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Who said that "travel is a spring of the life"? I guess this words are from Andersen who is very famous novelist. Certainly when I travel, I feel like refilling my energy or re-birth again. Basically I like to travel alone. I think travel should be alone too. Yes sometimes I went to hot spring with my friends. Yes sometimes I joined group tour. But group tour, we go along schedule which someone made. Even we have small free time, still I do not feel that's "Travel" though. Anyway group tour must be busy. Like running around major sightseeing place then. If I am talented as a traveler, it might be from my reading habit. I have been reading so many books since I was a kid. I was quite sick kid. So I had nothing to do on the bed either watching TV or reading books. What's good about reading is, it gives us tons of information. Wherever I go in Japan, there are so many historical places around. If you know something about that, you will be never bored. It works on traveling overseas as well if you read something about overseas then. When I walked down the garden of Versailles, I imagines how many love was born and died here. When I closed my eyes, people came to my mind with historical costume, dancing, chatting......I think if you read something about the place you will visit, it helps your travel a lot. It increases fun a lot too. Reading books is like saving potential imagination to me. Let's create you own unforgettable travel!!
What's good about traveling alone is, I can go wherever I like. I can do whenever I want. I am the only one who schedule my travel. On the other hand, traveling with friends are fun too. We can enjoy many local foods or drinks together. Unfortunately we have limited of stmach. So sharing something with friends is great deal too. Going Onsen, we do not go sightseeing a lot. Staying at the hotel and just relax. And drink and eat something special and chat forever. It is very difficult to choose,isn't it?
When I travel alone, I had tons of fun and tons of nice meeting. On the other hand, sometimes it gives me hard time too. For instance, if I have big luggage, it is very difficult to go even wash room. No one keeps eyes on my luggage beside me. I am pretty light girl. I do not bring many thing with me. But still when I go overseas, it could be heavier. Usually I use the wash room for wheel chairs. Sorry. Anyway first of all, I always go to tourist information at the station or airport. I get a map. If it's possible, I get a bus root map too. When I do not book any accommodation, I also get that here too. It's better than booking through by internet. In Japan, I do not care if they have no bath. I go to find Sento in that area. That's also one of my pleasure of travel. Anyway I always get information as much as I need here. Then, usually I ask local people. it's the fastest and surely. While I am traveling, I usually use public transportation. It's fun. I can catch up what people are talking.... Looking out from the window is also fun. Using Taxi is good sometimes. Drives know many information as well. They can take us to the nice local restaurant. When it works is you have good budget then. It's fun to drink together with someone who I met there. They give me many good information too. If you get very friendly one, it's very fun!! But always we should think where we are is we are not familiar enough. If I get bloody drunk, it is easy to get trouble. Whatever happen, who takes responsibility is us. So please avoid any unpleasant situation each other. Japan is not safe country any more. Please do not walk dark narrow street alone in midnight. Please take care of your self and have a nice travel!! Bon Voyage!!。 |