You thought you were going to watch another boring video about how much Americans love fish and chips and the NHS, but little did you know....it's all about the bathtubs and package holidays. 😂😂😂😂
Hi Kaylin With the bus thing yes we do have busses in a lot of the UK but they are expensive and depending on where one lives busses are scarce if they come around at all. In rural areas the UK doesn't have a great bus service some villages never see a bus and if they do run it may be one a week or one a day. So a car is a necessity in rural UK. As for swimming in the water/ sea in the UK we do actually have sharks here. We have Mako, Porbeagle, blue and whale sharks all around UK waters aswell as many others the afforestationed sharks other than the whale sharks have been known to attack but it is rare. But we do have the greater and lesser weaver fish all around UK coasts and you definitely don't want to step on one they will put you in a world of pain as well as potentially kill due to anaphylactic shock due to toxins they inject into your foot. But this is rare most of the time they temporarily paralise people and cause a lot of pain. But swimming in the seas and rivers around UK ATM is a no no unless you want to catch E-coli or cholora due to the govt and environment agency not enforcing the law on water companies dumping raw sewage in our waterways and seas at the moment
@@britbazza3568 It doesn't have to be about small villages in very rural areas. I live in the UK, in a town of about 20,000 people. From the town centre, we have 7 trains and 10 buses _per hour_ running in various directions, including some buses that just run a loop around the residential areas of the town and others that connect to neighbouring towns and cities. That is pretty typical for the UK. Picking a similar sized town at random in the USA, I homed in on Griffin GA, which is about an hour's drive from Atlanta, so not exactly in the middle of nowhere ... and as far as I can see, it has *no* public transport at all. Another town nearby has an express bus to Atlanta that runs 5/6 commuter journeys only from a car park on the edge of town, and nothing else.
I second that on the heat. As an Englishman living in Florida, I miss the uks climate. When friends and family say I’m so lucky and ask what the weather is like I say “when your dish washer is just done washing, open it and stick your head in. That’s what the heat is like”
heat can kill me through dehydration. every summer i have the thermal blackout curtains shut during the day to keep heat out, and a fan at night blowing out hot air into the night through a window to try cool the place down quicker. but then i have had an operation to remove my large bowel so i cant reabsorb liquid from food and dehydrate much easier. during a heatwave i simply cant drink enough to stay hydrated, without causing another medical issue. i'm usually just hours away from A&E when temps get low enough to help again. this is why i get so angry at weather forecasters apologising for rain and calling 30 C and up good. or people flying off to countries like spain for the same temperatures like thats a good thing.
A wild ride for you on this channel where you’re now posting regularly whereas a year or two ago your heart wasn’t in it and you actually stopped for a while. Whatever your mindset or personal issues then, I’m glad that you’re back with a lighter, carefree attitude so you don’t feel under pressure to post ‘meaningful’ content; just go with the flow !
Post when you want and dont feel pressured into it like a professional youtuber would be. This channel is something you post to for fun so keep it that way. Just send something if you feel like posting. Your insights into culture are always interesting.
Love this very original list! No-one should diss the 'Packge Holiday'. It comes in many forms, and many price brackets. It can be one where every moment of your day is scheduled, or one where they get you to your hotel, leave you alone for 2 weeks, and then pick you up to go to the airport at the end, or anything in between. You have the advantage of having a Rep of the travel company on hand to answer any questions or solve problems, or suggest activities you might want to do locally.
It's a shame there isn't a guide to package holidays. Only been on one, never again, nothing was included in the 'all inclusive' and the rep was nowhere to be seen until it was time to get back on the bus to the airport! Guess we just picked the wrong one, were complete noobs and ended up paying a lot more than we needed to.
My favourite package holiday I have taken was a trip to Cuba where TUI sorted out the visa arrangements for me and saved me an administrative nightmare, in fact I am more likely to take a package deal the more exotic location whereas going to France or Spain or whatever I'll just drive there myself and work it out.
