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I Had a Mushroom Shake in Thailand and All I Got Was This Stupid CD

I Had a Mushroom Shake in Thailand and All I Got Was This Stupid CD

March 16, 2021
by Pat Boxall
Thailand Yarns, Yarns

I can’t even show you the CD. Why? Because I threw that five-track motherfucker straight into the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok’s crystal clear aquatic thoroughfare….

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How Backpacking Taught Me to Embrace the Unexpected

How Backpacking Taught Me to Embrace the Unexpected

November 17, 2020
by Caitlin Brown
Thailand Yarns, Yarns

It was the night before the Thai new year festival of Songkran, and we were spending it in the luggage hold of a bus. We…

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Confessions of a Sex Tourist in Pattaya

Confessions of a Sex Tourist in Pattaya

October 24, 2018
by Johnny Thai
Thailand Yarns, Yarns

This story was received via anonymous submission and it details a lifestyle and form of tourism we at Global Hobo do not endorse. In the…

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WWOOFing in the North Thai Wilderness

WWOOFing in the North Thai Wilderness

May 4, 2018
by Grace Burns
Thailand Yarns, Yarns

I abandoned my job teaching at a school in Thailand to volunteer at an organic farm. I’d heard about a beautiful property outside this place…

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A Failed Attempt at Enlightenment

A Failed Attempt at Enlightenment

December 4, 2017
by Luke McConaghey
Thailand Yarns, Yarns

I was introduced to meditation by Japanese pickup artists. Their interest in the subject made me wonder if it could be useful to those of…

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When a Rookie Rents a Scooter

When a Rookie Rents a Scooter

November 21, 2017
by Kristen Pharaoh
Thailand Yarns, Yarns

A couple of years ago now, Julia Gillard’s “$1000 textbook allowance” and continuous Centrelink payments bought me my flight to Bangkok and funded my Asian…

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A Night in a Bangkok Brothel

A Night in a Bangkok Brothel

November 10, 2017
by Isaac Keatinge
Thailand Yarns, Yarns

To know a place is to know the people. This is why I check Grindr in every location. Grindr is far nicer to use in…

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Exploring Bangkok's Ghost Tower

Exploring Bangkok’s Ghost Tower

September 25, 2017
by Nat Kassel
Features, Thailand Yarns

We stock our backpacks with freshly made dumplings from a local market, bottles of beer, a portable speaker and a couple of cheeky tins of…

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Fighting Tourists for Booze in Thailand

Fighting Tourists for Booze in Thailand

May 23, 2017
by Tom Usher
Thailand Yarns, Yarns

Thailand is a bit of an anomaly in South East Asia in that it’s the only nation in the area to have never been colonised….

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Welcome to the Dam Jungle

Welcome to the Dam Jungle

April 10, 2017
by Charlotte Panton
Thailand Yarns, Yarns

With my forehead pressed against the window in an attempt to remedy my back-seat nausea, I’d not noticed that we’d reached our destination: Khao Sok,…

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My Ladyboy Mate

My Ladyboy Mate

March 10, 2017
by The Hobos
Thailand Yarns, Yarns

Sex Tourists Not Welcome Here, read a large sign in the foyer of my Bangkok hotel. It was slightly off-putting, as in the back of…

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The Songkran Diairies

The Songkran Diairies

April 17, 2016
by Grace Burns
Thailand Yarns, Yarns

Fuck the full moon parties; Songkran is by far Thailand’s most dangerous festivity. This Thai New Year celebration takes place in April all over the…

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