I prefer steady friends, regardless of where they are located. I am not one of those proactive friends, pretty bad at responding to texts timely, or into doing a lot of high-intensity activities, like hiking (yep, I consider it high-intensity - lol). However, once I consider someone a close friend, they have my loyalty, compassion, and trust. I only have 5 close friends I met during college, but since then I only found another one in 2020 that I get to share all of me with, including the knowledge of this hobby.
While I like to travel, I do meet acquaintances, but most of the time, I do not have the patience to actually cultivate a genuine friendship with those I just meet during my travels, and selfishly, I prefer to be alone and think about life while staring at the vastness of the ocean in the overwater villa at a remote island resort, so the probability of finding folks I would even consider a possible friendship with is slim. Man, I sound like a jackass.