after all , loss of personal hygiene , cup o noodles , and sleeping on the beach doesnt cost that much and you will be rich with experiences and confident because you are a pioneer who will return home one day and write a best seller filled with spiritual insights about your fellow man and with stories about a girl with hairy armpits that dumped you when you no longer had cash for 50 cent beers and had to sell your hemp necklaces and hardened playdoh water-pipes to unsuspecting tourists .