Good afternoon guys and
welcome back to another video here in Singapore.
Actually I'm at the airport right now but I'm going to be leaving.
You guys saw the video probably two days ago
and I got stuck in Singapore by accident and
I have officially gotten a ticket so I'm going
to be heading over to Istanbul gotta fly to
Abu Dhabi first got like a nine hour layover
throughout the night so I'm gonna be exhausted and
then quick little flight from Abu Dhabi over
to Istanbul and yeah honestly it feels good
because I felt like so trapped here.
It was cool to check out Singapore and
honestly like if it would have ended up being like I
you know need to stay for a few more days
it would have been fun but I had my eyes on
getting to Istanbul and starting to shoot some
content so super excited for that and yeah I
paid about like 450 for the flight and I booked
it like six hours ago, so not bad to travel all
the way across the world with Etihad and
I think I have middle seats the whole way though so it's
not gonna be the most comfortable ride but
hey you know beggars can't be choosers when you're
just trying to get on the foot so yeah guys
I'm walking through the Changi airport right now,
and yeah this airport is really well known
it's like one of the biggest one of the most like
exquisite but I didn't get it to make it to the
part of the airport that's like super well known
cause I just didn't have enough time before
the flight but that's all right that's, all right.
Anyways, Guys I'm gonna see if I can locate
a lounge I'll show you the lounge we're staying
at and then we'll get on we'll get this trip started.
Well that's one thing I've never seen
in an airport there's literally a fish swimming
around right there but yeah guys I am in route
over to the other gate which I think is this way
I never actually made it to the lounge because I
was chasing wi-fi that's why I have like no more
vlog updates in between like what just happened
like two hours ago but let me just double
check that I didn't leave anything.
Guys, I'm literally so lucky I just had this feeling
like I left something and I went back over
and my glasses were just sitting there oh I mean
they're only worth like two dollars but I still
love the glasses they're the signature glasses so
don't want to lose them anyways it is time to head
over to the gate then, Abu Dhabi's flight number
one I'm not sure how much filming I'm gonna do on
the plane because if I'm middle seat like it's
honestly it's so hard to vlog and like also be
comfortable at the same time so yeah we'll see
what happens guys but you've probably had enough
of airport videos over the last you know probably
10 videos you've seen there's been two out of them
that are airport videos, so don't want to do too many of them.
Hello, Good evening.
Thank you. Thank you.
All right, here we go flight number one of
two 21 hour journey to get to Istanbul so
it's gonna be a long ride but I actually
haven't looked at my seat I'm just assuming
that I have middle seat but I would say 35 J and
56 D that sounds pretty middle to me.
Yeah, we're not joking when they
said it's going to be a full flight and
I've got middle I just checked J is the middle
so it'll be a long one but here we go .
Well, Guys this is the flight here as I guessed
I got the middle seat but that's right not
going to share too much with you so as soon as
I touch the screen I'm going to be in Abu Dhabi.
Boom! Guys, seven hours down we have made
it to two Abu Dhabi don't be surprised
don't be confused I'm not energetic right now
I just worked my energy up to get excited but
I'm glad to be halfway done with the trip now
we got nine hours to burn here in the airport
so I'm not entirely certain what I'm gonna
do probably sleep on the floor somewhere
and then after that one more flight to Istanbul so
I'll take you with through the airport but I don't
think there's that many things that are going
to keep us entertained tonight just a nice floor
comfortable floor to pass out on.
So I'm here in the Abu Dhabi airport
I must say it's a really interesting design like look at the ceiling
it's like I've never seen one like this it's like a
massive mosaic all the way around the airport and
it's kind of like in a circular shape and then you
like look down there there are passageways that
get down to the gates but like the centre area
you have like charging spots over there like kind
of shops, I guess going around this entire circle
currency exchanges, pharmacies it's a cool layout
but I think because the ceilings are so low it
makes it feel like it's a smaller airport than
it actually is so that's a definitely a unique thing.
Guys when I'm taking my hand off this camera
I'm fast forwarding to the morning so I didn't fill
you in but I hung out at the Abu Dhabi airport
like where I showed you last and then at like 1 a.m.
