I couldn't agree more with you. I have traveled alone extensively and find it to be the most rewarding of experiences. When I was 18, I traveled alone to Montreal Canada and the entire East Coast of the US. I met Europeans in the youth hostels and had great adventures. Then in my twenties, I traveled to a remote part of Japan where no one spoke English, a place called Mt. Dread, Osore-zan where blind spirit mediums gathered around a dead lake full of sulphur. Every Japanese person I talked with warned me not to go there, because they believed bad things would happen. Nothing bad happened and it was one of the most fascinating places I've ever visited to date. The lake there was a bubbling volcanic cauldron, and the Japanese people visited that mountain when someone close them dies.....

I've traveled alone so much that it seems like the most ideal thing to do, as my knowledge of the world has expanded so much in doing so. Confidence is also gained by traveling alone.