traveller´s dilemma

(i may be spelling dilemma wrong...but i dont care...the only spell check on this computer is spanish)

Traveller´s dilemma # 1:

a) you want to be nice to other traveller´s because you have a common bond in being a gringo
b) you stop trusting other gringos because they steal your ipod charger after you let them borrow it

story:
I let some dude borrow my ipod charger (well...it is technically my mom´s, so he stole my mom´s ipof charger). He took forever using it so i told him to leave it at the front desk at the hostel for when i return. No charger. ¡Qué puta es!

Traveller´s dilemma #2:

a) you want to hear about other people´s travels and the places they have been because you can instantly find a common bond
b) some people love hearing themselves talk and after a while, you never want to talk about Ecuadorean travel destinations!

story:
1. i walked into my dorm room to go to bed and this one guy was just about to go to bed. he saw that i was awake (clearly because i was walking) and decided to talk and talk and talk about his travells, his adventures hitch-hiking, how great and down-to-earth he is, and blah blah blah. i must be quite a conversationalist if i kept him talking with successive uh-huhs. Finally he shut up when a spanish girl came in and said "buenas noches" with a shut-the-eff up tone.
2. i spent about three hours in one room listening to more "i am so down-to-earth and experienced"-travel stories. The british girl got about an hour and the american guy about two. I am really glad i had a book. To be honest, i wasn´t listening so much as i was in the room looking up from my book between chapters and acting like a bobble head.

i have been in ecuador a week, and i have already found a third of the traveller´s cocky and obnoxious, a third kind of weird and awkward, and i am pretty indifferent towards the rest. There have been about 5 who were really cool. my ratios are not so good.

Traveller´s dilemma #3:

a) being a traveller
b) everyone hate´s travellers