When people think about traveling, most of the time they think they have to plan a lot, where to stay, where to go first, where to go next, and of course, when to come back, but that’s not my case, on this post I will share some insighs for traveg the world alone and even without planning much!

I want to travel the world, where do I start?

I’ve never been the type of person that plans too much, lately I started to apply this to my trips too, I’ve learned this way, that without a plan you are free to go with the flow, I only need to know which city I’ll go in order to buy a ticket or get a ride, the rest I improvise, I recommend you try this at least once, then tell me how it goes ;)

When I arrived at this city, Bariloche ( Rio Negro, Argentina ) I didn’t know where I was going to sleep, I knew I wanted to find a place to work as volunteer in exchange for accommodation, and it took me the whole day, asking in 13 different places before I found this hostel (Phoenix Hostel), now 6 months have passed since that moment, I found new friends here and learned new stuff, you just can’t plan something like this…

This is not the first trip I don’t plan, so I feel confident about recommending people trying this at least one, I’m sure for many people will be the first time, but not the last, when you travel like this, the best its always yet to come, but….

How to succeed when not planning your trip?

You don’t need much money, you don’t need previous experience, but you need to share a smile, to keep yourself positive, to know that “bad situations” are not getting any better if you get extremely sad or mad, the situation remains the same, I’ve read once “situation its 10% what it is, and 90% what you do with it“.

But how to keep a smile when something is not what you were expecting? When your mind and your heart are going different ways, how to keep yourself together? For this, I can’t recommend much, when heart hurts there isn’t much to do but take it, but if you are falling in despair, to calm your mind you need to calm first your body, and to achieve this I recommend you try breathing meditation techinques.

And you? Have you thought about traveling without a plan? Hope this post motivates people to travel more! Thanks for reading! and see you next time ;)