Quality of Reps vary immensely some companies take great care in matching reps to the destination and traveler target market, Inghams particularly seem to be able to find the right people
As a Brit, having visited Kentucky on a couple of occasions, to stay with friends, I think the thing I was not appreciative enough about until then, was walkable city/town centre shopping
One aspect I don't like is when people claim they love their new country but seem utterly reluctant to fully commit by becoming a citizen of that country. As a Brit who lived in Switzerland for 8 years I was dismayed by expats the weird holding on to your old country in a patriotic way. It's a bit like entering a new relationship yet keep harking back to your ex. Yes before anyone leaps in and comments I know some people are just temps in the country and becoming a citizen can be a long complicated process. Iirc in Switzerland at the time you had to be resident for at least 12 years before you could apply and have to pass some citizenship test
I do not like the heat! English summers from 30 years ago were too hot for me! A couple of years ago, I had a 6 hour layover in Miami and decided to leave the airport to get some 'fresh' air. OIMG. It was like walking into a sauna, the heat and humidity were incredible. How do people live there???
@@jaxcoss5790 i had never had a layover in the US before so I was very surprised we had to go through immigration, collect our bags and check in again. I've always stayed airside and had the airport handle all that!
My ex hubby was a package holiday snob, but I booked a holiday with Thompsons to a Greek island for teh cheap flights really. We also went on a coach trip round the island and a trip to the mainland to Olympia. We had self catering place away from the noisy hotels and we then booked a car, the coach trip had given us ideas of where we wanted to go back to. I think it worked well really.
I'm very much an independent traveller booking all my own travel and accommodation but just once me and my son decided to go bonkers and book a package holiday to Mexico. It was slightly cheaper if you let them choose the hotel for you so we went with that. It was amazing. The hotel was fantastic, it was all inclusive and we booked a few trips and had the time of our lives. Stress free.
In my personal opinion, the perfect summers in the UK have been the ones where it’s warm and sunny with clear blue skies during the day but mild and rainy during the night. It helps our brick built homes to not gradually build up the heat over time to eventually become too uncomfortable to get a decent sleep and it helps to maintain and keep healthy our greenery and wild animals and prevents the need for hosepipe bans.
I once visited TUI headquarters in Luton and got taken on a tour. It was fascinating, especially their air operations room which keeps track of their aircraft and crew internationally.
The beauty of package holidays is that there is a huge variety to choose from, including walking holidays, cycling holidays, painting holidays - whatever your interest there is a holiday to suit. Its ideal for single people too, and some go to places that woukd eextremely difficult / impossible to visit any other way. Several years ago went on a package holiday to Egypt - we travelled overland and visited sites which were opened up especially for us. In the group was a gentleman who spoke some egyptian and could read some hieroglyphs- but he was on the holiday because as a lone traveler he would not have been able to visit 2 of the sites we visited.
Yeah, the really quiet guy who is trying to listen to TH-cam without annoying anyone, and not interacting with anyone.... Wait, did I just call myself out?
Longleat is a stately home about 4 miles (7 km) west of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. A leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, it is a Grade I listed building and the seat of the Marquesses of Bath. Longleat is set in 1,000 acres (400 ha) of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown, along with 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) of let farmland and 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) of woodland, it was the first stately home to open to the public, and the Longleat estate has the first safari park outside Africa and other attractions including a hedge maze.
In 🇨🇦, package holidays are generally referred to as "all-inclusive vacations". Thomas Cook was the first to come up with this idea in order to cater for the needs of upper-class Victorian women and their daughters for a safe way to do The Grand Tour of Europe. Tui, btw, is a German company.
I started a parkrun back in 2009, and thus far over 300,000 finishes have been recorded. And I still love it - watching parkrun improve people's health and lives never gets tired.
A Nile cruise is a good one with lots of trips to all the places you'd expect. As far as the heat in Britain is concerned, as long as I can hang my washing out wearing just my dressing gown, I'm happy... not sure the neighbours are, but it makes my summer.
5:30 We say "sea" because the UK is mostly surrounded by the North Sea, Irish Sea and The Channel. In the US you say "ocean" because most of the US's coastline is on the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans.
Cool video. What's good about package holidays it is the travel agency charters a whole aircraft for the flight and therefore you are not dabbling in dynamic pricing if you tried to book a scheduled flight yourself. They can therefore be reasonably priced for what you are getting.
The description of the American bus experience really made me laugh - when I've been over there on holiday I've been on some buses and you do see some wild stuff!
