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Three ways to spend Eid Al Etihad in Kenya.Premium Safari: by road in your own private vehicle, via Lake Nakuru to Zebra...
02/11/2026

Three ways to spend Eid Al Etihad in Kenya.

Premium Safari: by road in your own private vehicle, via Lake Nakuru to Zebra Plains Mara Camp. From USD 2,046 per person.

Luxury Safari at Governors' Camp: a night at Loldia House on Lake Naivasha, then a light aircraft into the Mara and two nights on the Mara River. From USD 3,580 per person.

Luxury Safari at Karen Blixen Camp: Loldia House, then two nights on a bend of the Mara River in the quieter Mara North Conservancy. From USD 3,171 per person.

Five days, 2 to 6 December. Prices per person, two travelling. Swipe through, then WhatsApp us on +971 54 799 1152 or see the full itineraries via the link in bio.

Eid Al Etihad on the Indian Ocean.Take Friday 4 December off and the UAE National Day long weekend becomes four nights i...
01/11/2026

Eid Al Etihad on the Indian Ocean.

Take Friday 4 December off and the UAE National Day long weekend becomes four nights in Zanzibar, five and a half hours from Dubai on a direct flight.

Four beach hotels, four coasts:
Bluebay Beach Resort, Kiwengwa, half board. From USD 1,019 per person.
Royal Zanzibar, Nungwi, all inclusive. From USD 1,319 per person.
Gold Zanzibar, Kendwa, half board. From USD 1,594 per person.
Baraza Resort & Spa, Bwejuu, one-bedroom villa, all inclusive. From USD 2,339 per person.

Per person sharing, four nights, with return airport transfers. Flights from Dubai quoted separately.

WhatsApp +971 54 799 1152 or see the details via the link in bio.

30/10/2026

Sunset over the Mara, a giraffe in the long grass, a leopard asleep in an acacia. This could be your Eid Al Etihad.

Five days, 2 to 6 December. One night in Nairobi, one by a Rift Valley lake, two in the Masai Mara, all private and planned around you. Early December is green and quiet, with the Mara's resident big cats in fine form.

From USD 2,046 (AED 7,514) per person. WhatsApp +971 54 799 1152 or see the full itineraries via the link in bio.

The jungle keeps its secrets well.For centuries, Tikal disappeared beneath rainforest, its temples hidden by trees, vine...
06/07/2026

The jungle keeps its secrets well.

For centuries, Tikal disappeared beneath rainforest, its temples hidden by trees, vines and time itself.

Even today, the first impression is not of archaeology but of wilderness.

Howler monkeys echo through the forest. Birds move unseen through the canopy. The paths wind through dense vegetation until suddenly, almost without warning, stone rises above the trees.

A staircase.

A temple.

A reminder that entire civilisations can vanish and still leave their mark upon the landscape.

What fascinated me most was the scale.

Not the height of the temples, but the ambition behind them. People built cities here centuries before much of the modern world existed.

And then the jungle took them back.

Tikal is one of those places that reminds you how brief we are and how long history can be.

From *Beyond the Border: Guatemala* by Oloi Shorua.

Available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books and Google Play Books.

Question: Which ancient site has left the biggest impression on you?

Some places are remembered for their landscapes.Others are remembered for their colours.Chichicastenango was unlike anyw...
05/07/2026

Some places are remembered for their landscapes.

Others are remembered for their colours.

Chichicastenango was unlike anywhere else I had seen in Central America. The town seemed to come alive on market days as traders, families and visitors filled the streets with textiles, masks, handicrafts and traditions that stretched back centuries.

The market was not created for tourists.

It existed because it always had.

Colours spilled across the plazas. Smoke drifted from incense burners outside old churches. Voices echoed through narrow streets while generations of culture continued to unfold in plain sight.

What fascinated me most was the sense of continuity.

The world outside changed rapidly. Chichicastenango appeared content to move at its own pace.

Travel often introduces us to new places.

Occasionally it introduces us to older ways of seeing the world.

Chichicastenango was one of those places.

From *Beyond the Border: Guatemala* by Oloi Shorua.

Available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books and Google Play Books.

Question: What is the most colourful market you have ever visited?

There are lakes.And then there is Atitlán.Surrounded by volcanoes and small villages scattered along its shoreline, Lake...
04/07/2026

There are lakes.

And then there is Atitlán.

Surrounded by volcanoes and small villages scattered along its shoreline, Lake Atitlán possesses a kind of quiet authority that photographs never fully capture. The water changes colour with the weather. Clouds gather and dissolve around the peaks. Boats cross the lake as they have for generations, connecting communities that feel both close and impossibly distant at the same time.

I arrived expecting scenery.

I found stillness.

The lake seemed to slow everything around it. Conversations lasted longer. Mornings began more gently. Even the mountains appeared content to watch the world without interfering in it.

Travel often encourages movement.

Atitlán encouraged pause.

Perhaps that is why so many people arrive intending to stay a few days and leave wondering whether they should remain a little longer.

Some landscapes are beautiful.

Others become part of you.

Lake Atitlán was one of those places.

From *Beyond the Border: Guatemala* by Oloi Shorua.

Available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books and Google Play Books.

Question: Which lake anywhere in the world has left the strongest impression on you?

Some countries announce themselves immediately.Guatemala did not.It arrived gradually through volcanoes on the horizon, ...
03/07/2026

Some countries announce themselves immediately.

Guatemala did not.

It arrived gradually through volcanoes on the horizon, old colonial streets, distant mountains and the feeling that history remained visible everywhere you looked.

The first impression was not of a destination trying to impress visitors. It was of a country continuing its own story regardless of whether anyone was watching.

Church bells echoed across old plazas. Volcanoes watched silently from the distance. Markets carried colours and traditions that felt far older than modern tourism.

Costa Rica had introduced me to a different rhythm of life.

Guatemala felt like stepping into a deeper layer of Central America altogether.

Some places are beautiful.

Others are unforgettable because they carry the weight of centuries.

Guatemala was one of those places.

From *Beyond the Border: Guatemala* by Oloi Shorua.

Available on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books and Google Play Books.

Question: Have you ever visited a country that felt older than its history books?

Some books are planned.Others arrive gradually, one road, one conversation and one memory at a time.*Coffee in the Cloud...
02/07/2026

Some books are planned.

Others arrive gradually, one road, one conversation and one memory at a time.

*Coffee in the Clouds* began with a chance meeting in 1999 and eventually became a journey that stretched across decades, continents and friendships.

It is the story of Costa Rica as I experienced it — from the cloud forests of Monteverde and the volcanic landscapes of Arenal to the quiet roads, cafés, villages and people who transformed a destination into something far more personal.

This is not a guidebook.

It is a memoir about friendship, belonging, memory and the unexpected ways that certain places enter our lives and refuse to leave.

For anyone who has ever fallen in love with a country, returned to a place repeatedly, or discovered that the journey was never really about the destination at all, this book is for you.

*Coffee in the Clouds: A Costa Rica Memoir*

Available now on Amazon Kindle, Apple Books and Google Play Books.

Question: Which country has left the deepest mark on your life?

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