I was like oh let me see if there's an airport hotel because
I didn't have my next flight until 9:30.
So I was able to find this one called "Premier Inn"
right down the road actually and the nice part
is it's so close to terminal 3 that I was able to
walk here I didn't have to pay any extra money for
a taxi and I walked I think it's about a seven
minute walk to the terminal so a short little
walk there's sidewalks that bring you all the
way there and it was yeah $57 I didn't do much
of a room tour was a very small room but I got
the job done and I was able to get some sleep so
at least I'll be able to arrive to Turkey like
with a little bit more energy because when I
was at the Abu Dhabi airport, I was looking for a
place where I could just like sleep on the ground
but there wasn't really too many spots at least in
the terminal that I was in so I'm glad I did that
now I'm gonna walk back over to the terminal guys and
the journey continues I think we are finally
gonna make it to Turkey after a fun journey
the last couple days for those of you guys
who have been following along from originally
going somewhere in Indonesia to then Korea
to then flew to Singapore to figure out another
destination had a bunch of different options on
my mind and then I was like all right Turkey's
gonna be the spot. So let's go.
And here we are guys coming up on the Abu Dhabi airport another
hot place to be in this time of the year guys
that desert feel but it's a smaller airport
honestly than I imagined or at least this terminal
I think this is the whole set right over here but
I'm not entirely certain so let's go get checked
in actually I'm already checked in that's the nice
part just gotta go through security and customs
and then we got another hour and a half to
burn before we hop on the flight.
Guys, now that I'm back in the airport I'm realizing
I guess there's a long hallway that could
have brought us all the way there it says
sky park plus I'm seeing the premiere in
on that sign so I'm kind of like retracing my
steps except now through the hallway I walked
outside all the way to get here so something to
know you might be able to walk inside all the
way there which means AC, yes.
All right guys, I am inside the terminal of the Abu Dhabi airport
basically you got food all around the top of
this area very modern design and layout all over
and then on this first floor you got jewelry shops
you got the duty free stuff so pretty standard
what you find in airports but you know definitely
very luxurious and a cool spot but now it's time
to head to the gate the last stop is, the last
transfer is Abu Dhabi to Istanbul so let's do this.
All right, I will say now that I'm walking through
this area of the airport it's much larger than
the part that I walked through yesterday.
So I guess there are a lot of places to lay down just
the terminal or the part that I was in was not
the spot you're gonna find all the extra space so
that makes a lot of sense but like I told you
earlier I thought Abu Dhabi is a bigger airport
and this makes a lot of sense like these hallways
stretch so far down but it seems like you probably
can't enter these areas until like a certain time
before your flight so it's not like I probably
would have been able to hang out in that area
um until like a couple hours before so still happy I
went to the airport hotel just because I feel that
much more refreshed. Oh all right here we go.
All right, here we go Istanbul bound.
All right, we're loading on the bus and then heading over and here
it is guys this is the flight we're going to be
taking the flight not as full as the flight from
Singapore to Abu Dhabi but let's see am I going to
be in the middle seat again let's see I can't tell.
Ah! there we go good news is I'm on the inside
aisle so I don't have to have another window seat
for the last flight thank goodness.
All right I found my spot 56D pretty much at the very
back of the plane I'm not gonna even be hopeful
that I'm gonna get all these suits to myself but
if I do that would be a very lucky day I think
about three and a half hours and then we are
to Istanbul and the fun begins guys we're gonna
be doing so much the next few days in Istanbul.
And there we go guys from Abu Dhabi to
Istanbul it's about a four hour flight .
So we will see you once we get over to Istanbul.
All right guys we have made it to Istanbul.
Thank you so much it was a great flight. Yeah, what was your name?
Oh thank you so much I appreciate it .
Thank you so much.
Shane I'm going to give you a call on the WhatsApp later yeah.
All right
All right well count me in I'll shoot you a message once I connect the wi-fi all right
guys we are heading into the airport and I'm gonna grab the bag. Bye, Thank you now you're in the vlog.
It was really nice I met a bunch
of the airline attendants when
I went to the back because they saw me filming.
All right guys, we are officially off the plane now.
