I've had all of the six backpacker conversations that exist.
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It's for a typical backpacker job, direct sales disguised as marketing.
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Merrell, 62, is "a very experienced backpacker," McOmie told the publication.
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Diners suggest ordering the Pepperoni Madness and the Fancy Backpacker pizzas.
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Every backpacker / hitchhiker knows these nights in gas stations ⛽️ www.budgetbucketlist.
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Trust me, when you are a backpacker, to carry this weight?
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That means hotels and backpacker lodges in the region also remain vacant.
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It was about a trip to the then-backpacker haven of Tulum.
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"British backpacker died when consensual sexual activity went wrong," screamed the headline.
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Hiking enthusiasts who visited the online forums of Backpacker magazine and GORP.
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Enter the MeFoto Backpacker Air: a tripod that is equally stylish and versatile.
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"Bolivia remains an even greater bargain than backpacker sanctuaries like Cambodia," says Northam.
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There are no roads and no visitors beyond the occasional hunter and backpacker.
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Louis Pommier, a French chef turned backpacker, was bartering his skill for attendance.
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Until then, Marsch has been stockpiling professional experiences like a backpacker collecting souvenirs.
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A lone European backpacker scoured for food amid the barricades near Villa Tunari's hostel.
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Mostly, Kanye helped relight the fire of a production that backpacker hip-hop heads loved.
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For decades, Prague has been on the backpacker circuit, and for good reason: it's magnificent.
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Koh Lipe is not as cheap as some backpacker destinations, but it's still relatively inexpensive.
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I had been here once before, as a backpacker in 1999, when few tourists came.
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In 2015, a 19-year-old British backpacker was gang-raped by bikers in Thailand.
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He had been an avid backpacker, cyclist, hiker, skier and gardener most of his adult life.
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His book about his adventures sparked a boom in backpacker travel to the town of Rurrenabaque.
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" The council also said there was also "a spate of alcohol-induced incidents from backpacker revellers.
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Hiking the John Muir Trail was, for backpacker Cesar Cardenas of California, a life-changing experience.
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A vigil for Grace Millane, a British backpacker that went missing in early December in New Zealand.
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You're going to be staying in backpacker hostels where no one minds too much what you're wearing.
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Consequently, a solitary backpacker seemed an usual sight in Spanish Town, the main settlement on Virgin Gorda.
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There are now options available for just about every type of backpacker with any kind of budget.
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In another piece, Unidirectional, a backpacker and a grizzly bear spoon on the side of a mountain.
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Just something that punctures that cultural surface that as a backpacker, is just so easy to skim.
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I went after another backpacker told me about it, so of course I was part of that process.
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Last year, they opened a coffee shop, selling fruit juice and espresso to the international hippie backpacker set.
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Alex Reynolds is a solo backpacker who documents her travels and shares her experiences from around the world.
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Only a few years ago, Sihanoukville was a sleepy beach town known for its laid-back backpacker vibe.
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The 23-year-old British backpacker found dead in Guatemala suffered a traumatic brain injury, an autopsy has found.
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It's a magnet for unshaven backpacker types taking a break from hiking the route around Ecuador's volcanoes and craters.
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When I was a young Irish backpacker in Perth, I worked in the bar of a snooty golf club.
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Or if you're looking to skip the wheels completely, we've got an elegant option for the backpacker in you.
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A New Zealand man has been convicted of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane after a Tinder date last December.
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British backpacker Grace Millane, 21, died after a Tinder date with a man in Auckland, New Zealand, last December.
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Backpacker magazinealso had nothing but good things to say, and the same goes for the folks atBlister Gear Review.
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Because of an editing error, an article last Sunday about tubing in Laos referred incorrectly to an Australian backpacker.
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Together, you jostle through the crowds along the buzzing Sukhumvit strip and the backpacker haven of Khao San Road.
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A 23-year-old British backpacker found dead in Guatemala suffered a traumatic brain injury, an autopsy revealed on Tuesday.
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Cost-conscious but style-seeking millennials are increasingly choosing hostels offering higher standards of accommodation than the traditional backpacker fare.
