Skip to content
Working on the RoadWorking on the Road
  • Solo and safe
    • Street food
    • Hotels or hostels?
    • How to meet people on the road
    • 7 solo safety tips to help you stay safe on the road
  • About me
  • Resources
    • The ultimate packing list
    • Best women’s travel backpacks
    • 6 steps to choosing your next travel destination
    • Hotels or hostels?
    • Money matters while you’re on the road
  • Destinations
    • Asia
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Sri Lanka
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Africa
      • Kenya
      • Mozambique
      • South Africa
      • Tanzania
    • Americas
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Costa Rica
      • Ecuador
      • Panama
      • Peru
  • Responsible travel
    • Animal tourism
    • The benefits of buying local
    • Reducing waste and pollution
  • Travel Diaries
    • Blog
    • Digital nomad
    • Travel tips
    • South America
    • South East Asia
    • USA
  • Contact

Tag Archives: solo travel

Female editor seated at a high table with an iPad, on a rooftop terrace.
How to start out as a digital nomad

New year, new ideas, new plans. Could this be the year when you finally take...

19
Jan
White background with the words "Travel tips"
10 ways to travel on a budget

Want to travel but don’t have the money? It’s not true that you need bags...

11
Feb
Street bench with Birmingham stencilled into the back
A weekend around historic Birmingham, Alabama

Ever since I visited Montgomery and Selma in 2020, Birmingham, the Magic City, has been...

2 Comments

24
Nov
A lone starfish in shallow waters
How to start travelling solo

How to start travelling solo If you have never travelled solo before, it can be...

2 Comments

16
Oct
My Recent Diary Entries
  • 5 reasons why buying travel insurance should be top of your list
  • A digital nomad’s tools of the trade
  • Proofreading my way around the world
  • How to start out as a digital nomad
  • Workplaces for digital nomads: The typical, the wonderful and the weird working spots
  • 10 ways to travel on a budget
  • The highs and lows of backpacking in your 40s 6 Comments
  • How to deal with jet lag 2 Comments
  • A weekend around historic Birmingham, Alabama 2 Comments
  • Nashville: Music and Mural City
Travel Diary Categories
  • Blog
  • Digital nomad
  • South America
  • South East Asia
  • Travel tips
  • USA
Pages on this site may contain affiliate links, which give me a small commission at no extra cost to you.
  • Terms of use & privacy policy
Copyright 2025 © Christina Petrides
  • Solo and safe
    • Street food
    • Hotels or hostels?
    • How to meet people on the road
    • 7 solo safety tips to help you stay safe on the road
  • About me
  • Resources
    • The ultimate packing list
    • Best women’s travel backpacks
    • 6 steps to choosing your next travel destination
    • Hotels or hostels?
    • Money matters while you’re on the road
  • Destinations
    • Asia
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Sri Lanka
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Africa
      • Kenya
      • Mozambique
      • South Africa
      • Tanzania
    • Americas
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Costa Rica
      • Ecuador
      • Panama
      • Peru
  • Responsible travel
    • Animal tourism
    • The benefits of buying local
    • Reducing waste and pollution
  • Travel Diaries
    • Blog
    • Digital nomad
    • Travel tips
    • South America
    • South East Asia
    • USA
  • Contact