What a wonderful idea Amy! This will be one thread that I'll sit my nieces down to read the next time they're here. To follow your lead (and example on identifying the reports):

Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Montreal, 2007: http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=29&tid=35061783

Very good idea, I only have one to contribute and it's incomplete.

Good on you!! I love your enthusiasm about traveling solo.. I love it to

Sorry, I never write trip reports myself, so have nothing to contribute along those lines but want to thank you (Amy) for the idea and getting this thread started.

For the rest of you lovers of adventures alone... let's get together & breathe some life into 'Solo Traveler' forum for the New Year!!

My trip reports (all solo) are on my web site: www.wilhelmswords.com - although I've been meaning to do one for fodors for the last trip....

Nova Scotia, 2007
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=29&tid=35049063

Re-reading it I am reminded of somethings I want to do for my next trip, so hope others enjoy it, too. Cheers.

Now I actually finished it, here's the link to my Oct/Nov 2007 trip to Budapest, Austria and Venice: fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35096856

Here is one, from Seoul, Beijing and Shanghai (I was alone (single female) in China but not in Korea):


http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=27&tid=34984181

I just discovered this board....

I have done lots of solo trips to Western Europe.

London, Brussels, Amsterdam in May 2005
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=34626323

London, Belgium in Jan 2006
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=34738595

Germany (Northern Bavaria) in April 2007
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=34991739

London in Sept 2007
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35064483

Spain in Feb 2008
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35111933

topping, plus add a new one from my most recent trip:

6 days in London, Bath, Stonehenge, & Salisbury (May 2008)
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35134087

Thanks for the reminder. Two from my recent trip:

Capri and Amalfi Coast: www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35123298

Sicily: www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35133064

April 2008
Trip (solo) report: one short week in Edinburgh, also Hadrian's Wall and St. Andrews
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35128123

The solo trips I've written a Fodors trip report on:

USA 2007
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?screen_name=eigasuki&fid=1

Japan 2006
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?screen_name=eigasuki&fid=1

Other trips I've done solo - to Japan, Europe and the eastern parts of Australia I've written about in my blog - in reverse oreder. Excuse the typos; they are usually written when tired, against the clock in internet cafes on unfamilair keyboards!

http://www.rockinryoko.blogspot.com/

Oh dear, the links don't seem to have worked - hope this works better.

USA 2007
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=1&tid=35088635

Japan 2006

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=27&tid=34798185

I just added a solo trip report on Argentina to the Latin America Forum.

Solo in India, July 2008, has been started here:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=27&tid=35147706

My 2007 trip to Ireland is here:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35007964

I've also been to Scotland and Germany solo, but was lazy about writing up the trips. My Scotland pictures are here though:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hexadecibel/sets/72157594215644125/

My Maine vacation is in 2 weeks!

Great idea to have a list like this.
Here are some of my solo trip reports:

Spain (Madrid, Segovia, Toledo, Salamanca) July 2007: www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35055217

Copenhagen and Stockholm (July 2006): www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=34860450

Just returned from another solo trip - The Veneto, Italy, Vienna and Budapest. Trip report will be done soon.

Two of my all time favorite solo travel threads are:
www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=1370305
www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=34698212

Thanks, Amy, for starting this thread. I'm looking forward to reading the reports.

Here's my (unfinished) France 2008 solo trip report:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2

Here is another (almost complete as of today) from a January 2008 trip to Bangkok, Laos, Vietnam; I did have a guide for a few places:





http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=27&tid=35112908

Finally finished my solo trip report to Rome and Florence, May 2008.

http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&tid=35148765&numresponses=175&start=0&screen_name=mebe

~Mebe

London with a daytrip to Oxford, Nov 2008:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35165950

A wonderful week in Lisbon in November 2008: www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=35174288

Just completed, January 2009

Hiking in Torres del Paine, Chile
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=6&tid=35176582

Peru, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, and Lima

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=6&tid=35179840

Almost done re-adjusting to Eastern time zone

April 17-26, 2009 .. Trains, planes, and libraries: solo trip, open-jaw EDI/LHR

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/trains-planes-and-libraries-solo-trip-open-jaw-edilhr.cfm

Just realized I never posted the link to my Morocco TR. Part of it I was on an Intrepid tour, but Rabat at the beginning and Essaouira and Marrakech at the end were solo.

http://www.fodors.com/community/africa-the-middle-east/tasty-tagines-and-mobbed-medinas---a-moroccan-medley.cfm?91

Solo, but in a group: is that a bit of a contradiction in terms? Anyway, here's South Africa, July 2009:
http://www.fodors.com/community/africa-the-middle-east/sixteen-days-of-south-africa-sunshine.cfm

Thank you for starting this list, and thank you to everyone for contributing.

