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Solo Traveling For The First Time? Here’s How To Stay Safe

3rd November 2019 by Georgie xoxo Leave a Comment

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It’s no secret that solo travel is one of the most engaging, enticing and exciting activities any of us could partake in. The idea of moving across the world at your own pace, learning a new culture, and doing so completely independently can be thoroughly romantic for many. Of course, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows. Traveling alone takes from you the most important element of safety – being around other people who have your back.

That being said, it’s more than possible to travel safely while traveling solo, you just need to care for and understand a few important practices to keep you cared for. You will need to practice awareness and avoid making rash or silly decisions, as you would during any vacation. This can help you stay safe while also giving you the means to enjoy a fantastic, thoroughly exciting vacation. No matter if you’re traveling to educate yourself, to soak into another culture, to make new experiences or all three of those things, you deserve that baseline level of safety.

Here’s how you’ll go about it:

Stay In Touch

Stay in touch with those you love, or those who care for your safety. Ensure that you check in through social media or a call now and then, and keep them updated on your movements and where you hope to travel. It can seem romantic to cut yourself off from civilization, but when experiencing trouble this is the last thing you will likely wish for. Using the Postcard App MyPostcard you can also keep all of your friends updated not only with your locations, thoughts, feelings and intentions, but also with curated photography you have been developing during your travels, allowing them to follow your journey with amazing clarity.

Socialize & Bond

Socialize and bond with those who are surrounding you in your journey. Meeting the locals, heading to authentic restaurants or cafes, or bonding with other solo travelers in your hostel can be worthwhile provided you are careful with you who befriend, and do not trust someone simply because you may sound the same or have the same journey. That being said, having a network of people who know your name as you move from one place to another can only be a positive, especially if you need to rely on immediate help.

Keep Your Wits About You

Some may feel that once they have become seasoned travelers, they are able to avoid standard safety considerations and instead rely on their gut. Of course, it’s true that you may be a little wiser and more accomplished since you have last travelled, but that in no way suggests you are thoroughly able to ignore standard safety measures.

Taking care of your cash, protecting your valuables, ensuring social protection such as putting a hand over an open drink in a bar, and researching as to common techniques used by thieves or how to avoid the bad parts of town will always be important to keep on top of, and you should never fail to keep your wits about you.

With this advice, solo travel will thankfully become all the safer.

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Dear younger Georgie, These are the things I woul Dear younger Georgie,

These are the things I would have wanted you to know this time last year as you celebrate being another year older. 

You were right to choose the word abundance for this year. Although, I don’t think you truly understood the true meaning at the time. Now you’ve learnt that true abundance, magic and the blessings of the universe are within you and around you always. 

You’ll find yourself on an alchemical process of turning dis-ease to simple ‘ease’. The flowing and harmony of life. You’ll finally learn how to move through emotions rather than allowing them to calcify in your bones. You’ll utilise a sense of watery spaciousness. Like the ebb and flow of the gentle tides you watched with awe in Saadiyat Island and the Caribbean. You will become that water. All your sacred energy will be charged by these waters.

You will sink into the golden nectar of your internal world and it will keep you centred and grounded without the pressure from the external world. And there you will finally feel at peace.

Ultimately, life is going to ask you to be constantly courageous. A chance for you to be really brave again and again. So know that no matter what you choose in life you will be met with depth. But to be alive is to be connected. Look only to your own divinity. A beautiful vehicle that carries your soul through life.

Holding you more closely than I ever have before and I promise to look after you from now on. A celebration of a year around the sun means that life gives you another gift. So, keep going small whimsical one. It must be so nourishing to feel the current of life within you again. 

