The Tragic Traveller

The Tragic Traveller

Our travel bug is fatal

  • Culture shock
  • Making memories
  • Fanny pack
  • Miles high
  • After dark

Author: Paul Norman

Dirty dishes left so "soak"
AFTER DARK NEWS 

BREAKING: Dirty dishes left in shared kitchen sink to “soak”

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments cleaning, dirty, dishes, hostel, kitchen, plates, selfish, shared

A trailblazing guest at the Madrid Snooze’n’booze Hostel has chosen to leave his dirty dishes in the sink.

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CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

Brexit may force British tourists to interact with a local for once in their fucking lives

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Paul Norman 1 Comment beach, Brexit, British tourists, Greece, holiday, Italy, Mediterranean, Spain

Thanks to the general neediness pervasive among English tourists in particular, the EU’s freedom of movement provision was vital to the industry.

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CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

History buff overawed to stand in the exact spot in Sarajevo where Franz Ferdinand released “Take Me Out”

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments Bosnia, Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip, music, Sarajevo, World War One

A history buff can’t wait to see the Latin Bridge, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand released his eponymous rock album more than a century ago.

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AFTER DARK MAKING MEMORIES 

Trailblazing backpackers break tradition by getting smashed on a mountain instead of a tropical beach

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Paul Norman 1 Comment apres-ski, backpacking, drinking, mountain, New Zealand, Queenstown, skiing, smashed, snowboarding, Thailand

Finding the standard Kho Tao full-moon party thing a bit cliche, some innovative backpackers have decided to avoid the standard gap year and park themselves in Queenstown, New Zealand.

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CULTURE SHOCK FANNY PACK NEWS 

Traveller with zero interest in children suddenly super keen to teach English to Thai kids

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments beach, kids, language, teaching English, TEFL, TESL, Thailand, work and travel

Never had Amanda even talked about kids until two weeks ago, when she signed a lucrative year-long contract to teach English to Thai kids.

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MILES HIGH NEWS 

BREAKING: Crowd holds breath as five-year-old ski prodigy hurtles toward massive jump

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments kid, New Zealand, prodigy, Queenstown, ski holiday, ski jump, skiing, snow

The regular Kiwi park rats at the Cadrona terrain jumps go silent as a three-foot tall blur on skis barges its way to the front of the queue.

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AFTER DARK FEATURED NEWS 

BREAKING! Disgusting perv jacks off in hostel room! The two people having dorm sex were totally cool though

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments couple, dorm room, hostel, loud, masturbating, pervert, sex

Horrific scenes have unfolded at the Giggly Crustacean Hostel in Chicago, as it has been revealed that a repulsive creep jerked it in a dorm bed in a half-crowded room.

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CULTURE SHOCK FANNY PACK FEATURED 

Oxford grad returns from Australian working holiday as a full-on tradie

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments Australia, Oxford, private school, rich, tradie, work and travel, working holiday

While most return from their gap year with tiger selfies or veneral disease, Oxford grad Tristan Hughbert-Snargleton came back with something better: a high-vis vest and a pair of Redback steel-caps.

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FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

Country town’s giant novelty vegetable monument successfully compensates for fuck-all else to do

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 Paul Norman 1 Comment boring, country town, giant carrot, nothing to do, tourist attractions, tourist site

A hostel in rural Smusby, Canada, is suffering from shoulder-season blues. Thankfully, the town’s giant carrot has come to the rescue.

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CULTURE SHOCK MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

Mysterious moustachioed American man arrives in remote Thai village

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments conspiracy, creepy older guy, Jeffrey Epstein, not dead, on the run, Thailand

Earlier today, a mysterious American stranger moved into a secretive shack in a Thai village deep within the northern jungles.

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AFTER DARK CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

Traveller forces common room to play by his weird rules for Shithead

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 Paul Norman 1 Comment cards, common room, cultural misunderstanding, hostel, Shithead

Every traveller has played the most legendary of all backpacker card games: Shithead. Unfortunately, they don’t always agree on the rules.

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FANNY PACK FEATURED PERSPECTIVE 

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

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments e-consulting, Gen X, grifter, making money, millennial, scam

As you can plainly see, I’m a successful businessman. And that entitles me to make broad, ridiculous statements about what people with less money than me should do.

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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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