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Backpacker in Thailand taken on 1,200km detour
Online Reporters, Published on 13/02/2025
» A foreign backpacker making his first visit to Thailand was planning an island getaway in the South, but after a miscommunication he ended up in the North nearly 1,200 kilometres away. He also lost his wallet on the way back, but the journey had a happy ending.
Backpacker in Thailand taken on 1,200km detour
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/02/2025
» A foreign backpacker making his first visit to Thailand was planning an island getaway in the South, but after a miscommunication he ended up in the North nearly 1,200 kilometres away.
British backpacker murdered in New Zealand: police
AFP, Published on 09/12/2018
» WELLINGTON - A man has been charged with the murder of a missing British backpacker in New Zealand, police said as the search continued Sunday for her body.
New Zealand backpacker killer revealed as serial predator
AFP, Published on 22/12/2020
» WELLINGTON: The New Zealand man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane committed violent sex crimes against at least two other women, a court revealed Tuesday, as police urged any more victims to come forward.
Cambodian police keep up search for British backpacker
Associated Press, Published on 29/10/2019
» KOH RONG, Cambodia: A top Cambodian police official involved in the search for a missing British backpacker says the mission will not end until she is found.
Body found in Australia search for British backpacker
AFP, Published on 26/11/2019
» SYDNEY: Australian police on Tuesday found a body they believed to be that of a British backpacker who ran from a campsite on the weekend, prompting an intensive search.
Backlash as Australia kills dingoes after backpacker death
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» SYDNEY — Australian authorities have sparked a backlash by killing a group of dingoes linked to the death of a young Canadian woman on an island in the country's east.
Australia extends 'backpacker visas' to ease farm worker shortage
AFP, Published on 05/11/2018
» SYDNEY: Australia announced on Monday that it was extending working holiday visas to allow young travellers to stay longer in the country to help meet a shortage of farm labourers.
Bar deaths leave bad taste
Rosie Leishman, Published on 02/03/2025
» A growing awareness of the risk of accidental methanol poisoning in Southeast Asia is apparently changing backpacker drinking habits.
Backpacker's drowning death confirmed
The Associated Press, Published on 01/11/2019
» PHNOM PENH: An autopsy has determined that a British backpacker whose body was found at sea a week after she disappeared had died from drowning, the governor of Preah Sihanouk province said on Friday.