In my early 20s I did lots of solo travel. I did big trips to India, Japan, Europe with a backpack and no real plan. I was happy to stay in huge, 12-bed dorms in very questionable hostels, take the cheapest (which often meant the slowest) forms of transport, meet whoever I met and truly go with the flow each day.
Now that those heady days are over and I’m a weary 30-year-old, the idea of going on such an unstructured trip alone appeals to me less. I still love to travel and see the world (though maybe no longer from the discomfort of a hostel) but if I were to spend the time and money to go on a solo-trip again I’d like to maximise the experience and see everything there was to see. This, however, requires a fair degree of planning - an activity I do not enjoy.
