"What is to travel if you're taking you with you? It's soul needs to change, not climate. "
dear readers and adventurers from around the world. First, a huge thank you for your feedback on my article "Traveling alone when you're a girl." Your comments and your emails were full of generosity and stories have touched me. What a joy to share and receive in return is a magical feeling I can not describe with words strong enough.
Many of you have rightly noted that to travel alone, and mental preparation are paramount. Therefore, through this article - which ultimately wants to be a little after the previous - I will guide you and help you to definitely leave your uncertainties behind you. I'm not here to recommend a style of travel in particular, everyone does as he pleases. I'm just here to answer your questions and tell you, me, it's my way of Voyager.
Many of you have rightly noted that to travel alone, and mental preparation are paramount. Therefore, through this article - which ultimately wants to be a little after the previous - I will guide you and help you to definitely leave your uncertainties behind you. I'm not here to recommend a style of travel in particular, everyone does as he pleases. I'm just here to answer your questions and tell you, me, it's my way of Voyager.
Traveling alone Advice
Age, a barrier?
In your writings, I noticed that the issue of age came back very often. Apparently this criterion there you block the majority from which to adventure. I do not think age is a barrier, except for countries where the majority is later. I'm only 21 and if I take into account the testimony of the people I've met on the road, it gives me only 17! Again, age does not matter. What to consider before anything else, it's the preparation and the mind. Indeed, the idea of facing a single country and its language can seem scary at first, but the anxiety is quickly replaced by insurance and usually you take in as your journey. I really stressed about preparing for a botched trip can be daredevils.
Before each trip, I invite you to buy a guide, not the country, but its customs! It can sometimes be surprised at the habits of local and what is not there, in front of them, it will take you realizing it. The best known example is obviously the veil in Muslim countries. Do not you dare go out in a skirt and tank top, you will miss them greatly respect, but again, this is just one example to illustrate my point. If it seemed obvious to you, start with the idea that in countries that are not western, you totally break your lifestyle to adopt that of the host country! But after all, this is partly why we travel.
Travel, it cost!
Attention sore subject: talk budget! Your writings have sometimes made me smile because a lot of you think I'm obviously rentier where I am the lucky winner of the jackpot! I assure you, I am neither one nor the other. I'm just a humble student who binges pasta every lunch to survive in the academic hell. In short, I do not have a round! I only get a modest salary student, but when we want, we can do so much more! This salary is not enough for me from the other side of the world, I manage to combine other small jobs! I'm not saying it's easy, but it is only way I can save and when I find myself contemplating a landscape of the end of the world, I can assure you it's worth all the overtime hours Earth!
Impossible, you say? Is that you do not have enough searched!
As for housing on site, no secret. I put considerable time selecting hostels. You have no idea how many hours I can spend to dissect everything! It's simple: I want the best for the lowest price. Impossible, you say? Is that you do not have enough searched! Do not bet on the comfort, the wonderful breakfast, nothing beats a room that smells of clay and orange juice yourself. There is no mystery if you are too demanding, you will never be satisfied, or the price or comfort. When traveling alone, it is the location of the hostel should be fostered, and customers! It is often there that makes the most unforgettable encounters!
Impossible, you say? Is that you do not have enough searched!
As for housing on site, no secret. I put considerable time selecting hostels. You have no idea how many hours I can spend to dissect everything! It's simple: I want the best for the lowest price. Impossible, you say? Is that you do not have enough searched! Do not bet on the comfort, the wonderful breakfast, nothing beats a room that smells of clay and orange juice yourself. There is no mystery if you are too demanding, you will never be satisfied, or the price or comfort. When traveling alone, it is the location of the hostel should be fostered, and customers! It is often there that makes the most unforgettable encounters!
How to cross country?
I do not know why, that's what you most intrigued. I do not know what to tell you exactly because I think travel like most of you, that is to say mainly by bus and plane in case the trip is too long and too dangerous. The bus is the best way of transportation. Not only do you see the landscape, but I think the way to move the least expensive and easiest to use. It's amazing how you can have unlikely discussed in a bus! If I can give you a tip for however you are traveling alone, avoid traveling at night. No one is there to watch over you or your business, and just seeing some sunshine enough to make us feel safe.
We do not repeat too!
Basic precautions are so important that I must recall! Distinguish tourists and you do not commit the same blunders! It is not beyond his camera all the time, and certainly not in isolated or deserted street corners! I tell you because this summer I myself made this mistake debutante in Brazil. I found myself in a deserted street and I found the atmosphere so charming that, I guessed, I pulled MY UNIT. Not even time to take a photo of Brazilian landed out of nowhere and I could not realize what was happening. I insist, your safety is at stake. Your life even. And it is much more valuable than any gadget.
Basic precautions are so important that I must recall! Distinguish tourists and you do not commit the same blunders! It is not beyond his camera all the time, and certainly not in isolated or deserted street corners! I tell you because this summer I myself made this mistake debutante in Brazil. I found myself in a deserted street and I found the atmosphere so charming that, I guessed, I pulled MY UNIT. Not even time to take a photo of Brazilian landed out of nowhere and I could not realize what was happening. I insist, your safety is at stake. Your life even. And it is much more valuable than any gadget.
If I speak to you, is that myself, did not have the necessary perspective and no one to warn me of the danger that can result from the solo journey, I found myself debating me instead of leaving my camera . Result, instead of giving very nicely my camera and see them clear off, they attacked my bag, then to me, of course (if it's not funny). Girls, it may be warriors, but we are not invincible. It is sometimes thought courageous, but sometimes it's just reckless.
Girls, it may be warriors, but we are not invincible. It is sometimes thought courageous, but sometimes it's just reckless.
Same, I insist on jewelry. NO JEWEL TRAVEL. There's plenty of time to be charming in France! ALWAYS money is distributed in different places (shoes, medicine boxes, etc.), you are alone, remember that no one will give you money if you do fly. It's the same thing for the passport always with you, never in the room.
For girls who, like me, have pale skin and light eyes, sunglasses are a must in poor countries. You mark 3 kilometers and people stare at you as if you came from another planet. The first time, it's almost funny, over time, it becomes annoying. Local who insist do not maliciously, but you intrigue and, most importantly, you can make envious. Always keep that in mind. Inevitably makes your physical account your lifestyle.
There are so many other things to add, but the essence is there. For the rest, it is his own experience, and I hope for one thing: that yours is exceptional. For more tips or stories about the trip solo, try our travel blog! And do not hesitate to ask questions, the whole team will be happy to answer them!
And do not forget our Facebook page liker to continue to see great photos of the trip!
Girls, it may be warriors, but we are not invincible. It is sometimes thought courageous, but sometimes it's just reckless.
Same, I insist on jewelry. NO JEWEL TRAVEL. There's plenty of time to be charming in France! ALWAYS money is distributed in different places (shoes, medicine boxes, etc.), you are alone, remember that no one will give you money if you do fly. It's the same thing for the passport always with you, never in the room.
For girls who, like me, have pale skin and light eyes, sunglasses are a must in poor countries. You mark 3 kilometers and people stare at you as if you came from another planet. The first time, it's almost funny, over time, it becomes annoying. Local who insist do not maliciously, but you intrigue and, most importantly, you can make envious. Always keep that in mind. Inevitably makes your physical account your lifestyle.
There are so many other things to add, but the essence is there. For the rest, it is his own experience, and I hope for one thing: that yours is exceptional. For more tips or stories about the trip solo, try our travel blog! And do not hesitate to ask questions, the whole team will be happy to answer them!
And do not forget our Facebook page liker to continue to see great photos of the trip!
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