Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: Travelers on solo travel
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Andrew Fu set out from California with the idea of visiting every state over a period of months. Since then, the 25-year-old has driven a tractor and shoveled manure in Kansas. Hung out with a fisherman in Florida. And helped break a record in Georgia for making the most pancakes in eight hours. Most recently he was…
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Back in early April I wrote about five high adrenaline adventures for daring solo travelers that a Boldly Go Solo reader, Tom, had sent in. The list has gotten way longer. It's fun for both for daring travelers and armchair adventurers to read. Some of them you've heard before. Run with the bulls. Try the bobsled…
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After years of solo travel, I've learned that I like the freedom and serendipity that come along with having all my time to myself. But not everyone feels that way. A recent New York Times article describes various Web sites that help women business travelers meet up with other women in cities where they'll be…
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Who better to tell you all about the things to do, places to go and food to eat than someone who lives in the town you're visiting? That's why I posted here about things to do in Washington, DC, that I know about from living here. And which travel guides don't often include. That's the…
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A veteran traveler and award-winning travel writer and editor started as a solo traveler by accident
Jane Wooldridge, travel editor and writer for the Miami Herald, didn't plan her first solo trip. She was less than a week into a month-long backpacking adventure with a friend when he bailed on her. She stayed. In front of a hostel in Munich that had no beds for the night, she soon met four…
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I'm a working stiff who has a few weeks vacation a year. So I choose the easy road to solo travel. I go on active adventure tours that organizers have planned for me. I usually wander on my own for a few days before or after, trying to pack in as much walking, museum going…
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How to spot a solo traveler? "You can always tell us apart by overuse of the self timer on our digital cameras or from the outstretched arm." This line by a fellow solo traveler made me laugh. I have to admit to having a self portrait from the outstretched arm technique. I also have to…
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Fodor’s recently offered 10 reasons for traveling solo. Actually…no they didn’t. They listed 10 tips for traveling with your significant other. Which I read as, "Good thing I don’t have to deal with those things right now." Though I have when traveling with significant others. "Bettyk" says she used to stress out because she was…
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I thought I was well traveled because I’ve been to four continents. Then I heard about Lynn Stephenson, 81. She has visited 515 places. I say "places" because according to MostTraveledPeople.com, to have been everywhere in the world, you have to have visited 673 countries, territories, autonomous regions, enclaves, geographically separated island groups, and major…
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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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