37 articles tagged with solo travel
There's something profoundly grounding about standing alone beside the Missouri River, watching it carve through ancient stone with the same relentless patience it's held for millennia. Great Falls isn't the Montana most travelers picture—there are no Yellowstone crowds here, no...
Sometimes the most profound discoveries happen in places you never planned to visit. Fernley, Nevada—a desert town thirty miles east of Reno—isn't on most travel bucket lists. But that's exactly why I found myself drawn here last October. After months...
North Little Rock surprised me. I'll be honest—when I first routed through Arkansas on my way to a music festival in Austin, I expected a quick pit stop. Instead, I found a city that's quietly mastered the art of welcoming...
When I first told my colleagues I was spending a week working remotely from Carson City, the responses ranged from confused to bemused. Nevada's capital? Isn't that just a pit stop between Reno and Lake Tahoe? But here's what most...
I'll admit, Salisbury, Maryland wasn't on my radar until a screenwriting conference got canceled last minute and I found myself with a free weekend and a non-refundable flight to Baltimore. A local at the airport coffee shop mentioned the Eastern...
I'll admit, when I first landed at LAX with plans to explore Los Angeles entirely by public transit, my friends back in London thought I'd lost it. LA without a car? But here's what I discovered during my week navigating...
Most Pacific Northwest travelers bypass Tacoma for Seattle, but that oversight reveals their lack of understanding about authentic urban character. As a city planner who has studied urban fabric across four continents, I find Tacoma's transformation from industrial port to...
I'll admit, when I first heard about Pawtucket, Rhode Island, my brain went straight to that Family Guy reference. But this former mill town, sitting quietly in America's smallest state, surprised me in the best way possible. Spending a solo...
I'll be honest—Manama wasn't on my radar until a client's contract negotiations brought me here three winters ago. What I thought would be a quick business stopover turned into one of my most surprising cultural discoveries. This compact Gulf capital...
Evansville wasn't on my radar until a mate from Belfast mentioned it as a hidden gem for river photography. Coming from Sydney where waterfront shots are everywhere, I was skeptical. But here's the thing—the Ohio River at Evansville delivers something...
When most people think of Nevada, they picture casinos and neon lights. But as someone who's explored valleys from the Pantanal to the Alaskan wilderness, I can tell you that Reno holds secrets that rival any ecological wonder I've witnessed....
When I first arrived in Swakopmund, I expected desert landscapes and colonial architecture—what I didn't expect was to find one of Africa's most thrilling adventure playgrounds. This German-Namibian coastal town sits where the Namib Desert crashes into the Atlantic Ocean,...
I'll confess—Layton wasn't on my radar until a teaching conference brought me to Salt Lake City last October. A colleague mentioned the town's proximity to the Wasatch Range, and I thought I'd spend a morning there before flying home. That...
While everyone's chasing permits for Everest Base Camp, I stumbled upon Bandipur—a hilltop town where ancient Newari architecture meets untouched mountain trails. Last fall, I spent a week here moving meditation-style through forests and villages, discovering that Nepal's most transformative...
Walking through Peshawar's Old City feels like stepping into a living archive of human connection. As someone who studies how environments shape our mental landscapes, I found this ancient Silk Road crossroads offered something rare: a place where centuries of...
