The year is 2016. The date: 1st of August. The mood: sombre. We are huddled in groups at the meeting point; an intersection between the streets Wierzbowa and Barksa, Krakow. A colourful crocodile, […]
Auschwitz camp: Lest we forget
That time we told the Moldova border police, “We are tourists on vacation.”
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 […]
Krakow: City of magic
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 […]
Warsaw in 96 hours.
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 […]
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 […]
Of accidents, a broken femur, baby steps and an anniversary!
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 […]
