First World Traveller Problems
Travellers will know.
Having to renew your passport and getting the old one back with holes through your beloved stamps. It’s like they stabbed my nostalgic memories to death with a hole punch
Having to walk 10 minutes to find a Starbucks (who am I kidding – replace Starbucks with ‘Free Wi-Fi’)
Not being able to enjoy the pretty much any famous tourist site because of all of the tourists (of course, I don’t count as a tourist – I’m a special snowflake)
Creased clothes while backpacking. Why Zara? Why?
Or clothes that just won’t dry because the climate is too damn moist
Sun reflection on your tablet or phone
Whenever you take money from the ATM and know it’s going to cost you money
Ordering too much food, just because it’s so cheap – screw healthy living!
Selfie stick (needs no words)
Know it all travellers
Finishing packing and then finding out you forgot that ONE annoyingly shaped thing
Getting composition ready for that one perfect shot and then having a crowd walk by and stand there
” We’ve got Wi-Fi!” 30 minutes later you still haven’t downloaded the 20mb file
At least it’s better than no Wi-Fi at all
Or staying at a hotel and having to pay €20 for slow internet
Going through customs and not getting that damn stamp. Come on you booth guys – where’s the love!?
When you’ve met a group of people and everyone starts adding each other on social media and you are obliged to add to that one person you don’t really like
Please don’t let it me the top bunk, please,please,please. Every time someone is entering the hostel dorm
Tablet/phone battery is about to die but you have three hours of travelling time left – I might have to think or talk!!
Arriving in a really expensive country after feeling like a millionaire in a cheap location. No more making it rain!
Having people from your country in a tour/hostel and feeling a tiny bit less special
Haha love!
This is way too accurate!! Funny, how the last one is actually true as well.
Although I haven’t jumped on the selfie stick bandwagon yet… yet…
Lily
This is absolutely hilarious!! And sadly also so true…. haha we’re such a spoiled generation.
xx Cheyenne
http://www.bohemianjourneys.blogspot.com
Totally agree. I really loved this post and i really love your blog!
http://fashionkiller.blogs.sapo.pt/
This is too accurate!
I also dislike the fact that I can’t enjoy a tourist site because of all the tourists… As if I wasn’t a tourist myself haha
The Journeys of a Girl
hahaha! I saw a guy with a selfie stick for his iPad. No, just no.
Feeling like a millionaire is me every time I stray outside of Paris. In the German drugstore, I was buying shampoo for ten years. In Amsterdam, I went to restaurants 4 times a day. No shame!
And yes, I don’t count as a tourist at all! I;D
ExploresMore.com
Hehe guilty of almost all of these… especially the TOO MANY TOURISTS IN TOURISTY PLACES!! Three days til I’m off to Barcelona and everybody better back off the Dali Museum and La Sagrada Familia!
Hilariously accurate and lovely post as always, Tea!
Marianne 🙂
haha this is the best “Arriving in a really expensive country after feeling like a millionaire in a cheap location. No more making it rain!”
I always feel like this going from shanghai (where I live) to singapore or hong kong!
Hahahaha…. God this made me laugh… All so very very true!
These are all soo true, I am glad i am not the only one!
Andrew | thatmck.com
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That was extremely accurate. I hate when my clothes are wrinkly and start getting that musty suitcase smell. Nothing drives me more insane. The only thing I hate almost as much are selfie sticks. i cannot tell you how many times I’ve been whacked by one of those!
That Habemus Wi-fi! moment….! ahah
and clothes smelling like a wet (maybe dead) dog…..
I agree about renewing the passport and getting the old one back with holes. I had mine renewed not too long ago and the holes on the old one looks hideous. I keep wondering what I’m suppose to do with it now :/