The Backpacker Lifecycle by Brendyn Zachary

The Backpacker Lifecycle by Brendyn Zachary

**GOLD AWARD WINER** 2022-2023 Reader Views Literary Awards. **TRAVEL CATEGORY FINALIST** 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. **SHORTLISTED NOMINE** 2023 Whistler Independent Book Awards**

From hostels to hotels. Backpacks to suitcases. Hitchhiking to guided tours.
The journey a backpacker takes through 20 years and 45 countries is as much about the person as it is about the places. In>The Backpacker Lifecycle, Brendyn Zachary shares his hilarious (and sometimes highly personal) experiences of travelling through different countries and different states of mind as the years go by.

---EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 1---
The familiar smell of budget noodles boiling in dented aluminum pots became obvious as soon as I stepped through the front door. Hostels never change. A few travellers waited near the front desk, straddling backpacks between their feet. Another had fallen asleep in a corner lounge chair while hugging his closed laptop, unbothered by the abundance of well-travelled dirt between the cushions. A cracked guitar leaned against a book-swap shelf filled with outdated guidebooks, long since replaced by smartphones. Heavily accented conversation rang out from the communal kitchen. For at least a decade of my life, I wanted only to be in places like this. That era of exploration and self-discovery was now well behind me, but never far from my thoughts. And now I found myself back at a hostel, hitting reset and starting again. Inevitably. Despite the years of absence from backpacking, I still felt at home.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781738705801
ISBN 10	1738705803
Title	The Backpacker Lifecycle
Author	Brendyn Zachary
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	ISBN Canada
Year published	2022-12-20
Number of pages	296
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.