Solo Traveler’s Valentine’s Day Confession
This is an unusual piece for Solo Traveler. It's not about actual travel at all but, instead, about traveling through life solo - appropriate for Valentine's Day which is next week. Have a read. Continue reading
Travel Your Way to Success:
the thoughts of 6 people who have.
With the coming of the New Year our thoughts turn to resolutions and plans. It's a good time to evaluate our meaning of success. That's what this post does. It offers a new interpretation of success and the thoughts of six serious travelers on the subject. Continue reading
What Matters Now – thanks Seth Godin
What we think affects how we travel, see and move through the world. Here is a free eBook offering the thoughts of 70 people on "What Matters Now". Continue reading
And the winner is…
And the winner is... Here's the results of the "Stop & Stare" Photo Contest. Continue reading
Solo is the Downward Dog of Travel
Yes, when you think about it there are many ways in which solo travel and yoga's downward dog are similar. Here are just seven. Continue reading
10 Great Travel Gifts Under $30
The holidays can be a challenge but you can use this post to inspire gift purchases for your traveling friends or send a hint to those who might be buying for you. Continue reading
“Stop & Stare” Travel Photo Contest
Paying it forward. In London last month I won a voucher for Hotels.com at a Tweetup and I thought, how can I have the most fun with this? Here's my answer. A Photo Contest. Please read, enter, vote and spread the word. Fun for all. Continue reading
Solo Traveler goes to the World Travel Market
I just spent two whirl-wind days in London at the World Travel Market, two travel tweet-ups and a Travel Bloggers Camp. It was amazing. Here's a pictorial account. Continue reading
For Those Afraid of Traveling Alone
Sometimes fear stops us from doing what we really want to do. This post identifies and breaks down the fears that some people have about traveling alone. I also reveal my own fears and how I have overcome them. Please have a read. Continue reading
Coexist: Quebec and the last referendum
Fourteen years ago tomorrow, Quebec held it's second referendum on independence and everyone knew that it could either way.
I was born in Quebec. I still have family there. This, was going to be a monumental day. I traveled to Montreal, visiting 5 families in the city, listening to positions moderate and extreme. I traveled to learn how to live with this potential change. We would have to coexist.
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Solo Travelers are Sexy
At a dinner party the other night, the discussion turned to actors; who is sexy and who isn’t. Surprisingly, the majority of the people mentioned were not really eye candy. Some were quite ordinary and even a little on the unattractive side when you had a good look. So what is it that makes people sexy? Continue reading
Travel Solo in Silence… at least some of the time.
Imagine choosing not to speak for a day and the experience lasting 17 years.
John Francis did this. He decided to try a day and found the experience so valuable that he carried on for a week, and then a year, thinking that he would talk on the anniversary. That didn’t happen. He continued his silence for 17 years while earning a BA, MA and Ph.d — even while teaching college students he didn’t speak. Why did he do this? Because one learns more by listening and observing than by speaking.
Watching this video (which I hope you will do as it has more to offer than just thoughts on silence) got me thinking about solo travel because traveling solo imposes silence… at least some of the time.
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Interview with Two Senior Solo Travelers
When I speak to people who travel solo I am always inspired. But when I speak to people in their 60s and 70s who continue to travel solo I’m not only inspired but also happy with the knowledge that the adventures I have now can continue for another twenty or twenty five years.
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What’s Your Solo Travel Narrative?
Is it time to write your narrative anew?
There were a number of movies at the Toronto International Film Festival this year that presented an impostor as the central character. These characters spun stories – their personal narratives – out of lies to make their lives appear grander than they were. I won’t ruin the films for you by revealing their titles but, essentially, in the end tragedy struck the characters and everyone around them.
But that’s film. In life, Continue reading
Around the World in 24 Film – Part II
Travel by film. I do it every year at the Toronto International Film Festival. To report on my world tour, I have organized my film reviews geographically. Yesterday, they were from Ireland, the UK, Norway, Germany, France, Israel, somewhere in Africa and India. (Here’s a link.) Today, we go to Asia, the United States and Canada. Continue reading
Around the World in 24 Films – Part I
A film festival is a cheap trip. At TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival, viewers travel to dozens of countries from every continent in the world through the eyes of filmmakers, scriptwriters, cinematographers… In nine days, I managed to attend 24 films. Not all were to my taste but just about every one was interesting in one way or another. Continue reading
Making a Cultural Connection – solo
I’m pleased to have Dr. Jessie Voigts, the Publisher of Wandering Educators,
contributing this post to Solo Traveler
Intercultural experiences are exciting, sometimes frightening, transformative, and often life-changing. When you’ve chosen to live or travel overseas, you have chosen to live on the edge – continually experiencing new things, and adjusting to a different culture. Continue reading
What is lonely? And why don’t I feel so when I travel alone?
Sunrise over Georgian Bay
When I travel alone, I’m rarely lonely. Yet, when I went camping last weekend with my son and his girlfriend, I was. Why would this be? Given that many people ask me about loneliness as I travel solo I thought I should take some time to explore its meaning. Continue reading
Tweeting from TIFF
TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival, is great for film lovers. But it’s not just about the films. It’s also about the people you meet in line and film talk with strangers. It’s an artistic, intellectual and social high. I’ll… Continue reading
About Janice Waugh and Tracey Nesbitt
I'm an author, blogger, speaker and traveler. I became a widow and empty-nester at about the same time. And then, I became Solo Traveler... Here's the full story. >>
I’m a writer, editor, food and wine fanatic, and traveler. On my very first trip abroad I learned that solo travel was for me. Here's the full story. >>
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