I have the need.....the need for spe..... travelling ;) A few years back I had booked a cruise with my BF at the time, 15 days gone. 2 in Fl before the cruise, 9 days on the boat and 4 days back in FL on the return. Well, him and I split up 1 week before the cruise. He asked me, soooooo u gonna sell our tickets since Im not going? Ummmm NO! haha I took off on my 1st 1/2 month, find yourself, out of comfort zone, me time vacation. I gotta tell ya, I was scared but too excited for that to kick in if u know what i mean. I learned some valuable lessons about myself and others for sure LOL 1: People will look at u and ooo and awwww at u for being alone like u were the last person to get picked for dodge ball. Even my steward said, wheres ur man? Oh ur alone? Let me unlock the minibar! HAHAHA 2: NO MATTER how tired or just needing rest, someone is going to take u under their wing to make u feel like ur part of the gang and no matter how much I wanted to relax, that was lovely. The human race is really cool when u get out there and experience it. 3: Traveling alone means u eat with other ppl and no matter what u thought was the RIGHT WAY to go about dinner, others personal space.... other ppl always have their way! Interpret how u will. 4: I met WAY more men when I was alone than when I had a group of girls with me lol #score 5: I got to do more things then I would have if I had to be on everyones schedule. No matter what, no ones stomach is synced up with yours, so there will be compromise with others. I found myself jetting around the island on a catamaran with 8 fine specimens before their professional race because I must have looked lost and alone standing there starring at them from the beach ;) 6: I got lost (in the feeling) in the mountains on a 4wheeler with no watch or worry how or what I would run into ... when I got back to the ship, I looked like a native with dreadlocks from all the mud. 7: You WILL get out of ur comfort zone whether u like it or not because u dont have that partner in crime to lean on. Every single thing u do is foreign. I missed my ride back to fort lauderdale from miami and I met a tourist bus driver that was heading that way... he comped me and off we went. I found myself kicking soccer balls as cliche as that sounds with a school of Orphans in St. Martin. 8: The amount of growth on the inside is INSANE compared to having a companion. Every single breath and thought u make, determines ur next move. So whatever YOU choose, there u are ;) No one else is giving an opinion...........You can either live it to the fullest or sit back and watch it all unfold. I would have never sat on that bench and talked to that 90 year old man for 1 hour if I had others with me. Talk about life lessons! 9: When they put ur suitcase on another ship and u are without shoes, bikini and makeup for 2 weeks, roll with it. Theres bound to be a payless on the island, and it was so KNOWN by everyone cause u know every single person on the boat talked about the poor girl who didnt have clothes and was alone hahaha that I was considered an exception barefooted and fancy free... what they didnt know is I rather be barefooted! LOL I looked like a walking billboard for Carnival with all their free clothes they provided. They felt so bad, but u know.. I didnt care. I was sucking up the sun and all the nice eye candy! I had my u can have ma chest but leave my booty alone shirt so i was good to go! lol 10: Locals make way better food in their homes than any restaurant ANYWHERE! And everyone wants to give u something cause ur alone. I was invited back to a house and it was literally a straw hut on the beach. Smelled of straight ganga, but the food was incredible and oddly made me very happy ;) I sat and taught the girls how whip up some great cocktails and they taught me that there are HUGE barracuda in the water ways next to the hut and that most islanders dont know how to swim. We collected food from their truck before we made a feast.. pic below. 11: When the scuba instructor tells u NOT TO GO INTO THE BLACK CAUSE THATS WHERE THE BIGGGGGG SHARKS AND OCTOPUS LIVES, Dont go into the dark!!! They can literally lift u up like a rag doll into the boat with just ur life jacket. 12: I was a photographer in my other life. 13: Nothing feels better then to get home from a long trip and lay in ur own bed. (even though the Pacific Coast bedding from Hilton is the most amazing thing I have ever slept on) I literally could go on and on and on and on about traveling by yourself. I dont necessarily wanna go on that long of an adventure again alone, but I have the travel bug....... it attacks me every so many years and I spend years going from place to place. Its been dormant long enough! Time to throw a dart to the map!
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:01:52 +0000
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