How I Spent My 8-Year Around-the-World Anniversary: Is it Worth it? - EP.357

I'm back from my holidays Lucky I am so behind that I'm able to take two weeks off and you won't even notice This is Johan Johan looked after Chillie all this time and arranged everything for her So thank you so much Okay, thank you, thank you For your great service Hi And now we're gonna do a little interview For the social media for Brixton here in Costa Rica So let's do it Okay, thank you Hola Costa Rica Mi nombre es Kinga I've been traveling around the world on this motorcycle I can now finally show you her shiny wheels with adventure cross tires For sure this is our last set in North America And that's her shock I mean it's my old BMW shock That we'll be using now I guess I just recycled it So yeah Let's hope it's gonna hold on Muchas gracias Juan, muchas gracias Mucho gusto Adios amigos Amigos Thank you so much for everything It's raining Don't rain We don't go too far but We have to go On wet pavement probably Chillie Are you ready? It's been a Oh my god You saw Adios Chillie I'm so happy we're together now I missed you so much You have no idea We're not going too far actually because it's quite late So we're going We're just gonna get out of the city And I booked a cabin so we can Maybe decompress For a couple of days and Catch up on my social media and editing So that's the plan We're not doing anything major But I'm so happy we're back on the road together In this beautiful country It's gonna be so cool Oh my god it's raining heavily How are my new goggles? You like? You like? My mom brought it for me from my secret stash In Poland The old ones were Quite scratched after What is it? Eight months of usage These guys From Motorsport were so kind They didn't charge me for service They arranged my tires with Bridgestone They're incredible kind to me And they looked after Chillie They washed her at the end Unreal Top blokes I'd say This way Chillie Let's go this way Big traffic because it's Big hour Not cool Chillie, Chillie Why we have rain today? This is supposed to be a dry season I love these tires I just trust them So much Like No other tires Honestly Maybe because I've been using them Since 2018 And I know them so well And I know How they perform on wet pavement Even If They knew This is just going so well Perfect traction Not slippery What can I say? Best tires ever Bridgestone Adventure Cross AX41 The way to go Oh wow Look at this I get it now Because we were already in the valley And now We are even getting Lower And there's just like a valley Inside of the valley I don't know This is how I understood this region And I can see I can see it I can see it now This is so cute Look at this location Of this little town That's where we'll be staying And we have made it I think now we are in the heart of town Let's see Chillie What's going on? We might go for a walk here To a restaurant or something Later on And my house Is Somewhere I don't know, right here? I can't believe this I arrived to this house And I booked it for two nights And the guy said to me that He's canceling the booking The house is not ready It's under the renovation Unbelievable I don't know what to do It's not like We have too many options for today In this town This is another hotel I arrived to Looks like It's shut Wow There is a hotel Right next to This public pool Like this one This is The lodge We ran So the hotel is there It's How much did I pay? I think 70 dollars For a night Chillie's parked here Across the road They made exception Because this parking is booked For oil and fuel Right Chillie Be good Bye Chillie Have a good rest Look at that What a nice standard They have an elephant A little kitchen Nice bathroom Wow This is really nice I must say Especially today Because you know What's today Today It's my 8th Anniversary I've been travelling around the world For 8 years On 11th of April 2017 I left Australia For my round the world trip I took a plane From Sydney to Korea Where I picked up Chillie Chillie was on a On a different plane And that's how it all started If you ask me In 2017 How long I'm gonna be On the road I would It would never cross my mind That I'll be on the road For 8 years So, so far We've done Australia, Asia Europe, Africa And now We're about to finish our Journey through North America I reckon it's gonna take us Three years to do South America So There's still Lots ahead of us But today It's our Exact anniversary So I bought myself A nice glass of wine Please join me guys And let's do cheers To Chillie Because she's such a legend She's such a good bike Thanks to her I'm able to Do this trip And thank you all For being here I know some of you Are following me For a very long time Even from Like My Aussie days When I did my first Solo ride Around Australia To the Aus That was in 2013 I feel like I'm a veteran Of social media Well, thank you all And cheers to Chillie Look at my Hair today So out of control I found out There's this Fancy Thermal Place Close by With hot springs and all It's quite Pricey But I'm spoiling myself For my 80th anniversary So Yeah Let's head to the hot springs And relax It's pretty here It's gonna be A good time I think This is it So this is the scenario We have five Warm pools And then the restaurant It's a very strange Set up But that's how it is This one 38 Celsius This is so nice Oh my god this is so nice This is actually quite hot Heaven Yes This is where I belong On a gloomy day This This is interesting Look So this like This is oxide Or whatever you call it There's definitely A reaction We have to find out What sort of minerals they are But whatever they are They're making that rock blue Oh man This is Heaven And second one Temperature 37 Little bit cooler Pool number two Lucky There's no one here Again Let's check out The view Oh This is a nice view For the valley Right? Pool number three What's the temperature here? 36 Cooler again Yeah This is way cooler Actually it's quite pleasant I think