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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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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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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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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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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 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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“No regrets” tattoo regretted instantly

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments bad decision, Bali, blood, drunk, regret, sick, tattoo

Ever since he was 15, Darren has wanted a tattoo. Now, the 24-year-old plumber from Ipswich has fulfilled his teenage dream in a dingy parlour in Bali.

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“The best things in life are free!” posts woman who’s paying $679 a night for this view

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments free, infinity pool, Insta model, Instagram, lifestyle, money, rich

They say money can’t buy happiness. But it can buy flights, accommodation, cocktails, that cute bikini, and an iPhone XS on which to record photographic evidence of your holiday.

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Gap year enters fifth year

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments

Trystan Murkhin told his parents he was heading off on a gap year at the age of 23, they were rightfully suspicious. They knew their wrong’un of a son wasn’t going to be coming home any time soon.

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