solo female travel

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Polar Plunge – leaping off a ship into the freezing waters below – has become an Antarctic rite of passage. This is what it looks like.

Reading Time: 6 minutes At home in Brixton, I am not a morning person in the slightest. So it came as a surprise that I was happily settling into life at sea, and the early starts that came with it.

Reading Time: 5 minutes Besides learning that, yes indeed, women can do anything, I also came back down to sea level with a handful of other valuable life lessons tucked under my belt and scribbled in my journal.

Reading Time: 6 minutes “You can do it.” I wish I could tell you that was my own voice, strong and positive, cheering myself on as I attempted to bike up my first mountain. Yes, that’s right: mountain.

Reading Time: 4 minutes While most of South East Asia is suitable for solo female travellers, these are places I’ve visited that I think are really safe, friendly and comfortable.

Reading Time: 5 minutes After several extended trips in South East Asia on my own, I share some of my top tips for other women considering heading to the region alone.

Reading Time: 6 minutes The secret is out. Iran might be one of the most rewarding destinations for adventure travellers.

Reading Time: 4 minutes The image of the headscarf is one of the most pervasive of women in Iran. The thickest and longest scarf I own is about to get an unseasonable turn as my main fashion accessory for a week.

Reading Time: 7 minutes “I had some doubts, mainly about travelling with a bunch of strangers for ten days. But I decided to take a chance and book it. I not only survived, but I loved it!”