What's it really like, traveling solo?
I found that there are 3 common reactions to "I'm going to travel alone": 1) ang lakas ng loob mo! 2) inggit ako (or similarly, dream ko rin 'yan ) and 3) sana mahanap mo na dun si 'the one'. The first would make you double, triple, quadruple check your already carefully planned out itinerary because why does it seem like everybody's scared for you when you're not even scared for yourself? Fine, you'll get about 20% scared for yourself because you'll realize that you're not really that good with maps but you're the best at getting lost or taking the long route home. The second would excite you either because you can't wait to one-up everybody else who hasn't done it yet (!) or simply because it used to be a dream for you too. And the third would make you wonder "bakit nadamay si 'the one'?" ...and " taiwanese (or whatever nationality) talaga si ' the one'?!" Ewan . ...