Solo travelling

[x0xLikeMex0x]

I've solo travelled aboard twice by now and I really really enjoyed it. Yeah, I did go to neighbouring countries, but I did go there alone.


The best part of it was being completely free with my choices. I could go whereever and whenever I liked and didn't have to think about someone else's wishes. This was the best "me" time I've had and I will have some solo trips in the future as well (I just don't know when and where). It's like an addiction, but it's a good addiction. This is the time when you can challange yourself to try things you've never done before without the fear of failure.


What are your thoughts on solo travelling?

 

[lexinonomous]

I was surprisingly happy while traveling alone. I traveled to Newfoundland Canada, which required me to spend sixteen hours in and out of airports. I was incredibly nervous prior to leaving. I figured with my anxiety so high, it was bound to be a disaster, but I actually found it super calming. What I loved most about traveling alone was that I had absolutely nothing to worry about. My itinerary was set for me and all I needed to do was make it to the proper locations on time. Other than that, it gave me a lot of time to read and think about the things I was leaving back at home.


I could see traveling as addicting, absolutely. It's such an enjoyable experience. When you're given the opportunity to submerge yourself into someone elses world, it's a greay way to escape from your day to day reality. You are focusing on one objective and that's to get where you need to be. No one else is involved and all you have to worry about is yourself. I think that's why it's so calming to me.

 

[Alex]

I do recommend it, but it does take planning and a huge dose of courage and bravery. I travel alone by choice, and the times I have traveled with others it has been fun, but also restrictive. Both have pros and cons. I do recall one trip where I joined a group of Canadian students backpacking, and they invited me to join them when I was in Rome. I traveled to Nice with them and stayed a few days, but then the group factions made me realize being alone was much freer.


Of course one must look at safety issues, and then there can be lonely times too, but being able to choose where to go, how long to stay is a freedom we don't experience everyday forever. Even if we could, I have learned not to take it for granted.

 

[KW2496]

I have never tried traveling alone but I really want to. I like being alone a lot of the time and I find traveling with others a bit annoying. I get irritated with people if I have been around them for too long. I also like doing different things that not everyone else wants to do. I think that I would really enjoy solo traveling and I hope to have the motivation to do it soon.

 

[brdwlk]

My only travel time alone has been business related, but I have enjoyed it more than traveling with coworkers! Not that I don't like my coworkers. It's just as you suggested, it's easier to make the choices that you want versus compromising for the group.

 

[rz3300a]

This is an interesting one for me, because I really have good and bad experience traveling alone, and also traveling with others though too. More than anything it probably depends on the trip itself and the purpose, and if it is business then I really hope that I am alone, but those do not happen too often anymore. If it is a pleasure trip of course I want someone there to share the experience with. If I do have to travel solo though, I think I just need to make sure that my plans fall in place. I can deal with a little straying from the course if I have someone else, but alone I need things to go as planned. Interesting stuff, and thanks for sharing.

 

[x0xLikeMex0x]

This is an interesting one for me' date=' because I really have good and bad experience traveling alone, and also traveling with others though too. More than anything it probably depends on the trip itself and the purpose, and if it is business then I really hope that I am alone, but those do not happen too often anymore. If it is a pleasure trip of course I want someone there to share the experience with. If I do have to travel solo though, I think I just need to make sure that my plans fall in place. I can deal with a little straying from the course if I have someone else, but alone I need things to go as planned. Interesting stuff, and thanks for sharing.[/quote']
Well, I always research a lot before going. It gives me security, back-up plans and overview of the place.


I will always make sure the hostel or whereever I'm staying has wifi, so in case my plan A doesn't work out or something else goes wrong, I can google an solution.


This summer, when I went to St. Petersburg, Russia, I had a couple of moments, when I felt like I wanted to share my experiance with my friends. I mean, I did go to the zoo and to the amusement park alone. Luckily the amusement park had free wifi, so I could send them videos. Ofcourse it isn't half as good as live experiance, but as they say "sharing is caring".


Also, I desided to keep a travel journal, where I would list down places and sights I want to see in the future. I'm going to bring that journal along with me and write down the most important information like my transportation times and hostel information. I'm going to log each day I'm there in the end of the day.

 

[GrubbyRose]

I have made a few short trips alone, but never any long ones. My family has a habit of carpooling for trips such as grocery store runs, so most of the time I am driving, I am not alone. The longest trip I have made on my own was to a car racing even I wanted to watch, and that was only about 200 miles. I always tell a relative where I am going, and they have my cell phone number if I am not back in a reasonable time. I do plan to make some longer trips before too much longer though.

 

[HappyKoi]

I've traveled alone, both in the U.S. and outside it. When I went to India I already had a place at a monastery set up to stay, but it was kind of a scary experience getting there. I think it's a little more...how shall I say... exciting doing it in another country because the culture is so different. I was afraid a few times that I would be stranded and utterly lost, but I made it to where I needed to go a bit shaken sometimes, but safe. It's very nice to have that "me" time and not have to worry about what someone else wants to do or a schedule. Going on trips by myself let me meet a lot of new people (some of whom were as nervous as I was), and I made some great memories.

 

[Laneorexorcist]

I have never been out of town by myself and in not pretty sure if I would be comfortable with that idea... I am already used to be with people while traveling. But in my class there's this girl who loves to travel by herself, but she has gone to places that are really far from here... Such as Paris or England and I personally won't be able to do that, but I guess that there's something for everyone, lol.

 

[justsayyes]

I've always wanted to travel alone but i can't seem to get myself to do it. It's the fear of danger in foreign places and the horror stories I've heard about solo female travelers that's stopping me from going through with it. I really need to go put on my big girl panties and just do it, i think this will help me clear my head and experience amazing adventures.

 

[janemariesayed]

In 2005 I emigrated to Egypt from the UK completely on my own. I was there for nine years and got married out there. My marriage ended and I miscarried five babies out there and got divorced. The majority of the time I lived on my own with my two dogs and remained friends with my ex Husband who was very good to me. I made a lot of friends and was happy enough that the depression didn't rear it's ugly head as much as it does in the UK. I lived on the Red Sea coast and would often travel to the Nile or to Cairo on my own. When the arab uprising happened I returned to the UK on my own, just with my two dogs and I have found that repatriating is just the same as it was going abroad. After living in a third world country for nearly a decade, coming back home has been like being thrown forward in time. I have had to relearn so many things and it feels stranger than when I first went to Egypt.

 

[x0xLikeMex0x]

I've always wanted to travel alone but i can't seem to get myself to do it. It's the fear of danger in foreign places and the horror stories I've heard about solo female travelers that's stopping me from going through with it. I really need to go put on my big girl panties and just do it' date=' i think this will help me clear my head and experience amazing adventures.[/quote']
Main key to staying safe while being a female solo traveller is dressing like a local. And if you happen to know the language that is spoken over there, the better. In most of the places, English will probably work.


When I went to St. Petersburg for a week this June, I had 2 guys stalking me for about 10 minutes. Luckily for me, it was on a public street where there are people 24/7. That was my only bad experiance.


Thinking about those horror stories, I always think that bad things can happen to you everywhere. You can be hit by a car or get mobbed in your hometown too. If something bad is meant to be happen, it happens. (I believe in destiny.)