| Backpackers Gone Wild by Tom Carter | | | | world travel. From the Medieval Latin hospitium, it has |
| As a veteran backpacker of both hemispheres | | | | been co-opted by over 80 different countries, |
| currently traveling extensively throughout all 32 | | | | beginning in 1912 Germany whence originated the idea |
| provinces of the Peopleâs Republic of China, | | | | of the modern youth hostel. Yet in spite of its global |
| this writer has come to depend heavily on hostels. | | | | popularity, hostelling has continued to remain a relatively |
| Without them I could not financially (or emotionally) last | | | | underground experience. |
| the 10 months Iâm expected to be on the | | | | Budget backpackers, considered at once hipsters and |
| road. As such, Iâve brooded on the etymology | | | | hobos, rely on hostels for their comparatively |
| of the word. | | | | affordable accommodations. |
| Hostel: a term that has become synonymous with | | | | |