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Thank you Alyson! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video.

Hi, what "neighbor" country are you referring to?

Sounds like you had a great time in Arequipa. Glad you enjoyed the video!

Thank you Geoffrey. Glad you're enjoying these videos. One of the beauties of investigating potential expat locations is that one can enjoy checking them out whether or not deciding to move there. ;-)

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Coincidentally, there's a "reprise" of Arequipa about to upload to the channel in a few hours.

Interesting. I wouldn't have guessed it but at the same time it seems plausible.

Thanks. So glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah, prices are difficult to pin down. There are so many variables. It sounds like maybe you have a good deal where you are.

Muito obrigada pelo convite, Julia. Eu amo o Brasil e espero voltar para lá em um futuro não muito distante. Se você ainda não viu, pode encontrar vídeos da minha última viagem para lá no canal. Você pode encontrar a Brazil Playlist na aba Playlist. Obrigada novamente por assistir. Thanks so much for the invitation, Julia. I love Brazil and do hope to return there in the not-too-distant future. If you haven't seen them already, you can find videos from my last trip there on the channel. You can find the Brazil Playlist under the Playlist tab. Thanks again for watching.

Olá Julia! A vila de Sirince fica perto da pequena cidade de Selçuk, na província de Izmir, no sudoeste da Turquia. Selçuk é um lugar maravilhoso e se você fosse visitar Sirince, seria o lugar lógico para ficar. As ruínas antigas de Éfeso ficam nos arredores de Selçuk. Hi Julia! Sirince village is near the small city of Selçuk in the Izmir province of southwestern Turkey. Selçuk is a wonderful place and if you were to visit Sirince it would be the logical place to stay. The ancient ruins of Ephesus are just outside of Selçuk.

@OUTBOUNDWITHRON obrigada, querido!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video.

I see someone is up on their history of the Serdi migration to ancient Thrace. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

Thanks Geoffrey. Each of us needs to do our homework before considering a move anywhere. I hope these videos will be helpful, if only in a small way.

I understand what you're saying. Individual circumstances are a huge factor no matter where we are. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Fantastic! Congratulations and I wish you lots of happiness there.

Hi, just out of curiosity, why you moving from one of the most developed country, to poor post OST Block country?

@@oleksiysaiko5859 If by "developed," you mean everyone owns a gun, then there's your answer. Also, we are not moving from the US to Bulgaria. We have actually been living out of the US for several years. Bulgaria is a gorgeous country with lovely people. We're excited to explore it.

@ don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I have a bad opinion about Bulgaria, but still… was curious. By “developed” I mean OECD countries, with developed economy, health system, education system and other factors. Bulgaria lacks behind in all of them. As a German, I know many Bulgarians that left Bulgaria for Germany from those reasons. But exploring it as a tourist, could be really nice.

Thanks Jeannie! It's turned out as I expected, a great place to catch up on editing in a wonderful, restful environment.

Thanks! That's the plan. :-)

Thanks neighbor!

Happy to hear you're enjoying the videos Mark. Thanks for letting me know.

Hey thank you. I appreciate it. So glad you enjoy the videos.

Thanks Claude!

You're very kind Rick. I do try to bring a journalistic approach to what I do while striving to be casual and accessible. My main goal each time is to make a video that I would want to watch.

@@OUTBOUNDWITHRON Very good!

I appreciate it RN. And I'm pleased to hear that I didn't look as diminished as I sometimes felt this past year. The last long trip I took pre-surgery was with "doctor's permission" with conditions attached, including that I not overdo it and that if I experienced elevated symptoms I would call it quits and fly home. I'm thankful it didn't come to that, although I did have to take a pass on some activities that I would have otherwise engaged in. Post-recovery after coming off the long trip to film the series that will start to appear on the channel later in January I felt like I was almost all the way back. Very grateful!

Thank you Gary! Life is a box of chocolates and travel is a very special piece. ;-)

Thanks Phil to both of you! Knowing that there are people on the other side of the camera who appreciate what you do is one of the sustaining joys of being a TH-camr.

