PICTURES FROM MY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: #60 - The Final Pic

Location: My Bed

That’s it for this photo series, I hope you enjoyed. I tireds now. Night night.

PICTURES FROM MY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: #59

Location: Crossing the Equator

When you cross the equator by ship, people go fucking bananas. The day you cross, all the Shellbacks, or people have already crossed, initiate the Pollywogs, the people who haven’t. Until that moment happens though, you have no idea what the fuck a Shellback or a Pollywog is. No one ever talks about it. You’re just sitting at lunch when one day the ship’s announcer says, “Hey we’re crossing the Equator” and dozens of people dressed in black yelling “Pollywogs!” jump out. They blow whistles, bang drums and force you up to the deck. They then (in this order):

1. Pour this pancake batter crap, that looked and smelled like vomit, over you.
2. Hose you down with a fucking firehouse.
3. Make you kiss a giant dead fish.
4. Make you kiss the kiss the ring of King Neptune.
5. Paints an “S” on your forehead (for Shellback).
6. And make you jump in the pool.

Funny this was the night before we had a shipwide mandatory health meeting. We had a gastrointestinal (diharrea!) outbreak on board, so we had a long lecture about washing our hands, covering our mouths when we cough and touching elbows rather than shaking hands. And here the next day they made everyone make out with a dead fish. I’m just glad we never had a flu outbreak, because then they probably would have made us fuck a dolphin.

PICTURES FROM MY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: #58

Location: Hong Kong, China - Embarkation

My bling.

PICTURES FROM MY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: #57

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

My ride.

PICTURES FROM MY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: #56

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Nice view of Table Top mountain. Clouds would roll over it throughout the day like a slow motion waterfall. My only regret is that I got too drunk the night before I was supposed to hike it and didn’t go. But I like leaving places with a few regrets, it gives you a reason to go back.

PICTURES FROM MY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: #55

Location: Ocean

Sometimes the world is so damn pretty it just makes me want to puke.

PICTURES FROM MY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: #54

Location: Shanghai, China - Nanjing Road

One of the world’s busiest shopping streets. I got offered drugs every ten feet and I ain’t talking about cheesecake girlfriend.

In all honesty, I find cheesecake very addicting.

PICTURES FROM MY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: #53

Location: Istanbul, Turkey

I’ve been to Istanbul twice and each time on the first night, a turkish football played a big match. Each time the team won and each time I stumbled upon the celebrations in Taksim square There is not an effect on this picture, that’s really how the world looked at that point because each time, I was also drunk. Oh booze, life would be so much less interesting without you.

PICTURES FROM MY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: #52

Location: Barcelona, Spain

The Bellagio in Vegas is based on this fountain in Barcelona - the Font Màgica or Magic fountain. It was built in 1929 and when it runs, it constantly changes color and shape in sync with music. It’s one of few free things you can do in Barcelona.

PICTURES FROM MY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD: #51

Location: Istanbul, Turkey