Wah topik yg menarik bgt dan merupakan pengalamn pribadi bwt gw sendiri
memang solo treveller memang punya pengalaman yg tersendiri dan jauh lebih
berasa bgt
dan juga punya tantangan tersendiri dalam menjelajah negeri orang ataupun ke
daerah sendiri
dari cerita dan topik mbak ambar ini mungkin saya lbh cenderung ke semua serba
solo alias sendiri tanpa agent
jujur aku blm pernah kalau pergi kemanapun itinerarynya lwt agen ( kecuali
hanya ticket pesawat aja ya )
Pengalaman pribadi saat menjelajah pertama kali ke luar negeri 5 thn yg lalu (
Singapore , Kuala Lumpur , Thailand )
itu semua saya lakukan dengan jalan sendiri dan bener2 sendiri
tidak ada bekal dan temen yg ada di negara yg sy tuju
saya hanya berbekal searching di internet mengenai hal yg penting spt peta ,
hotel , dan beberapa tempat2 yg menarik
pengalaman seru saat kartu passport yg masih kosong dan masuk pertama kali ke
Singapore
langsung deh ditanya nginep dimana , sampe2 suruh tunjukin uang yg ada di
dompet ada berapa wuih jadi agak shock dan takut ....
tp semua terlewati dgn lancar he he he
Tapi intinya solo traveller sangat puas dan menyenangkan bagi yg suka sendiri
ya ( tp juga diperlukan keberanian )
saya bisa menjelajah kemanapun yg saya suka alias bebas gak ada yg halangin
bisa mengekspresikan diri sendiri dan mengenal budaya di setiap negara
gw juga suka mengenal kebiasaan dan kehidupan setiap orang dr yg modern sampe
yg traditional
berusaha mencari dan nanya langsung ke orang jadi terjadi sebuah interaksi /
percakapan langsung dgn orang luar ( ada kepuasan tersendiri lho )
intinya seperti yg dilakukan kayak acara THE AMAZING RACE
Setelah menjelajah sendiri di luar negeri .... jujur perasaan menjadi lbh
berani dan tertantang kemanapun pergi tanpa rasa takut
mungkin karena pengalaman yg langsung interaksi tadi dgn orang lain apalagi di
negara lain serasa beda aja
So gak ada salahnya di coba Solo traveller .... thats amazing race dan bisa
melatih keberanian kita
Ditunggu juga cerita2 dri temen temn yg lain
To Mbak Ambar ---- > Terima kasih dah banyak membantu di IBP ini dan dah bagi2
cerita yg menarik pengalaman mbak ambar
Kapan yah bisa ketemu mbak ambar
langsung ..... hmm pasti seru bgt deh
Regards
iant
Jakarta
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ambar Briastuti
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:13 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [indobackpacker] Solo Traveller : trend baru?
Temen2 Backpacker,
Solo Travel artinya bukan travel ke kota Solo. Tapi adalah julukan
untuk yang jalan-jalan sendirian saja. Mungkin udah banyak yang
melakoni tapi ternyata barusan dinilai sebagai kecenderungan baru.
Para soloist ini punya alasan sendiri kenapa mereka melakukannya.
Salah satunya seperti dibawah ini. Terlampir adalah interview
tertulis dengan sebuah radio di Singapura yang menggali kemungkinan
trend ini kedepan.
Tidak berarti solo travel ini juga independen loh. Artinya ada juga
soloist yang emang itinerary-nya dibuatkan agen (custom made).
Sedangkan saya mungkin termasuk katagori dua2nya, walaupun ditengarai
sekarang mulai bertumbuhan pasar untuk solo traveller (khususunya
perempuan yang lebih ke faktor keamanan).
Mungkin rekan-rekan ada yang punya pengalaman solo travel? Ngga musti
ke luar negeri loh, wong di dalam negeri aja cukup menantang kok.
Ditunggu komentar dan bagi2 critanya.
Salam,
Ambar
*ayuks bikin trip IBP lagi
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"Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo,
going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep
your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to...
- Frodo to Sam"
- J.R.R. Tolkien
1. Why solo traveling? and what drive you to do and enjoy the trip?
Well, it was a coincident actually. I had friend who plan to go
Ireland together while we were in work back in UK, but it turned out
she wasn't able to do for some reason. So I decided to have a go on
myself. Yups do everything by myself; from research, planning, and
action (booking hostel, route and find budget flight).
