That said the revolving cast of interesting people that I met while stranded in a backpacker hostel made the time fly far faster than it would have had I been on my own.

搁浅在背包客旅馆，来往客人像走马灯一样，我因而遇到了许多有趣的人物。 假如只是我单独一人，时间不可能像这样飞逝而去。

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With no guarantee that it would be working when I finally got there, I grudgingly decided that I had to economise and so ended up in a dormitory room at Samarkand's cheapest backpacker hostel.

我很不情愿地决定在旅途中节省每一分钱，所以在撒马尔罕，我只能在一家背包客旅馆找了一间宿舍入住。

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