Foodie, travel addict and human rights activist. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes
Everyone says that it’s pretty quick to get from Odessa to Chisinau; that it can take at least three hours to bridge the distance, or utmost five if immigration decides to give […]
After spending 96 hours in Warsaw, we’re off to Krakow. We’ve booked our tickets a couple of days before the journey, at the Warsaw central train station; the afternoon train ride costs 84 […]
Have you ever landed in a country with absolutely no idea on how to find your way about, or any knowledge of the local language? Have you ever wanted to go to […]
There’s nary a secret way to travel. If there is, I just haven’t hacked it. Which means that very often when I get questions like “How do you get to travel around […]
“Dad, how big is the heart?” a ten-year old me inquired. “Make a tight fist with your hand,” he said in a half-whisper. “Like this..” I made my fist into a ball, […]
It’s early evening when I get to my apartment block. It appears to be on lockdown with heavily armed police crawling everywhere; red flashlights rotating from the top of their cars, sirens […]
I’ve boarded quite a few planes in my lifetime. Not so many as to compete with my pilot buddies, or business tripper acquaintances or even seasoned globetrotters who have just about racked […]
Landing in a foreign country can sometimes be unnerving. Imagine being uprooted completely from everything that is familiar and catapulted to a location that is not. Now imagine a group of people […]
A couple of days ago, wordpress sent me a congratulatory message on my dashboard. The baby “Travelogues of an African Girl,” had clocked two years. What a milestone! I have an idea […]
Ever so often travel becomes tiring and loses it’s novelty. Somehow, you will know when that happens. It won’t hit you like a bolt of lightning or a ton of bricks; rather […]
Travelogues of an African Girl 