Comments on: The Backpacker Cliques http://sanchezjalapeno.com/the-backpacker-cliques/ spicy travel Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:32:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: school grants http://sanchezjalapeno.com/the-backpacker-cliques/comment-page-1/#comment-119 school grants Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:28:37 +0000 http://sanchezjalapeno.com/?p=255#comment-119 My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work! My cousin recommended this blog and she was totally right keep up the fantastic work!

]]> By: Shane http://sanchezjalapeno.com/the-backpacker-cliques/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Shane Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:01:55 +0000 http://sanchezjalapeno.com/?p=255#comment-108 I took your advice about “Are You Experienced?” and downloaded it on my kindle for my recent trip to Thailand. Have to say I cried with laughter so many times with that book. It's hilarious, poignant and very sarcastically written. Thanks for the heads up! :) I took your advice about “Are You Experienced?” and downloaded it on my kindle for my recent trip to Thailand. Have to say I cried with laughter so many times with that book. It’s hilarious, poignant and very sarcastically written. Thanks for the heads up! :)

]]> By: ecothreesixty.com http://sanchezjalapeno.com/the-backpacker-cliques/comment-page-1/#comment-106 ecothreesixty.com Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:59:01 +0000 http://sanchezjalapeno.com/?p=255#comment-106 Yep, a pretty sound and amusing round up, have to agree with you on the SBWs, you seem to have reserved most of your venom for them, and possibly rightly so. In India a few years ago and it seemed to be a running joke how many "travellers" would argue about the "true India", but they were the same people who, when they joined you at a table would tell you how they had carried a goat across the Khyber Pass from Pakistan before they introduced themselves. Sure you and readers here will have doubtless read "Are You Experienced?" by William Sutcliffe but if not its priceless. Yep, a pretty sound and amusing round up, have to agree with you on the SBWs, you seem to have reserved most of your venom for them, and possibly rightly so.

In India a few years ago and it seemed to be a running joke how many “travellers” would argue about the “true India”, but they were the same people who, when they joined you at a table would tell you how they had carried a goat across the Khyber Pass from Pakistan before they introduced themselves.

Sure you and readers here will have doubtless read “Are You Experienced?” by William Sutcliffe but if not its priceless.

]]> By: Passion and Prose- Shane Brown « The BucketList http://sanchezjalapeno.com/the-backpacker-cliques/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Passion and Prose- Shane Brown « The BucketList Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:11:58 +0000 http://sanchezjalapeno.com/?p=255#comment-105 [...] The Backpacker Cliques by Shane Brown [...] [...] The Backpacker Cliques by Shane Brown [...]

]]> By: jon http://sanchezjalapeno.com/the-backpacker-cliques/comment-page-1/#comment-104 jon Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:40:03 +0000 http://sanchezjalapeno.com/?p=255#comment-104 NIce article.. Got me thinking that yeah, I don´t know the PM´s names either but I try to be apotical in general. Thanks for saying that it´s not just the American! http://savvyroundtheworld.wordpress.com NIce article.. Got me thinking that yeah, I don´t know the PM´s names either but I try to be apotical in general. Thanks for saying that it´s not just the American!

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]]> By: Kevin http://sanchezjalapeno.com/the-backpacker-cliques/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Kevin Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:43:28 +0000 http://sanchezjalapeno.com/?p=255#comment-102 No mention of the wilderness backpacker that likes to get away from it all? As a backpacker, traveling through a city with my pack is not my idea of backpacking. If I'am going to carry my pack somewhere, its going to be to get away from people and closer to nature. No mention of the wilderness backpacker that likes to get away from it all? As a backpacker, traveling through a city with my pack is not my idea of backpacking. If I’am going to carry my pack somewhere, its going to be to get away from people and closer to nature.

]]> By: Shane http://sanchezjalapeno.com/the-backpacker-cliques/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Shane Wed, 19 May 2010 23:42:41 +0000 http://sanchezjalapeno.com/?p=255#comment-71 Venn Diagram isn't a bad idea.. I might work on that today, instead of doing, well, real work. Venn Diagram isn’t a bad idea.. I might work on that today, instead of doing, well, real work.

]]> By: brandy bell http://sanchezjalapeno.com/the-backpacker-cliques/comment-page-1/#comment-68 brandy bell Wed, 19 May 2010 14:27:48 +0000 http://sanchezjalapeno.com/?p=255#comment-68 what? Australia has a queen?? I kid (kinda). I agree with you Shane, dig the article and your style. I am definitely in the Venn Diagram circle of the Hippy and the wanker... but as a USA citizen I find myself a bit of the Insular American... Like you said we're a product of our environment- TV, Newspapers, and our education system unfortunately leaves one with an over inflated and under filled head.... but we're not alone... and like the Aussies we love a bit of "culcha"... lol what? Australia has a queen?? I kid (kinda). I agree with you Shane, dig the article and your style. I am definitely in the Venn Diagram circle of the Hippy and the wanker… but as a USA citizen I find myself a bit of the Insular American…
Like you said we’re a product of our environment- TV, Newspapers, and our education system unfortunately leaves one with an over inflated and under filled head…. but we’re not alone… and like the Aussies we love a bit of “culcha”… lol

]]> By: Shane http://sanchezjalapeno.com/the-backpacker-cliques/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Shane Fri, 07 May 2010 05:51:49 +0000 http://sanchezjalapeno.com/?p=255#comment-65 You're right. The insular backpacker is certainly not restricted to Americans. There's plenty around, as evident by the British girl who didn't know about Australia and Canada sharing the same queen as the UK. The mind boggles. You’re right. The insular backpacker is certainly not restricted to Americans. There’s plenty around, as evident by the British girl who didn’t know about Australia and Canada sharing the same queen as the UK. The mind boggles.

]]> By: in-cog-NEATO! http://sanchezjalapeno.com/the-backpacker-cliques/comment-page-1/#comment-63 in-cog-NEATO! Thu, 06 May 2010 05:56:18 +0000 http://sanchezjalapeno.com/?p=255#comment-63 A good, funny and interesting article, Shane. Sounds like a good name for a boat. "The great unwashed" Or my car. I've gotta say I've met plenty of insular Australians too. Although they're not backpackers, they're ignorant to anything outside of their suburb. Ignorance, wankerists, rudeness and stuck up purists are not exclusive to a geographic location. You find all of those things in any race, creed or colour....steps down from the soap box before I get a nose bleed. A good, funny and interesting article, Shane.
Sounds like a good name for a boat. “The great unwashed”
Or my car.
I’ve gotta say I’ve met plenty of insular Australians too. Although they’re not backpackers, they’re ignorant to anything outside of their suburb. Ignorance, wankerists, rudeness and stuck up purists are not exclusive to a geographic location. You find all of those things in any race, creed or colour….steps down from the soap box before I get a nose bleed.

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