Friend-Free Travel... Follow your passion!!!

I love to travel and explore.. My husband does also... We do travel together but we also travel alone.. we have different PASSIONS.. his for Music mine for Mandarin... We both love to travel alone...

Even if you do not have a partner.. doing activities, travel or learning a skill Friend-Free is a wonderful experience.... There are great articles out there about how to travel solo.. BUT here is a great article about the Perks of being Friend-Free

Exploring the World and your passions #Friend-Free

Small group travel is not so bad

I arrived back from my mini trip to China a few months ago... I have to admit, it was wonderful. The group of people I met and explored were like minded, open and adventurous. The travel company was lacking.. but that will be for another post.

What I learned about was how to be ready to pick up and go, ways to maneuver a different city and how very friendly people can be when you are also friendly to them. The best trick I learned.. so simple but I had not thought of it... a small group of us took the subway in Beijing to the Summer Palace. Jay and his wife, very seasoned travelers.. took a picture of the station sign we were at and then upon arrival at our destination took another one.

On our way back, he was able to show the picture.. and directions were easy...

Second, tip as always, Go Local.. eat, hang and interact with the locals. Again our small group within a small group, would go out and visit the local shopping areas, night markets and malls. We were the only foreigners, which made for some funny looks, but was nice to be in real life not tourist central.

I do have to post my travel videos and pics ... time has gotten away from me..

Our next Adventure is to Iceland in September...