WHAT type of BACKPACKER ARE YOU?


Last Updated: 4/8/19 | April 8th, 2019 (Originally Posted: 07/29/2009)

Note: So much has altered since I originally composed this publish 10 years back (also, isn’t it crazy that I’ve been blogging for so long?) that I believed that this funny bit article needed an update. The Flashpacker is long gone. The digital Nomad has risen. Others have stayed the same.

I redid this entire publish on the curious types that is the backpacker after having embedded myself in their culture as well as discovered their curious ways.

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You always hear about the distinction between tourists as well as backpackers, however even among backpackers, we like to group each other into classifications by who is the “better” traveler. inspect into any type of hostel, as well as you will discover a range of travelers using their unique tribal gear as well as people going “Yeah, that guy over there? definitely the partier.”

So who are the backpackers? What type of types have I determined in the hostel jungle? After years of research, many!

Here are a few of the more typical types of backpackers that can be discovered in a hostel’s jungle:

The Spiritual Traveler

Usually white, Western, as well as sometimes young (though there are plenty still trapped in 1969), travelers spiritus have come to discover themselves. checking out regional religions as well as customs, they spend their time reading books on Buddhism, Kabbalah, or yoga as well as speaking about exactly how linked life is. They’ve done ayahuasca in South America. They’ve done yoga in Bali as well as just “looooooove” Tulum.

Jaded by the materialism of their homeland, they have come to reconnect with the world, discover inner peace, as well as discover some tantra among the tourist centers of India, the hill tribes of Asia, or the shamans of the world. Travelers spiritus forgo material possessions, except for a computer, which they utilize to blog about the healthy snacks they are eating as well as tell people exactly how much freer they are now that they have been to six retreats in Bali as well as went on a juice cleanse.

These backpackers are usually discovered in South America, India, as well as Southeast Asia.

The Hippie

Not wanting to be held down by the man, the hippie can be discovered using fisherman pants, dreadlocks, as well as great deals of necklaces, as well as has a unique “I haven’t showered in two days” smell. This types of traveler is frequently thumbing a well-worn book on social justice.

Hippie travelers utilize regional transportation, eat regional food, as well as talk about cultural imperialism while watching the latest Hollywood movies on their Macbook as well as begging for money to get to the next place. They usually prevent most tourist destinations since “they’re as well commercial, man.”

Mostly discovered in India or other establishing countries (because they can’t pay for anywhere else).

The space Yearer

Traveler gap-yearius is usually college-aged, English, Kiwi, or Aussie. This backpacking types has a tendency to be traveling for precisely one year right before or after university. They comply with the primary round-the-world ticket route, costs most of their time in Southeast Asia, new Zealand, as well as Australia.

Gap-year travelers like to celebration a lot, see the primary attractions, sleep in dorms, as well as tend to stay with the beaten path. They are out to have a great time, satisfy other travelers, as well as come house with a few great stories before they begin their career.

They can be discovered anywhere a round-the-world ticket will take them.

The Partier

Sporting sunglasses, shorts, flip-flops, as well as a Lao beer T-shirt, travelers partyoholic spend most of their time getting drunk in each country. most of their day is spent nursing the hangover from last night while avoiding loud as well as well-lit areas. You’ll most likely see them still in bed when you inspect in at 2pm. however they’re the very first one at the bar each night. extremely loud, these nocturnal creatures bounce from one celebration destination to the other.

Mostly discovered in “party destinations” like Amsterdam, Thailand, Barcelona, as well as Prague.

The Couple

The backpacking couple spends most of their time sightseeing, touring, as well as doing activities. They prevent most of the backpacker ghettos as well as celebrations as well as tend to gravitate toward other couples or older travelers. The younger version frequently goes the opposite path as well as has a tendency to celebration a great deal while breaking up about ten times on the road.

They are discovered worldwide.

The much better Traveler

While sipping on a drink in a hostel, this traveler will tell you exactly how insincere as well as hypocritical all other travelers are as well as exactly how they truly are just tourists as well as not trying to discover the “local culture.” He will speak about his experience taking regional transportation, as well as that a person time he spent living in a village for one day. He waxes on about the death of regional cultures, globalization, as well as exactly how he’s truly available traveling to be part of the world as well as not force his culture down other people’s throats.

This types is discovered being hypocritical in hostels around the world.

The “Remember When” Backpacker

Traveler living-in-the-pastus has been traveling a long time (and usually to the exact same destinations). He’ll tell you all about exactly how he keeps in mind when the full Moon celebration utilized to be great as well as exactly how Laos is as well found now.

He’ll talk about exactly how Ios utilized to be peaceful as well as nobody had heard of Queenstown. He’ll explain the time when he was the only person in Costa Rica or sailing the Amazon. When asked why he’s still right here if he hates it so much, he’ll quickly modification the topic.

This depressing types can be discovered in the exact same destinations he states are ruined now.

The digital Nomad

Traveler flashpackosaurus has evolved into a new types called digital nomadosaurus. These creatures work on the internet to pay for their travels, frequently clustering with others of their types in areas like Bali, Chiang Mai, or Medellín.

Carrying laptops, cameras, video cameras, as well as iPads, they spend much of their time behind their computer touting their free way of life and/or recent startup while frequently never seeing much of the destination they are at. Their very first concern is always about the Wi-Fi.

They are discovered behind their computer, speaking into their phone, as well as anywhere there is great Web gain access to as well as a inexpensive expense of living.

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Life in a hostel on the backpacker path sure is interesting. There is a great deal of diversity available in the hostel jungle!

To further investigate the habits of these fabulously fascinating creatures, I shall continue to travel the world as well as stay in hostels.

Ya know, for science!
 

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