If you're young, single and a female traveller, here's the scoop on the 10 best places to meet twentysomething (or maybe thirtysomething) guys along the way.

The Green Tortoise Bus from San Francisco to Seattle.

The trekking permit office in Kathmandu (Nepal)


Why Not Homestay (Bencoolen Street) in Singapore


Spanish School in Antigua (Guatemala)


The Tahiti-Moorea ferry in French Polynesia


The Spanish Steps in Rome


Jo's Bar in Prague


The Sunset Cafe in Pushkar (India)


Hill-Tribe Trekking in Chiang Mai (Thailand)


Scuba Diving- the Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

(Source: Swing Magazine 1996)

Ed. note: If you're an older woman wanting to meet younger men, don't despair. Carry Smarties in your backpack. It gets them every time!

Women’s lovin’ words on men in cars...

What’s with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?
Erma Bombeck, When You Look Like Your Passport Picture, 1991)

Men don’t ask directions. They just get lost.
(Anonymous)

Dr. Ruth says we women should tell our men how to make love to us. M-m-m-m. My boyfriend goes nuts if I tell him how to drive.
(Pam Stone, Glibquips, 1994)

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.
(Elayne Boosler, Time, 1990)

(Source: The New Beacon Book of Quotations by Women, Rosalie Maggio)