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When I was 20, I took my first steps out into the world of solo travel. I had just spent a month in Spain with a school group, and I was planning on ending my trip with a week in Holland visiting relatives. The week of travel that would take me from Spain to Holland felt like a trapeze stunt–I was released from Salamanca and I went soaring through the air, wildly hoping that I would be caught safe and sound by my relatives. It was terrifying, nerve-wracking, amazing, lonely, and life-changing.
Stephanie Lee parses through that terror in her new e-book The Art of Solo Travel: A Girl’s Guide.
We've stayed at Scott's hostel in Lima many times, and we think that you should, too. It's in the Magdalena neighborhood of Lima, close to everything but super chill. Check it out!