Being Sober in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is a partier’s paradise – cheap beer, big beach parties, and backpackers galore. But I traveled it sober, and found a whole new adventure.
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10 Things I Hate About You, Southeast Asia
Three months spent traveling solo as a woman in Southeast Asia – the highs, the lows, and all the mango sticky rice I’ll miss.
A Creature of Comfort: Unexpected Joys of Long-Term Solo Travel
Traveling alone as a woman for a year can have its problems, but it can also be a time for comfortable shoes, a low maintenance life, and finding small joys in Bali and elsewhere.
Beauty and the Beasts: Struggles and Solace in Solo Travel
When I’m backpacking alone in Southeast Asia, I struggle with my fear of dogs but soothe my soul with the lovely cheap spas here. Solo female travel has its up and downs and lonely moments.
Home/Sick: Ill and Alone in Southeast Asia
Being sick isn’t fun at the best of times – and it’s a whole other level when you’re traveling alone and throwing up in filthy hostel bathrooms.
Silence and Rain in Bali: Celebrating Nyepi Day
Taking in the quiet of Nyepi Day in Bali – a day of silence, peace, and meditation – as a solo female traveler.
Same Same (but Different): Solo in Southeast Asia
Traveling alone as a woman, the newness of each country can be overwhelming – how do I cross the street and pay for a smoothie and get on this bus?
Exotic Pest Control: The Spiders of Southeast Asia
What’s the hardest part of traveling alone as a woman? When you wake up to a giant spider peering at you from the corner of your bungalow.
The Quiet Americans: Why Don’t We Travel Alone More?
Everyone on my train is French. I look around as they chatter about which seat is theirs, and wonder if I’ve accidentally gotten on the wrong car, if I’m headed to Nice or Lyon instead of the south of Thailand. Before the train, I hung out with some English peeps from my hostel, and a … Read more
Keeping Cool in Cambodia: Sweating in Southeast Asia
Traveling solo in Southeast Asia is exhilarating, beautiful… and hot. So hot. How I have been trying to keep cool and enjoy the beauty around me, like at Angkor Wat in Cambodia.