Solo travel

My first trip to Seattle was a solo trip. Six months later, I moved to the Pike Place Neighborhood where I spent the next four years exploring Seattle. In this …

Packing a solo travel safety kit can be an empowering way to prepare for solo travel. Many solo travelers, aware of the risk of setting out on international trips alone, …

If you plan to travel long-term, you’ll need a source of income. While some folks are lucky enough to travel using someone else’s money (like paid stipends for journalists or …

As a ferry-obsessed Seattle resident planning a trip to Italy and Croatia, I was excited to find that travel by ferry is a popular option for tourists crossing the Adriatic …

Solo travel is exciting. It’s an opportunity to grow as a human being and to see parts of the world that are totally new and different. I love solo travel, …

Traveling by train is one of the best ways to see Romania, although actually a less-popular mode of travel for locals. The Romanian rail system has a reputation for being …

In all my adventures, Arica, Chile (well, just outside Arica at Cuevas de Anzota) is the only place I have managed to get myself really, truly, stranded. After walking about …

Places best described as “a little off the beaten path” are my favorite sort of places to travel. The small town of Făgăraș, Romania definitely falls in this category. Here …

One of the many highlights of time in Patagonia was taking the ferry to Chiloe Island. In the northernmost portion of the Patagonia, there’s a section of Chile that most …

As I researched for my trip to Chile, I kept finding myself drawn back to the island of Chiloe. Shrouded in both literal fog and the mythology of superstition, this …