GLOBAL NOMAD// For the Independent Female Traveler

So you’ve booked a flight to Thailand, and now you’re hearing news reports about protests in Bangkok. What do you do? When traveling to destinations where political or social unrest may occur, it doesn’t mean you have to cancel your trip (or spend the entire time holed up in your hotel room). I’ve traveled to China during SARS (I reasoned that I was coming from Toronto), to Nepal during Maoist uprisings and to Thailand last year during protests in Bangkok. To read the full story, click here.

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People often ask me why I travel. It’s a simple question, but one I find almost impossible to answer. The answers sound lame: I like to meet new people, step outside my comfort zone. All true, of course, but there’s a lot more to it than that.

I can think of a lot of reasons why one shouldn’t travel – if you’re trying to run from your demons, they’ll find you, even at the height of the Himalayas or the depths of the Amazon Basin. Funny thing about demons, they’re even worse when you have to face them alone in remote, foreign lands. Read more »