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Solo Travel: To Go or Not To Go?

Published by Shivya Nath

Come with me, for if you never step out that door, you’ll never know how far you can walk.

Reflections / Solo Travel

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ABOUT ME

Hello! I’m Shivya Nath. In 2011, at age 23, I quit my corporate job with a dream of traveling the globe. Two years later, I packed up my life into a backpack and decided to hit the road indefinitely. I travel slow, seek offbeat and local experiences, stay in a place for a few weeks or as long as it inspires me, and move on.

Some of my most cherished experiences include travelling overland from the Persian Gulf via Iran to Armenia, living with a Mayan community in Guatemala, volunteering at a coral reef restoration project in Cuba, living in a nunnery in Ladakh (India), and shedding my fears and clothes at onsens across Japan.

I hope to inspire you to step out of your comfort zone and experience the world too!

How I fund my travels

My journey with responsible travel

Why I turned vegan

What I’m upto now

After nearly 7 years on the road, the pandemic forced me to re-evaluate my course in life.

I’m currently offering consulting services to businesses and non-profits, and helping design, launch and implement sustainable tourism initiatives. In August 2020, I co-founded Voices of Rural India, a social impact initiative to build digital storytelling skills among local communities. I’m also trying to use this time to deepen my understanding of what it means to flourish on this planet we call home.

Published on

The Shooting Star Book

A travel memoir that charts my journey from the cubicle to the road. A national bestseller in India.

Latest video: “My dear human”

WHERE AM I?

Currently waiting out the pandemic in Goa, India

[2020 / 2021]

Goa
Uttarakhand
Kashmir

[2019]

Aug
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan

Sept
Bhutan

Oct-Jan
South Africa
Lesotho

For consulting or storytelling collaborations, see my Work with me page.

UPCOMING TALKS

[2021]

3rd Nov
Storytelling best practices – Planettera

1st Nov
Dignified Storytelling, Dubai

7th July
Sustainable Tourism Summit, Turkey

3rd Jun
Sustainability Now

16th Apr
World Food Travel Summit

[2020]

14th Nov
National Geographic Traveller: The Year That Was

28th Oct
The Economic Times Women’s Forum

[2019]

22-25 Aug
Mountain Echoes Literary Festival: Bhutan

6-7 Jul
Vegan India Conference: Delhi

3-5 May
PEP: Hyderabad

To invite me as a speaker, see my Speaking page.

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I vividly remember that March evening in 2020, when India’s first lockdown was announced. My dad had the television volume turned up, while I continued working in my room. The words boomed out of the speakers and blasted in my ears: lockdown, 21 days, no public transport, stay home.

He told me that during all the turmoil growing up, he felt so hopeless that he took to mind altering substances. Until he was found and rescued by Sufi music. But how can he sleep peacefully at night knowing not every young person has been so lucky?

Who knew you could hike up a couple of hours from Srinagar to find meadows, snow-clad peaks, gujjar huts and complete solitude?

On a warm autumn morning, we joined a friend to seek out local farmers who’ve been cultivating the famous Kashmiri saffron for generations.

Sufi music, played on the ancient rabarb and clay-baked nout, on the sunset deck of a houseboat, as Dal Lake dwellers row home on their shikaras – SURREAL.

Even as the world (and travel) seem to be normalising somewhat, we’re up against so many challenges. This is a gentle reminder that we need to update our knowledge on what we’re collectively doing to this planet. And why we desperately need sustainable development solutions.

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I vividly remember that March evening in 2020, when India’s first lockdown was announced. My dad had the television volume turned up, while I continued working in my room. The words boomed out of the speakers and blasted in my ears: lockdown, 21 days, no public transport, stay home.

He told me that during all the turmoil growing up, he felt so hopeless that he took to mind altering substances. Until he was found and rescued by Sufi music. But how can he sleep peacefully at night knowing not every young person has been so lucky?

Who knew you could hike up a couple of hours from Srinagar to find meadows, snow-clad peaks, gujjar huts and complete solitude?

On a warm autumn morning, we joined a friend to seek out local farmers who’ve been cultivating the famous Kashmiri saffron for generations.

Sufi music, played on the ancient rabarb and clay-baked nout, on the sunset deck of a houseboat, as Dal Lake dwellers row home on their shikaras – SURREAL.

Even as the world (and travel) seem to be normalising somewhat, we’re up against so many challenges. This is a gentle reminder that we need to update our knowledge on what we’re collectively doing to this planet. And why we desperately need sustainable development solutions.

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