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Backpacker Culture

When i was in Sydney i didn't feel like a backpacker at all-and quickly learned from my normal freinds that backpackers generally had a reputation for being;
a) stinky
b) promiscuous
c) lairy/tarty and, unfortunately
d) theives!

This didnt really seem like a world i wanted to enter...however upon me and Sarahbelle arriving in Cairns, i have embraced the backpacking life with both hands and feet-and i love it! I've come to learn that it basically means being a drifter, an open minded person with no real life plans apart from enjoying yourself which is pretty damn cool in my book...everyone has interesting experiences they want to share with you, noone is judgemental and , vitally, everyone is up for a bloody good time. yeah there are the idiots who think they're on an 18-30s holiday in Faleraki but they're a minority. Me and S have been enjoying our hostel so much that we havent even been out on the town in Cairns-the party is just outside our dorm door!
As well as the drinking and bonding with a fab crowd, we have
~cycled about 20klms to the nearby botanical gardens (gorgeus!) and northern beaches
~explored the rainforest and waterfalls at kurunda (we got soaked in the rain but it was worth it!)
~chilled at the local lagoon where i learned how to swim properly and not like a old dog trying its best
~i found a job at the night markets
~sarah went diving in the reef

Yes, being a boho traveller and living out of you rucksack is mint (mine is hideously 80s in green, pink and yellow-love it!) the only downside is that i must be an official girl beacuse i miss my boyfreind. How lame am i? Answers on a postcard