Featured Stories of the Week
The Worst Insult to Chinese Tea
As we were in China, I was determined to buy tea. We veered down a side street and wandered past dry cleaners and nail bars. We finally found a tiny tea store (it couldn’t have been more than eight foot square). Teapots lined the shelves and black plastic tags listed the prices—no haggling here.
Juilet W923
Lasagne man
Having found myself back in the world of being a singleton again at the age of 35 I decided to give this online dating game a go.
I registered, uploaded some pics and began my search for the man of my dreams. "Hey, I really liked your profile, would be good to chat sometime", said a nice-looking guy one day, so I replied.
Nicky Moffatt1,119
On the (pocket knife's) edge in Perhentian Islands
I was travelling through Malaysia and heard through fellow travelers that the Perhentian Islands were worth a visit. I took a bus to Kuala Besut and then a boat out to the islands.
I arrived too late in the day so missed the last boat. The town seemed deserted so I went off to find a hostel.
Belinda Simmons523
By Location
Why is it called bytestories?
This is a place for "byte-sized" stories and there is a 1500 character (about 250 words) limit for two main reasons. Firstly, we want you to know that "War and Peace" isn't required to leave your mark. Secondly, it takes about 2 minutes to read each story meaning you can head here whenever you want a quick (and entertaining) read.