10 Things You Miss When You Are Backpacking

That you thought were fundamental human rights before going backpacking

1. Vegemite

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to the point where you are willing to trade anything when you come across a fellow Australian backpacker with a jar of the black goodness that will disgust every other backpacker in the hostel.

Note beware the packs of Australian backpackers who will come from no where if you pull out your Vegemite stash in the hostel.

2. A bed that isn't a bunk

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and never wanting to leave the spacious comfort when you return home.

3. Not having to find wifi to use your mobile

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resulting in you being that weird person who gets excited when your phone rings for the first month of being back home.

4. A proper shower

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without having worry about germs and generally filthy state of the shower, wearing shower shoes, or the hot water lasting 30 seconds before you get blasted with ice cold water.

5. Clean clothes

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all of the time (and being slightly disgusted with yourself that while backpacking you sniffed your clothes to determine whether they were too dirty to wear).

6. Having a wardrobe

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and not living out of a backpack that contains four t-shirts and a pair of shorts that you have been wearing for three months straight.

7. A car

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sure getting on a train and watching the towns flash by in a foreign country is an unforgettable experience, but sometimes when you are running late, exhausted/hungover, and lugging a ten kilo backpack in the freezing cold rain a car sure would be nice.

8. Real food

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that isn't purchased solely based on price. Unlabelled meat in can for 1 euro - sounds delicious.

9. Privacy

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where you can sleep without the ongoing fear that you will wake up to your bed shaking caused by your bunk mate having sex above you.

10. Free public toilets

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because really finding foreign coins to pay the toilet attendant who only speaks a language you don't understand, while carrying a heavy backpack and busting to use the toilet is the worst.