2022-07-27 06:30
‘So why do you think that is Tayo?’ – asked this person I had just met on this hike.
The ‘at work’ Tayo, ‘the city girl’ Tayo, ‘the social but… Read More
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2022-01-31 12:09
Travel and change of place impart new vigour to the mind.
– Seneca
However, does that change of place, have to be a new country?
Last year I visited no new countries, but I did indee… Read More
2021-12-15 07:30
Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show – unknown
If you are like me and are terrible at getting gifts on time, want to avoid the shop… Read More
2021-10-28 07:40
My Adidas clothing worn on some of my activities were gifted. If you like any of the stuff I was wearing or would like to find out more of what’s on offer check out these links:… Read More
2021-03-18 08:00
‘You’re going on a WHAT to WHERE?’
These were the words my Nigerian mother exclaimed when I told her I had just booked a two-week salsa adventure in Colombia back in 200… Read More
2021-01-30 11:06
‘Your story matters’
There is a bit of a debate amongst travel bloggers, the relevance of sharing your yearly travel roundups. It ranges from, ‘only your loyal audience… Read More
2020-09-07 16:00
The first time this topic entered my head I was aged 14/15. I was going on a language exchange program to Germany and I would be staying with a family out there and my mum asked &lsquo&hell…Read More
2020-07-22 17:17
‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life’ – Samuel Johnson
I’m a born Londoner but raised in the Geordie land of Newcastle. I do love London a… Read More
2020-05-19 07:30
“Home is where one starts from.” – T.S. Eliot
I’m gonna be real with ya, my UK Wanderlusters for the rest of 2020 you may not be catching any flights to far off lan… Read More
2020-05-05 07:00
“I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud… Read More
2020-04-03 04:07
“There are a lot of adventures out there waiting for us to live them!”
Hostelgeeks
So last week I mowed the lawn.
So what?
In my 35 years of life I’ve never done this bef… Read More
2020-02-29 21:35
‘The brave don’t live forever but the cautious don’t live at all’ – Bill See
Last year 27th Feb I left my job to go travelling and it seems by God-incidence t… Read More
2020-02-28 14:23
‘The brave don’t live forever but the cautious don’t live at all’ – Bill See
Last year 27th Feb I left my job to go travelling and it seems by God-incidence tha… Read More
2020-01-31 03:22
‘January was the month for dreaming’ – Jean Hershey (modified)
January is my chill month…I don’t rush to meet the deadlines I think I should have for my blog… Read More
2019-12-19 21:13
What makes an immigrant?
Christmas dinner is my absolute favourite meal of the year cooked by my mother as it consists of me gorging on the following:
A whole roasted turkey crammed with d… Read More
2019-12-03 18:45
Do you remember that epic moment in ITV’s Sanditon where Sydney declares his love for Charlotte?
I know I’m not the only one who has watched this several, several times over #sw… Read More
2019-09-26 21:15
Potosí is a well worn daytrip for those on the South American backpacking trails as explorers hear from fellow travellers, ‘oh you must absolutely go on a mine tour.’
Whil… Read More
2019-08-21 07:00
‘A photograph is a form of time travel so enjoy the ride’ – unknown
I had a blog post all mentally prepared in my head but I just wasn’t excited or in the mood to w… Read More
2019-08-06 07:00
‘Art is not what you see but what you make others see’ – Edgar Degas
As soon as I walked into La Capilla del Hombre (the Chapel of Man) in Quito, Ecuador I thought what… Read More
2019-07-23 07:00
‘Then I realised adventures are the best way to learn’ – unknown
Hola mi amigos!
I’ve had many people ask a fair few questions bout my immersive travel experience o… Read More
2019-05-08 06:30
Quito is Ecuador’s capital city that is often given a miss or a paltry 2 days in one’s South American adventure of travels. Known as the Big Banana, due to it sprawling longitudi… Read More
2019-03-22 07:00
We are forever complaining about our 9 to 5, the daily grind, wishing we were in an exotic location all carefree.
However for me my 9 to 5 gives me (asides from money) perspective on life.&n&hell…Read More
2019-01-23 08:00
‘Passion is a cobweb duster for the mind’
Amanda Mosher
….and boy does my blog need dusting. So my hiatus turned out to be a WHOLE YEAR…disgraceful I know b… Read More
2018-01-30 18:14
Hello Hello!!
