Radek Szpak, the friendly Polish guy

His name is Radek Szpak, and he comes from Poland. I met him when he traveled around Java. And Jogjakarta was his 3rd destination after Jakarta and Bandung. He is a such nice guy, polite and friendly. Always tries to make everybody happy. He just looked like Indonesian people with a different skin color and nose... :)

He stayed in Jogjakarta for 4 days. He never complained about everything, even when local people kept asking to make a picture with him....he just smiled and said "OK!", for me that's awesome. Some foreigners wouldn't act like that when local people keep asking them to make a picture with them. Yeah, coz they want to enjoy the objects instead of making photos with local people...and sometimes local people is also going to far and become annoying... :( they keep insist them even the situation doesn't look good...so, that's why foreigner refuse them. So, for you local people who want to make a photos with foreigners...just be patient and give them some space and respect...then, they will do that... ;)

My activities when Radek was here were great! We did almost anything. Visiting temples, Jogjakarta palace, Water castle, Lava tour, and souvenir places. I also asked him to play badminton with my friends, it was so funny. For a beginner, he's ok.... :), and when we were serious he's looked so desperate, and started to say bad words in Polish language, "kurva, suka" and more... :D. He's so surprised about prices in Indonesia....just like everybody else... :) "Everything is so cheap!" he said.

There's something else about Radek which surprised me, his Indonesian vocabulary.... :) when we met at the first time, he said to "Apa kabar Andry?, saya Radek dari Polandia", then i smiled and replied "Baik-baik saja, bagaimana dengan anda?". He said "Baik juga". And he knows some more even he just stayed here for a couples of days. Good job Radek!!! :) And he taught me some Polish words for sure.....bad words.... :) Radek loves business too, when he was here i took him to the traditional market, and after that he stared to think and mumbling.... :) "It costs you at least 5 Euros for this thing" he said. "This's good for business!" he said again. And i admitted that he has a good sense of business for sure. One thing that he couldn't make it when he was in Jogjakarta. Seeing the volcano, because there's no volcano in Poland, he becomes curious about it. And when i took him to the mount. Merapi, the weather was very cloudy so that we couldn't see it at all.... :( But finally he could make it when he was in East Java, he went to mount. Bromo....and he sent me his photos when he was there.  

We discussed about everything, politics, business, religion, and girls..... ;) And it's fun coz he's an open minded person. And yeah....it was a great moment when he was here....Radek, don't forget our business agreement..... :)