Why it's better to travel alone

traveling alone versus traveling with a friend I did all of my travels until I married at the age of 32 alone all of them and that means that meant every year from 18 to 32 that's 14 years of traveling alone that's a lot now traveling with someone especially if if you know your spouse your girlfriend your boyfriend that that's that's a terrific thing to do I would not want to travel alone now I want to go with my wife it would be depressing frankly not to go with her but there is a massive massive advantage in going alone because you must then relate to the society you can't relate to your cultural friend the friend from your culture you have to live on their terms as it were it's a very different experience also you are much more likely to be invited to homes if you're alone and other tourists will I I remember how many people when I was young and how many uh people would go oh you're you're you're on your own join us for dinner and I had much better dinners with all these tourists who who picked me up and I'm a guy you know girls must get this more than I but I got it a lot you're alone join us my wife and I would love to have you for dinner I thought it was a great idea but I I like people I don't like Humanity but I really love people and it was uh there were massive advantages I learned a great deal traveling alone go to places off the Beaten Track okay it's great to see the usual places because they're fascinating every country is fascinating there's no country that's not fascin fasinating but but also do something off the Beaten Track people tell me you know they always well what's your favorite country I don't there's no such thing my favorite country I like visiting all of them but I will admit that I if I if I could go back if I had to go back to ones that I have visited one of them would be India and it's so colorful it's so interesting it's it's relentlessly interesting India uh and and very often people will say oh wow India I don't know it's is is is it clean or some some bizarre question is it clean what does that even mean is it clean but or I'm afraid about the food by the way it's most delicious food on Earth is in India as it Happ it's the only place I know I could be a vegetarian and not miss meat that's how good the food is but uh you you're you're not living Lifey if if you don't visit off the Beaten Track oh yes don't go in the summer if you avoid it first of all it's so hot in so many places and secondly the lines are so long now if you're a big fan of tourists and lines go in the summer but if you're a big fan of seeing what you want to see in those countries try to go some other time