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Too Old For Backpacking with Author Matteson Perry

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Author Matteson Perry (Available: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Hookups, Love and Brunch) was right in the middle of backpacking in Thailand when he realized he was too old to be backpacking in Thailand. Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY35) Casper Mattress, Story Worthy, ThirdLove, LeTote, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

I'm Idriselba and this little journey of words is brought to you by me and booking.com,

0:04.7

but mostly by me.

0:06.0

Now, imagine you're on vacation, you and your favorite peoples.

0:09.2

Beachside bungalows, perfect weather, the smell of barbecue, barbecue and on the grill.

0:13.8

You know the smell.

0:15.3

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0:17.8

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0:21.4

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0:27.5

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0:31.5

Thanks, everyone, for baking your way here on this toasty morning. Are you all ready to jam?

0:36.2

Excellent. Before we get rolling, let's start by hashing out everything bagel we'll be discussing. Profit margarins are okay, but they could maybe be butter. Sorry, I don't mean a waffle. Next quarter, it's all or muffin. Did you have a question, sausage patty? My name's Patricia. When you can't take your mind off breakfast, it matters where you stay.

0:55.4

Delicious breakfast available at our Hilton family of brands.

0:58.7

Hilton, for the stay.

1:05.3

Hey, it's Christine from Storyworthy.

1:07.6

Have you over backpacked to an exotic location?

1:10.7

So in our second night there, it's the half-moon party.

1:12.6

The half-moon party is in the jungle, and to get there, you ride in the back of a pickup truck for about half an hour on this bumpy dirt road.

1:19.6

And the venue is not a building.

1:21.6

It's just this area where they've cleared away trees, and they've set up bars and dance floors,

1:26.6

and they've strung decorations

1:28.0

throughout all the trees and everything's painted neon and everyone wears neon face paint and

1:33.0

body paint and it all glows because there's just black lights everywhere.

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