Anyone planning to travel alone in 2013?

Welcome! I'll be in Korea then haha! i think you are the only one who isnt afraid of north korea

Have you ever booked with them?
I've also been looking on the Gap360 website which offer a similar travel package to Thailand - looks pretty decent.

What's your travel plans - if you have any?

I'll be travelling alone! I fly out early April to Dubai before heading to Bangkok, Australlia, NZ and Singapoore. Flights and accomodation already booked! Can't wait to see more of the world before university.

well actually the plans have now become quite complicated and i need your help (advice). would rather not type the whole thing on the forum though

Oooh what's it like in teaching in China? I'm considering teaching EFL again next year but not sure if I could hack China.

English wise, you should be fine if you've managed in China. From what I remember signs are bilingual in Seoul and Busan. I found that English wasn't really spoken, especially by the older Koreans. The ones that travel tend to be much more confident with it!

In Seoul, my favourite area is Hongdae, if I was going to go back to Korea I'd like to live there or Busan. It's just really cool, and the best night out! Check out one of the palaces, I liked Gyeongbukgung. And one of the Hanbok villages (I liked Namsangol).

Insadong is worth going to, it's the traditional area, lots of tea rooms and a great place to pick up gifts. I'm not sure if it's true or not, but they say it's the only place where even the big brands have to have their logo written in Hangul. It's quite cool seeing Starbucks and McDonalds in Hangul rather than English.

N Seoul tower is awesome, and in the evening they project light shows onto the tower. I'd also recommend Seoadaemun prison and the war memorial.

I don't know if you'll be able to given the current situation but if you get the chance, a trip to the DMZ is well worth it. I went with the USO and the tour is given by the US soldiers. (http://affiliates.uso.org/Korea/?contentid=347)

I always went around Korea by bus rather than train, they're almost as quick, super cheap, and ridiculously luxurious. The buses only have 3 seats an aisle and you can recline really far back, and the foot rest comes right up. And there's so much room between each row that the person behind you will barely notice, even if you recline almost horizontally. Not the best picture but you get the idea! You always stop at a service station halfway through the journey, and they're an experience in themselves. Definitely get some hoddeok!


It'll be really hot whilst you're their too so try some Patbingsu, it's this shaved ice, creamy, fruity, cornflakey, red bean mixture.

I stayed in the Haeundae when I was there and I liked it, really close to the beach and plenty of places to eat/drink. I thought Haeundae beach was nice, and it wasn't too busy when we went. I've only been to Busan when there's been a festival on though, we went to the Sand Art Festival. This should give you an idea of the beach...

If it's too busy for you though, there's always Gwangalli beach.

Jagalchi fish market is worth seeing, you're bound to see a runaway octopus!


I didn't go myself but people recommended Haedong Yonggungsa Temple.

Phew, sorry that was longer than I expected! I've been home for a year and think I went on a bit of a trip down memory lane haha x

No I haven't, I'm only 16 :P But browsing/planning for when I finish my A-levels (2014/2015)
I've seen that website too, looks decent.
What are your plans?

I'm off to Russia in June - can't wait to go!

hey there, so are you in year 12 (me too ) I've started looking at gap year stuff, got no idea if I want to go to uni or not but I know I want to travel so a gap year is something I definitely want to do

What are you thinking of doing on a gap year?

I am I want to do a bit of volunteering/teaching etc, maybe some paid work along the way but enough time in each country to do tourist stuff


yourself?

yeah same, I'd love to work in Germany and Australia, and have some money to travel around oz and europe

No I haven't, I'm only 16 :P But browsing/planning for when I finish my A-levels (2014/2015)
I've seen that website too, looks decent.
What are your plans?

when are you off?

Wednesday

Aaah right - Good Luck with your A-levels and hope you have a good time travelling when you do go

I'm definately hoping to book one of the packages to Thailand. They look right up my street with the culture and the adventure activities. I'm hoping for this August as I'm currently a Student Nurse in my 2nd year of University and our holidays aren't that great - we only have 4 weeks off in summer so I want to take advantage of it. I'm hoping to be booking it relatively soon but it's all money dependant .. fingers crossed!

Ok pm me then
actually the north korea thing isnt that serious here in korea

and you're off to dubai?

Hey, just a few general questions for anyone here who has travelled alone for more than a week.

How did you find it? Did you enjoy it? Did you meet people in hostels? Did you find that you had to miss out on doing and seeing certain things that would normally be done by more than one person? (e.g. theme parks etc).

I'm starting to worry that I might not be quite as cut out for travelling alone as I thought. I'm staying in hostels the whole time (dorms), so i'm hoping i'll meet some people, but i'm not completely extroverted and able to just approach people and talk to them, let alone ask them to join me or ask to join them! Are there a lot of people travelling alone in hostels?

I'm going to Japan, Korea and Hong Kong btw.

Thanks!