Hi ladies, I'm thinking to do one of those 18-35 single solo traveller trips. Which do you recommend?
I'm considering eastern countries like Thailand, Korea, Japan and China.
have any of you travelled to these places?
If you've been to more than one, which is the best?
Which place has the most cute guys?
Been to all of these countries many times and am fluent in one of the languages spoken in the countries on your list. Thailand is the best hands down, Korea is the most boring of your list to visit as a tourist. IMHO
Edit: I posted before reading the comments. The sex trade is visible everywhere in all of those countries except Japan and Korea, where it is equally rampant with trafficked foreign women, but completely hidden to outsiders.
I'll add that I was assaulted on the train in Seoul by a mentally ill male, and fortunately bystanders intervened. An incredibly kind woman and her mother came to my aid and let me stay with them.
I travel solo a lot.
I’ve been to Japan, it is very clean and nice, but a bit expensive. I went to a traditional bathhouse (women only) and it was awesome! Kyoto was my favorite city. I met 4 hot Australian guys there who bought me dinner, but I didn’t meet any local men.
I adore Cambodia. Angkor Wat and the other temples are amazing. Phnom Penh and the Killing Fields are evocative and beautiful. I met two hot Italian guys there, and made friends with my tuk-tuk driver. I met his wife and visited their home. They were wonderful.
I’ve only flown through China but it freaked me out. I couldn’t even get on the internet and I felt nervous about the government. I guess I’m a paranoid American, but I have no desire to visit after that.
Singapore is lovely. Clean and very very safe. Nepal is gorgeous and hospitable. I haven’t been to Thailand (I boycott it because of the rampant sex trade there). I have also not been to South Korea, mostly because I have a friend from SK and she can’t stand the patriarchy there - so that’s turned me off to visiting.
Vietnam is next on my list.
I also notice many solo women and couple travelers - fewer solo men. And most solo men are either filthy backpackers who look like they‘re on drugs, or old creepy dudes staring at women, with their hands always in their front pockets, touching…something?? 🤢
I went to Japan a few years ago, I loved it! I wasn’t alone but I felt very safe and it was very clean. I personally had no trouble with groping on subways but I hear that’s an issue, so use the female only cars if you can. I wasn’t thinking about the guys much but there were some cute ones, many are shy but polite If you are anything but Asian you will probably get some stares. If you have dark skin or light hair they may stare a lot, but will be shy. Also, if you speak any Japanese at all, they will be impressed. Also, people are very helpful to strangers. One elderly lady went on a bus with me to show me where to go when I was lost, turned out she was going the other way the whole time and just wanted to make sure we arrived safely
If I were going on a singles trip, I’d go to Korea, Japan, or Bali. I used to live in South Korea. Seoul is like NYC except you can’t read the signs; it’s huge. Cheju Do Island is very nice if you like the beach and sea. Japan is very clean and beautiful—orderly. And Bali is quite possibly the most beautiful place on earth. I stayed in Denpasar at a villa from Bali Villas.com. It was an amazing trip. We had our own house with private bathrooms, huge marble tubs, a pool, and a high fence for security. We went skinny dipping in the pool, and the house comes with a maid, cook, and a driver for 10 hours per day. I didn’t like Thailand. It’s the land of old men and little boys—especially Bangkok. I’m not into the sex tourism thing, and I cried when we signed into our 5 star hotel, and they gave us a stack of pamphlets of little boys and girls you could order to be brought to your room. I literally cried seeing that. Also, if you’re going on a singles trip, don’t be surprised if it’s mostly women. I went on a singles trip to Ireland via CIE Tours (which are really great), but it was 22 women and 3 guys. Two of the guys were 20 years older than us gals, and one was very creepy and evil. He even tried hitting on my friend and told her that his friends wouldn’t be impressed if he managed to f*ck her because she wasn’t very pretty. The one handsome, male doctor was homosexual. The other guy was nice, old, and an NIH scientist, but I wasn’t interested in him, unfortunately. Singles trips are mainly women, because good men have no problem finding women. Just FYI. Don’t get disappointed (like I was) that the singles trip had no men for all of those women. And when you go to foreign Asian countries, the ex patriot men who are there are looking for Asians not Western women.
Are you going on group trips, or fully solo?
What time of the year are you planning on going?
Why don't you see them all, like on a roadtrip, spend a few days in each?
Also, if it's a singles holiday, don't bother looking for men, they won't be cute and you won't be happily single anymore :)
Hey girl. Those are all on my list to visit but I have been to Thailand (Phuket) and loved it. I also felt very safe but I was on the tourist trail. I’m heading to a yoga retreat in Bali this Christmas. Solo! My last Christmas was dominated by ex drama so I’m taking off for a bit of eat pray and love. Hopefully there will be some attractive yoga types in minimal clothing to take my mind off last year ;)