1 hr 12 min
TC: Ep 32. Adventures of a Solo Woman Traveler - Rooparekha Kathirvelu The Rustik Travel Podcast
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What does it take to travel solo? And esp. if you are a woman in India given the typical conservative social structure, safety concerns you have to face.
Rooparekha Kathirvelu not only faced these obstacles but she overcame them. With geography as her favourite subject from school, she got around to actually studying it practically while traveling.
All she had to do was to just step outside her home and world became her oyster. Traveling solo was liberating. It was not lonely as she met strangers, her fellow travelers who have now become her lifelong friends.
A mother, grandmother and a businesswoman, Rooparekha has come a long way from trekking 45 days to Kailash - Mansarovar in Tibet as a 29 year old to making it to the Everest Base Camp as a 63 year young, and in between traveling extensively, mostly solo, in India and abroad. 100% pure inspiration.
In this episode titled “Adventures of a Solo Woman Traveler - Rooparekha Kathirvelu” of the show Travel Conversations (TC) on The Rustik Travel Podcast we would travel with Roopa as she takes us through her various travels over the years. A must listen for those who are hesitating to take that first step outside their comfort zones to discover the beautiful world out there.
Podcast Summary: Adventures of a Solo Woman Traveler - Rooparekha Kathirvelu
Hosts: Hemant Soreng & Rajesh Nair
00:00:00: Introduction.
00:02:24: How did it all begin? When did you start traveling? Earlier influences.
00:06:27: The 45-day Kailash - Mansarovar Trek (1985)
00:23:40: Trips incl. traveling solo
Trips:
- US (family trip)
- Ladakh Photography Trip (2001)
- Mother-son road trip in New Zealand (2004)
- Egypt (2014)
- Greece-Turkey. Europe.
Treks:
- Kangyatse Base amp Trek, Ladakh (2017)
- Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal (2019)
- Other treks - Valley of Flowers, Chopta
01:06:07: How do you balance work/business, family and travel?
01:07:29: How has travel impacted/changed you as a person?
01:09:34: Solo Traveling
- Did you have any fears about solo traveling?
- How did you overcome that?
- Dos and Donts.
-Tips for other women solo travelers.
01:11:56: What next? Concluding remarks.
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What does it take to travel solo? And esp. if you are a woman in India given the typical conservative social structure, safety concerns you have to face.
Rooparekha Kathirvelu not only faced these obstacles but she overcame them. With geography as her favourite subject from school, she got around to actually studying it practically while traveling.
All she had to do was to just step outside her home and world became her oyster. Traveling solo was liberating. It was not lonely as she met strangers, her fellow travelers who have now become her lifelong friends.
A mother, grandmother and a businesswoman, Rooparekha has come a long way from trekking 45 days to Kailash - Mansarovar in Tibet as a 29 year old to making it to the Everest Base Camp as a 63 year young, and in between traveling extensively, mostly solo, in India and abroad. 100% pure inspiration.
In this episode titled “Adventures of a Solo Woman Traveler - Rooparekha Kathirvelu” of the show Travel Conversations (TC) on The Rustik Travel Podcast we would travel with Roopa as she takes us through her various travels over the years. A must listen for those who are hesitating to take that first step outside their comfort zones to discover the beautiful world out there.
Podcast Summary: Adventures of a Solo Woman Traveler - Rooparekha Kathirvelu
Hosts: Hemant Soreng & Rajesh Nair
00:00:00: Introduction.
00:02:24: How did it all begin? When did you start traveling? Earlier influences.
00:06:27: The 45-day Kailash - Mansarovar Trek (1985)
00:23:40: Trips incl. traveling solo
Trips:
- US (family trip)
- Ladakh Photography Trip (2001)
- Mother-son road trip in New Zealand (2004)
- Egypt (2014)
- Greece-Turkey. Europe.
Treks:
- Kangyatse Base amp Trek, Ladakh (2017)
- Everest Base Camp Trek, Nepal (2019)
- Other treks - Valley of Flowers, Chopta
01:06:07: How do you balance work/business, family and travel?
01:07:29: How has travel impacted/changed you as a person?
01:09:34: Solo Traveling
- Did you have any fears about solo traveling?
- How did you overcome that?
- Dos and Donts.
-Tips for other women solo travelers.
01:11:56: What next? Concluding remarks.
—————————————
To read a detailed account of all the shows and episodes please visit https://rustiktravel.com/podcast
Please do leave your feedback as comments in the website so that we could improve with each episode.
To get updated on future episodes of the shows, you could also subscribe to any of the podcasting apps as mentioned there.
You could also follow rustik travel on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/rustiktravel), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/rustiktravel) and Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/rustiktravel) to know about the new episodes or shows.
Till then, Do Subscribe and Listen in.
1 hr 12 min