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Thai trains play the bed bug blame game: blame backpackers for bed bug infestation »

By nobugsonme on Mar 15, 2008 in ISAN, Thailand, backpackers, backpackers and bed bugs, bed bug blame game, bed bugs, bed bugs and travel, bedbugs, blame game, foreigners and bed bugs, immigrants, travel | 2 Comments

The bed bug blame game never ceases. Yesterday we heard about the Thai Isan trains infested with bed bugs.

Now the Thai railway company is blaming backpackers for bringing bed bugs to the trains, as the Bangkok Post reports in an article entitled, “Foreign Backpackers deny they’re bed bug spreaders.”
Foreign backpackers say they are […]

Bed bugs in Cincinnati YWCA shelter; Bargara, Queensland hostel; portrayed in London sleep exhibit, »

By nobugsonme on Dec 10, 2007 in YWCA, art, australia, backpackers, bargara, bed bug blogging, bedbugs, cincinnati, culture, domestic abuse, domestic violence shelter, emergency, epidemic, exhibit, exhibition, homeless shelter, hostel, infestation, london, medical, ohio, popular culture, porkopolis. bed bug spread, possum feces, queensland, shelter, sleep, travel, travelblog, wellcome centre, women | 2 Comments

Londonist: Sleeping And Dreaming: The Wellcome Collection (exhibit on sleep includes bed bugs)
“This is an all-embracing examination of our need to sleep. . . . The very practical logistics of sleeping are also tackled: bedbugs and the luxury of a bed to oneself.” Bed bugs figure in exhibit on sleep at medical-themed-art centre in […]