Book cover of Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone

Book description

Chronicling her travels throughout Central America, the author offers an unvarnished view of the precarious realitie's of everyday life in a harsh and ruthless land

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked Nothing to Declare as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

With this “traveloir,” Mary Morris showed me how to do it: How to travel alone as a single woman when you didn’t have a plan or an agenda; how to write about people and places that bring them alive; how to find your own story in your travels and in your writing.

Mary Morris published this book in 1989, the year before I set off on my own—a (much older) single woman traveling without a plan or agenda. As I opened the yellowed pages again, after many years, I read this line: “I settled into loneliness once again.” Next year…

If you love Nothing to Declare...

Ad

Book cover of The Twenty: One Woman's Trek Across Corsica on the GR20 Trail

The Twenty by Marianne C. Bohr,

Part travelogue, part buddy story, part memoir, The Twenty is a journey across a rugged island of stunning beauty, little known outside Europe.

Marianne Bohr and her husband, about to turn sixty, are restless for adventure. They decide on an extended, desolate trek across the French island of Corsica —…

Want books like Nothing to Declare?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Nothing to Declare.

Browse books like Nothing to Declare

Book cover of Eat Pray Love
Book cover of Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Book cover of Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story

Share your top 3 reads of 2025!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,276

readers submitted
so far, will you?