Solo travel

Thailand was mu first solo trip as I was nominated to the World Youth Leadership Award to represent Egypt on a Global Change. I enjoyed the culture history, the food and the night markets. Highlight of my trip: Riding a motorcycle🤪

Solo travel

Food in Bangkok is amazing, I ate at the most street area, visually of course it’s not like in the restaurant, but taste unbelievable. For me personally I felt very safe here, a lot of people says it’s not safe for solo girl to travel here, but I disagree so far.

Solo travel

My Bangkok One-Day-Trip (1) When I went to Bangkok last month, I just moved out of Taipei, where I had lived for 12 years. It was a chaotic month for me, But two of my good friends planned a one-day-trip for me — as a surprise. I had no idea what I was going to do on that day. I arrived in Bangkok knowing nothing. I only had my accommodations booked and Grab installed. I told my friends that I’d exchange cash for Thai bat, but I didn’t even have any cash with me. I didn’t know how to take public transportation or how to speak the language. A Grab driver even canceled my order because I couldn’t find the place to meet up. (I think GPS was the main problem.) It may have seemed a bit chaotic but with all the travel experience I had in the past years, they were minor problems and I wasn’t nervous at all. The next day at 6am I finally opened the itinerary of my one-day-trip. First I needed to take the bus to Wat Arun. Now that’s a problem. As I walked and googled how to take a bus at the same time, I realized I would need some coins. (I only got cash from the ATM.) So I took a Grab instead, which was probably cheating, but it worked. The driver took me to Wat Arun and immediately I was surrounded by staff from a nearby shops asking me to rent Thai traditional clothes. I wasn’t sure if I should, then they made a very nice offer — 1600bat for the photographer, clothes, shoes, even makeup and hair. For some reason I started my trip with something not on the itinerary at all. After one hour of photo shoot, the next thing on my agenda was to learn Thai dance. My dearest friends signed me up for a one-on-one dance class! I arrived telling the teacher I had no idea about it, but I was opened minded enough and had really a lot of fun. The teacher was very young and spoke fluent English. She was very patient and I was satisfied enough with the result. I learned two dances and now I believe I can go to a random Thai club to dance with them.

Group travel

We really enjoyed Bangkok, felt safe and for European it was really cheap. We stayed in old town area so getting around was mostly possible with shared rides, subway was too far away so would recommend staying near the subway if you’re interested in attending mall events :)

I rarely leave the house because I don’t like big cities, but I can’t leave yet, but all the exits were safe, people look friendly and don’t pay much attention to you, many will help if you get into trouble

Really safe, locals were friendly and hospitable all around! Stayed around Sukumvhit area which was convinient and felt really safe even at night. Nearby for sky train and many malls which were clean and I felt safe taking the metro

I like Bangkok, somehow I feel in Bangkok much safer than in Berlin 😅 here is a lot of tourists. Locals are respectful to the tourists which makes you feel more welcoming and warm by walking on the streets.

You can travel alone wherever you want. Generally safe in everywhere but sometimes need to be aware the scam and pickpocketing in crowded areas like markets and touristy areas. As a solo traveller, even at night, you can feel safe to walk alone.