Backpacker Problems: A Step Below First-world Problems
Living out of a backpack, meeting new people all the time, bunk beds… These fundamental parts of being a backpacker actually bring forth some slightly stupid issues. Backpackers have to live through the hardships listed below, so if you can donate $2 a month to a backpacker they will be delighted and find ways of not spending it.
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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.
© Daisuke Tashiro on Wikipedia2. Drinking Every Single Night Just to be Social Enough…
© Memegen3. Making Friends Only to Say Goodbye Hours After
© Pxhere4. Being on the Top Bunk with a Horny Couple on the Bottom Bunk…
© Awkward on Wikipedia5. Meeting People From Your Own Country and Trying So Hard to Avoid Them
© somecards.com6. Having Too Many Ingredients to Cook for One So Having to Eat the Same Meal for Three Days in a Row
© Kathleen Franklin on Flickr7. Packing Way Too Much
© Funny Potato8. Discovering There is No Free WiFi at Your Hostel
Oh well, you can just get it here instead.
© Pexels9. Listening to Someone Brag About How Many Passport Stamps They Have
© hjl on Flickr10. 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.
© Pixabay11. Know-it-all Backpackers who Think They Know Everything About a Country They’ve Been in for Only a Month
© Max Pixel12. Sitting Down in a Hostel in the Middle of a Group That Only Speaks Their Own Language.
Maybe you should give them this link.
© Pixabay13. Coping with Summer Camp-type Heartbreak Once Every Two Weeks.
© publicdomainpictures.net14. Realising That Somebody Drank All Your Milk “By Mistake”
© quick meme15. Be Ready to Do Anything for Something Labelled “FREE”
© Tumblr16. 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!
© Get Noticed on Flickr
Sources:
The information in this guide has been compiled from our extensive research, travel and experiences across New Zealand and the South Pacific, accumulated over more than a decade of numerous visits to each destination. Additional sources for this guide include the following:
- Tourism New Zealand (General travel advice - Updated [2024])
- Immigration New Zealand (Visa and immigration advice - Updated [2024])
- New Zealand Customs Service (Customs and Biosecurity - Updated [2024])
- New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD online platform - Updated [2024])
- Tiaki Promise (Care for people place and culture - Updated [2024])
- Safe Travel (NZ travel advisories - Updated [2024])
- Stats NZ (Statistics and travel data - Updated [2024])
- Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (Road and transport tips - Updated [2024])
- DriveSafe (Road safety - Updated [2024])
- Council websites and freedom camping maps (Local travel advice region by region - Updated [2024])
- AdventureSmart (Know before you go - Update [2024])
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