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Solo Travel Destination: Highlands of Scotland

We are pleased to present a newSolo TravelDestination Post from Angela, a member of theSolo TravelSocietyon Facebook. Angela lives in the United States and submitted the following report about the Highlands of Scotland . Do you have asolotraveldestination that you would like to recommend?Submit your description here, along with a few photos, and share it with fellow travelers!

Solo travelrating: 1 (1 is easiest, 3 is most difficult. Please see chart below)

Languages spoken: E nglish

Cairngorms Natio...

Pic of the Week: From the Rocky Mountaineer

Just one of many stunning views from the Rocky Mountaineer train, somewhere between Vancouver and Kamloops.

The Pic of the Week is usually drawn from photos submitted to theSolo TravelSocietyFacebook Group, providing an opportunity for solo travelers to share with us a favorite photo from their travels.

This week’s pic from Solo Traveler Editor,Tracey was taken on her recent trip aboard the Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Banff in Canada.

Exploring Bologna: Stolen Cadavers and Modern Medicine

The Anatomical Theater is located on the second floor in the Archiginnasio. The walls along the stairs are lined with crests of some of the students who have studied there.

There was something darkly attractive to me about theAnatomical Theater in Bologna, Italy.

Hearingabout it took my imagination tostolen corpses and hidden schools.

In the middle ages dissecting human bodieswas not considered an acceptable science as it interfered with the religious notion of the sanctity of the body. In many...

Quote of the Week: Be a Traveler, Not a Tourist

Here we have it: today’s Quote of the Week. Is there a favorite quote that you would like us to consider for a future post? Add it in the comments below, providing your first name and the full name of the author.

Solid advice from Andrew Zimmern, chef and food writer. Sure, see the sights and the monuments, but also get off the beaten track. Hang out where the locals go, meet people, try their food and drink. Don’t look to be comforted by what is the same as at home – get a real taste for what...

Reinstate wonder. Touch people’s lives.

Children have their sense of wonder intact. (Jerash, Jordan) “The Wonderful Children of Jordan“

Watching a symphony can bemore enjoyableif you have a littlemusical training. Knowing that the bows of the violins are not all up at the same time just because it looks good- knowing that the bowing structure directly relates to the notes on the page and that someone chose the best of many alternative bowings for that piece – makes the performance a greater pleasure.

Drilling down into suchnuance and...

Solo Travel Destination: Maldives

We are pleased to present a newSolo TravelDestination Post from Leah, a member of theSolo TravelSocietyon Facebook. Leah lives in Singapore and submitted the following report about Maldives . Do you have asolotraveldestination that you would like to recommend?Submit your description here, along with a few photos, and share it with fellow travelers!

Solo travelrating: 1.5 (1 is easiest, 3 is most difficult. Please see chart below)

Languages spoken: Dhivehi, E nglish

Breathtaking view from the Island...

Pic of the Week: You Are Strong

One of the many things that solo travel has taught me – illustrated by a message unexpectedly spotted on a telephone pole.

The Pic of the Week is usually drawn from photos submitted to theSolo TravelSocietyFacebook Group, providing an opportunity for solo travelers to share with us a favorite photo from their travels.

This week’s pic from Solo Traveler Editor,Tracey was taken on the street in Toronto, Canada.

Solo Travel S U R V I V A L

Know where you’re going.

Really?

A survival guide for solo travel?

I know, it’s a bit over the top but writing abouthow to travel alone is important now and then. All the basics have been covered on thisblog before but there are thousands of new readers every month and the topic needs to be addressed regularly.Asurvivor guide model that points to lots of other postsseemed like asensible and helpful idea.

I had a look at theUS Army Survival Manual for a framework – but it is way too elaborate. So...

Quote of the Week: travel for a reality check.

Here we have it: today’s Quote of the Week. Is there a favorite quote that you would like us to consider for a future post? Add it in the comments below, providing your first name and the full name of the author.

Samuel Johnson, poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor andthe man who gave us one of the most significant English dictionaries, often referred to as Johnson’s Dictionary, gives us ourquote of the week. Madesome time in the 1700′s, I think this comment is more re...

Life, Death, Divorce and Solo Travel

Signing the visitor book at Nelson Mandela’s

I’m pleased to introduce my friend and semi-solo traveler, Elizabeth. I say semi-solo because on her trip to South Africa last year she traveled solo through London then landed in the lap of friends in Cape Town. But, true to her adventurous spirit, she traveled solo again as she took on challenges that didn’t interest her hosts. Elizabeth’s adventurous side and huge enthusiasm for life is well worth sharing. You can read her travel story below. On...