M65
Independant ?
July 27 2013
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RHP User
12 years ago
travel is something I only recently discovered and I love love love it!
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RHP User
12 years ago
An European jaunt for later this year......on my own. 4 countries in 5 weeks.......the first time I've travelled overseas alone. No tours, no partner, no girl friends. Lots of me time and the chance to be truly selfish. Pretty sure I'll be OK!- Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
12 years ago
I came to Australia with a friend to go backpacking for six months. After only three weeks she flew back as she was homesick, so I was left to my own devices. I had no issues traveling on my own, and it's quite possible this experience prepared me for moving here years later, without knowing a soul. Guess I should be thanking the biatch.
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RHP User
12 years ago
Yes I have travelled on my own. I do prefer to travel with friends though, but friends that are as adventurous as me usually. I like going to different or interesting places. But of course I do love Europe as well even though it seems so familiar to me. Must be the European parents I guess. I also get impatient with risk adverse people who never want to try anything new. I don't get it, but I realized recently that maybe I can be a little pushy or short tempered. Was planning a trip with a friend and I realized she was worried we may not come back friends because she would be too scared to do some of the things I wanted to do... And I get too frustrated with her. So now I shut the fuck up... Everyone is different and I shouldn't push people. Who the fuck lives in Australia ... But can't swim! :/
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Cheekyarses
12 years ago
I would love to do the kakoda trail, walk through the city of Rome, would love to help with teaching children in the 3rd world countries
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RHP User
12 years ago
I actually really enjoy time on my own. I quite like it - as I have said before helps me to recharge as I am introverted.I can go a week without speaking to someone if I want to.Actually my daughter is heading off to India when she finishes school this year and I have been doing a lot of thinking about what to do then.I've been thinking a lot about traveling overseas during that time - taking some long service leave and just going. LOL I am a little thing too! ;)It scares the crap out of me thinking about it - however traveling is one of my passions and it's something I really want to do more of.As they say, "The world is your oyster". :)FOXY
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RHP User
12 years ago
I'm not as adventurous as some - however when I read KaynB's, Meeka's, and MsM posts...I thought WOW! if they can, so can I. :)FOXY
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RHP User
12 years ago
Quoting 'Cheekyarses' would love to help with teaching children in the 3rd world countries That's what my daughter is going to do in India, but with special needs children.What an adventure and brave.I am so proud of her, as she too is an introvert. :)I hope you get there one day. FOXY
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RHP User
12 years ago
and had some mad adventures :) I'm very happy in my own company and more of a one on one girl, rather than groups of friends. Still, I like to travel with someone. I like the connection and sharing the laughs and dramas, and having someone to reminisce with. I'm thinking of moving to another country to live though, on my own.
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RHP User
12 years ago
Am off to the USA for 4 weeks in September (am so excited). A week with Ms Araps going to Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Bryce and Zion canyons. Then 3 weeks all by myself in Yosemite National Park in California to go rock climbing and spending days at a time on 1000 meter high rock walls.As I am not going with anyone from Oz (not by choice) I am comfortable in being able to mingle with the local climbers when I get there to find a climbing partner with similar skills levels and the right personality. While its lots of time to myself with amazing views there is still the element of what I am doing that requires a partner.
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RHP User
12 years ago
and I will go anywhere...I even went to Gladstone once.... To travel is to open your mind up to the world.I have lived in Buddhist Centres in the Santa Cruz Mountains,a village in Bali,roamed around Europe and America,mostly by myself or with my daughter...she had her first plane ride when she was six weeks old and a seasoned traveller by the age of eight.
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RHP User
12 years ago
Araps I will be in the US in Sept too! Who hoo! Foxy, the first time I travelled on my own I was 24 and I decided to go to Jamaica... Cause why not. I went to a few places in the States on the way. Never looked back.... Longest time traveling in one go was 12 months. Best time of my life!!!
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RHP User
12 years ago
to prefer travelling alone. Me included. Even when I go with someone else, they are very aware that I will always venture off by myself if they are not into what I want to do. I expect the same for them. We might meet up at some point, maybe not. Reflects on my attitude to a lot of things really.
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RHP User
12 years ago
Meeka I myself will be travelling thru USA in sept for 4 weeks hope to catch up with you
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RHP User
12 years ago
My preference is to travel with like minded friends, but they have to be open minded and independent. Someone who smothers me and tries to control everything is a big fucking no no!.. Just like my swinging experiences really. LOL!!
