solo travel

You've got somewhere to go, but no one to go with; solo travel is the nexus of independence and opportunity.

Why being an ex-pat is better than being a digital nomad?
What’s the difference anyway? According to Google… “An expatriate, or ex-pat, is an individual living and/or working in a country other than his or her country of citizenship, often temporarily and/or for work reasons.”
By thewellnessxplora4 years ago in Wander
Quiet of the Desert
Here, I find absolute quiet…I struggle to remember the last time in my life where I could hear nothing at all. There are sounds here and there but they are all natural and non-man made. The wind blows full gusts across my body, to hear the rocks move or jolt under my feet as I step over and around them to soar to new heights, and to listen to the sharp squawking of the desert falcon soaring into the air above me.
By Ben W4 years ago in Wander
It was the snow that did it to me.
The snow kissed my skin. It was saying “hello, I’m here.” I looked up and it kissed my skin with so my lightness and grace that it felt like it wasn’t even real.
By Anna Patch4 years ago in Wander
Mental check: Finding my purpose in life?
It’s All About You [email protected] You know I travel constantly: moving is my home, so it would be fair to expect me to give more travel tips online. If we talked a bit more, you may remember that I study fashion. If I did speak about myself more than usual, you certainly understood that I don’t do it to wear luxury nor to look distinguished, but because I love art. As an artist, I think and often see life with a deeper meaning than other minds. The thoughts never stop. They run all around my brain, perfectly unable to keep the focus, amazed by every object, place or person. I am aware of everything, but one: what is going on inside the rest of you. What you like and what you hate. What happened that got us drinking a beer on a table hundreds of kilometres away from home. How important or casual this way of living is for you. The kind of human it makes you become.
By Mherla "Karma" G4 years ago in Wander
Aloha, Hawaii!
On my 22nd Birthday, my parents bought me a ticket to Hawaii. It was not the first time I went on vacation without my parents as I had went a few weeks prior to Los Angeles with friends on a road trip, but it was the first time that I would ever:
By A.A.C.4 years ago in Wander
Haole in Hawaii
While I sat in the airport terminal looking out the window I was calm and at peace. I was about to board a plane for Hawaii with little money, no job, and nowhere to live, none of that worried me. It was an odd feeling because it was obviously a risky idea but there was an unyielding calm that kept me relaxed.
By Matt Legg4 years ago in Wander
My story of the butterfly effect in Mumbai
Have you ever felt that every small decision that you take and every small change that happens around you, that could have happened, either way, can change the outcome of certain events? Have you ever experienced the butterfly effect in real life? I never did until something so coincidental happened to me, it urged me to write a post about it.
By Harish Rajora4 years ago in Wander
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
I get it, you’re preparing for vacation, and who wants to think of planning for a vacation as research? Sounds a lot like homework to me, and I never did much of that stuff in school. Be that as it may, it’s wildly important. I remember traveling to a city I hadn’t taken the time to research and find out information about before I got there. When I arrived, I saw that there was no public transportation [I’ll discuss why that was so important later], and saw that Uber/Lyft was not a thing there, AND it was dawning on me that I didn’t know a single person in this city. In a nutshell: I was stuck, a thing I wouldn’t have been had I done my research. Fortunately, I was financially equipped to travel back home. Though I lost out on what could have been an amazing experience because I didn’t take the time to do my due diligence, it did teach me the importance of making sure I know where I’m going.
By Mvrq.McKnZ4 years ago in Wander
My Adventure to Spain
During Labor Day weekend in 2004, I took the opportunity to visit Spain while stationed in Germany. Unlike my travels to other European nations, my trip to Spain had a personal motivation: searching my family roots.
By Chad Pillai4 years ago in Wander
How Heartbreak Led Me to Dubai
In 2010 I was in high school and Facebook was still relatively new. I had become friends with someone on the other side of the world in a country I knew nothing about. We were never super close, but she helped me with a project I had been currently working on at the time.
By Lauren 4 years ago in Wander
The Green Aurora.
Places were numerous, but destiny was one. Options were numerous, but the aurora was one. In my childhood, my mother used to tell me a story about the sky dragon that only came to places where people are happy and respectful; older me when I saw that aurora, I got to see that dragon.
By Shivam Jha5 years ago in Wander
A British Christmas for this American
In London, Christmas is quite the sight to see; lights hanging along Regent Street, Ice Skating at the Somerset House as a 40 foot Christmas tree towers over you, and Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park or catching the timeless play "The Snowman." There is no shortage of activities and venues for the whole family, but what about on actual Christmas day? What is it you do for Christmas when you are an ex-pat and away from home during the holidays? You have yourself a Traditional English Christmas with your friend's family in the English countryside. At least, that is how the holiday played out for this expat. I was able to see firsthand how Christmas traditions vary not just with family traditions but with cultural differences.
By CJ Weeks5 years ago in Wander