Get a grip, the world is there to be explored. I’ve backpcked for the last year, most people will end up travelling solo at some point, it’s what makes the experience. Disgusting what happened to this lass, hope the horrible **** who done it never sees the light of day again
Why shouldn’t she? Should she not visit London alone either? Or any other city in England?
No reason really apart from what's happened to the poor lass, besides I didn't say anywhere that she shouldn't, I said I didn't understand why a especially a 22 yer old female would go backpacking alone.
it's hardly dicing with death mate, taking your kids on a city break and catching public transport.
Correct it could have happened just about anywhere. I agree to an extent that it's not so much the travelling, although it's seems safer to travel with someone or as a group.
I've seen solo female backpackers thumbing for lifts here and accepting lifts from male car or truck drivers. It's a risk they take I suppose and perhaps most are quite innocent but there's always that risk.
Good post ^
Correct ^ you probably wouldn't have heard about this one had the poor lass not been British. There will be more around the world but you won't necessarily get to hear about it because it's not relevant to the country you're living in.
I think the statistics show that most nonces rapists and sickos are friends, family and people you know, so not so sure about your claim
Everyone's different but in most cases it is independence. Backpacking to a large extent is about freedom and being able to go where and when the mood takes you. Travelling to the other side of the world and taking someone from home sort of defeats the object.
Without sounding brutal, there is much more danger for your daughter being a passenger in the car being driven by her boyfriend than there is her going backpacking, so don’t be too concerned about it.
That's a good point but surely you can still feel the freedom if you were to have someone you know and trust with you. It also means you have someone with you to share the experience.
Surely a nonce would leave an adult backpacker alone.
Two lasses I grew up with went travelling when I did (we chose to go a few days apart). We bumped into each other in Bali, met up in Melbourne and they later came to see me in Sydney. One of them met a lad almost as soon as they arrived in Melbourne and they stayed for six months despite the other wanting to travel more. They are still good mates and I'm sure they had a great time but one them had her freedom almost immediately curtailed by the other as they'd promised not to split up.
