Why I'm a solo female traveler
I sat on the beach in Cambodia, amazed that a white sandy beach so unspoiled still exist in the world. There were no outstanding resorts or people with fancy drinks with umbrellas walking by. It was as good as empty. This was my second week traveling alone. I bought my one-way ticket to Southeast Asia, and sit on the beach, I knew I made the right decision
I never travel a lot when I was younger, and had certainly never alone backpack on the back. - Or really do not. Four years earlier, I had lived in Taiwan as a language student for eight months. Coming home and get a full time job, as I thought I should, I could not shake my wish, to return to Asia. In those days of longing, I never thought I would eventually take off on an open journey that I am later for 2 years.
So why I quit my job, traveling the world?
Even though I was successful at work, I was not happy. My cabin felt restrictive. The job pays well, but I found that the money was not enough to justify my twenties to support spending someone else's dream. I felt like something was missing. I needed adventure, and I could not shake my desire to get back to Asia. But I was not sure how to make it happen.
I spent years for freedom long, difficult with researching distant places away from reality, so I seemed could imagine. I scoured the internet for some kind of inspiration. Was it possible, without a trust fund to travel long-term? Could really alone travel safely women? I knew no one else who could be straight or end their lives with me, so the only way to go it alone.
The more I read online, the more I realized that it was possible, and the more was the dream a permanent residence in my head. The desire was so huge, it was often the only thing I could think of. Quit my job and selling all my stuff was exactly what I needed to do to Asia again, so I hatched a plan and followed it.
The thoughts in my head echoed concerns of my friends. Am I crazy dare to be alone away? I wondered. I will shoot myself in the foot financially and professionally? Will it be safe? Will I be lonely all the time? Do I have regrets
But I knew that the biggest regret of all to stay in a situation that I had was not happy: a world of fancy cars, high rent and designer clothes that somehow never managed to bring me the joy I had been promised.
I no longer believe in the "American dream". I did not want a mortgage, a white picket fence, 2.5 kids and a cat called Fluffy. In August 2012, I listed everything I. On Craigslist owned and sold them in the span of one week, then terminated my lease immediately and moved out of my apartment In September shaking in my shoes, I boarded the plane to Bangkok without booked as much as a room when I landed.
Sitting on this beach in Cambodia, it felt like I had reached the pot of gold the end of the rainbow. What had I so afraid? All this turned out just to be safe and easy.
I traveled solo through any country in Southeast Asia, while falling in love with the culture and food. I have from the doors of the trains chugging past cascading rice fields in Sri Lanka depended, dived with whale sharks in the Maldives, attracted more than 100 miles in Nepal, while all my own equipment transmits, and hitchhiked alone through China.
This experience helped me to figure out how to find the less visited places, how to get the people invited into homes to experience the true local culture, and how to go deeper in any location without hitting to leave a guide. As a solo traveler this options for me are often abundant. People want to solo travelers take in, it is for another room, and it can be experienced individually, provides an amazing learning experience about the world.
The beauty of solo travel, especially as a woman, has also taught me about myself so much. It took me more independent, stronger and more resistant. I have met so many amazing women to do the same thing to do, some of which are like 18 or 19 years old as young.
I have received countless emails from girls in similar situations who want to leave behind a conventional life, to see the world. I always tell them that if it is in their hearts, they have to do it
Add to my monthly column, you can expect more contributions on to see exactly how to do that -. How to confront over the fear and get how to inform and indecision of your friends and family conquer as you terminate your lease and to sell your stuff, what to pack, how to stay safe, like finding deeper cultural experiences, and much more. I'll show you that it is easier, as you travel around the world as a woman, think.
Traveling long term necessarily require a leap of faith, but with the right preparation, it need not be a scary one.
Kristin Addis is a former investment banker who all of her belongings and offer California farewell solo sells travel through Asia while to look for off-the-beaten path adventure. There is almost nothing that they will not try, and almost nowhere they will not discover. You can find more of her thoughts Be My Travel Muse . Connect with her on Twitter and Facebook
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