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RHP User
12 years ago
is to travel OS by myself, sooner the better. Now where is that bloody passport
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RHP User
12 years ago
Finished high school in '93... moved to Sydney in Jan '94 with a bag of cloths and $50 in the pocket... independent? doing my own thing? hell yes, had no choice.For 12 years I lived life around the Girlfriend/Wife... now that's all over, back in Sydney on my own with only 1 friend in the city... is like going back to being 18 again.Fun on my own, random visits to pubs, karaoke, RHP meet and greet... yes please.Social skills are rusty but hey, life begins at 37.9 Overseas trips on my own wouldn't be a problem but I think it would be just as fun with with a challenging and fun lady.
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RHP User
12 years ago
i have had limited experiences, busy being mum at present...but my time will come.....BUT My mother who is in her mid 70's (she'd kill me if she knew id said that) and has only 1 arm-lost other to Polio when she was 21- travels alone every year!! shes doing the 'Rivers of Europe' as we speak for 4 weeks, but has dragged a friend along this time.In the past she has done all around Europe, many cruises, NZ, all around Oz both in a ship, and by small plane, US, she books a tour and away she goes! She likes cruising as she doesn't have to drag around luggage which is tricky for her. But she likes her own company and chats to anyone!!
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RHP User
12 years ago
The first time I travelled overseas alone I was 22, applied for a job in Japan, got it & three weeks later I hopped on a plane all by myself. I was paid to party!! (no sex party lol) I had the best experience & it def helped shaped the person I am today. The adventures :-) the people :-) some really insane crazy moments I will never forget :-) from that moment on I made a choice to live & travel & to experience everything life has to offer with no inhabitions. I had the chance to move to the UK & spent 7years travelling the world as UK as a base. This time I was married :-) happily at this point. I have travelled on my own, with a partner, partner & kids. I've always been fortunate that locals will initiate contact with me & this has lead to some awesome experiences. In Japan my gf & I jumped on a motorbike. Her long legs dangled over the steering wheel sitting upfront, man in the middle & me with the shortest skirt heels hanging off the back, what a laugh driving down a Japanese street like that. You just can't put into words how these types of experiences shape u for the better. Careless abandonment if only for a short ride lol I've also had fantastic family holidays where we visited family in Switzerland which is so so beautiful been a million times for weeks on end, I loved spending time with my Swiss family. Hiking mountains, skiing, sun, snow, it has everything &'the people are beautiful. I nearly moved there :-) It really depends what type of travel experience you want and what stage of life you are at. I'd jump on a plane tomoz to somewhere hot and beachy :-) & have a blast whether I was by myself or with other people. Lifes what you make of it :-)
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Beachlover1999
12 years ago
Travelling alone, or setting out alone is the best and only way to travel in my book, having done so on and off for years until fairly recently (as I now have a child). Have travelled with people and usually go in different directions at some point. Travel in opose to going on a specific trip are 2 different entities. ie planning a few days with friend or friends to the GC or Sydney is different to going travelling to Vietnam. Its the people you meet while travelling are as exciting as the destination! I am also a free spirit who doesnt like to be 'caged' in!!!!! Always looking for new and exciting, things, places, ideas and people!!! Gosh got my 'travel head' on now.... Wish I could goooo!!!! 😃- Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
12 years ago
I've been overseas 6 times in the last 12 months on my own, most of the time spent in areas where I'm the only white guy in the village.But I've also enjoyed one trip with Mrs C and one with a couple of mates (although even then I started both trips on my own). Off again next week by myself and will fit in at least one new country, but more looking forward to an adventure planned with Mrs C later in the year.(Regret is not really a word I use, but I didn't do any overseas travel when I was young so doing my best to make up for it now!)I love to travel and quite happy to go on my own, but I much prefer to do it with Mrs C when we can (even if she's a bit soft).Mr C
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john60
12 years ago
I always travel on my own. I book airfare there and back and just go. I blog almost every day so friends and family can trace me if something goes wrong but so far all has been good. (I was worried when I got arrested by the KGB on the border of Afghanistan a couple of years ago as a suspected drug smuggler.) I don't do tours, but usually have a few sights in my head that I want to see and the adventure is working it all out. Some of the best experiences come from the most unexpected places and events. I have about 30,000 followers of my travel blog so there are a lot of people out there who either go independently or want to
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RHP User
12 years ago
Travelling on your own is one thing, but being completely independent is a rare thing. To not have to lean on someone for anything, to be decisive, to be your own person... In my short life so far I have only just been able to say that I am independent :) - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
12 years ago
I think you will find people who can venture off on their own are the free spirits of the world. Nothing better than stepping off a plane somewhere and going off on some adventure somewhere with only yourself to answer to. Doesn't mean I'm a daredevil , on the contary. I consider myself street and people wise , and trust my judgement on places not to go. I know people who wont travel because of what MIGHT happen.. and would go only in a group. Thats OK.. everyone to their own.. I had a great holiday in Thailand with friends last year, loved it, but my solo holidays are just as good...
