Yeah, Let's Go There

Hi, this is Andy and he is an alcoholic. But he’s not anonymous. Andy chose a different method for curing addicts: Tham Krabok in rural Thailand. A world famous monastery whose methods include a daily group vomiting session.

Joy. Happiness. Promises. Faith. Deceit. Lies. Betrayal. A story of love from beginning to end and every turn, twist, curve and pitfall in between.

Sara was 18 when she began her training. After four months, she began the job: interview 17 year old boys, and decide which are fit to go to war for Israel.

Guest producer Nathaniel Krause shares his beautifully edited, abstract story of his childhood about home, family and belonging.

TJ didn’t want to go to karaoke. He didn’t even want to leave the house. But his friend convinces him. And when TJ shows up, his friend is nowhere to be found. He figures he can make the most of it. But he didn’t figure the door would be locked behind him.

If you’re a foreigner in a country with no foreigners, and you challenge the Prince to a race, you’d better be prepared to give him a good race. Suzhi was prepared. The Prince was prepared too, for everything but the race.

Zach was attempting a three day bike ride across part of Taiwan. On the second day, he reached a destination Shinchon. A town, he discovered had no hotels or hostels.

Katannya has traveled through the Middle East multiple times, learning all about the different cultures and her own family history. But on her first visit to Jordan, her tour guide decided to teach her about a side to Bedouins she hadn’t anticipated.

Stumbling drunk through downtown Shanghai, Richard makes the brilliant decision to take up one of the many offers from local men to be driven to a brothel. It wasn’t until he was inside that he realized the mistake he’d made.

In the middle of the night, Sara receives a phone call that would change her life, and the lives of her two best friends. The last phone call she would ever receive from her close friend Amy.

Lange came out of the closet at 13 years old. His friends and peers accepted him for who he was. He wasn’t bullied. He was elected Prom King, graduated from Harvard, traveled Asia. It was a good life. Except for one small problem… his parents knew none of it.

A bicycle ride through the ancient town of Bagan, Myanmar and its thousand temples, leads to a proposal… and then another. And it’s not the kind Brittney or Brittany were expecting.

Peter panics when his bathroom door won’t open during a family vacation to Italy. Desperate for escape, Peter turns to the only option he sees, despite any number of safer, more reasonable means of saving himself.

They were already planning on a weekend away together. A’Lease saw no harm in letting him spend an extra night in her guest room. She wanted her coffeemaker back and this way, he could bring it to her before the trip. Plans changed when she woke unexpectedly in the middle of the night.

“What a vibrant city!” Svein thought to himself as he observed an argument from across the busy streets of Amsterdam. His excitement turned to horror when weapons were drawn and the argument deteriorated from an exuberant exchange to a footrace for survival.

Season 1 of the first ever traveling podcast premieres March 3rd on YeahLetsGoThere.com. Stories from all over the world were collected and recorded during a ten month backpacking trip throughout East Asia. The show will kick off with three episodes in three days, so check back March 4th and 5th for new episodes!