Janice Leith Waugh's Blog, page 141

Travel Hair Products: answering a reader’s concern

The wind isn’t kind to curly hair either.

Oh, to be a curly girl!

There is no hotter market for hair products than women with curly hair. Despite everyone declaring how lucky we are to have “naturally curly hair” we suffer from:

Frizz
Bed head
Hat head
Wind that turns our hair into a puff ball.
Chlorine that turns it into a Brillo pad.
Too little product one day.
Too much the next.
Horrible haircuts by people who don’t know what to do with our wild locks.
A lack of curl on occasion. Yes, there’s nothing...

Solo Travel Destination: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

We are pleased to present a newSolo TravelDestination Post from Stefanie, a member of theSolo TravelSocietyon Facebook. Stefanie is from the United States, and submitted the following report about Phnom Penh . 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: 2 (1 is easiest, 4 is most difficult. Please see chart below)

Languages spoken: Kmer, English, French

Nak, one of m...

Travel Solo and Practice 3 Essential Life Skills

Turn left or right, there are many choices in life over which you have control.

We, alone, choose what to do.

We, alone, have control over our response to a situation.

We, alone, are responsible for ourselves.

In a sense we are all, always, solo travelers.

Traveling solo I have had the opportunity to practice making choices, manage my reaction to challenging situations and take full responsibility for myself. My choices have included:

My destination.
When to travel.
How to prioritize my expenditures....

Pic of the Week: Watkins Glen State Park

The stunning gorge in Watkins Glen State Park.

The Pic of the Week is 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 fromSolo TravelSocietymember Tracey was taken at Watkins Glen State Park in Watkins Glen, New York in the United States.

The Luxury of Jordan

The famous treasury building in Petra, Jordan.

Jordan is known for its amazing glimpses into the past.

From the stunning Petra, famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system, to the roaming Bedouin, one gets a senses the majesty of country’s history.

But, that’s not all there is to Jordan. It is also an understated luxury destination that comes in less expensive than other destinations. As of this writing, a room night at The Four Seasons in Amman starts at US$219 and at the Jord...

Solo Travel Destination: Bariloche, Argentina

We are pleased to present a newSolo TravelDestination Post from Sarah, a member of theSolo TravelSocietyon Facebook. Sarah is from Canada, and submitted the following report about Bariloche . 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, 4 is most difficult. Please see chart below)

Languages spoken: Spanish

The view from atop Cerro Campaniaro, Nahuel...

Solo Travel: The stress that is money

Money.

Love it for the opportunities it offers.

Hate it for the limitations it presents.

Frustrated by it for the fact that solo travelers pay almost twice as much as those traveling with a companion

Getting around the issue of solo travel and money

I’m a travel blogger therefore I’m not affluent (though things are definitely on an upward track).

And while I do enjoy the benefit of having much of my travel comped (I always tell you when I do) even from those trips I return having spent hundreds of...

Pic of the Week: On St. Michael’s Way

A stile along the St. Michael’s Way in western Cornwall.

The Pic of the Week is 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 fromSolo TravelSocietymember Sarah was taken along St. Michael’s Way in Cornwall, England.

Solo Travel Safety: 15 analog safety tips, 12 digital safety tools.

Keep your documents safe and keep copies of them in your luggage and in the cloud.

Remember vinyl? Record albums? Classic, yes? And they still sound great. Well, that’s analog.

But mp3 downloads have their place as well. Digital technology is especially great on the go.

Yes, analog and digital live side by side to provide a rich landscape of recorded music. The same goes for solo travel safety. While digital tools can add to our safety, we can’t ignore the analog, ‘old school’ safety strategies....

Solo Travel Destination: Varenna, Italy

We are pleased to present a newSolo TravelDestination Post from Carlo, a member of theSolo TravelSocietyon Facebook. Carlo is from Australia, and submitted the following report about Varenna . 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, 4 is most difficult. Please see chart below)

Languages spoken: Italian

Approaching Varenna by ferry.

Reasons to go...