"I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom, for me and you. And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world" - Louis ArmstrongI want to make this point, but before I do, I want to make it clear that neither myself or my companion Vinny subscribe to Backpacker Pretention. It's not something we rate highly - any pretension that is, but particularly Backpacker pretensionWe have met, for example, those that say things like "Oh, God, you're stayin...

"Some people are on the pitch.... they think it's all over.... It is now!" Kenneth Walstenholme, 1966We were staying in this pretty nice hostel called Villa Helga, and as is often the case it was made better by the abundance of people that we met. It had been raining all day, big, wrath of God kind of rain, so we had been stuck inside.As the Cat in the Hat failed to show up, we played some cards with the other travellers and then, led by a social offensive fr...