Jack Rubalcave and I are at the end of our now-four-part summation of our amazing trip to Asia this past fall. I hope you’ve gotten a lot out of hearing about our adventures and that we have helped inspire you to go explore the world yourself. As you have been hearing, we encountered so many unexpected experiences, but they were almost all positive. The terror of driving scooters through the chaotic streets of Bali, the incredibly nice and polite people in the bustling cities of Japan, how different the toilets, yes, the toilets were, vending machines on the streets that served up everything from cold food to hot food to fresh-squeezed orange juice, the night markets in Seoul and Taipei with really, really strange food, things we learned at the DMZ dividing North and South Korea, checking into a hotel where bringing in a fruit called the durian is banned just like smoking is, the jaw-dropping beauty of Buddhist temples in Bangkok where also poisonous water monitors casually roam a busy city park, the food, the culture, and so much more. It was crazy how mostly first-world countries could be so different from the U.S. In this final episode, Jack and I chat about one of our last stops, in Singapore, a beautiful, modern city that is very culturally diverse, with areas known as Arab Street, Little India, and Chinatown, mixed in with their heritage as a one-time British colony. Known for their strict laws (and resulting very low crime rate), you can be arrested there for throwing your gum on the sidewalk and fined $10,000 for feeding pigeons, yet prostitution is legal! Go figure! Finally, Jack and I share with you how we pulled off this 3½-week-long trip with 13 flights between 7 countries for less than $1000 and bringing only a backpack each! I hope you enjoy this adventure and the previous three.

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Tim Kaufman fell victim to all of the classic American poor lifestyle choices. He ate primarily processed food – and large quantities of it. After surgery related to a crippling disease called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, doctors prescribed painkillers and soon he was hooked on them. Like most addicts, he connived ways to get more of them and even more powerful narcotics, like fentanyl. He smoked, he chewed, and he drank staggering amounts of vodka. Tim was raised in a strait-laced Christian family in a quiet, rural town, demonstrating how his pitfalls don’t discriminate based on social standing. Realizing he would soon be in a coffin, 400-pound Tim decided it was time to get bariatric surgery, only for his doctor to tell him that his body’s catastrophically poor health wouldn’t allow for him to have it, which sunk him into further despair. Four simple words from his terminally-ill mother-in-law shook Tim into deciding that he needed to find a way to live. Tim knew David and like the latter’s book, Out There, Tim has just released his book, Escape: Breaking Free From a Self-Made Prison, in which he similarly has a remarkable transformation. Tim also adopts a plant-based diet and becomes a clean and sober Ironman triathlete who discovers that gratitude could change his outlook in life and help him become the husband and father his family deserves, and an inspirational and motivational human. Like many in his shoes, Tim’s tribulations have helped him learn some fantastic perspectives, which he shares in his book, which is now available on Amazon. Please enjoy this entertaining chat with an amazing man.

Tim Kaufman
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Jack Rubalcave, my 24-year old traveling companion, with whom I’ve previously traveled to Portugal, the Azores, and Ecuador, took an amazing 3½-week long trip to Asia this fall, and we want to share with you some of our adventures and inspire you to seek your own. We carried nothing but a backpack, took 13 flights, visited seven incredibly interesting countries, and probably spent less than $1000 each for the entire trip. We have been sharing some of our formula as well as the exotic sights, food, and fun we had. In the previous two episodes we covered Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and in this one we talk about the crazy times we had in Thailand and Bali, Indonesia, including a surprise encounter with really big, venomous water monitor lizards in a Bangkok park, an enchanting elephant sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and attempting to rent and drive scooters on the very chaotic streets of Bali. I think these travels have given me a much deeper understanding about other people and cultures, which we in the U.S. are often insulated from. In the next episode, we’ll chat about beautiful Singapore and our tips for pulling off such a trip yourself, as well as where we hope to head next.

Jack Rubalcave
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Bill Stahl
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