Women face unique challenges while traveling, but that doesn’t mean the world isn’t yours for the taking. Get inspired by these true stories of female travelers who have discovered the world their way.
A spontaneous trip from Spain to Morocco leaves a traveler enchanted with both a new city and her travel companion. Curly-hair, cheeky-smile, a backpack light on supplies — I think …
After a terrifying night-time car chase in Havana, two sisters head to southern Cuba and discover the role music plays in peoples’ lives. We couldn’t decide whether the hole in …
Despite dire warnings from a jaded expat and a graffitied train with drunk passengers, a traveler pushes on, determined to find the hidden culture of Bulgaria. “It’s a shit country, …
A traveler skims the border of Slovakia on foot and by train but finds herself constantly on the outside. The bus pulled up at the border of Slovakia. A skyscraper …
During a difficult hike in the Himalayas, a traveler reconnects with nature while also trying to reconnect with herself. This is how I die, I thought: On a road in …
A traveler and her willful mother find moments of connection and distance as they explore the German region where an iconic saint once lived. Jesus looked down from a celestial …
Inspired by street names in their neighborhood, two travelers go off in search of a Spanish castle and find more than just a crumbling structure. The condition of the dirt …
A riverside cremation and an appointment with a child goddess punctuate a traveler’s brief time in Kathmandu. Kathmandu, surrounded by the Himalayas and splashed in color, stunned. From the moment …
A solo female traveler climbs aboard a cargo ship for a three-day journey from Peru to Colombia. They told me not to go to the Loreto region of Peru. They …
