I'm ready to take off and I have a fairly well-planned-out escape route. I chose to go at it this way, rather than leave with a loose itinerary which others might prefer, in part because I'm traveling alone and also because I do enjoy having some sense of direction. I leave on Monday, September 15th and return in the winter, just before the holidays. My path is basically this:
Hong Kong
Beijing, China
Hanoi, Vietnam
Vientiane, Laos
Luang Prabang, Laos
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Siem Reap/Angkor, Cambodia
Bangkok and beaches, Thailand
Bali (all over)
Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh, India
Why did I select these locations? Several reasons (and I swear I am not on the Eat Pray Love path that so many people have called me out on...although I would like to visit the medicine man in Bali and get my fortune told). First of all, there are some amazing sights to behold and beautiful cultures to experience. Second, these places are relatively cheap! Finally, I hear that as a solo female traveller, I will be reasonably safe provided I take normal precautions. Check out this article from USA Today. According to the Internet (which everyone should believe all that is written there) I am safer in, say, Vietnam than I am in my own country (USA). I'd believe it.
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1 comment:
of course, the first "safe" place in the article is amsterdam--the only place i've gotten mugged in my life!! :o) as it says, sometimes bad things happen in good places and vice versa, so be careful.
can't wait to hear about your adventures!!
love,
stace
oh yeah, i had a dream that you were in love with a trucker. sorry, ralph! lol!
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