travelling solo – The Spinoff

I choose freedom: on being a young woman who travels alone

17 February 202013 December 2018 by Jihee Junn

What does it mean to step out into the world on your own as a young woman? Three days after my 21st birthday, I jumped on a plane and went to Europe. I spent five months in London studying for a semester at UCL, and then another five months traversing much of the continent. Other … Read more

Uzbekistan: home to the world’s best kebabs and most terrifying vodka

17 February 202023 September 2018 by Shelly Drader

It’s certainly off the beaten track, but those who venture to this sparsely populated central Asian nation won’t regret it — just watch out for that vodka. I came to Uzbekistan mostly to see Samarkand and Bukhara, the jewels of the ancient silk road that ran between China and Europe, plus a walled city on the … Read more