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		<title>It Stopped Feeling Like Travelling and Started Feeling Like Surviving</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-australia/it-stopped-feeling-like-travelling-and-started-feeling-like-surviving/" title="It Stopped Feeling Like Travelling and Started Feeling Like Surviving" rel="nofollow"><img width="585" height="320" src="https://www.davestravelcorner.com/wp-blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMGP1935-585x320.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image pib-hover-img" alt="Playing cards in dorm room" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" /></a><p>The brutal reality check that hits every backpacker flying from SE Asia into Australia. The barman at the first pub I walked into after dropping my bag slid a schooner across the bar and said nine dollars. I handed over a tenner and stood there waiting for change that wasn&#8217;t coming. He&#8217;d already moved on. I picked up the glass and did the maths in my head the way you do when you already know the answer isn&#8217;t good. Here&#8217;s what Southeast Asia does to you. It makes you genuinely [&#8230;]</p>
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