I will trust you for the day

Making friends while traveling takes whatever standards you already had in terms of forming friendships at home and dilutes it down to basically nothing. You no longer look for things you have in common, friends you have in common or even places you have in common. It's more like hey you seem like a decent enough human who won't try to rape me or mug me so I will make the unusual-for me-decision and trust you for the day and see how it goes. We may not be united by land, race, religion, language or even thoughts. We may have nothing in common except for the fact that we are perfect strangers in a foreign place; we are united by our endless love for travel and deep need to explore. We are citizens of the world and that is why I will trust you.

The thing about travel is when you're finally ready to come home, you will realise that the only thing that has truly changed is you.