I'm a bum and never did a trip report for my UK and Ireland trip.

Since someone just topped this, I though I'd mention that I'll be blogging my next trip - solo to Georgia, Armenia, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Istanbul. I won't be leaving until Sept. 10th, but I'm also blogging about the preparations. If anyone's interested it's at mytimetotravel.wordpress.com .

Absolutely anything I can do to encouragae/inspire one 'n all (at any age) to travel solo - color me THERE!

As a grandmother of 6 who's spent a lifetime traveling off-the-beaten path solo (even founded/ran my own adventure travel company to Belize & Costa Rica for 20+ years) check out my 6 week amble 'cross South Africa and Mozambique - as a near sexagenarian!:

http://www.travelpod.com/members/globalgirl

Travelin' solo opens you up to the locals/culture (which is why I travel of course!) And after all - if you wait for a hometown pal to coordinate travel dreams/time/$$$/druthers - you'll surely miss out on a good many wondrous corners of the world, no?

My next far-flung adventure? Come September, I'll be riding a camel in the Sahara in Morocco!

On a solo "Around Australia" (well, sort of) - bicycle trip in 1995.
http://www.fodors.com/community/australia-the-pacific/train-trip-from-townsville-to-mt-isa.cfm

Solo road trip from Perth to Melbourne, via Central Australia:

http://www.fodors.com/community/australia-the-pacific/road-trip-from-perth-to-melbourne.cfm

More of the Solo bicycle trip. I'm still writing this one.

http://www.fodors.com/community/australia-the-pacific/australian-road-trip.cfm

Solo trip to Croatia and Brugge


http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/my-spur-of-the-moment-one-week-solo-trip-to-croatia-with-2-days-in-brugge-thrown-in.cfm?17

France 2008:
http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/perdue-en-la-france---a-trip-report-of-central-france-and-paris.cfm

Spain, Nice, Rome 2009:
http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/my-solo-mostly-low-budget-trip-madrid-nice-rome-andalucia.cfm

What a great idea! Thanks, Amy.

I travel solo frequently and I love doing it.

Here's an oldie on Peru that I just rediscovered; I love Peru so much I'm planning to return for the third time in July! (Although the bulk of my trip is to Chile.)
http://www.fodors.com/community/mexico-central-america/peru-from-the-andes-to-the-amazon-trip-report.cfm

Thanks for topping this. Reminds me that I forgot to add my report on Syria, Lebanon and Jordan:

http://www.fodors.com/community/africa-the-middle-east/my-mixed-bag-month-in-the-middle-east.cfm

I didn't do a TR here for Georgia and Armenia, but my blog posts for that part of the trip are at mytimetotravel.wordpress.com

Topping for Daisy50 and adding one of mine:

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/mllefifis-week-in-paradis-with-a-side-trip-to-nancy.cfm

Adding my solo trip to Portugal.

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/my-low-budget-trip-to-portugal.cfm?59

Rome, 2010:
http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/a-trip-to-rome-and-other-disasters-trip-report-with-food-details.cfm

Solo to Chile...and back to the Peruvian Amazon for a bit. I just had so much fun on this one!

http://www.fodors.com/community/south-america/amy-l-peru-and-chile-a-possibly-over-enthusiastic-trip-report.cfm

Forgot to post this one also to Peru. Also the Amazon near Iquitos, plus Trujillo/Chiclayo (by bus!)
http://www.fodors.com/community/south-america/trip-report-peru-again-lima-iquitosamazon-and-north-coast.cfm

First half of this 2-week trip was solo:
http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/time-travel-blissfully-basking-in-haussmann-garnier-strauss-jugendstil.cfm

Here's my trip report to the Czech Republic, Krakow, and Frankfurt - May, 2010.