Love, older Georgie xoxo 

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One of my bucket list goals in life was to see fla One of my bucket list goals in life was to see flamingos in the wild and I got my dream this January 😭🦩.
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Bonaire is abundant with their love for flamingos. Their airport is even pink and called 'Flamingo Airport'!
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The Pekelmeer Flamingo Sanctuary is one of only 4 areas in the world where Flamingos breed, making Bonaire the ultimate spot for those who love flamingos as much as me.
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Tourists are not allowed in the sanctuary, but the birds can be watched with binoculars from the road or nearby Pink Beach. The Caribbean flamingo is also the most colourful of all species of flamingos, due mainly to the red carotenes in their diet.
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Before I go, some flamingo facts no one asked for but I need to share (🙈): A group of flamingos is called a ‘flamboyance’. Both flamingo and flamboyance come from words referring ‘to fire’. And Flamingo comes from the Spanish and Portuguese flamengo, literally, ‘flame-coloured.’ And finally, Flamboyance comes from French, meaning ‘to flame’ or ‘flair.’ 🦩🇧🇶💓
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If you have been to Bonaire, you might have spotte If you have been to Bonaire, you might have spotted the distinctive line of white salt pyramids at the southeastern end of the island. Each pyramid, roughly 50 feet high, contains approximately 10,000 metric tons of 99.6% pure salt. Within these huge mounds of crystals is the Flamingo Reserve that is protected. Bonaire is known for its love of nature and I have so many more images to illustrate this coming soon. And yes I did spot some flamingos in the wild and it was indescribably magical 😭💓🦩🇧🇶
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Bon Bini to Bonaire! Along with Aruba and Curaça Bon Bini to Bonaire! Along with Aruba and Curaçao, it is 1 of 3 islands that make up the ABC Islands in the Lesser Antilles.
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The islands are all part of the Kingdom of Netherlands and have a distinct Dutch flair compared to other islands on the Caribbean map.
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Among its 18,000 inhabitants, Bonaire counts no less than 4 languages! Whilst Dutch is the official language, it is the colourful Papiamentu that the locals commonly use, along with glimpses of English and Spanish, as well as other languages associated with the many religious faiths found on the island.
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With colourful architecture, and unique culture that awaits you on each of the ABC islands, it’s a trip that you’ll forever cherish. And honestly, I’m VERY seriously thinking about moving into these colourful flamingo buildings🦩😍❤️
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Much more from Bonaire soon. Has anyone been? Or to the Caribbean? I’d love to know! 🇧🇶
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The history of the Caribbean is rich with adventur The history of the Caribbean is rich with adventurous tales, blended cultures, and natural diversity.
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The most important thing I wanted from this trip back in January was to connect deeply to this history and the beautiful souls who call the Caribbean home.
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From meeting artists in Barbados, to the honour of meeting Carib-Indians in a community in Dominica, I feel so thankful for the blessings of this trip that has enriched an even more powerful exploration of what it means to connect through our shared compassion and humanity.
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I’ll be posting them on my blog so I’m not restricted by words and images and post when they are up (I can’t believe it’s 10 years since I opened this space!).
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But before I go, I was really touched by an interview I watched recently between @brenebrown and @chasejarvis. In it, Brene calls for ‘a minstry of presence’ with people and how this and empathy are the most powerful gifts we can bring to the world.
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I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this because I truly believe that wherever we are today, even just as we move through this online landscape, and through our own communities in the safest way we can now, that arriving with our full presence and the deepest empathy we can bring is a form of medicine that is indescribably powerful.
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I met so many people on my travels who just long to tell their stories and talk to us. I feel so privileged to share these stories and that I have your presence with me as I share them 🇦🇬☀️
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I was just looking through some of my photos from I was just looking through some of my photos from the Caribbean and this capture of a Rainbow in Bonaire really spoke to my heart and soul.
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Rainbows are one of the most potent reminders of hope as they often appear when the sun follows a heavy rainfall. They serve to remind us that there is hope and light to follow even after dark times.
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Now, more than ever, we need hope. For if we are to sink into the uncertainty the world is facing right now, the most natural thing to do is to succumb to hopelessness and despair.
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But in the midst of this suffering and in times like this I know it can seem impossible to find hope.
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But ultimately hope helps us process the uncertain times to blossom into something beautiful. Even if it’s fleeting in our imagination.
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This year, the arrival of spring has reminded me of the powerful message of hope that the sacred rhythm of the universe brings.
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For the light begins to shine brightly once more, animals emerge once again, and plants and flowers ‘spring’ into bloom.
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And just as the bulbs of blooms come to break through the earth searching for the sunlight, I hope so dearly that this message of hope will give you a glowing golden light at the end of the tunnel to lean into.
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Because I am always determined, even when it feels impossible, to remain focused and hopeful on my quest to find the gold at the end of all 🌈s 💖🌈💖🌈💖🌈 (from Whimsy Wednesday April 2020)
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The Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Cathedral with its g The Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Cathedral with its golden domes dominates the city and is a symbol of Sofia. Started in 1882 it was finished in 1912 and named after the patron saint of the Russian Tsar Alexander II who was in power at the time.
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The peal of its 12 bells can be heard from 30km away and it is considered to be the largest operating Eastern Orthodox church in the Balkans. Inside you can see wonderful icons, huge chandeliers and the royal thrones.
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I thought this stunning spot was the perfect place to end my adventures in Sofia and now I’m going to get back to savouring every single second I have left here in the UAE 🇧🇬❤️
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The prettiest front view of the breathtaking Alexa The prettiest front view of the breathtaking Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia. The other side of this stunning cathedral from this loveliest city will be the final for this series 🇧🇬❤️
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