The reality is our around the World drive is in jeopardy!
It's crunch time!
But today is a very special day for Tread the Globe!
It didn't go quite according to plan!
We're Chris and Marianne and we've been travelling full time for the past three years.
We did it!
We're currently attempting to drive Trudy our home on wheels all the way around the World!
Good morning!
You've come in the van already!
As soon as you open the door the cats are waiting!
Come on ....
That went a bit wrong!
That didn't go quite according to plan!
I was planning to open the door, feed the cats quietly without waking Marianne up, but it didn't really work !
It's a nice time of year, all the flowers have just started to come out on the bushes here.
There's another one, they're lovely.
we've got some all the way down the road.
Good morning! Day 11 of self-isolation lockdown here in Dalyan.
But today is a very special day for Tread the Globe!
It's our Birthday!
Yes it is!
Today, 3 years ago we started setting off on our full-time travels!
Yes it was 3 years ago today, that Marianne walked out of her job!
Well she gave notice first! She didn't just walk out of her job!
Do you regret anything?
Nothing why would i regret it living in a van with you love?
It's a dream!
A lot of people commented why did I write the 30th May on here?
When actually it was supposed to be the 30th April!
Yes i made a mistake, so we'll just change it now.
First job of the day ... got to make breakfast!
So whenever I make the menemen sauce (I showed in the last video) I always make extra,
because you can have it for breakfast with eggs,
but it's also really nice if you mix it with a bit of pasta,
or put some kofte in it,
or it's quite a versatile sauce there's loads of stuff you could you can do with it.
But today we're having eggs traditional style!
Breakfast is served! Minimum time!
And what's great is the ridge monkey makes a perfect little pan holder for the table.
Beautiful!
Good morning Mr Levant! Good morning! You okay ? Yes thank you very much, how are you?
We're very good, another beautiful day here in Dalyan!
Sunny day no clouds at all!
And it will be hot again.
When's it going to rain?
If we are lucky in first week of August, one day maybe?
Really? Yeah it just stays dry the whole time?
previous years it's been like that, and then until the end of nearly middle of October totally no rain. Wow.
First job after breakfast is to wash up! But we're almost out of water, so can we get the hose pipe and fill Trudy up with water?
It won't reach!
It's six foot too small!
Levents going to get a creative solution for the hose.
A small hose pipe in the big host pipe,
Anything is possible in Turkey! The hose didn't fit! It does now!
Okay Mr Levent, On!
Okay .....
Thank you Mr Levent
so Marianne's just filling up the van and then she's going to shout.
Okay Trudy's all filled up.
Next job just pump a bit of drinking water from the lifesaver.
In the newsletter every week i'm going to be adding in an essential item or a tip for the van.
So if you haven't subscribed make sure you do!
Yeah we were thinking of doing a video on our top van items, our must have and essential bits of kit that we use all the time.
Let us know in the comments whether that's something you'd be interested in.
So another job that we want to do today is clean out the grey water tank,
normally you put chemicals down it,
but we're trying not to use chemicals at all.
So Marianne's been googling different ways of doing it ...
bicarbonate of soda and vinegar!
And apparently it's going to froth up a bit so it could get messy!
We did the experiment at school, didn't we? But that was many years ago!
Okay so we're going to put the hot water on and then we're going to try and clean it and we'll see how it goes.
While we're waiting for the hot water to heat up to do the drain,
we're going to get the bedding stripped so we can get it washed.
Okay we're all ready we got bicarb of soda, malt vinegar, all we need is some chips!
A drain!
I'm not going to lie, i think mixing bicarbonate and vinegar,
i've got impressions of foam volcanoes coming out of the sink!
Marianne's says don't worry about it, it'll be fine!
I'm like, yeah but this is for like a home measurement are we going to have bubbles go everywhere?
Because the drain and the pipe works is so small in Trudy?
I don't know but we'll find out and while we're doing it we're also going to do the bathroom drain.
