Wow what a day this was. Busy editing the next episode for Weds it's a good one :) If you want to join this channel & get access to perks the check out ruclips.net/channel/UC-4oG9m_uiiFiBU3hsyl2uQjoin. Enjoy the rest of your weekend - sending big virtual hugs from us xxx
Dear friends, you are lucky to be stuck in Turkey, it is an incredibly hospitable country, I should know I have been on holiday more than 15 times. I have only traveled 26 different countries and Turkey is at the top of my travel list. I am going to Alanya for three weeks in May this year and it may be interesting for you to visit this region. In June I will go for one week to Oludeniz, one week to Kas and + one week to Kalkan. Greetings from Brussels - Belgium
Lorraine, that's fabulous and seems to describe the lovely Ersel very well. Go you and go Ersel. Those of us with our own Ersels in our life are very lucky and blessed ❤️
I really loved which Marianne said to Chris: at least you’ll have quality times with your wife. How lovely is that? She always looks from the bright side. How lucky is Chris that he has a wife like her. ❤️❤️
You can tell they are just the very best of friends as well as husband and wife. Don't think you could do this trip otherwise. Its what an ideal relationship should be I think. Love, respect, best friends with a lot of humour and laughter thrown in.
Dear Marianne and Chris, I've been watching your videos for a while in these curfew days. All of them are amazing. I am gratefull to you both for my beautiful country. Your channel is one of the best way to present Turkey and Turkish people. Please take good care. Hopefully you are not cold in Trudy, during these snowy days
Don’t be afraid your youtube family and their prayers are with you , hope things don’t go wrong anymore and don’t forget you are in a beautiful country like Turkey.
You lovely people, I hope everything more or less goes as you planned it and I am keeping my fingers crossed for you! I really love watching your videos and being a German-Turk it fills me with pride that you have so many wonderful experiences in Turkey - I didn't expect anything else to be honest. Greetings from Germany! Stay healthy!
My other home! Yay! However, oh so cold at the moment but lots of sunshine this week. Enjoy Fethiye and Çalış. Çalış plajı means Working Beach because there were railway lines along the seafront from the nearby chromium mines to where the Şat Beach Club is now. From there boats would take chromium to be exported far and wide! In a couple of places the railway lines were still visible (last year). The current works may have unearthed more, but the works are so dramatically huge that you are not seeing Çalış at its best 😢.
Happy for you that you are not in the UK. Turkey looks a very nice place. Hoping you avoid bureaucratic nightmares as much as possible and can get where you want to go.
We started going to Turkey a couple of times a year in 1995,we always wanted to drive from one end of Turkey to the other but never had the confidence to do it.The roads used to be really bad and scary,we did always hire cars where ever we were and would set of on adventures.One time we followed a track up and up a mountain only to find it just ended.Trying to turn back on a road as wide as the car with frightening drops to the side was an adventure to say the least.The roads are wonderful now,mostly,it is wonderful to see the confidence you both have driving on your adventures.We are no longer able to follow our dream but we follow it with you.Stay safe.❤️
Such an entertaining watch! sometimes when things don't go your way on the road you just have to laugh and get on with it...that's why you guys are such great travellers, you take everything in your stride and don't let things phase you. I'm looking forward to finding out what happens at the border.
Omg what a nightmare can’t wait to see the next episode! Fancy keeping us hanging in suspense ( although we know you made it because of where you are now😂)
Mariana and Chris, my heart is with you, and I wish you quickly return to the beautiful Trudy, and this is the life we must live with its sweet and bitter ...
Wow, there was more drama than Netflix. I feel spent, In all the craziness what was the need to go to Bulgaria sorry I couldn't keep up and I hope you succeded. I'm off for a lie down after this, with Princess Valium it was a gripping, exhausting and nailbiting episode that's for sure! Wishing you both and Ersel the legend the best!
Thank you!! Having you on board is literally great !! we thank you for your support and friendship ... you are amazing two too 🤗 💐. 💜. 🙏 love from us xx
WOW!!!! Nightmare 😱🤯. But look, it's All part of this Great Adventure & Ersel is the knight in Shining Armour. I can't wait for the next video. Stay Safe.🥰🌺☘.
Absolutely ... and we will make it happen ... as we have a knight in shining armour and a great sense of humour and each other - the dream will go on !! 💚. 🚐. 😉
Whenever things went wrong on our travels we just did like you guys, readjust our plans, do what you have to do and enjoy the ride! Can’t wait for next video. Take care guys, be safe!
Hi Chris and marianne 👏 well just us 2 Saying hi and thanks for sharing this video update 👍 keep safe and say well 👍 as for us still in lockdown 🤔👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I thought you have already posted a video which included an 'insurance-ending-problem', then Ersel fixed it somehow as far as I can remember! I guess this is something different!
