As we progressed through the trip it became more and more challenging to remember who you met and where you met them. I would constantly find myself talking to a friend about a person that I had previously met, but would then have to stop and think of where exactly I had met that person. Staying in hostels allowed us to meet a variety of interesting and unique people, and since we were constantly moving it proved to be extremely hard to keep track of where you met certain people. For example, I met a bunch of new people when we were in Brisbane before we left for Fraser Island, and when coming back to Brisbane I began recognizing familiar people. I soon realized that I had met these people the week before in the same hostel. What went through my mind when I first saw them was that I had met them in another city and they are now staying in the same hostel as us again. Sitting around in the YHA in Alice Springs I kept seeing people that I recognized and had met before. Before I would go over and say hello I would have to sit down and try to remember if I had met them in this hostel, a previous hostel, or both. This challenge became more and more apparent near the end of the trip, and I noticed it most when we were in Alice Springs. I am so happy that we were able to met so many people, and all that this challenge meant to me was that I have had the greatest opportunity in the world to meet so many great people.
Jared
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