Travelling!

Don't you just get sick of the same old holidays with the same old mates?

I've half planned a trip across Scandinavia (Tallinn > Helsinki > Stockholm > Oslo > Copenhagen) but am loathed to arrange it with my mates because I think travelling with people you've known for years detracts from the amazingness of new places. And they usually want to do the same old thing - lie on a beach during the day and get wrecked in a bar at night. Well excuse me, but I can do that at home!

It just baffles me that there is so much to this planet and most of the population seems content with never seeing any more than their own little patch of it! I want to travel every holiday I get, and keep travelling until I've been *everywhere*!

I think I've just caught the travelling bug. Does anyone else ever feel like the best thing in the world would be to jump into the most random trip to a country you never imagined you'd visit, with a group of people that you don't know?

I've quite taken to travelling alone these days because of the lack of someone with the same non-booze non-lounging about on a beach interests.

I know,I absolutely want to see all the corners of the world.I've been to lots of places but like...I've not been to Argentina and I'd love to go and be on the most southerly point of the world....as I'd love to go to,like really obscure countries where you wouldn't expect someone to have been!

I've been overseas on my own a couple of times...mainly as I wanted to go to places no one else wanted to so I ended up going alone.

Wow! I have to say I've started thinking about travelling alone. I mean, half the point of the travelling is to meet new people and experiencing different cultures. And, as you say, you don't do that in a 'western' hotel resort on a beach.

I've been having a good old scout round the internet this afternoon for travel websites and was surprised to find a huge number of people in exactly the same situation that either travel alone or advertise for travel buddies on the sites.

I'm not really sure which way to go. It's a strange thought, just going off on your own somewhere. How did you both find it? Where did you go/how long for etc?

Wow! I have to say I've started thinking about travelling alone. I mean, half the point of the travelling is to meet new people and experiencing different cultures. And, as you say, you don't do that in a 'western' hotel resort on a beach.

I've been having a good old scout round the internet this afternoon for travel websites and was surprised to find a huge number of people in exactly the same situation that either travel alone or advertise for travel buddies on the sites.

I'm not really sure which way to go. It's a strange thought, just going off on your own somewhere. How did you both find it? Where did you go/how long for etc?

I think I've just caught the travelling bug. Does anyone else ever feel like the best thing in the world would be to jump into the most random trip to a country you never imagined you'd visit, with a group of people that you don't know?

Yup, I've hook, line and sinker caught the travelling bug. I knew I would get the travelling bug after I came back from Las Vegas/Grand Canyon in January. I'm going Tsunami volunteering in Thailand on Thursday. Thailand has never been a country that has appealed to me but a friend who I haven't seen in six years got in touch with me through friends reunited and ask me if I wanted to go (her friend had dropped out) so I thought what the heck!

Since then I have booked to go to Boston and am combining New York with Niagara Falls, Philadelphia and Washington DC. None of my friends are really interested in travelling, especially to the States so I booked to go with a tour (don't quite yet have the courage to do it completely on my own!) but nonetheless it should be an amazing experience. Plus, it's always been an ambition of mine to visit all 50 states and with my sudden interest in JFK over these past few months, what better states to go to learn more about him (aside from Dallas that is!)

I think next on the list are the west coast of the states, Dallas and Europe, especially Poland. I really want to visit Auschwitz as that period of history also interests me.

Niagara Falls is very pretty,especially in winter when it's frozen over and everything.I've been to the falls 4 times now and it's just...stunning!You have to go on a Maid of the Mist boat,even though you get really wet,lol...ooh and the little path that goes behind the falls...very cool.I've stayed in the town a couple of times too in the Sheraton hotel(we ate our breakfast looking over the falls which was cool...and it has a Starbucks,lol),and the town is a bit tacky and tourist but there are lots of cute amusements and a Planet Hollywood and things so I'd recommend staying overnight to experience all that!

It depends what you want...I too love Scandinavia (especially Copenhagen and Malmo under snow), but wouldn't go there with my friends on my summer hols.
If you want more than bar culture try Rhodes Town on the island of Rhodes. There's loads of history (with the old Town being a UNESCO World Heratage site), and because its the capital of the island buses leave to all parts of the island (so you can see Archangelos, Lindos and ancient Kamiros) or take the ferry over to Turkey (12km away). Plus, for the summer bit of the holiday, Rhodes has a good beach, awesome nightlife (better than Faliraki IMO because there are a lot less English pissheads about) and the weather is ace. I went with my friends (staying in Pastida, 15km from Rhodes Town) and we had an ace time.

I wouldn't mind travelling alone, not too sure about the travel buddies thing, with my luck I'd end up with a psycho who'd leave me in the middle of nowhere with only the shirt on my back...

I did get in trouble at immigration in Canada for being a young girl on my own...they thought it was a bit odd,so be careful in that respect!

Wow! I have to say I've started thinking about travelling alone. I mean, half the point of the travelling is to meet new people and experiencing different cultures. And, as you say, you don't do that in a 'western' hotel resort on a beach.

I've been having a good old scout round the internet this afternoon for travel websites and was surprised to find a huge number of people in exactly the same situation that either travel alone or advertise for travel buddies on the sites.

I'm not really sure which way to go. It's a strange thought, just going off on your own somewhere. How did you both find it? Where did you go/how long for etc?