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The club is run by Charlotte Burmester, originally from Bath in the UK, who arrived in Australia as a backpacker.
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TRAVEL Because of an editing error, an article last Sunday about tubing in Laos referred incorrectly to an Australian backpacker.
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Auckland, New Zealand (CNN)New Zealand police searching for missing British backpacker Grace Millane say they have found a body.
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Viewers learned that Themmen is now an entrepreneur and an avid backpacker who has traveled to more than 60 countries.
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Millane's family said the backpacker set off to travel the world last October, arriving in New Zealand on November 20.
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There are cottages and guest houses where you can live like a backpacker, chilling on hammocks and enjoying the balmy weather.
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"I am an avid backpacker and the tag lets me track Kaja when she is off leash with me," he said.
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The building is said to be haunted — especially the 43rd floor, where the body of a backpacker was found in 2014.
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The 26-year-old man accused of murdering the British backpacker had applied for name suppression in compliance with New Zealand law.
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The Lucie Blackman Trust has issued an appeal for information about the backpacker, adding that there were "serious concerns" for her welfare.
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In the backpacker enclave of Khao San Road, across the river from the hospital, shops and restaurants were as busy as usual.
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It wasn't backpacker-cheap but felt like a steal by New York City standards, great for a quick getaway with my boyfriend.
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British backpacker Grace Millane was killed the night before her 22nd birthday after a Tinder date in Auckland, New Zealand, last year.
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Murder charge in New Zealand: The man accused of murdering a British backpacker in New Zealand made his first appearance in court.
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The Full Suitcase plan ($110 for three months) gets you three books, while the Backpacker plan ($50 for three months) gets you one.
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The couple started the Lonely Planet travel guides in 1973 after driving a minivan through Asia's hippie backpacker trail from London to Australia.
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Auckland's iconic Sky Tower was bathed in white light to commemorate the backpacker, who went missing in New Zealand's largest city on Dec.
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The backpacker, Grace Millane, was last seen entering a downtown hotel with the man in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, on Dec. 1.
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Stay Fiji lodging seems to fall into four categories: isolated outer-island retreats, family- and honeymooner-friendly resorts, beach bungalows and backpacker lodges.
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Academics believe such technology offers the best shot at curbing a labor shortage across Australia's farms, which are highly dependent on itinerant "backpacker" labor.
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There are still few physical clinics in eastern Myanmar, so the backpacker teams and mobile medics like Htoo are key to providing care there.
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In the second starting scenario, you're a rich, galaxy-trotting backpacker who leaves behind a "glitterworld home" in order to explore the "real" universe.
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Last December, these automated email alerts named the man accused of killing 22-year-old Grace Millane, a British backpacker traveling in the country.
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A Reuters survey of three hotels on the Khao San Road, the main artery of the Banglamphu backpacker area, found no rooms were available.
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Chloe Swift — part of the same backpacker group — told ABC it was a "really sad and scary start" to their trip to Fraser Island.
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The biggest gatherings were held in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, not far from where the backpacker, Grace Millane, was last seen on Dec.
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"I don't care how many miles a bear walks in a day or how many mouthfuls of grass it eats," he told Backpacker magazine.
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The mother of a British backpacker killed in an Australian hostel rejected the White House's labeling of her daughter's death as a terrorist attack.
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From time to time a backpacker or Rolling Stones pilgrim materializes in the kief smoke, but otherwise the place remains primarily a local spot.
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I was primarily located in the backpacker district of Ho Chi Minh City in District 1 and I would highly recommend staying in that area.
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RELATED: Mother of slain British backpacker writes angry letter to Trump Police applauded the victim's bravery in "extremely traumatic" circumstances and said investigations were ongoing.
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This particular time, Fariver tweeted, his driver was even staying overnight in a hostel — which, as any backpacker knows, isn't exactly some cushy corporate accommodation.
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Police have also been searching for another missing backpacker, 18-year-old Belgian Theo Hayez, who has not been seen for more than a month.
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One reason I would not recommend this for a backpacker or camper is that the buttons are easily pressed by gear tumbling in your bag.
