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For nearly a decade, I racked my brain on what a solo trip would look like for me: Perhaps I’d visit the palaces in Rajasthan, India, or climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. I dreamed of dining at a table alone in Europe and sipping on a glass of wine while people watching, a la Carrie Bradshaw in “Sex and the City.” I imagined myself, an extrovert, having no social safety net in a foreign country.
Over and over again, people were stunned to learn I was taking an international trip without my husband by my side. When I told some of my family and friends about my plans, they responded with wide eyes, screaming, “Why?” Not everyone responded that way, to be clear. And also: I don’t fully blame those who did. Solo travel has only started to gain popularity in the last decade or so, and just recently, there’s been a notable surge in coupled-up folks traveling without their partner.
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