Comments on: Solo Travel: Making Friends and that Typical Convo… https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=typical-backpacking-conversation A Glamorous Travel Blog Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.12 By: Riyas https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-24007 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 08:03:34 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-24007 Travelling from Singapore to Goa with my girlfriend. Can we meet up ?

]]> By: Nathalie https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-21126 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 14:43:00 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-21126 Thank you for this lovely post. I know that typical conversation all to well and came to dread it 5 weeks into my trip in Colombia. After that I decided never to stay in a hostel again and was much happier, staying with locals and basically never having that conversation again!
I wrote a post about making friends while traveling alone and NOT staying in hostels. Would love to hear your thoughts :) http://bit.ly/1XrKayi
-Nathalie

]]> By: kasturi chanda https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-19832 Wed, 04 Nov 2015 12:03:19 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-19832 “When I was traveling alone I would always hope for these small conversations to turn into “LET’S TRAVEL TOGETHER!” and to have a new best friend. But most often, they sadly ended after the introduction conversation, my new almost best friend went and I went our separate ways, and I wanted my three minutes back. It’s hard not to shut off because I started to ask myself, what is the point of these superficial conversations with people I’m never going to see/talk to again?”- I tried to make friends while travelling with my family I failed, do not know why. I always want to keep contact with those new friends but somehow I couldn’t. I was really hurt when I went to Kashmir and one local girl gave me a wrong phone number while I gave her my own. I felt that I was a fool.. but I really love to make new friends, hope I would be able to in future… anyways great post Rachel…

]]> By: Linda https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-12948 Sun, 03 May 2015 10:23:57 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-12948 Thank you so much, very useful information.

]]> By: Rachel Jones https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4573 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 07:51:24 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4573 In reply to Danni.

yeah it can be hard to open up.

]]> By: Rachel Jones https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4572 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 07:51:02 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4572 In reply to Arianwen.

haha I googled him, he seems very interesting lol

]]> By: Arianwen https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4544 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:54:01 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4544 In reply to Rachel Jones.

His stage name’s Ian Bernardo. He was on American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance and Millionaire Matchmaker. Quite funny to watch him after such a random meeting in a hostel in Cali, Colombia! Honestly the craziest guy I’ve ever had a conversation with. I love him to bits though!

]]> By: Rachel Jones https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4542 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:39:12 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4542 In reply to Arianwen.

omgsh now I’m so curious if it’s a show I watch!! Who was it! lol

]]> By: Arianwen https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4538 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 06:02:59 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4538 I agree it’s so much easier to meet new people travelling alone. Usually the initial conversation is quite samey, but once I met a guy who made up a whole new life for himself just because he was bored of telling people the same things! Unfortunately, he told me he was a pimp and I was gullible enough to believe him. It actually turned out that he was a trustfund brat who often appears on reality TV shows in the US! Gotta love those unique individuals!

]]> By: Danni https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4546 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 02:09:18 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4546 My boyfriend and I have been travelling for two weeks and all though I’ve chatted to some people it’s been hard to actually talk to people. I think I get a little awkward and I have to make sure I remember names! And then of course language barrier!

]]> By: Rachel Jones https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4362 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:47:51 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4362 In reply to Myriam @OffToWanderland.

About the French, yes some people have a perception that french are mean or snobbish or will be mean to tourists, but almost every travel writer out there says the opposite.. so it’s a weird stereotype that has not much to back it up lol!

]]> By: Rachel Jones https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4361 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:46:41 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4361 In reply to Colleen Brynn.

awww stop bein so sweet! lol, I have a feeling we will DEFINITELY be crossing paths again.

]]> By: Rachel Jones https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4358 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 10:44:23 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4358 In reply to Hannah Wasielewski.

I’m sure they will help in Bolivia as well! It’s all about a positive attitude!

]]> By: Myriam @OffToWanderland https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4349 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 06:55:04 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4349 I can see myself in this post. Before packing my bag and leaving France, I had read all those articles about how easy it is to make friends when travelling alone. Well, it is for sure easier than when you are in a group, but turning those small talks into real friendships is not as easy as it seems. It needs the “spark”. Exactly like dating :)
ps: I didn’t know French were seen as cold but I am happy that your French friend prove this idea wrong :D

Cheers from Sweden!

]]> By: Colleen Brynn https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4346 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:15:15 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4346 You were totally that strong chick for me when I met you! You remind me that “I can do this…”
I was lucky to have met you and hope we can travel together sometime soon. Can’t say I’ll get my nose pierced on the side of the road with a nail, but I am totally up for just about anything else. :D

]]> By: Hannah Wasielewski https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4337 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:04:14 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4337 Some of the people I consider my best friends today, I met while traveling through Peru 3 years ago. Now I make more of an effort to see them than some of my friends from high school! I have to admit, every time I travel alone, I get a little nervous before! But it always ends up being for the best. Let’s hope those 3 minute conversations help me make friends when I’m in Bolivia later this month :)

]]> By: Rachel Jones https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4315 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 05:27:53 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4315 In reply to Karyn @ Not Done Travelling.

Yes, when I travel with my boyfriend we kind of get lame and don’t make any friends at all. I will work on that!

]]> By: Rachel Jones https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4313 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 05:27:05 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4313 In reply to Catherine.

Yes I have been really lucky that way- the universe was making up for all the pickpocketing and tropical diseases I got

]]> By: Rachel Jones https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4312 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 05:26:34 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4312 In reply to Justine.

I totally agreel when I travel with my boyfriend we never make new friends! ughhhhhh haha I”ll have to change that

]]> By: Rachel Jones https://hippie-inheels.com/typical-backpacking-conversation/#comment-4311 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 05:26:12 +0000 https://hippie-inheels.com/?p=1123#comment-4311 In reply to Laurel.

Oh good luck! You’ll have so much fun

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