I received many questions since I start my solo backpacking trip years ago.
Don't you felt afraid?
Don't you will felt lonely?
How do you survive?
How do you travel?
What happen if something bad happen?
Who can you count on during bad day?
How, What, Where, When, Why. and so many more....
To be honest it's not easy to start when I so use to travel with my family and everything is prepared! I just need to bring myself in and go.
I start my 1st solo trip on the age of 18, finish high school & its during my college semester break. Read so many blogs, google so many things and this and that, I pack my bag to Singapore; I know, it's just next to my home country but this is my 1st time travelling alone and I choose somewhere that I need to bring my red book (passport) together.
The trip is a bit ad-hoc; I open the AA website and there is where everything started. The return flight tix is so cheap at that time and I have everything i need so I just bought the tix straight away without thinking twice!
Since I never go anywhere alone; without my family members, it's give me some kind of weird feeling but what I can say is, I love it. the whole trip is nice even though there are few mishap but hell, who cares! It what we called experience.
Since then, I always travel alone. It's give me so much space and convenient. I don't have to wait for anyone, I can go anywhere I want without any specific plan and I'm happy enjoying my time alone. I met new friends, exchange words with other backpackers and local, being more independent and the list go on. Don't worry about have to eat alone, have to plan everything by yourself, the knowledge and experience that you will have is way much fun.
Be safe and stick to "DO & DON'T"; you are ready to go!
Can't wait for my next trip in May after been hibernate for about a year; pause myself from travel on 2015 and now I'm back on my feet.
