Solo travel is not brave

But it is a tragedy to not do something you desire because of fear. I have travelled mostly solo, usually without any connection to life back home, for ten years. Yes of course there have been times I’ve wondered what the hell I’m doing – up close and personal to Colombian rush hour traffic on the back of my salsa teacher’s motorbike wearing shorts, a flimsy top and flimsier sandals – but no more often than I’ve wondered that very thing in my everyday li…