A Solo Traveller’s Guide to Visiting Christmas Markets in Germany
It’s that time of year where a whole heap of us are tempted by cheap flights and the need to use up the last of our annual leave and head to central Europe for a festive fix. I LOVE Christmas…
How to Decide Where to Go On Your First Solo Adventure
Hooray! You’ve decided to take the plunge and go on a solo travel adventure! But where to?! The decision to just go is probably the easiest, to be honest; I know it took about four hours between me thinking I…
Is Long Term Solo Travel Just ‘Running Away From Your Problems’?
I remember sitting in a hostel bar in New Zealand near the end of my three-month solo trip and talking to a fellow backpacker, when they asked me a question that made me jolt: ‘So, what are you running away…
19 Amazing Women Share Why Solo Travel is the Best Thing They’ve …
16th March is a special day for me. It is the day that, honestly, my life totally changed. I boarded a plane, on my own, with a one-way ticket to Kuala Lumpur, and it is the best decision I’ve ever…
A Solo Traveller’s Guide to Taking Selfies
It’s all well and good to have photos of the places you’ve visited, but sometimes it’s nice to appear in them yourself. I like having photographic proof of my presence somewhere, especially when I’ve travelled half way across the world…
Just Go
If the topic of my three-month solo travel adventure ever crops up (or rather, if you can stop me from talking about it), there’s a few routes that the conversation could go down. There are people who simply have no…
Six Tips For Eating Well When Backpacking
Travelling for a long period of time is exhausting. Lugging a rucksack from place to place, on every mode of transport you can imagine and then eventually hitching up at a hostel where there’s zero food to chow down on.…
Getting Used to Not Travelling Alone
I’m wearing: Cardigan – vintage / Dress – Debenhams / Leggings – Uniqlo / Boots – Ugg at All Sole* (similar here) When somebody travels alone it conjures certain thoughts and assumptions from other people: independent, brave, organised. It’s always…
The Real Reasons I Went Travelling (and Why It’s The Best …
Almost exactly a year ago I did the bravest thing I have ever done: I boarded a plane to Kuala Lumpur, alone, with a rough three month itinerary, a backpack and no bloody idea what I was doing. I’ve kind…
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