What are the precautions for single girls traveling alone?

What you need most to travel alone is courage.

I believe that most girls have a dream of traveling around the world alone. Leaving is romantic, but personal safety is still a very, very important part of the trip. The world is not as dangerous as you think, but it is not as gentle as you think.

This is the most comprehensive travel safety guide summarized by the author in many previous solo trips. I hope I can give you a lesson or two.

No. 1 Be sure to prepare a suitcase big enough and strong enough.

Before every trip, I always plan what to take with me. Before that, the most confusing thing was whether to buy a 26-inch suitcase or a 28-inch suitcase.

If you are a person who will be wandering on the road for two months in the future. God knows what kind of weather it will be sunny, rainy and snowy. It is recommended to bring all kinds of clothes, thick sweaters and coats, hats, shoes and towels, and all kinds of skin care products, all of which are necessary.

Well, there are also a bunch of films and film cameras. There is also a black card camera that I often use. I didn't bring my SLR because it was too heavy.

For long-distance travel, simplify what you can, and you must take what you bring. As for what to bring, it doesn't matter, it varies from person to person.

Therefore, be sure to prepare a suitcase that can hold everything you want, and pay attention to the problem of overweight.

According to the girl's personal test, a 26-inch suitcase is enough for long-distance travel for one month to two months.

If the size is right, the luggage rack of the high-speed rail can also be put down, that is, it will be heavier when it is full, which will test the good people who help you put your luggage.

No.2 bring a pair of shoes with moderate hardness and easy walking, preferably sports shoes.

Many people may want to take many beautiful photos when traveling. How can they do without a pair of beautiful little shoes?

No, baby, you're wrong. You travel alone. It's good to take two photos of you when you meet passers-by or to have friends take some photos with you occasionally. No chance to be photographed all the time.

Many times, you should be shooting beautiful scenery and be a landscape dog quietly.

I once brought two pairs of sports shoes on this trip, and a pair of air cushion shoes is the kind that is easy to walk.

It's no exaggeration to walk at least fifteen thousand steps a day. Although I wear sports shoes, I still have two blisters on the soles of my shoes. Good thing I brought a band-aid.

In Tongli ancient town, my feet couldn't stand it because I was on the road for several days in a row. I immediately bought a pair of cloth shoes and felt as light as a swallow!

My feet hurt during the trip, so I quickly found a coffee shop to stay, or bought a pair of cloth shoes. Really excellent, from the author's experience of blood and tears.

No.3 be sure to carry self-defense tools with you.

The self-defense tools here are not for you to carry a knife and a gun.

The author is a little girl, but fortunately she carries a lot of photographic equipment on weekdays, and her strength is still somewhat.

I haven't encountered anything particularly dangerous after so many long trips, because I am a more alert person.

There are all kinds of wolf sticks, pepper spray and so on on the internet. Well, I've never used it.

What I want to recommend here is! Fork for eating ~!

Yes, it is. It is.

I usually take a fork with me, which is the fork you usually use to eat fruit or western food.

What I bought was not very big, but small and easy to carry.

Knives and guns, including fruit knives, can't pass the security check of railway stations and subways, and it's useless to bring them.

Then, this fork can be used as a weapon when necessary! You can poke the gangster in the eye or other soft places (you know). The secret is to be slow and steady, without mercy.

As a photographic dog, I also have a film machine, all made of iron, about one kilogram. It is said that he once helped robert capa stop a bullet, so I was thinking, if necessary, it is ok to hit the gangster in the head. The model is canon AE- 1.

Well, actually, taking pictures is more beautiful.

Forgive a girl with a big brain hole.

Be romantic and safe when you leave.

No.4 when staying in a hotel or inn, you must lock the door and hang an anti-theft chain.

This may be overlooked by many people. Many people think that staying in a hotel or inn is safe, but it is not.

When we return to the hotel after a hard day's work, it is precisely the time when we are most tired and easy to relax our vigilance. Chances are that you fell asleep as soon as you got back to the hotel.

Many hotels and inns open their doors by swiping their cards. Do you think it is safe to open the door without a key card? Of course not.

