Abroad and alone on your birthday?
I sat alone in the nearly empty hotel restaurant. A few couples were also having dinner on this St-Valentine’s night. When the waiter brought my expensive fish dish, I couldn’t resist. “Today is my birthday” […]
Archive for category: Solo travel
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Retrospective 2016 – a year in the first world
It has sort of become a tradition for me to review and summarize the year that’s ending, from a travel point of view. If you’d rather see where I’m going next, jump to the end! […]
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Solo travel: men vs women
Have you noticed all the blogs focusing on female solo travel these days? There are blogs written by solo men travellers of course, but they do not advertise themselves as “solo male travel” blogs. Here […]
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Across Canada by bike: Marcus’ 9000 km journey
Last winter, a reader and fellow Canadian contacted me through the blog, asking if I had visited some countries he was considering for a solo trip. Interestingly, I hadn’t been to any of the countries […]
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Having a bad travel day?
Have you ever had a day when nothing is going right? Things start badly, keep going badly, and you just don’t seem to catch a break? Travelling days are especially good candidates for this kind […]
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My most embarrassing travel story
According to the results from my latest survey, two-thirds of my readers want to see more personal stories on the blog. (By the way, it’s not too late to fill out the survey if you […]
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Please don’t say this to me!
Sometimes people say things that make us cringe (at least internally). Although they’re not intentionally trying to annoy us, we just wish they would say these things differently, or perhaps not at all. Today I […]