Yes, Justin, I travel solo. I usually tell people who ask that question that while I'm alone, I don't feel lonely. But more accurately, I don't feel alone much of the time. I meet wonderful people while traveling.

These kind of vids are great to get to know you and why you do what you do. Also inspiring for this 64 year old stuck in a rut after forced retirement……

@@arkymichael6935 I appreciate your saying that Michael. I can honestly say that travel has been a source of inspiration for me.

Many thanks Geoffrey! I have much to be thankful for, including my health. I feel great!

Thanks Magnus! Much appreciated.

Rick, what a wonderful memory! And I love the book's title. Thanks for sharing.

Hi there! I'm so glad to hear you enjoy the channel. I'm in Bali currently as I reply to you. However, the video was filmed earlier in 2024. Coincidentally, I will explain why that's the case in a special sit-down-and-catch-up video that goes up on the channel this coming Sunday, December 15, 2024. Hope you can watch.....As with any place in the world, Bali has seen plenty of change in the 30-plus years since you were here. Every highly-desirable location on Earth I can think of has "suffered" from the effects of development and modern tourism, in my opinion. So it's easy for us to lament the changes in a place that we knew before the mass scale tourism of the 21st century (I do it myself with Carmen del Playa, Mexico, which is an urban seaside sprawl now but where practically nothing was there but coconut palms and white sand when I first laid eyes on it ages ago. It was just a ferry landing.) So have Ubud and Bali changed. Of course they have. Have they lost the magic? No. In travel as with anything else, I try not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Cheers. Thanks again for watching!

Thanks Ruby! I'll have to check it out.

Hey i'm getting the context. I think maybe there's a first part of your message that didn't send. Cheers.

Oops. Sorry. I meant I'm NOT getting the context.

I'm glad you enjoyed the video under the circumstances and I wish you the best going forward!

We share the same hope about Bali Geoffrey.

Hi there! You don't say if you're flying in or traveling by bus or car across Peru, but assuming it's one of the latter you'll appreciate Arequipa in addition to its charms as a great place to get some rest. How long you stay depends on what interests you and whether you plan to take a side trip (long day trip or overnight tour to Colca Canyon). If Arequipa is more or less a stop-over within a trip of shorter duration, I'd suggest you wouldn't be disappointed spending three nights there (to give you two full days and then some) to sample what the city has to offer and help acclimatize for the altiplano ahead. Hope that helps.

@ thanks for your prompt reply. I will be flying in from Rio de Janeiro. Arequipa seems has a lot offer based on videos i watched on youtube. Would you think 6 full days is too much? Considering 2 days to relax and acclimatise as how my body would react to high altitude and probably 1 to 2 day trips. Salinas and Aguada Blanca and colca look amazing.

@@nasdanrose4802 Yes, definitely 6 days isn't too much considering what you have in mind doing while there. Colca alone is strenuous and super strenuous if you try to do it as a day trip. So if you do an overnight version of the Colca trip there's two days right there. Since you mention you're heading to La Paz do you know about Peru Hop/ Bolivia Hop? If not, might want to check it out online. Also, if it's any help, some of the other videos I've done in Peru and Bolivia may very well be on your route. I know you'll have a great time!

Cathy I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for "liking" it. I try to make casual but informative videos that provide substance for folks who love to travel or who are just curious about the world at large. Since you liked this video you'd probably like a lot of others on the channel. If you haven't already, I'd like to invite to you check it out and subscribe. And again, thanks for the kind note!

Thanks ever so much! I would certainly be delighted to take you up on that except that I've moved on to Bali. I appreciate the offer and your kindness.

@@OUTBOUNDWITHRON No problem Ron, Just remember that you have a friend now in Yogyakarta 😄 Enjoy Bali!

@@DermotiusOfficial Thanks a lot Dermo! I I appreciate it!

@@OUTBOUNDWITHRON No problem, also the Name's Yoga, my friends call me Tom tho 😄

I hear you Michael. Time passes and these great monuments never change; we do.

No kidding Geoffrey! I had a cup at the sunrise but I don't think a palm civet was part of the supply chain. 🙂

Thank you Jeannie! So glad you enjoyed the video.

The pleasure was mine Nyoman!