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CULTURE SHOCK

Gap year enters fifth year
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

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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Drunk Brits roaming the streets of Riga
AFTER DARK CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

BREAKING: Bloody hell, the Brits are singing again

November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Paul Norman 0 Comments alcohol, British tourists, drunk, Latvia, loud, Riga, stag party

Tonight, streets have come alive with the voices of the people. It’s not a parade, nor even a protest, but something much more special: pissed Brits.

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Vegan, gluten-free, lactose-intolerant backpacker drinks beer
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

Vegan, lactose-intolerant, gluten-free backpacker only consumes sugar if it’s been fermented first

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments alcohol, diet, drinking, food, gluten-free, healthy, hypocrite, vegan

A 23-year-old backpacker from Portland only eats locally sourced, vegan, raw, activated superfoods, but is happy to drink vodka and do drugs.

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Australian tourism ad
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

Australian tourism ad fails to mention skin cancer, deadly animals, price of beer

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Australia, beer, bushfire, danger, expensive, snakes, sunburn, tourism ad

An Australian tourism ad that’s heavy on stock footage of remote beaches and cuddly koalas paints an unrealistic picture of the Land Down Under, backpackers around the country have claimed.

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Village man holding chicken
CULTURE SHOCK NEWS 

Village man about to do something awful to that chicken

October 20, 2019October 21, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Albania, chicken, death, simple life, village, villager

Onlookers are waiting in suspense as an Albanian village man holds the fate of a local chicken quite literally in

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British woman absolutely cannot speak French
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

“Je parlay fronsay” says English girl who absolutely cannot speak French

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Birmingham, British tourists, France, French, language, Nice, speaking French

A lass from Birmingham who took two years of French in high school incorrectly believes she’s bilingual, sources have confirmed.

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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 

Disturbingly intense bloke at hostel has pretty good information that Greta’s actually a lizard ‘ey

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments aliens, conspiracy, Greta Thunberg, high, Illuminati, lizard people, theory

That bloke with the really intense eyes who works at your hostel isn’t buying the whole Greta Thunberg climate change bullshit for a second, multiple sources have confirmed.

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CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED NEWS 

Furious Trump supporters call for war against Switzerland

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 3 Comments climate change, Greta Thunberg, politics, rally, Sweden, Switzerland, Trump, Trump supporters

Millions of furious Trump supporters have taken to the streets in response to climate activist Greta Thunberg’s speech at the UN.

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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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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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CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

Serbian traveller explains for the 16th time today that she’s not from Siberia

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments annoying, hostel, mistaken identity, Russia, Serbia, Siberia, stupid

A Serbian traveller is on the brink of losing it after being mistaken for Siberian by her hostel roommates for the 16th time this morning.

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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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