Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: –Tour Operators
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Travel + Leisure's July issue describes the "world's top biking cities" Three are in the U.S.: Minneapolis, Portland (Oregon) and Seattle. The others are Amsterdam (of course), Bogota (who knew?), Copenhagen, Montreal, Munich, Paris and Perth. The site offers a slide show of the various cities. There's a great photo of a four-story parking structure…
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Travel writers have come up with a list of their favorite train rides and it has set my mind to wandering. And daydreaming. About past and future trips. The only train ride they list that I've actually been on is the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad that chugs through Colorado's two-million-acre San Juan National…
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The steep mountain passes. The determination to make it up peak after peak in the Alps. The burning thighs. The peloton. The utter exhaustion. This can be you on vacation! If you think you have a bike race in you, or just the desire to hear the imaginary roar of the crowd as you cycle…
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A Brazil cultural and multisport tour. A Napa Valley long weekend wine tour. A Montana camping trip. Skiing in Chile in July. These are some of the vacations offered by Singles Travel. I can't vouch for this particular tour operator. But I'm impressed with the variety of adventure trips they offer all over the world.…
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The balloon lifted off the ground at dawn, the peaceful silence interrupted intermittently by a blast of noise and a wave of heat from the gas jets filling the huge tear drop above us. We were headed for the Valley of the Kings. We didn't get there. We had signed up for a balloon ride…
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Tonging for oysters, making moonshine or painting watercolors may appeal to solo travelers in Canada
Four Canadian provinces are offering unusual and interesting activities that might draw goal-oriented solo travelers. You can "Live Like an Islander," on Prince Edward Island, learning to tong oysters, make moonshine (legally), be a lobsterman or try harness racing. There are dozens of island experiences such as these. Most, if not all, involve meeting up…
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After writing about adventure travel ideas for men, a reader checked in with suggestions for VERY adventurous travelers. From what I can tell, most blog readers don't check back to the blog for comments (since many of you get it through RSS and email notification of new posts) so I thought I'd alert you to…
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Utah has some of the best national parks in the country. And I mean, spectacular. When I saw this article, it struck me all over again how cool a place the Beehive state is for fantastic scenery and action adventure. I have visited four out of the five top parks (at least as designated by…
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A story in today's Boston Globe gives great common sense tips and encouraging stories on the joys of solo travel and preparation for doing so safely. Funny enough, the writer, Kari Bodnarchuk, a great adventurer (and gear head) was on my recent travel writers' trip to Egypt. She writes: "What surprised me once I hit…
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A cruise line is heading to the Arctic, with a "limited-time offer" of a two-for-one package deal until February 15th. These deals never cease to irk me. Which I'm sure they wouldn't if I were part of a couple that wanted to travel to the Arctic together. It would sound like a great deal. Fine,…
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