A woman alone
Subtitle: travel tales from around the globe
By: edited by Faith Conlon, Ingrid Emerick, and Christina Henry De Tessan.
Contributors: Conlon, Faith, 1955-; Emerick, Ingrid.; De Tessan, Christina Henry.
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Seattle, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Women travelers -- Anecdotes.; Voyages and travels -- Anecdotes.
Genres: Anecdotes.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-[308]).