A night food stall near my house sells sate padang. A dish from Padang, Western Sumatra. It’s traditionally made with beef in Padang but in Medan chicken and lamb are commonly used. This particular sate padang was chicken (ayam). The spicy yellow sauce on top is made from rice flour, turmeric, ginger, garlic, coriander, galangal… Continue reading
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Banda Aceh and the Tsunami Sites
Before I go any further. For reading purposes. Aceh is pronounced: “AH-chay” I wanted to see more of Banda Aceh so on my final morning in Aceh I rented a motorcycle and after eating a quick breakfast I made the 17k trip into the city center. I was armed with only a simple tourist map… Continue reading
Pulau Weh
Photos of Pulau Weh can be found on my facebook fan page. You can view them by pressing “like” on the left hand side of this page and becoming a member of Joey Goes Global on Facebook. Last week I left Medan for the northern province of Aceh with the intent of spending a few… Continue reading
So this is home…
This is somewhat anticlimactic for my readers in that I sort of left things hanging as to what my final decision was going to be on teaching. After a rather disappointing interview with the school in Medan I was left hanging for about a week waiting for an answer. I had already made provisions to… Continue reading
Waiting game…
The waiting game is about to be over. I’m still here in Ban Phe, Thailand. I decided to stay for the weekend and not move around too much because it’s easier to not spend much money that way. If I was in a bigger city the baht flow a lot faster. I have a beautiful… 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
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