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Read more:Video shows New Zealand man accused of murdering 21-year-old backpacker on a Tinder date moving a suitcase said to contain her bodyMurdered backpacker Grace Millane's father took part in a Maori blessing at site where her body was found in New ZealandA college student in New Zealand died in his dorm room and it took nearly two months for anyone to notice
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A young drifter couple pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to the first-degree murders of a Canadian backpacker and a tantric yoga teacher in California, PEOPLE confirms.
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The Lucie Blackman Trust, a charity that highlights the plight of missing or jailed British travelers abroad, has issued an appeal for information about the backpacker.
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I message one of my Tinder matches, a ridiculously cute Australian solo backpacker, and make plans to get some drinks tomorrow around Hongdae, Seoul's university neighborhood.
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A backpacker hiking the Appalachian trail in Georgia a few weeks ago encountered an unexpected snowstorm that forced him to set up camp for the night.
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One reporter said the performance introduced travelers from the 1950s, hippies from the '83s, a nineties backpacker, and included stories about a famous Icelandair flight attendant.
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Grace Millane, a British backpacker, died after going on a Tinder date with a man in Auckland, New Zealand, hours before her 22nd birthday last December.
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For sure, every backpacker on a volunteer trip and Christian on a short-term mission to help children wants to do as much good as possible.
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Friday's festival will include performances by Scott, the saxophonist Logan Richardson and Freelance, a band that fuses contemporary R&B with backpacker hip-hop and jazz.
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BRISBANE, Australia – Police say a South Korean backpacker has been rescued after six nights lost in rugged Australian wilderness suffering from dehydration and exposure but relatively unscathed.
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Will Hatton, 26, also known as The Broke Backpacker, has been traveling the world since he was 19, averaging a budget of $50 to $100 a week.
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Listen below: The beats are pure late 90s backpacker gold, vinyl-dusted samples of jazz and movie soundtracks (including The Godfather, natch) mixed with scratched-in dialogue.
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And though the image of the lone backpacker bouncing from hostel to hostel has endured for decades, the data suggests the trend is more popular than ever.
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It came to the fore in the media with the tragic death of Grace Millane, the 21-year-old British backpacker who was traveling in New Zealand.
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Not every backpacker needs all the bells, whistles, or brand name fabrics but the downside to shopping cheap is sacrificing the quality necessary for successful backpacking trips.
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"People who are part of the foodie movement want to carry that onto the trail," said Inga Aksamit, a distance backpacker who lives in Sonoma County, Calif.
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As this backpacker brand of tourism expanded, questions have arisen about whether allowing visitors to stay alongside Maldivians would chip away at religious tradition on the islands.
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The man accused of murdering a British backpacker after a Tinder date in New Zealand told police that he arranged another date while she lay dead beside him.
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The Southeast Asian country has been a tourist magnet for decades, from its backpacker heyday in the early 1990s to its current popularity with tourists from mainland China.
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The dispute was prompted by the first court appearance, on Monday, of a 26-year-old man accused of killing Grace Millane, the backpacker, who was visiting Auckland.
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Sprinkled with photographs, the book traces Ms. Waters's years as a European backpacker smitten with France and as a young radical cooking for the Bay Area's antiwar intelligentsia.
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An American backpacker whom they'd recently befriended happened to be in the crowd, and so they offered him $500 to guard half of the money during the game.
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As a pack weight-conscious backpacker, the idea of a light-up tent sounded ridiculous at first, but Big Agnes is onto something with their line of mtnGLO tents.
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Since I already had a hostel booked in the backpacker district, I told them that they could share my Uber and then start their hostel search in the area.
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I have another backpacker friend I met in Montenegro who realized she wasn't cut out for office life and started searching for jobs as part of a yacht crew.
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Red dirt tracks are everywhere, and the main road through town has long been notorious for murders and mysterious disappearances, including a British backpacker who vanished 17 years ago.
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Some enabled me to earn money while at college, but most prepared me for life as an avid hiker, backpacker and canoeist, skills that I use to this day.
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In this image taken from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation video, South Korean backpacker Joohee Han, 25, is seen being rescued by helicopter, Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Tully, Queensland, Australia.
