Many years ago, before Christ, a Roman author, orator and politician, Cicero popularized a latin phrase, shortened and translated to mean, “To each his own.” I have come to quote him time […]
Fast travel, slow travel? You be the judge..
To eat or not to eat..food, travel and controversy.
If you asked me what my favourite food is, I probably would get a little tongue-tied and not know where to start. I love me a range of wholesome good food. Take […]
My Africa is nothing like your Africa..
The map of Africa (credit: Google images). My Africa is nothing like your Africa… I haven’t been caught up in a ‘fit of braggadocio,’ by this one-liner.. rather I’m increasingly made aware […]
See you on the other side..Happy 2017!
If 2016 was a person, how would you describe them? Would you classify them as male or female, would they be young or old, fast or really lethargic and slow? Would they […]
Where will you be this Christmas? 7 destinations you should consider spending the holidays.
With just two days before Christmas, and some days before the New Year rings in, what’s on many people’s minds and lips is; Where did the year go? Because it practically whizzed […]
If you’d love to see the world..just get up and go; if not, stay back and run the town..
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 […]
Dear Dad, a million thanks for the gift of travel and a Happy father’s day!
“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, […]
Black solo female traveler in Europe? Brace yourself for labels your mama never gave you..
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 […]
Of vanishing planes and travel in the time of terror
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 […]
Two kinds of locals
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 […]
Travelogues of an African Girl 