Briona Lamback
briari
Award winning travel writer + poet. Former Londoner. Baltimorean forever. Founder @ Buoyant.
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The Best Juneteenth Events for 2023
Read more...Freedom may have never felt more real than when enslaved folks in Galveston, Texas, found out they were free nearly two years after the rest of the country. From targeted mass shootings to years of police brutality, liberation for Black people still seems so far away. But one of the things Black folks have always done […]
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19 of the Best Things to Do in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Read more...Puerto Rico is a stunning island, and for American travelers it’s a no-passport-necessary paradise. Like much of the Caribbean, San Juan and its surrounding regions have beaches and waterfalls galore. The local cuisine is rooted in African, indigenous Taino, and European foodways and features plenty of fresh seafood, pork, plantains, rice, beans, and most importantly: […]
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Why Every Black Traveler Should Visit Cape Coast, Ghana
Read more...The first time I visited Cape Coast Castle was in 2019. Ghana invited African descendants back home to reconnect with our roots, and I spent months planning to experience all that was awaiting me on the other side of the Atlantic. While the local bars and restaurants were high on my list, I knew that […]
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7 Easy Day Trips From London
Read more...London is a big city full of all the things that we love most about the world’s best concrete jungles: great food, historic pubs, diverse nightlife, rooftop bars, and a thriving arts scene. If you want it, London’s got it. But while the Big Smoke has something for literally everyone, it does lack beaches, a quaintness, […]
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The Best Festivals For Black Travelers in 2023
Read more...Community and Blackness go hand-in-hand. Simply put, it’s not easy living in a world where your culture is constantly appropriated and commodified without credit. As a response, we’ve collectively begun carving out spaces of boldness and Blackness designed by us, for us. While joining Black travel groups and following inspiring Black travel bloggers bring us together, […]
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15 Black Travel Bloggers That Will Inspire Your Next Trip
Read more...From searching for killer street art to curating bomb travel budget tips, dishing out advice on the best Black festivals to leading unique ancestry trips, these top Black travel bloggers have dominated the industry and are now sharing the low down on how to live your best life on the road. Here are 15 of our favorites: […]
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7 Tips To Surviving Your First Solo Trip
Read more...When I was 20, I hopped on a plane to London for a semester abroad — alone. What started as nervous trip filled with ‘what ifs’ quickly blossomed into weeks of gallivanting around the city, crossing all of the tourist must-dos from my travel bucket list. I quickly realized that it was the first time […]
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7 Best Travel Groups for Black Travelers
Read more...Exploring a destination with a group may help you navigate a new city better than you might have if you were traveling solo. But have you tried traveling with a group of people who inherently understands your existence? As humans, we are likely to group ourselves with people similar to us, so it isn’t a […]
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11 of the Best Rooftop Bars In London
Read more...There’s nothing Londoners love more than flocking to the tops of the city’s tallest buildings on some of the hottest days of the year. From the chic rooftops of the West End to the quirky bars of the East End, there’s a rooftop for every occasion (and appetite). These places take al fresco to the […]