What do you find in a place once you stop relying on the news to explain it? And are you more receptive to that story because you're alone? Nayeema Raza, host of "Smart Girl Dumb Questions", visited Libya, North Korea, Palestine and other places that many others would deem off limits. She shares her motivation, how she approaches conflict zones, and the tactics she's pickup up along the way: how to ask the questions everyone else is too polite to ask, the "gaze-through" trick for walking safely past strangers, how to get a "backup number" before you need one. Nayeema makes the case for looking beyond what we see on the news to explore places for ourselves, and why showing up and bearing witness matters.

Follow the brilliant @nayeemaraza and watch/listen to new episodes of her podcast "Smart Girl Dumb Questions" each week.

Follow @solita_travels for bonus content and subscribe on Substack for Julie's big 3 takeaways from each episode. 

What do you find in a place once you stop relying on the news to explain it? And are you more receptive to that story because you're alone? Nayeema Raza, host of "Smart Girl Dumb Questions", visited Libya, North Korea, Palestine and other places that many others would deem off limits. She shares her motivation, how she approaches conflict zones, and the tactics she's pickup up along the way: how to ask the questions everyone else is too polite to ask, the "gaze-through" trick for walking safely past strangers, how to get a "backup number" before you need one. Nayeema makes the case for looking beyond what we see on the news to explore places for ourselves, and why showing up and bearing witness matters.
Follow the brilliant <a href="https://www.instagram.com/NayeemaRaza/">@nayeemaraza</a> and watch/listen to new episodes of her podcast "<a href="https://linktr.ee/smartgirldumbquestions">Smart Girl Dumb Questions</a>" each week.
Follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/solita_travels/">@solita_travels</a> for bonus content and subscribe on <a href="https://substack.com/@solitatravels">Substack</a> for Julie's big 3 takeaways from each episode.&nbsp;

Record-numbers of women are traveling alone. But what are the real stories beyond the highlight reel, the "Bali will heal you" fantasies and the doom warnings from your uncle? 

Hosted by solo traveler and award-winning writer Julie Piñero, Solita explores the messier side to solo travel. What happens when your Paris fling takes you somewhere the rom-coms wouldn’t dare? When your trip to honor your grandparents means facing your worst fear alone? When you say ‘yes’ and it surprises even you? 

Solita is Spanish for ‘a female alone’, but it drips with pity. This show takes that word back. Solitude - especially on the road - may be a time to follow a curiosity nobody shares, change your mind and push your limits. 

Each week, Julie and a guest unpack one solo trip and what it reveals about safety, sex, money, heritage, loneliness, identity and other nuances that make solo travel more approachable, less fantasy. Because the world isn’t always your oyster. That’s exactly what makes the story worth telling.

Record-numbers of women are traveling alone. But what are the real stories beyond the highlight reel, the "Bali will heal you" fantasies and the doom warnings from your uncle?&nbsp;
Hosted by solo traveler and award-winning writer Julie Pi&ntilde;ero, Solita explores the messier side to solo travel. What happens when your Paris fling takes you somewhere the rom-coms wouldn&rsquo;t dare? When your trip to honor your grandparents means facing your worst fear alone? When you say &lsquo;yes&rsquo; and it surprises even you?&nbsp;
Solita is Spanish for &lsquo;a female alone&rsquo;, but it drips with pity. This show takes that word back. Solitude - especially on the road - may be a time to follow a curiosity nobody shares, change your mind and push your limits.&nbsp;
Each week, Julie and a guest unpack one solo trip and what it reveals about safety, sex, money, heritage, loneliness, identity and other nuances that make solo travel more approachable, less fantasy. Because the world isn&rsquo;t always your oyster. That&rsquo;s exactly what makes the story worth telling.

Solita

Solo Traveling to the Places Headlines Teach You to Fear

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