Sunday AM ( 17/01 ) Cuppa Tea and this pops up to cheer my chilly day up...A most welcome distraction form the "current situation" over here in Blighty, fingers crossed for our June trip to Hisaronu....love these , keep them coming :-)
at the time you put this information together myself just been one day in Bulgaria just to sort out problems before the holiday season begins this year with my holiday apartments having to pay out money before the season starts security and general maintenance at the end of the day I didn't realise we was so close you in Bulgaria not far away from where I am at the time what ships passing in the night obviously because of this covid-19 has burst everybody's bubble can I have that you still managed to get to the end of the journey and see the rest of the world pub by The Summer the grass will be greener and you will carry on expanding your journey all the best Ricky in the UK xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks Ricky !! we will indeed be ok as life goes on and we have set ourselves the challenge ... sending positive vibes and happiness right back at you xxx
Team Ersel is the Most Valuable Player, Very Important Player, & Greatest Of All Time!!! Thank you for taking such good care of Chris & Marianne (and Trudy, too)! A big "cannonball run" is hard & wearying in its own, but to do one for urgent reasons on top has to be exhausting! As you're showing us, tho, it's possible with optimism, a sense of humor, and liberal amounts of coffee. ☕☕☕ Can't wait to see how you worked it all out! 😎👍❤xx
Hello Chris & Marianne, Sorry to hear everything you guys had to go thtough. It sounds like this Pandemic is delaying many of peoples dreams. Good luck and hoping you guys don't have anymore draw backs with your permits, insurances ext. Love you both as Always. And God Bless "Ersel". 😊❤🙏🌍🚐
As German Turks, we had the same problem, the solution is to bring the vehicle to the customs and leave it there. They attach a document to your passport; you need this to leave and get your vehicle later back. You can pick up the car when you return. Theoretically, you could have brought Trudy to the customs port in Antalya and left her there. It’s been a couple of years when we did this, not sure what the current situation is.
Yes - this is our option for next time ... but seeing that the borders were about to close to UK citizens and not being sure when they would open again ... we took the chance ... woo hoo - life on the road is full of bumps ... but we will be ok as we have our home with us 🌺 🚐 Thank you for your message 🤗
Even though thanks to Polar Steps,we do know now you are still in Turkey at this time,so it must have turned out okay in the end, I have to say the bumps on your road are beyond hardship. Such stress, so much energy deployed to solve problems and try to pursue your dream...yet you both keep seeing al lthe positive in it! (Super Turkish people who help you and, as Marianne said,"you get to spend a quality day with your wife in the van, what more do you want?) You are so amazing and such an inspiration!
Firstly, thanks for all the efforts you put on making this videos and including us into your dream. I am hooked in and watched all of the Turkey videos, made me wanna visit those places. There are tons of travel vlogs and also many other click bait and rubbish things on the internet, however not many content like your thats feels genuine, fun but more importantly gives you hearth warming positive feelings. I do feel It is sharing the joy with you, not watching a pretending show. Secondly, this episode is like a season finale. I was expecting to watch another beautiful coastal town and there is a huge plot twist and found myself on a timely race to go Bulgaria. Please give me some spoilers from the next episode, you guys made it? Everything ok? The heroes are surviving again from this evil plans of covid plus bureaucracy and paperwork trap?please let me know, i will worry otherwise. I think there should be some other alternatives,rather than needing to leave country, maybe possibilities to extend the valid duration of your licenses especially on this pandemic times. Have you guys ever contacted any office (related government agencies) in Turkey to seek for advise?
Hi Solo Vintage - thank you for your message ... We will always be ok as we have our home and each other .. and we have a saying ... It will all be alright in the end .. and if it is not alright ... it is not the end !! so it will all become clear and we will be giving more of an explanation at the beginning of the next video to make the options clear 😘🙌
How much deposit (carnet) did you have to pay for Trudy as and how does it work when you travel from country to country Love to know I’m seriously thinking of following you’re footsteps ... needs the work out the costs and what’s involved... Thx
Hi C Tahir - it depends so much ... for our planned trip we only needed a carnet for Australia and Malyasia ... but for example if you drive to Malaysia (and not ship) you do not need a carnet !! So if you plan to do a trip like this ... speak to a carnet agent in your country and ask them the regulations for vehicles from your country - if you are living in the UK there are lots of facebook forums online too to help you plan - if you check out some of the videos on our channel Chris talks about them 😉🚐🙌
Putting a car in customs in Turkey during the 60s was a long process. We took ski vacations in Austria every winter and took the train there . After a couple years of that , my dad decided it would be easier to drive to Austria
Hi - the MOT is only required for insurance on your UK / greencard countries insurance and we have Turkish insurance and we are heading East so none of the countries we are going through don't require an MOT and we don't plan to drive back to the UK or EU countries. If we are unable to continue East we can ship home directly from Turkey - we have worked out plans around the MOT to avoid having to come back every year and stop the adventure 👍 😉 Marianne
@@noname34 Thanks that begins to make more sense now. It is similar to rules that require foreign residents to convert their UK driving license to a local one after a certain time, while tourists do not have to. It seems that being a temporary resident they somewhat fall in between. Which begs the larger question, are their options going to be narrowed down soon to 1) become permanent residents or 2) return to the UK?