I saw a video on the Internet before, which demonstrated that criminals can easily open your door by crossing it with wire or other tools. Imagine that you are sleeping and suddenly someone breaks in. How horrible it is.

Therefore, it is very necessary to lock the door and hang the anti-theft chain in the hotel room!

And be sure to close the window of the room.

If a person is afraid, he can sleep with the light and TV on and pretend that you are not asleep. (covering your face, anyway, people are like this. )

Once I stayed in an inn. Unfortunately, the door of that room can't be locked. The innkeeper comforted me that it was very safe to open the door only by swiping the card. Let me rest assured.

Don't! Cherish life as much as I do, but I still didn't sleep well all night. I also silently moved the shoe rack in the room and leaned against the door, only to feel a little relieved.

Another time, I was lying in bed chatting with my friends. She told me that she went to Hangzhou on business a few days ago and stayed in a hotel. Someone even broke into their door in the middle of the night. Fortunately, the anti-lock anti-theft chain was not pried open. Another colleague's door was pried open, and the bad guys saw that they were still sleeping and silently quit. It's still scary to think about it.

I was a little scared at that time, so I went downstairs decisively and borrowed a fruit knife from my boss on the pretext of peeling fruit.

Well, it's always right to take precautions.

No.5 don't buy so-called low-priced tickets at the gate of the scenic spot.

This is what impressed me the most when I traveled in Suzhou.

Many scalpers sell low-priced tickets at scenic spots in Suzhou. At that time, my friend and I just got off the bus. Because we were weak in vigilance and sunny, we couldn't help but want to sing that today is a good day.

The ox is always by my side. I politely said you're welcome at first, and then added that we had student ID cards. The scalper immediately said that the student ticket is fifteen yuan each, and we can bring it to you. ? Hey? What happened? What are you talking about? Block the swing back arc? /p & gt；

Later, someone reached out and dragged me and kept asking us to buy their tickets. I'm a little angry. I said don't drag me. If you drag me again, I'll do it. Oh, my God, said the ox, then hit me. I'm not afraid. I can also call the police.

(oh dear. God knows how devastated I was. We can only silently speed up the pace and escape.

Therefore, in the future, the best way for everyone to block you in the face of this scalper is to keep silent and run faster if you can. Or some people's popularity is strong enough, so they put on a cold face, go their own way and ignore them.

Remember, never talk to them.

There will be no pie in the sky. Don't buy such so-called low-priced tickets just because you are greedy and cheap. When you question them, they will say that they can pay after entering the scenic spot. But this is actually one of their traps. Once bought, there will be some other activities. For example, it will make you join a tour guide group for no reason, in one word: pit!

A trip to the south, girl!

No.6 it is best not to go out late at night and go back to your residence early.

In the half a month when I traveled alone, I hardly went out late at night. Sometimes the scenic spot will rush back to the residence after eight or nine o'clock. After all, being a single girl and so beautiful (allow me to be shameless, haha), it is still dangerous to walk around at night.

As a stranger in a strange city, it is easier to get lost at night. If you get lost in an alley, that's too bad.

Therefore, girls who travel alone should not covet the night view.

If you are lucky enough to meet a chat partner on your trip, if you are of the same sex, it is also excellent to meet and visit the night market together. If you are of the opposite sex, you'd better not go to an appointment alone, especially in a bar or a place where there are few people.

Of course, if it's just for an affair, that's another matter.

No.7 how to ensure personal safety when you need to take a taxi to the station late at night

This is not only applicable to travel, but also girls may need to take a taxi late at night.

Besides traveling, when I am alone in Beijing, I often take a taxi home after gathering with friends in the middle of the night. So this is quite experienced.

When you take a taxi in the middle of the night, you'd better tell your friends the license plate number and the estimated time of arrival. You can also send a voice to your friend in the car, saying that you will be home soon, which is always a warning to the driver.

You can call your friends when you take a taxi alone, or pretend that your boyfriend will come downstairs to pick you up later (well, single girls will test their acting skills at this time). Smile ~

You can make good use of all kinds of taxi software online, at least the records are relatively safe, and you can also take screenshots of the license plate number and send them to your friends.

