I had been to Australia more than 10 years ago and spent time exploring bustling Sydney and beautiful Cairns. Two of my most favorite places ever! So when the opportunity to travel through the interior of Australia and to the “Top End” Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, I just jumped at it. My …
A Journey Through Australia’s Northern Territory by Grannies on Safari Read More »
“Walking past a soccer field at dusk in Barbados, clad in a black, ruffled off-the-shoulder dress with a giant hibiscus blossom tucked behind my ear. The game stopped and the players gave me a rousing round of applause.” Oh, Oh, Those West Indian Men! By Marianne Ilaw —REMEMBER THAT WICKEDLY FUNNY ROUTINE EDDIE MURPHY DID …
I have lived in Paris half my life. Fresh from university, not a Francophile, and with no knowledge of the language, I came to Paris from London for a weekend. I never did catch my plane out, and in time found myself with a husband, children, and a French family so enormous that if two …
SISTERS AND BROTHERS of all races who want to experience the full force of the achievements of people of color should make a visit to Egypt a top priority. It’s impossible to believe the negative stereotypes American society perpetuates about the aspirations and abilities of blacks after seeing the great civilization the Egyptians developed centuries …
June of 1995 marked a proud moment in the life of my niece, Ronya. She had accomplished one of the most revered achievements in African American life: graduation from high school and acceptance into college. What better gift to share with an African American princess than a guided tour of my most beloved city, Paris. …
Brazil. What do you think of when you hear that name? Samba? Beaches? Great food and beautiful people? You are right on all counts. But Brazil is so huge you have to take it by region. A one-size-fits-all approach definitely won’t do for this South American country. First some basics; Brazil is the largest country …
“O Nordeste Brasileiro”- Travel in Recife and Bahia, Brazil by Ronald Jiminez Read More »
Living la vida sola is an ongoing life lesson. There are hurdles between any single person and the ultimate goal: complete and total satisfaction with life as it is. I mean real satisfaction, as opposed to a stiff-upper-lip tolerance of dull existence until you meet Mr. or Ms. Right and are off on a (hopefully) …
Sisterhood of solitaire traveling by Jane Ganahl Read More »
I am less than five days from my first trip beyond the continental United States to someplace where I will know no one other than the person I am traveling with. I will not know the language, I will be unfamiliar with the customs, and I will have no idea how to express a need …
Sharecropper’s Daughter Goes to Paris by Lydia A. Nayo Read More »
We’d just started doing the storytelling–in fact, the storytelling musical on the life of Mother Harriet Ross Tubman. And then for the first time I heard there was going to be a trip up to her home place in Auburn. It was being sponsored by Michael Hooper, the brother from Roots Revisited, who’d taken children …
A Mama Moses Journey by Linda Cousins/Amasewa Okomfo Read More »
