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Archive for category: Solo travel

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

  • Sushi anyone?
     

    A hedonistic scribe in Chiang Rai

    2nd February 2014 / Asia, Destinations, Solo travel, Thailand / 5 comments

    I have a confession to make: at heart, I’m a hedonistic city girl. I’ve spent the last week in Chiang Rai city, partaking of the coffee culture (and the pastries), writing a lot, exploring markets […]

     
     
  • Our ship in the Galapagos
     

    My dirty little secret

    20th October 2013 / Solo travel, Stories / 38 comments

    “Somebody who gets seasick so easily has no business being on a boat!” uttered the passenger to whom my friend had just revealed my little secret. I was standing right there and that stang for […]

     
     
  • Abu Simbel, Egypt
     

    Why I will never go back to Egypt

    9th October 2013 / Africa & Middle East, Destinations, Egypt, Solo travel, Stories / 18 comments

    I love the vast majority of countries I travel through. But I will never go back to Egypt. I have mentioned Egypt a couple of times already, and recently somebody asked in the Comments what […]

     
     
  • Luckness
     

    Carrying your house with you

    18th September 2013 / Solo travel, Stories / 1 comment

    Not everyone likes to travel in the same way. Some people carry several suitcases and park themselves in a single city for a week or two (or even longer), adapting to local life and becoming […]

     
     
  • Coming off the flight in El Porvenir, Panama
     

    Plane stories

    1st September 2013 / Solo travel, Stories / 2 comments

    I flew to Victoria, BC from Vancouver last Friday, and a couple of weird things happened on that flight that reminded me of other interesting plane rides I have taken over the years. So I […]

     
     
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Hi, I’m Marie! Welcome to BigTravelNut.
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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