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Artist Evangeline Neo, best known online as evacomics, has a knack for spotting the exact moment when travel stops feeling “exciting” and starts feeling confusing or mildly irritating.

She's previously shared her work here on Bored Panda, focusing on the cultural differences between her native Singapore, and her favorite travel location, Japan. Since then, Evangeline has continued expanding her storytelling by comparing daily life in Singapore to places like Australia, the U.S., and Europe, or simply navigating the daily (in)conveniences that come with traveling.

Let us know which cultural mismatches Evangeline described best and which ones you’ve experienced yourself. If you'd like to explore her other work, you can find it on her Instagram and website.

More info: Instagram | evacomics.com | Facebook

#1

Traveler shopping souvenirs experiences travel culture shock in a comic strip showing "Made in China" and "Made in India" tags.

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Nea
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3 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And I am from India!!! Makes souvenir shopping so much harder.

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Her comics turn culture shock into something that is both relatable and educational about the culture described, on top of being very funny.

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    #2

    Comic illustrating travel culture shock with relatable scenes of a traveler returning from nearby and distant countries.

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    UpupaEpops
    Community Member
    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me, this is Mexico. I love folk art and pottery. The things I see online! 😩🤌🏻

    #3

    Comic illustrating travel culture shock with contrasting summer work scenes in Asia and Europe, capturing relatable travel experiences.

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    Corwin 02
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    58 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry Europe here , we have at minimum 20 mandatory days of vacation , personally I have 35 so a little more than 3 weeks :) and most of Asia has 10 to 15 days , now if you would have put USA , it would be more fitting, they got none.

    Instead of leaning on the common trope differences, Evangeline zooms in on the tiny details that catch you off guard: price tags that don’t mean what you think they mean, taxes that appear at the last second, shops that close far earlier than your internal clock is prepared for, or “normal” social habits that suddenly feel like an unwritten exam.

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    #6

    Comic illustrating travel culture shock comparing restaurant bills in Singapore and Australia with a humorous twist.

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    Wyrdwoman
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't notice that in Singapore when I was there last year. The amount we paid was the amount on the menu.

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    #7

    Comic panels illustrating travel culture shock with humorous confusion over Japanese English in a relatable travel comic by the artist.

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    Rika
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one sounds dumb. Don't native English speakers use "one man show" ? How is "one man live" so difficult to understand ?

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    #8

    Comic illustrating travel culture shock with characters misunderstanding the picnic table symbol for Tori gates in Australia.

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    Sniggiw
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    30 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha! At least kitty seems happy.

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    #10

    Comic of a traveler experiencing culture shock while eating supermarket food in Switzerland, capturing relatable travel moments.

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    Wyrdwoman
    Community Member
    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister visited Switzerland but walked to Germany just so she could afford to eat XD

    #11

    Cartoon comic depicting travel culture shock as a traveler debates buying Swiss products, then opts for chocolates.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. But there's a wine that they don't export, it's marvellous!

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    #14

    Cartoon illustrating travel culture shock with a traveler entering Singapore happily and restricted items in Australia.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, Singapore isn't an isolated island and does not need to prevent invasive species.

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    #17

    Comic panels depicting travel culture shock with reusable cutlery, illustrating amusing and relatable travel experiences.

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    Rika
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These bamboo things are useless and single use only, unlike plastic stuff that most people actually wash and re-use because life's expensive: you have to be super rich or super stupid to throw out the plastic fork you got for free with your microwavable meal. Even the plastic plate it was in can be re-used several times (and it's often better than an actual plate because it has that side compartment for sauce and it's designed not to give you three-degree burns when you take it out of the microwave.)

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    #18

    Cartoon comic illustrating travel culture shock with different steak experiences in Singapore and Australia.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the best steak in the world. Grass fed joy! I weep when I try steak in most other countries.

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    #20

    Comic panels illustrating travel culture shock through misunderstandings of Japanese English phrases in a relatable travel comic.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer Hi Voltage. Rock n Roll of course...

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    #26

    Comic strip showing travel culture shock with a funny Japanese English mistranslation about sharp pencils.

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    Rika
    Community Member
    1 hour ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a not-artist whose first language isn't English, I had to look up what a "mechanical pencil" even was. It's apparently called a "porte-mine" in French. It's basically a glorified "crayon a papier" (paper pencil) You don't need to sharpen it, you can just click it. In conclusion: calling it a sharp pencil makes more sense to me than a mechanical pencil. Edit: Yes, there's an accent on the a, I just don't know how to do it on a non-French keyboard.

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    #33

    Cartoon comic showing travel culture shock with body smell differences in 20s and 40s using perfume and ointment.

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    Sally Moen
    Community Member
    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Marketing idea: combine healing herbal remedies with perfume

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