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Between the cities of Rennes, Paris, Annecy and Los Angeles, this old backpacker has always been animated by his love of music, he says—as well as by the Bataclan.
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Even when you're willing to go the backpacker route and penny pinch on the smallest details, traveling to certain pricey destinations will still take a huge toll on your finances.
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Whether you're a business traveler, backpacker, or bon vivant, here are are five indispensables you should always carry with you on the road, regardless of your relationship status or budget.
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The mother of a backpacker slain in an Australian hostel wrote an open letter to President Donald Trump, rejecting the decision to label her daughter's death as a terror attack.
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A court has been shown surveillance footage of a man, accused of murdering a 21-year-old backpacker in New Zealand, pushing a suitcase that prosecutors say contained her body.
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Lightweight, compact, and extremely easy to use, the GSI Outdoors Coffee Rocket delivers everything a backpacker needs to get his or her day started with a hot cup of joe.
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But fierce opposition from farmers, who said the "backpacker tax" would drain much-needed resources and risk exports, forced Turnbull to reduce the rate by more than half to 15 percent.
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Where: Café Flamingo, de Pijp Who: Daan, bartender Bill: 24 euros Caught the customer: Yes What happened: Recently, an American backpacker sat down at the bar to taste some local beers.
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The Shaxi Horse Pen 46 Youth Hostel next to the central theater was opened in 2010 by Huo Wanfei, 36, who moved here from Sichuan Province after visiting as a backpacker.
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Here's the first thing I learned, and it's a simple one: If you want to be a part-time backpacker, start by assessing how many days you have to work with.
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The classic hard-core ultralight backpacker may chop off the handle of a spoon to save a few grams, or eat instant coffee instead of wasting time and fuel boiling water.
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of street vendors in the Thai capital's bustling backpacker district of Khaosan road ignored a ban on street vendors introduced on Wednesday and carried on business as usual.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - A second British backpacker died on Tuesday a week after he was stabbed trying to protect a fellow traveler during an attack at a hostel in northern Australia, police said.
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Police in New Zealand say that a 22-year-old backpacker who went missing a week ago is dead, and that they will charge a 26-year-old man with her murder.
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Vanny is the most prominent activist from the Boeung Kak area, where local neighborhoods and backpacker hostels were strung around the scenic lake before it was filled in with sand for construction.
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Two years later, he put in his notice and "gave myself a year," he said, to focus on a budget travel website he had been doing on the side, the Savvy Backpacker.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian police are searching for an 18-year-old Belgian backpacker who has been missing in a coastal town for 11 days, saying they are seriously concerned about his welfare.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed disappointment about Google's failure to abide by a court order suppressing the name of a man accused of killing 22-year-old British backpacker Grace Millane.
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Alligood and Lampley also pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of 23-year-old Canadian backpacker Audrey Carey in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in October 2015, soon before Steve was killed.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The police in New Zealand found a body Sunday in their search for Grace Millane, a British backpacker who vanished a week ago on the night before her 22nd birthday.
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The man who killed backpacker Grace Millane was unable to meet the eyes of her mother as he was sentenced to life in prison in a New Zealand court, according to the BBC.
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In this photo taken from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation video, South Korean backpacker Joohee Han, 25, is wheeled to a hospital after being rescued by helicopter, Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Tully, Queensland, Australia.
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's justice minister on Wednesday urged Alphabet's Google not to be "evil" after the company failed to abide by a suppression order related to the murder case of a British backpacker.
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In the backpacker enclave of Khao San Road, just across the river from Siriraj Hospital, shops and restaurants were as busy as usual, with beer-drinking customers spilling on to the streets from bars.
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A British backpacker was allegedly strangled to death by a man she met on Tinder, prosecutors told a New Zealand court on Wednesday, in a case that has shocked the Pacific nation.
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Even the sort of backpacker seems to be changing; Para Pascoe, a 22-year-old from Southern Australia, came "to swim in the Blue Lagoon and for the tubing, not the partying," she said.
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Theodosis also wrote a novel, Take the Show, loosely based on the Semitelou years that's been an indie hit (A bit character in the book is an American backpacker inexplicably living in their apartment).
