNShine, #B&B, #Canada, #Ola Fagbohun, #Recommendations & Rants (tips, links and reviews), #Toronto )

Accommodation: AriseNShine B&B Toronto Period of stay: September 5th to 8th, 2009 Source: TripAdvisor Visit was for: Leisure Cost: CAD$99 (approx. £60) Would you recommend this hotel? Yes Overall ratings for this accommodation: 4/5 Review: AriseNShine...

Doh! How could I have missed this ...

11 August 2009 ( #Ola Fagbohun, #passport, #passport renewnal, #travel, #Travel News, #woman traveler, #woman traveller )

I can't believe it. You wouldn't think, as someone who travels as much as I do, would forget that my passport only has six months and one week before it expires. This is a major problem because I wanted to travel to the USA today. Sure, I can still travel,...

Slow train to...Birmingham

18 July 2009 ( #Birmingham, #Maxwell BlackSummers Night 1, #Mica Paris born Again, #Ola Fagbohun, #slow travel, #Trains, #Travel News )

It's official! The summer holidays are underway, and if Euston and King Cross stations are anything to go by, I'd advice you to give any major train station a miss this weekend. I wish I could take my own advice, but I am on a slow train to Birmingham...

Tedious tasks

16 July 2009 ( #Birmingham, #Café Ikon, #DiverseTraveller, #DiverseTraveller.com - Women Who Travel, Write, Snap & Share, #DiverseTravellerArchive, #travelfeatures, #travelstories )

I know it is a year since a software virus attacked the DiverseTraveller.com archive, but I am still finding traces of it's damage. Updating the DiverseTraveller.com archive is one of my least favourite tasks. Why? Well, it means opening all of the 577...

I wish I knew these 29 things before taking a seat on the business express

28 April 2011 ( #business, #Business advice, #Diverse Consultancy, #hindsight, #Lisa Barone, #Ola Fagbohun, #Travel News )

As I type, I am cursing the bank holiday tomorrow, because the only pounds I'll be gaining will probably be on my hips; for me it's a case of no work no pay. As I wonder if I should jack it all in and join the thousands going through seven stage interviews...

The International Shopping Traveler

06 June 2009 ( #internationalshoppingtraveler, #research, #shopping, #travel, #Travel News, #travelers, #USA )

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