Table of Contents:

1. In the ladies' compartment
2. Table for one
3. Don't rely on Mars
4. The truth about Italian men
5. Halibut Woman
6. Pretty enough to be a showgirl
7. Passing through bandit country
8. Prufrock in paraside
9. Dog master
10. The pleasures of the unobserved life
11. In the mist
12. Barefoot bliss in Belize
13. Be kind to the Muchachos
14. For your kind information and necessary action, please
15. The end of the road
16. Moonlight and vodka
17. The longest short trip Redeye to Thai
18. Jewell of the Seychelles (Seychelles)
19. Sylvia one and the guided pilgrimiage
20. Turkish delight
21. Color locale Bedouin style
22. The heat, the moon, the dance
23. Solo in Samarkand
24. Wagamama
25. Sisters
26. Dinner with Joyce
27. Cud, sweat and fears : confessions of a desert nomad wannabe
28. The best seat in the house

The idea of a journey without companions is too daunting for most travelers. Not so the women of this collection. These contemporary pioneers savor the ultimate freedom of solo travel. Marybeth Bond discovers the dubious pleasures of desert camel-riding when she decides to follow an ancient Indian trading route. Faith Adiele, a black Buddhist nun, enters a deserted train station at 3:00 a.m. in a Thai village controlled by armed bandits. Ena Singh negotiates with Russian police to visit the blue-domed city of Samarkand. In this book, these women and others tell their funny, thrilling, occasionally terrifying, ultimately transformative stories of navigating some of the most unusual destinations on the globe.