Travelling solo - do they know something I don't?
Hello peeps!
In April I'm heading off round Europe on my TA. On my own. Now, to me, this doesn't seem to be too big a deal - I'm only going as far east as Ukraine, bit of a bimble round the Balkans, back in time for the HUMM. Everyone I tell this to thinks it's a great idea, until I mention I'm going on my own, at which point they look a little bit scared.
Last night I met a cop who is biking round the world for 6 months with a couple of mates to raise money for charity. HE said he wouldn't like to do my trip on his own, seemed to think I was quite hardcore. Later conversations with someone else he was discussing close protection work in the Balkans and talking about going to visit a relative who's going to be head of security at Basra airport!
So now i'm wondering if there's some huge troll lurking under every bridge that eats solo travellers (when it can't get billy goats), that everyone else knows about and I don't.
Is travelling alone really unusual enough to provoke that much surprise and awe? I can see why you would and why you wouldn't, but I wouldn't have thought the decision to travel alone would be seen as such a big deal, just another personal choice.
Laura
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