Solo Travel as a Woman: Gifts to Myself

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I took my first solo trip when I was 21. To say it changed my life would be an understatement.

It ignited in me a profound desire to travel more — I admit, I was (still am, though perhaps less so or differently so) an experience junkie. I wanted to experience everything the world has to offer outside the comfortable and cozy confines of my safe bubble in Singapore.

So at 24, I bought a one-way ticket for me, myself, and I. This despite the dire warnings and cautionary tales from everyone and their mom.

I’ve never looked back.

Solo travel as a woman has been a gift I have given to myself. Even though I had no idea what I was doing at the time, deciding to travel solo as a young woman was the best choice I have ever made.

This is what I’ve gotten out of over 10 years of solo travel as a woman.

1. Experience

No surprises there,…