So, the risks I took, women take, when traveling alone. In my previous post, I described shacking up with two strange men on my first night in Bangkok. A day or so later, I got in touch with my friend Jillana, who was living there, and I crashed at her apartment and let her show [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Hey, Baby, Let’s Go for a Ride
Posted in backpacking, memory lane, solo women traveling, Thailand, travel, tagged backpacking, memory lane, solo women traveling, Thailand, travel on January 18, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Lucky? And/or smart? Solo Women and Safety
Posted in backpacking, memory lane, solo women traveling, Thailand, tagged backpacking, memory lane, solo women traveling, Thailand on January 7, 2010 | 10 Comments »
So I’ve been thinking about the “white chicks shouldn’t” theme for awhile, now, and about how, consciously or unconsciously, most women have a strategy for dealing with the threat of sexual violence. I’m at a stage in my life where I rarely traverse the nighttime streets alone, but I do walk home from work on [...]
