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During my time in Australia I’ve made many friends. If there’s one thing I’ve learned so far, there’s few people in the world who can talk shit quite like the Aussies do.

I’ve met the guys you’ll be hearing on this episode while I was working in a bar in Perth, Australia. Bob’s Bar, to be exact. We started talking about the craft beers we had on tap. Eventually the conversation went to guitars, and this was the one thing we had in common that made us all good friends.

It turns out these guys build their own guitars, and they’ve created a whole lifestyle around it with a bar, BBQ, pizza oven, and a Jacuzzi.

This episode was tough to edit, as I had well over 6 hours of material to work with. We were basically having a Friday night of having a couple of drinks and a barbecue, only with a mic present. We ended up talking about many different things. The night started with talks about technology and the future, and it went downhill quickly from there. I was crying of laughter more than once. These guys are a riot, and I miss hanging out with them on a regular basis.

Fair warning, this episode contains an excessive amount of bad language. If you’re a sensitive soul, skip this one. Otherwise, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

Chapters

00:02:00 – Popeye

00:06:45 – Wokka

00:08:40 – And so it begins

00:12:17 – The 4D bar explained

00:16:00 – Munch Arrives

00:18:00 – Munch’s joke

00:25:20 – Talking about wild party nights

00:26:51 – Confusion about a stick that looks like a gecko

00:31:04 – That one friend

00:34:53 – The haystack

00:39:15 – Halfway-space

00:40:50 – Chippo

00:44:26 – High-end spirits

00:51:20 – The home-wrecker

00:58:16 – Joke time again

01:01:10 – Man down

01:06:25 – Real Australian slang

01:15:15 – We’re very Catholic

01:20:53 – Beer is good

01:24:38 – The yeti is down

01:30:00 – The first worn-out beer opener I ever saw

01:31:20 – It’s about time we did some stuff to him

01:37:20 – The duck

01:43:00 – Flat-earthers

01:45:00 – Talkin’ music

01:49:05 – The yeti is back

01:52:30 – The dog humps the passed out yeti

This very first show is gonna be a sit-down with a very dear friend of mine from New Zealand.

His name is Dan, and he’s a young veteran from the New Zealand Army. He’s been deployed to places like Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea.

After spending several years in the military, he decided to get out and go to South East Asia. He roamed around there for over a year with just a backpack. In this interview, he talks about life as a diving instructor, and he also has some wild stories like being chased by gangsters in Thailand, and going on a motorcycle road-trip through Vietnam.

This being the first episode, it’s not perfect. There’s background noise and some RF noise from one of our phones in the recording, and I’m a awkward and messy at times in moving the show along. This whole thing is a learning process for me, so stick with it, it will get better with each episode, I promise.

Chapters

00:03:10 – Dan’s reason of traveling

00:13:45 – Bangkok

00:15:55 – A rough start

00:19:03 – The general vibe of Bangkok

00:24:55 – Kohtao

00:29:38 – Traveling around South East Asia

00:32:49 – Beer #2

00:33:00 – Cambodia

00:34:33 – Vietnam scooter gang

00:40:25 – Magnetic Island, Australia

00:44:40 – Wild times in Thailand

00:48:07 – A run-in with indonesian gangsters

00:53:35 – Travel gear

00:55:55 – Hunting

00:59:22 – Gaming laptop

01:02:00 – Backpacks & diving

01:08:54 – Dan’s tip for people who want to travel

01:10:23 – Beer #3 & the end