Category: Travel Adventures
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Zanzibar Dreams – Part 3 – Red Colobus Monkeys, Spice Farm Tour, and a Fish Taco… with a side of spider??
(August 2020, from my journals; Six weeks in Africa during a pandemic and divorce). Previous post: Zanzibar Dreams – Part 2 – Nakupenda Island and Cinnamon Spa(Opens in a new browser tab) https://www.expedia.com/shop/second-chapter-nomad/africa (small commission received) Day 27 RED COLOBUS MONKEYS AND A SPICE FARM TOUR Traveling alone has its challenges, but it also brings…
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Mexico – The Cabo Affair (Part 1)
(Post 2020 Lockdowns and the Divorce Finalizing December 2020, the Rogue and I lived three months in Mexico; first of three parts, and after the La Paz post, link below) February 2021 – After La Paz, the Rogue and I spent another stint at the Hard Rock Cabo (with prepaid weeks that I gave myself…
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Summer in the City, NYC 2023
Where to Live? 8 weeks in the Big Apple while the Rogue takes an acting class and I channel my inner Carrie Bradshaw for Summer in the City. I had visions of getting one pad for the whole time, but it’s so difficult. Expensive, awful and/or fake places. So, started at the Tribeca Sheraton for…
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Post Divorce: Three Months in Mexico
2020 closed out with the divorce finalizing on Christmas Eve. While a massive relief, this legal nightmare coupled with the pandemic, kicked my ass physically, financially, mentally and emotionally. Signing the divorce papers meant officially giving up the family home of over 20 years, where I raised my kids, and poured my heart into my…
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Cancun Hard Rock – Hurricane Delta – My Birthday 2020!
October 2020. Barely a few weeks after my return from Africa, the Rogue decided to quit his job and take a leap of faith and accept my invitation to meet me in Mexico (from severe lockdown in Scotland). A huge part of my journey began here! Previous post: https://secondchapternomad.blog/2023/03/21/quarantine-chronicles-part-9-casa-de-coco-from-africa-to-mexico/ https://www.expedia.com/shop/second-chapter-nomad/glam-fun-mexico (small commission received) MEET ME…
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Zanzibar Dreams – Part 5 – The Music Video and a Dhow to Nakupenda Island
(August 2020. From my journals; The Escape to Africa during a pandemic and divorce. Previous post: https://secondchapternomad.blog/2023/03/31/zanzibar-dreams-part-4-stone-town-nightclubs-prison-island-giant-tortoises-nakupenda-island/) https://www.expedia.com/shop/second-chapter-nomad/africa (small commission if booked through me) Day 40 – The Music Video This has become a personal challenge and mission to film something in Zanzibar. Making my visions and dreams a reality. I couldn’t be more pleased…
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Zanzibar Dreams – Part 4 – Stone Town Nightclubs, Prison Island, Giant Tortoises, Nakupenda Island
(September 2020, from my journals; Six Weeks in Africa during a pandemic and divorce). Previous post: https://secondchapternomad.blog/2023/06/24/zanzibar-dreams-part-3-red-colobus-monkeys-spice-farm-tour-and-a-fish-taco-with-a-side-of-spider-2/ (From the beginning of the Africa posts: Tanzania Tales – Part 1 – Take off! California to Zanzibar! (Later Dar es Salaam with stops in Nungwi and Mnemba Island)(Opens in a new browser tab) https://www.expedia.com/shop/second-chapter-nomad/africa (small commission if…
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Zanzibar Dreams – Part 2 – Nakupenda Island and Cinnamon Spa
(August 2020, from my journals). See previous post: https://secondchapternomad.blog/2023/03/22/zanzibar-dreams-part-1-meet-me-in-zanzibar/ Side note: I love this traveling lifestyle. I don’t feel as untethered and displaced as in my hometown. My old life in a house I no longer am allowed to enter, with mysterious inhabitants living in my belongings. A divorce that seemingly will never end. The…
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Zanzibar Dreams – Part 1 – Flight for One
(August 2020, from my journals. Tanzania Tales comes first. Nothing like six weeks in Africa to forget about a global pandemic and a glacially slow moving painful divorce.) This was my Eat, Pray, Love. The beginning of the Africa adventure: Tanzania Tales – Part 1 – Take off! California to Zanzibar! (Later Dar es Salaam…
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Tanzania Tales – Part 4 – Serengeti Camping Safari, the Big Five, and Ngoro Ngoro Crater
(August 2020, from my journals) Post 4 of 5 of Tanzania Tales, Africa in a pandemic and during a divorce. Tanzania Tales – Part 3 – Rural School Visit, Arusha Market, Food to a Village, and boda bodas!(Opens in a new browser tab) (previous post) CAMPING SAFARI Tanzanian photographer Hope linktr.ee/hopefx_captured images of the Big…