Hi guys,
About once a week or more frequently the forum gets threads asking whether travelling/backpacking alone is "weird", "acceptable", "okay", or any words to this effect.
So is it weird? The answer is emphatically this:
No.
Is it acceptable to travel alone?
Yes!
I've just set this up to encourage people to follow their travel plans and dreams even if no peer can accompany them and for said travellers to chat away! It's a resurrection of sorts to the TSR Travel Society which unfortunately hasn't seen much use in, well, ages.
One more issue I frequently here is from people that question how "safe" it is to travel alone. By "travelling" we commonly refer to urban backpacking, ie travelling from city to city using public transport and staying in hostels. The answer to this is that it will be universally "safe" for anywhere with 1) a backpackers' hostel, and/or 2) a common tourist trail. It's not advisable to visit war zones or certain areas of some cities, but by and large, if you apply as much common sense as you would at home, you will be fine.
So fellow solo soldiers, I've just got back from an Interrail trip, how about you?