Over the years, I’ve picked up travel tips from fellow travelers and created my own to suit my style of travel.
I admit, I tend to over pack – so I won’t mention how I pack. However, when it comes to logistics and day-to-day items, I have a few tips to share. Hope my tricks will help you one day! Continue reading
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.
And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.
~ H.H. the Dalai Lama
I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life’s experiences, bad and good, make you who you are. Erasing any of life’s experiences would be a great mistake.
~ Luis Miguel
Iceberg straight ahead! ~ The most defining moment on the Titanic, made famous on the big screen by the characters portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
When snow fell on Antarctica many, many years ago, they formed glacial ice made of fresh water. This is also the reason why Antarctica has the largest reserve of freshwater in the world!!
As the glacial move toward the sea and break off – an iceberg is born! Continue reading
On November 2013, I began sharing my travel stories on WordPress. Slowly over the last few months, I have realized what a great, supportive community this is to be a part of!
Thank you for reading my ramblings!! I look forward to sharing more of my past travel experiences with all of you – in hope of motivating more people to travel Planet Earth and beyond! I hope you’ll be here when I launch into the next phase of my life.
With Gratitude!
Karen – the elated Single Woman jumps for joy on Easter Island
The Power of One,
one step must start a journey
one word must start each prayer
one voice can speak with wisdom
one touch can show you careone smile begins a friendship
one laugh will conquer gloom
one candle destroys the darkness
one sunbeam lights a roomone tree can start a forest
one hear can know what is true
one life can make the difference
and that one is… YOU.
~ Unknown
When friends I met while traveling in Turkey asked if I wanted to join them on a trip to Bhutan – I thought… that would be cool! Why not?!
At that point, I knew nothing much about Bhutan except for these 3 things.
We arrvied at the Paro international airport a week after the Young King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck had married his wife, Jetsun Pema. Continue reading
Back in 2009, I packed my bags and went to Eastern Australia for 6 weeks. The plan was to get my scuba diving certification at the Great Barrier Reef, visit friends I met while traveling who live in Sydney and Melbourne and fill in the blanks on the go.
I was scared and excited – total mixed bag of emotions, I tell ya!
The KINK => I cannot swim, not really. I am scared of water. I can kinda swim the back stroke but if water splashes onto my face (with goggles ON) – I freak! I have drowned in a swimming pool, during adult swimming lessons, where the water was just deep enough that I cannot touch the bottom. So yes, there’s a slight problem. Reason for fear of water: I drowned to death in a past life – this is a recent discovery. Continue reading
When people say “Let it go”, what they really mean is “Get over it,” and that is not a helpful thing to say. It is not a matter of letting it go – you would if you could. Instead of “Let it go,” we should probably say “Let it be”; this recognizes that the mind won’t let go and the problem may not go away, and it allows you to form a healthier relationship with what’s bothering you.
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
Single Woman Travels! 