The Geordie Migrant

Category: Migrant

Expat, Living Abroad, Migrant, Thailand, Travel

28th Aug 2022

Driving in Phuket

I drove in Phuket today. It was like being in a computer game. Your mission: ensure a cheery disposition at all times by singing to music illegally downloaded from YouTube in the 2000s, and NEVER honk your horn while avoiding the following: white bearded topless men on scooters wobbly weaving in and out of traffic […]
Expat, Geordie, Living Abroad, Migrant

15th Dec 2020

The Great Chicken Nugget Shortage of 2020

I don’t believe Covid-19 was started by bats. I think chickens got together and came up with an elaborate plan not to be eaten, ala Chicken Run, then blamed it all on the bats. We have no nuggets. Since like July time. Because of Covid. Because of the chicken conspiracy. People are coping okay with […]
Expat, Geordie, Living Abroad, Majuro, Migrant, RMI, Uncategorized, Well that was weird, Why Did I Do This To Myself?

14th Jun 2019

How I ended up on a dot in the middle of the Pacific

I always had ambitions to travel. I remember being young and my parents (while they were still together) taking us to places while they tried to get visas for Australia. Aged 11, I remember my mam talking about nurses who’d emigrated to Saudi Arabia who earned a fortune working for people who had gold taps […]