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Travelling alone is an amazing thing to do: you get to make all the choices and don't have to rely on anyone else.
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And when you're alone, it's definitely easy to make new friends.
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Free walking guided tours become your main activity, so then at least you have people to hang out with.
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Your number of Facebook friends grows more than it ever has before, as you meet so many people along the way.
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But unfortunately, you probably will never see them again.
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Unless you travel on the same route, and then you'll find yourself bumping into them at every stop.
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You make friends with lots of hostel workers.
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You never show up late to anything, because you don't have a travel companion slowing you down...
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...but at the same time, you kinda miss sharing experiences with them.
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You ask strangers to take pictures of you everywhere, but you're too shy to make stupid faces!
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So your photo album becomes either a collection of awkward tourist pictures...
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...or a huge collection of selfies.
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You'd planned to make a video about your trip, showing how good it was even on your own, but you're too lazy to do it.
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When you left home, your friends made fun of you for travelling solo, and your grandma was just convinced you'd be lonely.
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Your mum wants you to be in constant contact, because she's heard horror stories about people travelling alone.
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You spent over a week carefully preparing a playlist to listen to during boring bus trips.
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You choose which bus ticket to get depending on whether they have on-board WiFi... otherwise you'd get so bored on your own.
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You spend all your data sharing experiences with your friends, because they're constantly checking in and making sure you're alright by yourself.
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And then when you're back home, your friends will remind you politely they've listened that same story 1001 times.
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You may sometimes feel a little unsafe on your own...
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But in the end every little thing worked out amazingly, even though you were alone.
