Many travelers and local explorers are looking for fun, adventurous experiences that are outside of the box. If outside adventure has been calling your name, a Black hiking community might be the thrill you’re seeking. Believe it or not, Black hiking communities are a lot more popular than you might expect. You may even find… Continue reading Looking For A Black Hiking Community To Get You Moving This Spring?
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Beyond The Beach: Exploring The Food, Art, And Adventure Of Aruba
Written by: Patrice J. Williams Aruba. You probably have visions of white sand beaches and pink flamingos, but the island that’s located in the southern Caribbean Sea and less than 20 miles from Venezuela has so much more. Dutch is the official language, Papiamento is the native language and the island has more than 90… Continue reading Beyond The Beach: Exploring The Food, Art, And Adventure Of Aruba
What It Feels Like To Be A Black Man In Australia
Written by: Reis Armstrong First thing’s first – No one can hold a candle to the Black and Latino barbershops and beauty salons in America. Period. We’re the blueprint for what a standard hairstyle should be. The hardest thing about living in Australia is finding a good barber. It took me several failed attempts that… Continue reading What It Feels Like To Be A Black Man In Australia
Strengthen Your Relationship While Planning Your Next Baecation
Written by: Shirea L. Carroll So you’ve finally met “the one,” or at least the potential one. It’s been a while and things are going great. You’re both goal-oriented and accomplished, appreciate your independence, and see the power of being a unit. It couldn’t be better. Or could it? Chris Rock said it best, “In… Continue reading Strengthen Your Relationship While Planning Your Next Baecation
Black Barber Opens Harlem’s First Mobile Barbershop
Gentrification in New York has affected a lot of residents and business owners like Linwood Dillard III. After losing his barbershop in Harlem, Dillard turned a Ford E-350 into Harlem’s first mobile barbershop. The self-proclaimed “Da Barber Godd” trims beards, does lineups and offers other barber services right from his bus on Lenox Ave. Championed… Continue reading Black Barber Opens Harlem’s First Mobile Barbershop
The Audacious Beauty of Nassau’s History of Emancipation
Written by: Arielle Gray You don’t tame the sea. You learn how to ride it the way birds take to wind. This concept is a way of life in the Caribbean. The Bahamas is a place where ships wrecked on the rocks and reefs, an inevitable, lush green stop on the Trans Atlantic slave trade. … Continue reading The Audacious Beauty of Nassau’s History of Emancipation
Sailing Seychelles With Yacht Week East Africa Left This Girl From Kentucky With A Lifetime Of Memories
Written by: Krista Hayes I’m from Lexington, Kentucky where boating is mostly a weekend activity during the summer, only for the privileged. For the sons and daughters of wealthy horse breeders, business possessors, descendants of bourbon-distillery founders and ritzy home-owners who live in the same glamorous neighborhood as John Calipari. Even though my life as… Continue reading Sailing Seychelles With Yacht Week East Africa Left This Girl From Kentucky With A Lifetime Of Memories
5 Travel Agent Myths & Stereotypes Debunked
Written by: Trasheka Journet Planning your dream vacation sounds easy, but using a travel agent is even easier. Forget all those stereotypes that travel agents are expensive, no one uses them, and they don’t exist anymore, and focus on why trusting today’s modern travel agent is much easier than a DIY vacation. Here are five… Continue reading 5 Travel Agent Myths & Stereotypes Debunked
How Traveling Led These Brothers Into A Life Of Service
Traveling can have a variety of impacts on your life. For Dylan and Dixon Parker of Detroit, Michigan, it was the beginning of a journey that they hope will impact the world. For the last year and a half, the brothers have been pushing their t-shirt brand and non-profit, Blessed World Wide. Their mission is simple: Feed… Continue reading How Traveling Led These Brothers Into A Life Of Service
LA Pride Month Events That Celebrate Black LGBTQ
International Pride Month is upon us and after an unseasonably damp month of May, Los Angeles couldn’t be more ready to celebrate. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall rebellion, a series of uprisings led by trans women of color in New York City that inspired LGBTQ liberation movements all over the world.… Continue reading LA Pride Month Events That Celebrate Black LGBTQ
Long Distance Love Can Work
When it comes to long-distance relationships, there are so many questions to consider. How are we going to do this? Are we going to see each other, often? Will there be frequent communication? How do we make this work? It can be quite overwhelming, but worthwhile at the same time. Trinidadian-born Kassandra and Peter made… Continue reading Long Distance Love Can Work
Knowing When To Rely On Gut Instincts While Traveling Abroad
One week after booking my flight to Istanbul, Turkey, the unthinkable happened. Suicide bombers armed with assault rifles led an attack that would end in 42 lives being taken in a myriad of gunfire and explosions. As I watched the events unfold on CNN, my heart dropped. I was due to go to Istanbul in… Continue reading Knowing When To Rely On Gut Instincts While Traveling Abroad
Travel Friendship Goals and Lessons In Puerto Rico
I first met Dionne at a summer camp for incoming freshmen. Little did we know, that would be the start of our nearly two-decade friendship and travel adventures. After graduating we started taking trips together. One such trip was in August 2017 where we visited Puerto Rico, just days before the hurricane. We arrived in… Continue reading Travel Friendship Goals and Lessons In Puerto Rico
The Black Expat:’ I Had Faith That Things Would Work Out’
Katrina McNair was no stranger to traveling while growing up. Her parents were in the military, so she was born in Germany, lived in Iceland, then raised in Virginia. She now lives and works in the United Arab Emirates where she has been since 2015. She currently works as a Science teacher in Abu Dhabi.… Continue reading The Black Expat:’ I Had Faith That Things Would Work Out’
Believe It Or Not: Black People Are Leaving A Permanent Mark On Travel
Black people have come up in many different ways over the years. We thrive in numerous industries like film, entrepreneurship, STEM, and more. You would think that would apply to the travel industry as well, right? Writing for Travel Noire, I’m so proud of the beautiful black people who have been featured stamping their passports and… Continue reading Believe It Or Not: Black People Are Leaving A Permanent Mark On Travel