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RHP User
12 years ago
And prior to changing jobs so that I could address a few issues, I was in a different town/city every weekend. Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Tamworth, Kalgoorlie, Adelaide to name a few of these. I would take some going out clothes with me, a nice pair of shoes, and off I'd go to see what the nightlife was like. It's amazing the things you pick up on, just sitting in the corner of a pub enjoying a few or a few too many drinks. 😊- Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
12 years ago
Quoting 'paintme'It's interesting that we all seem to prefer travelling alone. Me included. We all seem quite comfortable alone and appear to be quite unafraid to travel by ourselves. Are women who sign up to this site solo (and wanting to actually meet) similar when it comes to being independent? Would we have joined otherwise?
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RHP User
12 years ago
Quoting 'paintme'It's interesting that we all seem to prefer travelling alone. Me included. We all seem quite comfortable alone and appear to be quite unafraid to travel by ourselves. Are women who sign up to this site solo (and wanting to actually meet) similar when it comes to being independent? Would we have joined otherwise?
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RHP User
12 years ago
Would have been interesting if it was true but I know single women on this site that have never even been overseas once, let alone on their own.
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RHP User
12 years ago
You hit the nail on the head there, good reply.I can only add its always good to have 2 or 3 mentors in your ammo belt to run something past just to keep you on track.
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RHP User
12 years ago
I've never been overseas either, as I think there's just as much to see and do in our own backyard as there is overseas. I feel kind of weird now after reading that. - Posted from rhpmobile
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On_Safari
12 years ago
Quoting 'Freya77' and I will go anywhere...I even went to Gladstone once.... To travel is to open your mind up to the world.I have lived in Buddhist Centres in the Santa Cruz Mountains,a village in Bali,roamed around Europe and America,mostly by myself or with my daughter...she had her first plane ride when she was six weeks old and a seasoned traveller by the age of eight. You lucky bugger!!! But you didn't visit me Biatch......
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RHP User
12 years ago
Quoting 'sirlurkalot' I've never been overseas either, as I think there's just as much to see and do in our own backyard as there is overseas. I feel kind of weird now after reading that. - Posted from rhpmobile Not even close SirLurk. Until you have travelled overseas and experienced other cultures, and seen some of the seven wonders of the world.... well you can't compare hanging out in Australia's small towns where nothing happens. LOL. But I am an avid traveller..... I am surprised by people that never want to go out there and experience things. But everyone is different.
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RHP User
12 years ago
Have to agree with Meeka here. There's a big world out there that offers much more than you think. A friend of mine said exactly the same . Why travel o'seas , we have everything here ? After much talk from his wife and our other friends he relented ' but we had to just about drag him kicking and screaming to the airport . Only a short trip to Fiji but he loved it and came back telling everyone how great it was and wanting another trip in 2 years... which we did . That was a few years back now and in April of last year holidayed in Thailand. Now he can't get enough.. Experiencing different cultures is the thing that keeps me going. I'm getting itchy feet just thinking about it..
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RHP User
12 years ago
And by myself. When alone I can please myself when and where I want to go. Had a ball in Vegas when my travelling partner cancelled at the last minute. So glad I was alone as she would have slowed me down enormously. The times I have travelled with girlfriends, although there was fun, there was also a lot of bitchiness, particularly when one of them was drinking. Made it quite unpleasant at times. So, pluses and minuses for both ways.
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RHP User
12 years ago
And growing up in England, I really took it for granted. Yes, we had family holidays camping in Devon and Cornwall, visiting the beaches at Brighton and Southend, but going back in the 90's with a friend who had never been before was out of this world. I went to the place where I grew up, it seemed so small. London never looked as good when I lived there. The post war soot and dirt had been washed off the city roof tops and to my amazement, some of the buildings were gold edged around the roofline. Also crossed zero meridian at Greenwich for the first time. Can't believe we never did that as a school outing! I even went to see a Shakespearian play or two. When I came to Oz, I travelled up and down the East coast, working my way along. Came to Perth on a working holiday 30 years ago and am still on holiday. Travel is wonderful. Helps you grow, broadens your horizons. Everyone should do it.