Hi Mortimer - I have read all the messages and yes it is to do with the 6 month rule for the drivers licence in Turkey - we are going to explain a bit more on the next video - we are still planning the world drive - but as always we have to be flexible and we can't say exactly the plan as you can not plan LOL - but we will continue to share as it happens .. flexibility and a sense of humour is the only way forward for us as we are not just going to quit but instead power on and share as we go 👍 🌺 Marianne
@@TREADtheglobe you're doing well, especially with all the lockdowns and other challenges to navigate! We've been fortunate that within the country we've had freedom of movement where we are in Nicaragua.
@@BucketListTravellers Thanks - We loved Nicaragua & Central America so pleased to see you visited El Salvador - so many people miss it out - Where are you now ? x
@@TREADtheglobe we absolutely loved El Salvador! Such an underrated country. We agree that it's a shame that so many people miss it as it's such a wonderful country with amazing people. It was one of our favourites of the area. We're still in Nicaragua. We got here in March last year and decided to wait out the pandemic in Nicaragua rather than trying to get all the way back to our home in Australia. We're happy we stayed as it's a beautiful country and it's been fantastic being able to experience a country more fully by living the day to day life here and participating in the cultural activities that occur throughout the year.
Just fabulous to hear - what an amazing opportunity !! Woo Hoo - I do hope we get to meet up on the road one day ... there will be some great stories to tell for sure !! xx
You can actually leave the country while leaving your vehicle behind. I've done it at the airport. You sign a paper with the customs with the address where you've left it. It was easy!
Oh dear me!! You both make me laugh so much. What a journey to get to Bulgaria and it’s not over yet. Can’t wait for Wednesday to see what happens next It was nice to see you ‘live’ from the radar with Murat on Friday. I think you said your leaving Dalyan tomorrow I wonder where the road will take you ..... looking forward to the Dalyan videos in the next few weeks
Hi guys, well we are back into a local lockdown here in Spain so not going anywhere in our van for a while 😕 Nice to see that you are showing just some of the stresses and pressures of real time vanlife, obviously not nice for you guys, but good to see some honesty instead of everything through rose tinted glasses all the time. Stay warm and stay safe 👍
Yes - we show it as it is ... although we will be optimistic as we are sickeningly happy in life LOL - kind regards and we hope that the roads open up again for everyone - Marianne 🌺
Wow, what an adventure you two are on. Can't wait to see what happens, hope you make it. When you said mosquito, I cringed. Those little guys just love my blood and will seek me out. I have to wear repellent when they are around or I will have bites and swelling abound. Thank you for taking us on today's journey, I so love it! Take care now.
Praying that things will get better, or at least, you can be allowed to enter Bulgaria, get your EU permits and other legal matters taken care of, and then return safely to Turkey. Blessings in all of your travels -- May God be with you! Pastor Dean, Christian Life Church, Kissimmee FL USA.
Oh no 21st December 🤔 So where are you guys???? It’s a sunny day in London so not feeling as low.Sun really is our all...Can you not do every other day vlogs.😁 Spontaneous & so nice to look forward to the unknown destination.Stay safe 🙏.
Hi - it will all become clear !! Thank you for your message - M
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Rubbish day....sounds so funny...i will use this very accurate sentence in my daily life.😄😄..i hope that things will be better (and easier ..nedless to say..) in the next days to come...stay safe guys..
Hi Gail - thank you for your message - as Can explained it is to do with the driving licence - but we think we will be explaining it better at the beginning of the next video as it is not as obvious as we thought ... this kind of expedition has logistics that we need to do and of course with changeable rules and border regs it has been a bit of a mare !! But we will be sure to clarify it 💐
Wow! My heart rate has increased 30 beats watching your “drama”! Goodness! I know you planned on the “unknown” but our guess is you never planned on this crap! But we are proud of your attitudes! Just be safe out there! 🤙🤙🤙
Oh my word, sounds like a right nightmare. My guess would be Bulgaria was a no no and better to stay in Turkey? Hope you’re both keeping that sense of humour. Best of luck lovely people x
Having not slept well the night before, here she is my hero.....Marianne drives all the way up by herself from the south of Turkey to the utmost European part. To the border with Bulgaria. And thanks Chris for counting the miles left :)) Nevertheless you must be a great guy, because you still haven't been sacked..:))) Just kidding. Wishing you all the best, guys.
