Heading out an African safari is something many people dream of doing before it’s too late, and I’ve loved every chance I’ve been given to explore what is essentially my own backyard. […]
How to make the most of an African safari
It has been four years!
Four is a pretty good number if you think of young-uns at that age. At four, they are ‘mature’ little people, who have crossed over from the terrible two’s and three’s; a […]
The H&M’s monkey business and the different levels of furor it has caused.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, locked up in some solitary monastery or you’ve been in la-la land aka cut off from every form of communication, you should be aware of […]
A few of my favourite African influencers that you should know.
It’s that time of the year; right at the cusp of Christmas when things are about to erupt in a shopping, feeding and gifting frenzy and when all is said, done and […]
The dangers of traveling while black; the racial attack of Bakari Henderson.
On a night like yesterday, tossing and turning in the dark because of a toothache from a filling ‘so close to a nerve’, I turned to online news to keep me company […]
My 6 pet peeves with travelers and travel bloggers.
This is the last post in my ‘hashtag-three-years-a-travel-blogger‘ series,…only because ever so often I see things that get smoke emitting from my nostrils and ears..in a silent fit of rage, so..how fair […]
10 things I’ve learnt from three years travel blogging
You know how you get older and become more like a sage, reading all these profound philosophical ‘self-help’ books and hanging onto deep quotes and meditating upon them until they sink in? […]
The most profound and memorable people I’ve met on my travels.
The clock has ticked aloud into my third year of blogging. WordPress has slid me a quiet message without much fun-fare; no balloons or whistles have been blown, the skies are not […]
Ten of the world’s best hospitals for medical tourism in 2017
You know you are in a good place as a globetrotter or one who works around the travel, tourism and hospitality industry when you keep on bumping into articles with quotes such […]
Black and stared at in a foreign country? Here’s a few things you can do..
I was sharing with a dutch friend the other day that sometimes I forget I’m black. Not that I’ve ever wanted to forget my roots or dark ebony complexion; but that I’ve […]
Travelogues of an African Girl 