Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: -Mexico
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If you're planning a trip to Mexico, or have been and want to reminisce, you'll enjoy reading this story about Mexican food from BootsanAll, a travel website. The basic point is, don't expect Mexican food in Mexico. That is, don't expect the Tex-Mex taco fare you're used to in the United States. I loved trying the…
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I've often been terrified before traveling to foreign countries outside of the "safety" of Europe. I planned a trip to Ecuador and worried for weeks before going. Someone told me about a woman he'd met in Brazil who'd been harassed in Ecuador. I read about pickpockets and thieves and how careful women had to be…
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I scour millions of pages of the Internet every day so you solo travelers don't have to. Below are some finds on lessons learned, cheap tips traded and discussion boards discussed: Fodor's recently posted an entry on lessons learned from travel in 2009. One person learned from travel to third world countries how "very blessed…
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Feliz Dia de los Muertes. That is, happy Day of the Dead (hm, maybe "happy" isn't part of the greeting?) The holiday is celebrated in Mexico in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day on November 1 and All Souls' Day on November 2. It wasn't until after I returned from Mexico that…
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I visited San Juan de Dios market on the first day I arrived in Guadalajara. My Mexican "mother," Titi, with whom I was staying for five days, took me to on Sunday when most stalls were closed. I returned the next day, remembering the route she and I had walked from the IMAC school. She…
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Today I went with a group of travel writers to Tlaquepaque and Tonalá, two artisan villages in Jalisco, Mexico (the state that Guadalajara is in). I find I have to separate myself from people to shop the way I want to. If fellow travelers want to chat or show me things they like, time flies too quickly…
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I don't even know where to begin. So much happens in a day let alone two. My mind races but I´ll never be able to spill all those thoughts. Today's try: – Animals available for sale at the San Juan de Dios market downtown include parakeets, parrots, pigeons, chicks, guinea pigs (at least they don´t eat them…
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If ever there were an example of setting out solo but not being the least bit alone or lonely, my trip to Guadalajara is it. Today was my first day of Spanish classes. The school is right in the center of town, within walking distance of the historic section. I'm living with a woman named Titi,…
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