In those first twos You can't stay there For too long Oh my god It's really drizzling Look All of that Drizzle, drizzle, drizzle Pool number Four 32 That's Oh my god It's cold 32 degrees My dear That it's Freezing Maybe because I was in 38 Before 36 And 37 32 Super cold Be brave Kinga Be brave You can do this Last pool 35 It won't be that cold Yeah It's warmer than That one For sure Oh this is actually nice Because I was a little bit too cold Okay That's it It's not hard It's just like It's just right For now Things took unexpected twist I have neighbors Hello neighbors Hello Hold on I'm gonna introduce you guys Sorry I'm like Into your room So this is Krista And Mike You guys are from Canada From Jasko Moto Canada That's right You guys from Ontario, right? Yes we are We've been in Costa Rica For six months Since November the first Right Yes So we've just been riding around And Happen to be in an area Where you are I know We actually tried to catch up For a few days And then the guys said They're coming to this hotel I'm like well I'm already here So we went out For dinner last night It was so nice What fun We had Sunday session It was so nice And now we're gonna go For a little ride Across the valley Because On the other side of the valley There's another rider That we Would like to meet For breakfast So today it's gonna be A very special day Yay Let's do it Here we go Oh Daddy Special meat Yeah I'm moving out of your way though And the body bag's Not even on yet I know You're strong All right Thank you so much That's a break Now everyone knows How heavy you are I truly enjoyed this area Hot Springs were awesome And then There is a beautiful volcano here And a national park But With the weather like this You can't see the volcano So there's no point going there So I'm a little bit disappointed I'm a little bit unlucky With the volcanoes here Every time I want to I have the time To go and explore In the area The weather doesn't allow me to do that So this Region is famous for coffee Growing So there's plenty of Coffee tours And that sort of stuff So that's definitely worth doing as well If you're here But My plan is We're gonna have This breakfast with the guys Hang out for a little bit And then I will head Towards the coast Because I need to go camping Too long Damn Very Low one I must say Hmm Interesting Chilly We'll be going through the dam Okay Your destination is on the left Hey Hello How's my hair? Oh my god Because of that race out of control And here we are On the other side Of Orosi Valley Guys How's your Breakfast? Perfect Breakfast of champions Look at that So pretty So actually we just went You can see our village there That's where we stayed for the night And then we like went around Here And then here That's it Right We finished our lunch And actually we're gonna say goodbye Because we are going separate directions You guys are going that way You're going to San Jose And I'm going to the coast Who knows where I just need to I'm searching for San Hopefully I'll succeed at the end of the day But I wanted to ask you a few questions Because I already asked you guys questions We know your plans So How long you've been on the road? One year One month And you started in Australia Yes From Melbourne I started from Australia And you actually went around Australia And it took you four months to go around Four months Around 22,000 kilometers almost And amazing Just clockwise Around Australia Four corners Maybe I should do that Yeah Why not? Again But you Again You did it again Yeah I did it But you know a long time ago And where are you going now? And now I'm heading to Alaska Another favorite place In Canada Actually I'm coming from You know in South America Also with Four tips Of South America Right Actually I would like to tell About all continents Have Four tips And I'm trying to reach All four tips Totally 24 tips Of the world Nice So you're gonna go to Cape Town And you're gonna go to North Cape Yes Later on Because In this time I first visit In our country Turkey Babakale You know Babakale is the Western most point of Asia continent Aha I start from Babakale Then we fly to Melbourne Turn around Melbourne Crosswise Then come to Brazil All four points Including of course Ushuaia Yeah Now we are in Costa Rica Now heading to Alaska That just sounds like A lot of kilometers Doesn't it? I'm already tired Perfect Oh yes Because do you have any Like Are you limited With your time? No Because I'm retired That's the way to roll I'm free We too We retired too Right? Yes we are So it's always Awesome to meet Other travelers on the road And we exchange Some tips And we have like Two points locations But we know What we're doing, right? Yes Wonderful One more thing Make sure that In Turkey Every motorcycle Will be jealous of me Oh Yes Because I'm big in Turkey I know Thank you All the Turkish followers Ah That's why the name Look at your bike Long rider The way to go So nice My flag Turkish flag Of course Nice Are we ready? Hang on It's a very Very Very important moment All the cameras are rolling Just make sure All right Here you go OHB approved Thank you very much You can go faster now Congratulations You can go faster now Congratulations All right Are we all ready? Yes we are How's my hair? Yeah All right OHB approved Kinga You are cool Like I said Every motorcycle in Turkey Will be jealous of me Oh Stop it Congratulations You can go faster now Okay Thank you Bye Until next time I'll show you again I know Thank you Thank you for everything Thank you Kinga Very nice to meet you Thank you I hope to be soon Yes Be in Canada Definitely Thank you See you guys And I'll probably see you in Canada one day too Yes But before that Then show us around Canada Yeah I can show you around I know some places Yes We can tell you about So long my friends Bye-bye And we all went Different ways Battery level is low Oh no Why Anyhow It's just you and I Chillie Let's see what the day is gonna take us Because I'm still not sure