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Over Tourism and Over Reactions

Over Tourism and Over Reactions

January 8, 2020
by Mike Howard
Features

Enjoy the Journey – When You Get There, You May Not Be Welcome From Corfu to Korcula, from Montenegro to Rome, from Tallinn and Helsinki…

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An Accidental Nudist

An Accidental Nudist

October 14, 2019
by Scarlett Kennedy
France Yarns, Yarns

Here I am, lying on a stony beach, near the border of Spain and France, my white ass-cheeks being kissed by the golden, mid-summer sun….

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Greece: A Reluctant Journal of a Forgotten Humanitarian Emergency

Greece: A Reluctant Journal of a Forgotten Humanitarian Emergency

March 22, 2019
by Oliver O'Neill
Current Affairs, Features, Yarns

“They are here because you were there. There is an umbilical connection.” – Stuart Hall, Black Chronicles. The following is a reluctant journal of my…

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My Time Backpacking Around the Iberian Peninsula as a Bollywood Star

My Time Backpacking Around the Iberian Peninsula as a Bollywood Star

February 26, 2019
by Nirvana Bhandary
Yarns

Opening scene: Australia A beautiful young woman sits at her office cubicle longingly staring at a photo of the La Sagrada Familia on her computer…

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White Hippies and Cultural Appropriation

White Hippies and Cultural Appropriation

November 6, 2018
by Nirvana Bhandary
Features

I sit in a rustic wooden house adorned with ornaments from South Asia in the middle of the wilderness in Bulgaria. It is a chilly…

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The Hobo Guide to Wild Camping in Europe

The Hobo Guide to Wild Camping in Europe

October 9, 2018
by Ruby Claire
Features

I’m camping in Europe at the moment. Pitching my tent at rest stops, in the mountains and inconspicuously behind bushes on private land. I’m camping…

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Drunk on Homesickness

Drunk on Homesickness

September 17, 2018
by Alana Berghofer
Yarns

Seven months into a student exchange in Europe, and I’d only seen two Australians. One was guy who had little interest in reminiscing about our…

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Why 'Blue Shirt' is a Dickhead and I'm Better at Pub Crawls Than You

Why ‘Blue Shirt’ is a Dickhead and I’m Better at Pub Crawls Than You

April 19, 2018
by Thomas Mckelvey
Yarns

“Duuuude, the craziest thing happened the other day,” Blue Shirt said in his typically slow and monotoned voice, before proceeding to tell the most un-crazy…

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Escaping Human Trafficking in Slovakia

Escaping Human Trafficking in Slovakia

January 30, 2018
by Alannah Skinner
Features

I leaped around the maze-like bus terminal with an eight-kilo pack, held back my screams, swallowed them. With eyes like snipers, the men spotted me…

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The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

October 28, 2017
by Gravy
Current Affairs, Features

Is this what the birth of a nation looks like? A rushed ballot in a half-filled parliament? A unilateral declaration of independence without any assurances…

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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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