Join me on a 2 year long continuous journey across Eastern Europe, South East Asia and India. Travelling on a low budget and staying in hostel dorms, eating street food and seeking out the most unusual places in each city.
Don't expect professionally edited videos with drone shots, slow motion and bad copyright free music. Do expect an honest and fun account in all the wonderful places I visit.
Back in October 2022, 5 million Lao kip was worth about $300 not $500. Also, welcome to a communist country, one of the poorest most corrupt countries on earth where drugs are ILLEGAL. The cops are corrupt, what a surprise. Cops are corrupt everywhere. It's just a matter of how corrupt they are as opposed to are they corrupt. And you are right, bar owners are in cahoots with the police. Everyone is poor and by virtue of the fact you are here, backpacker or not, you are rich. In short, don't do drugs. Or if you are so inclined, never take anything out of the restaurant. In fact, you should leave a little bit behind and make sure the bar owner knows you are not taking anything away. And leave him/her a decent tip and heartfelt thanks for a good time. I've lived in Laos for 18 years. It's easy to live here, just follow the rules.
It's funny to realise that you've been to all the urban places that I've been to over the years. Especially at the end of this video. I’m glad you like it.
btw, you probably have a good reason for the long lag in video posting but for me it is a big minus since i like to watch my favourite vloggers more in real-time. i dont know if many are like me but it could be one reason for why you have so few viewers? I enjoy your vids and i am surprised that not more peeps do the same! Take care!! /prof
Spending 2 years continuously travelling was the reason for the delay. I couldn't keep up! The videos are catching up and will soon be in real time cheers for watching.
@@globaltreats excellent! Where are you now? Still in thailand? I am exploring possible places to retire and place after place is removed from the list of possible places. in the end i would not be surprised if thailand is the last man standing haha It is a great country. And As 50+ guys we (at least I) are already considered retired and there is a nice long-time visa for us!
nice to hear that you left turd island! my wife is going to shetland islands next week, i did not want to join since I see no point switching one turd country to another (I am taking the camper van to poland) :) Sorry for my negativity! I am happy to see you back on the road.
When I was a child, my family was very poor. My father lost his job at Fletcher's bakery and it broke him that he could no longer leap his specially adapted motorcycle across the river Don at Neepsend. After that, he could only find short term employment working as an assassin for the General Tito regime in the former Yugoslavia. One of my worst memories is coming home from school and finding him weeping on the couch clutching his sequined cape as my mother gently stroked his brow saying "What's Evel Knievel got that you haven't, eh love?". My dad looked up through his tears and replied "An appointment for surgery on his hernia and a more convincing comb-over". That's what it's all about, love and family. We never went hungry and we had dandruff and frog sanwiches for tea that night as we often did. I want to say to people that it always gets better. I know it's not all sunshine, rainbows and lollipops but not long after that troubling time in my youth, my father found his true vocation when Burgon and Ball started paying him a very decent salary for crouching behind a hedge in Stannington and shouting "Bionic Woman!" while holding a jar of lemon curd.
I don't have much experience of the place. I only visited it once to buy an assault rifle and some ketamine from a man who goes by the name of 'Suave Kenneth'. There's some admirable Romanesque architecture, a lovely walled garden in the park and a nice butchers shop near the train station that does roast pork sandwiches with dripping and next level crackling. The only complaint I have concerns a woman called Deirdre who smells of rubber bands and corned beef. She called me a 'mollusc' fifteen times in one sentence.
I most recently encountered this fine gentleman on his travels through Ciego de Ávila after I was invited to address the Cuban Revolutionary Council regarding a national shortage of Bovril. He somewhat curtly informed me that he now prefers to be known as 'Flight Commander Oblivion'. He'd run into a spot of bother with a few rogue members of the Dirección de Inteligencia and, having lost my Black Widow catapult in an unfortunate wager involving a bluebottle and a sarcastic piano tuner, I was forced to improvise with a length of knicker elastic I found in a bin outside a brothel in Los Palacios. Later, as we shared a lightly poached egg and a rather fine Montecristo half corona cigar at the fireside, he began to address me as 'Marlon Brando'. I enquired if it was because I reminded him of one the greatest method actors to have ever graced a screen. There followed a moment's pause before he smiled wistfully and softly murmured "No, it's because you are bald and fat and have taken to wearing a dress and an old woman's bonnet".
@@globaltreats I prefer to be called LL Cool J these days. Either that or Pam Dawber. In a rare moment of clarity, I must say that I love your videos pal. They take me to some exotic places and introduce me to parts of the world that I wouldn't have seen otherwise. Also, I enjoy listening to your thoughts on each place you visit. Great stuff.
@@NicholasBerry-ku9rd I have often wondered what happened to you over the years. I'm not sure why or when we lost touch. My mate mick said he saw you a year or so ago in sheffield. I thought you'd left sheffield a long time ago.
@@globaltreats I don't understand that either mate. I saw you a few years ago one afternoon in the Wetherspoons next to Barker's Pool when I went in there for dinner with my son. I wanted to come over and say hi but I felt too shy! Ridiculous! I regret not doing that. If you want to get together for a couple of beers sometime or whatever, it would be really nice to see you.
@@globaltreats I remember bumping into Mick a few years ago in Shakespear's on Gibralter St. and having a good chat with him. What a lovely bloke he is and always has been. I'm not sure, I might have been there to watch Bob Log. More likely, I was just there to get pissed! You know Bob Log's stuff? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q5JBmtERkGQ.html
Turkey is not what it used to be.You have to be very careful what you say and do there.Human rights and freedom do not go down well with the current political elite there.
Like yourself I've travelled about ABIT but I still think Istanbul is maybe my favourite city my brother was a teacher there for many years I hope you enjoyed your visit 😊
Mourning about TOILET PRICE 5 Lira Is ONLY £0.12 .In Whitby PUBLIC TOILET PRICE IS £0.50 .Like you Said YOU ARE SUCH A TIGHT ARSE.LET ME GUESS YOU ARE YORKSHIRE MAN😜😜😜
This video is posted on July 19th. but when was it filmed ? Definitely not in July when the temperatures are as high as 34- 35 degree Celsius on average. Peoples clothing does not match with the the heatwave we are having here in Istanbul in July I am just curious !
I've been living in the States since 2016. As much as I enjoy the buying power and freedoms US offers, certain things about American life drive me insane. I'm counting down my days that I will repatriate to my beautiful Istanbul.
What a gem of a vlog mate, you managed to squeeze quite alot in before your bus trip back. Don’t let that GoPro gather too much dust mate your too good. 👍
Great you have the balls to share it hopefully you also have the brains to never go back . Appreciate your video its the fucking truth they hunt every night and everyone works together it usually the guest house staff .. they all get a cut and its always usually they prefer to fill the truck up to make it better .. unfortunately i rode alone thought i was getting kidnapped... never tell you dealer where you live never smoke with hookers or trannys also try to avoid tongue kissing them because thats a different video but hey good video
The railway station ,the old one was build by british builders and architect arround 1860s....you can see the tzar train inside the museum,so you missed a lot,if you like history and artefacts from the past,like me
You're still filming everything in wide angle. It just creates barrel distortion. It doesn't look good. Just film in linear. Your videos would look much better
