Aloha Hawaii??

Aloha, Hawaii? Blame it on Google! This year I had planned to spend my birthday on July 4th in Hawaii and paid for the trip months ago. Closer to my travel date, I googled Covid travel restrictions and the top results that came up said you needed a negative Covid test...
Is Africa Travel Ready To Reopen?

Is Africa Travel Ready To Reopen?

Is Africa Travel Ready To Reopen? I received the following post from one of my Facebook travel groups which led me to question if Africa travel is ready to reopen for travel yet: ‘Hi! Has anyone been on an African safari they would recommend? We would love to go...
How Coronavirus Killed The Travel Industry

How Coronavirus Killed The Travel Industry

How Coronavirus Killed The Travel Industry I have been blogging for years, writing columns about the travel business for the past 2 years and self-published my memoirs of my nomadic life in ‘A Modern African Nomad’ in 2016 so the next logical step was to...
Africa Travel and FOMO

Africa Travel and FOMO

Africa Travel and FOMO Boris Kodjoe & African Americans in Ghana for The Year of The Return I used to work in hotel finance in Africa and advise a lot of hotel owners on funding to build their hotels so I know a lot of people in the African hospitality industry...
Christmas in Arizona

Christmas in Arizona

Christmas in ArizonaThe sun came out briefly on Christmas day!I had planned to get some sun over Christmas well in advance and booked a trip to Phoenix Arizona for a week leaving on Saturday 21 December 2019. They call winter The Big Dark in Seattle but according to...
Thanksgiving in Los Angeles

Thanksgiving in Los Angeles

Thanksgiving in Los AngelesI went to LA in search of sun but even Malibu beach was cloudyWhen it comes to travel, I like plan well in advance because it is part of my life. I figured that by the time Thanksgiving came around, I would need a trip somewhere warm away...

Bellevue becomes favorite of Eastside Social Meetups

Bellevue becomes favorite of Eastside Social MeetupsMoving to a new city is now less intimidating thanks to Meetup.com which make it easy to meet people with similar interests. After moving to Bellevue in July, newcomer Debbie Peters, attended a First Friday Meetup in...