Travel Diaries 11: Travelling as a woman
Throughout my young adulthood one factor that influenced my willingness to travel was safety. Of course, there were other factors like not being very interested in travelling in the first place, money and time. There was a lot of peer pressure at the time to travel Europe and make the most of my uni days since I studied in London. I struggled both with FOMO and FOGM (Fear of getting mugged) at the same time. When it comes to travelling solo as a woman, there is a wide range of advice out there ranging between "women should not travel alone, they should never leave the house without holding their daddy mummy's hands!" to "IT IS PERFECTLY SAFE TO BACKPACK ACROSS AFGHANISTAN AT 3AM! THE PEOPLE ARE AMAZING!!111" Obviously, either extreme is not accurate. Nevertheless, safety ought to be of paramount importance if you do travel, and this post will discuss how I strike a balance between enjoying my holiday, and keeping myself safe. Budapest, Hungary. Beautif
