Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: -United States
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It almost seems as if solo travel is becoming the vogue. The Los Angeles Times has a story on 10 vacations for solo travelers. It covers just about every option you can think of, from road trips to special-interest vacations to choosing villages over big cities. Another highly useful LA Times story suggests ways to…
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I'm no Louis Oosthuizen and I don't even play him on TV. And I've never been anywhere near the British Open. But I did play a mean game of mini golf the other day, the kind that world champion miniature golfers might play in countries around the world. Tee Time Miniature Golf in Stone Harbor,…
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Get thee to … no, no, no, not a nunnery. Get thee to the Blue Ridge Summer Theatre Festival 2010 in Amherst, Virginia, for a staging of Hamlet. Well, less a staging, than a "fielding." The show will be performed in front of an old dairy barn and you, the audience, will sit on a…
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The following 10 tips come from the Trusted Adventures travel alliance,a group of nine travel companies. The travel tips are meant to help people have a rich travel experience, come what may. Unexpected events may include changes in plans, volcanic ash, oil spills and other "have-to-roll-with-the-punches" events that all travelers should be ready to face…
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Piano players! Come quick to New York City. As of today, 60 painted and decorated free public pianos are set up in 50 places throughout the Big Apple, from the Metropolitan Museum to the Coney Island boardwalk, according to a blog post with a great headline: "New York City plunks 50 free public pianos." Does…
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Worth visiting: The High Museum of Art's exhibit on European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century. In Atlanta. I was going to blog about the High Museum but my friend Diane beat me to it. So I'll just point the way to her post called "Way High Design at Atlanta's High Museum." She mentions…
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Tell me if this video of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is as funny to you as it is to me? I saw the whole show yesterday in Lynchburg, Virginia, so I loved watching the backstage shenanigans of these three guys on video. I felt the personal connection. So, you know how usually…
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Being a good planner and well organized are not prerequisites for travel. They might help but having tendencies toward disorganization (I call it "not overly compulsive") and late-in-the-game planning ("spontaneous") shouldn't keep you home. I was reminded of this as I was leaving Atlanta for D.C. yesterday. I was sitting in a hotel restaurant downing…
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"Ideal for solo travelers," says the press release from Western River Expeditions about its rafting trips on the Colorado River through Cataract Canyon, Utah. I vouch for that statement. I had one of the best trips of my life floating on peaceful sections of the river and holding on for dear life through Class III…
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