A recent Swiss study of 59,000 respondents found that women and men travelers are prone to different diseases while on the road. The study found that female travelers are more prone to gastrointestinal ailments, particularly traveler's diarrhea (bring your rehydration kits, ladies!), colds, and reactions to medications taken for traveling, such as anti-malarials. Women are...

Speaking as a woman, I've certainly had my fair share of offers while traveling; from a tentative kiss on the rooftop of a hostel to a proposal of marriage by a frightfully earnest Moroccan waiter. Some of them were from people I quite liked, and I've fallen in love on the road as well (note...