‘Women on the Road’ is an ingenious website conceived by a true-blue bagpacker – Leyla, who has discovered the ‘real’ world by journeying across the globe to places that have inspired her to pen down the pensive stories of hope and sorrow, that have touched her life. As one reads through Leyla’s free-spirited website, it becomes clear that she has introspected every possible facet associated with a woman’s journey; it’s as if she feels responsible towards every woman who desires to travel solo. What makes her website so engaging is the fact that every section is dedicated towards simplifying the mantra of traveling independently. Be it planning, accommodation, money, health, safety, essential ingredients that make the best bagpacking gear, the extremely useful “My Bare Minimum Packing List”, or even prolific means to earn money while you travel, this freelance journalist and wanderlust has a fascinatingly eloquent style of narrating benefits of traveling solitary. Although, Leyla believes that at times adding a tinge of camaraderie to your excursion by finding a female travel companion is not a bad idea at all.

‘Women on the Road’ makes every woman believe that there is an unparalleled satisfaction in being a lone crusader. There is a unique optimism derived from valuing small things, reaching out to those beautiful and unexplored destinations that breed in poverty and despair, and participating in initiatives to make this world a better place as you travel. It helps a woman to unleash her underlying passion to explore the diversity that exists in the world, which is suppressed by a mundane life. It makes a woman who has never thought of traveling on her own, to take the plunge and travel for a cause!