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Recommended Reads, Week of February 14, 2010

Happy Heart Day, everyone!  I’m really thrilled with this week’s crop of recommended reads, as they represent such variety of topic and writing style. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
Forests to Burn – Do you love the great outdoors?  Do you dream of traveling the US, visiting the most remote areas [...]

Interview with a Solo Traveler, Part II: Advice for Going Solo

Here at SoloFriendly, you generally get the point of view of one type of solo traveler (me). I’m a short-term traveler, a vacation traveler if you will. Tuesday, I introduced you to my friend Danielle Johnston, a radically different type of solo traveler, and noted some scary travel episodes she has experienced. If what had [...]

Interview with a Solo Traveler, Part I: A Life Abroad

Imagine you are a U.S. citizen in Ghana doing volunteer work and you are awakened to screams and the pounding of running feet.  When you look outside, you see hundreds of men–your neighbors, people you’ve come to care about–running for the bush, running for their lives, as the women of the town scream for them [...]

Recommended Reads, January 24, 2010

As an information junkie, I read a LOT of other travel blogs every week.  There is some great travel writing happening out there, people.  Just in case you’re not spending 80% of your life in front of your computer like I do, I have decided to do my part to expose you to more great [...]

Solo Women’s Travel Survey at Hostelbookers.com

Attention, ladies!  If you are a solo female traveler–or have ever thought of becoming one–you should know about this opportunity.  Hostelbookers.com has a survey at their website right now geared toward women who travel alone.  They are trying to collect information about how we feel about various travel subjects, so if you want your voice [...]

Women, Solo Travel and Disabilities

Every once in awhile, I come across an article I find so useful and interesting, that I just have to share it with you.  This is one of them.  Women on the Road just published an interview with Candy Harrington on the topic of women traveling (solo) with disabilities.  She answers the question of “Should [...]