… A daring move of leaving stable work at a hotel and venturing to start my own photography business created a platform for many other brave thoughts and actions, including the idea of traveling solo. Playing with it in my imagination for some time, visualizing myself boarding a plane and traveling with one suitcase, moved me from the dream-stage to the action-stage. “WHY not?!” – I told myself and began actively planning, which guided me to a second question.