September 23, 2009 - Travelling Alone or Not?

Do you travel alone or go with someone? Travelling alone means no compromising, you do things when you want to or feel like it. Full control and freedom. Travelling with someone is nice in that you can share the costs and the adventure with so long as you have good plans in place and know what each other's expectations are. There are countless stories of bad travel experiences out there. Some travel companions don't get moving til half the day is lost. Others expect the other to pay for everything. Some are control freaks and you had better do what they want when they want to and go to the type of restaraunt that they decide on. I remember on a trip to the east coast in 1999, coming across a scene of two racoons crossing the road in front of me. How i wished that i had someone with me to see that scene unfold. It happened so fast that i did not capture the photo either. I always thought when travelling, what if something were to happen. I could be helpless out there with no one to drive me to a hospital. And too, one has to remember that 99 out of 100 things you worry about never happen! Well, there are pluses and minuses as you can see.