My thoughts on... TRAVELLING SOLO

I'd say that my desire to go travelling came after I went to Tanzania to do the Kilimanjaro trek. It was a real eye opener to me, having only ever visited parts of Europe on hotel holidays beforehand. Everything was all brand new to me, experiencing a completely different culture, meeting and talking to people who lived there, trying new foods etc. I still remember the moment where I realised that there was a whole world out there and I only know of a fraction of it, and I had the burning desire to see so much more.

So fast forward four years and I'm graduating university and I know that I still want to go travelling. But I have no one to go with. I think that I can't go by myself and I either have to wait until I find someone who wants to go with me or give up on the dream.

Then I started a job which I loved and I forgot about the dream for a while but that desire was still always burning, like a flame on a candle that seems like it will go out soon but never does. 

I soon came to realise that if I didn't travel that I would not be happy or satisfied with my life and I would always feel like I missed out on something. I decided I couldn't rely on anyone else, if this is what I want to do then I must do it by myself. 

So, what was it like to travel by myself? 

After reading countless blogs and stories online, and having met girls who also travelled solo, I felt much more reassured and it no longer seemed like the impossible.

And on July 4, 2017 I stepped onto a plane from Heathrow to Bali and my solo journey began. 

There are many pros to travelling solo. 

- Realised I could put myself out of comfort zone, now confident enough to go up talk to anyone 

- Great way to make new friends have experiences 

- Can do what I like when I like 

- Had experiences I would never have had otherwise because of the freedom

- So many other solo travellers

- You're not really ever solo because you meet people and stay with them

But it is weird when you're going from place to place by yourself.

Am I glad I went travelling by myself? Hell yeah I am. But would I ever do it again? 

No. I will just have to wait til I find someone who I can experience new things with. 

(Unless I'm 40 and in a mid life crisis and want to escape the realities of the real world...)