@yvesthesleeve
Good thinking, I am sure you will like Turkey. I always have.
@riche4703
We (my wife and I) have been watching your videos for some time. Great videos! Lots of info, and you talk slow and clear, just wonderful! Portugal, a place that might interest you folks. Ease of getting residency, affordable, good health care, English spoken widely, etc. Most of your boxes can be checked there, I think. Never having been to Turkey, it might be good too.... except for perhaps the language difference??? Right now we are living in coastal southern California (3 years so far), yes... expensive... but kind of nice weather. We are retired and were world travelers until covid. Hopefully we will do lots more traveling in the future. We agree, Malaysia and Singapore are very nice, especially for great food. But Malaysia is now too expensive, after the recent update to MM2H, for long term. Great places to visit still. We were many months in both Malaysia and Singapore in the past.
@secrets.295
Turkey is the right choice in my opinion. If I am not mistaken their currency has been depreciating for quite some time. Which is good for u to buy a home. Im guessing with the exchange rate it will be really cheap for u guys to buy a home. It certainly is the one of the most if not the most developed amongst developing countries and its geography is just amazing. Its literally located in the middle of the world. Which is great for travellers like u guys. Plus, considering it is a mediterranean country, Im guessing the weather is perfect. One of the drawbacks of Malaysia is that the weather can be very hot most of the times.
@GoWithLess
Man, if you ever DO find a city that matches your list, I'm moving there sight unseen! I love that you're looking to mix things up a little. We are all better sharing our experiences so very excited to see how it goes for you.
@John-qn5tz
Really enjoy your VLOGs. Pure Detour youtube site has another couple with lots of recent Turkey VLOGs.
@deanpapadopoulos3314
A great idea!! For the many reasons you’ve stated. The food is amazing and the people are chilled. I haven’t met a traveler who didn’t like Turkey and who didn’t love Istanbul. The southern and southwestern coastal cities are just right and are accustomed to foreigners which helps a lot. Finding and using an anchor city is really important to our psychological and to our emotional well-being. We think of a nomad is a linear act of going out in a continuous line. But in reality, nomads and the nomadic genes have to do with following the seasons which bring about the fruits, nuts, and herbs that we follow in inevitably a circular route back to familiar harvesting and hunting grounds. The Bedouins for instance don’t leave their continent…nor did European or Asian nomads. We conflate explorers with nomadic circular routes. You mentioned going to see the animals in Africa and then returning to Turkey. That’s it!! That’s a true nomad. You could time this with visa runs or with seasons or with currency fluctuations. Vi
@bw5911
Love your videos!
@FoodandFootprints
Really enjoyed hearing more about your backstory! Shame how MM2H financial requirements changed so drastically. But you made a great choice - we know several people who got residency in Turkey and it is a relatively easy process. We loved Istanbul and it has so much to offer along with being a central location to travel anywhere in the world. Kadıköy is our favorite neighborhood and we couldn’t imagine staying anywhere else in Istanbul.
@Nyhiker
Great video! I love the idea of being in a central location so you can easily get to places you love. You’ve given me something to think about.
@kimtan95
Home base traveller is the way to go…. I travelled 5 years ful time and discerned this was the best
@OurFreedomYears
Hey you two, it was so fun to hear the whole story of your adventures and how you landed in Izmir! Hope you are having a wonderful time and enjoying your new city. Hopefully there's another meetup in our future! 😀
@youtubewatcher5805
Very exciting! Really looking forward to your Turkey videos.
@Yasin_Affandi
Thanks for sharing this video.
@redgree1645
Yay! Delighted to see you again. Thanks! Love you guys!
@Val-T.
What a great idea! Having a home base checks a lot of boxes and solves a lot of problems after years on the road. I'm really looking forward to your next videos.
@KhakiShorts
We are really looking forward to seeing your videos about Turkey. It’s definitely on our list of places we want to visit, as well. We are still on track to make our move to Phuket Thailand in June. We have a longer-term lease but I know we’llbe branching out and trying to visit other places in Thailand such as Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Our first choice was actually Malaysia but we are in the same boat as you are that we could not meet the new financial requirements. I don’t think too many people can.
@catherinejames3420
Great video.. Transparent n a good travelling research.. 👍
@travelrefocused
Enjoyed the update. Looking forward to your adventures in Turkey. We hope to get there soon.
@UncleDougDeli
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@denniscole243