Symptoms that reveal you’re turning into a backpacker
This week we’ve asked one of our favourite travel bloggers and Workawayers, Sarah Richard from coffeewithasliceoflife.com to let us know the symptoms that indicate you’re turning into a backpacker!

- You have mastered the ‘one backpack on the front, one on the back‘ walk
- McDonalds and Starbucks are no longer food outlets. They are where you go for free WiFi and a bathroom with a toilet roll in.
- You can’t remember what your body looked like without tanlines.
- You no longer book accommodation in advance; There will be a hostel somewhere… right?
- You can pack your bag in the pitch black darkness and still put everything in its place.
- You are still styling the same nail polish on your toes from the day that you left… 3 months later! (Let’s not talk about your finger nails)
- You argue with a street salesperson about lowering a price by 20p, and leave empty handed once they refuse.
- You have a ‘quick dry‘ towel.
- Beer that costs more than $2…erm, no thank you. 😏
- You only know what day of the week it is because today is ‘Free Drinks Thursday‘
- Fresh laundry is hands down the best thing in the world.
- It’s kind of a bit too quiet when you don’t hear a symphony of snoring in your dorm room.
- Is that an unattended shampoo bottle in the shower? SCORE!
- A destination that requires a bus journey of less than 10 hours is pretty much ‘round the corner.‘
- You choose to sleep at the airport rather than pay for another night’s accommodation. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
- You know your passport number off by heart.
- You can never remember anyone’s name so instead you refer to them as ‘that guy from Holland‘ or ‘the one from America.‘
- Hot shower? What’s that?
- The possibilities of pasta related dishes are endless. Then again, so is plain bread.
- You’ve realised that shoes are over-rated.




About Sarah
Sarah helps with the Workaway blog. She left her secure job and daily routine in the UK 5 years ago to pursue a life of volunteering and travel. Throughout her work as a freelance writer and scuba ins