Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: -South America
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If you are prone to vertigo or have weak legs, the port city of Valparaiso, Chile, may not be the place for you. The city, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has more than 42 hills, some of them heart-poundingly steep. But if you can deal with some leg work, or find a nice taxi driver,…
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If I hadn't traveled alone to Ecuador, I wouldn't have met Ariana, a sweet six-year-old who sings one heck of a Christmas carol. I met her dad Agustin towards the end of my 10-day vacation. A travel agent in Quito arranged for him to drive me to the monument and museum at Mitad del Mundo.…
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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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Who knew how hard it could be to hit a banana hanging from a tree with a blowgun's dart? From 20 feet away. Take my word, it's tough. I can only imagine the challenge of using that blowgun, loaded with darts coated with curare, to target a monkey swinging from branch to branch. Or a…
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It’s easy to get Sacha Lodge, located in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador. All you have to do is take a small plane from Quito, the capital, to a little airport in Coca. Then, you hop a boat for a two-hour trip down the Napo River, a tributary of the Amazon. Then you hike for…
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Not all travel has to be about vacationing, in the sense of wining, dining and sightseeing. You could choose, instead, to wade into a culture or a community by serving as a volunteer. It’s almost a guarantee that lots of people will arrive solo. Imagine trying to convince a travel buddy to catch, color-band and…
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Friends sometimes ask how I come up with my vacation ideas. It's magic! Nah. Sometimes I'm inspired by one of the many press releases I get as a travel writer. I sense an immediate, "whoa, that's cool," reaction and I find a way to go. That's how I ended up in Barco de Avila, Spain,…
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So this guy, Casey Fenton, buys a ticket to Iceland, but he doesn’t know anyone there. He dreads the thought of staying in an impersonal hotel and playing tourist all weekend. So, he does what anyone…scratch that…no one else would think to do. He emails more than 1,500 Icelandic students in Reykjavik, the capital, asking…
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If I'm ever in Chile and need a place to stay, I am welcome to stay with Mauricio. He just emailed me the other day extending the invitation. That made me really happy. Even if I never go. I met Mauricio and his sister, Paola, in Spain last June. On a train ride from Madrid…
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Hey, you missed Peruvian food and drink night a couple of weeks ago at the "clubhouse" in Cusco, Peru. And, you missed poker night last Friday. But you still have time to make it to the pub quiz tomorrow night. The Cusco clubhouse of South American Explorers, hosts these events and others. But Cusco isn’t…
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