Package holidays are cheaper than sourcing your own stuff. And you don't need the extras. I did a package, used Cathay and Marriot. 4 hours from airport to hotel (and back) taken care of, breakfast taken of, welcome drink. The rest I sorted myself. I did use one hotel trip to the rainforest , for a small fee.
I feel spoiled having a car now, but I still use my local metro fairly regularly, and buses when the car is in the garage. I have noticed that the public transport gives older people so much more freedom. In the US, when older people lose their driving license, they are pretty much stuck in the house unless someone can give them a lift. It is so sad. Even the most basic thing like decent pavements/ sidewalks give people so much more freedom here. I literally feel joyful watching older people zoom around on their scooters because it is safe to do so.
Don't forget UBER. Go where and when you want, all digital, with a personal driver that can answer some questions and help with bags. If you went exclusively by UBER it would still be cheaper than owning a car with taxes, maintenance, garage, gasoline, and insurance.
We use package holidays, mostly, especially if it is a new place. Going back it is worth checking how much to book separately. We have saved money that way too. We don't book excursions prior to flying out because we want to relax first and often the local busses go to where we want to, or even local ferries. I want to go to monkey forest now! Enjoyed this, you're doing well to think outside of what the other content is
Not heard of a Park run in the UK but we do have plenty of Fun Runs which usually are collecting for a charity, in fact any runs are usually a chance to collect for charities through sponsorship, but you could put in a tenner from yourself or even less and still take part. Small entrance fee required to cover expenses like drink stations etc
I was in such a bad mood this morning, but your video really cheered me up, you made me laugh quite a few times, thanks. I drive past the monkey forest on my way to Trentham Gardens just up the road, but I’ve never actually visited
I always go up market with TUI, premium cabin in the plane, airport lounge and private transfers etc. one doesn’t want to mix with the riff raff you know
5:30 One of the slight drawbacks about outdoor swimming in the UK is that it will seldom be anything other than chilly. The solution is to suck/chew a toffee while you dry off as vigorously as you can. By the time you're done you'll be reasonably warm and your teeth will not be chattering.
Package Holidays are aimed at a variety of groups- I.e. singles, young or older groups, families , sports orientated, resort based or excursion/sightseeing or some of these combined. City, beach, cultural, mountain all are offered under a, weekend or longer breaks package deal.
A package holiday is usually a good bet. Just be sure to chose a reputable company to go with. There is so much included that you almost don't have to think if you don't want to. Always love your take on things British
About travelling on British buses; generally safe but always avoid using buses between 3pm and 4:30pm. This is the time school children use the public transport system to get home after a day of forced quadratic equations and irregular french verbs. Much releasing of tension and frustration by teenagers. Avoid at all costs. The golden 'hour' on busses is between 8:45 am and 9:30 am, after the kids have gone to school but before the pensioners can use thier free bus passes - its blissful.
I've never heard another YT'er say English bathtubs are better, but I remember reading an issue of the X-Men (iirc) where Nightcrawler gets in a bathtub and says how much better UK vs New York tubs are because you can fully lie down. That comic was written by Chris Claremont, an Englishman. Most Brits call it swimming in the sea because the surrounding water is either the North Sea, the Irish / Celtic sea (or the English Channel / La Manche if you're French). Scots and the Northern Irish might say differently as their coasts are actually on the Atlantic ocean.
This is the most unexpected - but delightful - list imaginable. Love how your brain works! BTW the weather thing only works if you're in the south/south east. If you're in Glasgow the weather is bloody.
I've never used package holidays as I love planning my own. But I went to Ibiza last year on a package trip and it was really good to be able to concentrate on having fun and have everything else organised. This was perfect for me for a party holiday but think I'll still do them individually for the most part.
I just got back from a road trip in the states. Happened to go to the Maclellanville (SC) shrimp festival. Sat on the pier, dangling feet in the water to cool off (no knotted hankie, to fit in better), then heard someone say something about crocs. Didn't react straight away, so as not to look soft but yeah, wasn't thinking about the wildlife.
