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Women in a safari vehicle surrounded by resting lions in the Serengeti, Tanzania

Journeys that Matter

Tanzania Refuses to Be One Thing: Beyond the Safari

It started with the whispers back and forth behind my back. As they moved, the necklaces and beads made a soft jingle. Two women elders conversed, trying to figure out if I “belonged.” One grabbed my hand and stared intently into my eyes before asking, “Are you one of us?

A hand holds a handcrafted wooden carving at an artisan market in Tanzania while another carving is presented in the background.

Journeys that Matter

More Than a Marketplace

The first thing you notice is the sound. Not the conversations between shoppers weaving through narrow aisles or the occasional negotiation between buyer and seller, but the steady rhythm of wood meeting steel. Chisels scrape against rough blocks of wood with practiced precision. Small curls fall to the ground, joining

A hospital intensive care unit with a patient bed blurred in the background and a bedside monitor displaying heart rhythm, oxygen saturation, and vital signs in the foreground.

Journeys that Matter

Presence: What the ICU Taught Me About Travel

Close-up of the author wearing traditional blue and white Maasai beadwork and a blue shuka while visiting a Maasai boma in Tanzania.

Journeys that Matter

Transformational Travel: Why the Right Journey Changes More Than Your Location

Originally published on ThetravelingTrendie and republished in The Trendie Tribune archive.

A Berber woman prepares and pours traditional Moroccan mint tea for guests, seated beside a silver serving tray filled with decorative tea glasses

Hosted Group Trips

The Origin of the Morocco Women’s Journey

Originally published on ThetravelingTrendie and republished in The Trendie Tribune archive.