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talk about my first time I remember it
well of course you never forget your
first time that's pretty nervous aren't
real looks shaky I mean I didn't know
what I was doing at all obviously else
completely inexperienced and I did it
all by myself okay so how long ago 19
make me feel old about six years ago I
was on a gap year before I went to
university and after working so many
consecutive jobs I decided that I want
to go traveling somewhere now after a
few family holidays to this area I
thought that's gotta be the place so I
booked a ticket to Athens yeah just you
know fifty pounds why not and we always
used to go to Crete one of the islands
on holidays when I was really young so I
really want to go back and explore that
area I'd saved a couple of grand for
this trip looking back I did everything
wrong back when I first went traveling I
didn't know anything about bloggers you
didn't go onto YouTube and type in how
to travel the world for cheap you just
didn't have that kind of stuff six years
ago I thought you just brought a
guidebook and Lonely Planet guide book
and you kind of just went from there we
all know now that that is not the case
because you have moi who is here to help
you not make the same mistakes that I
did on my first trip noting that they
were
takes but I ended up spending way more
money than I actually needed to I could
have seen so much more over a month and
went to Athens and Crete and the money I
had I could have easily gone to a couple
more islands I was so nervous I have no
idea what I was doing at all I just
booked a ticket and went and don't get
me wrong I had some fantastic times now
I came across a photo of me at dig with
coach station that my auntie took of me
with my backpack and I'm gonna let you
see it as well yeah look at the size of
my bag look at my face I have got I am
determined I am ready for this trip even
though I have no idea what I'm doing I
just look how big my bag is holy hell I
remember packing everything everything I
had like four skirts four dresses
two bikinis three songs I would I just
went overboard and I went overboard on
like cosmetics I brought like hair
treatment spray for the Sun and big
bottles of shampoo and oh good lord ally
what were you thinking though I went to
Athens and I explored I end up staying
there for about two weeks I made some
amazing friends was exploiting all the
old ruins and then I got a boat over to
Crete and stayed in a place down on the
south coast called plakias was insane
but I was so ridiculously unprepared I
think that's why I've been putting off
making this video this is almost
embarrassing to think of where I am now
giving you advice where that was my
first time where I spent so much money
and fYI three days before I was due to
fly home which I had my flight booked
and everything I ran out of money don't
do that
I was so scared of checking my bank
account and then when I got to Crete all
the ATM's were down haha Thank You
Greece apparently having the same kind
of issue right now
plakias has quite known for the ATMs
going down so I couldn't check my money
and I was like it's okay I'm not
spending a lot and then my car could
gain declined when the ATMs were back up
and running
then there was a-- oh yeah they take a
little while they're probably still are
working properly okay cool no I had zero
though that was one of my biggest fears
going away for the first time as I run
our money and I did it it's always good
fun when you run out of money
you're like what I dunno back then I had
no idea I mean luckily I was going home
in three days and my accommodation every
was paid for to be honest it was really
lucky I was in Crete where she's like I
go to the beach for the next three days
don't cost you anything I honestly was
so ignorant towards how things actually
worked but it was kind of the best way
to do it I feel um for me anyway because
there wasn't all these resources online
where people post blogs about how
expensive his Greece etc which by the
way I can't provide video on that
because one I went there six years ago -
you're coming over how much I paid for
things and three well with uneconomic
down for right now I don't think I could
provide and why'd you call it an
accurate and video on that Oh Pete Pete
Pete looking dapper today go suit on
maybe your job interview anyway this
video is not about Pete however I feel
it should be for I went to Greece I pre
booked everything everything had the
date set out had my two and front
flights had all my accommodation book
which was the worst thing because a week
into me being in Athens all these people
were like come to Santorini I was like
I've already paid my accommodation I
don't have any extra money they're like
no just can't stay SUNY no refund they
wouldn't give me a refund couldn't go to
Santorini could have toured around the
islands with them but I locked myself in
by pre-booking everything so
that was a big mistake however I
understand why
pick that no I understand what I did
because I was so nervous I wanted to
make sure I had saying I didn't I
thought oh my god am I meant to get
there and just find somewhere what if
what if I don't find some my wife I mean
it's ridiculous to me now because now I
just rock up and I'm like hey my my
second train station I'll sleep in there
for a few days yeah work it out I had an
amazing time I've made friends for life
friends that I've met up with recently
in Australia and it was just so much fun
what I do anything different now I'm
gonna say no because I never have any
regrets for things like that I don't
believe you should ever want to change
something because I had awesome time
so I kind of wait to do this video just
to kind of get you've got man oh oh
chicka-boom chicka-boom I wanted to do
this video I'm so hyper hey I want to do
this video because I want to kind of
show people that I didn't know
everything when I saw traveling and
you'll still have an amazing time even
if you don't do everything how you
should because travel how you want to
travel if you want to stay in amazing
places really clean quite expensive but
you're happy to do them then do it just
because I decide to travel one way
doesn't mean you have to travel that way
either don't feel you're gonna do it
wrong you can't travel wrong sure I mean
try and do research there's so many
resources out there now there's no
excuse really but don't ever feel oh my
god I'm gonna be travelling wrong
because you can't travel wrong you just
travel your own way and the more you're
traveling the more you learn and the
best way to learn is from doing it
yourself I can tell you till the cows
come home this that and the other and
until you go I make the mistakes over
spend under spend and find yourself in
like a box at the hostel is renting out
for a dollar a night again that's why it
was same cheap back in your box put that
so many times so don't ever feel like
you're gonna travel wrong but looking
back I can't did everything wrong but
like said you can't travel wrong so shut
up Ali I'm gonna go a good work to do so
I'll see you on Monday
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the way what I'm filming on right now
this was our bed it's a sofa with
mattresses like that so we had a bio bed
it's a big queen and it's like cuddles
you the mattress is an hourglass shape
back support mattress and it's like the
mattress it's giving you a cuddle it's
not like super saucy you don't I stick
into I don't mean like that but if I
sleep early Thank You mattress I'm gonna
go have way too much coffee today