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Archive for category: Solo travel

Solo travel tips, stories, and interviews with other solo travellers

  • Reykjavic is the large orange area and the airport is on the peninsula in the bottom right
     

    Having a bad travel day?

    31st August 2016 / Solo travel, Stories / 1 comment

    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 […]

     
     
  • Dover ferry
     

    My most embarrassing travel story

    10th May 2016 / Solo travel, Stories / 6 comments

    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!

    12th April 2016 / Solo travel, Stories / 20 comments

    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 […]

     
     
  • First close-up peek at the Rob Roy glacier
     

    Hitchhiking to Mount Aspiring National Park

    19th January 2016 / Destinations, New Zealand, Oceania, On the road, Solo travel, Stories / 10 comments

    “You could hitchhike…” said the lady at the Korean restaurant. “A lot of young people here do it”. She seemed to imply that even though I wasn’t particularly young, there was no reason it shouldn’t […]

     
     
  • Relaxing at a winery in Prince Edward County (Ontario)
     

    Retrospective 2015 – the year of travelling slowly

    29th December 2015 / Retrospectives, Solo travel / 6 comments

    Unlike 2014, 2015 was not a terribly adventurous year for me, but it was fun! I revisited some of my favourite countries (Mexico and New Zealand), and travelled within my own country (Canada) with a […]

     
     
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    Misadventures in American Airports

    17th November 2015 / Solo travel, Stories / 2 comments

    Haaa flying! It’s an inescapable part of travel but one that has become increasingly tedious in recent years, what with the checked luggage fees (and the inability to take more than a small bag of […]

     
     
  • Malaga, Spain
     

    Why I like solo travel and how you can too

    27th October 2015 / Solo tips, Solo travel / 19 comments

    I travel solo more often than not these days, and I do it mostly by choice. But that wasn’t always the case. I remember sitting on that Canadian Airlines plane in 1992, awaiting take-off on […]

     
     
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Since 2013, my mission is to give YOU, the 40+ solo traveller, the means and inspiration to travel safely on your own, stray off the beaten path, and have unusual adventures, all without breaking the bank!

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