Yes, travel is exploring, meeting new people and making friends that will broaden your point of view. Yes, making friends is exciting. But is it okay to make random friendships when you travel alone? Prove me wrong, but I don’t think so.

1. Making friends: when traveling alone it is part of the experience to meet new people and make friends. However not everyone can be as open minded as you thing and sometimes your behaviour might be interpreted in a different way. Sure, being in a group is better than traveling all alone, especially when speaking to bars and nightclubs. The best is to select families or groups of other girls who are traveling to the same place and have same interests as you. Be careful who you trust.

2. Fight for your right: on airports, train stations and actually everywhere on this planet there are always people who are more sociable than others. They are this kind of guys who approach and start a chat asking you where you are from, where are you going, are you traveling alone, how old are you, what you are doing in this place and so on. The best is to keep a book open in front of you, even if you do not feel like reading. Also you can have your mp3 player around so if somebody approaches and starts asking question, you have excuse for not listening and therefore answering. Also having your mobile in hand is sign that you can call immediately someone or you are expecting someone to call you.

3. Know a few foreign words: learning new languages is not easy to everyone but sometimes a few words in the local language can change the situation. Learn expressions like “leave me alone” or “get away” or “I’m busy”.