The first month of 2018 is almost over and this is shamefully my first post! I love January – when everyone is suffering from post Christmas blues and saying Januar… Read More
2017-12-31 13:34
Where has this year gone?? Flip me it has certainly whizzed by but still I have had a lot of adventures both here in good ol’ Blighty and abroad. Its my annual photo round up of… Read More
2017-12-24 10:00
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
How lovely are thy branches
– lyrics by composer Ernst Anschütz
London, at Christmas, becomes a wintery place of delight as public areas beco… Read More
2017-11-17 08:48
‘She wondered where he originated from. Everyone was from somewhere. Olivia loved discovering people’s stories, and they were plentiful in these foreign surroundings.’ &n&hellip…Read More
2017-11-11 11:46
We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone
So I recently entered a travel competition, made the top ten but sadly I did not win the final stage for an epic trip hiking th… Read More
2017-10-14 12:51
Everyone needs a friend that will call and say, ‘Get dressed, we’re going on an adventure’ – unknown author.
For a long time this was my friend Chi Chi (or Chi as I… Read More
2017-10-14 12:51
Everyone needs a friend that will call and say, ‘Get dressed, we’re going on an adventure’ – unknown author.
For a long time this was my friend Chi Chi (or Chi as I… Read More
2017-09-30 14:27
Amsterdam – the city of approximately 850,000 bikes so of course I had to explore this city using this popular mode of transport!
Now considering I am scared of cycling alongside traf… Read More
2017-09-15 07:00
It’s been a whole year since I was last in Brazil and I spent last month reminiscing and wishing I was back in that special place, enjoying the sun and vibrancy of that beautiful… Read More
2017-08-31 06:00
AFROPUNK – a term used to describe someone of African American descent who prescribes to a counter-culture asthetic.
Urban dictionary definition
I attended Afropunk London held at T… Read More
2017-05-27 09:00
Hey hey all!
So I got to embark on a recent road trip to my motherland, Nigeria with my family. Let me start and be upfront and honest, I usually don’t enjoy going to Nigeria so… Read More
2017-03-31 07:00
Entering into the land of ChristianiaChristiania – call it a ‘social experiment’, a self governing state, a hippie’s paradise, whatever; I just knew as soon as I read… Read More
2017-02-08 21:20
Hello all!! Happy February!
So I was inspired to look back over my various border crossings of my past travels and do a blog post about it as I got talking to a girl on my Instagram and we s… Read More
2017-01-31 16:55
How can one tell if one is from North England or South England?
It is all from how you pronounce Bath, the correct way obviously being us Northerners (my Northern accent wins over my Souther… Read More
2016-12-31 12:53
This year has truly been an awesome year of travels, urban wanders and cultural treats. I have wandered and explored endlessly and had lots of great moments. The highlight of my… Read More
2016-12-25 10:20
I love Christmas time and after saying I don’t like spending it anywhere but home (see post), I decided to have a cheeky Christmas filled get away to Prague to experience it the Czech… Read More
2016-11-30 17:00
I cannot remember the precise moment that I added Snowdonia to my Wanderlist but I was so super pleased that this year I got to tick off not just one (Brazil see previous post) but two place… Read More
2016-10-19 07:00
Vulgar – lacking sophistication or good taste (Oxford Dictionary)
Origin: Late Middle English, from Latin vulgaris, from vulgus – common people.
When my friend Zaena… Read More
2016-09-30 07:15
There is a rivalry unspoken of in the travel world that is greater than that seen between Argentina and Brazil in football causing many centuries of debate….
Which side is it best to… Read More
2016-08-08 07:00
Cable Street is a street in my beloved London not overly known to the massives. It is not your busy Oxford Street, funky Brick Lane or your beautiful Primrose Hill and yet on this street as… Read More
2016-07-25 08:00
So my tickets for Rio 2016 have arrived…it is all getting suddenly real as there are now only 2 weeks until I travel to Brazil to watch to the Olympics!!!
The arrival of my Olympic t… Read More
2016-06-28 08:00
So last weekend I was in the ickle village of Ilkley in West Yorkshire staying at the gorgeous Grade II listed country house Westwood Lodge for a hen do.
Waking up each morning to this 18th… Read More
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