Wanderlust and Lipstick

by Beth Whitman

The definitive guide to help any woman traveling to India, this resource includes practical advice on understanding the culture and dressing appropriately, tips on keeping personal belongings safe, recommendations on dealing with the immense poverty, and suggestions on where to stay and how to get around. It also includes listings for more than 60 essential websites, a glossary of Hindi words, and advice from more than 35 women who have traveled abroad.

Genres: Travel

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First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Beth Whitman is a self-described travel addict and has been a solo traveler for 20 years. After backpacking through eight of the Pacific Rim countries for a year in 1992, she recognized that other women were looking for guidance and inspiration so that they, too, could plan and carry out their own dream journeys. Thus was born her workshops and, more recently, her book, Wanderlust and Lipstick: The Essential Guide for Women Traveling Solo.

Beth has ridden a BMW motorcycle solo from Seattle to Panama; backpacked through
Nepals Himalayas; driven the AlCan Highway to Alaska; trekked the remote highlands
of Vietnam; and maneuvered the back roads of Frances Dijon region in a rental car.
Shes had a hand grenade pulled on her in Cambodia; fought off giardia in SE Asia; been threatened by Nicaraguan police; and been flashed by men from New Orleans to Saigon.

Her travel articles and photos have appeared in books, newspapers and magazines
including BMW Magazine, Transitions Abroad, Perceptive Travel and Sound Rider.
Shes the publisher of Wanderlust and Lipstick the travel blogger for the Seattle Post Intelligencer and has been teaching travel classes in the Seattle area for 15 years including her very popular class For Women Traveling Solo."