Sojournies

05/01/2026

What train ride should you take in 2026?🚂✨⁣⁣
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My 2025 train adventures stretched from the U.S to Uzbekistan including long distance and high speed trains. And here’s the full list of train rides to research for your 2026 travels:⁣⁣
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🇺🇸 Amtrak Hiawatha: Milwaukee to Chicago
🇯🇵 Aoniyoshi Sightseeing Limited Express: Kyoto to Nara
🇯🇵 Hankyu Privace: Kyoto to Osaka
🇯🇵 Hello Kitty Shinkansen: Osaka to Himenji
🇯🇵 Shinkansen: Osaka to Tokyo
🇻🇳 Vic Sapa Train: Hanoi to Lao Cai
🇻🇳 Vietnam Railways: Hanoi to Da Nang
🇻🇳 Vietnam Railways: Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh City
🇺🇸 Alaska Railroad Denali Star: Anchorage to Talkeetna
🇺🇸 Alaska Railroad Coastal Classic: Anchorage to Seward
🇺🇸 Cape Cod Railroad: Hyannis, Massachusetts
🇨🇭SBB: Zurich to Lucerne
🇨🇭SBB: Lucerne to Grindelwald
🇨🇭Jungfraujoch to the Top of Europe
🇨🇭SBB: Bulle to Gruyères
🇺🇿 Afrosiyob: Bukhara to Samarkand
🇺🇿Afrosiyob: Samarkand to Tashkent
🇺🇸 SAM Shortline Wine & Cheese Train: Cordele, Georgia
🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Amtrak Adirondack: New York City to Montreal

I’m looking to find even more unique train rides in the U.S and beyond in this year! I already have some big ideas. All graphics made in ❤️

Let me know which one caught your eye 👀
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30/12/2025

The top 6 scenic routes for a traincation 🚂

Also note that the prices are listed as one-way because it’s faster (and cheaper) to take the train one direction and fly back for longer routes (or depending on your travel plans)

I hope next year is the year you take a train trip 🫶🏾

29/12/2025

One year, 45 cities, 12 countries/territories, & 4 hair colors from my hair drawer 🌍 ✈️ 🚂

Every year I choose a word for the year and 2025’s was “imagination” - as in imagining all the possibilities of what I could be as a full-time travel creator and welllll I stretched that from the United States to Uzbekistan 🇺🇿😂

I’m looking forward to mixing more U.S locations on here in 2026 - like some Vermont & Pennsylvania trains are on my bucket list! And perhaps dabbling more in European trains and a trip to West Africa 👀

Where did you go this year? And if you have any questions about the locations let me know in the comments ✨

22/12/2025

A Black history, culture & restaurant guide to experience the Afro-Brazilian culture in São Paulo [hosted] 🇧🇷 

I flew GOL Airlines to São Paulo and it was less than 2 hours from Rio! I would recommend 3 days to experience this itinerary.

Places to visit:

📍 Museu Afro Brasil:
📍 Biyou`Z Gastronomia Africana:
📍 Museu das Favelas:
📍 Bar Piuss: .br

📍 Quilombo Cafundó:
📍 Restaurante Manden Baoba:

Thank you to , , and for hosting an amazing trip!

18/12/2025

Steal my guide to experience the Blackest city in Brazil: Salvador da Bahia 🇧🇷

Carnaval in Salvador will be seeing me one of these years! I loved my time in Salvador so so much as a Black woman who was traveling (mostly) solo ❤️

Places mentioned:

📍 Afropunk ()

📍Restaurant Dona Suzana ()

📍 Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia ()

📍 Museu Nacional da Cultura Afro-Brasileira (.oficial)

📍 Cidade da Musica ()

📍Balé Folclórico ()

📍Feira da São Joaquim with

📍 Cooking with Karla

11/12/2025

Where to eat on a trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷 

📍 Zungu Afro-Brazilian Food Tour by with , .erestaurante &

📍 Yayá Comidaria Pop Brasileira

📍 OCYÁ Ilha .rio

📍 Território Aprazível

If someone can go and send me a plate that would be great 🥲 - which places would you choose?

09/12/2025

Steal my itinerary for a week galavanting in Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷

✈️ Fly into the GIG airport on and to your hotel (rideshares are easy to get)

🏠 Hotels: Grand Rio de Janeiro for more quiet luxury beach vibes further away, Arena Leme Hotel to stay in the mix. Ipanema and Copacabana are the most popular areas for tourists - just stay somewhere in the South Zone

✨ Activities: Little Africa & .rio, helicopter ride with , Sugarloaf Mountain, Christ the Redeemer, for a Black-owned food tour, photoshoot on the beach, and Selarón steps

👗Shopping: Feira de Hippie & Gloria Markets are on Sundays and Feira do Lavradio Market is on Saturdays. There’s multiple Farm Rio locations!

✅ Also don’t forget that visa! Apply when you book that flight. It was $80 and lasts for ten years - so you have an excuse to come back hehe

Which activity would you love to do on a trip to Rio?

08/12/2025

Here’s what two weeks in Brazil looks like 🇧🇷

New Rio de Janeiro vlog is up and here are my 5 best tips to know before you go 👇🏾

✈️ If you’re a U.S citizen you need a visa (it’s $80)
🇧🇷 Learn some key Portuguese phrases
🚗 You can navigate with (easy to get around)
💳 Cards are widely accepted (I didn’t use any cash)
🍹 Passionfruit caipirinhas should be your drink of choice

Clips are from Rio, Salvador & São Paulo - and I fear you must visit all three! I spent almost a week in Rio and 4 days in Salvador and São Paulo each 🤭

And if you think I was struggling to breath in that helicopter you would be correct 😭 (it’s so worth it tho s/o to for keeping me safe 🫶🏾)

03/12/2025

My top 3 choices for most underrated routes for U.S-based train travelers 🚂

Note that these routes travel through multiple states and cities so you might not need to start where I traveled from the experience them! Check the website.

Which one would you like to ride?

01/12/2025

Did someone say let's go on a wine and cheese experience on the Sam Shortline Excursion Train? 👀

Let's talk about train traveling in Georgia! 🌻 Open for more info y’all! Did you know there was a wine and cheese train in Southwest Georgia? Well nestled i...

26/11/2025

| What bucket list places do you want to visit in 2026? 🇰🇪 🇻🇳 🇨🇭

I won my first trip with Intrepid Travel back in 2023 before I became a full-time travel creator and I have loved their trips ever since! Kenya, Vietnam & Switzerland were highhhh on my bucket list and now they are memories in my junk journal 🥰

And now Intrepid is having their biggest sale of the year for Black Friday on over 200 group trips until December 4th! Click the link in my bio or their bio for details. Here’s what’s catching my eye for 2026 train trips:

🚂 Kenya by Rail: Trains, Safaris & Beaches

🇩🇰 Taste of Scandinavia: Sweden & Denmark

🇪🇸 Best of Spain (I lived here from 2016-2017 but a train trip back would be so cool)

Finally get that group trip out the group chat in 2026!

25/11/2025

So you want to skip the flight and ride the train in the U.S? 🚂 👀

Here are six things I think you should know about US train travel on as someone who has taken the majority of their routes!

And I’m currently planning for 2026 to check off a few I’ve been wanting to do 🤭