For that the backpacker must rely on the biblical texts of the Lonely Planet Guides.But the real obsession of the backpacker is thrift. I would replace the expression "shoe-string" with "cheapskate". Take, as an example, this piece of advice I found in the travellers' logbook in the Sunset Budget Hotel at Petra in Jordan: "Don't make the mistake we did and get ripped off by the shopkeeper next door Water should be 500 fils and tinned tuna 700 fils. If he tries it on, tell him what to do." The entry was signed by Kelly from Melbourne in Australia and she added a PS: "At least we've had a better time here than in Egypt.
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Last year we were in Thailand wish we'd gone back it's really cheap."The logbook was full of this stuff why anyone who pays more than the equivalent of £3 for the pony ride back from the ancient city of Petra needs their head examining, how to get round paying the entrance fee on the trip to Wadi Rum and so on. Local people were cast as sharks and rip-off merchants the enemy with whom to do battle over a few pence.Backpackers want a free run through the countries they visit. They contribute as little as possible to the local economy and then either bellyache about the "hassles" that beset their journey or arrogantly assume that because they have sat next to a peasant and his chickens on a bus, they have achieved a profound insight into local life. And which are the tourists that local people would like to see? The ones who come from rich countries with nothing in their pockets and hope to find local hospitality or the ones whose arrival at a hotel secures employment for a hundred local families?Do local people welcome travellers, especially single women, hitching, ignoring customs and putting themselves in danger or do they want those who are prepared to pay properly for the privilege of going off the beaten track? Curious travellers can always find out what is going on, search out the nuggets of gold in a place simply by hiring a driver or guide someone who, unlike the peasant on the bus, can communicate in a common language.No one wants young travellers to depend on Amex cards and hang around the coffee shops of Hyatt hotels. But why, instead of doing three months on £2 a day, can't they spend £5 and go home after six weeks? At least the package tourist knows when to leave. He does not turn a student adventure into a 20-year substitute for real life, and he puts his hand in his pocket now and then. He does not want to go and live with the fishermen, he does not wash his socks in the town fountain and, thank God, he does not know the price of a tin of tuna.Susan Marling is a broadcaster and travel writer..
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