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How I quit my 9-5 to become a full time travel blogger.

Hello Alarinkaz, I hope you started off your week on a good note On today’s features on the travellers corner we have the award-winning, goal getter TheFisayo who is known for her incredible works in advocating for Africa Tourism and also helping people to become a successful travel blogger. Today, she will be sharing her transition from a corporate 9-5 worker to becoming a full time travel blogger. I featured her particular on this topic to inspire anyone that has made this decision or you are thinking this could be the next step that you can do it too if

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Traveling through Adamawa State; The land of Beauty.

Traveling Through Yola. Have you ever travelled to a city with zero or no expectations at all, because of the religious belief and news you’ve heard? That was me traveling to Adamawa State, I had zero expectations and I definitely got served. Adamawa State is a state in the North Eastern part of Nigeria, a state presumed to be a strict religious city with no fun activities in the state. Getting into Adamawa State from Jalingo which is the capital of Taraba state, it was a 4-hour drive to Yola town. The link road was so good that it seemed

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How to travel Safe in Nigeria. from top 10 nigeria travel bloggers

When I started my travel journey , there were lots of travel bloggers to learn and drive travel inspiration and motivation from but there was few of them traveling around Nigeria and really documenting it. As a newbie on the block, I needed the drive to move and see more. Sometimes a picture from someone is all that we need to backpack into the woods and this few people gave me that extra push needed. Now that interstate traveling is back and we are all hitching to get on the road many of you would be forced to explore locally

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ROAD TO 774 ; Adventure| Fun| Purpose

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Before we get into a new beginning, let’s take a moment to celebrate my very recent achievement of exploring the whole 36states in Nigeria.. It was like yesterday when I documented my travel goals on this platform in 2019, and to see how far I’ve come is worth celebrating. What’s next for Alarinka? Lately, I have been asked questions like; Toke now that you are done exploring all 36states in Nigeria. What next? Honestly, I cringe at this question not because I don’t know what’s next but because what my mind is saying is next

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When this Pandemic is all over! What next?

When this Pandemic is all over! What next? For a while, I worried about everything that’s going on, and how it’s affecting the world in general.It’s so sad seeing the rate of lives being lost on a daily basis and what it is costing us; our freedom, our peace, our livelihood and I can’t help but live in the present with all of this that I forget to think of the aftermath.Like when all of this is over! What’s next?. I have seen different posts about when all of this is over ”I will travel more, love more do this,

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Ikot Abasi; Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria.

Akwa-Ibom is one of the must-visit states in Nigeria. It’s one of the blessed states in terms of tourism and hospitality and everyone deserves a taste of it. Hello Alarinka, Welcome to another episode of travel gist with Toke. Akwa-Ibom was part of my final leg destinations in the completion of my mission to visit all 36states in Nigeria and the state was everything and more than I could have ever imagined it to be. I journeyed with God is Good Motors (GIGM) to Uyo, one of the best and reliable transportation in Nigeria. It took about 15hours to get

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