Roses are Red & Self-Defense Training is for You.
Toby Israel is a vagabondess, writer, and facilitator. She has traveled and lived many places and is at home everywhere. She believes that words are medicine, and that stories can heal the world. Vagabondess is her first book. For the moment, she lives in Costa Rica. (She came for a master’s degree in Media, Peace, and Conflict Studies from the UN-mandated University for Peace—and stayed for the papaya, sunshine, and conscious community.)
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Check out her first book, Vagabondess: A Guide to Solo Female Travel, here.
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