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New year's resolution
AFTER DARK FEATURED 

“New year, new me,” mumbles backpacker coming down from week-long bender on January 7

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments alcohol, drugs, hangover, Kiwi, London

One traveller’s new year’s resolution has come a week late after a booze- and drug-fuelled bender got his 2020 off to a very sloppy start.

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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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AFTER DARK FEATURED 

Honeymooners relive the glory days by getting absolutely hammered on cheap tequila

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments alcohol, boring, Cancun, couple, drinking, honeymoon, husband and wife, love, Mexico, relationship, tequila

A pair of newlyweds have paid homage to the good old days by getting absolutely wankered on cheap tequila during their honeymoon in Cancun.

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9 am beers are no biggie
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Backpacker enters stage of alcoholism where 9 am beers are no biggie

May 1, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments alcohol, alcoholism, beer, binge drinking, breakfast beers, drinking, health

Having decided that 9 am beers are fair game, Scottish backpacker James Acton-McAlister has unwittingly transitioned into life as a stage-three alcoholic.

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Backpacker continues sinning over Easter
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Backpacker who doesn’t realise it’s Easter continues sinning just as much as usual

April 21, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments alcohol, backpacker, bad boy, Cambodia, drugs, Easter, party, sinning, weed

In open defiance of God, Irish backpacker Billy Charlesford has this weekend continued sinning as if it weren’t even Easter.

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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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Trashbag finds herself on a bender in Ibiza.
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Absolute trashbag “finds herself” in Ibiza

October 10, 2018December 7, 2018 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments alcohol, clubbing, drinking, drugs, Ibiza, nightlife, party

Terrible human being Stacy von Hummerberg has “got a whole new perspective on life” during a month-long bender in Ibiza.

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Suspicious yellow liquid
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

“Drink this,” says toothless Balkan man holding suspicious yellow liquid

August 26, 2018November 28, 2018 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment alcohol, awkward, Balkans, communication, drinking, Eastern Europe, featured, making friends, Serbia

A dentally challenged Serbian grandpa insists you try his urine-coloured homemade alcohol. Local sources have confirmed that 73-year-old Slavoljub Radivojević

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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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