The Backpacker Bubble

17 Jan

Doug Lansky has an “excellent piece”:http://travel.guardian.co.uk/davegorman/story/0,16570,1680921,00.html?gusrc=rss for Guardian Unlimited on travel.

I’m smitten the moment I read this sentence:

bq. I’ve never heard of anyone who said: “My dream is to locate the world’s totally synthetic experiences, skip along elbow to elbow with my fellow countrymen, nibbling on banana pancakes at popular cafes and buying cheap knock-offs of the same stuff I can get back home while I get my photo taken in front of every major attraction I can jam into my itinerary.” So how is it that the vast majority end up doing just that? Is there some sort of banana pancake beam that sucks us in? In a sense, yes.

The _banana pancake beam_ is the most lethal of all. It’s not just addictive — it also has the price:carbo (thus feeling of being stuffed without really being so; hence forth called P/C) most appreciated by poor backpackers like us.

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  • popagandhi
    Me too. The museli and yoghurt beam is too expensive. 100 baht per serving.

    I'm the biggest Travelfish fangirl! =)
  • It's amusing that the author picks on banana pancakes in particular... I guess I'd rather be teleported by a banana pancake beam than a muesli and yoghurt beam...
  • rebecca
    there IS a reason why i've a fetish for Guardian.
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