There should be some way you can vote for travel vlog of the year. Because if you could this video and the next one would of been one and two....👍👍👍 Great vlogging guys👍👍
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Wow what a day this was. Busy editing the next episode for Weds it's a good one :) If you want to join this channel & get access to perks the check out
ruclips.net/channel/UC-4oG9m_uiiFiBU3hsyl2uQjoin. Enjoy the rest of your weekend - sending big virtual hugs from us xxx
Dear friends, you are lucky to be stuck in Turkey, it is an incredibly hospitable country, I should know I have been on holiday more than 15 times. I have only traveled 26 different countries and Turkey is at the top of my travel list. I am going to Alanya for three weeks in May this year and it may be interesting for you to visit this region. In June I will go for one week to Oludeniz, one week to Kas and + one week to Kalkan. Greetings from Brussels - Belgium
Thank you 👍🇹🇷
@@tomjbird I'm not rich :-(
@@dannystoelzaet3318 😃
We agree!
Thanks Mr. Danny🙌🏻
Friendship always wins 🇹🇷❤️🇬🇧
Yunan adalarına Feribot vs gidemezler mi illa Bulgaristan şart mı, öyle bir imkan olsa daha kolay olurdu herşey keşke olsaydı
Lorraine, that's fabulous and seems to describe the lovely Ersel very well. Go you and go Ersel. Those of us with our own Ersels in our life are very lucky and blessed ❤️
@@precursors anladım teşekkür ederim
You’re a legend 👍👍
What an amazing and inspiration man you are - we love you xx
Hi guys thanks for the video, you guys have changed my mind on Turkey and I will hopefully travel there after the pandemic.
You should! It is amazing !!
It’s a pitty that a lot of people have a negative thought about Turkey. The media is te biggest factor...
I really loved which Marianne said to Chris: at least you’ll have quality times with your wife.
How lovely is that? She always looks from the bright side. How lucky is Chris that he has a wife like her. ❤️❤️
Sure they matched each other ...
You can tell they are just the very best of friends as well as husband and wife. Don't think you could do this trip otherwise. Its what an ideal relationship should be I think. Love, respect, best friends with a lot of humour and laughter thrown in.
Awwh Thanks everyone ... but we both feel really lucky to have found each other ... really lucky !! Marianne xx
Dear Marianne and Chris, I've been watching your videos for a while in these curfew days. All of them are amazing. I am gratefull to you both for my beautiful country. Your channel is one of the best way to present Turkey and Turkish people. Please take good care. Hopefully you are not cold in Trudy, during these snowy days
Thank you so much!
Don’t be afraid your youtube family and their prayers are with you , hope things don’t go wrong anymore and don’t forget you are in a beautiful country like Turkey.
Awwwh Thank you so much - we are so grateful to have Ersel and our RUclips family for sure 💐🤗🌺
Social media is so weird! We've never seen each other face to face, but I feel like I see both of you from my family...
@@lorrainequinn
Thank you so much. It made me happy to have someone who understands me.
Thank you so much for your words ... it is great to have you on this adventure with us 🤗 🌺
You lovely people, I hope everything more or less goes as you planned it and I am keeping my fingers crossed for you! I really love watching your videos and being a German-Turk it fills me with pride that you have so many wonderful experiences in Turkey - I didn't expect anything else to be honest. Greetings from Germany! Stay healthy!
Hey this is a sign from God that you should be citizens of Turkey hehe
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Are you studying in ottawa?
@@Mr.Nafri_ no I work in Ottawa. Not in my university ages anymore 😂
Yerim seni ;)
@@unalsafiye :) Okey, got it! And how is your Gurbet life in Ottawa? I am planing to go back to Turkey!
Ersel - Our Hero!
Yes he is !! Woo Hoo !!
Tough decisions indeed! And there was I thinking this or the next video would be in Fethiye. Wow, good luck guys, you deserve a break or two!
Thank you Very Much Graham ... I don't want to spoil anything but Çalis beach is a great place to be today !! M xx
My other home! Yay! However, oh so cold at the moment but lots of sunshine this week. Enjoy Fethiye and Çalış. Çalış plajı means Working Beach because there were railway lines along the seafront from the nearby chromium mines to where the Şat Beach Club is now. From there boats would take chromium to be exported far and wide! In a couple of places the railway lines were still visible (last year). The current works may have unearthed more, but the works are so dramatically huge that you are not seeing Çalış at its best 😢.
Happy for you that you are not in the UK. Turkey looks a very nice place. Hoping you avoid bureaucratic nightmares as much as possible and can get where you want to go.
