I felt special telling people at the hostel common table about my gnarly, death-defying three-week motorbike trip I'd just finished.
Then this tall American guy sits down.
"Yeah, I just finished walking across Java. East to west. Took me 65 days."
"What?? Where did you sleep?" we asked.
"Most nights I'd just reach a town or village, and some local would invite me to stay at their house."
Jesus Christ.
Talk about off the beaten path.