Dear Followmesky,
I cuold say I am adicted to solo traveling. I think it's the only way to take a true and actuall break from work, routine and everything we are used to call "normal life". Most of all, I like not having to negociate every move I make, like "let's sit down on that bench for a while". I jut sit down and that's it.

So... I've done a lot of solo traveling for the last ten years-- just me and my backpack, and have always fel quite safe. I've even walked the Compostella Way for 6 days (120 kilometers of mountains, from the portuguese border to Santiago), all by myself. But, of course, Europe is very safe-- only two dangerous events in dozens of trips: I had my wallet pickpocketed in New Years Eve in Barcelona and I've had quite a hard time to buy tampoons in Budapest, in a neighborhood where no one seemed to understand english or german.

As a Brazilian, I desagree with TravelBarbie's point of view about South America. I've travelled all over South America and I asure you it's beutifull, inexpensive and, most of the time, very safe. Of course you wuoldn't walk alone in a hardcore neighbourhood at night-- but you wuoldn't do that in KarlsPlatz (Vienna) either, nor in the Colisseum area, in Rome. .

Just avoid spots where tourism is based in sexual exploitation-- places where tourists go mainly to get laid, like Cuba or Tayland. Not because it's dangerous, but becauseit's so boring to be arassed all the time with "professionals" trying to "take you out to dance". I got tired of saying "no thanks, not interested".

I haven't had the guts to travel solo in Asia or Africa, but I'm working on it...
It's just like the song: "There's such a lot of world to see". Just make sure you learn some basic words like "good morning", "please" and "thank you" in the local languages and you'll ses they are magic words everywhere-- my french is poor, but since I've always tried to speak french, I have alqways been treated extremely nice even by the parisians

So, enjoy your solo trip.

Bets wishes