I spent the afternoon at the Taj for high tea and then will return to the hotel to catch a taxi to the train station. My overnight train leaves at 7:30pm going to Itarsi.
At tea, a pair of British ladies sat next to me and I overheard them talking about eating lunch alone. Maybe it was my ear, but I thought they mentioned me eating solo…. Maybe I was just being sensitive… but it got me thinking about traveling alone and once being asked if I was ever scared. And really, I never am. I am careful. I don’t go out after dark. I go to familiar places. I am always polite and respectful, and I try to be accommodating to others. And I like my own company.
I don’t get bored easily. I spent all morning in the hotel room watching videos and sleeping. I think my kind of holiday would bore others, but that’s why I like traveling alone. The freedom to do less.
I think it is important when traveling with others that you each understand the others’ pace. On our holiday in Greece, my friend Molly learned I only do 1 thing, maybe 2 things per day. If I push myself and do more, I am grumpy for a long time afterwards. She would make fun of me because she would go and go all day, and I would need my rest time. But it worked out once we learned about each other.
