For those who miss the back packing life style...

[Ree Fresh]

trouble readjusting to life back home after spending time
>travelling? here's a few handy hints that should help you settle
>back in:
>
>1) replace your bed with two or more bunk beds, and every night
>invite random people in to sleep there. this will make things seem
>more hostel like, and will also boost your karma. remove beds one by
>one as symptoms improve.
>
>2) sleep in a different room each day, varying it by setting the
>air conditioning either too hot or too cold. sleep behind a pot
>plant for that jungle effect. cats also double as pumas with a
>little imagination.
>
>3) enlist help of family member to set your radio alarm randomly
>to go off at some time during the night, filling your room with loud
>talking. works best if you can find a radio station in hebrew.
>
>4) slowly remove items of clothing etc from your backpack, until
>you are completely using your wardrobe instead. maybe only one item
>a day, but remember it's one step at a time kids, one step at a
>time.
>
>5) buy your favourite foodstuffs, and despite living at home,
>write your name and when you might next be leaving the house on
>them.
>
>6) ask family member to every now or again steal one of the above
>foodstuffs, preferably the one you've most been looking forward to,
>or the most expensive.
>
>7) keep at least one item of food far too long or in a bag out in
>the sun, so you have to spend at least 24 hours within sprinting
>distance of the toilet.
>
>8) even if it's a sunday, make sure you're out of the house by
>10am, and then stand on the corner looking lost. ask first passer-by
>of similar ethnic background if they've found anywhere good to go
>yet.
>
>9) once decided to possibly get a job, take a fully packed
>rucksack to work with you every day. although it's perfectly safe
>next to the coffee machine, watch it like a hawk.
>
>10) buy your bus, train or order a taxi in a foreign language. the
>fact the person behind the counter won't understand you simply adds
>to the authenticity.
>
>these simple but effective instructions should help you fall back
>into normal society with the minimum of effort. good luck!

[dj4mula]

Many people are backpacking in Canada because its cheaper than the UK.

[stringbeans]

AHAHAHAHA NICE AVATAR!@#(!!!!!

[cinist]

im suprised you didnt throw a "mate" in there somewhere

[omnirecords]

wow, are you speaking from experience? :PartEkid: i like the idea of making your own place hostel-like though. i didn't even travel and i did that with my first place i lived in on my own. any of you who knew me back in the "poofy's playhouse" days back in '98 will know exactly what i'm talking about. :smoke1:

[Moon]

i miss backpacking

im definetly going back to aussie soon to backpack on the west side

[Ree Fresh]

It was an email from an old backpaking friend.

I wanted to add:

-keep EVERYTHING stuffed in one backpack, and every month mail or leave behind half your cloths :P

-Get pist every night like your on vacation and still havent found a job.

-Keep all your food tied up in a woolsworth/IGA bag with your name and room number on it.

-Have magazines like "back pakers world" ect maild to your door.

-carry your passport and credit cards and a posibly a plane ticket too in a small pouch, and gard it with your life!

-try and use accents other then your home country and say your from somwhere else

-keep colection post cards!

-For fun get those cheep calling cards and call old long distent peeps for fun on birthdays and holidays.

[Ree Fresh]

Yes, backpacking is great!

-maybe even invite your friends to try and have sex in your room while your trying to sleep :sick: