Curb Free with Cory Lee: Traveling the World in a Wheelchair
As travelers, we want to believe that the world is an open and welcoming place, accessible to all. We may never stop to think about how someone in a wheelchair would approach the kinds...
How to Overcome Travel Anxiety as a Solo Woman Traveler
My journey into solo travel wasn’t intentional — I never actually wanted to travel alone. I became a solo traveler because of circumstances. When I was 19 years old I started saving for my...
Moving to Greece: The Risks and Rewards
Moving to Greece has been one of the biggest decisions of my life. Being half Greek, it has always been a part of me and I wanted that chance to explore that half. Many...
The Future of Women’s Travel: Solo Travel Apps
Traveling alone as a woman is an empowering experience, as lonely and daunting as it can seem sometimes. So why are an increasing number of women traveling solo? Responding to the Travel Society on...
Living a “Year of Quiet,” Before the Pandemic
The year of quiet.
That’s how I would refer to it, in everything that followed, those 10 months spent living and teaching in a deeply rural part of southern Japan. I knew when I left...
Egypt Travel Tips for Solo Women Travelers
I consider myself someone with little fear when it comes to traveling to foreign places, however, in the days leading up to my scheduled arrival in Cairo, I was feeling apprehensive.
Suddenly, everything I’d read...
Mindful Wandering, Part II: Ethiopian Food for Thought
Mariam has already set to work making fresh bread. She pours batter onto a large, round stone pan over the fire and places a cone shaped lid on top. No need for an oven....
The Solo Female Traveler’s Guide to Hitchhiking
It’s usually those people who have never tried hitchhiking who will try telling you that you shouldn't. While simply being a woman in this world calls for extra precautions, that doesn’t mean you should...
Mindful Wandering, Part I: The Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony
The sun scorches my shoulders as I sit perched atop a cliff, overlooking the rocky layers of earth below. At such great heights, there is no amount of sunscreen that can protect my freckled...
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