When traveling alone for the first time before, it should be 20 1 1. At that time, Uber Didi was not popular, and I arrived at the train station alone in the middle of the night. This is also a strange city. After leaving the station, I had to take a taxi to my friend's house. I think it's pretty scary now.

Just out of the train station, a group of black car drivers and hotel soliciting dragged me to stay in a hotel or take their car. At that time, I was a naive freshman. The newborn calf was not afraid of tigers and ran to the side of the road to stop a taxi and ran to its destination.

I remember the driver joking with me in the car. What should I do if I pull you to the side of the road and throw you away? I said I had sent your license plate number to my friend, and then I said I would arrive in half an hour, and he picked me up downstairs. Actually, I did the same thing, threatening the driver with this, although I don't know if it's useful.

I remember calling my friend in the car. He is a classmate of the opposite sex with a loud voice. Well, I also let the driver listen to his voice because I don't know the way and can't speak clearly. hahaha. Now that I think about it, I was really brave.

Why don't you go backpacking?

No.8 it is best to ignore strangers you don't like.

During the trip, I seldom take the initiative to communicate and strike up a conversation with people. When you have nothing to do, you just stare blankly at things or watch your mobile phone for a while. Maybe it's the feeling of being naturally fond of someone.

Occasionally meet people who strike up a conversation, and rarely chat. If the other party wants to contact you, they will lie that there is no power and no signal and refuse.

It took me twelve hours to go from Suzhou to Chongqing by train, which is really a long time. On the way, I met a chat-up person I didn't like very much. Chatting with the opposite sex while eating duck neck. It was really embarrassing at that time. He had cancer, so he was unkind all the way. Later, he was bored, so he went to the back seat to watch a play.

Trust your first instinct on the journey. If your first instinct is that this person is not a good person, try to avoid contact. Of course, there are wolves in sheep's clothing. It's always right to keep an eye on them.

No.9 when you meet a stranger on the way to send you food or buy you a drink, you'd better not drink it.

Especially in bars and other mixed places. I believe everyone knows this. After all, God knows if there is marijuana in the food sent by others. Ha ha.

No. 10 when someone asks you if you are traveling alone, try to say no.

You can say that your partner will wait for you in another street for a while, or your friend will wait for you in the restaurant for dinner for a while. In short, try not to expose yourself as a girl traveling alone.

No. 1 1 Don't take too expensive jewelry or a lot of cash with you.

It's important not to show off your wealth when you go out. Some people may mean no harm, but your money is too conspicuous to attract people's envy.

No. 12 girls should pay attention not to be too exposed and sexy when wearing clothes on the road.

I always take pants and long-sleeved shirts with me when I travel. First, because the recent season is not very warm, it is easy to attract the attention of others by wearing too much clothes when traveling, and it is inevitable to encounter some strange troubles.

No. 13 Check the route map and weather of scenic spots in advance.

I made this trip at random. Basically, I didn't do a very detailed strategy. I'll just stay there in a daze, and then find out what's delicious in the local area.

But I usually arrange the place to go the next day at night, check the road map in advance, and plan the time roughly to avoid missing the last bus and being in a hurry.

Now all kinds of online map apps are very easy to use, especially the follow me function in the map is really super easy to use. Many times I use it to pretend to be a local in a strange city, haha.

In issue 14, you can find delicious food in the public comment, or you can go to a small restaurant where local people eat. There will be surprises.

When I was in Wuzhen, I didn't find a delicious small restaurant. The food downstairs of my inn is too ordinary, so I might as well cook it myself.

Later, when I visited the Nanzha living area, I went to some small restaurants where local residents ate. It's really delicious fried chicken in the trough. I can't stop.

And some small restaurants in the city may be hidden in alleys, but they are really great. It's a pity that you can't eat too much when traveling alone, and you can't write a food guide.

No. 15 Be sure to book a hotel or inn before going to the next tourist destination and confirm by phone.

It is very convenient to book hotels, inns and homestays online now, but remember to look at the comments of hotels and inns. In addition, remember to call the merchant to confirm whether there are any vacancies after booking.

I have written so much, I hope it will be useful to everyone. Other precautions will be added later. It takes courage, patience and care to travel alone. May your body and soul always be on the road.