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The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Planning a Trip

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  In exactly one month from today I will be on a flight bound for Hong Kong, starting a whirlwind trip through China, Thailand and Vietnam. When I look at today - a deathly boring day by any standard - and imagine myself this time next month, it’s like imagining that scene from The Wizard of Oz when… [Read More]

10 Books to Keep you Company While Solo Traveling

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  Traveling solo is one of the most empowering things you can do. It pushed you out of your comfort zone, forces you be (almost) completely independent and you learn a lot about yourself in the process. That being said, there can certainly be moments where you could use some encouragement or validation that you… [Read More]

A Quick Guide to Solo Travel in Ubud

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  I’m sitting at the Cafe Pomegranate in Ubud. It’s my favorite local cafe with an unbeatable view of the surrounding rice paddies famous to Bali. A warm Ginger tea sits inches from my laptop while two kittens play beside my table. After a few minutes the kittens fall asleep in a tangle of fur and… [Read More]

Why I’ve Decided to Solo Travel in Bali

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  It’s almost 9pm here in Bali and I’m somewhere in Ubud, tucked away in a charming hotel amongst the verdant foliage and rice paddies that seem to extend in all directions. I’m alone. My hotel room-which seems tailor made for newly weds-is serving as a honeymoon suite for my laptop and I as I solo… [Read More]

How to Embrace Solo Travel Before the Trip

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  Like many things, the idea of solo traveling can prove more poetic and romantic in thought. While sitting at a 9 to 5 job and imagining yourself in Morocco solo is inspiring; often the reality is more testing. Looking back at my first solo adventure to Argentina, I never anticipated how life altering, empowering and challenging solo… [Read More]

7 Ways to Tackle Loneliness While Solo Traveling

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  It was a gloomy morning on that third day in Buenos Aires and the clouds and cold gathering outside my hostel window were hardly inviting. I woke up feeling under the weather and lay in bed feeling alone. It was my first time solo traveling and that initial high of being a traveler extraordinaire… [Read More]

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