John Saboe's Far East Travels

I truly hope after these last two podcasts I've published that anyone who listens will feel more empowered to take the next step to follow their dream of traveling in Asia or anywhere else for that matter. You don't need a huge savings account to travel. If you keep an open mind and think of travel as not just a regular two week vacation that you're accustomed to but a complete immersion in a different culture and way of life that can involve several weeks, months or longer! You'll then see there are lots of options that don't require thousands of dollars in order to realize your dream of traveling.I've met many people who have used the working holiday visa as an option to see the world. Typically you're allowed a working holiday visa one time only per country, but there's nothing stopping you from going from one country to another exercising this option. If you don't fit the age or country restrictions then traveling by working as a volunteer is another option. There are thousands of opportunities to volunt

Teaching English is still a great way to see the world while supporting yourself with a steady job. In these days of more people working remotely or becoming "digital nomads" there are still traditional ways to earn a living while traveling, particularly with English teaching opportunites in East Asia and Southeast Asia. In no way is this podcast episode a comprehensive guide to getting a job but it will give you an overview of the some the countries that have had a history of offering teaching jobs to native English speakers and recent hot places for you to consider. Over the years I've met many English teachers working across the regions of East Asia and Southeast Asia. Most have a good life with reasonable working hours, good pay, and plenty of opportunity to travel and immerse themselves in the local culture, even learning the language whereever that may be. Some only do it for a few years before returning to their home country to resume life there. Others continue, making it a career, working in several

I confess, I have become more of a beer drinker ever since I moved to Asia several years ago. Beer is a thirst quencher in the tropics and especially goes well with all of the local food. I still enjoy wine, but beer is especially refreshing on a hot humid night outdoors in the tropics or even subtropics. In this episode I share with you my favorite places to drink beer. As well as my favorite cities and beer friendly countries in the regions. Taiwan is one of the friendliest and easiest places to enjoy beer or other drinks. Drinking in public is totally tolerated and legal so you can enjoy a beer while walking along the river in Taipei on a hot evening or even sitting in your favorite convenience store. Japan of course has an amazing food and beer culture with lots of options from cozy Izakayas to beer parlors where you drink as much as you want within an alotted time. Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam is a favorite place of mine to drink beer as the country produces some of the best everyday beers of the

Want a concise overview of visas for East Asia and Southeast Asia? Check out my latest podcast! Visa exempt, visa on arrival, approval letters, I cover most of the visa conditions for countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia. You'll still need to consult with your country's travel advisory site but this podcast will give you general rules and for most that listen to Far East Travels these are the most current for your country. Would love to get your feedback on the podcast. You can connect with me on Instagram:johnsaboesfareasttravelsFacebook: Far East Adventure Travel or JohnSaboeOfficialSupport the Far East Travels Podcast:https://www.patreon.com/FarEastTravels

Shanghai, Beijing-China, Taipei, Taiwan-All cities in East Asia that can give you the full Chinese experience but very different in pace, and local culture. How to avoid scams in China, how to get the true local authentic Taiwanese cultural experience and scenery. Bruno Black, Travelblogger and an expert on traveling through China and Taiwan is my guest in this podcast episode. Bruno has lived and studied in China and also has offices in Shanghai, Xiamen and Taipei. He has also been a resident of Taiwan for 19 years so I couldn't think of a better person to have as a guest in order to help you get the most out of your next trip to China and Taiwan. Bruno has suggestions on places to go in China that will give you true insight into local culture as well as some great suggestions to enjoy the beautiful nature of Taiwan only minutes away from Taipei City. Plus an itinerary that will give you the complete picture of China and Taiwan for a better understanding of their complex relationship.Follow Bruno Black: http

Right from the start our trek to Everest Base Camp was a true adventure. From our one day delay, to an aborted flight to Lukla and a final helicopter ride back to Kathmandu upon completion of the trek. The one important piece of advice I'd pass on to anyone contemplating a trek to Everest Base Camp? Allow buffer time on the front end and back end of your trek in case of bad weather. This trek has the most problems with sticking to a schedule as you are dependant on good weather in Lukla in order for flights to depart from Kathmandu. Same thing on the back end for your return flight. I spoke with one woman who was on her third attempt to fly to Lukla. Many people waited up to 7 days to arrive in or leave Lukla. Much of this was due to the late monsoon season but it's still an issue when planning your trek. Helicopters are an option but expect to pay anywhere from $400-$500 USD each way!It's been an absolute dream to be creating podcasts during my one month stay in Nepal. Would love to hear from you. Shoot me a

I’m sitting at the entrance to Dingboche village on the trail to Everest Base Camp, somewhat in disbelief that I’m able to bring you an update from this amazing place in the heart of the Himalaya. Looking at the white Buddhist stupa and this valley enveloped in fog and clouds and sharing stories from this latest adventure makes me appreciate how lucky I am to be here. You can also follow me on Instagram, johnsaboesfareasttravels, and Facebook, Far East Adventure Travel, and YouTube, John Saboe.

