homestays

Timothy Hefflinger narrates his experience developing an eco-tourism homestay program in Leh as part of the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India.

India has some of the most breathtaking travel locations in the world, and solo trips to any of them are a must. Here are some of the top destinations that people, especially women, can travel to alone.

How many women does it take to start an all-women travel company, set up a women’s welfare network for women in distress, write tirelessly on social and environmental issues, win a bronze at the National Ice Hockey Championship, and keep training an ever-growing number of women to be professional trekking guides in the harsh terrain of Ladakh? Just one, if that woman happens to be Thinlas Chorol.