Hello hello! I am back from a very relaxing solo trip. I spent time in nature, read books, journaled, drank copious amounts of coffee and slept a lot. I love solo travel. Nothing rejuvenates me more than some time spent alone. I think I have always been conscious of people’s judgements and thoughts about me and being far away from people I know always helps me just be a version of myself that I really like. While travelling solo, I spend a lot of time inside my head, thinking and analysing which often leads to some hilarious thoughts as well. Here are funny thoughts I had while travelling solo this month –

• “What if the pilot of the flight is the guy I ghosted after a few bad dates?” I went on a few not so great dates with this guy who is a pilot and while I didn’t ghost him, I just let the conversation fizzle out. While waiting to board my flight, the pilots happened to be boarding as well and for a minute I went into FULL panic mode thinking he might be flying the flight (he told me it is his most common route). I started imagining how awkward it would be to run into him like this. But it wasn’t him and I couldn’t help but laugh at my overthinking. (He wasn’t a bad guy but we just didn’t vibe. He said he asks his dates to wipe off their lipstick before kissing and prefers if they don’t wear lipstick. He mentioned this out of the blue and I knew in that instant that I would not be kissing him EVER.)

• “Do they think I’m a movie star?” A woman travelling solo in most places in India gets curious stares. The town I visited was a smaller hill station in South India. It was 100% safe and not for one second did I feel unsafe while travelling even at night or during my early morning sunrise walks. But people tend to be curious about a woman alone in smaller towns and do look twice (not sleazily). So in my head, I just tend to pretend like I am a movie star running away from paparrazi at a small unknown place and imagine that the people are trying to figure out which movie star I am.

• “Am I having a main character moment?” I spent some time finding picturesque locations to sit and journal. Unfortunately, I often found myself amidst people while trying to enjoy my alone time and I’d end up getting curious looks as to what I was writing. But I felt like I was having my main character moment and felt super cool about it.

• “I should move here. Let me research how much a house costs.” <sigh> My escapism is at its peak when I travel and every single beautiful town wins my heart and I start planning to move there. I literally researched online and found houses/coffee estates for sale in the town and started figuring out how I can move here. But then the reality of my bank balance hit my face in one swooping balance regarding message from my bank.

That was a peak inside the crazy mind of mine and its thoughts. I think I go a little crazier when travelling alone mainly cause I’m not limited by what people might be thinking about me. What are some funny thoughts you have or have had while travelling?

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