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We stayed at the "Gone Walkabout" hostel. "Backpacker friendly" as they say.
In Australia (and Europe, too, I think) a "backpacker" is someone
traveling cheaply, usually with a backpack, mostly folks fresh
out of college taking a last adventure before real life. It's a shame
that the USA is so traveller-unfriendly! Hostels are much less
common, and are mostly YHA with actual age limits and such.
("Youth hostels.") Anyway, I quite like the simplicity and
efficiency of hostels. I don't like room service, and I do like
wandering out to a picnic table and chatting with all
the european college kids. And, tell me to "get civilized" if you
like, but the occasional roach in my bed just doesn't bother
me that much.
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