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The Dark Side of Voluntourism

Before our bags were packed our egos were boosted. Our air was shrouded in arrogance. Friends, family and strangers fuelled our vanity: what we were doing was "inspirational" and "selfless". The trip began to sound groundbreaking, like we were superheroes, and I bought it. I bought it until I stepped off the bus. We arrive…

BySandi DavisDecember 28, 2019

Cambodia Story

They Say You Never Forget How to Ride a Bike, But I Had to Learn Three Times

On training wheels, my older sister used to race me. If she won, she would get an orange-flavoured Chupa Chup. If I won, we would both get an orange-flavoured Chupa Chup. She always let me win. At four, or some there-about appropriate age, I was hot off training wheels. But I never got back on…

ByJulia AhearneNovember 28, 2019

Cambodia Yarns Yarns

Finding the Darkness: Running From Addiction in Cambodia

Having finished high school, gotten my place at uni and taken a gap year, I was at a bit of a loose end. The thought of moving from my open coastal home to the big city scared me. On top of that, I had a “sophomore-stage” drug addiction, pouring my life away for opium and…

ByKingsley BellSeptember 10, 2018

Features

Party Drugs: Who’s Really Paying the Ultimate Price?

Party drugs like ecstasy, ketamine and cocaine find their way into the pockets of festival, concert and couch-session attendees, making them as common as a can of warm beer in an Aussie summer. Hipsters, uni-students and full-timers all enjoy the occasional line, but most rarely think about the history of the drug further than their…

ByEmma BendallJanuary 16, 2018