Okay stage one ....
pour a whole kettle
down the drain to heat the pipes up.
It doesn't go down very quickly, that's why it needs to be cleaned.
And then we've also heated the hot water tank so we're just going to put some extra
hot water down there.
Hot water going down the drain
and also i'm going to fill the kettle up again and do another one for the bathroom.
Bicarb soda, are you like the mad professor?
So you're supposed to put double the amount of vinegar to bicarb soda.
About half a cup of bicarb and then just under a cup of vinegar.
So in the sink it goes .....
So we're just trying to get it all down, we're employing a chopstick!
have i put too much? No you can never use too much!
Oh my god, you say that now, there's going to be bubbles all over the van!
Okay three quarters of a cup of vinegar!
Okay
This is the moment of truth,
I don't know what's going to happen ...
Oh ...... That's great! Look at that!
Oh that's really good!
That must be doing something really good!
Oh i can hear it!
10 minutes later ...
Oh something just happened! It just literally ran through didn't it?
Yeah
So that is a great tip to clean your drain in your van,
it cleans the drain, it flows properly and it stops it smelling.
So if you do that monthly you avoid any problems.
Just boiling a few eggs here for some egg mayonnaise for lunch.
Thanks Diana for all the eggs you sent round to us.
There you go, chunky egg mayonnaise with a bit of gherkin and chopped onion and a bit of bread for lunch!
Scooby snack time .... love egg mayonnaise!
You have asked us to share with you some of the behind the scenes planning.
And we've been trying to work out what and how we're going to be able to continue traveling over the next year.
The reality is our around the world drive is in jeopardy!
It's crunch time!
For us to be able to continue on our around-the-world drive this year,
we need to be into Russia by the middle of July,
otherwise we will miss the weather window.
so there's a few things we need to achieve to make this happen.
First of all we need a vaccine.
Second we need the border to Russia to open.
Third we need to get a new Russian visa.
The Russian visa that we need will take us about five weeks to get
and just under about a thousand dollars.
So we can't apply for the Russian visa until one we know the board is open and two we've had the first shot of our vaccine,
because we don't think we're going to be able to travel without it.
The information we've been given about the Russian border opening,
coming from various sources, all indicate that it will probably happen on the 1st June.
Working back from when we want to enter Russia,
we would have to apply for the Russian visa also by the 1st June.
So we've had long discussions ...haven't we Marianne? Yes we have!
About the vaccine and would we go into Russia, even if they let us and carry on East without having the vaccine?
And we've both decided that it would be an irresponsible thing to do,
because we could get sick and be in an area where they don't have good hospitals in some country in the world.
So no vaccine!
No going East!
Which means that the critical date on deciding whether or not our round the world drive will continue ....
is the 1st June!
If we haven't had the first vaccine by the 1st June,
it means we can't apply for our Russian visa,
which means we'll miss the weather window this year .....
Three weeks of crunch time!
And then we hit to plan Z!
We do have a plan but we'll share more on that if it happens!
Hello! Nice to see you, is that our birthday cake?
Yes it is!
Let's have a look! Wow! That is beautiful!
So to celebrate Tread the Globe's birthday today ....
3 years old!
We've ordered cake to share with our covid family here in Dalyan!
This is our covid family! Yeah
Are we all ready for cake? Yay!!
Why have you got cake on your glasses? I love cake!
And your arm?
What are you doing Marianne? I love cake!
How good does that look?! Cake .... Brownie .... Tea ..... Nice company!
And a present from Russia! Oh yeah, thanks guys!
What is this? Russian chocolates!
We want to say a huge thank you to all of you that sent in the questions for the rapid fire answer!
There are so many! I just waffle, so i don't know how i'm going to do this ?!
I'm going to have to be really quick!
So we're going to see how many i can read out and how many she can answer in 3 minutes!
I have to set the timer!
We'll answer as many as we can, are you ready? I'll try!
What is your favourite Turkish food?
