Comments on: Like Jane Austen But Not: The Single Gal's Guide to Travelling Asia https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/10/19/asia-travel-tips-single-women-solo-women-travel-guide/ Postcards from the Edge Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:20:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: MummyT https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/10/19/asia-travel-tips-single-women-solo-women-travel-guide/#comment-12702 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:20:07 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=2770#comment-12702 In reply to Empressnasigoreng.

The sunglasses one is a great tip: I have to say, I’ve not felt the need for it in Asia, though we haven’t been to Sumatra (and I’m not currently planning to go), but I will bear it in mind if we do. I punched a groper once in Marrakesh and got a lot of vocal support from other women when he got angry…

And, yes, anyone who could be the mother/grandmother of the groper makes an amazing ally. If I hit trouble, I’ll try and enlist an elderly lady.

]]> By: Empressnasigoreng https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/10/19/asia-travel-tips-single-women-solo-women-travel-guide/#comment-12701 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:34:25 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=2770#comment-12701 This is very good advice. Re no 10, I also find old people great allies for fending off sleazy blokes. I had a fellow “accidentally on purpose” touching my knees on a bus in Sumatra and before I knew it some old lady had taken him to task and got the conductor to eject him from the bus so he spent the next 5 or so hours of the journey travelling on the roof! Ha ha!
Another one is to wear sunglasses so you can look at men without them seeing you looking at them adn taking it as a come on. (This probably more Middle East than Asia).

]]> By: Marilia https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/10/19/asia-travel-tips-single-women-solo-women-travel-guide/#comment-12700 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:07:45 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=2770#comment-12700 Women traveling solo need this kind of list. It´s nice to read the knowledge of a fellow woman traveler before you engage on a trip.

I´m about to go on a trip with my daughter and found this really useful.

]]> By: Tracy Burns https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/10/19/asia-travel-tips-single-women-solo-women-travel-guide/#comment-12699 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:07:17 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=2770#comment-12699 Thank you. You’ve just made my morning reading this. What better way to enjoy my cuppa then by reading a post that legitimately uses the words Jane Austen, slapper, gigolos and nipple pasties!

Some good tips too. I got good mileage out of wearing a fake wedding ring in my younger travel days. And wearing the right clothes is so important. Although I do kind of miss the old Korean ajumas running across the road to tug down my shirt that was just a few inches short and displaying the small of my back as they excitedly told me that they had just saved me from a life of shame.

]]> By: Jenny https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/10/19/asia-travel-tips-single-women-solo-women-travel-guide/#comment-12698 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:11:57 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=2770#comment-12698 Great tips!

]]> By: jessiev https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/10/19/asia-travel-tips-single-women-solo-women-travel-guide/#comment-12697 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:15:24 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=2770#comment-12697 brava! i love this list – and it makes SO MUCH sense when pointed out.

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