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Writer Tom Gates joins us to talk about his new book “Wayward” which chronicles his adventures traveling the world. His amazing journey took him to South America, Asia and Europe, visiting twelve countries over twelve months
Marc Felion is the co-host and producer of the Feast of Fun podcast. He lives in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago with his partner and co-host Fausto Fernós. He loves sci-fi, murder mysteries and pumping iron.
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Sounds like a great read…but nowadays as I downsize, unless it is a reference book that is quicker to access in hard-bound for my clients, I stick to E-books (otherwise, just like my NetFlix DVD’s… they just tend to sit there and collect dust) So let Tom know he has a sale waiting when he gets his publisher to pit out out on Amazon Kindle edition.
KIndle Link: Wayward: Fetching Tales from a Year on the Road
I loved this podcast! Back “packing” my way through the world has always been a dream of mine. A comment about the club “Amerika”, I don’t think that it has anything to do with the U.S. I grew up in Mexico and I’ve also talked to some Europeans and we were all thaugt that there are 5 continents not seven. In the U.S. America is separated into north, central and south america.
A client of mine from England says that most of the people there couldn’t care less about Prince Harry’s little romp of naked women and showing the family jewels. They put it down to him being a young man. The royal family are upset because they look at him as an ambassador for England and the Royal Family. The security team was supposedly in the room standing around while all this was going on and have been fired for not making sure there were no cameras around to take any pictures of what was happening.
well, because of my poor family we never got to travel outside of the country that much except for Peru because that is where my father is from so we would stay at his Mom’s place. We haven’t been there in I can’t remember how long now, 8 years I think? I really miss it though.
The only other countries I have been to are Mexico and Japan…
I guess the most odd food I have ever eaten was in Tokyo, we ate at this Yakitori restaurant, which is grilled meats from different parts of an animal, so I ate some intestine and some liver, maybe some heart? can’t remember. It wasn’t gross though. Plus you drank beer with it which went well with the meat..even though I never drink beer…
and while you saw hundreds of adorable straight couples walking around in Tokyo, you had to go to certain districts to see where all the gay men hung out…
supposedly there is a pretty decent gay scene in Lima Peru? but of course the last time I was there I was a kid, and with my family, so yeah, we never saw any of that hahaha…..
Loved this interview. He sounds so cool and relaxed, it was like you were chatting to an old friend.
I’ve been to Amerika too. Its a lot o fun, but very trashy. They have a “mezzanine” that connects two areas of the first floor. This mezzanine/corridor is in fact a DARK ROOM! On one side it is the wall on the other a curtain. You cant really see what’s going on before crossing from one side to the other so go at your own risk. From time to time a security guy pops in flashing a torch at people to see if nothing bad is going on (like robbery, etc), if it is just sex he keeps walking. Around 5 or 6 am there is a foam shower that completely floods the ground floor and people keep dancing there and playing in the soapy foam. By that time they pull up the curtain at the mezzanine/dark room and everybody can see whats going on there. And EVERYTHING happens there! Its insane. The open bar serves the cheapest drinks you can imagine. It is definitely a Buenos Aires must-do!
i hope this inspires people to travel the way the rest of the world travels. while going to europe for a week is great there’s nothing like taking significant time off to travel. you don’t haven’t to spend that much to make it happen.
I was a part of the back-pack jet set in my late 20s…year and a half of travel: australia, asia, n america and s america. I really wanted to include africa but couldn’t make it happen on that trip (went for my 40th). i spent $12,000 for 18 months. very few flights, lots of buses and trains. rarely more than $10/night for hotels. a lot of camping/hitch hiking. mugged once (la ceiba honduras), sick once (pushkar india, lost 10 kilos), scammed by a money exchange once (costa rica). not bad for a year and a half…these are all the negatives. the positives can fill a book or two.
favorite first world destination, Sydney; developing world, Vietnam (20 years ago!). most interesting experience, having dinner at Babylon in Bangkok with 10 friends from all over the world (Russia, Ireland, Japan, US, Canada, Mexico, France). three of us were traveling together, the rest were total coincidences. look up “bangkok babylon” to see where you can get a great meal in thailand (as a westerner this was totally and completely foreign to me).
ugliest places: Agra India, Colon Panama and Guayaquil Ecuador. unfortunately you have to go to Agra to see the most beautiful building in the world, the taj mahal. if you take the panamerican highway you must go to colon to catch the ferry to Colombia. Guayaquil is the gateway to Galapagos. If these places are on your itinerary, be prepared to go through horrible cities to get there.
living in such a huge country gives us a disadvantage as there is so much to see here. I’ve visited over 50 countries but until last May i had never seen the grand canyon. 8 queens, two RVs one giant shoe on top (not really, but it was our own little priscilla trip through the national parks).
many people around the world take a year off to travel in between high school and university. that’s the best time to go!!
That sounds like an adventure.
Interesting show! In Chicago I have stayed at the Chicago Getaway Hostel http://www.getawayhostel.com/ which is walking distance from Boystown (about 15-20 minutes). Shared bathrooms, shared kitchen, and shared bedrooms (but varies from 2 to 12 people, I stayed with a friend). Many European tourists of all ages and also people from the U.S. They serve free breakfast. It’s a good, cheap(er) alternative. I stayed there in August for Market Days.
I ate cuy (guinea pig) in Peru, it was deep fried and tasted a little greasy, don’t know if it’s always like that. Also ate champús de frutas (fruit shampoo!), I was a little horrified by the name but it turns out it’s just cooked fruit. In Mexico I’ve eaten ants and crickets (crunchy!) and black corn fungus (huitlacoche), which is quite delicious in a quesadilla or as a sauce over chicken breast with onions. On 32nd Street in Manhattan (in Little Korea) I ate cow lung and did not like it at all, it’s spongy. I did not know what it was (came as part of a meat tray) and it took a while to find someone who could tell us!
I went to Buenos Aires last March for a gay wedding (friends from Guayaquil, Ecuador!), didn’t get to go to Amerika but had a really nice time during my visit. There are an infinite number of cafés, bars, and bookstores and fun things to do. Got to see one of my favorite performers, Juan Pablo Malvasio (FOK Electrochongo), who is a gay pop electronic singer/body builder! He’s awesome. https://www.facebook.com/pages/FOK-ELECTROCHONGO/50891796331
Info on Singapore and Malaysia in this podcast was vastly different to reality. I’ve been living in Singapore for 15 years – there’s a bunch of gay bars including Tantric, Taboo and Does Your Mother Know? that are all in the Gaybourhood. Not true that Singaporean gay scene is only in saunas! Malaysia also has its scene – can’t understand why he was unable to find it – it’s all listed in websites like Fridae, Trevvy and Utopia-Asia.