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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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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.

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

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

FEATURED MAKING MEMORIES NEWS

Conscientious full-time backpacker starts travelling from home

March 24, 2020 The Tragic Traveller 0

PERSPECTIVE

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.

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

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

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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