Wifi is awesome. It does wonderful things for you as a traveler. It allows you to keep in touch with loved ones so they don't stay up all night thinking you're locked up in a Mexican prison, book hostels in advance, download city maps to your phone, and keep up with the offseason happenings of your favorite football team (like which player can bench the most or how much weed your star qb may or may not smoke).
It does have a downside though. It has ruined hostel life. Travelers are now as zombified by their electronics as they are back home. Walk into a common area and every single person is on their phone. No one is interacting...which is the whole freaking point of traveling. It's a huge change from 5 years ago, and one that would probably upset me more if i wasn't so busy updating my Facebook status every 5 seconds.
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