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Absolute travel essentials.
When it comes to travel essentials, everyone has different choices. Travel essentials can range anywhere from a...
Theft on an airplane.
Most travelers never stop to think of having their items stolen on board an airplane. I recently took a women’s safety...
My inner journey.
Being a mother is a never-ending travel experience. Just like taking an actual trip, preparation is vital! My recent...
Travel and stress.
Travel is a stressful situation. As an international flight attendant, I served over twenty years in the travel...
LGBT+ travel.
Happy Pride month! The LGBTQIA+ community makes up a large percentage of the travel population but can face singular...
Airline tickets.
I was an international flight attendant for 23 years. After learning this fact about me, many people assume that I...
Why Galveston, Texas for Juneteenth 2021.
For those who don’t know about Juneteenth, it’s important to learn about its history and its significance. Juneteenth...
Travel souvenirs.
I’ve spent more than half of my life traveling. Through the years, I have amassed my share of travel souvenirs. My...
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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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