I spent a week in Bangkok letting my wallet spill with the overpriced hotels and food around Sukhumvit Rd. It’s the price to pay to avoid Khao San Rd’s real dirty cheapies. I can tell I’m out of travel mode as I’m starting to feel like a bum. I don’t want to spend money moving… Continue reading
Bangkok Street Kids
I don’t remember seeing so many street kids my first time through Bangkok. Most nights I went to bed pretty early out of exhaustion and the desire to save my money. Friday night however I wanted to stay up a little later and wandered around. Street kids start coming out after the sun goes down… Continue reading
Crime & Punishment
I’m back! After a long week vacation from blogging and taking photos, I’ve returned. There is something about Thailand that makes me want to put the camera away and stop writing. Maybe it’s that there is just always something going on somewhere or it is easy to become lazy! I spent a full week on… Continue reading
Out of the Office for the Week
Joey Goes Global is going to be out of the office for the week. This means no blog updates and no photo uploads. I’m in Phuket (Poo-ket), Thailand until at least Friday. I consider this my last real hurrah before things start winding down and I get into school mode and then ultimately back to… Continue reading
CULTURE SHOCK IN THAILAND?
It doesn’t happen often to me anymore but every now and then it creeps up on me out of nowhere in the least expected places. Put yourself in my shoes for a moment. Arriving in an unfamiliar city at a bus station that is at least 3 miles away from the town center where you… Continue reading
Got it!
In a fantastic turn of events and with a little help from my NEW guest house owner, I received an extended 60 day tourist visa for Thailand that will take me through the month of April so that I don’t have to make any visa runs during my TEFL certification course. The nice lady at… Continue reading
Thailand, you’re losing and Indonesia is winning
In the, Where Will Joey End Up Sweepstakes, Thailand is starting to fall precariously behind. I arrived to the island of Penang off the west coast of Malaysia earlier this week in an attempt to secure a 90 day education visa for my stay in Thailand. I was told Penang is the most lenient Thai… Continue reading
Catholic Funeral, the Death of a Batak
I rented a moped on Saturday afternoon so I could meet the girls at the market in Tomok just a few kilometers away from Tuk Tuk. Chichey and Laura work at Samosir Cottage where I’m staying and have been really good hosts keeping me company in the evenings and helping me practice my bahasa Indonesian.… Continue reading
Video of a female orangutan with her baby
This is video I took while in the jungles of Bukit Lawang. A female orangutan with her baby.
Samosir Island, Lake Toba
Emiel and I reunited with the jungle trek gang in Lake Toba earlier in the week. Reike and Frida left after two nights and then Liz and Emiel followed soon after. I am now here alone where I’ve been relaxing, listening to my audio books and doing a lot of sleeping. I needed this kind… Continue reading