We started going to Turkey a couple of times a year in 1995,we always wanted to drive from one end of Turkey to the other but never had the confidence to do it.The roads used to be really bad and scary,we did always hire cars where ever we were and would set of on adventures.One time we followed a track up and up a mountain only to find it just ended.Trying to turn back on a road as wide as the car with frightening drops to the side was an adventure to say the least.The roads are wonderful now,mostly,it is wonderful to see the confidence you both have driving on your adventures.We are no longer able to follow our dream but we follow it with you.Stay safe.❤️
Such an entertaining watch! sometimes when things don't go your way on the road you just have to laugh and get on with it...that's why you guys are such great travellers, you take everything in your stride and don't let things phase you.
I'm looking forward to finding out what happens at the border.
Glad you enjoyed it! and absolutely !! 🙌 🚐 😉
Love the way you are always on the same page. Well done!😊
Thanks so much! 😊
Ersel is the man to know! How great is he helping you out.
We certainly fell very lucky he adopted us 🌺💐
Good luck on your way to Bulgaria!! Greetings from Sheffield.
Resourceful, problem solvers indeed... Wow! So many complications your having to overcome. Great going guys 👏🚐 take care both, Michelle and Andy
Thanks both 💐
you 2 are so cool under pressure!
Tread the Globe: a travel couple living in a tiny home on wheels with a love for adventure, travel and hospitality. Their positivity is contagious.
Thanks Marissa
Hello Marianne and Chris- Hope you’re having a good day Exciting vlog can’t wait for the 2nd part
Ersel is definitely a legend/diamond
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Thanks Angela xx
Omg what a nightmare can’t wait to see the next episode! Fancy keeping us hanging in suspense ( although we know you made it because of where you are now😂)
Where are they?
@@yusufkaya4980 back in Turkey, they just had to cross the border to validate their UK driving licence for another 6 months.
Oh bless you. Hope it all goes well.
I think you are right about safer not flying stay safe x I think I need a Ersel in my life in fact think we all need Ersel how lucky you found him x
Absolutely !! and Ersel is indeed a rockstar !! in fact he found us !! so keep an eye out he might find you - woo hoo !!
Oooh don't go.stay here .hope everything goes well for you.Dont worry.There is always a good solution ahead
That's the plan!
I feel for you. Loads of luck!🍀🧿
Mariana and Chris, my heart is with you, and I wish you quickly return to the beautiful Trudy, and this is the life we must live with its sweet and bitter ...
Thank you
Too exciting !!! To be continued ... can’t wait !!!
I have a gut feeling that you’d be safer in Turkey than in the UK corona wise.
Yep - we would not head west as we are driving around the world so just a border run 👍
The lorry driver pulling off a donkey made me lol 😆 😂 🤣 😅
Wow, there was more drama than Netflix.
I feel spent, In all the craziness what was the need to go to Bulgaria sorry I couldn't keep up and I hope you succeded.
I'm off for a lie down after this, with Princess Valium it was a gripping, exhausting and nailbiting episode that's for sure!
Wishing you both and Ersel the legend the best!
Ha Ha ... yes ... it took us days to recover .. but Captain Ersel to the rescue !! I will have to have some T-Shirts made LOL 💜 🤗 💐 💪 🚐 🇹🇷 - Marianne
Don't bother. Everything will be fine as long as you think positively. 🌞
Omg guys what a nightmare in suspense now for next ep take care x
Be healthy and i wish everything will be good for you.
Thank you 🤗
I remember following you in 2019 I think it was when I was on holiday at a service station and saw your van.
Woo Hoo - awesome
Omg.... this was super stressful! You guys are amazing!
Thank you!! Having you on board is literally great !! we thank you for your support and friendship ... you are amazing two too 🤗 💐. 💜. 🙏 love from us xx
guys amazing! congrats 🍾
Crikey! What a situation to be in. Stay positive and I hope in the next video it all turns out okay. 🙏😍
WOW!!!! Nightmare 😱🤯. But look, it's All part of this Great Adventure & Ersel is the knight in Shining Armour. I can't wait for the next video. Stay Safe.🥰🌺☘.
Absolutely ... and we will make it happen ... as we have a knight in shining armour and a great sense of humour and each other - the dream will go on !! 💚. 🚐. 😉
Oh no, so great to see you both find reason to smile under such a stressful situation
Thanks - it is a tricky old time but we will try and keep our sense of humour for sure 💪🚐😍
@@TREADtheglobe we are cheering you guys on
Whenever things went wrong on our travels we just did like you guys, readjust our plans, do what you have to do and enjoy the ride! Can’t wait for next video. Take care guys, be safe!
So true! And the only way to be 🤗 💐
Hi Chris and marianne 👏 well just us 2 Saying hi and thanks for sharing this video update 👍 keep safe and say well 👍 as for us still in lockdown 🤔👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thank you! Will do!
