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A Piranha in Laos

A Piranha in Laos

March 18, 2021
by Tayla Gentle
Yarns

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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Have You Ever Been to Kahlua Airport?

Have You Ever Been to Kahlua Airport?

December 20, 2018
by Xan Coppinger
Yarns

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
Yarns

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
Yarns

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
London Yarns, Yarns

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
Yarns

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
Yarns

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
Yarns

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
Yarns

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
Yarns

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
Yarns

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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I Gave Myself a Golden Shower

I Gave Myself a Golden Shower

May 28, 2014
by Rowan Montgomery
Yarns

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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