>travelling on a shoestring budget and shitty conditions is awful at the time you're doing it >somehow all my fondest memories are when I was doing shit like standing between two train carriages for an 8 hour ride in winter, sleeping on a dingy bus with strangers across dodgy roads, and shooting the shit with homeless people at the train station at 4 AMWhat explains this phenomen, truly? I've had luxurious stays in silk bedsheets which just fade from memory while all my hobo student odysseys make for the most nostalgic ones
>I had interactions outside of the norm and remembered it moreWOW
>>2887272Compared to the ultimate awful travel experience of getting gang-raped and then thrown off a moving freight train in the middle of the desert, a little discomfort and boredom isn't that awful. The waiting is the hardest part. So much time to pass, and nothing to distract yourself with. It's no wonder so many travelbums turn to drink or drugs.