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He insisted that he wasn't going to allow Gili Air, population 503,481, or Gili Meno, which has just 424 residents, to become overdeveloped like Gili T, which has long been a backpacker party haunt.
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SYDNEY, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A jury in New Zealand convicted a 27-year old man on Friday of murdering a British woman backpacker, media reported, ending a case that has shocked the Pacific nation.
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In this image taken from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation video, South Korean backpacker Joohee Han, 25, center, is assisted to a hospital after being rescued by helicopter, Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Tully, Queensland, Australia.
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Google will meet with New Zealand's Justice Minister on Tuesday, after he lashed out at the search engine platform said the tech giant could be prosecuted for naming the suspect in backpacker Grace Millane's murder.
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"Concerns have been raised about the impact of the 2015 budget measure on tax arrangements for Working Holiday Makers, particularly our global competitiveness as a backpacker destination," Tourism Minister Richard Colbeck said in a statement.
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Questions were raised last year about New Zealand's reputation as a safe, easy-going holiday destination after a 22-year-old British woman backpacker was murdered by a man she met on a dating app.
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Afrobeat from the 1970s, woozy new R&B, dub reggae and classic backpacker hip-hop all help define the sound of this London-based band's new disc, "You Can't Steal My Joy," due next month.
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At Heaven Supermarket, a store and bar with a backpacker vibe, Chen Jing, 30, browsed through the imported beer with her boyfriend, both of them clutching beers that cost about 50 renminbi each, or nearly $8.
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Q&A Pegi Vail, 53, an anthropologist and the associate director of the Center for Media, Culture and History at New York University, studies backpacker subculture and the impact of travel on communities and on biodiversity.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - The father of a teenaged Belgian backpacker missing in Australia for more than two weeks pleaded for help on Monday, saying his son could be in grave danger, as police called the disappearance baffling.
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If I donate the sports bags I have never used, someone else could use them and I would be able to put my backpacker bag away instead of leaving it on the floor in between trips.
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" The Independent, meanwhile, began a recent story with the line, "British backpacker Grace Millane was 'naive and trusting' and gave a list of fetishes to a man through a BDSM website, her murder trial has heard.
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Maybe that's why the tones of TLOP hint at every robe he's worn since 245's College Dropout: backpacker, industrial outsider who fails to realize his message is new establishment, misogynist who only knows rap masculinity.
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The social media group's page manager Cody told the Kyle and Jackie O show that the backpacker who captured the picture was "unaware" he had possibly just closed the case on a long-running Aussie urban legend.
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand court selected a jury on Monday at the beginning of the trial of a man accused of murdering a British backpacker, media reports said, in a case that shocked the South Pacific nation.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull secured the passage of some cornerstone legislation on Wednesday but quickly suffered an embarrassing defeat of a government plan for a lower "backpacker tax" on work done by young, foreign visitors.
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Turnbull now faces the prospect of angry rural voters who argue the current 32.5 percent "backpacker tax" poses a risk to exports of fruit, which are set to earn a record A$2.27 billion ($1.70 billion) next season.
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Just about every backpacker, birder and oyster-slurper bound for Point Reyes National Seashore passes through the unincorporated town of Olema, and therefore by its namesake inn at the intersection of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Highway 1.
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The trend lashed together backpacker culture, monetized web presences and the happiness-optimization schemes of Timothy Ferriss, whose influential book "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich" was published that year.
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Accommodations in Bacalar range from backpacker-friendly hostels — at Casa Tortuga, beds in shared dormitories are $20 per night, and a private room with a bathroom is $80 — to luxury resorts with rooms starting at $400 a night.
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There are great people in those nice places too, but I'm going to relate more to that backpacker in that hostel who is super excited about life and seeing beauty in the small things the way that I am.
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But Morris, who started out as a broke backpacker and now makes up to $9,000 for one sponsored Instagram post, was kind enough to give the rest of us some tips on how he makes his feed so desirable.
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Caleborate Originally from Sacramento, Caleborate relocated to Berkeley and captured the hearts of Bay Area rap fans with his debut album Hella Good, an understated, down-to-earth project that 90s hip-hop heads and backpacker fans can appreciate.
