{"product_id":"backpacker-lifecycle-book-brendyn-zachary-9781738705801","title":"The Backpacker Lifecycle","description":"**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** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom hostels to hotels. Backpacks to suitcases. Hitchhiking to guided tours.\u003cbr\u003eThe journey a backpacker takes through 20 years and 45 countries is as much about the person as it is about the places. In\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eThe Backpacker Lifecycle\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e---EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 1---\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 A cracked guitar leaned against a book-swap shelf filled with outdated guidebooks, long since replaced by smartphones.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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49598806393105,"sku":"GOR013617610","price":10.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50495797461265,"sku":"GOR013519797","price":11.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51050413162769,"sku":"NIN9781738705801","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1738705803.jpg?v=1751428851","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/backpacker-lifecycle-book-brendyn-zachary-9781738705801","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}