Travellers
The original travellers in the regions were mostly young European, Australian, Canadian, and American travellers on trips that could last several months, and who travelled cheaply using guides like Lonely Planet. Some of them were gap year students, taking time off to travel. As the stops on the Trail have become well known, and as long distance flights have become more accessible, combined with the increased purchasing power of Asian tourists, an increasingly diverse variety of travellers can be found on the trail, sometimes for just a short time rather than the months' long trips of the original backpackers.
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Famous quotes containing the word travellers:
“We are like travellers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs. Whilst we see that it always stands ready to clothe what we would say, we cannot avoid the question whether the characters are not significant of themselves.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Rosalind. Well, this is the forest of Arden.
Touchstone. Ay, now am I in Arden, the more fool I.
When I was at home, I was in a better place, but travellers must be content.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)