Citizen

John (AB) Citizen visits Indonesia in December 2011, more specifically Central Java.

So today while downtown by the headquarters of the Instituto Cervantes I earned the attentions of a citizen vigilante. What happened was that I finally broke down and bought some roasted chestnuts from a street vendor (1Euro 50 cents for 6 roasted ...

I saw a play called the Trial of the Senior Citizen. It was a "real" trial where the audience was the jury. After we had an incredible discussion. Incredible in how real the South Africans were being. Most of us probably knew of Mugabe's human rights ...

... A young person with an international background, she has a strong conscience and a certain kind of fearlessness to follow it. A citizen of the world.   As I paint these white canvases white. You told me so: A star will rise From ...

... . Figuring it would be proper to go one at a time, I waited while mom went up to get her passport checked. "And are you a UAE citizen?" they asked her. "No," she said. "Not yet you aren't." Awesome, I thought. Maybe he's psychic. Maybe this is a sign. ...

... wooden ship dinner cruise on the Pearl River.  But most important of all, we went to the US Consulate and made Maya a US citizen- Yeah!  Of course Brian said it was tough teaching her about the constitution but hey, she's a smart kid!  Its ...

... . It's sad that the most action I have seen in the last month was from old women in a nursing home. After the senior citizen sexual harassment we had to feed them lunch; and yes, we actually had to spoon feed them. I spoon fed blenderized chicken and rice ...

... ever leave. Silly and sentimental – someone might say. Especially that we all live in the so called global world. But well… I don’t care. I am a Gdansk born citizen, and with so very historical background. And proud to be a Gdansk ...

... acheter le Lonely Planet de Coree du Sud en Nouvelle Zelande entra transit entre le Chili et l'Australie, ca c'est du citizen of the OneWorld (tm)!!!!!! Heuresuement j'ai trouve un couple de Venezueliens qui immigraient en Australie (les fameux) et ...

After breakfast, my mother and I set out to the Matsuyama city center to get my paperwork all settled for the city of Matsuyama. Residents of Japan are required to register with the city in which they move to within 10 days of moving there. I had no ...

So i was just talking with my mom and dad telling them about my ridiculous Friday night and YES it dawned on me- I was totally treated unfair and disrespected and I was made to feel like shit and lower than the low- and mom goes well you ARE the ...

It has been months since I last wrote a travel pod entry and I am pretty sure that is because I see myself as more of a resident than a traveler.  Although I continue to travel throughout Ecuador, I see my trips as casual and donīt reflect on them ...

Helen arrived in Manchester on 24th December 2010 in -10 degree temperatures after a gruelling 24 hour flight via Abu Dhabi. The top priority was rest and relaxation - mostly sleep - attempting to adjust the body clock before starting work on the 4th ...

being an average chinese person is pretty tough on your wallet. harry and i had a conversation a while back about how much more everything costs to an average chinese family. like an average american family, the monthly take home pay is about 4500 a ...

The second K-league match on my tour in South Korea. The match between Gwangju and Deajon is just average, with a 2:1 home win for Gwangju. For your information, Gwangju is in the southwest of Korea. Third or forth biggest city of South Korea, home to a ...

We arrived at the Mauritanian border and things went surprisingly well and fast.  This was in stark contract to what everyone was trying to prepare us for.  I did not have a visa to enter into the country hoping to get one  at the ...