The Tragic Traveller

The Tragic Traveller

Our travel bug is fatal

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

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, 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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FANNY PACK FEATURED PERSPECTIVE 

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

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments expensive, London, money, poor, rip-off, stress

Just a few hours ago I was stepping off my plane, excited to start my new life in London. But now, for some strange reason, I have no money left…

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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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I live in a tent
FANNY PACK PERSPECTIVE 

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

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments commune, hippie, homeowner, house, responsible decisions, savings, tent

As I write this postcard from inside my one-man tent in Belarus, I can’t help but feel a sense of pride at what you’ve achieved.

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CULTURE SHOCK PERSPECTIVE 

I built this yurt with the skin I flayed off my enemies’ backs. Please, come inside for a drink

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments alcohol, clans, culture, fighting, hospitality, nomad, old-school, spirits, story, tribalism, violence, yurt

Greetings, weary traveller, and welcome to my family’s yurt! I built it using the hide and bones of more than 90 men I slew with my own hand.

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Not all those who wander are lost. But I sure am.
PERSPECTIVE 

Not all those who wander are lost. But I sure am.

March 11, 2019March 12, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments existential crisis, explorer, hippie, jobless, lost, pathetic, traveller, unemployed, wander, wanderlust

Before you judge any long-term traveller, you should remember the famous saying: “Not all those who wander are lost.” After

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White tourist
FANNY PACK PERSPECTIVE 

Just because I’m a white tourist doesn’t mean I’m rich. But I am.

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment diamond, judgement, money, prejudice, rich, Tanzania, tourist, wealthy, white tourist

As a white tourist, local people always assume I’m absolutely loaded wherever I go. They try to sell me unnecessary

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Obese bunkmate
AFTER DARK FEATURED PERSPECTIVE 

My obese bunkmate is one sneeze away from crushing me

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment bunkmate, dorm, hostel, making friends, sleeping

Dearest Mother, As I write this message from a hostel in Cambodia, my fate appears all but certain. If I

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PERSPECTIVE 

Canberra is absolutely fascinating when you’re high on PCP

October 20, 2018November 29, 2018 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments Australia, Canberra, drugs, itinerary, sightseeing, tourism

I’d heard so many negative things about the Australian capital before I visited for the first time. But after having

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I'm not racist
FEATURED PERSPECTIVE 

I’m not a racist – I’ve been to Africa

October 7, 2018November 29, 2018 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment Africa, backpacker, racist, safari, social, tourism

With all the accusations flying around recently, I want to make one thing crystal clear: I’m not a racist. After

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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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