'The Traveller'

Sonia was the new french girl in my spanish class, at first she appeared to be a 'typical traveller' - a lip piercing, bazilian bracelets and general loose 'raster' clothing. She had been travelling south america for a year. However, during the course of my spanish class her superior travelling altitude became evident. She claimed that going to the beach was too superficial, no, this traveller prefers to 'get to know' the locals. She does this by making bracelets with them and working in a restaurant in Brazil for free. When i said i know the south of france well, she almost had a heart attack for she does not venture in these touristic parts. No, for she is a 'real traveller'. In fact, she likes living in the mountains with locals. Hostels are not 'travellery' enough for her neither, no, no she stays in 'huspedes' which translates as 'guesthouses. She is nothing other than an irritating speciman of travelling arrogance.

Don't get me wrong there is nothing worse than someone going all the way to mexico and staying in a hotel resort in cancun for a week, nevertheless travelling is really just an adventurous holiday. Another 35 year old ozzy traveller who had been travelling for 8 years claimed to me recently that she hated 'hanging around with inexperienced travellers'. Come on! As i said in an interview once, these people need to get off 'their high heels'...