When it comes to the ways of love and romance, no aphrodisiac is quite so potent as travel. Away from home, the people you meet seem sexier, more exotic, less repressed. This makes you feel sexy, exotic, liberated, Freed from your past, happily anonymous, and filled with a sense of possibility. Rolf Potts shares a story of his own and providing some tips on travel romance.



A Few Humble Pointers Regarding Road Romances:



1) Don’t take your romantic cues from an online travel columnist.



2) Reuniting with your lover after a distant road romance often amounts to meeting up with a stranger but really don’t stop yourself from trying anyway.



3) Be aware of the cultural factors behind road romances. Culture is instinctive not intellectual so don’t think your travel lover will have the same gut-level assumptions as you.



4) The exotic appeal of a person also add to the romantic complications sometimes.



5) Be smart and protect yourself against sexually transmitted diseases. Just because travel allows you to throw romantic restraint to the wind doesn’t mean that you should throw safety to the wind as well.



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