Are you looking for friends to go on a trip with? So the easiest way is to plan to travel alone. Even if you go to the airport alone, you can find new friends in the tourist places you go to. Sometimes you can travel together with them. Going alone is a bit more risky. If you don’t plan well, you can get lost and ruin your trip. How to save your head when going alone? Let’s talk about it.
1. Let’s do homework
A port in a new country is a new thing. There is a difference in many things like culture, food and drinks. The language is also foreign to us. In such an environment, we need to find out what we want to see. Simply put, we need to search the internet about it and find out the details. We only get a limited number of travel approvals. And we have enough money for it. If we want to make up for that and manage our time properly, we need to find out a little about the places we go to and the things we do in advance.
2. Download the map
As mentioned before, we need to plan in advance to manage the time we have. Are we going to one country then? How many countries are you going to? Even in a country, you need to plan how many places you are going to. If we take countries like Thailand, India, Russia, America and Germany, it is several times bigger than Sri Lanka. Traveling between two cities on the border of the country sometimes takes more than a day in a bus or train. For example, if we choose the train from Chennai to Delhi in India, it will take 28 hours. If you go from Chiang Mai in the mountains of Thailand to the lower provinces of Phuket Krabi, it takes more than two hours even if you go by plane. In that way, if we make an outline of the places we will go, how we will go, the places we will see and the things we will do in those places, we will have a basic plan, even if we need to change it according to our needs.
3. Let’s make friends
Even if we go alone, we meet tourists from all over the world at popular tourist spots. We don’t need much. Even if we go to Arugambe in the falls of Sri Lanka, sometimes we meet groups from seven or eight countries. It is good in every way to make contact with them. Those tourists have good experiences. Some people have good plans. Also, some tourists are very good at traveling cheaply. There are many tourists who come from all over the world to eat, drink, have fun and have fun. In a good hotel, the time to eat, the time to bathe in the pool, the time to set up for a chat. Also, it is good for our safety to have a chat with the nearby tourist when hiking, relaxing on the beach, etc.
4. Let’s look at Plan B
If you have seen the backpacking tourists in Sri Lanka, you must have understood that they do not believe anything one person says at once. If they even ask for details about a train, they ask several people and take a decision on the phone. When visiting popular tourist destinations, especially in Asian countries, there are middlemen who seem to give life. They earn money by finding accommodation for tourists, providing travel facilities, fun games, guide work etc. They are not the worst. But it is more appropriate to go around a bit and see instead of believing what is said at once. Let’s imagine that we are looking for a room when the hotels are not booked. In such a case, we can take a little time to look on the internet and go around and look at two or three places and decide on a place. It sounds a little confusing, but it’s something that solo travelers usually do.
5. Eat and drink with care
Food poisoning, or food poisoning, is a common thing for Western tourists who come to a country like India. The scientific background of this is that the bacteria and micro-organisms present in Indian food are not a problem for Indians, but they are a problem for outsiders. At such a time, you can simply ask a doctor and take a medicine. Drinking alcohol is a common thing if you go to a party location. Getting drunk while traveling alone is a risk. Even if you seem to revive when you drink again, there is a risk of what will happen after drinking. That’s why you need to drink in moderation. We have no idea how the local alcohol cocktails in the country will work for us. When there are new types of drinks, you have to put aside showing your bravery and get used to working with the limit.
6. Carry less stuff
When they say they are going to the country, some people take big bags as if they are going to settle down even if they are going on a trip. If you are not going for something like a shooting, it is a pain to take big bags on a trip. Like in a developed country, many hotels in Sri Lanka have facilities for washing clothes. Also, people in every country use things like toothpaste, soap, and facewash. If we can add only the things we need to the pack, we will stop missing those things. And it is easy for us to find the goods. Passport, credit card, money, keys, etc. are essential things in a small pack and it is easy to store them in places that we don’t forget. It will be a great convenience for the trip if you can fit the luggage under 7 kilos in the hand luggage only during the trip.
7. Respecting the rules and traditions of the destination country
Not only men but also women travel alone in Sri Lanka without our knowledge. Going solo has now become the most popular form of travel in the world. This solo travel experience has the ability to fly anywhere like a bird. You might have got some push to make the trip successful by minimizing the risk of that single trip.
There were notices for foreigners not to go in bathing suits. It is not only in Sri Lanka but also in many Asian countries. Then when we go to a country, if we go to sacred places, we need to understand how to go there. Even if you want to go to a good rooftop bar in Bangkok, there is a dress code. In many countries, you need to have a driver’s license to drive a car or a scooter. Also, it is easy to find drugs such as ganja, ice, marijuana etc. in some tourist places, but if the police in those countries catch them somehow, they have to face unnecessary trouble. Therefore, when you go alone, you should think again about the traditions and doing things outside the law. Somehow we have to work hard to find someone else to save us when we go alone, be it police court or any other trouble.
Not only men but also women travel alone in Sri Lanka without our knowledge. Going solo has now become the most popular form of travel in the world. This solo travel experience has the ability to fly anywhere like a bird. You might have got some push to make the trip successful by minimizing the risk of that single trip.
