WHY INDONESIA? - This is Why I Keep Coming Back

Good morning and welcome back to Bali. In this video I want to show you some of my favorite spots around Canggu and also answer some of your questions. So first stop is Echo Beach and it's a bit a bit quieter than the other beaches further down the coast. I like to come here in the morning for coffee and just to sort of have a bit of a break before I do anything else for the rest of the day. There's also people out surfing out there so if you're into that then you can also go out and surf. That's something I still need to learn and get better at. I've been a few times but I haven't really got good and maybe that's something I can work on. Now I'm based here in Bali and that brings me to the first question that a few of you guys asked. Why Indonesia? Why do I keep coming back to Indonesia and why do I love it so much? And the answer is I don't really know. I mean there's plenty of reasons I love it. The people here are great. The food's really good. The nature is beautiful. There's so much to do. I mean it's like a whole it's a whole world in itself. 17,000 islands to explore and I've been to hardly any of them but that's true for a few countries like Philippines is also beautiful and people are friendly. The food is okay but for some reason Indonesia has really resonated with me and each time I'm away for a long period of time I look forward to coming back to Bali and having a bit of a basin community here and seeing more of Indonesia as well. So I don't know the exact reason why. I think some places you just sort of connect with and some places just stand out over others and for me that's Indonesia and that's why I want to be spending a lot more time here in the future. So one of my favorite things about being here and life in general is coffee and breakfast and this place has pretty good of both. I started with a great cold brewed coffee and then the breakfast I'm getting in a second I'll show you. And this is the breakfast. All right so this is the veto. Salmon and avocado and in my opinion everything else here is null and void but I'm gonna chow down and then we'll get to the next question. They were just a few of the clips from some of the trips I've been on in Indonesia but there is really so much more still to explore and that's why I can't wait to do that next year. Which brings me to travel. One of the things I really want to do for next year is improve my Indonesian and be able to speak better Indonesian and travel through Indonesia without having to speak English. Because while it's fine in Bali to use English, a lot of places around Indonesia you really have to know basic Indonesian to be able to get to certain places and do things. And I'm using Babbel to help me do that. This is a sponsored section of the video by the way but what I do want to say is that I've been using this app for the past couple of weeks and I'm really enjoying it genuinely. I think I'm going to continue using this for the next year and I've just signed up for the next three months of membership because I'm really enjoying how professional their courses are and I'm going to show you a little bit right now. Bali, it's a good start. Malam is evening, night. Okay one of the cool things about it is that you can download lessons for later so if I'm offline and I don't want to be on the internet and I can still learn if I was on a plane or on the beach then you can use your lessons offline. Good afternoon Miss Santi, saya berasal dari London. That means I'm from London. I learned that yesterday. Good afternoon, selamat sori. It is kind of sticking with me which is why I like this. Selamat pagi Mr. Radwan. I think if you're going to be in a place for a long time or even if you're just traveling then it's good to try and learn some of the local language and I would say that to everyone. I already had a little basis of Indonesian before but now I really want to improve it. Ibu. Okay and that's it. I literally just finished the lesson and that is eight minutes on the clock so I think this only took about five minutes and that's the cool thing about the app as well because all of the lessons are bite size digestible and I can do it in between doing other things. So what I will say is that I'm going to come back to this I think at different points throughout next year and try and sort of show you where my Indonesian's at because it's going to make me accountable to learn as well because I really want to and I just haven't got myself to a level where I really want to be with Indonesian. So we are going to come back to this but if you are interested in using Babbel as well then check out the link in the description because I'm going to be using it too and if you sign up for three months you'll also get three months Okay next question. How do you afford to travel constantly? Dude it's travel continuously. Just kidding but various ways and I've spoken about it in previous videos so it will pop up above go check out that and that will give more of an explanation but really it's through content creation video and things I've learned over the past few years that I'm sharing with you guys now so I'd say go check that video and you can get a more detailed explanation. This is where I'm staying by the way this is my Airbnb. I'm only here like I'm going to look for a long-term place but right now I've just got this Airbnb This is my makeshift studio. I moved this here so I could get this kind of view What is the best budget camera do you recommend for a beginner? Honestly probably your phone. I know lots of people that vlog on their phone so depending on what phone it is if it's one of the new gen ones then the camera will be good on that you can get like a cheap microphone attachment if you want to be able to get better sound but really the phone in your pocket is good enough to start filming with. What was your first trip outside of Europe? When I was an adult I'm going to do this in two ways because when I was a kid and I was lucky enough to travel quite a bit I went with my mum and dad to Kenya I went with my dad to New York and like we did get to travel a little bit but my first country outside of Europe when I was an adult was Thailand when I was 19 I did like the classic gap year backpacking thing for three months where we did Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Do you ever feel lonely sometimes and how do you handle it? Well I think yeah of course I think everyone feels lonely sometimes and I think like well that's one of the good things about being in one spot right now because I do get to have a bit more of a community I've got friends here and like there's still people that come and go because it's that sort of place but it is nice having like a core community of people around but the truth is when you do travel on your own you always meet people so quickly especially if you're staying in hostels or you're going to places where other travelers are then everyone is in the same situation and you do you do meet each other and you do get to hang out so I don't think you're ever really alone but of course yeah I mean everyone feels lonely it's normal. Okay next place Okay I don't know if you can see this but it is raining. I came down here for sunset. I do have an umbrella so the top half of me is staying dry but my legs are pretty soaked. It's coming into rainy season now so that happens. What parts of Indonesia would you like to visit now you're based in Bali? Raja Rampat for sure is on the list, Sumba, Papua, Manado, Kalimantan, more of Flores because I only did Komodo and I haven't seen like the Kelimutu lakes and there's just loads of it as well like honestly there's I think there's going to be a lot of Indonesia content coming up because I want to get to these places that most people don't travel to. Most people come to Bali and there's so much more to see in Indonesia. When will you marry me? Where do you want to be in the next few years? Same thing. Any new desires? 1 mil subs? Well 1 mil subs would be nice so go and subscribe. Good segue right but go and subscribe if you're interested in helping me get to a million but I think that's a long way away who knows but new plans. What I really want to do is help more people to be able to travel continuously and that's really central to what I want to do for next year because that was how I started and I do want to share the stuff I've learned to help people be able to work online while traveling. When I started out I had no idea how to do it and I had to figure it all out through trial and error for myself and if I can help more people to be able to do it themselves then that's sort of where I get the satisfaction from so I do definitely want to bring more of that into this channel. Okay I think that's about it for the questions and sunset is just about to start. The rain did stop and I got a bit of a sunset to finish off this video and that feels like a good place to leave it. Hopefully that answers some of your questions. Thank you for watching and I don't know if you can tell but I am really excited about this next part of what's happening in my life and what's happening on this channel. So again thank you for watching and see you in the next video.