Ekua Impraim’s peregrine nature happens to go well with her love for finding and capturing beauty and humor in the unexpected. Her wanderlust was cultivated early, starting with her first big trip at age two which took her from California to England and Ghana to visit relatives and family friends. While she was in Ghana, the travel bug, in the form of a potentially malaria-ridden mosquito, bit her for the first time. It turns out that it was not spreading malaria, it was actually transmitting wanderlust. The bug has been following her around ever since.
In her childhood, she rapidly developed a passion for exploration and discovery whether in far-flung places or her own surroundings. This desire to gain firsthand knowledge carried over into each new stage of her life. It’s been 20-something years and 20-something countries since that first trip, and the pesky travel bug continues to bite her, constantly provoking her to travel and seek adventure. She can’t help it, she just can’t be stopped.
When she is not traveling or writing about it, she is working with inner city youth in San Francisco, dancing up a storm at a concert or festival, or on a quest to find San Francisco’s tastiest and most affordable restaurants.
In addition to travel narratives, general travel tips and photography, on this site you will find:
» Female Travel: Girl, Unstoppable regularly features posts that aim to help and inspire the female traveler let out thier inner audacious adventurer.
» Songs for the Road: After obtaining a Bachelor of Music degree, working at music nonprofits, and even spending a summer touring Europe and the Western U.S. as a backup singer, it’s safe to say that Ekua is passionate about music. In the “Songs for the Road” series, she writes about the intersection of music and travel and shares some of her favorite tunes and the (travel) stories behind them.
» Wanderful Words: This series provides regular bits of inspiration in the form of the “Wanderful Words” of others.
Contact Information:
» E-mail: girlunstoppable@gmail.com
» Follow me on Twitter: @girlunstoppable
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A malaria-ridden travel bug–how are we not best friends already?
So glad our virtual paths (aka: blogs) have passed. Love your writing!
Hi Ekua. Just found you via something you wrote for Matador awhile back. When I saw your first name I suspected you were from Ghana. Now I see you have family there. I spent a semester there in 2003. I am always happy to find people to share the Ghana connection. Cheers.
Hi Ekua – I’ve been running Dave’s Travel Corner for the past almost 14 years, http://www.davestravelcorner.com and I was wondering if you have some time to check my site out and if you like what you see, perhaps you could add a link back on your Traveler Links section. I have already added your site under my Resources >> Blogs of Travel section.
BTW, I’m off to Ghana later this month.
Thanks
Dave
I’m lovin’ your blog! Glad I found it by mistake!
hey:) i’m loving your blog, i had a few questions about traveling to south american and hoped that i might be able to talk to you. thank you lindsey
Hey there! If you have any questions about South America, you can send a message to the email address above. I traveled through Peru and Bolivia last year (mostly Bolivia) and also spent a month and a half volunteering in Brazil 4 years ago so I may be able to answer your questions on those countries!
Stumbled upon your blog via the Tripbase e-books and am loving it! Keep up the good work
Thanks, Sunee!