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Updated : 03/02/19 | March 2nd, 2019 I was looking over my interview with Rolf Potts recently and thinking our talk about the false distinctions travelers make among themselves. We often compete to prove who’s a better traveler or how we aren’t like “the tourists.” As you travel the world and bounce from hostel to hostel, you’ll inevitably encounter some travelers trying to prove their status and superiority by talking about how much longer they’ve been on the road or where they’ve been, or by emphasizing the number of local buses they have taken. They treat travel like some sort of competition as if bragging rights are the most important part of being on the road. After a decade of travel, I’ve met more than my fair share of these kinds of travelers. I’ll tell you what I always end up telling them: all travelers are created equal. While I’d rather take advice from someone who has been traveling for 10 years over someone who left just yesterday, the older traveler...