Standing among thousands of women marching through the streets of London on International Women's Day - a statement, a sisterhood, a revolution in motion. Some moments are bigger than travel.
Million Women Rise is a movement led by Black women, for all women. At its core, it is a fight against male violence and systemic oppression - a demand for safe spaces free from fascism, discrimination, and hatred of every kind. Every March, the march fills central London with colour, noise, and purpose.
"Travelling isn't just about beautiful landscapes - it's about witnessing history, activism, and social change."
The streets were alive with energy. Banners painted a powerful picture - "Not all men, but enough for all of us to be scared." The chants were relentless. Voices rose above the city's noise, above traffic, above everything. For a few hours, these streets belonged to the march.
Being part of this rally meant experiencing International Women's Day in its most immediate form. Not through a screen, not in retrospect - but standing in the middle of it, surrounded by strangers united by a common refusal to accept the world as it is. That is a different kind of travel entirely.
The atmosphere was defiant and joyful in equal measure. Drummers kept time at the front. Older women marched alongside teenagers. Signs were hand-painted, heartfelt, sometimes furious, sometimes funny. The diversity of the crowd was its own statement - this movement does not belong to one group. It belongs to every woman who has ever felt unsafe.
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