Many countries are special to me for several reasons. South Africa, because I "grew up" (i.e. became an adult) there, Botswana, because...

Zambian weddings are communal. No matter how self-sufficient you are as a couple, how many months out you’ve planned, people will help...

I can’t believe that the beautiful Seychelles was actually a Plan B for our honeymoon. You see, we were bent on doing a Euro tour and...

I am thirty years old! I have BEEN looking forward to this milestone. I turned 30 on Sunday, 15 January 2023, and celebrated in the most...

“If you see a snake, just stand still and call me.” Those were the words that my friend Aisata Fatima Bah Catherine Tallulah Pulham Karen...

Guess who’s back, back again! Tuba’s back. Tell a friend! Did you sing that??? It only works if you sing it. If you’re pop-culturally...

There are a few things I love more than solo travel. Having only recently discovered the wonder that wandering alone can bring, I am now...

I turned 28!!! And to celebrate this huge turn in my life,I took myself on a weekend away to Capetown as a pre-celebration. Note to all:...

11 years ago on the 10th of January 2010, I moved to South Africa to pursue my tertiary education wide-eyed (figuratively, we all know my...

In 2015, while working a (seemingly) dead end job that had nothing to do with my degree and barely making ends meet, I wrote in my...

This year has been a constant reminder to give people their flowers while they are still alive. On 7th November 2020, we celebrated my...

The Victoria Falls are in Zambia. Okay, okay, I’ll concede! I don’t want to contribute to the plethora of fake news on the internet so I...

When‌ ‌I‌ ‌first‌ ‌sat‌ ‌down‌ ‌to‌ ‌write‌ ‌this,‌ ‌I‌ ‌was‌ ‌doing‌ ‌a‌ ‌load‌ ‌of‌ ‌laundry‌ ‌before‌ ‌leaving‌ ‌for‌ ‌a‌ ‌weekend‌...

The island of St John is an interesting one. Located just 4 miles (6 kilometres) east of St Thomas and with 60 per cent of its land...

I'm not sure if this is all just a personal Mandela Effect I'm experiencing, but I remember a time when the term slay queen did not have...

When the government-mandated lockdown happened in South Africa. I had just come back from a glorious yet tiring 10 week stay in the...

I know a beach snob who likes to say ‘life’s tough, huh?’ whenever he is doing something typically Caribbean like enjoying a boat trip...

It hasn’t been very long since I took my first long flight and that trip seemed to have opened Pandora’s box of long flights for me....

In February 2020, I became one of a handful of Africans to visit the beautiful island of Anguilla. Where do I get these stats, you ask?...