Thank you for your video. I really appreciate how you give your own individual take that is so different to other USA/UK channels. It's good that you are creative and don't just comment on material made by others. ❤️🇬🇧🇺🇸
Parkrun is international! It started in the UK - and the UK still has more parkrun events than any other country, but it has spread to Australia, the USA, South Africa and several other countries across the world.
You can do some pretty crazy packages though, my friend's just back from hiking 3 weeks through Latin/Southern America, which him and his partner just booked as a package. It was pretty fairly priced - considering the air travel, guides and everything involved and they saw some amazing things + got 5x days (I think) at the end of it in a really nice hotel/resort.
We never do a package holiday I find they cost more than booking easyJet and airbnb…I’m in uk and travelling to Georgia US in September and everything is booked separately but rolled up into a flight with car package to get extra protection, I use Dialaflight for US trips they’re great.
I took a package holidays just for the flight, transfer and hotel but I was there to learn to scuba dive and the company that did this was near the package holiday hotel. We took the package but did not interact with the package in anyway until the return transfer. It is worth looking at packages that anticipate that you will buy extras (and this was one of them) because if you dont then you can get some great deals.
I have absolutely used TUI package deals for my 'trip of a lifetime' holidays. They used to do a package deal to Cube where they sorted out the visa arrangements for you which saved a ton of time and effort, and last year I spend a chunk of my redundancy money on an all inclusive trip to Mauritius and it was great not having to worry about anything other than how I was gonna get to Heathrow.
I remember as a kid in the 70s looking through all of the holiday brochures we'd brought home from the high street travel agents. I don't remember all the names of the brochures companies, except maybe 'Cosmos' and 'Thompsons'.
I love how sometimes your honesty makes you uncomfortable! I makes me appreciate your content even more! keep up this great work you are doing because it's good entertainment for me Lass!
Shop around for tickets . Plane ,train, bus.boat, etc. And if you can book in advance. And when the British youngsters are on Sumner vacations then prices from hotels to trains or planes go up .
A friend of mine was working as a nanny in Florida and I went over for visit and one of the first things she said when I got there was "Remember, where we're from, nothing can eat you... here, everything wants to eat you!"
I love that you included the climate of the UK. My family immigrated to the US many years back and asked me to join them. One of the top reasons, of many, why I didn’t was climate. I love the weather in the UK. It’s never too much of anything. Yes, we adore moaning about it but then we go to Cape Verde and moan the entire time about the heat 😆
We normally book holidays ourselves, as the places we've wanted to visit don't usually have packages from the UK (Scotland in particular), but one time we wanted to do the Grand Circle, western USA, taking in the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion etc - we found that we could buy a package from Virgin including flights, accommodation, and car hire, cheaper than we could buy just the flights on the same plane.
IIRC the first modern package holiday was designed by a holiday firm in London (maybe Upminster, and maybe to Portugal) in the 1970s...and boy, did it catch on (I am pleased to be corrected if I am wrong)
I live in a village of 34 properties, guess what we have a bus stop and a bus service. It is so safe to use. Also, everyone over 65 gets a free bus pass, so buses are used a lot by elderly folk.
@@bermudagirl50 and in London. I left London a few months after turning 60, had that time of free buses, and now I live in the West of England so I have to wait a few years again!
Kaylin, I don’t think we are very adventurous, but when we are in the USA (2 or 3 times a year) we always use public transport. Recently this has meant Miami and Fort Lauderdale, but it’s what we do generally. We are not comfortable with hiring a car, but we will use Uber for short trips around town.
You are so right about heat. I lived in Australia for four years (without air conditioning), and on a hot day in the UK I remember why I wanted to come home. Just being outside in that heat was an ordeal in Australia and I would put on a sarong get in the cold shower get wet before going outside. OK when you are young, but now, no thanks.
Package holidays was the usual way to book an overseas holiday(Thomas Cook was the first) before the internet came along. When you didn't have to phone call BA to see what times they flew to country x, when you didn't have to speak Greek to see if a hotel had rooms etc. Also you could get last minute deals if they had unsold rooms. Now we want to pick and choose every bit
From my 60th birthday I got my senior's bus pass. It means I can travel the length and breadth of Wales and even into Herefordshire without spending a penny to do so..
