I traveled overland from Malaysia to China. I took the bus and train from Beirut to Istanbul. I spent many, many years around India. All of it. I spent time in Bangladeshi villages. I went to Syria and Yemen alone. I’m not a thrill seeker, I don’t think I’m brave, I am very very good with people and I am extremely street smart. That has nothing to do with my gender.
My gender, however, puts me in a position of strength in some of these places: