Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: New Zealand
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Smapping. That's what Mike Sowden calls it when you become your own cartographer/photographer: "Smapping is the process of taking a digital photograph of a map that you won’t have access to later, except if you take a snap of it." This is brilliant. I've done something similar by snapping signs and information boards when I…
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The dollar surges again, finally, against other countries' currencies. Now, the question is, do you still have a job and some travel money to burn? A lot of people are hunkering down but here's the good news, according to Arthur Frommer: In some cases, the dollar has risen up to 50 percent against other currencies,…
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President-elect Barack Obama will be very good for solo travelers. For all travelers. What, you ask, does the incoming president have to do with solo travel?? It's about likability. Both his and ours, as Americans. I recently got this email from my niece who spent a semester in London and has traveled in Europe in…
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People the world over have much in common. I was reminded of this after watching a video called Where the Hell is Matt? and thinking about the time I played peek-a-boo with a young Thai child. I was hiking in the hill tribe area. Foreigners are still a novelty there and people came out of…
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The editors at Frommer’s recently chose seven places suited for solo travel, from Istanbul to Mexico to Texas. Great trips are to be found in many places they left out, obviously, but they state their case for each pick. So, here, forthwith, are the: 7 top spots for the solo traveler.
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"The Girlo Travel Survival Kit" is a 255-page volume of encouragement and advice for teens and young women with wanderlust. I didn’t know anything about the "girlosophy" books until I was sent a free copy of the latest one. I have to admit, I found the look of the book odd. It’s written in a…
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I used to think that package tours were for retired people, the elderly and the infirm. That buses took them right up to, say, the rim of the Grand Canyon. Then they could peer out the window and ooh and aah without ever having to leave their seats. Then I discovered active tours. The biking,…
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I’m not big on spending a week or more alone, as is obvious if you’ve read much of this blog. While I often love to explore museums and sights without others by my side, I can get lonely if I go for too long without connecting with someone. I happen to like the social life…
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You can’t fathom setting off on vacation without a friend or a significant other? How about pushing yourself, with the idea that that friend or significant other will be waiting for you when you get there? Let me explain. Melinda and I have known each other for about four years. Though she’s from the West…
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