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The Hobo Guide to Maintaining your Lady-like Composure

The Hobo Guide to Maintaining your Lady-like Composure

January 12, 2018
by Cole Kelly
Features

Every hobo-chick I know has had that moment, somewhere between using a razor you found in the hostel bathroom only to up your chances of…

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Clubbing in Yangon with the Party Guy of Myanmar

Clubbing in Yangon with the Party Guy of Myanmar

October 23, 2017
by Frances Vinall
Yarns

A night out in Yangon will probably start on a rooftop somewhere, watching the sun set over the glittering Shwedagon Pagoda. This will likely be…

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Spooked in Sarajevo

Spooked in Sarajevo

October 9, 2017
by Alysha Cozens
Yarns

A broad man, well over 6ft, is standing confidently in front of us, his thick gold chain glimmering in the moonlight. His body is blocking…

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Why My Europe Trip Won't Set Me Free

Why My Europe Trip Won’t Set Me Free

September 23, 2017
by Laura Bianchi
Features

I trudged up the stairs to my house, listless and exhausted after nine hours in my cubicle. After a half-hearted hello to my father sitting…

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The Legend of the Green Bread

The Legend of the Green Bread

September 23, 2017
by Ben Sardinsky
Yarns

I was leaning against a boulder on Uluwatu beach, watching disco lights and reggae music dance across hanging vegetation and out over the waves. Suddenly…

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"I Don't Have the Pussy for Little Lanterns"

“I Don’t Have the Pussy for Little Lanterns”

September 13, 2017
by Lizzy Keen
Features

There’s a fantastic idiom in Spanish used to express exasperation, employed mainly by women: No tengo el coño para farolillos. In English: “I don’t have…

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I Eat Duck Foetus and That's Okay

I Eat Duck Foetus and That’s Okay

September 12, 2017
by Kim Koelmeyer
Features

It was another languid night in the Philippines when my cousins decided to treat me to a local delicacy. We convened around the family dinner…

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Riding the Bullet Train into the Future

Riding the Bullet Train into the Future

September 11, 2017
by Ben Robinson
Features

A great deal can be learned about a country from a single train ride. If the eyes are the window to a person’s soul, then…

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An Open Letter From the Hostel Snorer

An Open Letter From the Hostel Snorer

September 6, 2017
by Joe Khan
Yarns

Dear fellow bunk-bed dwellers at Mana Mana hostel, As you may remember, it was a sultry night in that little township on Spain’s Costa Brava…

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A Lazy Yogi's Guide to Bali

A Lazy Yogi’s Guide to Bali

September 1, 2017
by Natalie Karneef
Features

I’m lying topless on a massage table when the Balinese medicine man punches me in the stomach. I let out a yelp, but I’m not…

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Pulling a Geographic

Pulling a Geographic

August 31, 2017
by Bridget Kerry
Features

I’m a runner. Not in the physical sense that I run races or even run around the block, but in the sense that I run…

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Solo Female Travellers of the World, Unite

Solo Female Travellers of the World, Unite

July 10, 2017
by Dayna Gablonski
Features

The negativity towards solo female travellers really cripples my nipple. The concern from loved ones, the biased portrayal from the media and that raised eyebrow…

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