I thought you have already posted a video which included an 'insurance-ending-problem', then Ersel fixed it somehow as far as I can remember! I guess this is something different!
Sunday AM ( 17/01 ) Cuppa Tea and this pops up to cheer my chilly day up...A most welcome distraction form the "current situation" over here in Blighty, fingers crossed for our June trip to Hisaronu....love these , keep them coming :-)
Perfect!
God bless you guys...
Great video's, good luck guys.
Thanks so much!
You are really facing chained problems. I hope it will be the best for you . 💙
at the time you put this information together myself just been one day in Bulgaria just to sort out problems before the holiday season begins this year with my holiday apartments having to pay out money before the season starts security and general maintenance at the end of the day I didn't realise we was so close you in Bulgaria not far away from where I am at the time what ships passing in the night obviously because of this covid-19 has burst everybody's bubble can I have that you still managed to get to the end of the journey and see the rest of the world pub by The Summer the grass will be greener and you will carry on expanding your journey all the best Ricky in the UK xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks Ricky !! we will indeed be ok as life goes on and we have set ourselves the challenge ... sending positive vibes and happiness right back at you xxx
Welcome to turkey.... Videos very very good...
Thanks! 😃
Team Ersel is the Most Valuable Player, Very Important Player, & Greatest Of All Time!!! Thank you for taking such good care of Chris & Marianne (and Trudy, too)!
A big "cannonball run" is hard & wearying in its own, but to do one for urgent reasons on top has to be exhausting! As you're showing us, tho, it's possible with optimism, a sense of humor, and liberal amounts of coffee. ☕☕☕ Can't wait to see how you worked it all out! 😎👍❤xx
Thank you Aaron and Mrs P xx 😘
Great video and a big well done for keeping your cool. BTW loving the 05:30 look 😀
Thank you!! 😁 I think they call it real van life LOL 😂
Hello Chris & Marianne, Sorry to hear everything you guys had to go thtough. It sounds like this Pandemic is delaying many of peoples dreams. Good luck and hoping you guys don't have anymore draw backs with your permits, insurances ext. Love you both as Always. And God Bless "Ersel". 😊❤🙏🌍🚐
As German Turks, we had the same problem, the solution is to bring the vehicle to the customs and leave it there. They attach a document to your passport; you need this to leave and get your vehicle later back. You can pick up the car when you return. Theoretically, you could have brought Trudy to the customs port in Antalya and left her there. It’s been a couple of years when we did this, not sure what the current situation is.
Yes - this is our option for next time ... but seeing that the borders were about to close to UK citizens and not being sure when they would open again ... we took the chance ... woo hoo - life on the road is full of bumps ... but we will be ok as we have our home with us 🌺 🚐 Thank you for your message 🤗
Even though thanks to Polar Steps,we do know now you are still in Turkey at this time,so it must have turned out okay in the end,
I have to say the bumps on your road are beyond hardship. Such stress, so much energy deployed to solve problems and try to pursue your dream...yet you both keep seeing al lthe positive in it! (Super Turkish people who help you and, as Marianne said,"you get to spend a quality day with your wife in the van, what more do you want?)
You are so amazing and such an inspiration!
Ha ha and yes spending quality time with your wife is the best way LOL - thanks Annabel
🇬🇧🇹🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷 !!!! All Time welcome
OMG!!! I am praying that everything works out for you guys. Please be safe and take care🙏💛❤
So kind and lovely - Thank you 💐 🌺
God bless you
Firstly, thanks for all the efforts you put on making this videos and including us into your dream. I am hooked in and watched all of the Turkey videos, made me wanna visit those places. There are tons of travel vlogs and also many other click bait and rubbish things on the internet, however not many content like your thats feels genuine, fun but more importantly gives you hearth warming positive feelings. I do feel It is sharing the joy with you, not watching a pretending show.
Secondly, this episode is like a season finale. I was expecting to watch another beautiful coastal town and there is a huge plot twist and found myself on a timely race to go Bulgaria. Please give me some spoilers from the next episode, you guys made it? Everything ok? The heroes are surviving again from this evil plans of covid plus bureaucracy and paperwork trap?please let me know, i will worry otherwise.
I think there should be some other alternatives,rather than needing to leave country, maybe possibilities to extend the valid duration of your licenses especially on this pandemic times. Have you guys ever contacted any office (related government agencies) in Turkey to seek for advise?
Hi Solo Vintage - thank you for your message ... We will always be ok as we have our home and each other .. and we have a saying ... It will all be alright in the end .. and if it is not alright ... it is not the end !! so it will all become clear and we will be giving more of an explanation at the beginning of the next video to make the options clear 😘🙌
You guys ROCK
How much deposit (carnet) did you have to pay for Trudy as and how does it work when you travel from country to country
Love to know
I’m seriously thinking of following you’re footsteps ... needs the work out the costs and what’s involved...
