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Old 04-06-2006, 11:41 PM   #1
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I have been heavy into traveling for the past couple years now and I love it, the only thing that seems to bother me is that I always have to go by myself. My question is how many others out there travel alone the majority of the time, what do you do and do you meet others to hang out with them or stick by yourself. I tend to stick alone but am actually quite shy so its more difficult for me, I was just wondering the experiences others had if they travel like I do.
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I always travel solo and used to be shy myself. I then realized that if I want to meet new friends it was up to me to initiate the process. It is as sample as striking up conversaiton with someone and asking where they are from and going from there. It is hard at first but you get used to it the more you do it. Traveling is about thinking and doing outside the box. So suck it up and just try it. You WILL be suprised.

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yea foo,thats how we got to kno each other wasnt it,just started up a conversation,did we become friends before of after fra and gabo and nachos and les???????,hmmm,intresting,i think it was you who started chatting tho,

but yea man,im shy,but when i start talkin im a bit of a blabber mouth,but you make good friends,and ya dont,i think i've got more friends on foreign soil then i do at home,is that bad?

if you have a bottle of something and a few cups,and sitting on a couch wi someone next too you,jus ask if they want a drink,and smile,you aint got no change unless your nice and smile,and have a good laugh,lol,i met 2 girls,and the 3 of us went to burger king at 2am,and we met like with in an hour before hand lol,its easy
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Yeah, solo is a good thing, not a handicap. On many occasions I've ended up walking around foreign cities with groups of beautiful girls simply because I was friendly and confident. Of course, other times I've been shot down for no apparant reason, but if it was always easy, what fun would it be?
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Going solo's awesome...I'm kind of a mixture. I'm not necessarily "shy" but I guess you could say, I'm comfortable with being alone. I'm the type of person who likes to sit back and just take in my surroundings, but at the same time I try to force myself to be incredibly forward & introduce myself to everyone while traveling because I don't want to fall into the trap of letting myself be alone for my entire trip because that could get really boring really fast. But I dunno, it's really easy to meet people while abroad because everybody's trying to meet people, so I don't really find it too difficult...
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Oh I'm definatly the type of person that could go the entire trip without talking to someone and even realizing it....I guess I will just have to get over my social anxieties and jus start talking to ppl, I'm heading to Thailand and Indonesia on my next trip anyone have any suggestions of places to go?
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I met more people when I was away by myself than when I went away with other people. When you travel by yourself you have to make the effort but when your with your mates you dont need to bother so much.

I was shy on my first night traveling by myself and was thinking "what am i doing?" but after a few beers it was easy. Then i met a certain someone on my 2nd night.
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