Sleep.......
It's been a strange experience to stay in the backpacker hostel this time around. Strange in the sense that I've never come across so many 'different' people before.
The Argentinian guy who would literally follow you around the dorm, the Australian girl who must've been mid-30s but acted like she was 18 by getting so drunk she didnt even remember any of the 3 different guys she brought back on 3 different nights, the irish guy who said he was australian, giggled in his sleep and got up from bed 4-5 times a night, jumped down put on his coat and banged the door waking everyone up, the 2 brazilian guys who never came back before 4am and talked for atleast 30 minutes across bunks when they did, the swedish girl who sat up most nights watching old video re-runs (thankfully with her ear plugs in), and the new girl who turned up last night, went to sleep for an hour, got dressed in an outfit that wouldn't have looked out of place in the Rio Carnival, who also was quite happy walking around in her rather small g-string. I've asked 2 guys why they are talking to themselves, 2 others to stop banging the doors, chuck 1 guy out of the room for practically molesting the Aussie girl, and help 1 girl off with her top as she was too drunk to get it up over her head.
I've been averaging about 4 hours broken sleep every night and it got to the point where I was almost falling asleep mid-practice at H's. I had to take the last 2 mornings off as 5-8am's the quietest time in the dorm (after the brazilians finish their chat).
The funny thing is I made friends with a good guy from Brazil up in the lounge. He let me have a shot of his guitar and he always stops and asks how things are going. He's funding his travels round europe by finding places that do drug trials and the like. He's currently in London helping on a sleep depravation clinical trial. I'm thinking of going along so I can get some sleep....