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A Thousand New Beginnings: Tales of Solo Female Travel Through Southeast Asia

This is the story of a 26-year-old girl who left her old life with a steady job and boyfriend behind in order to travel through Southeast Asia completely on her own. Over the course of the next year and thousands of miles, hundreds of new beginnings and n

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Kristin Addis (13)

“When I think back on the girl in the cubicle, the one who was told that she couldn’t ever be happy anywhere if she couldn’t be happy with that life she held back then, I’m so glad that she took a leap of faith and didn’t listen to the naysayers.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: Naysayers, Quotes To Follow Your Dreams, Follow Your Dreams, Dreams, Get Out of 9-5

“They say all it takes to ruin a place is one bad egg, but I think the opposite. All it took to restore my faith... was one random act of kindness.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: One Act of Kindness, Be Kind, Bad Eggs

“I always have an open heart and, it makes me both a lover and a habitual hurter. It’s the name of the game we travelers play, and I don’t know how to play it any other way, mistakes and all.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: Open Heart, travel, Travel The World, What It Means To Be A Traveler

“You probably had no idea your friendship is exactly what the doctor ordered.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: Friendship, Perfect Friendship, Thanks For Being My Friend, Good Friends, Best Friends

“Most people know the feeling of déjà vu. It’s when you can’t quite place it, but you know you’ve felt exactly that way before in another time and another place. There’s an opposite to this feeling called jamais vu. It’s when you go back to the same place but nothing about it is familiar, and you fee…”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: Jamais vu, déjà vu, travel, Strange Land, New Eyes

“Sometimes, something magical happens when you travel: you remember exactly why you’re doing it, and you’re so happy and present in that moment. Sometimes it’s the people you meet; sometimes it’s the places you’re at.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: travel, Why We Travel, The Highs Of Travel

“Sometimes, something happens that jolts you to reality and causes you to reevaluate what’s important in life and what you really want out of it.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: Reality Jolt, What Do You Want Out Of Life?, What Is Important To You?

“I won’t let my scars keep me from living openly and spontaneously. It’ll just take some time to get there, and that’s okay.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: Scars, Moving On, Letting Go

“The past is okay with me. Everything that brought me to this point is just fine. All of the things that felt so good and so horrible in the moment led me to this point, and it’s all a learning experience anyways, isn’t it?”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: goodbye, The Past, Leetting Go

“When the travel does eventually end, as it will for all of us, what will we be left with? This question terrifies me every time I try to confront it.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: travel

“I’ll wear this place like a thumbprint on my heart forever. It has changed me for the better.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: travel, Locations We Love, Home Is This Place

“I’m kind of shocked at how little I really need to be happy. Is this what traveling does to people? I think so.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: Happiness, travel

“Out of fear, I held onto what was easy and familiar for years even though it was at odds with what my soul longed to do – I wanted to be free.”

— Kristin Addis, amazon.com

Tagged: travel, Fear, Freedom, Female Solo Travel