Since I live in Lagos, writing about how to have a great time here seemed so obvious to me that I never bothered to do it. I put it down to that cliché that when you know something, you assume that everyone else knows it too. Of course, that isn’t true. It took me spending…
I used to think that everyone loved travelling and going on holidays but then I interviewed someone who doesn’t like travelling. I’m paraphrasing here but she said she saw no need to go on holiday if you liked your life. In other words, if your life was great, why would you need to take…
For a lot of people, a large percentage of the holiday budget goes towards accommodation. Of course, there are cheaper alternatives to hotels like hostels and couch-surfing but the least expensive would probably be staying with a friend. In many cases, when you stay with a good friend, they may even show you around the…
Many people will only travel if they have someone to go with. Apart from me of course. I’m just as likely to go on holiday with someone as I am to go alone. I’ve done both successfully and am a pretty good travel buddy if I say so myself. If you want to be the…
When I was in university, I asked my brother why he was always so happy whenever a public holiday was announced and he said I would understand when I started working. Sadly, he was right. These days, while I love public holidays, I’m not as excited about them as I used to be – maybe…
My least favourite part of travelling is airports and I suspect it’s the same for many people. However, since I know I dislike being in airports, I go out of my way to enjoy the experience. Here are some of the things I do to make my time in airports more pleasurable:
Although the thought of going on holiday is exciting, there’s often a bit of nervousness involved too – what if you end up hating it?, what if you get homesick? I’m here to say, forget all that negativity. Here are a few tips to help increase your chances of having a fabulous holiday every time…
The one thing I’ve learned from holidays is that my expectations and reality are usually two different things. When I go on holiday expecting to have fun, I usually don’t and when I think my holiday is going to be quiet and almost boring, it turns out to be a blast. The most recent example…
In Lagos, where I live, there are two basic seasons: rainy and dry season and right now, we’re in the rainy part. You can’t miss it. Rainy season runs roughly from April till October and it rains pretty much everyday during the season. Harmattan, (I can never say that word without thinking of Ralph Fiennes…
I know I talk about it often on this blog but I can’t help it. I love being around water and especially being at the beach. When I was very young, my mother refused to let me take swimming lessons because to her, that was tantamount to saying it was okay for me to drown. …