GUIDE TO KIDS CARRY-ON LUGGAGE TOILETRY & UTILITY BAGS BAG TAGS & ACCESSORIES Smart & useful kids luggage, suitcases and backpacks for longhaul trips, overnight stays and everyday use.This week’s guest blogger is Stephanie Yoder, a girl who can’t sit still. She’s a traveller, a writer and blogger at Twenty Something Travel. To keep up to date with Stephanie you can follow her on Twittter and Facebook. So you have this great trip planned out, to a place you’ve really been longing to see, but you can’t seem to convince anyone to come with you. What’s a girl to do? I don’t believe in waiting around for other people to make your travel dreams come true. I’ve travelled solo through a slew of countries from China to Cambodia and Scotland to Slovenia and it’s been both fun and enlightening. Along the way I’ve heard every misconception about solo female travellers you can imagine, so I’m here to set the record straight with nine myths and one truth about solo female travel…

Every couple of months I get an email from someone who wants to travel, but their boyfriend does not. This should not hold you back. I know quite a few women who travel without their significant others. Many people enjoy the clarity that travelling alone gives them and come back to their relationships feeling refreshed. stihl br600 backpack blower saleOr maybe they break up. targus 14 cobra laptop and tablet backpackIn any case, it’s certainly better than resenting your partner for keeping you grounded.pcbox backpack I’ve seen people willing to attach themselves to total strangers because for some reason that seems better to them than being independent. wenger ibex laptop backpack

This is a bad idea – people you genuinely like at home can turn into total monsters on the road. Just drag a bitchy, complaining college student who will only eat at McDonalds through Eastern Europe and you will see what I mean. If you do decide to travel with someone make damn sure they are on the same page as you. I’ve heard this more times than I can count and I’m always puzzled. Solo female travellers are not some subspecies of hearty Indiana Jones type warrior queens battling their way across a dangerous world- they are regular people just like you. There is nothing I’m doing that you couldn’t do yourself… if you wanted to. If you’re female and about to set on your own just remember this – it’s okay to be nervous. Even now, after five years of travelling, I still get a bit jittery before I set off on my own. These worries usually disappear as soon as you arrive in a marvellous, new place. I’ve never regretted it, and neither will you.Want Free Standard Delivery?

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After a nasty tree climbing accident she was taken to a local climbing gym in Canberra to climb in a safe environment and showed a natural ability and talent. She was very keen to lead climb but being so young she was unable to do this in the gym. She would stand around at the gym watching climbers and asking for advice. Some of the regular climbers noticed her interest and desire, unusual at such a young age and offered to take her outdoors where she could learn to lead climb. That was the start of her real passion for climbing and all things outdoors. Although Angie does not come from a climbing family, once given the opportunity she progressed at a rapid rate, being able to read climbing sequences easily. Angie also believes that not coming from a climbing background had some advantages. She didn’t have anyone to put up a top rope for her, so she had to lead and work out every route herself. She wasn’t allowed to clean her climbs until recently so she had to down climb the routes.

She believes this made her stronger and resilient in her climbing. Angie mainly taught herself over the years but has always been encouraged and mentored by various climbers. Her dedication and determination lead her to begin to write her own training programs and train herself to achieve her goals. However, she has recently felt that she needed some additional help with her training and now is being coached online. "I love everything about climbing, the best thing is being outdoors, going somewhere new and exploring the area to find the perfect climb for me. Because I am very short and my parents don’t climb this takes a lot of time but that’s what makes it so fun - it becomes an adventure.  I also love all the different people that I meet from so many different cultures." - Angie Scarth-Johnson NICKNAME: My real name is Angelina but everyone calls me Angie or Ang. HOMETOWN: I now live in the Blue Mountains but I’m originally from Canberra. FAVOURITE FOOD: Tacos & Sushi

WHAT MUSIC YOU LISTEN TO? When I am training, I really like to listen to anything Dubstep because it gets me psyched. I don’t really have a nutrition plan, I usually eat food that is really healthy anyway because I can’t eat gluten. THREE THINGS YOU ALWAYS PACK? Paw Paw lip ointment. ‘Lizzy’ my teddy bear that’s a Lizard. She has travelled all over the world with me. My Climbing Gear and My Dad to Belay me. ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ I’m really good at crimps and I like overhung routes. I sometimes struggle with exposed slab routes, it can be really scary taking a fall, but I’ve been trying to get better at this by doing more multi pitches. Becoming the youngest person ever to have sent a 31 and 32/33. The Thermoball Jacket, it’s really warm and it looks awesome. And my hiking boots. FAVOURITE DESTINATION FOR YOUR SPORT I really love climbing in Spain. There is so much rock, you can always find something awesome to climb.