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Month: March 2019

Hippie plays guitar terribly in hostel common room
AFTER DARK NEWS 

Hippie in hostel common room absolutely murdering ‘One Love’ on acoustic guitar

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments awkward, backpacker, common room, guitar, hippie, hostel, music, traveller

That dreadlocked hippie in your hostel common room is utterly desecrating Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’ on the acoustic guitar, witnesses have confirmed.

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Hitchhiker refuses to give fuel money
FANNY PACK 

Hitchhiker who believes in socialist tax structures refuses to chip in for fuel money

March 27, 2019March 28, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments free spirit, freeloading, fuel money, hitchhiker, Mexico, money

A “free-spirited” hitchhiker who believes society needs to move away from individualism has angrily refused to give her Mexican driver

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FANNY PACK FEATURED 

Traveller who built school in Rwanda finally starts contributing to society by getting corporate job

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment Africa, banker, contributing to society, coroporate, mining company, Rwanda, selling out, traveller, volunteer, voluntourism

A long-term traveller who wasted several years of his life volunteering in developing countries has finally started contributing to society

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Belgrade's historical construction sites
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

Tourists flock to admire Belgrade’s historical construction sites

March 24, 2019March 25, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment Belgrade, construction site, culture, historical site, history, photo, Serbia, sightseeing, tourism, tourists

New data has shown that the Serbian capital is currently “renovating” every one of its historical sites, and has been doing so for as long as anyone can remember.

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Dutch backpacker doesn't care about AFL
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

Dutch backpacker doesn’t give a fuck about Aussie rules football

March 23, 2019March 23, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments AFL, Aussie rules, Australia, backpacker, bored, culture, Dutch, football, sport

Dutch backpacker Mieke van Hernan has shocked her Australian hosts by admitting that she really couldn’t give a flying fuck

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Nursultan Nazarbayev renames Kazakhstan's capital city
NEWS 

Ex-President renames Kazakhstan’s capital city after himself because apparently he can do that kind of shit

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment Astana, capital city, dictatorship, Kazakhstan, name change, politics, power

In a display of dictatorly arrogance that would make Kim Jong-un blush, outgoing president Nursultan Nazarbayev has renamed Kazakhstan’s capital

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Tourist in Iran
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED NEWS 

BREAKING: Tourist in Iran ambushed by lunch invitations, held at kebab point, forced to sleep in family’s spare bedroom

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 2 Comments guest, hospitality, Iran, Isfahan, lunch, respect, tourist, welcome

Sensational footage of locals ambushing an unsuspecting tourist in Iran has emerged on the internet. The first of three videos

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Spiritually rich traveller is broke
FANNY PACK 

“Spiritually rich” traveller swears after checking bank balance

March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment finance, hippie, hostel, money, poor, poor life choices, problems, spiritually rich, traveller

A self-declared “spiritually rich” traveller has unleashed a tirade of profanity after realising she has negative €23 in her bank

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AFTER DARK FEATURED NEWS 

Everybody at hostel – including staff – too high to remember which country they’re in

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 3 Comments backpacking, dorm, drugs, high, hostel, marijuana, smoke, weed

All 27 inhabitants of the Funky Mandala hostel in Goa are currently too high to remember which country they’re in,

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Trendy Melbourne cafe serves Anning-themed breakfast
MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Gastro travels: Trendy Melbourne cafe starts serving “eggs a la Anning”

March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment breakfast, cafe, eggs, far-right extremists, Fraser Anning, Melbourne, trendy

Tourists are flocking to a trendy Melbourne cafe to try the latest craze: eggs a la Anning. In honour of

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UN tells everybody on Earth to "Go back where you came from"
FEATURED MILES HIGH NEWS 

Airport chaos as UN orders everyone on Earth to “go back where you came from”

March 17, 2019March 18, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment airport, chaos, Donald Trump, Fraser Anning, immigration, multiculturalism, Nigel Farage, Pauline Hanson, politics, racism, right-wing, travel ban, UN

International transport systems have reached breaking point after the UN’s decree that it’s time for everybody on the planet to

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Getting drunk on St Patrick's Day
AFTER DARK 

“Let’s get wasted on St Patrick’s Day!” says backpacker who gets wasted every day

March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment acoholic, beer, binge drinking, drinking, drunk, hostel, nightlife, St Patrick's Day

A backpacker with a serious alcohol-abuse problem is making loud plans to get “totally fucking wasted” on St Patrick’s Day,

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NEWS

Somali government advises against travel to US
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED NEWS 

Somali government warns citizens against travelling to the USA

May 30, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0

In response to out-of-control scenes in the US over the past few days, the Somali government has made the unprecedented move of advising its citizens to stay away from the world’s richest country.

30-year-old backpacker and travel blogger wants to make money
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

30-year-old backpacker’s fear of no longer travelling or having a social life proven correct

April 20, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0
Chernobyl is on fire
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Chernobyl catching fire somehow not even in the 10 most apocalyptic news stories of 2020

April 14, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0
Conscientious full-time backpacker starts travelling from home
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Conscientious full-time backpacker starts travelling from home

March 24, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0

PERSPECTIVE

Waiting for roommates to stop
AFTER DARK CULTURE SHOCK PERSPECTIVE 

OPINION: If my roommates don’t shut up soon, I’ll have no choice but to sit here silently and wait for them to stop

December 18, 2019 Paul Norman 0

My only option is to press the nuclear button: to continue to do nothing and seethe silently until they shut up.

WTF? I arrived in London five hours ago and now I have no money left
FANNY PACK FEATURED PERSPECTIVE 

WTF? I arrived in London five hours ago and now I have no money left

September 12, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0
OPINION: Why millennials should spend less on travel and more on my $500 online e-consulting course
FANNY PACK FEATURED PERSPECTIVE 

OPINION: Why millennials should spend less on travel and more on my $500 online e-consulting course

August 7, 2019 Paul Norman 0
I live in a tent
FANNY PACK PERSPECTIVE 

Congratulations on buying your first home! I live in a tent

May 3, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0

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