As I was traveling on my own for some months, let me give you one advice: don’t travel alone.
Because when you travel alone, you will arrive at some foreign places, feeling tired and alone, not knowing anyone around, having to ask for help and being surprised how kind strangers can be.
Because when you travel alone, you might face some problems with your bank account, your credit card or the ATM and find out there are friends, old and new ones, on which you can count.
Because when you travel alone, you will have to talk to strangers, get to know them and find out they know something you don’t.
Because when you travel alone, you will have no one to complain about the cold water for a shower or the steep mountains. Maybe you will learn that it works better without it and would rather laugh at it with new friends.
Because when you travel alone, you will have some weird experiences, like ending locked-up in a hotel, finding some crazy enough people that help you getting out.
Because when you travel alone, you might have to say good-bye to some kind souls that invited you to their home.
Because when you travel alone, you are never alone.
Text inspired by Hannah Wei