Hi, I’m Caira!
It’s pronounced ky-ra, in case you were wondering. Not ki-ra, or ca-ra, or cee-air-ra (all real names I’ve been called). Caira. Nice and simple.
I’m a Londoner born and raised, from a Jamaican/Grenadian household, hence my love for all things Caribbean. Other things I enjoy include:
- Music – my big 3 are Bouyon, Reggaeton, and RnB, but honestly gimme any Caribbean genre and I’ll listen to it (I’m looking at you Kompa, Bachata, and Jab).
- Writing – back in the day, maybe I would’ve been tryna be an author. Until I woke up one day and realised my brain isn’t wired like that. So now, I write TV shows. And blogs, allegedly.
- Travel – the big, obvious one you’d hope would be on this list.
So how did we get here? With me having a travel blog?
Well, long story short, I’ve been travelling since before I could even register what a different country was. But it wasn’t until after COVID that I really started travelling travelling. It all started with a trip to Mykonos, then one to Lisbon two months later, and the rest is history, as they say. Somewhere along the way I started to document my travels on TikTok (@Cairaslife, if you care) and accidentally earned myself the reputation of “the friend that’s always travelling”. So I thought… why not combine two of my favourite things (see above) and be that friend to other people. And here we are today: A travel blogger.
So, why should you care about any of that? Wow, you’re full of great questions today. Have you considered doing interviews? You’d be great at it. Well, I mean, it’s entirely optional, but I’ll give u a few reasons:
- I feel like I do some pretty interesting stuff, sometimes – like come on, I live in the capital city of Europe a.k.a London (argue with your mum), so there’s always something going on. I’m here to give you the tea on whether any of that is actually even worth it, should you ever decide to come here. Plus, I spend all of my time and money travelling, so I might even put you on to some places you never considered before.
- I’m tryna make your life easier – I know how hard it is to get everything together for a holiday (or vacation. I mentioned I’m British, right?), so I’m willing to do the hard work so you don’t have to. We’re not stingy over here either. I mean, if I must travel just to see what’s hot and what’s not, I’ll do it. Just for you.
- I’m just a girl – I’ll be real, I just wanna write. And when I travel, 98.2% of my itinerary comes from blogs like this, so why not throw another one into the mix? But one that’s for the girlies, like me, who want to know the realities of travel as a women, but specifically, one from a global majority. As someone who’s both Black and a woman, that lowkey qualifies me to talk about that exact thing.
And that concludes our tour, folks. Mind your head as you exit the vehicle. If you enjoyed, think about sticking around. Maybe even leaving a donation in the box for the Caira Foundation, to help fund further “”research”” trips, of course.
Anyway. Bye for now, bestie