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SOLO FEMALE TRAVELLERS - i need your help please |
 Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:24 pm |
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| Ok so i just spent my entire evening being told that if i go alone i will be murdered, raped, sold into the sex industry and other pleasant and lovly outcomes to travel. As you can imagine im not at all put off but my mum is and i would love to have some stories to tell her of all the people who have travelled alone becuase shes seems to think that i am the FIRST women ever to want to travel without a guy by my side or without a MASSIVE group of women near me.
So girls please give me a hand.. and boys if you've ever met solo female travelers. Where have you been? how did u find it? scary or fun? most fun place? anything horrible happen to you? Thank you so much xx |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:53 pm |
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| Just tell your mum.. That with all the stories we get on television and newspapers, you have just as much chance of being killed right outside your door by some mentally insane killer, run down by a bus/car/lorry, have your drink spiked by some sex maniac who lives in your hometown, get raped when you are walking to the chipper after a night in the town.. etc. etc. You catch my drift!
Of course the tabliods won't pick up on the thousands of success stories, of soul travellers who go and have the time of their life on the other side of the world. That just is'nt interesting enough for the news! They want the stories that will grab our attention and make us fear the "outside world". It;s brainwashing!! |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:06 pm |
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| I'm going with a friend but my mum is exactly the same, so worried and I know she won't be able to relax until I'm back home again!
Just make sure you keep telling her how sensible and wary you're going to be while you're away! And its true, theres thousands of people going travelling every year but you only hear about the few bad stories. When are you going? |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:08 pm |
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| September next year
you? x |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:15 pm |
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| you've got a while to put her mind at rest then!
i'm going January - May. so not long now. getting excited! |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:21 pm |
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Solo female should travel with Flashpacker or not travel at all....  |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:36 pm |
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| r u joking? | |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:09 pm |
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[quote]Solo female should travel with Flashpacker or not travel at all.... [/quote]
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:29 pm |
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| I think all mums are the same. I am going solo 2 (and i am not a girl ;-)) and my mum is worried. Funny thing is that she doesnot realize that for last 6 years I've been living in different country ;-).
So whatever you tell her she will be still worried as you will be worried once your kid (in the future) will want to experience a similar adventure. Just tell her that you won't be by your own and you will meet other girls/people who you will be travelling with. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 3:45 pm |
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| I travelled Syria and Japan solo. I found my parents did worry a bit, until I went to Syria - after I returned from that unscathed they seemed to realise I could cope, and that the world maybe wasn't so scary after all.
Not really sure what you can do, but maybe show her this forum/other travel forums to demonstrate just how many women travel solo safely. You could also point her to the FCO advice website, as I've never read a page that doesn't say the most common problem is simply people losing their passports, and most people have a trouble-free trip. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:07 pm |
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| hey everyone
Thank you so much. Keep it coming :P im determined to go despite waht everyone is saying, im going to be soo scared i know but i know that my brother went with a friend and they are now not friends and just didnt get on by the end of it and i dont want to loose a friendship or be limited by other people 
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:15 pm |
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| Your mum will come round - I promise!
Thing is when you travel solo is you'll never really be alone. You'll meet so many people right from your first night in your dorm that you'll often find getting away from people difficult. Do you know anyone that's been that your mum can talk too? I've certainly spoken to a few worried mums off here. I first went off when I was 17 to a few places in Europe, then Australia for a year, then a bit of SE asia, then a round the world trip, then a work placement in new Zealand, more Europe etc .....you get the idea. Seriously after my first trip she was over the worrying. It might help to maybe go to a meet - up over here so she can get used to the idea of you travelling to new places to meet up with strangers. Reassure her how easy it'll be to keep in touch (depending on where you're going) encourage her to use facebook or learn to use whatever it is you might be using to update friends with what your up tOo. Also tell her you plans for the first place your arriving in, show her where your staying and what trips you might like to do. Hang in there, it'll get easier. |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:26 pm |
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| bearing in mind 50,000 peeps (approx) will be taking off this year (and that's just the pre-uni ones, why don't you compare that with the number of nasty cases u've heard about! Lol. It doens't really seems significant then.
Just be sensible and look up advice for girls. (ie. Steer clear of Egypt unless you REALLY want to go) try to blend in with local women, and some sites recommend wearing a wedding ring, just for the sake of giving the impression that a guy is travelling with you
There's loads of websites about it anyway. Hope this helps XxxxX |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:59 pm |
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| I left home in January 2007. Have been to India, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Borneo, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. All by myself!! Never had a problem/attack/robbery or anything bad. Of course I've just tempted fate haven't I! Good luck! | |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:39 am |
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| Haha people tell me the same thing. I'm backpacking around Thailand and Cambodia by myself for about a month early this coming year (most likely feb).
It will be my first solo trip. I'm an American and this is like the violent capital of the modern world here as far as murders and gun crimes and stuff like that (seen Bowling for Columbine?) so I'm pretty sure I have a better chance of being raped and murdered here at home than I do in Thailand lol. Plus I used to work late nights as a pizza delivery driver and I'd get sent into the ghetto and nearly got robbed twice, there were some super scary times and they taught me that I'm tougher than I think! BELIEVE in your womens intuition. Thats what I used to do at my job at thats what I plan on doing in Thailand. Be friendly, open and putting a positive energy out to the world, open to meeting friends and stuff, but if something doesn't feel right, whether it be a street, a place, an activity or a person, LISTEN TO THAT FEELING! Always, no matter how "irrational" it might seem. Something I've learned is womens intuition is strong, and its better to never know than to find out it was right when its too late. As for your mom, there's nothing you can do. Shes gonna worry! My mom does too. The best thing you can do is come back with awesome stories and memories and prove to her you were fine. Then for your next trip maybe she wont worry so much. Good luck! |
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