Transportation in India

10 Days Family Friendly Japan Travel Itinerary

Hi there, I'm Antoinette, your average human being, working a day job and taking vacations occasionally to refresh myself. Now, nobody asked me to write this “10 Days Japan Itinerary” but since...

Five Tips to Claiming Your Space when Traveling

I mentioned before about biases and microaggression often encountered by people of color while traveling. I recently traveled and even though I am an experienced traveler, had some similar travel...

Top 10 Things to See & Do at Rottnest Island, Western Australia

Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh gave this beautiful island its name in 1696. He mistook the native animals, the quokkas, here for rats and named it Rottnest, meaning 'rats nest' in Dutch. The...

Cormorant Fishing in Arashiyama, Japan

In Arashiyama I stepped into a dream. A fat orange moon climbed into view as I crossed the Togersu-kyo, or Moon Bridge. Coloured lights lit the narrow streets, and lanterns hung among the trees...

Packing and Overpacking

Welcome to the first post in my series “Top Travel Mistakes.” I recently collected information on the biggest mistakes people make when traveling and composed a list of the top 10 (plus a few...

Assumptions, Travel and Micro-Aggression

I spent twenty-three years in the airline industry as an international flight attendant. Many of those first years I was often the only person of color on the crew. Therefore, my experiences in...