where would I travel alone right now if I were planning a solo trip the world is opening up a lot
of the travel restrictions are gone and we have the opportunity finally to put our passports to
use and go to places that we haven't been able to see for such a long time these are 10 destinations
that I would definitely put on your bucket list number one you will always hear me say that
southeast Asia is a wonderful place to travel solo especially if it's your first time and so that has
to for me be Thailand the food is so freaking good like everywhere you go the food is so good
and you can just order it on the street for very little money and it tastes amazing the culture
is also wonderful as you travel throughout the country whether you're in the far north which is
my personal favorite part or as you make your way down to the islands you'll notice differences in
the culture what I love about Thailand especially for a first time Solo Traveler or someone who
just wants to have an easy time traveling solo is that it is so well set up for people to travel and
visit tourism is such a big part of the economy there as a tourist and Thailand you just have
people who are able to communicate with you you have things that are easily set up like the bus
systems and the tours if you want to take one there's just so many things to do from cooking
classes to hanging out on the beach to scuba diving to going out and meeting other people at
a hostel out and about for The Nightlife Thailand just has so much and as a Solo Traveler you will
meet so many other solo Travelers that was my biggest fear before I traveled by myself was
who am I gonna hang out with in Thailand right away my worries were put aside because I met so
many other people many of whom were also traveling alone number two my home state my favorite place
to travel in the United States don't tell Utah or Alaska I said that is California
whether it is the desert in the southern part of the state which is to me so stunning you've
got an amazing night sky you've got so many cool land formations you do really need to be careful
there in the summer months because it gets hot in fact at Valley regular records the hottest
temperatures on Earth but you don't have to spend all your time in the desert top obviously head to
the coast enjoy Orange County pop by Disneyland which yes it is fun by yourself learn how to surf
in San Diego go diving in San Diego if you like diving you can even visit Catalina Island which
maybe a lot of people haven't heard about there's Channel Islands off the coast of California that
have lots of wildlife really cool quaint place to go and then as you move up to the central part
of the state you start to get into Yosemite you start to get into the Central Coast which is my
personal favorite Santa Barbara with its Spanish architecture then you get to Northern California
the redwood trees the sequoia trees the biggest and the tallest on Earth and you get this rugged
wild Coastline of Mendocino and Humboldt to me there's very few places that are this diverse
varied and just have something for everyone number three is Germany my former home so I used to live
in Berlin on and off for about four and a half years and I gotta say that over the course of
that time I came to fall in love with this country in fact that's why I moved there because I thought
this is just such a cool place so dynamic so much going on and what I love about Berlin in
particular is that it has this grittiness to it it is so interesting there's so much to do
and there's a lot of people just out and about at any given time the public life especially in the
summertime is so vibrant there you have these liquor stores that set up tables and people
just sit outside and treat it like a bar on the sidewalk you have so many fun nightclubs that are
world famous so many interesting street art areas and places to check out that are just kind of free
to wander around like the East Side gallery and then as you get to the other parts of Germany in
the winter time you have awesome Christmas markets I can't tell you how much fun those are and I went
to so many of them by myself and I still really enjoyed it as well as these beautiful mountains
of Bavaria the castles of baden-vertenberg there's just so much to see in this country it is quite
accessible traveling alone very well connected by train and bus and I find that people are easy to
talk to especially in Berlin such a dynamic city so I guess what I'm really saying is go go to
Berlin it's awesome next is Tanzania or Tanzania I never really could clarify which it is I gotta
tell you that this country is truly stunning and has a lot to offer whether you're going to the
beaches of Zanzibar or enjoying the Serengeti or if you're going to climb Kilimanjaro that's
another really cool option you can join a climbing tour as a Solo Traveler to climb Kilimanjaro you
can join a safari to Safari through the Serengeti so you're not truly by yourself the really cool
thing I think about places that have so much set up for people who come to enjoy the beauty
of Tanzania is that although you might go there by yourself you never have to actually be alone
I've spent a cumulative months traveling through Tanzania in one situation I was on a tour called
Acacia Africa it caters to younger people it's a camping tour but honestly it was such a good
experience and you see all of the same things you still see the Serengeti you still get to go to
Arusha and it is just a really wonderful country for all of the diversity that you get from the
beaches to the mountains to the animals next is Ireland you cannot hope for a friendlier bunch of
people than in Ireland I have been I think six times to Ireland and every time I'm just blown
away by how nice people are one time I ended up just kind of being the impromptu extra guest on
uh they call it a stag do there but it's basically a bachelor party people are just really nice and
friendly also the landscape is beautiful you've got the wild Atlantic way which is a coastal Drive
I also really enjoy Northern Ireland it is equally stunning equally friendly as Ireland and it's just
