Travelling stories

Getting shot at in Brazil

Many years ago, I was on a work-related road trip with my business partner & we decided to break up the return journey by stopping at a seemingly deserted gas station for a coffee....

Juvencio Santos
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Are you starting this visa?

After quickly visiting my cousins engagement party, being driven in an entourage with my family to the airport and a teary farewell with my nearest a...

Brendan McKenzie
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We missed the bus

In the hostel I had been staying at for a week or so I got used to various people coming through, some liked to go out partying, some didn't, whatever the case may be everyone was happy there....

Brendan McKenzie
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Taxi Ride

We slump into the rear of the taxi, two drunk Aussies in Dandong in North East China. Our interpreter, just as drunk as us, sits in the front next to the driver....

Jamie J. Buchanan
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Sweat

Hong Kong looks so glamorous in the brochures. They promise you exotic delights, inexpensive shopping and a superb nightlife combined with the history and the mystery of the east....

Genevieve Frew
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Siblings Stick Together. Sometimes.

I did a fair bit of travelling with my sister and my parents when I was young. Some would say this kind of experience would be enlightening to a chil...

Andy Thompson
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