The original post: /r/travel by /u/Chance-Business on 2024-05-09 11:18:16.

For example: I got to a hostel literally right when the front desk staff was getting ready to leave for the night. I wouldn’t have been able to check in. After I walked in they said they were just talking about me because I hadn’t checked in yet and how screwed I would have got. The crazy thing was it was like maybe 9 or 10pm, I don’t remember the time… let’s say it was 9:56pm and I just got off the late bus and I didn’t know how to get to the place but I knew I was within a couple blocks of it. My phone decided to right then go dark and update itself and I couldn’t look at the gps or use it to place a call, and of course by that point there were no more payphones. Somehow I found the place anyway.