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Standing here now, I could almost see myself as I was then: a 24-year-old backpacker sitting alone in the corner, smoking cheap Greek cigarettes and nursing a raki, unaware that my life had come to a crossroads.
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Your most jarring example of backpacker tourism run amok was Haad Rin, a town on the Thai island of Ko Pha Ngan, which went from a little-known beach to a giant party place, famous for its full-moon parties.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will review a planned tax hike for foreign travelers who work in the country, following complaints from farmers in the lead up to a federal election that their supply of "backpacker labor" at harvest times may dry up.
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In order to pay for her divemaster license, she started cooking at the dive center's restaurant, and it wasn't long before word got around Taganga, then a sleepy fishing village—and now backpacker cesspool— about the town's new international restaurant.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is set to increase taxes on foreign travelers who work in the country, raising concerns from farmers that their supply of "backpacker labor" at harvest times may dry up and undermine Australia's ambitions of being Asia's delicatessen.
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Whitson, an experienced backpacker who typically goes on 20 trips a summer, told CNN that the water levels were high, covering a rope they needed to use to make it to meet their friends before floating to the final campground.
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LONDON — A New Zealand man was found guilty of murder on Friday in the killing of Grace Millane, a British backpacker whose death last year rattled the nation and prompted soul searching in a country where such cases are rare.
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This has had far-reaching consequences for locals, squeezing their income from traditional backpacker tourism channels, pushing some into dangerous jobs on construction sites and bringing a thriving casino industry to the city, which has caused many residents to lose their homes.
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hotels in Bangkok's bustling old town, home to a backpacker enclave favored by foreign tourists, are booked up as Thailand prepares to host the lavish funeral of its revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej next week, the hotel association said on Monday.
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"Look at it like this: Each boot weighs a full pound more than one of the trail shoes; as you hike, you are lifting and hauling an extra one pound with every step you take," notes Ryel Kestenbaum in The Ultralight Backpacker.
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Living in a cramped dormitory next to a spit and sawdust gym that doesn't exist anymore (not far from Khao San Road's backpacker district), Pud Pad Noy was just another kid fighter from Issan existing hand-to-mouth in the Big Mango.
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" When I asked about it on a hiking and backpacking subreddit, one backpacker told me that at his campsite in Bighorn National Park, "every single large rock seemed to have human poop and dirty toilet paper on it or tossed under it.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A man in Auckland, New Zealand, will be charged with the murder of a British backpacker who was last seen entering a hotel a week ago, the day before her 22nd birthday, the police in New Zealand said Saturday.
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As visitors take to social media to warn others to steer clear, the number of busloads of tourists each day has fallen to about four from 15 or 113, said Stacey Reynolds, a receptionist at the Blue Mountains Backpacker Hostel in Katoomba.
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LONDON – Police in Northern Ireland have arrested two men in the death of a German backpacker 30 years ago, after much-publicized appeals on the anniversary of the teenager&aposs death yielded a break in one of the region&aposs most notorious unsolved murders.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday walked back from a planned tax hike on foreign travelers who work in the country, following concerns from farmers that their supply of "backpacker labor" at harvest times may dry up and undermine Australia's ambitions of being Asia's delicatessen.
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Instead of being shrewd and self-sufficient like Thoreau, my experience more resembled that of Christopher McCandless, the intrepid backpacker who similarly went "into the wild" (the title of Jon Krakauer's book about him), only to be found dead of starvation and possible food poisoning.
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But there is no doubt, people on both sides of the issue said, that young people are not going into those places in the same numbers, or ways, as their granola-carrying backpacker parents and grandparents who pushed through the original law in the 1960s.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The man accused of murdering a British backpacker in New Zealand the night before her 22nd birthday made his first appearance in the Auckland District Court on Monday, where the judge expressed sympathy to the victim's family for their "desperate" grief.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The New Zealand government admonished Google on Friday for disclosing the identity of a man charged with killing a female British backpacker, highlighting the tension that arises when local courts order the suppression of information that can be easily found online.
