anyone done this?
good idea/bad idea?
stories?

*bump
because i am planning to do this in the near future. i want to travel across most of asia either in january or next summer. none of my friends are that interested in going, and my family is too busy, so i'll most likely go it alone.
i want some advice, so that i can have a safe journey.

my friend Nicole has travelled all over Africa and Europe by herself...she always made sure that her family knew where she was and stayed at kibutzs and internationally reconized hostels.

It is a bit different now but you just have to be really alert and keep people back home in the loop.