I am "mature" student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University majoring in journalism. As I entered the second half of my life I thought maybe I should try something new and completely different. My former life revolved solely around horses, riding, training and competing in the relentless heat of Florida. Today my life revolves solely around homework in the damp of B.C.
The European backpacker image has been cultivated into the stereotype of penny-pinching, dreadlocked party people following the Hippie Trail paved for them since the…