Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: -Asia
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My friend and former work colleague "P," used to rush from work some evenings to make it to her tai chi class. She found it to be a relaxing respite from work tasks and household duties. When she and her husband booked a trip to Vietnam this past December, she decided she was going to…
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Share | http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4b5091010838a219 Today's post is a roundup of solo-related pieces I found on the Web in the past few days. First, in a continuation of travel deals from my last post, there are two cruise lines that are waiving the single supplements on certain voyages. Avalon Waterways has some European river cruises available with…
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My friend P, and her husband M, are in Vietnam, sweating through a very non-white Christmas season. The white stuff wouldn't last a second in Southeast Asia if it ever managed to head that way. It's broiling hot, she says. Between the heat and the fumes from the "hundreds of thousands of mopeds that fill the roads…
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The best time to go to a cat café is during feeding time. In case you were wondering. That’s when the cats burst to life. What, pray tell is a cat café, you ask? I’ll let my friend Bob tell the story. Bob recently returned from a two-week visit to Japan. This was his 10th…
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In my last post, my Japanophile friend Bob talked about some of his favorite places to visit in his favorite country. In this post, he talks more about traveling solo, why he loves Japan and the types of places he goes to eat and sleep when he visits. What so intrigues you about Japan? The…
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I enjoyed this story by a woman named Marina who talked about the joys, as well as the loneliness, she experienced while traveling alone in Vietnam And Cambodia. And the stares. And the eating alone. And the precautions she felt she had to take. And the people she met. And the locals who helped her.…
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I heard on the radio the other morning that hotels in New York are offering terrific deals on rooms. One such deal was a rate reduction to $100 from $500. In that case, I won't complain about the fact that two people pay the same rate as one. Sorry I don't have more specifics about…
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A solo traveler discovers that a woman he has never met or seen before knows a lot about him. Read the recently published tale about one man's solo travel experience, in the Christian Science Monitor.
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A solo trip to Borneo sealed the deal on a dream job for John Trybus. Not too shabby for a few weeks away. After college, John, 22, was searching for a full-time job. He didn’t get the one he expected to. But rather than feel sorry for himself, he took it as a sign. And…
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National Geographic came out with a book last year called "Journeys of a Lifetime, 500 of the World’s Greatest Trips." The entry called "Thailand Cuisine Tour" was written by yours truly.Taking a Thai cooking class or going on a culinary tour would be a good way for a solo traveler to go to Thailand alone…
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