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• Cooking Schools in Europe
  Spending a few days in any one of the many cooking schools in Europe is a yummy way of discovering the continent's culture through its culinary secrets.
• Movie Tourism
  Visiting places that remind you of your favorite films - movie tourism - is a great way to give your journey a theme.
• Unusual Travel Destinations
  What to do after you've beaten the backpacking trail? The world is still full of unusual travel destinations - places you may never have even thought about.
• Putting Down Roots
  Sometimes, when we travel for long periods, putting down roots becomes essential. Most of us can't just travel - we need to stop once in a while.
• Intrepid Women Travel Writers
  The 20th century saw women's travel writing developing as a genre - and intrepid women travel writers fanned out around the world.
• Interview with Diverse Traveller
  Women on the Road interviews Ola Fagbohun, editor and publisher of Diverse Traveller, the online community for women passionate about travel and travel writing.
• Amanda Kendle: Not A Ballerina
  Women on the Road interviews Amanda Kendle, blogger, travel writer, and nearly novelist.
• Stereotypes
  Stereotypes are born when we look at everyone through the prism of just a few individuals. Yet most of the stereotypes we construct couldn't be further from the truth.
• Heat Exhaustion
  Heat exhaustion is relatively common among backpackers - long treks in tropical heat and humidity can be dangerous. It can be prevented - but if not treated promptly, can also lead to heatstroke, which can be deadly.
• Women Travel the World
  Women on the Road interviews Women Travel the World, a website that networks women-owned travel businesses.
• Going Solo: Life on the Road
  Most of us who travel going solo for extended periods do it because we love it - but that doesn't mean we don't miss things or find certain moments painful. It's all part of life on the road.
• Teaching English in Taiwan
  If you're looking for jobs teaching English abroad, you might consider teaching English in Taiwan - plenty of work, high salaries, and a fascinating mixture Chinese and Western culture.
• Nerdy Nomad
  Kirsty, the Nerdy Nomad, is slowly working her way around the world by earning money from the web. Women on the Road interviewed her as she headed towards Haiti.
• 'Color me Red' in Bangladesh
  I worked with Hands-on Disaster Response (hodr.org) in Bangladesh earlier this year. It was an impulsive decision, I couldn't make it to the project
• Go Green Travel Green
  Women on the Road interviews Elizabeth and Kimberly Sanberg, co-founders of Go Green Travel Green.
• Cultural Etiquette
  Cultural etiquette often uncovers a surprise - it manifests itself in the smallest actions. Being open and aware is the best way to manage cultural differences and learn to cope with them.
• Lisa Lubin
  After 15 years in television, Lisa Lubin to a sabbatical and traveled the world for 15 months, where Women on the Road caught up with her.
• International Drivers Licence
  Most countries require foreigners to carry an international drivers licence - but that's not enough to drive. You also need to know the rules of the road to drive abroad.
• Beth Whitman
  Beth Whitman travels solo with style. She spoke with Women on the Road about her new book, her travel philosophy, and her travel plans.
• Solo Dining
  Solo dining often strikes fear in the hearts of women on the road - but there's no need to feel uncomfortable or excluded. A few simple techniques will help chase that discomfort away.
• Wanderlust
  Wanderlust is something you're born with or acquire later life. Either way, once it's here, it stays.
• Truelifeplanet Interview: Gigi's Journey
  Amy 'Gigi' Frank has set out to be of service - from Guatemala to Panama to the UK to India, she is working as a volunteer, living on less than a shoestring. This is her philosphy.
• Cheap Paris Travel
  Cheap Paris travel is still possible, no matter what anyone tells you. Our experiment proves it: if you're careful, you can spend two wonderful weeks in Paris being a tourist - and easily afford it.
• My Nepal Volunteer Experience as a Medical Student
  I am a third-year medical student and my initial reason for going travelling this summer was to experience healthcare in a developing country and see
• Managing Travel Loneliness
  Solo travel for women is a wonderful thing but sometimes, it can be lonely. Never for long, but managing travel loneliness is something within everyone's grasp.
• Budget Travel Insurance
  Peace of mind is essential on a long journey - so get the best budget travel insurance. It could save your life when you travel.
• Flashpacking
  There's a new kind of backpacking - called flashpacking. It's backpacking with flash - with all the gimmicks and gizmos your money can buy. Find out what's different about this kind of travel.
• Health Information for Travel
  Women need health information for travel overseas, and what they need differs from men. Yet most travel health advice deals with generic issues, not women's health. Find out about basic travel health precautions specific to women.
• Pro-Poor Tourism
  When you travel, pro-poor tourism makes sure your travel dollars aren't whisked out of the country but stay and benefit local people as well.
• Teaching English in China
  What you need to know if you're thinking about teaching English in China, from visa types to the best teaching opportunities.
• How to Learn a Language
  How to learn a language when you don't speak a word isn't all that difficult, as long as you don't expect to become fluent. You can easily learn enough to get by on your travels if you try a few of these simple tips.
• The Via Francigena to Rome
  The reanimation of the ancient pilgrimage route between Canterbury and Rome began in the 1990s after the discovery of a diary written by Archbishop
• Female Hitchhikers
  Female hitchhikers are extremely rare, but they do exist - despite tales of rape and murder, women continue to hitchhike, some of them even solo.
• Travel On Foot
  Travel on foot isn't quite the same as hiking - it replaces other modes of transportation to get from one place to another. For women backpackers, it's an unusual but perfectly acceptable form of transport.
• How To Trace Family Roots When You Travel
  Why not try to trace family roots when you travel? You can do a lot of research on the Internet, but you can also take advantage of being in the country to do some first-hand investigation.
• Money Saving Travel Tips
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