Diary of a Single Girl Travel Articles

11: It Was Bound to Happen – Diary of a Single Girl – Morocco

A jaunt from Seville to Morocco turns into a warped version of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". Let's call it "Scams, Strikes and Stalkers".

9: No One Told Me I Needed a Bathing Suit – Diary of a Single Girl – Frankfurt, Germany

Ria doesn't care how hot and steamy it is, she turns a cold shoulder to stripping off in the German spa.

7: Hey Mon… – Diary of a Single Girl – Puerto Viejo Talamanca, Costa Rica

Fun abounds in La Fortuna: lava-boiled hot springs, toxic sulfur fumes, mutant cucharachas. You can also swing around the forest and wham-bang into a tree at high speeds.

8: Did I Tell You I’ve Never… – Diary of a Single Girl – La Fortuna, Costa Rica

Fun abounds in La Fortuna: lava-boiled hot springs, toxic sulfur fumes, mutant cucharachas. You can also swing around the forest and wham-bang into a tree at high speeds.

5: The Booby Dance… – Diary of a Single Girl – Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

It's hard to stay out of the gutter, when you need a ladder to climb from the street to the curb, and a rowboat to reach the hotel's front door. And all Maria did was cross the Equator into Costa Rica

6: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head… – Diary of a Single Girl – Quepos, Costa Rica

Life stays pretty hazy on CR's Caribbean side, but Maria's clear on one thing: just because she likes the chicken doesn't mean she likes the chef.

4: Peter Was Sharing His Dinner with the Fishes – Diary of a Single Girl – Galapagos Island, Ecuador

Ria hopes she brought enough clothes for her 3-hour tour, when the weather in the Galapagos Islands starts to turn as stormy as Gilligan's Island.

4b: Peter Was Sharing His Dinner with the Fishes – Diary of a Single Girl – Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Take notes, boys and girls. Ria's playing Darwin and Dr. Ruth as she studies mating on the Galapagos Islands.

3: Everything in This Country is Uphill – Diary of a Single Girl – Machu Picchu, Peru

Peru is a country and people of contrasts, but more importantly, how in blazes did they build Machu Piccu anyway?

3a (Interlude): What Little Blue Paper? – Diary of a Single Girl – Lima, Peru

Setting land speed records in the airport is easy when you cast off extra weight, like blue papers that you also happen to need to leave Peru.