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I Survived a Coup in Fiji (and I have a t-shirt to prove it) – Fiji

Thwarted by the 1987 coup, Worth Laflin refuses to shorten his trip to Fiji in 2000.

Goats With Death Wishes – Malawi

Driving in Malawi comes with a unique set of challenges and yummy fried chippies.

Reliving the Past – Auschwitz, Poland

Ash Jurberg wanted to

Ash Jurberg

Dirty Underwear, Stinging Whores, Would-be Suicide Bombers, and Eddie Munster – Iraqi Kurdistan

Andrew Cote recounts

Andrew Cote

Budget Travel in France – France

Suzanne Scala offers money-saving tips for travel in France.

Two Kilometers Past The Point Of No Return – Mexico

Sleeping on the warm pav

It Happened One Night (Again) – Japanese Alps

Seperated from his lover, Philip Blazdell wanders the streets of Japan, half a world away.

Apartheid in South Africa – South Africa

It saddens Seleze Oosthuizen to read that so many tourists encounter apartheid in SA and that they still believe that most white people are racist.

Yak Butter Tea – Tidrum, Tibet

While “hot” and “cold”

Solbeam

The Eclectic Social Scene of Hostels – The World

Julie Dunn wonders why hostelers make ‘insta-friends’. The secret, she thinks, is in the common ground.

Manihiki Atoll: A Survival Story – Northern Atolls, Cook Islands

As the first visitor to an island of less than 300 people in three years, Rich McIntyre discovers the scars left in the wake of the 1997 cyclone have not faded.

Rich McIntyre

Escape From Yangzhou – Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Gary Pollitt flees his English class, bad food and the nightmare that is China.