05 Feb 2013
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Opinion: Why solo travel is still safe, no matter what happened in Istanbul
Destinations… I was saddened when I heard that Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old American on her first vacation outside the USA, had been found dead in Istanbul, Turkey — and shocked when I read the subsequent reactions condemning journeys by solo women as naive, misguided or both. The circumstances surrounding the budding photographer’s death, including reports [...]