it was unfortunately time to prematurely end our world travels.
Our flight home was not until later on...
so we did our best to stay distracted at our nearly empty hotel...
We are going back home tonight, our flight is at 9 p.m.
We're still crossing our fingers that everything will go right, because we met
a lot of people on different countries and unfortunately, their plans have been
canceled and they are struggling to get back home,
Om Santi, Santi, Santi Om! I love it!
Thank you!
We never envisioned to stay in Bali this short, yeah it has to happen unfortunately.
We need to be safe back home, with family.
My heart breaks knowing the fact that
these people's biggest income is tourism and they are actually
impacted drastically. I really hope the virus is over soon...
in case nothing was open at the airport, we decided to grab a quick snack
at the hotel before departing.
Arak you're gonna bring?
Arak is the Balinese spirit, alcohol spirit but this is pretty different
and it's made of rice! Yes, made of rice!
thank you I'm looking forward to it
No worries!
So we made it back to the airport. Let's go check into our flight!
Time to go, but before that, we need to put the masks on!
We originally booked tickets with credit card points from Japan to Turkey,
but Turkish Airlines allowed free last-minute changes
so we switched our lights back from Bali to Istanbul when cash tickets were going for over $1,500
Thank you!
My life (Hayatim)...
Calm down, why are you crying?
I heard you want to leave this place where we grew up, this old town, just put it all behind...
Remember you and I would always find somewhere to hide
When we were kids, where we could see and hear the water run
The river’s gonna cry when you’re gone
The scenery is so beautiful isn't it?
I really hope that everyone gets to see this...
Where will you go? Won’t you miss the ones you know?
I’ll be here hanging on, waiting for your call
Seems like time has a way of passing by
And leave a mark in our minds that turn to memories...
We never thought that we would be doing this, 3 weeks into our travels
but unfortunately, we are cancelling rest of the trip
and taking a very drastic step and going to Istanbul this weekend
After dealing with the difficulties of ending our plans and dreams early
We were fortunate enough to be flying Turkish Airlines Business Class
Thanks to credit card points. It was a much-needed distraction and provided
comfort during such trying times.
They're showing the Ortakoy Mosque right now
on the screen and I know
Service was already reduced due to the pandemic
but Turkish Airlines legendary food still hit the spot.
We turned in for a night of rest before an early morning arrival
We are finally here! We are so happy for being home!
Nobody knew that this pandemic was going to take over the world and of course we
weren't ready for that either, but we always wanted to show you the most
exciting parts and all the adventures the parts where we were having the most fun
In reality, in the background, we had a lot of frustrations and fears
as we didn't know what the future holds.
And of course, behind the scenes, we had to deal with so many different cancellations,
flight delays, rebooking everything hours upon hours...
when we weren't out filming we were trying to fix our plans to make it all work.
Even, you know, at the end, the Turkish Airlines experience
being able to re-book it for free, thankfully, but then we also had to deal with the
cancellation email at the last possible minute and not even knowing if we would
be able to make it home.
We are thankful that you know Turkish Airlines still had
that flight and we remain positive!
Of course, we're hoping that we can hit the road soon
because we have some exciting plans coming up!
This is definitely not the end of us and I would imagine this isn't the end of travel
We called our Chapter One as 'Our Fortunate "Unfortunate" Beginning'
because we've never believed that it was unfortunate, we always considered that
everything happens for a reason and we are fortunate indeed.
And we're so excited for our upcoming plans,
because we have so much to share with you,
so stay tuned for all of that, and we will see you all soon!!