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Solo travel doesn't have to be intimidating, if you know how to navigate. By Carrie Osgood, AP Are you filled with wanderlust, but sticking close to home because you lack a like-minded companion? Solo travel is an extraordinary, accessible opportunity that can involve big or small adventures, easy or difficult as you choose. You can do what you want, when you want, how you want, where you want. You pick your own pace, budget, itinerary and can always change your mind on a whim, never having to negotiate. The experience can be liberating and thrilling, igniting a rewarding sense of accomplishment, and the detachment from your "real" life is often therapeutic. Bing Travel Slide Show: Weirdest Foods You'll Ever Eat on Vacation When entering a new place on your own, you may notice more than you do when you travel with others. I strike up conversations more easily when I'm solo, something I've done in doz...

At the airport tonight, some said they had worried about their young children left at home. Others feared a medical emergency if they ran out of medicine. All who spoke to AAP agreed they were lucky to have touched down on Australian soil. About 4000 Australia-bound passengers were stranded throughout Asia and the Pacific after Air Australia was placed into voluntary administration yesterday. John Moran is insulin dependent and said if he had not got back to Australia quickly he could have been hospitalised. "I only had about two shots (of insulin) left. Luckily we got on the Qantas flight." Mr Moran and his wife, Gale, spent nine hours on the phone and forked out $1,000 to get home to Melbourne. "Lucky we had the Visa card," Ms Moran said. Another holiday maker who managed to get onto the Qantas flight, Sandra Russell, was in a hurry to get back to Brisbane to see her two children, aged 4 and 6, who were left at home with friends. "There were a few tea...