Gozleme
When are you going to Mozambique? As soon as we can!
When preparing to leave is checking for stowaway cats part of your checklist?
It definitely has to be
Turkey's got the best hospitality in the world,
you're never going to find another country so easy going and friendly,
are you going to regret it when you leave? I'm definitely going to miss Turkey.
You two laugh so much, besides the wee tipple or too much sugar for Chris what are some things that
bring in the belly laughs? Being kind, giggling and just being friends.
Chris what year did you dance with the Chippendales?
He didn't but he dance for the Dream Boys ... Maybe!
Do you know why they renewed the license every six months?
That's just one of the formalities and you have to follow the law.
Where do you see each other in 5 - 10 years? I don't know, but hopefully somewhere happy!
If you had a chance to trade in Trudy would you upgrade it to a bigger one?
No but maybe taller one so Chris doesn't bang his head.
Your videos have inspired us to visit Turkey have you been to Gobekli tepe? No but we're coming that way!
Levent is hospitable, how do you support him and how can we?
Come to Osmanli Hani Hotel Apartments, Book it now!
Do you guys ever get fed up driving for hours? from hgv driver. No because this is what we want to do.
Apart from Chris's bad back have you had anything else or been poorly? No.
Who snores in the van? I do!
How bad is it? Bad!
Have you thought about writing a book? It could be a big seller!
I do a weekly newsletter to keep all the facts and maybe one day i'll put it in a book.
Why doesn't Chris drive? Because i'm a better driver.
How many cats visit you each day? Between five and ten !
How far behind are the videos from filming to release date?
We're filming now for in two days time.
What's the number one piece of advice you give somebody who wants to travel?
Do it, have fun, live it!
When are we seeing more drone footage? Soon now he has his new drone!
Is there a place you look forward to traveling too
and is there anywhere you have nerves about? No just do it!
What insurance have you got for Trudy to drive around the World?
Depending on each country, you buy it on the border that's just how it is.
Do people come and knock on the the van when it is is rocking? Maybe! Normally the police!
Hi i'm also English living in Fethiye what lovely videos you have made .... blah blah
Oh no no i can't read that ..... it is too long! Get to the point! get with it!
Would you consider doing a backgammon challenge? No!
Do you need two vaccines to go to Russia? Yes
How about a tiny Turkish rug in Trudy? Absolutely!
Is your current income just from Youtube? No we have the income from our house rental.
Have you been to BIM Discount store? Yes
Can you post links to accommodation? In our newsletter we share accommodation
links with the people that we stayed with, if we stay.
I know you tried many Turkish foods,
but i've never saw any videos where you've tried Raki? Yes we have ... I don't like it!
How have you managed to retire and travel?
..... Oh i've started to ask so i'll finish!
How have you managed to retire, there's a video called "i quit" on our channel, it explains how and why.
I think she did pretty good! Oh i did it!
I think i read them out, there was a couple that my brain was trying to read them and
the question was lost! When there's a lot of text if they comment and then put the question,
your brain just goes! Yeah.
Pressure! Ah there you go guys that's it see you on the next show
I'm sure i can hear something in the cupboard?
oh Melanie, Tracey, Phil and Lisa what are you doing in there? it's the end of the show!
Oh you're still there Marilyn and Ronnie what are you doing?
Liverpool's not in lockdown! Go out and enjoy yourselves!
Oh Charlie, your mum said you love campervans, make sure she gets you one when you're older!
Oh Gokche and Goktwo what you doing in the cupboard? I thought you'd be in there!
I'm just going to feed the cats,
Oh you're still there Sophie and Jamie what are you doing? Go and buy the van!
Oh Corinna, your dad said you'd be in there!
Hey Stuart and Tanya what you doing on the roof?
Oh Aaron and Mrs P! What are you doing in the toilet?
Aaron go drive that bus!
Oh Aidan and Isaac! Your mum said you might be there! That's it guys .... it really is
the end of the show,
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