Traveling solo isn’t easy especially in a country like India. You are constantly stared at and judged for picking up your bags and moving around all by yourself. And if you’ve ever been a solo traveler, even for a short trip, here are 15 things you’ll totally understand.
1. People will stare. All the time. You’ve just got to deal with it.
2. There will be a lot of unwanted helpers who’ll try to come forward because your are a girl.
3. You’ll be showered by warnings. Late night horrors, risky places and dreadful men, everything’s put into perspective.
4. You are a girl and this fact becomes more evident than ever because women are treated so differently in different places in India.
5. You’ve suddenly become a rebel who is out on the roads with her bags. But you let them judge as much as they want.
6. People do not understand the concept of solo travelling. And now, you’ve stopped trying to make them understand too.
7. People want to take pictures with you like you are a celebrity and it is sweet sometimes but annoying on most occasions.
8. Many a time you are the only girl in a bus, a cab or even in a train compartment and it’s freaky.
9. You always carry a stole that you can wrap around when the men around become creepy.
10. You always have all the emergency numbers on speed dial.
11. On most occasions you draw too much attention for being a girl.
12. There have been multiple instances when you’ve been teased but you didn’t do much because who wants the scene.
13. If you are out late, you are constantly worried to reach your destination because you’ve already been warned so much. #Stressfulmuch
14. And sometimes you mistake even the genuinely helpful people to be cheats.
15. But travelling alone even though a little freaky has given you a sense of freedom that is so worth the while.