Love your attitude and look forward to your next video. I don't go for package holidays normally but fully endorse the ski packages, definitely the least stressful way to hit the slopes
I love that you mentioned Parkrun - I try to do one every week - as you say it's very friendly and inclusive. Tomorrow morning I'm marshalling at my local parkrun - they're always looking for volunteers - I volunteer to pay back my time to support the event - no money involved ever at all!!! I'm glad you're enjoying your time in the UK and advocating for us! x
I grew up on the west coast of Scotland, and yes, you can swim in the sea and not have to worry about sharks. But you certainly DO have to worry about jelly fish. There are two types: (1) almost tranparent, so very difficult to see until you're almost on top of them - their sting hurts, but isn't too bad and (2) the big red ones - rarer, easier to spot but boy, be careful to avoid them! Their sting is extremely painful, and I believe some people have died from them.
Another lovely and interesting video. I'll no doubt what this a few more times, when i watch reactions to this later on 🤣. Watching you notice things we take for granted is fantastic. Ive not heard about the Monkey forest, and still only know not to take a date :D (I'm sorry to hear that, but it all worked out?)
Plus a package deal is ABTA protected, hotel, or airline goes bump, ABTA protection covers you. In a country where credit cards aren't so prevalent its an important point.
I lived in Salt Lake, Utah for a few months a few years ago & often got a bus to Provo & found it ok. The one bus I didn’t like was the Greyhound. The air con made it so cold. When my friend was travelling from Utah to Chicago a bloke died on hers & no one knew about it for a few hours. They just thought he was asleep. So scary. The loos on them were awful. A package holiday sounds great. I never go on holiday tho & have forgotten what one feels like.
Some companies do packaged European river cruises that are nice and organised, relaxing yet interesting and often without even the irritation of tipping.
Difference between sea and ocean. We tend to call it sea, especially as we have the North Sea and Irish Sea. Down in Cornwall we have the Atlantic Ocean but we still tend to call it seaside and paddle in the sea.
Greetings GGL, re swimming. Have you heard/read about the 'issues' we Brits have been having with the privatized water companies lately? It appears that if you swim anywhere, but a swimming pool, you are in danger of becoming involved with the poo that you flushed down the loo a few days before. Just giving you the heads up. Take care.
Just a comment about public transport in the US. I have used the bus in suburban Marin county in California, to get the ferry to San Francisco. The bus was fine, with plenty of middle class passengers. I also used the public bus from Sea-Tac airport to central Seattle with no problems. But many other places you definitely need a car or a taxi. You need to ask a local.
Never heard of Monkey Forest but have been to Monkey World in Dorset (as seen on TV). All the monkeys and apes are either rescued from other countries or bred in the park. It's a wonderful place and well worth a visit.
Great video. The concept of package hols originated with Thomas Cook organising family holidays to places like Blackpool for factory workers on their annual week off. When young I hated the idea of being organised and packaged with a lot of strangers, used to book a flight and with back pack roam about not even necessarily staying in the original country and if money ran short sleep on a beach. Now in decrepit antiquity I appreciate the idea of a hotel organised for me beforehand! Have lived in these isles for all many a long year and you have introduced me to something I never knew existed! Monkey Forrest, never even heard of it, though there is a Monkey World in Dorset which is fascinating and a lot if not all monkeys and apes are rescued.
Oceans are the five largest bodies of water - Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern - whereas seas are smaller but more numerous, like the North Sea, Mediterranean, Caribbean, etc. Brits usually talk about the sea because most of the UK is surrounded by seas rather than oceans ... whereas for Americans it is the other way round, the east and west coasts are straight onto the ocean and it's only the Gulf of Mexico that is (arguably) a sea.
Public transport is much better than the US and Canada, but to be fair that doesn't say much. Its generally safe, I feel safer using a bus in an area I don't know than a taxi from a company I don't know. It is not cheap and in some areas not frequent. I would say it is reliable.
But in the US it is cheap where it exists, but Girl Gone London says unsafe. But it is safe. You may get some people down on their luck, but with those people they are not bad. Just poor.
@@peterharridge8565 Hi, I think we might have a different concept of cheap, in US the average bus fare seems to be about $2.20, In UK it is about £2.00, according to UK government website. I don't consider either of these to be cheap. Fares at this level don't act as an incentive to use the bus over driving. Re safety, I don't know if US buses are safe, I get the impression, they are not. I also get the impression that waiting for the bus maybe unsafe.
