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You got me there for a second ;-) everipedia.org/wiki/lang_en/Celinto_Catayente_Towers. I remember the scene from the movie, but not the name of the fictional towers.

Yes, I liked the city too. The location next to the Andes mountains was super!

Hi, thanks for your comment. Yes, I think Santiago is a very nice city! Much more coming up on this city.

Hi, thanks for your comment. I am doing my best to make videos that show people cool, interesting and unique stuff about cities. Hope you enjoy it!

Hi, thanks for your comments! Always good to hear input from a native, who will be informed much better than this Dutchie 😉 I have heard the stories about the slight deterioration of parts of the city from other natives, yes. In the second half of the Alameda video (coming up soon), I will skate further west to Lo Prado. In a few weeks there will also be biking videos coming up. Rest assured that I will cover more than the 5 % you talk about. I enjoyed exploring many aspects of Santiago very much. All videos will be in a playlist called ‘Santiago’. P.S. The jetlag disappeared after a few days, as expected.

Thank you for the comment. I can imagine this is a surprise to you this, yes. I myself had not noticed the monument before, curiously enough.

Hi Juan, thank you for your comment. I thought Santiago was a cool city and I liked it very much. Several more videos will be upcoming (stay tuned!). From several Chileans I have heard similar comments as the one you make, yes. I should say that I did not readily notice it when I was there, but of course it was my first time there.

Thanks for the comment. I try to provide unique views on cities by traversing them on inline skates. There are many more videos on Santiago in the pipeline, next one coming up this Sunday (old city center). The weather in Santiago was great when I was there (July 2024), but I can certainly imagine elsewhere in Chile it will be different.

Hi, thank you for your comment and great that you liked the video. I thoroughly enjoyed exploring Chile and Santiago and there will be several additional videos coming up. You are right: I had to be vigilant with respect to car traffic. Luckily, I never felt unsafe as I have gained experience in urban inline skating in all sorts of cities. For example, check out my Cairo/Giza videos for the most extreme inline skating in terms of intensity/traffic ;-)

I have been to parts of Brooklyn before, but that is a long time ago. I did not feel unsafe in the areas of Milan featured in the video. I do enjoy sketchy streets from time to time. I consider these as much part of a city as the center.

Thank you. It was an impressive trip.

Hi Matthew, thank you for your nice comment. Relaying the vibe of cities, in and outside the city center and in both the good and rougher parts, is exactly what I intend to achieve with my videos. Very happy to hear that this worked for you! Coming up in the next few weeks is a bike movie on Milano, where I explore the rougher areas at the edge of town. On a personal note, you may have seen that I myself was a student in Bologna 24 years ago and it was an awesome time.

Hi Matthew, since you expressed an interest in Italian cities (Milan specifically?), here are my last two videos of the Italy string (they won’t become fully public for another few weeks). This involves biking in the rougher Milano areas outside the city center. Probably not the areas you want to live in: according to my online resources, expats are discouraged to live there. Part 1: th-cam.com/video/17lLWghbSDM/w-d-xo.html / Part 2: th-cam.com/video/P7Bgymjvzk8/w-d-xo.html

@@wheelsabroad Wow, thank you so much for remembering me! Love it. I was a fan before but now I'm a Super-fan hahah

@@matthewcote5198 :-)

Hi, a comment like this from a local means a lot. Thanks. I do like to venture outside of the centers to also get a feeling of how authentic life in a city is. Lately I have tried to add more information, not only on touristy stuff but also on other items of potential interest. I visited your city for just 1 day but it was very worth it. Beautiful city!

Hi, thanks for the comment. As I am trying to finetuning the channel (I am a newbee) I have been struggling with finding the right approach for background music. Early on, several folks told me to put in background music, so that is what I did. Bought myself a limited set of song licenses from Adobe. But I sometimes think music takes away from the authentic background street audio. Curious what your opinion would be. Is it the particular song that you don't like, or the fact that a short piece is looping, or the fact that there is even background music at all (I checked out your videos and they don't have any music at all it seems)?

@@wheelsabroad personally I prefer listening the the surroundings. I think music is ok when you have for example a time-lapse section. Yes, it's the shot loop that triggers me.

@@elfootman Thanks for your opinion. I personally prefer the audio of the surroundings too but too many people told me early on they missed music. The use of loops is a pragmatic technical fix, I'll see what my options are.

I liked the city center of Milano a lot. But I know what you mean with the crowds. Back home in Amsterdam we have similar problems: some areas are too crowded with tourists and are therefore ignored by locals. Good thing I went to the Duomo Square so early....hope you enjoyed your Duomo time today too!

Hi Ruby, the Strip is not hilly at all, although there is a slight gradual inclination from north to south (see the GPS output at 19.16 min in the video). But that should be no problem. The spikes you see in the GPS output are not hills but escalators and stairs that are sometimes the only means to cross an intersection. If you take the main road, take note of the traffic! If you are newer to skating, consider taking sidewalks only. Enjoy! Simply because this was Vegas with all its glamour/lights/sounds/etc, it was a unique experience and different from the other cities worldwide I have skated (which you can find on my channel too).

Thanks for the comment. Yeah, the Cairo and Giza traffic was quite something. I enjoyed being immersed in it, but vigilance was key. You are right that traffic laws were hard to identify. I was amazed about how Egyptians cross streets.

Thanks and welcome, Seth! Appreciate the interest. Your channel looks cool and I hope you are having a good time in Germany (our big neighbor - I am from The Netherlands). Your channel is also a reminder to me that I should make a channel trailer! FYI: I have Berlin videos in the archive (biking and inline skating) that still need to be put on TH-cam.

