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A Woman Alone: Travel Tales from Around the Globe

by Faith Conlon

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The idea of a journey without companions is too daunting for most travelers. Not so the women of this collection. These contemporary pioneers savor the ultimate freedom of solo travel. Marybeth Bond discovers the dubious pleasures of desert camel-riding when she decides to follow an ancient Indian trading route. Faith Adiele, a black Buddhist nun, enters a deserted train station at 3: 00 a.m. in a Thai village controlled by armed bandits. Ena Singh negotiates with Russian police to visit the blue-domed city of Samarkand. In A Woman Alone, these women and others tell their funny, thrilling, occasionally terrifying, ultimately transformative stories of navigating some of the most unusual destinations on the globe.

Synopsis:

The idea of a journey without companions is too daunting for most travelers. Not so the women of this collection. These contemporary pioneers savor the ultimate freedom of solo travel. Marybeth Bond discovers the dubious pleasures of desert camel-riding when she decides to follow an ancient Indian trading route. Faith Adiele, a black Buddhist nun, enters a deserted train station at 3:00 a.m. in a Thai village controlled by armed bandits. Ena Singh negotiates with Russian police to visit the blue-domed city of Samarkand. In A Woman Alone, these women and others tell their funny, thrilling, occasionally terrifying, ultimately transformative stories of navigating some of the most unusual destinations on the globe.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781580050593

Editor:

Conlon, Faith

Editor:

Emerick, Ingrid

Editor:

Conlon, Faith; Emerick, Ingrid; Henry de Tessan, Christina

Editor:

Conlon, Faith

Editor:

Emerick, Ingrid

Editor:

Henry de Tessan, Christina

Author:

Tessan, Christina Henry de

Author:

Henry de Tessan, Christina

Author:

Emerick, Ingrid

Author:

Conlon, Faith

Editor:

Henry de Tessan, Christina

Publisher:

Seal Press (CA)

Location:

Seattle, Wash.

Subject:

Women

Subject:

Adventure

Subject:

Essays & Travelogues

Subject:

Voyages and travels

Subject:

Women travelers

Subject:

Travel Writing-General

Copyright:

2001

Edition Description:

Trade Paper

Series:

Adventura Books

Series Volume:

12364

Publication Date:

20011131

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Pages:

320

Dimensions:

7.5 x 5.5 in 13 oz

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The idea of a journey without companions is too daunting for most travelers. Not so the women of this collection. These contemporary pioneers savor the ultimate freedom of solo travel. Marybeth Bond discovers the dubious pleasures of desert camel-riding when she decides to follow an ancient Indian trading route. Faith Adiele, a black Buddhist nun, enters a deserted train station at 3:00 a.m. in a Thai village controlled by armed bandits. Ena Singh negotiates with Russian police to visit the blue-domed city of Samarkand. In A Woman Alone, these women and others tell their funny, thrilling, occasionally terrifying, ultimately transformative stories of navigating some of the most unusual destinations on the globe.