I’m going to be a boxer. I walk to town and ask my tailor to make me a baby blue bathrobe with a hood. This…
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For the first time on this trip, the cocaine looks unappealing. “I think I’m over it. I’ll just drink.” My mood is low — mind…
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Cover by Takahiro Taguchi Dotombori, 10 pm. The street was neon-drenched and the soundtrack was synthetic saccharine J-pop. I stepped into a bar. “Irashaimase!”, shouted…
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The Running of the Bulls is what put the sleepy Spanish town of Pamplona on the map, but this pub dare gone way too far…
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When you hear ‘Ziriguidum‘, you’re required to put both hands on your knees and bend down like you’re addressing an imaginary, ground-borne squirrel. Once you’re in…
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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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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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An empty Jim Beam bottle smashed against the footpath in Dundas Street. Someone hurled it from the backseat of a car, concealed by a tinted…
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Fuck. I looked down to see my phone submerged in the squat toilet. Through hazy eyes, I could see its top protruding from the water….
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There we were again, perched in the gutter outside a dingy convenience store eating Pringles and sinking Bintangs, on a mission to get wasted in…
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Get There: Head to Taylor Square in Darlinghurst and you’ll find Arq at 16 Flinders Street You can always trust the gays to keep the nightlife…
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Ahh Melbourne. Despite the long winters, it’s a dream city for locals, out-of-towners and international travellers. With 24-hour live music venues, all-night public transport on…
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