A little delay for my group but some people had been waiting 7 days to catch a flight to Lukla the start of the Everest Base Camp Trek! The late monsoon season has put a bit of a damper on the start of trekking in the Khumbu Valley Everest region of Nepal. This update finds me on day 3 Of our Trek with a beautiful viewing day of Everest and the rest of the giants of this part of the Himalaya. More updates to come as I make my way to Everest Base Camp!

Are you planning to do the trek to Everest Base Camp one day? In this episode I lightly touch on what it takes to plan a trek to Everest Base Camp. You might already be ready to go! Once again I am thrilled to be bringing the podcast to you from Kathmandu, Nepal. Today was Kushe Aunsi or Nepali Father's Day and there was lots of activity at the temples as sons and daughters prayed for their father. I was at a popular bakery chain called Hot Breads and they had several tables in the dining area layed out with cakes for sale, average price was about 800 rupees or $8USD. I'm getting ready for a trek to Everest Base Camp in a week and I will attempt to bring you updates as I make my way to the high Himalaya. I will be bringing back exclusive Far East Travels podcasts for patrons. Depending on your support level you can also now get exclusive 360 video broadcasts. Visit my Patreon page to find out more:https://www.patreon.com/FarEastTravels

I'm so grateful to be able to share with you the highlights of this past week in Kathmandu, Nepal from the rooftop of my hotel-Pilgrims Hotel. I've already seen 3 festivals and I've only been here a week. One of the highlights was witnessing Gunla, the Newari Buddhist tradition of prayer, fasting, singing, playing musical instruments and making pilgrimages to Swayambhunath, The Monkey Temple. I arrived on the platform of the stupa of Swayambhunath greeted by drums, flutes, singing, and a incredible diversity of musical styles ranging from the traditional flute instrumentation of Newari ensembles to traditional Nepal folk music. It was inspiring! In this episode I play some of the highlights. I'm often asked what am I eating when I'm traveling. Naturally I want to experience as much local food as possible so I'm eating what alot of locals eat, Nepal food, momos,(dumplings), fried noodle dishes, and Indian food like curries, and snacks. Kathmandu has great international food as well and staying in Thamel afford

Once again it's great to be talking to you about Nepal while I'm here in Kathmandu. This week I enjoyed my first Gai Jatra Festival, The Festival of Cows, honoring the loved ones of families who've passed away this year. In this episode I talk about the must see festivals of the fall season, which you can see all right in Kathmandu starting in 2018 with Dashain, from Oct.9-23rd. This is the longest and most important festival in Nepal but it's not for the squeemish. Thousands of animals are sacrificed in order to bath the Goddess Durga in blood. The festival celebrates the victory of Gods over evil, good overcoming evil is the theme of the festival. Every year Dashain is followed by Tihar or Deepavali, the festival of lights. In India they celebrate it as Diwali. It's my favorite festival of the year with people decorating their homes and businesses with rangoli art, colored flower, rice, candles and flowers. Kathmandu is a sea of flower garlands leading up to Tihar. The biggest night is the third night or L

I’m in Kathmandu, Nepal! Just a quick update over coffee at one of my favorite cafes. It’s been quite rainy here over the past week at the tail end of the monsoon season. No surprise that there are few tourists here but in just a few weeks that will change and a busy fall trekking season will be underway. I saw my first Gai Jatra Festival this week. This is a beautiful event that helps to relieve the grief of pain of those who have lost a loved one this past year. September 12 marks the start of Teej also known as the “ladies festival” where married women honor their husbands by praying that they have a long life and for a strong marriage. I look forward to bringing you highlights from Teej on the podcast and on 360Today on Facebook! Please feel free to send me a message about anything travel related including activities in Nepal. Thanks again to Cam from Australia for reaching out this past week. Email:john@fareastadventuretravel.com

Thanks so much for following me on either iTunes, Spreaker, Google Play, Podbean, or any of the countless podcatching sites! I’m happy to be back once again on a regular schedule of podcasts from Asia. This episode is just a quick update on what’s to come in the next couple months while I enjoyed the atmosphere of Little India in Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia. Would love to get your feedback on the podcast either by email, john@fareastadventuretravel.com, Facebook or Instagram(johnsaboesfareasttravels).

I'm really hooked on Vietnam. This was my fourth visit in 3 years and I think, as long as you can avoid tourist scams, is an absolutely charming and fulfilling place for travel. I spent most of my time in Hanoi, using it as a base camp to explore a couple of places I still hadn't visited in the north. Rather than going to the Unesco World Heritage site of Halong Bay, I opted for the more quiet, less crowded Cat Ba Island. Where you're still close enough to see the beautiful karst islands and rock formations. Unfortunately I hit a bad patch of weather making it uncomfortable to be out on the water for more than a short time. So I decided to just explore the island and some of it's sites. You can see all of this in my Cat Ba Island video on my YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/VgizfMnXonQ It was what I called a research trip, at least better than categorizing it as a wash-out! I would definitely go back to spend some time in Han La Bay and it's the perfect place in the north to feast on fresh, reasonably priced

