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mirsantana Hey, how's it going... on my last trip i went to Oaxaca Mexico for day of the dead.... i went last year as well but i went with a boyfriend i had at the time... and it was our 1st time traveling together...after our 3 weeks in mexico...we set off in jan. on our around the world trip that didn't last to long i ended up coming home 5 months early...haha i only lasted a month.... but anyways this year i said i wanted to experience Oaxaca on my own ....and i did just that i booked a dorm room at a hostel, and i was set. but b4 i headed out i posted a few post on couchsurfing.com on a few different travel companions groups and i got a few hits from others that were going to be traveling to Oaxaca or in mexico...and that worked really well... i agreed to meet up with some people... of course seeing as how dead of the dead is huge in oaxaca do to so many things to see and do ... i wasn't able to meet up w/some of the people i had talked to on couchsurffing...
mirsantana but i met most of the people i hung out with at my hostel and it was great... just because since i wasn't traveling with them...i DIDN'T HAVE TO eat lunch w/them... or go on a day trip with them.... if we wanted to hang out or meet up we'd agree to something.... and i loved that about traveling alone... because when you travel with a friend it takes more work to agree on stuff... i found it to really liberating and it totally built my confidence as well.
i think i would have been just fine even if i hadn't posted anything on couchsurfing.com and also when you travel alone it forces you to be more social and that's how you meet amazing people :)
mirsantana oh also i think it's great ur going to be volunteering while you travel... i had planed to do that while in oaxaca but....we lets just say there was one to many festas :)
and as far as not being able to make decisions trust me you'll do just fine i'm the same way but i found that if i didn't JUST IT then i might as well be sitting at home plus people that you meet might help with some decision making :)
happy travels
mirsantana hopefully this helps :)
http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=31
http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=14