It was the night before the Thai new year festival of Songkran, and we were spending it in the luggage hold of a bus. We…
Our guide sunk his comically large paddle into the bank and pushed us away. While I half-expected us to gracefully sink into the river like…
This story was received via anonymous submission and it details a lifestyle and form of tourism we at Global Hobo do not endorse. In the…
The finest and best restaurant on Koh Tao is a cosy little place called Mama’s. The eponymous Mama is a middle-aged blob of a woman,…
A harsh light pierces my eyes from a low swinging globe above my face. I am lying on a bed. No. It’s a gurney. It…
I abandoned my job teaching at a school in Thailand to volunteer at an organic farm. I’d heard about a beautiful property outside this place…
I was introduced to meditation by Japanese pickup artists. Their interest in the subject made me wonder if it could be useful to those of…
A couple of years ago now, Julia Gillard’s “$1000 textbook allowance” and continuous Centrelink payments bought me my flight to Bangkok and funded my Asian…
To know a place is to know the people. This is why I check Grindr in every location. Grindr is far nicer to use in…
Sometimes when you travel, you meet people whose impact on you far outweighs the time you spend with them. For me, Luke was one of…
We stock our backpacks with freshly made dumplings from a local market, bottles of beer, a portable speaker and a couple of cheeky tins of…
It was half-past eight and the sun was smouldering, as it was midday. I sat on a wooden bench and to avoid the public displays…
