This Gypsy Gal goes Nature Tripping
Text and photos by Prime Sarmiento I can’t believe that I woke up 6 am just for this. I can’t believe that after a looong night editing and closing pages, coming home by 2 am, and spending the next two hours watching YouTube videos, I still managed to shower and drag myself to a day tour...
Q&A: Kate Yu on the rewards of traveling and teaching
Interview by Prime Sarmiento A lot of ambitious Filipinas like you don't only love to travel solo but also work overseas. Living and working abroad is not only fiancially rewarding but also a great way to discover yourself and find that place which really resonates with you. Which is why I believe that you...
Love, Loss & Life: A Solo Female Traveler’s Journey Within
Book review: They Only Eat Their Husbands: A Memoir of Alaskan Love, World Travel, and the Power of Running Away by Cara Lopez Lee Published by Ghost Road Press Reviewer: Prime Sarmiento I'm not one to judge a book by its cover, but I do judge the book...
A Solo Female Traveler’s Weekend Guide to Ho Chi Minh City
Text and photos by Prime Sarmiento I spent one weekend traveling to Ho Chi Minh city – which I believe is the perfect getaway place for this Asia-based solo female traveler. I love the mix of old and new, modernity and mysticism in this Southeast Asian city.I also love that there are lots...
Get your free guide for solo female travelers!!
by Prime Sarmiento Here's something I learned while traveling on my own – a lot of women want to go on their personal adventures but just don't know where to start. You want to travel on your own. But you have a lot of questions, concerns, fears, angsts. You have read tons of...
Q & A: Alexis Grant talks about writing a travel memoir
interview by Prime Sarmiento At a time when everyone and her pet monkey can travel and launch a travel blog, I find it fascinating that there are people who are committed in writing a travel memoir. After all, if you can just blog about all the places that you've been too, why bother...
Quickie: A Solo Female Traveler’s Weekend Guide to Prague (part 2)
text and photos by Nina Sarmiento In my previous post on Prague, I talked about Old Town and the many beautiful churches and clocks 🙂 that you can see there. For this week's post, I'll give you a brief tour of the New Town. The New Town The New Town...
Quickie: A Solo Female Traveler’s Weekend Guide to Prague (part 1)
text and photos by Nina Sarmiento Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic is also the cultural center of Eastern Europe. I'm lucky enough to spend a few days wandering around one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. I marveled at its fascinating cathedrals, castles and monuments – it deserves the...
The Gypsygal Caravan: The “Honor My (Travel) Writing” Edition
curated by Prime Sarmiento One of the interesting e-mails that landed in my inbox was a weekly soulcare mesagge from Rachelle Mee-Chapman, spiritual director of Flock, an online community for women looking for "a spirituality that fits." In that e-mail, Rachelle asked us Flock members how we want to honor our work....
The psyche of a solo female traveler: I am an INFJ
by Prime Samiento Are some women predisposed to travel on their own? This is one question that I posed to myself after I answered some questions in the Myers- Briggs personality test (thanks Penelope Trunk for the tip). It was a slowww news day and I figured, this was the only...
The Gypsygals Caravan: The “Despedida for Avie” Edition
text and photo by Prime Sarmiento I love farewells. That may sound weird but believe me, I have learned, through the years, that letting go is perhaps the best way that can happen to me, or to anyone I love. So I decided to dedicate this week's link post to my friend Avie, who...
The Gypsygals Caravan: “I am A Goddess” Edition
curated by: Prime Sarmiento I just joined the Goddess Circle and I’m soooooo happy to become part of an online community of spiritual and creative women who honor the goddess within. Yes, every woman can be her own goddess. For this is what being a Goddess means – it’ believing that you have...
Q & A: Cara Lopez Lee talks about the healing power of solo travel
interview by Prime Sarmiento I have read several memoirs written by solo female travelers, but one thing that stands out for me is that, too often, women go traveling on their own to recover from failed relationships. This bothered me a bit, why does it seem like a woman can’t travel on their...
The Gypsygals Caravan: The Harry Potter Edition
curated by Prime Sarmiento I finally got away from my very busy work schedule and rewarded myself last night with a trip to the moviehouse and watched the last installment of the Harry Potter movie. This muggle is a mega fan of Harry Potter – I read the books and watched the dvds many many...