Why do I like to travel with my girlfriend

Why do I like to travel with my girlfriend

Okay, so I have to be very careful here. When I miss the goal, I risk insulting all women and stamping myself as a chauvinistic pig. In addition, I will insult Kia and, believe me, kia, when angry these famous sayings about despised women redefined.

on it goes.

traveling with a woman, especially with your girlfriend, is different from traveling alone.

until I met Kia, I really only knew how to travel alone. Almost all of my longer trips had been alone. I could throw caution overboard alone and change my plans in no time at all. Where we are already on the subject, I could wear the hat that Kia has banned (apparently he makes me look like Michael Moore). However, the point was that I was responsible for myself.

A few years before I met Kia, I made a road trip through Europe with a friend. I had a great time, but spent the journey to take a large part of the responsibility and deal with one or the other drama. I traveled alone on my next trip. Since I was younger and more selfish, I decided that traveling alone was more for me and so a seed was sown.

From then on I traveled with a rather carefree (or daring) attitude. With only myself and a handful of foreign exchange in my pocket, I wouldn't think twice about strolling through a dark and abandoned road in Nairobi after a few too many beers. Or to run up a dusty path that is not marked on the map, with only half a field bottle of water when the sun began to go under. I would like to break up for a new goal in the middle of the night without booked accommodation. In the worst case, I would spend the night on the platform.

as I said, daring.

years later, when I mentioned the European Road trip to Kia, I said with an eye roll: "It was okay, but a bit like a trip with a friend."

understandably, Kia looked pretty outraged. Oh, a little crap? She said and made a trap delicious. Of course I resigned.

The truth is that travel is different with a friend. When I am traveling with Kia, I feel that responsibility for your security is largely on my shoulders, regardless of whether I am guided by a sense of old -fashioned romance or possibly by a pinch of chauvinism. I should protect you and make sure that she feels safe as we are on the go. When I make plans - whether it is about choosing our next goal, how we get there or where we will sleep - I think of your safety and your comfort.

There are other smaller things that I have to consider. Things I would never think of if I were traveling alone.

I am responsible for the beetle patrol (and there are many beetles in the tropics!). Kia is petite, so I have to help her with her backpack - she lovingly calls me her Sherpa. Kia is a little less inclined to spend their time with multi -day hikes over mountain ranges and days of wild camps. She is happy when we have hot water while I'm usually happy as long as there is water.

Alt = “Mount-Yasur-volcano”> Atlas & Boots Share of a hug on the volcano Mt. Yasur, vanuatu

The surprising one for me is that by traveling with Kia I feel safer and happier instead of restricting my freedom. Okay, so I have to reverse on a hike when the sun goes down, or the days we spend with the tents, but I wouldn't change anything. The truth is that I am actually happiest when I travel with my girlfriend. I only wish I had Kia on my side on all my previous trips and shared everything with her.

Apart from the winter mountaineering. It is unbearable if you are cold.

Mission statement: Atlas & Boots

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