Thx
Can you plz put a link of you first video I can’t seem to find it ... thank you
Hi C Tahir - it depends so much ... for our planned trip we only needed a carnet for Australia and Malyasia ... but for example if you drive to Malaysia (and not ship) you do not need a carnet !! So if you plan to do a trip like this ... speak to a carnet agent in your country and ask them the regulations for vehicles from your country - if you are living in the UK there are lots of facebook forums online too to help you plan - if you check out some of the videos on our channel Chris talks about them 😉🚐🙌
What’s the name of the breakfast place
Near where you guys had you’re COVID test ...
Putting
a car in customs in Turkey during the 60s was a long process. We took ski vacations in Austria every winter and took the train there . After a couple years of that , my dad decided it would be easier to drive to Austria
More fun and games ahead 🙄
Good luck. Stay safe 👍💙❤️
Thank you! xx
Not sure why you are not heading back to the UK to get the MOT done as no MOT means no insurance!
Hi - the MOT is only required for insurance on your UK / greencard countries insurance and we have Turkish insurance and we are heading East so none of the countries we are going through don't require an MOT and we don't plan to drive back to the UK or EU countries. If we are unable to continue East we can ship home directly from Turkey - we have worked out plans around the MOT to avoid having to come back every year and stop the adventure 👍 😉 Marianne
I’m feeling anxious ... after watching 🤣🤣
I missed the reason why you are going to Bulgaria? Are you driving back to the UK?
Best of luck and safe travels.
Wondering the same thing, I'm quite confused.
@@noname34 thanks but I don’t get that. Uk driving licences can be renewed online.
@@noname34 Thanks that begins to make more sense now. It is similar to rules that require foreign residents to convert their UK driving license to a local one after a certain time, while tourists do not have to. It seems that being a temporary resident they somewhat fall in between.
Which begs the larger question, are their options going to be narrowed down soon to 1) become permanent residents or 2) return to the UK?
Hi Mortimer - I have read all the messages and yes it is to do with the 6 month rule for the drivers licence in Turkey - we are going to explain a bit more on the next video - we are still planning the world drive - but as always we have to be flexible and we can't say exactly the plan as you can not plan LOL - but we will continue to share as it happens .. flexibility and a sense of humour is the only way forward for us as we are not just going to quit but instead power on and share as we go 👍 🌺 Marianne
Good problem solving! Quite the road trip :D
Awwh thanks ... It is fun and challenging this travel blogging in a world pandemic LOL - as you know 😂 💐 🤗
@@TREADtheglobe you're doing well, especially with all the lockdowns and other challenges to navigate! We've been fortunate that within the country we've had freedom of movement where we are in Nicaragua.
@@BucketListTravellers Thanks - We loved Nicaragua & Central America so pleased to see you visited El Salvador - so many people miss it out - Where are you now ? x
@@TREADtheglobe we absolutely loved El Salvador! Such an underrated country. We agree that it's a shame that so many people miss it as it's such a wonderful country with amazing people. It was one of our favourites of the area.
We're still in Nicaragua. We got here in March last year and decided to wait out the pandemic in Nicaragua rather than trying to get all the way back to our home in Australia. We're happy we stayed as it's a beautiful country and it's been fantastic being able to experience a country more fully by living the day to day life here and participating in the cultural activities that occur throughout the year.
Just fabulous to hear - what an amazing opportunity !! Woo Hoo - I do hope we get to meet up on the road one day ... there will be some great stories to tell for sure !! xx
I hope you can fix this problem. If you need anything, please let me know. I live in Istanbul and I can help as best I can.
You can actually leave the country while leaving your vehicle behind. I've done it at the airport. You sign a paper with the customs with the address where you've left it. It was easy!
Thanks for the tip 👍
Oh dear me!! You both make me laugh so much. What a journey to get to Bulgaria and it’s not over yet. Can’t wait for Wednesday to see what happens next
It was nice to see you ‘live’ from the radar with Murat on Friday.
I think you said your leaving Dalyan tomorrow I wonder where the road will take you ..... looking forward to the Dalyan videos in the next few weeks
Thanks Leanne - what a great time we have had with Murat and the videos will be great !! Marianne xx
Hi guys, well we are back into a local lockdown here in Spain so not going anywhere in our van for a while 😕 Nice to see that you are showing just some of the stresses and pressures of real time vanlife, obviously not nice for you guys, but good to see some honesty instead of everything through rose tinted glasses all the time. Stay warm and stay safe 👍
Yes - we show it as it is ... although we will be optimistic as we are sickeningly happy in life LOL - kind regards and we hope that the roads open up again for everyone - Marianne 🌺
Good Luck think you need it
You two rock... Did you get through to Bulgaria?
