But you yourself Matt are hardly going off the beaten track by going to Thailand and Australasia repeatedly…great destinations sure but full of gap year students and rather dull travelers, and about as challenging as eating bread.

Go to somewhere really off the beaten track if you want to experience travel outside of the “industry” as you call it. You will get to meet the eccentric travelers that have long since stopped going to all the safe, well trodden places you have been to.

A) they lack the mobility skills to do it (if you have a significant disability like me) and if it weren’t for my mom) or

B) they are just not capable of doing without assistance on their own (lucky I had my mom to teach me how)

C) They are too insecure or don’t know to be able to immerse themselves and need some nurturing guidance/support and EDUCATION on how to do it, many years ago people didn’t understand that people with disabilities were quite capable so they stuck them in institutions where they had no chance like they do today (although that is arbitrary topic I won’t get into)

or D) they have serious issues… but there is no point in judging why people can’t go off the beaten path,

Now, I have been to big cities, I have completed several flights on my own, I have driven thousands of miles in California, Oregon and Washington. My expectations of people are starting to change again, for awhile I sheltered myself and started developing a fear but that is slowly changing (how did this happen? edmunkation!!! )

Here’s something I haven’t done by myself YET and I’m 30… gee oh well but don’t get me wrong I have been to Hawaii, Disneyland, Seattle, Pheonix, Pensacola, St Petersburg, etc but I did this with somebody and most of the legwork was done for me all I had to do was get there and the rest happened for me (and no they weren’t tours, not going to explain what they all were but you get the gist).

I was going to meet a friend, that backfired so now I am left with a full lineup in NYC… if it weren’t for my friend I wouldn’t have thought TWICE about going. I could have tried to get my cousin to let me tag along to Vegas she had to go there for work and I could have done some stuff on my own but have help nearby but nope she left me behind too ha!

Anyway it all boils down to this, while I may know a little bit about traveling on my own or I am about to learn a whupass lot about it I wouldn’t dare go to some quaint village on my own or with a tour guide unless I was with somebody who knew how and understood what I needed.

Great I just wrote me a whole blog entry right here on Matt’s site but I like interacting with you a ll