Valentine’s weekend. After a 6-hour road trip; from Tilburg to Antwerp to Brussels to Paris, we are finally there. It’s difficult to get to the hotel, it’s pretty much tucked in the […]
Valentine’s weekend with a twist
africanahgirl
Foodie, travel addict and human rights activist. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes
Why everyone is migrating to Phuket
My last day in Phuket, and I woke up late. Ordinarily, this would not be an issue, except for the fact that at least I would have had a free breakfast […]
A lost passport and a marriage proposal
“Kuala Lumpur! Kuala Lumpur!” the co-driver thundered, as he banged the open door of the bus. I was jarred awake from my slumber and peered at him through half-shut eyelids. I closed my […]
The ups and downs of black female solo travel…
If there’s something unnerving about going out on a limb, it is the fact that you are doing so alone. Perhaps in many cultures, the African one included, a woman just doesn’t […]
Tigers in the Temple
Day Three in Bangkok. The swanky hotel has me booked for a full day tour that will begin at the War Cemetery, go on to the Jeath Museum, to River Kwai, the […]
Sawasdee-ka!
It is a long way from Siem Reap to Poipet border crossing to Bangkok. You spend eight full hours….on the road. You have an idea that you are in Bangkok when the […]
Sunrise at Angkor Wat
While it was surreal to be on Cambodian soil, a distant land I had only seen on paper; entry and exit, into and from the Kingdom was quite a challenge. I applied […]
Wan dolla…he?
The intensity of the Asian sub-continent is something that draws me back…time and again. The minute I step into any country, the intensity pf everything just screams and jolts me to the […]
Singapore’s signature dishes
Singapore…Asia 101. The no brainer introduction to the vast continent. Most foodies would acknowledge a perfect world to be one where fast food is good food and that food is found in […]
Singapore cool
“Think about it: in this digital age where blogging and updating statuses are pretty much all that anyone does anymore, old school notions of cool have been rebooted. No longer the laughingstock, […]
Travelogues of an African Girl 