Have you ever Dreamed of
Backpacking Around the World?

Yet most backpacking information is geared to men. We women are lucky if we get a tiny mention here and there just for ourselves.

We need to be more careful at night, we have to fight off more unwanted attention, or travel may just be more challenging for us.

Why am I telling you this? Because I've been around the world several times and I still haven't had enough. My longest backpacking trip at the age of 43 was supposed to be for a few months - but I was gone three years.

Would I do it again? Absolutely!

Would I do it differently? Absolutely!

Let me show you how any woman, of any age, can hit the road, going solo - and love every minute.

Are you a woman...

• Who needs a fresh start?
• Who wants a career break?
• Who is suddenly single?
• Looking for a gap year adventure?
• Who needs to get away on her own for a while?
• Trying to gain strength or independence?
• Who wants to prove she can do it?
• Who wants to see beyond the tour groups and souvenir shops?
• Seeking a spiritual experience?
• Or a woman who simply likes adventure?

Whatever your reasons, if you yearn to travel far and wide, this website is for you!

Find out how to:

• Plan a route and choose your travel destinations
• Ward off unwanted male attention
• Find female travel companions if you're not in the mood to go solo
• Overcome your worst travel phobias
• Stay serene by managing travel loneliness if it hits
• Save money and meet people by couch surfing
• Learn beginners photography even if all you can do is point and shoot
• Choose the best ways of keeping in touch with friends and family
• Make money from overseas jobs along the way
• Pick the best time to visit
• Keep a travel journal
• Cope with street beggars in the poorest countries
• Adopt safe travel methods to stay out of harm's way
• Decide what to take by using the ultimate travel packing list and first aid kit checklist
• Find the best opportunities for volunteer work overseas
• Learn about new travel trends like ethical travel, dark tourism and disaster tourism
• Exercise the art of haggling at markets and stalls
• Make your travel money last far, far longer
• Deal with reverse culture shock when you return home
• And so much more!

When I started to backpack I had little guidance that was specifically aimed at women. We were just a page or two in the guidebooks.

Women on the Road is a site written by and for women:

• Women who are young, older, independent, adventurous, shy, timid, intrepid, insecure, afraid, professional, student, straight, gay, grandmothers and granddaughters

• Women who believe, know, suspect or just hope they can make it on their own, for a few weeks, months, or yes, even years.

I was terribly insecure when I first started backpacking: I had no advice, no lists, no real plan, and very little money. I just trusted things would go well. They did - but they might not have.

Today I know better and I'd like to share that knowledge with you - that, and my love of 'the road'.