My solo-travel world adventures began in Fall 2011, when I took a three-month leave from work and travelling Argentina/Chile/ Colombia/Ecuador/Peru to experience Latin American life style. http://southamericajt.blogspot.com/
I recently got back to Washington DC on 11/20/2012 from my 2.5 month trip to Taiwan/China/Vietnam/Cambodia/Thailand/Nepal/India during September to November 2012. My trip highlights include (1) hiking for 7 days in Annapurna Sanctuary, Nepal, (2) visiting the Halong Bay near Hanoi and a virgin cave in central Vietnam; (3) experiencing cultural shocks in Delhi, India; (4) being victimized by a gem scam in Bangkok, Thailand, and (5) attending 23-yr college classmate reunion in Taipei, Taiwan. Here is my updated blog for your casual reading. http://asiajt.blogspot.com/
I continue learning the art of solo travel such as doing things
safely as a single female, finding travel pals in vehicles and terminals,
making local friends on the go, etc. I invest in real estate and work part-time
9 month each year to fund my trips. I used local transportation and hostels
instead of taking tours, I found pals to negotiate as a group for discounts,
etc., so to contain my budget to less than $1,000 USD a month including all
expenses. Other people deploy strategies such as working
via the internet or remotely, finding jobs abroad, etc., to realize their own
overseas life style. Stop giving yourselves excuses like it is too scary, too
expensive, I don’t speak the language, etc. If you reallywant to do it,
you will find a way to do it. For example, after staying in South America for
three months, I still speak about 20 words of Spanish. Simply google online you
will find many wandering soles like me living the way we want.
Enjoy a prosperous 2013. See you around the world soon.
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