For many, Hawaii is a bucket list vacation spot. However, Hawaii is more than one island. Maui, Oahu, Lanai, Kauai,...
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Travel and culture.
Travel and culture do not necessarily go hand in hand. They are many people who have traveled extensively but are...
Five safety tips when traveling solo.
Traveling alone can be challenging whether you are an adventurous person or not, and no timing or circumstance can...
Five tips to become a first-rate traveler.
With my years of experience in professional and personal travel, many people have asked me to give travel stories...
Travel is more than a physical journey.
Many people will tell you that they want to travel and have spent years saving or planning for travel yet have not...
Five tips from a seasoned traveler.
After twenty-three years as an international flight attendant and having lived and traveled on my own for many years,...
Five tips to claiming your space when traveling.
I mentioned before about biases and microaggression often encountered by people of color while traveling. Even though...
Five Tips for First-Time Flyers.
Although airplane travel happens every day, the fear of flying for many is genuine, and there is even a name for it,...
COVID Impact on Travel(dated content).
Even though we spent most of 2020 living with COVID and its impact on travel, it has become clear that 2021 will not...
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Hi, I’m Donna
As a woman of color, I navigate the world of travel with a distinct lens.
I retired in 2013 after 23 years as an international flight attendant while living and raising two children in Singapore. I became an empty nester in 2018 when my son graduated college, and my daughter started college. I moved back to Singapore in 2018, but as it is with ex-pats, most of my ex-pat friends had transitioned.
As an empty nester, I didn’t have much in common with the new ex-pat mothers I met. However, whenever I met new people, just as always, conversations evolved around travel once they realized I was a former flight attendant. People often ask me questions and opinions about travel, so in 2020, I decided to blog about it.
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