The Lone Traveller's Base / TSR Travel Society

Hi there,

I've been to Croatia once, and stayed in Zagreb. I actually enjoyed the city itself, although most people don't really rate it compared to Split or Dubrovnik. I guess having not been to either, I can't really comment on that! However, the main attraction of Zagreb is Plitvice Lakes national park which is about a 2 hour bus journey away (roughly). Certainly up there as one of the most amazing places I've seen, and I'd definitely recommend it!

I've never been to Slovenia, but I've heard Lake Bled is also incredible.

Hope that helps a bit, and feel free to pm if you wanted any more information about Zagreb/Plitvice

Hello there!
Thank you very much. I'll be sure to check out those places you've mentioned, I'm not planning on going until the summer so it's early days yet Did you go by yourself?

Will do!

Hi!

No problem at all And yes, I did go by myself. It was the first stop on my two week interrailing trip!

I'm very envious of your 2 month travel time, haha! Yes, I think then SE Asia would be perfect for that. As you said, flying into Bangkok will be the cheapest.

I think it would depend where you were flying back from. Say you wanted to go in a circle and fly back out of Bangkok then I think leaving the return in the air would be fine since flights will be cheap regardless; same possibly with places like Mumbai.

But if you didn't want to backtrack, I would be tempted to have a rough end-destination and end-date in mind. You wouldn't need to book it now but flights are much rarer/expensive coming out of places like Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia and you don't want to be caught out with a £900 return flight. Also, depending on when you go travelling, if it's during the Summer/peak seasons then it's likely to be more expensive if you book then rather than before.

I usually have my return flight already arranged so I've never been in your situation and can't help that much sorry! If you're feeling adventurous I would leave it until you get out there, but keep checking the prices occasionally and once you know where you might end up, I would book - assuming you've got internet connection.

Awh cool! Where else did you go?

Any advantage heading North from Bangkok, West onto Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and then South Thailand, than doing it the other way round?

Also have you ever got a connection into Cologne airport, any idea what it's like? Could save myself over £100 compared with getting a direct flight.

Make sure you going with a male incase anything happens while traveling alone. Make friends and friendship groups

Sorry, but I disagree with your opinion

Make sure you going with a male incase anything happens while traveling alone. Make friends and friendship groups