Then I discovered that when you travel solo it doesn't mean that you
will go alone all along way. I met local who give more insight view
about places and knowledge about culture. I met fellow backpacker who
willing to share transport or accommodation. So why I never lonely
when traveling on my own, because we can concentrate to learn what
actually happen in our environment. Cultural changing, people
speaking, how the local treat you and digging more information about
the background of the travel itself. Places, foods, transportation,
or simply the customs. As a traveller we absorb and study, looking
the wisdom that can be missed when we travel in groups.
2. So what should we prepare to travel solo?
-research about destination, make a point or themes that you are very
keen to do/to see. For example : culinary travel to Luang Prabang, or
Archeology adventure in Angkor Wat. Put this theme as the based of
the goal and work based on that. Research can be with internet or
books (guide books or travel books that inspire you).
- decide what kind travel style you want to go. Quick, easy and no
hassle or backpacking, more arduous and strenuous. This is relate to
most of the other travel aspects. If you want to go backpacker style
in tight budget, be prepare using public transport or walking with
your backpack. If you want something more sophisticated, choose based
from your convenience. Some people love challenges (that's why
Amazing Race is so addicted), some people just want a quiet vacation.
It's your style and you can change anytime you want.
- then started looking for flight, bus, ferry or any kind transport
that move you one to another places. Look at map, decide how you go,
which country to start and so on. Create your own itinerary based on
the other people, or tour agency or make on your own etc
- make sure you know about travel document and foreign currency. Well
this is why math can be useful in real life :) Travel Document like
passport and visa (is VOA-visa on arrival or have to apply visa
before hand?)
-put the plan on the paper, you can do day by day, hour by hour or
just putting grand idea what you want to do.
- exchange with fellow traveller with any open suggestion. This is
why forum and mailing list so important. You can rely on social
networking (FaceBook, MySpace, Frendster etc) but everybody got their
own opinion. Don't just walk off because someone try to scare you
about destination :)
3. Places I have been solo, mainly UK, Ireland and some Asia
4. The overall preparation is depend on the length of the travel and
the complexity of the tasks. Yeah, some area is remaining mystery but
some place just so easy to walk in (big city or capital tend to
better infrastructure than off beaten track). This is normal
timeline for travel in 5 days somewhere in Laos (part-time not fully
preparation)
-Planning the route based on the map dan current situation 3-4 days
-Searching budget flight and accommodation 1-3 weeks, if possible get
the advanced booking
-Activity and things to in details. 3 days including booking 1 week
-Read and learn local info 1-2 weeks (it's up to you, if you just
want to jump to the sightseeing bus and off).
4. Tips to start solo travel :
First, ready for psychology barrier that sometimes put ourself in
doubt. It's not material things but it's about how you build your own
confidence. The challenge is knowing your ability to balance with so
called unpredicted factors that could be occur during travel. Let's
say : what should I do if someone rob my belonging or what I can do
if I am getting lost. By realizing any possibility of problems and
it's solution should bring peace in mind. You not have to planning
everything in details, but using common sense and how-to attitude, I
think everybody should be able to cope with fear or over-excitement.
Once you passed this barrier, you will surprisingly easy to do next
solo travel.
Second, grab the correct information. I said 'correct' can be
translate as 'official information' above gossip or hear'nsay. So
many online forum there that need to check and recheck, guide books
that out of date or just miss match information. In this jungle of
virtual information we have to have a lead to drive us in the right
way. The destination information design to lure tourist. They can be
full of persuasive language that their place is the best in the
world. But all of those is up to your judgment. We're also have to
prepare to bad side of travel and accept it as the part of travel
itself. We never hope to have honeymoon trip all the time :)
Third, adjust quickly. I mean everything. From foods, time
difference, language, cultural, or even behavior or daily customs.
The key to survive hassle is try to get to know local, read about
them or even learn the language just for the sake of easy
conversation. The local people is your asset if something bad happen
to you. Your attitude towards them reflects the relation itself.
Four, map map map. Sorry to say that but the key to better travel is
knowing where you are. Map is the key to access many useful info such
as : accommodation, transport, food etc. Most important is know HOW
TO READ map, it can be paper based or GPS. All the planning stage
always very useful with map on hand. How to prepare day tour, moving
around or choosing places to stay.
Ambar Briastuti
www.ceritaambar.com | ym : ambar_briastuti | Adventures. Backpacking.
Photography.
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