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A behind-the-scenes view of travel and travel experiences as a woman of color and a retired flight attendant of 23 years with extensive travel experience who has lived multiple times as an ex-pat.
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Fall travel
Fall is a great time to travel. Leaves are changing colors, and it can be an excellent time for a road trip. However,...
Are you ready for travel?
After being confined for more than a year due to Covid, many people are eager to travel. However, travel, as we have...
Travel planning with Levantr.
Hot air balloon ride in Tanzania I’ve written much about group travel. I love to travel and sharing it with people I...
Airline tickets.
I was an international flight attendant for 23 years. After learning this fact about me, many people assume that I...
Travel souvenirs.
I’ve spent more than half of my life traveling. Through the years, I have amassed my share of travel souvenirs. My...
Road trips.
Covid realities are still a concern for many. As many now contemplate travel, the option of a road trip can be an...
How to thrive with group travel.
I wrote an earlier blog post about choosing your travel partners wisely. Travelers may not always be able to select...
Travel and the ex-pat experience.
I’ve lived as an ex-pat in London, Germany, and Singapore. The experience of living in different places temporarily...
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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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