Posts under ‘Solo Travel’

For the best panoramic views of Waikiki Beach, the place to be is the summit of Diamond Head Crater, Le’ahi. Diamond Head is an easy bus or car ride from Waikiki. To get to the top, though, you have to hike it. Luckily, I do enjoy a good hike once in awhile. I went on [...]

Eventually, every solo traveler will be faced with a choice: Should I go with a tour, or should I travel alone? There are benefits and disadvantages of both. Before deciding which type of travel is right for you, consider these points.

Taking off Are you sick of reading about other people’s New Year’s resolutions yet? Well, don’t worry, I don’t believe in resolutions. But I do believe in planning out my travel for the year in January, because otherwise, it wouldn’t happen. After all, I’ve got to get the time off from work, coordinate my vacation [...]

The trouble with setting travel goals at the beginning of the year is that you have to then review your progress at the end of the year to see how you did. Thankfully, I didn’t do so bad this year. Of the six destination goals I set for myself in 2011, I achieved five of [...]

Just when I started to love the opportunity to travel during the week between Christmas and New Year’s, it’s going buh-bye. For several years now, the university where I work has given us the week off between Christmas and New Year’s as a holiday. It started because we got no raises that year. No raise [...]