Same Bag, Different Bunk: My Life Inside American Hostels

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Hostel culture explained by a solo backpacker who spent more than a year cycling through American hostels, swapping out bunks and bed tags as they were handed over. Weaving interviews, stories, and reflections from the road, Same Bag, Different Bunk illuminates the many unusual and interesting characters, enlightening conversations, and impressionable moments one can experience while staying in hostels.

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From the Book

“For all those reasons, and some others, I considered leaving several times, especially at first. Only to go back home to start fresh. But the realization hit me, as I weighed my alternatives, that the road had become home. The road that has thrown me countless twists and turns but seems to always bring me back to the thing that makes it so interesting, so compelling, and in fact, quite addictive: the variety, but perhaps even more so, the people.”

“The litany of personalities, the things people are willing to do or have even done to get there, is part of what makes the whole setup so fascinating and, in its own way, quite addictive—that temporary holdover of a home steadily eases you in and becomes more comfortable the more you see others do the same.”