If you’ve never heard of Mashramani or Guyana, then you need to put this celebration and this country on your radar especially during the carnival season. Typically, when people think of Carnival, they think of Brazil, Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados, and other places, but there is a lesser-known but no less thrilling and exciting cultural celebration that takes place all over … [Read more...]
The Art of Taking Vacation
If you are like me, you always have “use or lose” leave because you are too good at utilizing long weekends and holidays to get in little “vacationettes” here and there, instead of longer-duration vacays. So when the time comes to figure out what to do with your leave, you either end of up donating it or trying to plan the vacation to end all vacations. To be clear, if you end … [Read more...]
POLITICAL TOURS | CEREBRAL ADVENTURE SEEKERS TAKE ON TABOO TRAVEL
The interwebs define “Taboo Travel/Political Travel” as a form of travel where a destination’s desirability is directly proportionate to how taboo it is. Hence, the more politically controversial and/or relevant the country, the more isolated and difficult it is to reach, the longer the amount of time it has been closed off to the outside world, are the … [Read more...]
Quito | It’s Always A Good Idea
If you are considering traveling to the Andean region and Ecuador specifically, you must include Quito on top of your to-do list. Quito has a little bit of everything which makes it a perfect destination for any traveler. I went to Quito to visit friends for the holidays and had no idea the amazingness that I was in for. During the course of our time in Quito, we visited … [Read more...]
DERRECK KAYONGO: FROM REFUGEE TO CEO
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of speaking to Derreck Kayongo, the founder and creator of theGlobal Soap Project, a project that recycles partially used hotel soap to save lives in impoverished countries. We had a very interesting conversation about the origins of the Global Soap Project, what he’s doing now, and what we can do as a community to get involved in ways … [Read more...]
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