Saw you guys in Alanya, Turkey yesterday. I really like your content. Waiting for more videos! I’d recommend going to Manavgat, the area around the Oymapinar Dam. Its good for offroad cruising. Have fun 👍🏼
It's amazing that places like that crater exist in this world... and that you've gotten to see it! Gotta say that it made me sad to see Jolie looking so excited about the border crossing into Iran... and at the same time so accommodating to what you all thought was coming, with the head scarf at the ready. Sending love & support the way of both of you.
Wow have really enjoyed traveling along with you two , your videos are so awesome . Hope your able to get back to over landing sone . Cheers and thanks for sharing your beautiful adventures with us all your over landing friends . From Steve Stott in Sutherlin Oregon U.S.A.........P.S....will have to start again in the beginning and watch your videos all again , there so entertaining and awesome and informative . Well worth watching several times . Cheers to you both for being such great over landing ambassadors.
@@TheWayOverland . Thanks and that would be awesome if you can . Hope it all works out for you two . Cheers from Steve Stott in Sutherlin Oregon U.S.A.
Morning, to you both. Great stuff..I have checking your channel daily. Just love it..you are back doing videos again. We are in lockdown again in Auckland New Zealand. Just published my first blog on Mongolia. We decided to put our trip on hold now. Love Ro and Mark
loved the way that big ol puppy was 'talking' to you pair. He was just after some lovin. Great viewing as allways guys. I reckon we're all biting our nails at this point. Much love and appreciation, from Queensland!
Haha yeah, those shepherd dogs are usually pretty territorial so this one was a welcome surprise. Hopefully that TC doesn't cause you any problems! Cheers
Jolie and Mark, This was a bitter sweet episode knowing what was to ensue on the other side of the border. Remember that feeling when we didn’t hear from you for so long. I think my wife reached out to Jolie’s mum on Facebook to check up on you guys and see if you were ok. Then came the horrible news. We had you guys in our prayers and then very soon also got the good news of you guys getting out of there. Takes great courage to be putting these episodes after all that was. Preeti and I are super proud of you guys, the way you’ve come through it all, the courage you’ve shown. I hope you don’t loose the spark for adventure in your hearts. To see your troopy on the road again would give us immense pleasure. Is your Patreon link still working and when can we expect to see your happy faces back over landing? Cheers, Daniel
Thanks for the support Dan (and Preeti), and thanks for the concern during the drama. It's been great getting these last episodes out and reliving the good times, definitely gives some motivation to finish off what we started. To be back behind the wheel of the Troopy again would give us immense pleasure also! Thankfully it's in good hands and we're very much looking forward to being reunited, patching it up, and hitting the road again. Finally there's now light at the end of the tunnel. 🙂 Cheers www.patreon.com/thewayoverland if you wanted to check it out.
@@TheWayOverland lovely to hear that you are as pumped to get back on the road ad we are to see you back out there doing what you do best. Where is the Troopy now? Hoping you get it back soon.
Hey Jolie and Mark. Greetings. What an amazing city Ashgabat is with magnificent buildings. We are all jealous of the price of diesel ! Thanks for taking us along on your adventure.
Thanks Rob, Ashgabat is certainly a well polished and interesting place. Not quite sure we had the opportunity to see the ‘real’ city though you’re right the building were definitely magnificent (fuel prices were too!). Cheers
Great story telling guys. Love your content. Would also love to see an episode again on the Troopy and how it has morphed from when you first started out. What you have ditched and what is essential. That sort of thing.
It's been a while... I hope you guys are all right! -- EDIT: glad to see you all are ok back home waiting for the borders to sort themselves out. Perhaps some cooking videos or some such? :P
Thanks! Yes, we're great thanks. Have been very busy with work, and now prep to head back O/S. Potentially might have time to make another video before we leave. We'll see how we go for time. Cheers
You guys were looking all dolled up all of a sudden and I was thinking you were headed out for a fancy meal or something. Nope, just an Iran border crossing. Time to park the singlets.
Hi guys! Lovely to see some new videos and to hear that you are all safe and sound. Have been following your adventures from the beginning but just recently binge watched all your videos. Really inspirational!!! A few queries if you don’t mind...when you left the troopy, say to go out diving for the day, were you concerned about it getting pinched or broken into? Did you have any workarounds for this? What did you do about showers? Did you have an onboard setup? I remember you said you used filtered water to fill your tanks so I don’t spose you were using that for showering. Do you think it would be hard to get tap water in indo to fill the tanks if you didn’t want it for drinking? Thanks and hope you can get back on the road as soon as covid settles down 💜
Thanks Tory! When we left the Troopy yes, we were always worried, though we attempted to mitigate the risk/consequence as much as we could (without being tied to it) and accept the rest is part of this style of travel. If possible we would usually ask a local business/restaurant or the like who we had dealt with to watch over it, they would usually take great pride in this responsibility so that would provide some peace of mind. If we were set up and walk to dinner or something we would shut the curtains, leave a light on, and maybe some music playing. Showers, dependent on where we were, would either be a simple solar shower, to a bucket, to a bottle with a hole in the lid (good for limited water situations). This is something which we had've wished we put more thought into initially and will install when we we get back to the Troopy. We have more than enough pump power though limiting water use from our main tank is the concern. A simply 12v shower kit from an auxiliary source might be the way forward. When we used filtered water to fill the tanks it was as it was convenient with our tank setup, easily locatable, and cost effective (not so much as it was filtered, we have onboard filters so the fact it was pre-filtered was a bonus). For most of Asia you can buy 15L of filtered water for about $1. We did also fill from streams which is where the onboard filters were handy. In parts of Indo you may be able to find tap water, it really just depends on your distance from a major hub. Hope this helps, Cheers
Thanks guys! Just a though, have you seen the glinde heat exchanger for the hot wafer? We don’t actually have one but have heard lots of good things so that might be the way we end up going. All the best 💜💜💜
Cheers, only minor mechanical problems though nothing out of the ordinary with this sort of travel. We’ve noticed a difference in fuel qualities through countries though it hasn’t caused any issues. We have duel fuel filters so that has helped.
Just a little concerned has anybody heard from these guys lately. I understand communications out of Iran are very hard ( I know iv done the same route) but its been over a month since last video?
@@TheWayOverland thanks for the reply, glad to hear you're OK. I watched all of your episodes lately and I am looking forward to see you back on the road. Good luck! By the way, I am living in Romania and I was curious if you'll cross it on your way west. Cheers!
