{"id":1483,"date":"2014-10-14T10:42:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T06:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:46:07","slug":"adventure-solo-travels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenafaber.com\/blog\/adventure-solo-travels\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventure Solo Travels"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Adventure Solo Travel are just flow with a very loose schedule and minimum preparation. All information I get at the place where I land for hiking or biking.\u00a0\u00a0That how the “movie” starts and I’m curious to see what will be the next episode.<\/p>\n

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How I’ve got my trail name Brave<\/h3>\n

In 2014, I hiked the Appalachian Trail<\/a>.\u00a0It was supposed to be a group hike but accidentally, just 2 days before the start, turned out to be a solo one instead.\u00a0 I was planning to learn all wilderness and mountain skills and the logistics from my non-existent group\u2026 Would going solo into the 2186 miles of woods turned me into Mowgli, barely surviving? I didn\u2019t know yet about the existence of another 3000 hikers in Appalachian! At the meantime, I had a choice either to fly back home to South Africa or \u2026\u00a0 And I choose \u201cor\u201d. I came close to crying from fear, driving to the starting point of this epic hike, unlike the others who were prepared, excited and looking forward to it. There is a tradition at the Appalachian to use trail names. I was given \u00a0\u2018Brave\u2019\u00a0straight away once everyone had heard my story on the first night during a big gathering. It took a while but eventually, I got used to it.<\/p>\n

From Road Trips to Long Distance Hikes<\/h3>\n

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When I was writing The Track<\/a>, I was almost living\u00a0in the car. Even though the newspaper was willing to pay\u00a0for a\u00a0hotel, I preferred to stop where the night took\u00a0me, not where the hotel was. I really liked to live in the car. I kept it smart and cozy.<\/p>\n

I don’t enjoy road trips anymore because of the global\u00a0speed restrictions. In my opinion,\u00a0120km\/hour on a hi-way is very dangerous. During such a slow monotonous motion I lose the\u00a0concentration, temper, become dizzy, lazy, sick and tired, always about to fall asleep. Road trips became\u00a0extremely boring now – definitely not what I was\u00a0looking for. Then I learned how to run.<\/p>\n

\"lena-faber-travel\"<\/p>\n

Conversation with me in one American cafe:<\/em>
\n – Where did you park your car?<\/em>
\n – In South Africa!<\/em><\/p>\n

Running, cycling, hiking. There is minimalistic gear for any occasion in any place and specific new technology clothes which I have liked since I started running. I just can’t figure out how to join the parties. A little black dress is not a problem, but to carry hi heels…<\/p>\n

I don’t stay in the hotels\/motels. Having a fridge, TV, microwave and air con in the same\u00a0room looks ridiculous for me, and I don’t like the hard orthopedic mattresses. Another reason: I travel solo and need common areas to meet people at night time, so it should be either a hostel or campsite.<\/p>\n

If I am cold I run to warm up rather than carry spear clothes. I never\u00a0carry food because I would eat them immediately, so what’s the point.<\/p>\n

It is possible to wash the running clothes by hands if there is no laundromat around so I don’t carry too many clothes for changing. Big luggage is not the most flattering accessory. My backpack is always tiny<\/strong>.
\nThe only bookings I make for traveling are air tickets and they became a time frame of the trip. I don’t like flying,\u00a0but, unfortunately, I can’t cut off\u00a0intercontinental flights. A TV screen\u00a020 cm\u00a0from your nose ( I hate you Lufthansa), being waked up at 3 in the morning for tax-free shopping and to adjust\u00a0your chair vertically for somebody’s food behind you, non-stop live announcements and paying extra for the bicycle. Even me+bicycle is much lighter then my non-charged neighbor.<\/p>\n

I don’t like restaurants – they never bother to take pictures of their food. I am quite picky and ordering without seeing food doesn’t make sense for me.<\/p>\n

In other words I try to avoid\u00a0the traveling infrastructure and service as it never meets my needs but forces me to pay instead for something I not just dislike, but hate.<\/p>\n

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