People who go travelling on their own
I think I'd be found hanged in a hostel within three days.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:40, 5 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Actually, I can speak up for this one.
You're on your own schedule, no-one else's. No compromises to make, no bruised egos to worry about. However, I will say some places you shouldn't go to alone, like say Amsterdam, Paris or Venice.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:42, Reply)

I'd rather like to go to Venice alone
I went with friends and there are places I'd have liked to have wandered around.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 17:13, Reply)

Ah, fair point.
Still, Venice is a place I do want to visit at some point.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 21 Jun 2012, 17:15, Reply)

It's beautiful but too busy.
I love Italy.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 17:17, Reply)

I went, god, about eight years ago now.
On a school trip. I couldn't go alone though, no fucking way. Who would you talk to?
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 17:20, Reply)

No one. Everyone.
I'd probably spend the first day feeling smug that I was doing it all alone. Then that night I'd cry into my pillow. The following day I'd be trying to ensnare a waiter so I wouldn't be lonely. By the end of the week I'd be penniless and engaged to Mario.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 17:25, Reply)

I was in Kualar Lumpur on my own for 5 days.
Loads of people are around, so just talk to them.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:43, Reply)

I'm not good at talking to new people. If I was I'd go everywhere on my own.
If someone talks to me, that's fine, I'm away. If I know someone even a little bit I'll talk forever. I love talking. But striking up conversations with people I don't know. I can't do it.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:48, Reply)

Ask them what they had for lunch, it's the b3tan way.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:49, Reply)

I travel on my own quite a lot
Business-wise that is. Never found it an issue, I can strike up conversations in bars or restaurants fairly easily and, depending where you are, the locals generally want to practice their English.
Just last week I was in a small hotel in Germany when the soccerball was on and I found myself chatting to the locals and quaffing quite a few very good beers with them.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:47, Reply)

I'll book you a ticket

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:50, Reply)

You couldn't afford to pay for the places I'd go to :(

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:52, Reply)

I'd even buy the rope

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:53, Reply)

He can fly you in his helicopter.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:54, Reply)

My mate cycled the world solo
He got arrested in a secluded village in China and robbed by the police, beaten by a crazy Mongolian. He also saw a man shot in the head in Thailand. He didn't get killed though so go him
( Peej, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:54, Reply)

What percentage of his conversation
starts with the phrase "This one time when I was cycling the world solo..."
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 16:57, Reply)

None, we read his blog as he went round
cyclertw.blogspot.co.uk/
( Peej, Thu 21 Jun 2012, 20:23, Reply)