I think There is ferry to go to one of the Greek island!
If it's the point refresh visa !
Thank you for your message - the boats to Greece stopped in March 👍 💐
@@TREADtheglobe Ohh that's annoying .
What's a adventure... everybody gross the finger s now and everything goes well ,🤞💗
Woo Hoo
You guys are like time travellers :))) 21 dec
You can leave your car at the customs in antalya and fly to istanbul.
You can even transfer the triptik to another person.
Hope all goes well, what a drama! 👍👍
Drama with a smile LOL 👍
😷😷 we are with you my friend don,t worry 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Wow, what an adventure you two are on. Can't wait to see what happens, hope you make it. When you said mosquito, I cringed. Those little guys just love my blood and will seek me out. I have to wear repellent when they are around or I will have bites and swelling abound. Thank you for taking us on today's journey, I so love it! Take care now.
Awwwh Thanks Adele - it is great to have you with us on this adventure 🙌 💐
Chris, why dont you try Greek border near İpsala ?
Fab vlog guys stay safe 👍🏴👍
Thank you 🤗
omg Chris you are one seriously lucky guy. Marianne is fucking awesome
Well thank you very much ... I think he is lucky too LOL 🌺 😉
Unbelievable. I guess nothing worthwhile is easy. "The dream must go on!" 😘😘
It really is! and we regularly say .. if it was easy to drive around the world (especially in a global pandemic) everyone would do it !! xx
Wow..what a series of events...would travelling by ferry to Greece and back be an option?
Unfortunately they stopped running in March ... but all will become clear on Wednesday - thank you for your kind message 💐
Gripping stuff guys, brexit & COVID have a lot to answer for !!!!
But friendship does win & the dream must & will continue 🤞
Praying that things will get better, or at least, you can be allowed to enter Bulgaria, get your EU permits and other legal matters taken care of, and then return safely to Turkey. Blessings in all of your travels -- May God be with you! Pastor Dean, Christian Life Church, Kissimmee FL USA.
i think i missed something, i thought you were going East. why going to bulgaria?
Hi - thank you for your message - we are going to do an explanation at the beginning to help clarify it 👍🌺
Oh no 21st December 🤔
So where are you guys???? It’s a sunny day in London so not feeling as low.Sun really is our all...Can you not do every other day vlogs.😁
Spontaneous & so nice to look forward to the unknown destination.Stay safe 🙏.
Hi - it will all become clear !! Thank you for your message - M
Rubbish day....sounds so funny...i will use this very accurate sentence in my daily life.😄😄..i hope that things will be better (and easier ..nedless to say..) in the next days to come...stay safe guys..
I’m a bit confused, why do you need to leave Turkey to go straight back? It’s not clear from the video.
They uk drive licanse use max 6 months for Turkey . Thats Why the go bulgaria and come back turkey
Hi Gail - thank you for your message - as Can explained it is to do with the driving licence - but we think we will be explaining it better at the beginning of the next video as it is not as obvious as we thought ... this kind of expedition has logistics that we need to do and of course with changeable rules and border regs it has been a bit of a mare !! But we will be sure to clarify it 💐
Wow! My heart rate has increased 30 beats watching your “drama”! Goodness! I know you planned on the “unknown” but our guess is you never planned on this crap! But we are proud of your attitudes! Just be safe out there! 🤙🤙🤙
Oh wow! Thank you 🙌. 🌺 We are lucky to have each other and grateful to have the Tribe on our side ... always 🤗. Woo Hoo !! Marianne and Chris xx
Oh my word, sounds like a right nightmare. My guess would be Bulgaria was a no no and better to stay in Turkey? Hope you’re both keeping that sense of humour. Best of luck lovely people x
Thanks Spencer - it will all become clear on Wednesday 🌺
Thank goodness for Edsel - I think this is a sign that you should be Turkish citizens forever 😁 Meyrem and Süleyman 😁😁🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Ha Ha - thank you so much and thank you to Ersel as he is awesome xx
my hometown✌😍
Beautiful,
Thank you! 😊
Having not slept well the night before, here she is my hero.....Marianne drives all the way up by herself from the south of Turkey to the utmost European part. To the border with Bulgaria.
And thanks Chris for counting the miles left :))
Nevertheless you must be a great guy, because you still haven't been sacked..:))) Just kidding.
Wishing you all the best, guys.
Ha ha ... he is a great guy and he steals the wheel from me !!
Min 16.46 i laught out loud :))
What a nightmare.
I use Wondershare Filmora as well!
There should be some way you can vote for travel vlog of the year.
Because if you could this video and the next one would of been one and two....👍👍👍
Great vlogging guys👍👍
Awwwh thanks !! That is really encouraging and supportive 🙌🥰💐 maybe one day 🤣🤣🙏💐