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RHP User
12 years ago
Jay_me..All the best things in life are done alone. It is easy to make friends wherever one is.Fuck that, a soul mate by your side to share the many years past and adventures together is my wish. Me so sad now.
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madotara69
12 years ago
So I stood at the end of the aisles confused and all alone. It did not take long before the girls saw me in such a state and guided me to the places I was looking for. It does not matter which part of the world we may be standing on, we can count on the generosity people share for one and another.Tara traveled from NZ, so I guess that has helped her to find all the places in the aisles so easily, I tend to stick by her when we travel.Mado
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RHP User
12 years ago
....true,but who knew you dwelt there!!!!!
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RHP User
12 years ago
Do whatever and go everywhere you can, people are so self absorbed with work now that they forget this world has some awesome things to see. I recently went to Singapore and Thailand with family and friends and I can tell you it's annoying!! I'd never travelled over seas and had no intention too, but nice I did it was the best experience of my life with new culture, food and experiences. If if I could next time I'd love to go on my own, I can make friends anywhere and I join in on conversations its what I do. The reason people go on their own is to do what they want and when they want , see what they want and not have to worry about others, clear their head, the worst thing you can do is go with a co worker. The reason you go n holiday is to forget your life for a bit and just let go of the norm. One thing give learnt is just go and do it, being independent is not a bad thing but having someone to lean on for help is a good thing too.
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RHP User
12 years ago
husband,next time I wil take you with me
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RHP User
12 years ago
Love travelling on my own meeting locals and other tourists and doing things that I cant do at home. Never on a tour just go and find my way around. Have just booked a trip to Zimbabwe for the end of the year. The National parks are teeming with wildlife as there are no tourists, going fishing on Lake Kariba and the highlight will be the Bridge Swing across the gorge in front of Victoria Falls. Love independent travel.
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RHP User
12 years ago
Hi! Jay-Me:) Hun I would adore to Travell again with a Friend or 2 or Alone.. But I don't have the funds just the Wonderlust. My Effort to travel overseas 13yrs ago was Horrendous. I even was held by the USA Border Patrol tho looking back I have a giggle about it .They were so sweet and accommodating. They allowed me more than 20phone calls over 15mins Long We're normally allowed 1 5min..It got to the stage they'd call out Lynda phone call for you ha! ha!.. I had my arm around the Guy who Interviewed me just chilling and Joking with the All the Guys .. I lost all My Possessions what I had left that is and money so ended up back in OZ with a Teddy bear, Case of clothing and $us20. It took 10yrs trying to recover from it emotionally and Financially .. I need to become a Charity or win Lotto to even think of Planning a trip overseas. I am the eternal Optimist. I'll start small go for a weekend away to Bunbury ;)he! he! Cheers Lu Bon Voyage to all You very Fortunate People :)
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RHP User
12 years ago
I had a mate get married in Scotland in 95. So my then wife and I and one of his chick friends went over for the wedding. Whilst there we went to holland to catch up with a woman my wife and I met when we were traveling Australia. Our traveling chick went her own way most days and we'd catch up again for dinner. A few days in holland, 2 1/2 weeks driving around France in a hire car, then off to England then the wedding and back home a week later, 6 weeks in total. Had a great time, but glad to be home... Hp xo 💌 Because you're worth it...
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RHP User
12 years ago
Done lots of travel all over the world on my own but now love to do it with Mrs funky :-) - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
12 years ago
Quoting 'sirlurkalot' I've never been overseas either, as I think there's just as much to see and do in our own backyard as there is overseas. I feel kind of weird now after reading that. - Posted from rhpmobile I wasn't one for travelling overseas either, sirlurker, as I feel the world is contained in one blade of grass if you contemplate it enough. However, all my friends said I must try it and so I did - New Zealand first then earlier this year the U.S.A. I loved both trips and I learned things that I would not know from afar nevertheless my first love remains as contemplating that blade of grass and travel is reserved for purpose - such as work, going to meet people or connect with family or to accompany someone.I have the capability to be independent but I love connection and sharing so travelling alone for the sake of it is just not my thing.
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