16 Classic Backpacker Problems

1. Having the Same Conversation With Everyone You Meet

“Where are you from?”, “How long have you been in New Zealand?”… You know the drill.

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2. Drinking Every Single Night Just to be Social Enough…

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3. Making Friends Only to Say Goodbye Hours After

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4. Being on the Top Bunk with a Horny Couple on the Bottom Bunk…

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5. Meeting People From Your Own Country and Trying So Hard to Avoid Them

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6. Having Too Many Ingredients to Cook for One So Having to Eat the Same Meal for Three Days in a Row

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7. Packing Way Too Much

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8. Discovering There is No Free WiFi at Your Hostel

Oh well, you can just get it here instead.

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9. Listening to Someone Brag About How Many Passport Stamps They Have

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10. Be Recommended Only Expensive Activities When Your Budget Can Only afford Free Stuff

It doesn’t have to be this way. Here’s some advice to save some cents.

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11. Know-it-all Backpackers who Think They Know Everything About a Country They’ve Been in for Only a Month

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12. Sitting Down in a Hostel in the Middle of a Group That Only Speaks Their Own Language.

Maybe you should give them this link.

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13. Coping with Summer Camp-type Heartbreak Once Every Two Weeks.

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14. Realising That Somebody Drank All Your Milk “By Mistake”

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15. Be Ready to Do Anything for Something Labelled “FREE”

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16. Realising That the Only Reason You Know it is Wednesday is Because it’s $2 Shot Night in the Hostel Bar!

On that note, here are some awesome backpacker bars to do just that!

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