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1.0The Expeditioner Travel Sitehttps://www.theexpeditioner.com/wordpressMatt Stabilehttps://www.theexpeditioner.com/wordpress/author/theexped/In Defense Of Traveling Alone | The Expeditioner Travel Siterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.theexpeditioner.com/wordpress/2009/07/29/in-defense-of-traveling-alone/">In Defense Of Traveling Alone</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /** * WordPress inline HTML embed * * @since 4.4.0 * @output wp-includes/js/wp-embed.js * * This file cannot have ampersands in it. This is to ensure * it can be embedded in older versions of WordPress. * See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/35708. */ (function ( window, document ) { 'use strict'; var supportedBrowser = false, loaded = false; if ( document.querySelector ) { if ( window.addEventListener ) { supportedBrowser = true; } } /** @namespace wp */ window.wp = window.wp || {}; if ( !! window.wp.receiveEmbedMessage ) { return; } window.wp.receiveEmbedMessage = function( e ) { var data = e.data; if ( ! data ) { return; } if ( ! ( data.secret || data.message || data.value ) ) { return; } if ( /[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test( data.secret ) ) { return; } var iframes = document.querySelectorAll( 'iframe[data-secret="' + data.secret + '"]' ), blockquotes = document.querySelectorAll( 'blockquote[data-secret="' + data.secret + '"]' ), allowedProtocols = new RegExp( '^https?:$', 'i' ), i, source, height, sourceURL, targetURL; for ( i = 0; i < blockquotes.length; i++ ) { blockquotes[ i ].style.display = 'none'; } for ( i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++ ) { source = iframes[ i ]; if ( e.source !== source.contentWindow ) { continue; } source.removeAttribute( 'style' ); /* Resize the iframe on request. */ if ( 'height' === data.message ) { height = parseInt( data.value, 10 ); if ( height > 1000 ) { height = 1000; } else if ( ~~height < 200 ) { height = 200; } source.height = height; } /* Link to a specific URL on request. */ if ( 'link' === data.message ) { sourceURL = document.createElement( 'a' ); targetURL = document.createElement( 'a' ); sourceURL.href = source.getAttribute( 'src' ); targetURL.href = data.value; /* Only follow link if the protocol is in the allow list. */ if ( ! allowedProtocols.test( targetURL.protocol ) ) { continue; } /* Only continue if link hostname matches iframe's hostname. */ if ( targetURL.host === sourceURL.host ) { if ( document.activeElement === source ) { window.top.location.href = data.value; } } } } }; function onLoad() { if ( loaded ) { return; } loaded = true; var isIE10 = -1 !== navigator.appVersion.indexOf( 'MSIE 10' ), isIE11 = !!navigator.userAgent.match( /Trident.*rv:11\./ ), iframes = document.querySelectorAll( 'iframe.wp-embedded-content' ), iframeClone, i, source, secret; for ( i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++ ) { source = iframes[ i ]; if ( ! source.getAttribute( 'data-secret' ) ) { /* Add secret to iframe */ secret = Math.random().toString( 36 ).substr( 2, 10 ); source.src += '#?secret=' + secret; source.setAttribute( 'data-secret', secret ); } /* Remove security attribute from iframes in IE10 and IE11. */ if ( ( isIE10 || isIE11 ) ) { iframeClone = source.cloneNode( true ); iframeClone.removeAttribute( 'security' ); source.parentNode.replaceChild( iframeClone, source ); } } } if ( supportedBrowser ) { window.addEventListener( 'message', window.wp.receiveEmbedMessage, false ); document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', onLoad, false ); window.addEventListener( 'load', onLoad, false ); } })( window, document ); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.theexpeditioner.com/wordpress/2009/07/29/in-defense-of-traveling-alone/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“In Defense Of Traveling Alone” — The Expeditioner Travel Site" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://www.theexpeditioner.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/backpack.jpg400300I know I’ve written about this topic quite a bit in the past, so it’s always good to see others reinforcing my views (as they should, of course). Mary, over at The Lost Girls, has listed her own five reasons why you should travel alone. Beside the somewhat selfish reasons we think but don’t necessarily […]