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Archive for category: Solo travel

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

  • When in Athens…
     

    When in Athens…

    20th October 2015 / Solo travel, Stories / 0 comments

    Cultural differences are evident in the way we dress, the food we eat (and how we eat it), the construction of our houses, and the religion we practice. But they also reveal themselves in more subtle […]

     
     
  • Cruise ship
     

    An introduction to cruising – with Paul Marshman

    29th September 2015 / Interviews, Solo travel / 5 comments

    I’ve never written about cruises before, and for a very good reason: I know almost nothing about the topic! Granted, I have been on a few boat trips in my life, from a three-day sailing […]

     
     
  • Put together a medical kit with all the meds you may need
     

    Five travel problems and their solutions

    25th August 2015 / Plan, Planning tips, Solo tips, Solo travel / 2 comments

    Travel is generally fun and fulfilling, but if you go travelling enough times and for long enough, you’re bound to run into one of these problems (or all of them) at some point. Here are […]

     
     
  • Beach in Zihuatanejo (state of Guerrero)
     

    Solo woman in Mexico

    11th August 2015 / Destinations, Mexico, North America, Solo tips, Solo travel / 21 comments

    Mexico has suffered some bad press in recent years. Many people now just dismiss it as a holiday destination with blanket statements such as “it’s too dangerous”, or “a lot of people get murdered there”, […]

     
     
  • Iguazu Falls, Argentina
     

    My scariest travel story

    19th June 2015 / Solo travel, Stories / 13 comments

    I wasn’t raped, kidnapped, or robbed. What happened to me on February 13, 2005, was both more mundane and more unexpected. I was in the small town of Puerto Iguazu, Argentina, and three weeks into […]

     
     
  • A good place to meet... no one.
     

    10 ways to stay alone on a solo trip

    28th April 2015 / Solo tips, Solo travel / 6 comments

    Many first-time solo travellers worry that they will feel lonely during their trip. As someone who has traveled solo more times than I can remember, I want to assure you that travelling solo is not […]

     
     
  • 2014 travel collage
     

    2014 travel recap: 10 countries, 4 continents

    29th December 2014 / Retrospectives, Solo travel / 1 comment

    2014 was my first full year of travel blogging and I covered quite a bit of ground. I spent exactly 26 weeks travelling this year (more than any other year since 1997) visiting a total […]

     
     
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