2022-07-27 20:43
Every time I book a cabin getaway it feels as if I am switching out the playlist that helps colour my big city life. Instead of cars, trains, chatter and shouting, I hit play on this new sel… Read More
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2021-06-30 20:42
It’s been a while since I’ve truly put pen to paper and I wonder why. There have been poems, but in fairness, there’s always a poem. A month can go by, even two, and poem w… Read More
2021-01-17 20:46
Mostly it is runways of possibilities. But also it is refuge. Erected containers. Hobbled together by mean knuckles and oppressive fingers and sometimes where the blood has dried there is so… Read More
2021-01-01 12:27
It was somewhere in the midst of the 2020 pandemic when I got my hands on a copy of Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari and perhaps one of the most powerful things the book did for me is simply po… Read More
2020-11-18 22:00
Beekeeper, badass entrepreneur, and Barcelona bound. I talk to Amy, 29, from Los Gatos, CA about her unfortunately-timed move to a new city and how it led her to switch careers and e… Read More
2020-11-18 00:49
Today I sit down with the Greek-British Lena, owner of Vericoco, a place I stayed on a writer’s retreat in early October, in Kefalonia, Greece. Together we explore loss, identity and m… Read More
2020-09-15 23:14
I was recently inspired by a breathtaking image of vegetation that has grown over a remote village named Houtouwan, I couldn’t stop thinking about it all day, and eventually a poem cam… Read More
2020-07-01 23:14
MOST READ
When revamping the blog, I looked at the analytics to get a true picture what people have enjoyed reading the most. And so, this blog gives a round up of the top 5 posts bet… Read More
2020-06-28 21:15
Okay then, disappearmy darling, darling you areGo into the damp tunnelof troubled mind, and stepall over your fleshy partsbut try not to break anything.Be stealth. Treat the wallshow you tre… Read More
2020-06-22 20:38
A train to the end of the Ubhan line, plus one additional 10 minute bus, and I was in Spandauer Forst, Berlin, for the weekend where I stayed in a tiny house. In this piece I recount my musi… Read More
2020-05-16 23:55
Like most of us, I am somewhat a creature of habit. Though my street has two exits that lead to the main road, I often go the same way; I discovered a Kiwi-owned cafe, appropriately named Ho… Read More
2020-03-01 00:08
Heartbreak in your late-twenties
is tired pain,
lazy darkness
that stays with you
a stomach never still
an inconspicuous
quality to
your movement
a muted expression… Read More
2019-10-19 10:58
From someone who has stayed in over 14 Airbnbs and has tried-and-tested Airbnb Experiences, a guide to a local travel experience using the Airbnb platform. This guide will cover the followin… Read More
2019-09-01 00:04
On the edge of rejection, because it’s true, you feel it, the tugging, the notification, that space between you seeks to multiply, you can lose yourself in that kind of abundance.
H… Read More
2019-07-07 18:02
If you’re reading this, I suppose you are one of two camps. It’s either, you want to know what on earth ASMR is and whether you should try it for yourself, or you already know yo… Read More
2019-07-01 00:00
So much remainsIt mounts on the seashoreForms crusts in cave arks you cannot seeIt does not disappear with timeLike the elders promisedIt lives in the waterA baptism of paper cuts Separ… Read More
2019-05-30 13:37
There is a very strong mood in my life at the moment, and that is remembering the beginning of starting life abroad. Nestled between reading Shantaram, recounting my first six months in Berl… Read More
2019-05-30 13:37
8 smart ways to prepare for your move abroad in the modern age, by someone who’s lived abroad four times before.
There is a very strong mood in my life at the moment, and that is re… Read More
2019-02-01 23:33
So much we learn in the shadows / primarily the cold, damp, alleys / we split ourselves into / each year that regurgitates us / with no sympathy, or regret / in a far corner of: you / where… Read More
2019-01-29 23:48
Yes yesI love youMore each dayIt is a dull dullAche that feelsLike my breathBut they tell meThe weak coffeeIs unforgivable.With it, sometimes I wake, I forget its tasteIt is the blessin… Read More
2019-01-01 00:24
Zacharia you are love itself, I cannot think of another form more pure, my heart suffocates my mouth, whenever you wander out of the door, I squirm thinking of people that will bruise you, b… Read More
2018-12-30 23:36
Today I will mask the desperation with class, I clutch a poetry collection to my face, not mine. More famous than you are in my world.
The words were as good as the praise, but even they… Read More
2018-12-29 22:09
It’s never right to compare two cities to each other. It’s
tacky. It feels like comparing an ex-boyfriend to a new one; without a doubt
the comparisons are subject to a rose glaz… Read More
2018-12-22 13:09
The Crazy, the Creative, and the Christmas Markets.
Hallo good people, Wade here, and it seems I am on the move again. Like many of us in this life, and at this time of life particularly… Read More
2018-11-01 00:18
In the fertile grounds of silence
Doubt grows, like ivy
Plant some affirmations, love
Tell me I am the one?
