Morena Travels

A morena – armed with sass and wit – takes on the world

The journey is now

Because life is too short to read badly written travel blogs

August 8-12: France

September 9-21: Washington DC

September 24* onwards: New York, New York

*My birthday! 😉

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Ishigaki is Japan’s best-kept ‘sun, sand and surf’ secret

March 3, 2018

If you haven’t heard of Ishigaki before, neither had we – until the day we impulsively bought tickets to that southernmost of Japanese islands. Typing ‘Everywhere’ on Skyscanner had yielded direct flights from Hong Kong to an unknown Japanese-sounding destination: Ishigaki. “Japan is always a good idea,” we thought, and hit ‘PAY’. These situations can … More Ishigaki is Japan’s best-kept ‘sun, sand and surf’ secret

The Ultimate Guide to Cebu for Travellers, written by a Filipino

December 4, 2017

Cebu is a gateway to some of Asia’s greatest tropical adventures Manila’s southern sister is nothing like her. Cebu is older, prettier and more relaxed. She doesn’t even speak the same language. Manila’s tongue is that of the northern Tagalog minority – the country’s official language despite having only 17 million native speakers. Cebuano, on … More The Ultimate Guide to Cebu for Travellers, written by a Filipino

The Future is Female: Hong Kong’s Gender Imbalance

October 26, 2017

The controversial feminist slogan takes on a literal meaning in Hong Kong where the ratio of men to women in continues to favour the latter in numbers that have been alarming population health experts Women all over the world love to complain about the dating scene in their city, but if you’ve ever been a single … More The Future is Female: Hong Kong’s Gender Imbalance

Europe, early March. Morena Travels from the tropics was freezing her a** off in Madrid, so she decided to escape to the warmest place she could think of in Europe - Costa del Sol, in the southernmost tip of Spain.

Full story here: www.wearesolesisters.com/2016/07/chasing-sun-in-malaga-spain.html