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When Japanese Plasters Don’t Stick to Kiwi Feet

I’m 10 minutes into my hike to Abukuma Caves when I realise I have a slight problem. The last few days of marching on a sightseeing mission around rural Fukushima, Japan, is finally starting to take its toll. Blisters. A hiker’s worst enemy. I slip off my sneakers, trading the painful rubbing for the unrelenting…

ByEli SookerJune 10, 2019

Story

I Started a Glitter Nipple Movement High on Magic Mushrooms in Bulgaria

After spending 25 days in the Bulgarian wilderness with a young hippie family – abstinent, vegan and isolated from all of society – I returned to the city of Sofia, my home base. In my hostel room, a beautiful Chinese girl was sleeping. She awoke just as I entered. “I’m here to go to this…

ByAnonymousMay 31, 2019

Story

A Black Denim Canvas

I hover clumsily over the toilet seat, trying to steady myself as the bus turns a sharp corner. There is no toilet paper, but I make do with the coarse McDonald’s serviette I tore in half to share with my friend. I stand to secure my belt, its grip around my waist gradually tightening: full…

ByPoppy FitzpatrickMay 26, 2019

Story Vietnam

A Late-Night Surprise in Vietnam

Jayden came stomping through the door to our shared hotel room. He was completely oblivious to the fact that it was 2:32AM on a Wednesday night, and his roommate was trying to sleep. In the quick 10 seconds it took him to reach the side of my bed, I decided that I was asleep. I…

ByNadine McDonaldMay 13, 2019

Australia Story

An Open Letter to the Police Officer Who Saw My Boob

Dear Officer, I am writing to you as I sit grappling with the dilemma of whether or not to pay the $423 fine you issued me with for not wearing my seatbelt correctly. I am unsure whether paying a fine for an offence I did not commit or going to court in the remote South…

ByLucy SmallMay 3, 2019

Editorial

An Ode to Hot Chips

Travelling in a large group of people can often lead to some awkward ice-breaker questions. “What do you do for a living?” “Have any pets?” “What do you miss about home?” For the most part, people are going to miss their family, friends and pets. While I do hold those things dear, what my heart…

ByOlivia TartaroApril 1, 2019

Japan Story

Mass Panic in Tokyo

To the last man standing. To the big night out. The party isn’t over if the music’s still playing. Who did I get that cigarette off? Did I steal your last sip? That’s my mate DJ’ing – I can’t stop yet. Sticky toilet floors… dudes can’t aim. Did you assholes forget how to flush? The…

ByLouis TipperMarch 19, 2019

Japan Story

A Serial Loser: Roaming Tokyo With No Wallet or Passport

He bumbles aimlessly through the station, his sandy brown hair a beacon, head and shoulders above the tide of mostly black. He has no passport and no wallet. He is a ghost - a shadow, staring with blank confusion at the tangled train timetable, buzzing his hotel room key at the turnstile instead of his…

ByIsaac GoosayMarch 11, 2019

Story

My Time Backpacking Around the Iberian Peninsula as a Bollywood Star

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 screen. In another window, she opens her online bank account. “We’re a hundred dollars closer to freedom,” she whispers to herself. She turns her attention to the framed photo of…

ByNirvana BhandaryFebruary 26, 2019

Story

How to Reach Enlightenment With the Help of a Jack Russell

It’s six women lined up like ducks along the brim of a rice paddy. Squatting in a row with eyes screwed shut and milk-white bums bared at the Himalayas. No one is game enough to break the silence and everyone is laughing over our military-style piss procession, and how it feels to have frost snatch…

ByXan CoppingerFebruary 18, 2019

Korea Story

A Visit to South Korea’s Park of Giant Penises

I decided to visit South Korea on a whim. Besides their fascination with cheesy boy bands and an apparent aptitude for fried chicken, I knew absolutely nothing about the country, but I was starting in Japan and finishing in Vietnam with plenty of time to kill in between so, geographically speaking, it was the logical…

ByShannon StoneFebruary 7, 2019

Italy Story

I Got Locked in a Toilet at a Medieval Festival in Italy

Shit. What’s the Italian word for ‘help’? I frantically wracked my 10-year-old brain and attentively scanned the room for something I could use to pick the lock, or at least draw attention to my current situation. To my left sat a sink; to my right, a basket full of paper towels. Directly behind me, a…

ByPoppy TohillJanuary 26, 2019