Travelled solo…on your own…
I am thinking once I get my passport back it has been sent for renewal to go to Swizerland on my own. It’s a coach trip though I don’t think I could do flights and all…
Ive never travelled solo farther than it too to get back home at bedtime.
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I’ve travelled frequently on my own. I love Spain and have worked and travelled several times there on my own each time. I also spent 6 months working in Egypt on my own too. It’s difficult at first, but I found the challenge stimulating.
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I do everything alone, travel is one of them, I went to LA and New York alone, it was ok, but I’m not a very good planner so when I got there I was guessing what to see and where to go.
I don’t travel any more, maybe because I am alone and don’t really enjoy it
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Always wanted to travel alone, never have.
I barely went to Las Vegas with family and it was unpleasant. I don’t like the newness of travelling. it makes me uncertain.
Once, I traveled out of town with my friend and my martial arts instructor and they got into a fight and I freaked out and took off on foot to go get food. It triggered memories of being sza and walking alone in the middle of the night through crime infested neighborhoods, searching for a man who didn’t exist. I think that’s why I am afraid to travel, it will trigger horrible memories of roaming while psychotic.
You guys are so brave to travel alone! Wish I could be like you guys! The closest thing I will be doing is travelling up to north California in June to present some findings in my field of study at a symposium. I will be going with my cousin, though, so I won’t be alone. I’m still nervous about it!
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Before I was diagnosed I lived and worked and travelled on my own across Europe. After diagnosis I haven’t done any traveling let alone on my own.
My biggest concern would be having enough meds if I did travel.
I used to take the train (Amtrak) 200 miles alone to Sacramento to visit my dad. I did that quite a few time, it was about a 3 hour trip. It was fun. I would bring my Walkman and some treats to munch on and sit near the window and watch the scenery and eat and listen to music.
Later, when I got a car, I would drive there myself. It was about a 2 1/2 hour trip by car. I would bring some snacks and a six-pack of soda and some CD’s to listen to.
Two or three times I took a Greyhound bus there. That was the worse way to travel because I had to share a seat and it was very cramped. Also I was a little wary of the type of people who hung out at the bus station.
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I spent 3 months in South Africa and nearby on my own, but i only had a great time when i met a guy - think it was a gigilo boy really at the airport (johannesburg to cape town)
he wanted to give him the job of chaufeuring my hire car.
I’d been to Lesotho and Kreuger for safari
then with this guy - to his home, to Namibia desert, Walvis bay, sossouvlei, garden route Swaziland, Maputo in Mozambique and
was long enough to feel like home…
been accross europe on my own and up to Scotland
moved city on my own although this was from addictive personality going into a rehab
@77nick77. One can see the progression of music player technology in your account of traveling over the years. 
Good for you traveling alone regularly to visit your dad. Especially when you were driving—even back then, CA drivers and freeways were no small feat to contend with.
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I have not but have thought about it. I go away once a year with my family, but I would like to go to places like New York.
I have no-one to go with unfortunately, so if I did do it it would be by myself.
I will do it one day I guess.
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Yes I have, but being on a airplane was very difficult for me. It was a 14 hour flight and plagued with people on the plane seemingly being able to see my thoughts and hear my thoughts and making comments to me. I was pretty much out of it. Didn’t like that sort of attention. Sorry for being such a downer.
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I have traveled many places on my own. I’ve gone all across America in my car, flown cross country to visit family, and taken the bus back home from college. I highly prefer traveling in my own car, where I can control everything.
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Yes, but not outside my home country (US).
Eta, I have traveled outside the US but not by myself.
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I traveled from Southern California to northern Oregon alone when I was 14. I also flew from South Carolina to central Oregon by myself a few years back. My favorite part was looking down at Seattle; I’d never been there before even though I am basically a native Oregonian and Oregonians always go to Seattle.
Some parts of travel can be really exciting but mostly I’d rather do without it. There are just about always too many people getting too close to me, especially if they’re from the South and I cannot explain why - it’s probably cultural. Having gone to high school in Los Angeles County, I suspect that if someone stands that close to me they are after my wallet. Since the people in the South have much smaller chunks of personal space than I do, I found myself extremely uncomfortable, there.
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Wednesday had to drive to Oakland,
Last Thurs. it was to San Francisco (Drive back again Wed.)
and yesterday (Mon)had to drive to Sacramento.
Need some down time away from the road.
Traffic always busy.
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I’ve travelled solo many a time. I like it.
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I’ve never vacationed alone, but travel, yeah. I went to college (and med school) more than 500 miles from my hometown, so there were a lot of long solo drives, as well as flying alone for interviews, but never a trip just for the sake of taking a trip. I’ve actually never flown with a friend/relative, I’ve always gone solo on planes.
I think you were asking more about going out and seeing the world solo, and no, never done that, though I am quite comfortable with my own company. I don’t really have the money to go on trips.
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I haven’t holidayed abroad in a long time, and my parents now live by the beach so that’s always handy.
I never went solo but I did spend time wandering around strange places by myself. It was nice and kind of exciting. 10/10 would fly solo again
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I have traveled because of work , but never for pleasure as in vacation alone. I don’t think I would enjoy traveling alone if there is no one to share the experience with and that there has been times I have gotten lost and I would freak out because I don’t know where I am. Even though I have traveled that road about 10 times and gotten lost during my routine driving experience at that time because maybe my meds caused me to forget where I was which made me frightened and scared. I can only imagine if i got lost in another country I would be at my wits end with Noone to bring me home. That would be a horrible experience. It was just horrendous getting lost in a place I was familiar with. How much more in another country. I always wished that i could travel to Vienna Austria though. But that is all but a wish.
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I always wanted to travel alone but when i got diagnosed i lost interest. i would only travel alone if i was visiting someone on the other end. as alexander supertramp says on travelling ‘happiness is only real when shared’ thats how it is with me anyway