Life is Like a Walking Safari is not just a safari story, it’s a collection of short essays and stories. Each is fully encapsulated and able to stand alone. Not only did I love the humanity of Jill’s book. I loved how, with one voice, she wove between comedy, tragedy, adventure, and drama. From one story to the next and sometimes within one story, she never oversimplifies nor overcomplicates the inner human dialogue.
solo travel
WanderLit Read: Magic Carpet Seduction: Travel Tales off the Beaten Path
It’s that last chapter, “Paradox of the Hermit” that Lisa reveals what she has been showing us all along about being a fully integrated person. You can confront the physical challenges and logistical realities of travel while still being emotionally in true to yourself and what you want out of your own experiences and relationships. Most of all, you can do this as a spiritual being in tune with the energies and magic around you all the time.
Bonnie Kassel on Self-Assured Travel “Without a Spare”
Talking to strangers is Bonnie Kassel’s best travel tip. She has been invited to weddings, attended the ceremonial burial of a Buddhist family’s elephant, been out-on-the-town with locals and even when she doesn’t know the local language is confident in her ability to play a pretty good game a charades!