How to travel alone

When traveling alone, your safety and health care depend entirely on yourself. Personal qualities such as experience, principles and courage are crucial.

When traveling alone, you must first make plans. First, do a pre-departure inspection. Especially for the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, young and pregnant, it is extremely important to confirm through physical examination whether they can complete the trip, whether the objective conditions allow travel, and whether they have certain health care knowledge. It is extremely important to confirm this. Being responsible for yourself is also responsible for society, because any reluctance is dangerous. Second, draw a travel route map. Use the relevant atlas to mark your own sketches, conduct the latest and most comprehensive consultation and research on the situation in the places you pass, and make corresponding protection choices based on the information you understand and master. For example: What is the latest health information in the area you are traveling to, and whether vaccinations and preventive medications are required, such as malaria, hepatitis A, etc. You should have a basic understanding of such situations.

When traveling alone, you should also pay attention to solving language and speech barriers. You can translate commonly used sentences and carry them with you. The same is true for deaf-mute people. In areas with low culture and strong local accents, gestures can also be used to express thoughts and intentions. You should be mentally prepared for traffic, security, food, service quality, customs and social atmosphere along the way, local water, soil, climate, etc., whether you can adapt to it, which season is suitable, how to shop, how to get out of misunderstandings, and how to avoid scams.

Single travelers with certain diseases should take precautions. If you have a history of angina pectoris or epilepsy, you can write the name of the disease and treatment in simple language on a piece of adhesive plaster (tape or rheumatism ointment) and stick it on the radial artery of your wrist to buy time for others to find out in time when rescuing. Those who are allergic to adhesive tape can stick it on the collar or other eye-catching places or make it into a card and put it in a coat pocket. If you encounter sudden thunder and lightning, wind and rain while walking, immediately choose a safe house or store to take shelter, and avoid taking shelter under trees, next to high-voltage lines, high-risk buildings and other unsafe places. If you encounter a vicious or rabid dog while walking, do not panic and run away. Instead, you should stay calm, ignore it, and look in other directions. You can also drag the rope two or three feet on the ground and slowly move away. At this time, the vicious dog will appear. Although the dog was ferocious, it was confused and did not dare to come near. When taking a boat, if you see rats coming out of the boat and landing frequently, there must be something fishy in the boat, so you should think twice and proceed with caution.

If you lack travel experience, you can develop a few principles for yourself. When strangers make requests or help, and are unable to distinguish between right and wrong, "principles" are the only talisman. The general principles are: do not watch fights and curses, do not fight to see accident scenes, do not gather for curiosity, do not participate in other people's "games", do not join other people's gambling, do not mediate other people's "disputes", do not be tempted by cheap interests, do not Touch things you don’t understand, are unfamiliar with, or don’t belong to you. Don’t pick up diamond rings, necklaces, gems, coins, strange items and shiny things on the ground. Don’t talk about things from hearsay. There’s no need to help “beggars”...after following the above Under the premise of general principles, we will act according to the actual situation on site. Achieve the purpose of preventing harmful radiation, accidental injury, deception, and theft, thereby broadening the safety space.

When traveling by bicycle or motorcycle, in addition to selecting common items, you must also carry maps and travel sketches, raincoats and vehicle repair tools. We marched as planned every day, refueling and replenishing drinks at every stop. Don’t panic when you encounter obstacles, accidents, or difficulties. Safety first, success second, and don’t take risks. When traveling, be sure to remember to overcome your own shortcomings and be humble. No gold is pure, and no man is perfect. Be more tolerant to people with bad habits, and be more forgiving to those who have inadvertently irritated you. In the vast world, there are all kinds of wonders, all living beings, hundreds of people and hundreds of people. Being strict with yourself and being lenient to others is a virtue that will benefit you endlessly. "Do nothing, follow things gracefully, be solemn and happy, be honest and kind to others, God bless others and love them" is the same.