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A 28-year-old man who murdered a British woman backpacker in New Zealand was handed life imprisonment with a minimum of 17 years behind bars, one of the longest sentences given in a country where serious crime was once considered rare.
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Though the Observatorio de Turismo de Galápagos claims there are currently limitations on the number and size of new hotels, accommodations have increased dramatically over the last decade — from 65 to more than 300 — with prices running from backpacker rates to over $900 a night.
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We didn't even make it 12 months with the cat before the cracks became too big to fix, and I found myself calling the tall, blond backpacker whose "sofa" he'd slept on increasingly often to politely ask if I was right and they were fucking.
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Men accused of murder should not be allowed to use rough sex as a legal defence, women's rights advocates said on Friday, after the killer of a British backpacker was jailed for life in a case that drew fresh scrutiny on the issue.
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British lads travel about in packs of seven trying to get laid, while consistently being the most sunburned people in the whole country, sporting sleeveless shirts that advertise backpacker bars and wearing thick clumps of ancient festival bands with which they spread fun vibes and disease.
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I started off at the new Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay, but felt most at home down on the Coral Coast at funkier beachside lodges like Tambua Sands, Fiji Hideaway and Yatule Beach, or the gorgeous backpacker complex Beach House, where each private hut has an outdoor bathroom.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police named the two teens as suspects this week after concluding that the July 15 killings of a US backpacker named Chynna Deese, 24, and her Australian boyfriend, Lucas Fowler, 23, were linked to the seemingly separate death of a 64-year-old man named Leonard Dyck.
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After a 40-minute ride I was deposited at La Punta (The Point) — as the area, just south of Puerto Escondido, is known by locals — and Hostel Frutas y Verduras, a brightly painted backpacker hostel where I'd booked a modest room with shared bath for 500 pesos, or about $27, a night.
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The popular backpacker district of Khaosan Road, which usually sees a free-for-all water fight, has canceled celebrations ahead of the ceremonies in May.. But saving some water in Bangkok will not affect levels in reservoirs or help farmers, said Sucharit Koontanakulvong, an associate professor of water resources engineering at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University.
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Photo: Hagen Hopkins (Getty Images)The government of New Zealand "admonished" search giant Google for publicizing the name of a man charged in the killing of backpacker Grace Millane in Auckland, with justice minister Andrew Little demanding that the company change its algorithms to prevent it from happening again in the future, the New York Times reported on Friday.
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Carlos recently renovated the rooftop of his building to be more backpacker-friendly, offering a space with sofas, a hammock, and a coffee maker; while most of his beds are already booked for the Olympics, he's looking to rent out another space nearby and plans to charge visitors about $35 reais, or about $10 USD per night.
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For example, in recent months, leader of the Australian Greens, Richard Di Natale, responded to a petition calling for a sugar tax on soft drinks; Kelly O'Dwyer, the Liberal Party minister for small business, responded to one asking the government to stop the backpacker tax; and Penny Wong, leader of the Labor Party in the senate, also responded to a petition asking for funding to be returned to mental health programs.
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As the local cop Emma James, Ms. Davis digs into the disappearance of two young hired hands — one, an Indigenous football player on the cusp of stardom; the other, a backpacker with a questionable identity — from her brother's vast cattle station near the fictional hellhole of Patterson, where sexual predation, drug running and the quest for water weave as brilliantly tangled a tapestry as the stars in the kaleidoscopic night sky.
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But that isn't really the case, as one comes to instead position these events within the narrative selected at the start—a particularly dreadful catastrophe can be seen as just another trial that the survivors of the doomed ship will have to endure before making it back to civilization, whilst that same catastrophe in the bougie backpacker scenario will put the mettle of the explorer to the test and bring home the danger of these frontier worlds.
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Historically, tidying for me meant simply putting everything away: I stack my pots on top of the pan I never use and struggle to get the drawer closed, I cram the three pairs of tights I actually wear into the dresser filled with torn tights that I tell myself I'll get around to mending one day, and I wrestle with the suitcase full of sports bags I never use every time I have to take out the backpacker bag I use for almost every trip.
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