got the Giant's Causeway it's got so many castles I really enjoyed exploring both areas when I have
visited and I recommend a holistic exploration of the whole area if you have the time number
six is the Philippines I have to admit the first time I went to the Philippines I didn't enjoy it
as much as I hoped to as much as I wanted but I went back I gave it a second chance and I ended
up meeting local people that were really cool I ended up meeting a other Backpackers who were
really cool and the thing about the Philippines is that it is just so so unbelievably beautiful
you've got waterfalls you've got so many islands especially on Palawan that are famous for good
reason they're just so dramatic you have these baby blue lagoons you have a healthy Reef that you
can dive I did a liverboard ship there where I was a Solo Traveler but I got to join the sliverboard
scuba diving trip and meet all these other people I just feel like the Philippines is another place
that is so well set up as a foreigner to go and enjoy yourself you will just have all of these
things that you can do from day trips to organized week-long trips like my dive trip if that's what
you want to do where you really don't have to spend that much time alone unless you want to
next is Japan for years during the pandemic we could not go to Japan but now it is open
and I just went and I have to tell you it was so wonderful to be back it was my third time back
in Japan and seeing Mount Fuji going back to Tokyo such a dynamic city with so much to see and do for
a third time all of it was so wonderful I highly recommend as a Solo Traveler that you do some food
tours we did a kaiseki dinner that was awesome I also did a Ramen tour that I really enjoyed
feeding your way through this country is always a good idea it is famous for its food for a reason
also I find Japan is just a very accessible and friendly place to travel I think people genuinely
want to be helpful and I also think they genuinely want to be good hosts it is such a clean place
to travel it is so well organized I always feel safe as well everything works like clockwork and
without being able to go there for so long being able to go back now is just such a treat next is
Nepal we're the top three now the reason why I bring up Nepal which might be surprising because I
did bring up in another video about what not to do when you travel alone that I had a bad experience
in Nepal where someone grabbed meat and ran I go into a little bit more detail in that video
but I almost left after that I had only been in the country for a few days and the reason why I
stayed is because I had gone to do the Annapurna circuit which is a two week hike up in Himalayas
I came to Nepal alone I headed out on that hike by myself but the thing is I met someone on the bus
right there who I ended up doing the entire hike with she was also there by herself so many solo
Travelers try to do this hike because it's just a very obvious route there's a lot of infrastructure
along the way there's tea houses that you can stay in you can just get a bed in the tea house it is
set up for people to travel independently if they want to number two is another one that I really
think is going to surprise a lot of people but I'm gonna say the province of Manitoba in Canada
the first time that I was going so many Canadians were like why are you going to Manitoba Manitoba
is full of some of the friendliest people who I'd ever met in fact someone gave me a bottle of water
for free when he didn't have change for me at his store he gave it to me as a gift I can't think of
very many other places where that would happen but in Manitoba not only do you have some of the
friendliest people in Canada which is already a friendly country but you have so many lakes
I went on a canoe trip as a Solo Traveler there were other solo Travelers on that trip too that
also kind of joined in so that was really fun a three-day canoe trip going through some of the
provincial parks and there were hardly any people around it was not crowded at all and that's one
of the best things about going to these underrated places that other people wouldn't consider I also
went back and visited in the winter and I got to see the Northern Lights polar bears and beluga
whales honestly it is a sleeper hit that I highly highly recommend you consider and it is great as
a Solo Traveler finally my number one pick has to be Indonesia there are so so many islands
and cultures to Indonesia I have been to Sumatra Java Bali lombok zimbawa Flores all the way to
Raja ampa and I've got to tell you every time it was actually a solo trip and every time I left 20
more I've probably spent a cumulative four months now just in Indonesia and those islands are just
some of my favorite in the world and it is so easy as a Solo Traveler you will meet so many
other solo Travelers you don't only have to stick to Bali what I love are the beaches and
the waterfalls of lombok I love the Ghillie Islands I love the Noosa islands off of Bali
they're all kind of in the same area very easy places travel independently and to meet other
people but I also really enjoyed scuba diving in Raja on pot I was a Solo Traveler but I joined
a guy ship and there were plenty of other solo Travelers also on that trip I love dive trips
for this kind of thing and then my experience in Sumatra where I went to see the orangutans the
locals in the town that I went to bukit luang were so sweet and wonderful and welcoming I
just had such a nice time hanging out with them that I ended up extending my stay in this Tiny
Town that most people only stay in for like a day for almost a week back then it didn't even
have internet I was not connected to the outside world I was just floating the river hanging out
with people each night while they played guitar and we drank beers and I just gotta say 10 years
later still one of my favorite travel memories so those are 10 places I would travel right now
and there are also some places I would absolutely not travel be sure to check out that video next