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British Backpackers Blamed For STD Rates in Australia
22.04.10
Backpackers travelling to Australia are putting their sexual health in danger by taking risks they wouldn’t consider back home.
The Sydney Sexual Health Care Centre conducted an eight year study which focused on backpackers originating from the UK and Ireland who were in their mid-twenties and who were travelling to Australia . They found that amongst the backpackers, binge drinking and unprotected sex was typical behaviour. As a result of this promiscuity, STDs such as Chlamydia and herpes were being spread amongst the local Australian population.
50% of the males studied said that they had more than two sexual partners n the last 3 months, with 30% of women admitting to the same. Half of all the backpackers admitted to having sex with someone new whilst they were backpacking and 10% of those questioned had a sexual encounter in Thailand in the previous year – Thailand is a popular halfway stop off point between Australia and the UK.
More worryingly the study discovered binge-drinking amongst the young people soared when they went backpacking. Men were three times more likely to binge-drink whilst travelling and women were twice as likely.
A Backpackers Guide To Thailand - Traveling Cheaply In Thailand
Certainly, backpacking is growing very popular way of touring Thailand. The best thing about backpacking is that it’s really cheap way of traveling, and furthermore, you get the fun & adventure of tramping, bushwalking, hiking, trekking, and camping in a single trip. The idea sounds pretty good, certainly it does. So, just pack your gear including food, water, clothes, and shelter into a backpack and get going. Here are some of the extremely popular backpackers’ sites in Thailand. Kanchanaburi – a town located on the confluence of Khwae Noi, Khwae Yai, and Mae Klong rivers, in the west of Thailand. The reasonably priced town is a paradise for backpackers, who usually come here for the infamous River Kwai Bridge, Erawan Falls, Thailand-Burma Railway Museum, JEATH War Museum, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Offering an easy access to the nearby Tiger Temple, the town is the birthplace of the Buddhist monk Phrabhavanaviriyakhun. Pai – a small town, located along the Pai River, north of Chiang Mai, on the northern route to Mae Hong Son, in northern Thailand near the Myanmar border. It’s a well known site for backpackers. It’s nice place for trekking countryside, enjoying waterfalls, and visiting hill tribes, such as Karen, Hmong and Lisu. There are plenty of cheap guesthouses, souvenir shops and restaurants in the town. Santikhiri – formerly known as Mae Salong – a wonderful hangout for backpackers, located 45 kilometers (28 miles) north of Mae Chan district, in Chiang Rai, on the mountain of Doi Mae Salong, in the northern Thailand. The Alpine reminiscent area is known for its hill tribe villages, tea plantations and cherry blossoms. The town hosts the annual cherry blossoms festival from 28 Dec. to 2 Jan. Additionally, Sukhothai, Chiang Khan, Sang Khom, Ayuthaya – the former capital of Thailand, and Bangkok, the present capital of Thailand are some other nice sites for backpackers. Home to teak houses, fabulous temples,...
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