Lamorna Ash is a British writer, and her book ‘Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish fishing town’ documents her time spent in the Cornish town of Newlyn. We spoke about what it is to fully immerse yourself into a new environment, and what she took away with her, from her experiences at sea.
INDIA'S BORDERLANDS WITH SUCHITRA VIJAYAN
Writer and photographer Suchitra Vijayan spent seven years travelling solo, across 9,000 miles along India's many borders, from Pakistan to Myanmar to Afghanistan. In this episode we discuss her new book which documents her fascinating journey‘Midnight’s Borders’.
SOLO TRAVEL IN ANTARCTICA WITH PREET CHANDI
Preet Chandi is an army officer, nordic skier, ultra-marathon runner and an endurance athlete. She is also from a very ‘normal’ background.
She is currently training for an expedition to Antarctica in November of this year, and aims to be the first Asian woman to complete the 700 mile hike to The South Pole, completely on her own and unsupported. She will be dragging her 70kg supplies with her.
WHY IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START TRAVELLING, WITH PATTI LEFKOS
Patti Lefkos is a Canadian freelance writer based in British Columbia.
Aged 18, she visited Switzerland in her final year of High School. She fell in love with the mountains and began to explore her home country, but didn’t leave North America again until she retired from her rewarding work as a school teacher.
Patti then went to Journalism School at the age of 60 and began her career as an adventure travel writer. She published her first book at the age of 73.
LIZ WARNER: THE GIRL WHO RAN ACROSS THE WORLD
FROM DESK DWELLER TO POLAR EXPLORER WITH SOPHIE MONTAGNE
SOLO TRAVEL AS AN INDIAN WOMAN
Arunima Dey is currently preparing for lectureship exams and is based in New Delhi, India. So far she has undertaken solo trips in several European countries, Vietnam, Cambodia, Turkey and the US. She has also studied and lived in Salamanca and Madrid in Spain and upstate New York. Here, she shares her experiences, both good and bad, as a solo female Indian traveller.
SOLO DRIVING THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK
Kath Swinbourne is a Australian photographer based in Wollongong, New South Wales. So far she has undertaken solo drives in her 4WD through The Flinders Ranges and The Simpson Desert. Enjoying the solitude and spectacular scenery of her homeland, she travels with her swag, camera and good coffee. She is currently planning her next (10,000km) solo trip.