Going it alone? What I've learned from travelling to 61 countries solo as a woman

Over the past two decades, I've made various trips to countries like Georgia, Colombia, India, and Palestine, more often than not alone — just the way I like it. The feeling I get from arriving in an unknown land is seriously addictive, and the people I meet along the way are part of the reason I continue. While solo travel has become increasingly popular in recent years (there are currently over nine million #solotravel posts on Instagram), it's certainly not a new phenomenon, and for me, it started right here at home.

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