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Hostel Life - Part 1 - The types of people you meet in hostels.

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Hi everyone, As life has been going back to normal in recent months, travel also became a possibility again, albeit with a stiff amount of research before booking, due to the ever shifting Covid regulations.  After being locked up in Dublin for a year and a half, I finally took the bus to the airport again in September and I was as excited as a child on Christmas morning. Since then, I’ve traveled to Berlin (September), Copenhagen (November), London (December), Holland and Lisbon (December/January), Barcelona (February) and Edinburgh (last week). So with a return to travel also comes a return to hostel life. As a veteran backpacker, I have noticed that, no matter where you go to, be it London or Malaga or Sydney, you encounter the same types of people pretty much everywhere.  As a guide to those of you who are new to the backpacking game, and as a déjà vu for those who have earned their stripes over the years, I present to you:  A Guide to the Types of People you will encounter when