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Photos of Finger Breaking Work for an Australian Visa

12.02.18

By Giacomo d'Orlando
Village Priest Blames Bali’s Underwhelming Volcano Eruption on Tourist Sex

11.21.17

By Tim Scott
Travel

Backpackers Get Paid Half the Minimum Wage in Australia

11.20.17

By Katherine Gillespie
A Lost Australian Backpacker On a Spirit Quest Has Been Found Alive

11.01.16

By Katherine Gillespie
Entertainment

Acoustic Guitar, Empty Dancefloors, and a Glucose Overdose: We Went on a Backpacker Pub Crawl

07.13.16

By Issy Beech and Isabelle Hellyer
Inside the Infamous Forest Where a Serial Killer Left His Victims

06.30.16

By Julian Morgans
Sex

Backpackers in Australia Are Being Coerced Into Sex for Visa Signoffs

07.31.15

By Wendy Syfret
Travel

Sex Workers Are Migrating South for New Zealand’s Ski Season

06.25.15

By Caitlin Reid
Entertainment

The Exploited Kids Selling Roses to Tourists on Bangkok’s Khaosan Road

11.02.14

By Sally Mairs

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