@@stephenlee5929 Well this is a comparatively new and temporary thing in the UK. Because of Govt action , and no doubt central Govt subsidy, making the the max fare for a single £2. So all fares are doubtless £2. But weekly tickets etc are not. As are down to Bus company. Which is totally privatised except maybe for London which comes under the Mayor's control so this £2 fare isn't relevant. But nevertheless can be reasonable. Well I paid $1 for a single and that single Bus journey was maybe 4/5 miles and could have been (on that Bus) 10 miles or more depending where I wanted to go. That is cheap. But many US fares are far cheaper for a day ticket, Daytona Beach (came to me now -I forgot) was $3.65 but Cash only and no change. And $1.85 for over 65's. Limitless travel for 24 hours, 24 hours from the time stamped on ticket. That's a great deal because buy at 3 PM lets you travel next day too. So not sure where you get the $2.20 from, because some are day tickets. Does it include day tickets or just singles. Even this $2.20 you specify is a bit cheaper than the £2 in England (not sure if it is UK as devolved) even at the crazy current exchange rate which on historical norms is low for the £. In the UK however before temporary Govt action which has been extended a few times (was meant to be in the wake of the temporary high price of utilities etc in wake of Covid/Ukraine), that hasn't been clear if it were to be extended after our current GE by any new Govt. In which case could go back to £5/£7 for longer journeys. And by longer I mean 7/10 miles. Not sure where you get the £2 from that you state, I tried to find a figure. I got £2.80 from the BBC in Sept 2022 before £2 was implemented. But I paid far more than this £2.80 because that was for 3 miles only. When I went on a 10M journey in I think 2021 (as didn't get free fares till 2022) I paid £7.50 for a day ticket as it was £8 return. But that day ticket only gave me journeys on the one Bus company. And fun fact there are several Bus companies in my area. So to go around the area on multiple Bus companies cost more. So guessing you have accessed the £2 max single fare which ends at the moment in Dec 2024. Day tickets are far higher.
I can never understand why people want to reintroduce bears wolves and boars to the UK I like that when walking in woods all you have to fear is foxes and cows
THOSE IDIOTS ON COUNTRYFILE WANT TO TURN OUR FIELDS AND WOODLANDS BACK A THOUSAND PLUS YEARS, WHEN THE RICH AND POWERFUL HUNTED THOSE DANGEROUS CREATURES FOR FUN.
Wild boars can be very dangerous. Especially if you get too close to a female and her young - daddy (AKA the alpha male) is never too far away and he is scary.
We have a lot of bears in Slovakia, they are amazing but sometimes they chase people lol When I was working in a mountain resort, my friend called in saying that she can't get to work because there is a bear waiting at a train station so she couldn't get out of the train. I do miss our wildlife, bears, wolves, chamois, wild hamsters, lynx, fireflies etc, they are all cute but I do not miss mosquitos and ticks. You can easily get 10 mosquito bites in one evening and ticks will sometimes make you go to the hospital when you unsuccessfully remove the tick and accidently leave its head inside your skin, which can kill you. They like to hide and prefer soft skin, my friend had one on his D and ended up going to a hospital with it...I've had a few but I was able to remove them properly. There are some here in the UK, but nowhere near as much. The fact that I can sit in the park in the UK is amazing. You better avoid grass in Slovakia during the summer
We are kinda glad you do ! We may be quirky, even odd on occasions, but if we like you we’ll tease you mercilessly, if we don’t like you, you’ll soon know about it. And you have some redeeming features like you married a Brit. Besides, in general I quite like Americans. I’m Ex British Army and I came into contact with a number of American Service personnel and once we had educated them to our sense of humour they were a good bunch.
I never thought that UK bathtubs were bigger and better! Thanks for pointing this out and thanks to you, I'll appreciate our mild damp climate more and stop complaining about it.
