Post Tagged with: "solo-woman-traveler"
Friends, Family and Fulfillment in the Philippines
What makes us interested in international travel? For some it might be the lure of an exotic country, a recommendation from a friend or the need to flee the rain in the summer (as is often the case in the UK). For me, it was disillusionment with my degree and the need to get out of London, so I looked to travel and in particular to volunteering as a form of escapism
Putting on a Ring in Morocco
As socially aware, well-traveled women, it’s tough to realize that sometimes empowerment comes wrapped in robes that seem, well, perhaps a bit disempowering. I wanted to travel to Morocco. I was living in Spain, I’d traveled on my own throughout Europe, and I pride myself on being an independent, informed, female world citizen
In Defense of Turkish Men
The man in the well-cut black suit stood watching me as I struggled to carry my overweight duffel bag across the cobbles of the narrow shopping street. “Must be another carpet seller” I sighed to myself; no way around him without reversing course. After three weeks of solo travel enjoying Western Turkey – that day a hot 3-hour bus ride from Pamukkale to the small Aegean town of Selcuk – I was tired and talked out
