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Month: December 2019

FANNY PACK FEATURED 

FUCK YES! Traveller’s Nan sends money instead of shit sweater for Christmas

December 25, 2019December 25, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Christmas, family, money, Nan, presents

A traveller’s risky move to spend Christmas away from home has paid off big time, The Tragic Traveller’s finance correspondent can confirm.

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Awkward Skype call at Christmas
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

Backpacker celebrates Christmas with awkward Skype call to extended family

December 25, 2019December 25, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments awkward, backpacker, Christmas, family, hostel, Skype

There’s nothing like an awkward Skype call to catch up with all those distant relatives who didn’t have anywhere better to be this Christmas.

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Scott Morrison flying back from Hawaii
FEATURED MILES HIGH 

Pilot pops off for scheduled break during catastrophic engine fire

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments bushfires, Hawaii, horror, plane crash, safety, Scott Morrison, Sydney

A pilot for Australia’s largest airline has today stuck to his guns and taken his scheduled 15-minute break on a Hawaii-Sydney flight despite both the plane’s engines being on fire and the plane itself being stuck in a critical nosedive.

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Tropical destinations to avoid bushfires
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

4 heavenly tropical destinations where you can shirk your duty as the leader of a burning nation

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Australia, beach, bushfires, Hawaii, holiday, national emergency, natural disaster, Scott Morrison, tropical destination

If you want to leave the bushfires behind so you can get lit in paradise, we’ve scouted four of the best tropical destinations for you.

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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, 2019December 18, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments German, hostel, loud, night, rude, sleep

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

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Long-term traveller celebrates birthday with strangers
AFTER DARK FEATURED 

Long-term traveller celebrates yet another birthday with random people in random hostel

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments birthday, hostel, lonely, randoms, traveller

For the fifth year in a row, a long-term traveller has celebrated his birthday in some hostel somewhere with some totally random people.

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Brit saddened by election result
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

Brit abroad shocked and saddened that her country would elect extremely shit government as it always does

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments Brexit, Britain, election, politics, sad, UK

Lucy, a British girl living in Banff, Canada, has taken to social media to voice her concern at the political situation back home.

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Man vaping in Sydney
MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Absolute fuckhead continues to vape in Sydney

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments bushfire, dangerous, smoke, Sydney, vaping

A grade-A tool has today been spotted vaping in Sydney, a city currently so polluted by hazardous smoke that hipsters have begun knitting the air.

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Inhaling free smoke in Sydney
FANNY PACK FEATURED 

European backpackers flock to Sydney to save money on ciggies

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment air quality, breathing, bushfires, danger, smoke, Sydney

Thousands of smoke-starved European backpackers have this week converged on Sydney to cop a lungful for free.

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Broke traveller checks Christmas airfares
FANNY PACK FEATURED MILES HIGH 

Broke traveller reschedules family Christmas visit to mid-March after checking airfares

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments airfares, broke, Christmas, no money, Skyscanner, traveller

A broke traveller is backpedaling out of her commitment to return home for Christmas after a quick Skyscanner session reminded her just how shitty holiday-season airfares are, sources have confirmed.

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Sydney to London biker wanking
FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

Man who biked solo from Sydney to London doesn’t like to discuss all the wanking

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments bike, fapping, fitness, London, lonely, shame, Sydney

While Jason has been incredibly forthcoming about the physical and mental challenges he confronted along the way, there’s one subject he seems to be avoiding.

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Smug man tells stories about his trip to Uzbekistan
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

Smug prick at hostel wants you to know he’s been to Uzbekistan

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments boasting, bragging, hostel, story, travel wanker, Uzbekistan

Every traveller knows the only thing better than visiting an exotic destination is one-upping fellow travellers with stories about said destination for years to come.

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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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