While solo traveling can be scary, it is an opportunity for a genuine self-discovery experience through venturing into the unknown. The notion of traveling solo has long received an eerie and precautious look from society and it has, even, stigmatized the idea of a female solo traveler. For Wafaa Samir, a Cairo based photographer, fear was no stopping force nor a companion during her 18-day solo trip around Morocco. On October 2016, Samir decided to go on a solo trip to Morocco. After five years of anticipation, Samir decided to plan her trip even if it meant going on a solo adventure. Seeing pictures of Chefchaouen, the blue city of Morocco, she was hooked and determined to go on the road. “I wanted to go, I wanted to be there, even if there’s no one to go with me I’ll go it alone,” said Samir. Breaking the fear of solo traveling was no easy quest. “…. at the beginning it was scary, you feel a sense of being lost with popping questions like what will I do? where would I go and how can I even manage to travel alone,” she added. After doing her…
