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"Hallvard Tangeraas" wrote in message om... Being in my mid 30s and travelling around the world on a budget I can't help to feel very old and "different" from the usual backpacker crowd. I thought backpacking was all about exploring and travelling -being a "traveller" as opposed to "tourist" where everything is risk free and pre-planned. I never figured out what is the difference between a "traveller" and a "tourist". Surely a "traveller" is a tourist too? I get these package tour deals shoved in my face wherever I go, and it's very hard to do something different as there's just so little information available for anything else. Actually I find that many backpackers are on the biggest package tour of them all - the Lonely Planet Tour. Let me give you an example: Isarn - the NE region of Thailand is not on the general Lonely Planet Tour and thus you virtually never see any backpackers in this area except for in Nong Khai, where they congregate to get visas for Laos. I have spent more than a year in this region and the backpackers are few and far between. Cheers Michael Christoffersen |
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Thought so already - it just sounded a little funny, like saying 'I
wanted to take a motorbike taxi in Phnom Penh but I couldn't find a single one'. Kris On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 13:16:46 +0100, "Michael Christoffersen" wrote: "Kris" wrote in message .. . no rooms available in BKK??? Kris Hi, No rooms available in the area of my designation and within my price bracket I might have added. Cheers Michael Christoffersen On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:39:05 +0100, "Michael Christoffersen" wrote: "Miguel Cruz" wrote in message ... Hallvard Tangeraas wrote: In Thailand and Malaysia "hotel prices" aren't very high. Are there even places with dorms in Thailand? Hi Miguel, Yep, stayed at a dorm in both bkk and Hat Yai. Not because I wanted to but there were no other rooms available. cheers Michael Christoffersen |
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"Michael Christoffersen" wrote in message ... I never figured out what is the difference between a "traveller" and a "tourist". Surely a "traveller" is a tourist too? No, the opposite holds. When I travel to my job, I don't do so as a tourist. "Leisure traveller" and "tourist" is about the same. |
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In article .net,
"Tim Kroesen" wrote: I'm in my late Forties and am about to book some hostels myself for the first time... I think the *key* to avoiding the Animal Houses might be: A: No Bar onsite. B: A strict and enforced curfew. Tim K How would you know if a curfew will be enforced? |
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Better still; how do I know the toilets and showers work!?! You don't;
but when you read 'kids' griping about curfews at hostel review sites (and BBS's) you get a good indication they mean what they say... I've even read some hostels own plugs; saying basically that if you want to *party* book another hostel... Tim K "None" wrote in message ... In article .net, "Tim Kroesen" wrote: I'm in my late Forties and am about to book some hostels myself for the first time... I think the *key* to avoiding the Animal Houses might be: A: No Bar onsite. B: A strict and enforced curfew. Tim K How would you know if a curfew will be enforced? |
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In article k.net,
"Tim Kroesen" wrote: Better still; how do I know the toilets and showers work!?! You don't; but when you read 'kids' griping about curfews at hostel review sites (and BBS's) you get a good indication they mean what they say... I've even read some hostels own plugs; saying basically that if you want to *party* book another hostel... Tim K Thanks for the tips! Can you recommend a good hostel review site? |
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http://www.chatarea.com/backpackers BBS Forum
http://www.bookmeahostel.com/ Reviews http://www.bugeurope.com/ Reviews http://www.eurocheapo.com/ Evaluations http://www.kasbah.com/ Reviews http://www.hostels.com/ Ratings http://www.guideforeurope.com/ Reviews http://www.enjoy-europe.com/ Travel Advice http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt/ A bit of everything http://www.seat61.com/ Travel Advice There's enough to keep you bleary eyed for a Month...g (Like me) Tim K "None" wrote in message ... In article k.net, "Tim Kroesen" wrote: Better still; how do I know the toilets and showers work!?! You don't; but when you read 'kids' griping about curfews at hostel review sites (and BBS's) you get a good indication they mean what they say... I've even read some hostels own plugs; saying basically that if you want to *party* book another hostel... Tim K Thanks for the tips! Can you recommend a good hostel review site? |
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