Posted on October 3, 2009 - by Janice
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Travel Alone & Love It!
In August I tested the waters. “Would anyone like to collaborate on a free ebook of solo travel stories?,” I asked.
I raised this question on Solo Traveler, the Solo Travel Society on Facebook and on Twitter. The response was fabulous. In addition to all the people who showed their enthusiasim for reading the stories, there were ten wonderful individuals who actually contributed theirs. It has been a real pleasure reading them and compiling the stories and photos into this eBook.
10 Inspiring Solo Travel Stories by the readers of Solo Traveler
A Woman in Black Dancing by Tre Witkowski Tre Lost, Twitter:@trelost
Egypt. April 1983. by Connie Vasquez, Vintage Awesome Twitter: @LaConsuelo
Divorce is Just the Beginning by Evelyn Hannon, Journeywoman Twitter: @journeywoman
Searching for Mr. Darcy by Julie Langelier
Lost in a Mozambique Minefield by Leyla Giray, Women on the Road Twitter: @womanontheroad
“Dammit, Jim, I’m a Tourist, Not a Local!”by Ren Robles So Not Lost! Twitter: @hyperren
Finnish’ed by Finland? by Derek Owen
A New Perspective on Botswana by Sandy Salle Hills of Africa, Twitter: @HillsofArica
Turkish Delight by Rahim Ismail The Funk StopTwitter @funkstop
Solo Road Trip: one man, one Miata, one big country by Michael Smith
I was inspired by all of these stories. Yet they caused me some frustration as well. I’m frustrated by the size of the world, the range of opportunities it presents and my limitations in terms of both time and money. Ah well, not to worry. I’ll get everywhere I want to go eventually.
I want you to know that I truly appreciate reader participation in this blog. Whether it is through your emails to me directly, comments left on the posts, guest posts or collaborating on an eBook like this one, I believe reader involvement makes the blog more valuable to everyone. Thank you.
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March 31, 2010
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israel travel said:
Admin, you seem to be a very cute lady
isn’t nicer to travel in group? I don’t know, but maybe solitude is a gift and a curse, who knows…
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March 29, 2010
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Soni said:
Congratulations on this new book! It looks great!.. cheers
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March 29, 2010
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Soni said:
I’ll make the changes this morning. Thanks!………
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October 7, 2009
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Tara said:
This is such a fantastic project and so inspiring! I am a certified “Life Sabbatical Coach” who specializes in helping people take time off to realize their travel dreams – I will defimitely be recommending this to my clients!
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October 7, 2009
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Funkstop said:
Glad to be included in your book! Hope to hear what people think of my story!
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October 6, 2009
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Mark E Tisdale said:
Awesome book! Just plowed through the whole thing. The general theme is familiar. Although I haven’t managed anything like months abroad, I’ve done some solo travel when I could and there’s a lot of people who don’t understand the desire or freedom to go it alone!
Added your feed, look forward to reading more!
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October 6, 2009
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Kristin said:
This is so inspiring especially for nomads like us! I smell a Volume 2 in the works!
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October 6, 2009
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Sandy Salle said:
What a great book, it will be so useful to my clients. You are an inspiration.
Thank you for allowing me to share the beauty of Africa and Botswana, in particular.
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October 6, 2009
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admin said:
Thanks so much. But I must defer the praise to the authors. I was merely the editor. Cheers!
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October 6, 2009
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Carmen said:
Congratulations on this new book! It looks great! I have already recommended it to my clients.
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October 6, 2009
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admin said:
But of course. I’ll make the changes this morning. Thanks!
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October 6, 2009
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Ren said:
Yay! Hope people enjoy my story.
Oh, and I hope this isn’t asking too much, but can you please link the Twitter accounts here? It’ll make it easier for me and everyone else to follow the other contributors.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to tell my story!