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Fri Jan 4, 2019, 06:44 PM Jan 2019

1 Woman, 12 Months, 52 Places

It was a dream job, visiting the globe’s most alluring
destinations on assignment. Here’s what our 2018
Traveler learned in a year of almost nonstop travel.

Lesson No. 1: A year is short
Lesson No. 2: Know thy logistical self
Lesson No. 3: Develop your superpower
Lesson No. 4: Try it

Lesson No. 5: Learn what safe means to you
Eurydice Dixon, 22, Melbourne, Australia; June 13.
Mollie Tibbetts, 20, Brooklyn, Iowa; July 18.
Wendy Karina Marina, 35, Washington, D.C.; Sept. 18.
Carla Stefaniak, 36, San Jose, Costa Rica; Nov. 28.
Grace Millane, 22, Auckland, New Zealand; Dec 1.
Maren Ueland, 28, and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, Imlil, Morocco; Dec. 21.
Those are the names, ages, places and dates of death of seven women who were violently murdered while walking home, jogging, hiking or taking a birthday trip this year.

Lesson No. 6: Still, talk to strangers
Lesson No. 7: Alone does not mean lonely


Jada Yuan in Peru, the seventh stop on her 52 Places journey. Kerri MacDonald/The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/03/travel/52-places-to-go-recap.html

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