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Real name: Ekua
Hometown: California, USA
Join Date: December 21, 2006
Contributions: worldcitizen has written about 111 places and shared 833 photos.
Interested in: meeting new people, meeting other people to travel with, sharing travel tips and blogs
Countries I've Traveled To
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Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, France, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, Italy, Laos, Mexico, Portugal, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City, Vietnam
Interests
Music, singing, dancing, ethnomusicology, writing, the ocean, rivers, art, knitting, adventure, culture, life, discovery, Bahia, colors, people who love life, the scents of vanilla and coconut
Books you might find in my backpack
Lonely Planet guidebooks and phrasebooks, A&R by Bill Flanagan, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke, Adventure Divas by Holly Morris, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman, and other novels or memoirs involving music, travel or cross-cultural experiences
Music you might find me listening to while waiting for my plane
Nina Simone, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Ani DiFranco, Zap Mama, Bob Marley, Alice Russell, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Orishas, Portishead, Toots and the Maytals, India Arie, Le Tigre, reggae, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-anything else, samba, funk, hip-hop, rock, blues and jazz.
Most Memorable Travel Experience
In chronological order:

- Ghana & England at age 2, meeting many relatives for the first time. It would be memorable if I actually remembered it!
- Paris in 6th grade
- Ghana & England at 17, returning for the first time in 15 years
- Italy tour with my high school choir
- Touring Europe, California and Hawaii as a backup singer
- Bahia, Brazil!!!
- Backpacking in Southeast Asia
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“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
-Helen Keller

My short list of places I'd like to travel to soon: India, South Africa, Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Tanzania, Mali, Honduras, Australia, and the Pacific Northwest.
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mummymel says:
Hello Ekua! Just dropping by to say hi! Enjoyed reading your South-Asia blog.
Posted on: Jul 23, 2008
JTrinoG says:
Hey Ekua, just want to say hello!
Posted on: Jul 23, 2008
DefDulce says:
How is everything going? I see you have been updating your blogs.
Posted on: Jul 21, 2008
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worldcitizen's Travel Blogs

Same Same, But Different - Southeast Asia 2008
Same Same, But Different - Southeast Asia 2008
Feb 27, 2008 - Apr 01, 2008
San Francisco, California, USA -› Hong Kong -› ...
30+ days traveling through Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos ::Under Construction::
607 photos 29,146 words 153 comments
Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair...
Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair...
Nov 01, 2004 - Feb 03, 2008
San Francisco, California, USA -› Berkeley, California, USA -› ...
I finally got inspired to do a local blog. I love Northern California, it's a great place to be between travels. So while I'm not traveling, I'll write about fun times in the Bay Area and beyond.
72 photos 4,114 words 62 comments
Bahia, Meu Coração - Brazil 2006
Bahia, Meu Coração - Brazil 2006
Sep 28, 2006 - Nov 16, 2006
San Francisco, California, USA -› Miami, Florida, USA -› ...
I spent 6 fabulous weeks volunteering in Salvador, exploring other parts of Bahia, and soaking up the culture. From there, I went down to Rio to see the famous sights before heading home.
125 photos 23,862 words 138 comments
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worldcitizen's Travel Reviews

Stella
Average priced "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Stella is an Italian restaurant in the Saigon backpacker area. It was another favorite place to eat near our hotel and across the street from Sozo. I ... (read more about Stella)
Sozo
Cheap "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
For my two days in Ho Chi Minh City, Sozo was my neighborhood hangout. It was a few doors down from our hotel and its bright yellow walls and inviting... (read more about Sozo)
Romdeng
Average priced "Restaurants, Cafes & Food" in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
This is a restaurant that is part of an NGO called "Mith Samlanh Friends" which runs a number of non profit restaurants and businesses to train street... (read more about Romdeng)

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