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/czech-republic-krakow-and-a-day-in-frankfurt-a-solo-budget-trip-report.cfm?86

great idea and thread, Amy!

here are some threads from my solo trip to Italy in August 2007:

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/photos-of-trip-to-italy-lake-como-lugano-milan.cfm

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/i-think-i-was-mistaken-for-a-hooker-in-milan-last-night.cfm

My 4-week trip to northern China:

http://www.fodors.com/community/asia/thanks-for-helping-make-my-trip-to-china-amazing.cfm

Here's my latest solo trip; I actually went with a (small) group this time: 5 Germans, 1 other American, and me. (And that includes the guide and driver.) I finally visited the US West:

http://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/westward-who.cfm

I had forgotten about this thread, Amy!

here is my latest solo trip report from two months ago, to Peru for my big birthday:

http://www.fodors.com/community/south-america/my-milestone-birthday-trip-to-machu-picchu.cfm

Yes, I, too had forgotten about it! Here are three TRs from my recent round the world trip:

http://www.fodors.com/community/asia/thursdaysds-east-asian-excursion.cfm

http://www.fodors.com/community/asia/thursdaysds-south-asian-sojourn.cfm

http://www.fodors.com/community/asia/thursdaysds-boutique-sri-lanka.cfm

I almost always travel alone, mostly appearing in posts at
http://autolycus-london.blogspot.com/
but one or two also at:
http://www.slowtrav.com/uk/notes/walk_stonehenge.htm
Hadrian's Wall:
http://www.slowtrav.com/tr/tripreport.asp?tripid=1057
Barcelona:
http://www.slowtrav.com/tr/tripreport.asp?tripid=1185
Montreal:
http://www.slowtrav.com/tr/tripreport.asp?tripid=1148

25 wonderful solo days in Turkey:

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/some-observations-on-a-fantastic-journey-through-western-turkey.cfm

Hi Amy. I realize your trip report on South Africa is quite old but as I lived there for three years I wanted to just correct your use of the word Bantu as you would insult any South Africa using that word. Bantu is the word the white ruling class used for any black south African of any of the 10 or so ethnicities. There is no bantu language or tribe. Zulus are the largest, followed by Xhosa, Sotho, pedi, Venda, etc.
I loved the country but left because of fears for personal safety and a slow and unreasonable civil legal system.
Kim

Kimwhits, I really appreciate your information. The term "Bantu" was definitely used by white and black South African guides alike; perhaps it's due to the recognition that most non-South Africans have of the term in reference to languages such as Swahili and the early so-called "Bantu migration"?

My apologies to any whom I've unwittingly offended; I wonder if it's become a "reclaimed" word in some areas?

It is indeed a beautiful country and must have been hard to leave, but I can understand the personal safety concerns.

Forgot to post the links to last year's fall trip:

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/the-b-trip-part-one-baltics.cfm

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/the-b-trip-part-two-serbia-and-bulgaria.cfm

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/the-b-trip-part-three-western-balkans.cfm

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/the-b-trip-part-four-pecs-to-budapest.cfm

Amy, how do I get in contact with you? We would like to feature your story in our magazine.

My email is in my profile. Even though email is old-fashioned by this point, I still do use it.

Here is my trip from last fall:

http://www.fodors.com/community/south-america/rio-to-santiago-via-patagonia.cfm

Apparently I forgot to add my various solo trip reports:

China 2010:
http://www.fodors.com/community/asia/a-redhead-in-china.cfm

Antarctica 2012:
http://www.fodors.com/community/cruises/a-redhead-in-antarctica.cfm



I never did actually finish my Athens and Istanbul or Egypt trip reports, whoops!

Here is mine from last May/June. There are others but I don't know where...
Gertie in Eastern Europe

Here are a few of my solo trips:
http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/saddest-weirdest-funnest-trip-ever.cfm
http://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/yosemite-and-hwy-49-short-getaway.cfm
http://www.fodors.com/community/canada/4-glorious-days-in-victoria.cfm
http://www.fodors.com/community/united-states/no-calif-so-ore-coast-trip-report.cfm

http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/gertie-in-eastern-europe.cfm
http://www.fodors.com/community/asia/gerties-asia-trip-2010.cfm

Looks like I managed it this time!

http://www.fodors.com/community/travel-tips-trip-ideas/sicily-on-the-cheap-a-solo-travel-report.cfm
http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/anging-around-in-andalucia-a-trip-report.cfm

Quite getting the hang of this.
Some of these are quite old....

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