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After complaining about my stale life, i decided it was time for a change and booked a flight to Bangkok. As someone who is rather shy to put it mildly, i was surprised by this, but went nevertheless. So i was on my first long haul flight, alone with a chinese man sitting next to me, who could not speak english but told me through his translation app, that the "Weather is beautiful today".
After a long and tiring flight i arrived in bkk and suddenly everything was different. It felt like walking in a dream. Crusing the chao phra river to find the place i would stay for the next few days.
The first month or so was horrible and full of loneliness. The i decided to book a dorm, after the hostel i picked had no singles left. Best decision ever. Luckily got into a good dorm and instantly realized what solo travel is all about. Continued to have an amazing time in hanoi..made friends with a vietnamese and many other interesting people. Suddenly they were there...with me...a typical basement dweller. From zero to 100 in one flight...ok...a few more but you get what im hinting at.
To my surprise, i would not find it overwhelming at all. Of course, there were challenges, uncomfortable situations...but all in all, mos things worked out. I noticed my lack of skills in many situations but i knew that it couldn't be any other way and that there was nothing i could do about it. So i didn't do anything about it.
I would continue to Cambodia, learned a lot about choosing the right hostels and about group dynamics. About tuk tuk drivers too Pleased Learned about the creepiness of phnom penh, met junkies, fraudsters and good people. Fell ill in sihanoukville and drank too much. Went on to see the wonders of Angkor and was blown away. Decided spontaneously to go to lao as well ... loved vang vieng, the nature and the party... a real intoxicating blend.
Went back with more contacts than i have made in years of studying and miss quite a few of them. Its cold here and i have settled into my old life...pretty much, yeah. People are much less polite, but there is inexpensive cheese. So thats the silver lining. I know i can't and won't stay here forever. I want to go back..or perhaps somewhere else? To know that there is a place where people are friendly, mostly interesting and willing to socialize makes me angry i didn't do it in my twenties or earlier...but such is life, full of mistakes but also full of hope.
After a long and tiring flight i arrived in bkk and suddenly everything was different. It felt like walking in a dream. Crusing the chao phra river to find the place i would stay for the next few days.
The first month or so was horrible and full of loneliness. The i decided to book a dorm, after the hostel i picked had no singles left. Best decision ever. Luckily got into a good dorm and instantly realized what solo travel is all about. Continued to have an amazing time in hanoi..made friends with a vietnamese and many other interesting people. Suddenly they were there...with me...a typical basement dweller. From zero to 100 in one flight...ok...a few more but you get what im hinting at.
To my surprise, i would not find it overwhelming at all. Of course, there were challenges, uncomfortable situations...but all in all, mos things worked out. I noticed my lack of skills in many situations but i knew that it couldn't be any other way and that there was nothing i could do about it. So i didn't do anything about it.
I would continue to Cambodia, learned a lot about choosing the right hostels and about group dynamics. About tuk tuk drivers too Pleased Learned about the creepiness of phnom penh, met junkies, fraudsters and good people. Fell ill in sihanoukville and drank too much. Went on to see the wonders of Angkor and was blown away. Decided spontaneously to go to lao as well ... loved vang vieng, the nature and the party... a real intoxicating blend.
Went back with more contacts than i have made in years of studying and miss quite a few of them. Its cold here and i have settled into my old life...pretty much, yeah. People are much less polite, but there is inexpensive cheese. So thats the silver lining. I know i can't and won't stay here forever. I want to go back..or perhaps somewhere else? To know that there is a place where people are friendly, mostly interesting and willing to socialize makes me angry i didn't do it in my twenties or earlier...but such is life, full of mistakes but also full of hope.
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