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Everyone else in your dorm having sex right now
AFTER DARK FEATURED NEWS 

Report: Everybody in dorm having sex right now except you

March 11, 2019March 12, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment awkward, backpacking, dorm, dormitory, hook-ups, hostel, loneliness, making friends, research, romance, sex

All 11 other people in your overcrowded dorm are having sex right now and hoping you don’t realize, researchers have

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LATEST MAKING MEMORIES NEWS 

BREAKING: Backpacker spotted using pre-touchscreen phone

February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments backpacker, backpacking, hostel, making friends, old phone, old-school, socialising, technology, tourist

A solo traveller under the age of 30 has been spotted this morning unashamedly using a Nokia 3315 in full

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CULTURE SHOCK FANNY PACK FEATURED 

I’m only being nice because my culture demands it, you stupid tourist

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment culture, hospitality, making friends, Middle East, tourism, tourist

Do you think I really wanted to spend the past five days waiting on you hand and foot, you stupid

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FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES 

Hostel misfits celebrate worst Christmas ever

December 24, 2018December 24, 2018 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments awkward, backpacker, Christmas, festive season, holiday, hostel, lonely, making friends, traveller

A bunch of friendless travellers whose families wouldn’t pay for their flights home are celebrating the worst Christmas ever. The Tragic Traveller

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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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AFTER DARK 

Report: The air in your dorm room is now more than 60% fart

November 9, 2018November 25, 2018 The Tragic Traveller 1 Comment backpacker, dorm, hostel, making friends

According to a study conducted just this instant by bored scientists, the air in your dorm room is now more

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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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Heavily tanned Greek man
CULTURE SHOCK FEATURED 

Heavily tanned Greek man offers female backpacker “the package tour”

May 22, 2018May 24, 2019 The Tragic Traveller 0 Comments backpacker, Greece, making friends, sex, sightseeing, tourist

A middle-aged Greek man wearing several kilograms worth of gold jewellery has offered a young female tourist “the package tour,” witnesses at Athens’ largest ferry terminal have confirmed.

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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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