Solo travel
Solo travel for the first time: a step-by-step guide
The 10 steps I learned from my first trip to Ecuador at 19 to my 33 countries.
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Real stories of traveling solo
Real budgets, fears included, and what I learned in every country, no magazine filters.
Destinations
Destinations for first-time solo travel: 9 where I felt at ease
From Thailand and Japan to Mexico City, Switzerland and Colombia, the places I'd choose for a first time.
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My story
30 countries before 30: how I planned my challenge from age 19
The story of my challenge, from a sentence in a notebook at 19 to the full list of my 33 countries.
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Solo travel
What to pack when you travel solo: my list and my trick
What I always bring, when I use a backpack, carry-on or suitcase, and the trick of organizing clothes by day.
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Money and travel
How to travel without spending much: my real costs and what I never cut
My real numbers for Colombia and Europe, how I find the cheapest flights and what I never cut.
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Solo travel
Ecuador 2015: the trip that turned me into a backpacker
I was 19, with $150 and a flight paid with miles. That was my first solo trip and where the challenge of 30 countries before 30 was born.
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Safety
Safest countries to travel solo as a woman
What I check before booking, which safety signals I look for in every destination and why Thailand stayed among my favorite places to travel solo.
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Solo travel
Mexico City solo: why I stopped listening to the warnings
Everyone warned me to be careful. Five days later, staying in Colonia Roma, my experience was completely different.
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Peru
Cusco and Machu Picchu: five days at altitude
I went mainly for Machu Picchu: the acclimatization, the San Pedro Market and, along the way, my birthday.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, twice: Rock in Rio and friends I still have
The first time was for Rock in Rio. The second left me friends I still have. This is what I remember from both.
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Europe
Rome: pistachio, drinking fountains and the time I got robbed
Pistachio in every gelateria, drinking fountains all over the city and a lesson about letting my guard down that I won't forget.
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Mexico
Cancún and Chichén Itzá: the wonder of the world I expected more from
I went mainly for Chichén Itzá, one of the seven wonders of the world. Getting there left me with a different feeling than the one I expected.
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Thailand
Thailand in 7 days: Bangkok, Phi Phi, Phuket and Chiang Mai
A week among Bangkok's temples, the Phi Phi islands, Phuket's elephants and the north with Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, with the route day by day.
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Japan
Kyoto in one day: Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera and Gion
My day in Kyoto in the middle of August, with Higashi Hongan-ji, the torii of Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera at sunset and a walk through Gion.
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Japan
Osaka and Nara in two days: Dotonbori, deer and unagi
A full day in Osaka with booth ramen and Dotonbori, and a day in Nara among deer, Tōdai-ji and an eel lunch.
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Japan
Tokyo and Mount Fuji: Shibuya, Shinjuku and TeamLab Planets
My first 24 hours at Mount Fuji and my days in Tokyo, between Shibuya, Shinjuku, TeamLab Planets and Sensō-ji.
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India
India in 3 days: the Taj Mahal on my birthday and New Delhi
Three days to see the Taj Mahal on my birthday and complete country 30 of my challenge, with Agra Fort and a full day in New Delhi.
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Turkey
Istanbul: the Blue Mosque, the Bosphorus and the Grand Bazaar
Country 16 of my challenge, with Turkish tea, a breakfast by the Bosphorus, the Galata Tower, the Grand Bazaar and a rooftop with a view of Hagia Sophia.
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