I've been visiting Nepal for the past 8 years, this was my 7th visit. Obviously by the number of visits it's not hard to tell I'm in love with this country. The trekking posibilites amidst the highest mountains on the planet. Unique culture and incredibly fascinating cities and sites. Some of the best wildlife viewing on the planet. I was in Nepal on this visit to lead a small group to Annapurna Base Camp. An interesting and fantastic hike  for first time trekkers. This was the first time I was in view of the high Himalaya within 3 days. Usually, of course depending on the trail it can take a minimum of 5 days with proper accilimitization to reach the altitiude that's necessary to view these giant peaks. If you have any questions about trekking in Nepal please feel free to send me an email. I'm leading a small group up to Everest Base Camp September 15th, it would be great if you could join us!Kathmandu does take getting used to for many unfamiliar with South Asia. The traffic, chaos, dirt, Kathmandu is a ver

https://www.patreon.com/FarEastAdventureTravel If you enjoy my podcasts, videos, and take part in livestreams becoming a patron supports future projects and continued travel inspiration from Asia. Visit my Patreon page to see all of the offers.YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/c/JohnSaboefareastadventuretravelCrowdfunder-$500 Total needed for Gimbal, and various small accessories that will help produce better video and open up phone/skype access for podcast listeners and livestream followers $10, $25, $50 or more would be awesome! http://paypal.me/JohnASaboeContinuing my food series from Taiwan with a walk through the Huangshi Traditional Morning Market near Banqiao in New Taipei City. Picturing Taipei City and New Taipei City as a giant doughnut can help picture the area geographically. New Taipei is the doughnut, Taipei the doughnut hole. New Taipei is really the largest city in Taiwan with a population over 4.5 million making it one of the most densely populated places on the planet. Getting a little ways awa

https://www.patreon.com/FarEastAdventureTravel-I rely on public support to bring you travel inspiration and advice from the heart of Asia. A pledge of $10/month goes along way to assist with product costs and travel expenses. Visit my Patreon page to see all of the offers.One of the great joys of living and traveling throughout Asia is exploring the countless traditional morning or wet markets. I love to buy my fruit wherever I am whether it's Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, or Taiwan from the local markets.  Taiwan has very high quality fruit with a huge variety of many of the tropical varieties available in Southeast Asia. This particular market I visit regularly is located near Taipei's large fruit/vegetable wholesale market and wholesale fish/seafood market. In these markets in Taipei it does help if you can speak or understand a little Mandarin, but it's not necessary. Most shopkeepers will go out of their way to help and really all you have to do is point and they will bring out their calculator and punc

https://www.patreon.com/FarEastAdventureTravel Please support continued podcasting, and content creation from Asia by becoming a patron! $10/month goes along way to help supporting production and travel costs. My fourth broadcast featuring street food talk in Asia is from one of Taipei, Taiwan's oldest and most famous nightmarkets-Raohe! Located in East Taipei Raohe Nightmarket is anchored by the beautiful 6 floor Ciyou Temple dedicated to Matsu, Goddess Of The Sea. It's especially striking at night when it's exterior is fully lit. On the night I recorded the podcast there was also a temple lantern festival with some of the lanterns left over from Taipei's giant Lantern Festival held in February/early March 2018.Raohe is an easy nightmarket to navigate as it's basically on one street with a length of about 600 meters, so it's pretty hard to get lost there. It's actually not too hard to figure out which are the most popular food stalls, like anywhere just look for the line-ups.I would love to get your feedback

https://www.patreon.com/FarEastAdventureTravel $10/month goes along way to supporting continued podcasting, livestreaming, and travel content creation in Asia. Become patron of Far East Adventure Travel. Visit my Patreon page to see all of the offers!I'm continuing my series on nightmarkets in Taiwan and street food of Asia chat with an exploraition of the Guangzhou Street Nighmarket and Snake Alley in Taipei's Wanhua District. This is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Taipei with the famous Longshan Temple as the anchor of the surrounding streets and area. Absolutely one of my favorite places to absorb local culture with Qing Dynasty buildings/temples, colorful characters and an edgy past. Snake Alley was once the place where it seemed all tourists or visitors who entered Taiwan were paraded through to see the "snake show". Snakes gutted, blood drained, and pumping hearts, drunk with local liquor. The animal groups did away with most of the snake shows and today you'll mostly find seafood restaurants and fo

Th https://www.patreon.com/FarEastAdventureTravel Become a patron of Far East Adventure Travel podcasts, videos, and livestreaming from Asia. $10/month goes along way to help with travel and production costs. Visit my Patreon page to see all of the offers. Sign up and get exlusive content and live chat!In this episode I visit Taipei, Taiwan's famous Ningxia Nightmarket. This is a local favorite with some speciality food and a market that is mostly focused on food. Each day this nightmarket is set up around 4pm and then dismantled at 2am close to the historic Dihua Street and former commerce capital of the city. It's here where you can sample everything from green onion pancakes, sweet potato balls, braised duck tongue, and deep-fried whole squid. This is definitely one of my favorite markets as it is also located near alot of famous and popular restaurants that serve up Taiwanese classic dishes from oyster omellettes to fish porridge, and shaved ice desserts. Please let me know what you think of this style of