Many
of us older gay guys are single, and as we age, we might lose contact
with friends through relocation, illness, death, arguments; a host of
reasons. And that can lead to isolation and eventual depression.
One
of the ways that I have dealt with loneliness over the years, is that I
learned how to travel by myself and enjoy the experiences many times
more than if I had a traveling companion. Now traveling alone for some, is a
very strange concept. Why would you want to be alone? Isn't the point
of traveling to be able to enjoy the location, sights, dinners, memories
etc. with someone else? Maybe. But what if you don't have a
boyfriend/husband or friends that want to travel to some of the exotic
places you always dreamed of going? Should you wait until you have a
partner to travel with? (We aren't getting any younger!) Or, do we have
to give up on ever going to those places?
I want to tell you about a few of my experiences with circling the globe alone and the self-sufficiency I learned along the way.
