I know people who cannot get shut-eye if there’s a stranger pottering about on their property. I think they may die of fright or of deep discomfort. They are collectors of padlocks, […]
Once upon an Airbnb..
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 […]
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 […]
It’s the King’s birthday, hurrah!
You haven’t quite been to a party until you’ve been to what the dutch know as Koninginendag..now Koningsdag or King’s Day. It’s the one day in the year you can sell your […]
Macabre freak exhibition or a study of the human anatomy?
The prospect of dying has always seemed frightening if not enigmatic, subject to varying interpretations and descriptions, the avoidance of a direct mention but rather safely enclosed in euphemisms like “kicked the […]
Amsterdam is not just about the Red Light District
I am passing by the De Wallen and I cannot help but steal glances at the girls standing under the glow of the red neon-lit windows. They are dressed in skimpy silky lingerie […]
A dark day for the Netherlands..
Just a day ago, shocking news filled our television screens. A plane had been downed while flying over Ukraine air space. It was not just any plane, it was a commercial jet; […]
Did I meet a paedophile?
The day had gone well. We had made it to a friend’s wedding in the nation’s capital: Amsterdam. I hadn’t seen her for six years. My daughter whom she had cradled as […]
Travelogues of an African Girl 