Voices of Rural India is a not-for-profit initiative that aims to revolutionize storytelling. For perhaps the first time, you can experience curated stories of rural India in the voices of the people who are living them.  

Voices of Rural India hopes to turn the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, which has brought India’s tourism industry to a grinding halt, into an opportunity to upgrade digital skills and create alternate livelihoods among rural communities, while building a repository of knowledge and traditions that are slowly fading away. 

You may not be able to travel to India at the moment, but you can

enjoy these authentic stories directly from rural communities.  

 

 

 

Second wave travel problem: Fly, drive or take the train? Nick Kamboj needed to travel from Chicago to Los Angeles every two weeks to visit his daughter, and he wanted to do it safely. “I immediately evaluated every mode of transportation,” says Kamboj. “I wanted to ensure that I got to LA safely and returned without any issue.” From consumer advocate Christopher Elliott, here’s an explanation of how one traveler weighed the safety options.

10 Bookstores Worth Traveling For In today's digital world, some people have forgotten their love for physical books. The smell of the ink and the pages, how it feels to hold a heavy tome in their hands, and, most importantly, what it's like to go into a bookstore and browse for hours until they find the perfect book. From The Discoverer, here are ten of the most amazing bookstores in the world to merge your love of books and travel.

This site lets you peer out of other people's windows, and the views are stunning. The view from your window may have lost its luster since the start of the pandemic. Why not peer out of someone else's window? The website Window Swap opens up other people's windows and lets the internet peek the view. Footage is submitted by users across the world. There are babbling brooks in Bavaria, sunsets in São Paulo and a rainy New York from 20 floors up. Check out the story on CNN Travel or go directly to Window Swap.

Coming up on Wednesday, November 18th

Awe Walks:

Find Joy and Reduce Stress with a Visit to Nature

 

with Willow Belden of Out There

the award-winning podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors.

To get all the benefits of membership, access recordings of previous talks, and receive invitations to future events, join the Solo Traveler Insiders on Patreon.

 

Full details here.

 

 

 

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