Interesting. Again I've never had that. I'm an independent soul and often give out vibes of "Do not approach" when overseas but when people do speak to me they are always kind and sweet and usually awed that I'm travelling somewhere alone. I've had a lot of "Aren't you brave?" type comments which has always amused the hell out of me.

I don't know as I said maybe my physicality coupled with the "innocent abroad" air which I find is useful to adopt causes people to be more open than normal but I tend to get people wanting to look after me and tell me all about England when I just want to be sat in peace! Never have I once felt that someone was judging me because I was travelling alone - I got a "You're on your own? that's crazy" from a couple of employees at the St Lucia hotel I was staying in but that sentiment was swiftly followed by them cheekily giving me their room numbers.

Even in Hong Kong and China any lack of enthusiasm was more to do with me being a "foreign devil" than anything to do with me personally.