The post Poem: Is it Something you Didn’t Say? appeared first on Wa… Read More
2018-10-07 17:13
Are you a Creative? If you are, then you’ll know that feeling a lack of inspiration can be crushing. If too, you have been following my writing on my move to Seville, you may also know… Read More
2018-09-30 23:52
I’ve been thinking about what keeps people together, in the tight lock of friendship, where the air is fresh, but harboured in a small space, so as not to let the trust escape. Everyon… Read More
2018-08-04 19:58
Sometimes when you visit a place for a short time, there isn’t much real value you can offer to a reader by the way of comparison. And though I lived in Malagá, Spain over four… Read More
2018-08-04 13:58
Ahhhh, pure bliss. Just now, I finished a Jamon tostada, and took a sip of my coffee, and I knew: today is the day you are finally going to write about the best cafés of Seville. When… Read More
2018-07-06 17:08
A snippet from my travel diary and 7 useful tips on moving to a new country alone.
‘On a lonely afternoon in June, I need you’ – Basement Jazz, Raindrops – June… Read More
2018-06-10 15:55
Jazz, Thailand, 25, is a highly creative individual and businesswoman who travels, and lives according to the beat of her own drum. Born-and-bred originally in the US, at a young age she exp… Read More
2018-04-22 21:10
Google Seville and you will read about the famous feria.
Taking place in April, the fair is a stunning show of local culture, traditional dresses and family wealth – in a usually… Read More
2018-03-25 23:54
In the very attractive, slightly airy-fairy sometimes-idealistic world of travel, it often feels like you need a huge amount of money to make it happen. There’s an element of truth to… Read More
2017-12-01 01:22
Will you forgive me?
I guess the person I should really be asked that to is myself.
You know the scenario, you make grand plans, commit to one-too-many things, don’t follow through, th… Read More
2017-09-25 00:37
For many travellers the opportunity to travel within a working year is scarce. Trips occur in a precious two weeks per year, or on the odd Friday – Sunday weekend jaunt, which is prett… Read More
2017-09-14 18:31
Stephen, 24, San Francisco is a developer and part time world-walker. Born in Ukraine, but brought up in east London, his journey is a classic tale of how understanding what’s out ther… Read More
2017-07-14 23:13
Knut, Norwegian, 27 is an online entrepreneur and has been travelling for the last 6 years of his life. Never far from his next chuckle, or beaming smile, Knut is the type of person who appr… Read More
2017-07-03 23:46
I’ll set the scene for you. This trip to Bali was my first one this year. It was a big one for me, both in size (3 weeks) and financially, so I knew I couldn’t afford to travel a… Read More
2017-07-02 19:07
Food aficionado here – I feel I have to give you fair warning. It’s dawned on me recently that even though I call this a travel blog, more than often, I am writing about eating y… Read More
2017-05-28 18:47
As a writer, there are some things in life that you are hesitant to write about, simply because you feel you wont do it justice. One week upon returning from my time with The Institute of Co… Read More
2017-05-25 20:44
I reflect on my time at the Onion Co by recounting the last night. Regina, a lady who helps run the hostel had scribbled on the back of a flyer and I picked up to read it:
“The On… Read More
2017-04-23 16:02
I can’t be the only one who has a slight obsession with frequenting cafés.
When I travel or live in a place I tend to visit them often. Because coffee, tea, cakes, seeing p… Read More
2017-04-20 17:56
“It’s Europe’s best food market” the Market Manager of Maltby Market tells me.
“Really?”
“That’s what the people say”
I nod in appreciat… Read More
2017-03-21 20:38
So this one is slightly late in the day, as I didn’t know it was World Poetry Day! (And I call myself a Marketeer, terrible) but I thought there’s no way I can let the day pass w… Read More
2017-03-19 14:38
Okay, let me start with this, I love food. Like really really love food. My mother is an excellent cook, specialising in anything from traditional British food, to West African and even Indi… Read More
2017-02-18 17:00
This is a really special post for me. If you don’t already know, I’m part Nigerian – but I’ve never been. Whenever I get the opportunity to learn something about the… Read More
2017-02-18 00:32
I’ve never had an immense stash of savings. Most of the travels I did at the beginning of my journey was due to me working in foreign countries. Even when I did, I was always looking f… Read More
2017-02-07 00:47
Shakespeare and Company is one of those rare places in the world where it’s impossible for magic not to happen. Born in Paris, originally in 1919 and then separately recreated in 1951… Read More
2017-01-26 00:55
Late night post here. As always when it’s 11.30pm and I’ve planned to have a good night’s sleep, an idea will wrestle me awake! And well, here we are. I’ve been strug… Read More
2017-01-22 20:01
Hallo! So this post is a bit different as it’s written by one of my best friends, Grace. I will get round to sharing my own Berlin story, but for now, as she has travelled twice with m… Read More
2017-01-07 15:41
Just what exactly are Ecotourism, Green Travel, Sustainable Tourism and all the names currently being thrown around in the world of travel? Seasoned travellers well read up on the subject ar… Read More
2017-01-05 22:54
If you’ve seen enough of this blog or you know me personally, you know I have a draw towards cafés. But not just any cafés, intimately sized ones, with warm people and a… Read More
2017-01-05 22:17
In life, or rather – in the life of a food lover. There are some meals that you will never forget. Glory Duck in Berlin’s Friedrichshain is one of those meals. They offer a… Read More
2016-12-08 13:12
48 hours in Jordan – by no means enough time, but absolutely enough to be blown away by the warmness of the people and you-must-see-this-once-in-your-lifetime treasures. I found t… Read More
2016-12-07 21:39
If Jordan isn’t on your bucket list, I really recommend adding it, like now. As I will have mentioned elsewhere Petra is one of those rare places that completely surpass your expectati… Read More
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