Harap Maklum, Elo Sedang Menginap di Dorm!

Untuk menyiasati pengeluaran selama ngetrip, terkadang para traveler–khususnya solo traveler–lebih memilih untuk menginap di asrama berbunk-bed (ranjang susun) yang harganya bisa jauh lebih murah ketimbang mem-book kamar private. Namun ada beberapa hal yang suka bikin shock, terutama bagi kamu yang terbiasa menginap di private room, dimana fasilitas kamar yang memadai menjamin kenyamanan selama menginap.

Kalo beruntung ya bisa nemu dorm cakep kayak gini. Tapi kalo lagi apes ya nemu yang keadaannya mirip barak pengungsian

Ya, banyak hal yang akan kamu temui ketika kamu menginap di dorm room. Salah satunya ya point-point yang bakalan saya jabarkan di bawah ini 😀

1.Bule suka tidur almost naked, alias ampir telanjang. Sering banget saya temui setiap malam mau tidur, tiba-tiba teman-teman bule yang sekamar dengan saya–nggak laki-laki nggak perempuan–melepas seluruh pakaian yang dikenakannya, menyisakan beha atau sempak aja. Awal-awal sih ya saya agak shock dan risih melihat undies-undies wara-wiri di dalam kamar. Tapi lama-lama ya jadi ketagihan… eh maksudnya terbiasa dan ketularan tidur ber-telenji ria karena isis, hihi

2.No privasi! Satu dorm bisa berisi sampai 10-20 orang dan elo ngarep privasi elo nggak keganggu? Hellawww!! Jangan harap! Namanya juga shared room, ya kamu harus maklum kalo segala aktivitas kamu terkadang mengundang perhatian orang lain. Kamu juga harus maklum meladeni room mate yang ngajak ngobrol ketika sebenarnya kamu lagi males berinteraksi. Kamu nggak bisa ngomel kalo seisi kamar berantakan, tas pakaian dan sepatu berserakan di lantai.

3.Rebutan colokan! Kalo lagi apes nemu penginapan yang super pelit bin mreki, kamu bakalan cuma menemukan satu atau dua colokan listrik yang disediakan untuk mengakomodir 10-an orang di kamar. Ini yang paling sering saya alami, terpaksa rebutan colokan listrik tiap malam. Bayangin aja, saya kan harus ngecas ponsel dan kamera. Kalo satu gadget ngecasnya memerlukan waktu sekitar  satu jam, maka saya harus duduk manis nungguin itu colokan sampai casannya penuh. Bukan gimana-gimana sih, selain jaga-jaga supaya nggak diambil orang, kadang room mate suka lancang mencabut colokan casan kita dan gantian ngecas, padahal dayanya belom juga keisi setengah.

4. Kudu lebih ekstra dalam menjaga barang bawaan. Meski tiap kamar dorm selalu difasilitasi dengan loker-loker berpengaman, tapi nggak ada salahnya bila kita tetap waswas dalam menjaga semua bawaan kita. Terkadang karena malas membuka tutup loker, kita menggeletakkan ponsel, kamera, dompet hingga tas selempang begitu saja di atas kasur. Terkadang karena udah terlalu akrab dengan seisi dorm, kita memperlonggar kewaspadaan dengan membiarkan barang berharga tersebut berceceran begitu aja. Dan yang paling kebiasaan nih, kita suka ngecas gadget kita menjelang jam tidur di malam hari dan membiarkannya tergeletak tanpa pengawasan. Well again, it’s not a private room, anything could possibly happen kan?

5. Bed bugs!! Ada harga ada rupa. Mau ngarep apa sih dari penginapan ala barak pengungsian dengan 10 buah ranjang tingkat berderet dalam satu ruangan? Kalo kamu lagi sial, salah memilih penginapan, kamu bakalan menjumpai bed bug alias kutu busuk alias kepinding dan keroco-keroconya yang terkadang suka berkeliaran di sela-sela kasur bunk-bed. Siap-siap aja tidur nggak nyenyak karena digigitin semaleman sama makhluk-makhluk keparat tak berperiseranggaan tersebut. Menurut saya, they are worse than mosquitos. Bekas gigitan mereka terasa membakar plus gatal luar biasa di kulit, menyebabkan bentol yang biasanya lebar kemerahan. Pokoknya baca bener-bener review penginapan yang mau kamu pilih sewaktu ngetrip. Jangan sampai nemu penginapan yang dormnya penuh dengan kritikan “bedbugs are everywhere!!”

8 Types of Dorm Mate You Might Meet

Dorm is like a mini melting pot where all travelers from different countries are gathered. They don’t know each other before, but they might be a very close travel mate afterward or they might be forever strangers to each other. It’s kinda interesting for me when traveling to a country and staying at a dorm room. There are any kind of characters I can meet or greet. The more often I experience the dorm room thing, the more the attitude I have to try to understand. Yeah, the adventure is always started from the dorm room, whether you will have new travel mate to explore the city, or you will remain a  single fighter 😉

1. Mr/ Ms. Congeniality

They greet every people who gets in, they start an interesting conversation and make all solo traveler feels like “Thanks God I am not alone here!” They almost know all Hostel guests’ name and where they are from!

2. Mr/ Ms. Getting TOO MUCH Congeniality

Meeting a new friendly and interesting friend when traveling is indeed fascinating. But when they want to follow all your daily agenda, when they never stop talking, when they don’t understand that sometimes you need a “ME TIME” session yet they loyally stay beside you all the time, ok, Mr/ Ms. Congeniality, you’re getting too much!

3. The Invisible

All you see is only their backpack or suitcase near their bed. You never see them personally ever! In the early morning they are already gone and in the late night when you get back to the room, they have “disappeared” under the blanket. You never have a chance to say hi even until you or they check out the hostel.

4. Gadget Freak!

They prefer to make out with their cellphone or their notebook any time and any where. In the bedroom when waking up, in the living room when gathering with the other, even in the dining room when having breakfast. They don’t care about the rest. The only interaction they made to you is “hi, what’s up?” and then again going back to the monitor.

5. The Drunken Master

This kind of guests usually screw up in the very late night after partying with some friends. Smells like beer jugs, they giggled while opening the room door or staggered into the room, hit some furniture and then grumbled to themselves.

6. Snoring Guy!

Yeah, this is frustratingly annoying, hearing them snoring like a hoarse lullaby when you’re in the middle of your nap. Yet you have no other choice, unless you accept and enjoy it, or you move to the other room 😀

7. The “Two Become One”-er

This is so intolerated! Sneaking in the darkness, joining their couple’s single bed, making such irritating sounds like unnecessary bed screeching, skin colliding, flirtatious sighing. I mean, get your own private room!

8. The “I Need a Privacy but I Can’t Afford a My Own Private Room.”

They are much more like the gadget freak, but without any gadget. They are not really keen on interacting with the other. They enjoy their solitude. They prefer to sit alone in the corner of living room. They just nod or smile slightly, or the worst is, maybe they don’t think that you’re exactly there.