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Have You Ever Been to Kahlua Airport?

Have You Ever Been to Kahlua Airport?

December 20, 2018
by Xan Coppinger
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It’s 15 minutes into my debut of solo travelling and I’ve successfully sweated through a slimily thick layer of Men’s Sports 48-hour deodorant. I’m crouched…

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Bulls, Baggies and Broken Bones

Bulls, Baggies and Broken Bones

April 20, 2017
by Mattea Kearney
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I’ve always prided myself in being (sometimes stupidly) fearless. Willingly participate in a life-threatening event? Count me in. So when the opportunity arose to attend…

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I Accidentally Smuggled Cocaine into a Bolivian Airport

I Accidentally Smuggled Cocaine into a Bolivian Airport

August 15, 2016
by Josie Taylor
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It’s the 5th of January and so far this year, all I’ve ingested is Powerade and cocaine. In the wee hours of the morning, the…

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Don't Party like the Queen

Don’t Party like the Queen

June 13, 2016
by Holly Bailey
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We awoke to a day full of promise. Three young South African uni students on our very first Euro Rave, 19 and naive, wanting nothing…

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Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

April 28, 2016
by Alistair Johnston
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They didn’t tell me I’d be reading so I hadn’t brought my glasses. I was standing at the lectern in the school chapel, not a…

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How to Get Pickpocketed in Barcelona

How to Get Pickpocketed in Barcelona

August 6, 2015
by Luke McConaghey
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La Rambla is a long, perennially crowded mall in downtown Barcelona with all of the usual mall accoutrements: artists, kiosks, tourists. By day, it is…

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Free Bed: Strings Attached

Free Bed: Strings Attached

June 1, 2015
by Mardi Wilson
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I was couch surfing in California, and had been with one particularly generous host just south of LA for almost a week. Careful not to…

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(Just) Surviving Okere Falls

(Just) Surviving Okere Falls

May 12, 2015
by Matt Bloomfield
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I like to say yes to most things on offer. Not always to the extent where I’ll endanger myself in the name of stupidity, but…

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Indiots Abroad

Indiots Abroad

May 1, 2015
by Jennifer Rickward
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A holiday with my brothers on the other side of the world as part of a sibling bonding experience was always destined to be similar…

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Them Green Hat Blues

Them Green Hat Blues

November 20, 2014
by Frank Sweet
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My favourite colour is green, and at the moment, specifically, toxic green. In bright* of this, I go to the store in Beijing and buy…

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A Piranha in Laos

A Piranha in Laos

September 30, 2014
by Tayla Gentle
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I will never forget the screams of those floating Germans. There I was, belly up on a scorching tube, drifting down the guts of the…

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I Gave Myself a Golden Shower

I Gave Myself a Golden Shower

May 28, 2014
by Rowan Montgomery
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Anyone who has travelled extensively throughout Asia will have had to adapt in varying degrees to the use of the squat toilet. Conditioned from a…

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