Thanks for the feedback. How odd I missed that, I even see the sign at 11.43 now :-( Seems like it would have been worth visiting, for sure. I always try to do my homework before I take off, but did not see this one being mentioned. By the way, stay tuned for more Bremen videos coming up the next few weeks (51 km of biking, and another 20 km of inline skating to the north and east).

It was my pleasure and you guys were a life saver, really. Leaving Egypt without biking in Cairo was no option for me and you guys saved the day, as I was able to bike around on my very last day in Egypt. I recommend Be A Biker to all those people having an interest in biking in Cairo.

Many people would consider it unsafe to cycle in Cairo. Also locals told me so. Cars are all over the place and very assertive. There are hardly any bike lanes. I felt safe and in control throughout and truly had an awesome time, but I have a lot of experience in biking in dense urban areas. I would only recommend cycling in Cairo if you’re very experienced. I hope this answer helps. In the next few weeks, I plan to upload a video on the cycling and inline skating culture in Cairo.

Hi Rob, thanks for your comment. I enjoyed the city for sure especially given the good weather. My hometown of Amsterdam has taught me a lot about urban skating, that helps. Glad you are a cyclist too and my impression was that Dublin had quite a few bike lanes already! I have another video of me and my buddy cycling through Dublin and to Howth (th-cam.com/video/cXcUlEabrl8/w-d-xo.html). If you're interested, stay tuned for the next upload this Sunday: skating at Dublin airport ;-)

Thank you for your comment! Great to have seen your home city, I enjoyed it very much. I am aware of Northern Ireland not being its own country, I remember the Troubles era (I am from 1974). The 'one-day, two-countries' in the thumbnail refers to me doing another inline skate trip later that day in Dublin (th-cam.com/video/WyzLKGI4N_o/w-d-xo.html). From a formal point of view, I skated in both the UK and Ireland that day. But I am aware of and respect the different opinions associated. All the murals and remnants of The Troubles left quite an impression with me. We also went out into East Belfast by bike: th-cam.com/video/i7d-gHHRkYI/w-d-xo.html

Thanks for bringing this to my attention because I now realise my wording in the thumbnail was unintentionally a bit ambiguous. I removed it.

@@wheelsabroad nice, no, i understand, it's probably just a glimpse into our mind set in North eastern Ireland, people on the shankill would wrongly suggest that N.Ireland is not Ireland and I, a falls road man know we are as Irish as anyone else on our cold damp beautiful isle. I grew up in Belfast during the troubles in the mid 80's, still here, it is like a different planet now compared to how it was for the good and the bad.. It's nice and still strange to see stranger's and tourist's in our area's. Glad you enjoyed it, and safe travels.

@@muaythai1814 Thank you for your valuable input!

Hi, thanks for the comment. Dublin was in fact considerably better than many other cities I have done. Compare Dublin to my recent Cairo videos, for example. I checked out your channel and recognize some spots! Stay tuned for me inline skating through Dublin (up next Sunday).

Hi, thanks for the heads up. I did not have time to bike through the whole larger metropolitan area, but good to hear that biking around in the satellite cities of Cairo works better than biking in Cairo itself.

Thanks

I liked it very much. I have lived in the US for 4.5 years but somehow never made it to the Bay area, so this was my first time there. To me as a European, SF has somewhat of a European touch, which became especially evident when I biked away from downtown. I was not expecting SF to be as hilly as it was. It gave some cool extra challenges to the biking. Of course, Lombard street had to be done 🙂

@@wheelsabroad Had to be! HAD TO BE. You shouldda tried Marin here in Bezerkeley. It is one of the steepest paved grades in the US. Plenty of human and animal death on it. :(

@@mgevirtz I was in Berkeley by inline skates but not by bike and I think I missed Marin. I did the Golden Gate Bridge with inline skates, though. That was fun. That video is also on my channel.

Thanks. Such a great way for exploring authentic parts of cities.

@@wheelsabroad have you read "The Bicycle in Wartime: An Illustrated History" Fitzpatrick, Jim?

I have. It opened my eyes to so much (after being an experienced tourer/commuter!!!!)

@@mgevirtz I have not. Thanks for the note. Bikes have certainly played an important role over here in The Netherlands during World War II.

Some parts in this video show rougher sides of the Cairo area, but every city has its own character and that makes every city unique. Part 3 of this bike trip (coming up next Sunday) will show some different parts of the city.

Amsterdam (in fact, the whole country) is packed with bike lanes, which in principle are also great for inline skating and exploring the city. Compared to US cities (I have lived there and also visited Seattle), the city is compact and bike-centric, not car-centric. Mind two things, though: 1) Bike lanes are often full and Amsterdam cyclists are assertive, including folks on fatbikes and the likes; 2) The tram rails and how to safely cross them :-) My Wheels@home folder on this channel has more videos on this. Enjoy Amsterdam by skates!

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People usually warn for the area surrounding USC, yes. From what I understand from people who worked at USC it isn't as bad as it used to be, though.

probably its nearby downtown? @@wheelsabroad

@@anuwatsongkarn1443 Yes. In the video there are some shots on downtown. In another video, I start right across from the campus and skate to downtown, so you can see how close the campus is to downtown. For LA standards, it is close. See here: th-cam.com/video/fv1Sl8wrzOo/w-d-xo.html

Thanks!

Hi Negi, You are absolutely right, this was one of the most challenging ones ever. I enjoyed it thoroughly, though, getting to know Delhi. Stay tuned for a Mumbai video soon. It has been the most challenging one on my list.

@@wheelsabroad would love to ride with you in Delhi someday. Do let me know if you visit again 😊

@@naveennegii Will do!