text: I can totally relate to this, I spent some weeks backpacking in Europe and the best part was all the people I got to meet and hang out with. The topic of being gay came out organically with a few of them but over all it wasn't relevant most of the time, which was a break from it being so back home.  Like others who have commented here I live in a conservative country and I feel it gets in the way of most guys trusting and opening up to me. It would be nice to meet guys at home like the ones I met while traveling but it's been rare.