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Travel Alone & Love It!

Published October 3, 2009 | By Janice

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 enthusiasm 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.

Just click on the image below.

 

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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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  • http://www.stanmoreproperty.com Stanmore Property

    I love reading, I love the book. What I really like most is the story of Divorce is Just the Beginning by Evelyn Hannon. I really love the story.

  • http://israeltravelproviders.com israel travel

    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…

  • http://www.theanchorage.co.za Soni

    Congratulations on this new book! It looks great!.. cheers

  • http://www.theanchorage.co.za Soni

    I’ll make the changes this morning. Thanks!………

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  • http://www.threemonthvisa.com Tara

    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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  • http://www.internetplus.com/thefunkstop Funkstop

    Glad to be included in your book! Hope to hear what people think of my story!

  • http://www.marktisdalephotography.com Mark E Tisdale

    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!

  • Kristin

    This is so inspiring especially for nomads like us! I smell a Volume 2 in the works!

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  • http://www.hillsofafrica.com Sandy Salle

    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.

  • admin

    Thanks so much. But I must defer the praise to the authors. I was merely the editor. Cheers!

  • http://www.nunomad.com/blog Carmen

    Congratulations on this new book! It looks great! I have already recommended it to my clients.

  • admin

    But of course. I’ll make the changes this morning. Thanks!

  • http://www.sonotlost.com/ Ren

    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!

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