Diary of a Detour

Scooters, street art and travel stuff

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Hi, I’m Ali and I love to travel and take nice photos.  Whether that’s on one of my scooters, to street art locations or on holiday adventures worldwide.  You can read about it all here! 

In 2018 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, which I also write about honestly to try and break the taboos of this subject.

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