I always whenever I get to the Istanbul
airport I've never been to Turkey I've never
been to temple but I've been to the airport a
couple times and I'm always so like shocked at how big this airport is because like every time
I come here I feel like I've gotten dropped in a different part and I've literally been walking
down this way for I don't know probably like five or six minutes I'm a pretty fast walker just goes
to show you how many flights are coming in and out and how big of an airport they need to have
to keep up with it all so time to head to customs we'll see on the other side.
All right we're heading over to carousel number 17 the last time I checked the bag I was on my
way from India to Paris and I lost my luggage so hopefully this time checking my bag will be
a better experience but anytime I have a super long layover in between um flights that's when
I always get nervous and I had a nine hour layover in Abu Dhabi as you guys know so
we shall see I believe 17 is right up here and let's hope the bag's there.
Bag, I think this might be the bag let's hope nope not mine looked very similar to it.
It's my bag let's see here and oh yeah it has arrived thank god well I can tell you one thing I
am happy this bag made it I've been standing here for like 30 minutes so I'm starting to think that
it might not be coming let me just double check my name's on there it looks like that's mine oh we
got a mask hanging out of there that's definitely got to be mine all right perfect time to head out.
All right we're officially out of here and the nice part is right when you walk out in to the
Istanbul airport you have pretty much everything you need we've got sim cards over here we've
got taxis I think I saw some currency exchange shops back that way so we're going to go over to
Vodafone see if we can get ourselves a sim card here I'm not sure which one
of these are the best companies we've got Vodafone we've got Turk telecom so
I'm more familiar with Vodafone so that's what we'll go with I'll see you on the other side
all right guys so I just got a sim card here and let me just tell you what the price was
at Vodafone so I got 20 gigs for I think it lasts a month and then I've got some calling built into
there and it was 550 Turkish lira which is 34. So it's definitely the most expensive sim card that
I've purchased in a long time like that's right up there with uh maybe slightly less than US prices
yeah slightly probably about half the cost yeah honestly almost competitive to us prices so yeah
that's what you get when you buy a sim card at the airport though like honestly they're always going
to be more expensive but uh honestly I wanted to have the data before I went into the town
because i don't know which mode of transportation I'm gonna take yet maybe taxi maybe I'll take the
a train I don't know if there's a train but I'll let you guys know here in just a moment.
All right let's see what it's like right when we walk out it's pretty busy
but it's a modern modern place to walk out into
honestly this is such relief after being in southeast Asia the last couple months
it is a perfect temperature outside so this is going to be so nice for exploring
let's head out find a taxi and do this. All right guys I've been told that
sometimes you get ripped off by turkey so I'm gonna go to the Istanbul airport taxi stand
and I'm gonna reserve a taxi there and then I should be able to get like a set price for it.
Do I need to prepay do I prepay the taxi prepaid yes yes no problem.
Hello!
How are you? Very good.
Thank you
Okay the location city centre one club.
"Legacy Ottoman Hotel" yeah "Legacy Ottoman". All right guys we have
made it to turkey officially and I'm excited to be here okay yeah yeah thank you and so uh
yeah we're gonna be cruising I think it's like 33 kilometres away and once we arrive there guys we
have a hotel we're gonna be checking into I found a really nice one that's based on what
I read like staying in the city centre is the best place to stay if it's your first time in Istanbul
Hello, Istanbul. It's been a while just kidding guys it is my
first time here and wow does it feel good to be here.
You guys were just about arriving there let me tell you this
it is exciting to be here like this place has so much energy everyone's
out on the streets it is a Sunday today so it makes sense that everyone's out exploring
this is going to be a fun trip I can already tell I'll pay with credit card.
Thank, yeah.
All right well I learned something that apparently American cards don't work to pay
for the cab so I had to use like pretty much all the cash that I just took out
and the ride was 360 and he's like 400 400 and he gave me 10 back he only spoke Turkish
so I just let that one go but I was like ah all right to be fair when he was backing in there
he did crash into like one of those little like curb stoppers right over there so I guess you know
give him a little tip he probably deserved it but yeah guys that's where I'm gonna go ahead and end
this video and um I've got a lot of videos that'll be coming out here in turkey so make sure you guys
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