You thought you were going to watch another boring video about how much Americans love fish and chips and the NHS, but little did you know....it's all about the bathtubs and package holidays. 😂😂😂😂
And the monkey forest that we never knew we had... 🙂
Hi Kaylin
With the bus thing yes we do have busses in a lot of the UK but they are expensive and depending on where one lives busses are scarce if they come around at all. In rural areas the UK doesn't have a great bus service some villages never see a bus and if they do run it may be one a week or one a day. So a car is a necessity in rural UK.
As for swimming in the water/ sea in the UK we do actually have sharks here. We have Mako, Porbeagle, blue and whale sharks all around UK waters aswell as many others the afforestationed sharks other than the whale sharks have been known to attack but it is rare. But we do have the greater and lesser weaver fish all around UK coasts and you definitely don't want to step on one they will put you in a world of pain as well as potentially kill due to anaphylactic shock due to toxins they inject into your foot. But this is rare most of the time they temporarily paralise people and cause a lot of pain.
But swimming in the seas and rivers around UK ATM is a no no unless you want to catch E-coli or cholora due to the govt and environment agency not enforcing the law on water companies dumping raw sewage in our waterways and seas at the moment
Great video Kalyn such a lovely woman,much love from rural Essex ❤
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@@britbazza3568 It doesn't have to be about small villages in very rural areas.
I live in the UK, in a town of about 20,000 people. From the town centre, we have 7 trains and 10 buses _per hour_ running in various directions, including some buses that just run a loop around the residential areas of the town and others that connect to neighbouring towns and cities. That is pretty typical for the UK.
Picking a similar sized town at random in the USA, I homed in on Griffin GA, which is about an hour's drive from Atlanta, so not exactly in the middle of nowhere ... and as far as I can see, it has *no* public transport at all. Another town nearby has an express bus to Atlanta that runs 5/6 commuter journeys only from a car park on the edge of town, and nothing else.
I second that on the heat. As an Englishman living in Florida, I miss the uks climate. When friends and family say I’m so lucky and ask what the weather is like I say “when your dish washer is just done washing, open it and stick your head in. That’s what the heat is like”
heat can kill me through dehydration. every summer i have the thermal blackout curtains shut during the day to keep heat out, and a fan at night blowing out hot air into the night through a window to try cool the place down quicker. but then i have had an operation to remove my large bowel so i cant reabsorb liquid from food and dehydrate much easier. during a heatwave i simply cant drink enough to stay hydrated, without causing another medical issue. i'm usually just hours away from A&E when temps get low enough to help again.
this is why i get so angry at weather forecasters apologising for rain and calling 30 C and up good. or people flying off to countries like spain for the same temperatures like thats a good thing.
My dishwasher, Joan, wouldn’t appreciate that!
A wild ride for you on this channel where you’re now posting regularly whereas a year or two ago your heart wasn’t in it and you actually stopped for a while.
Whatever your mindset or personal issues then, I’m glad that you’re back with a lighter, carefree attitude so you don’t feel under pressure to post ‘meaningful’ content; just go with the flow !
Really appreciate this comment, thank you!
Post when you want and dont feel pressured into it like a professional youtuber would be. This channel is something you post to for fun so keep it that way. Just send something if you feel like posting. Your insights into culture are always interesting.
Love this very original list!
No-one should diss the 'Packge Holiday'. It comes in many forms, and many price brackets. It can be one where every moment of your day is scheduled, or one where they get you to your hotel, leave you alone for 2 weeks, and then pick you up to go to the airport at the end, or anything in between. You have the advantage of having a Rep of the travel company on hand to answer any questions or solve problems, or suggest activities you might want to do locally.
It's a shame there isn't a guide to package holidays. Only been on one, never again, nothing was included in the 'all inclusive' and the rep was nowhere to be seen until it was time to get back on the bus to the airport! Guess we just picked the wrong one, were complete noobs and ended up paying a lot more than we needed to.
My favourite package holiday I have taken was a trip to Cuba where TUI sorted out the visa arrangements for me and saved me an administrative nightmare, in fact I am more likely to take a package deal the more exotic location whereas going to France or Spain or whatever I'll just drive there myself and work it out.
Quality of Reps vary immensely some companies take great care in matching reps to the destination and traveler target market, Inghams particularly seem to be able to find the right people
As a Brit, having visited Kentucky on a couple of occasions, to stay with friends, I think the thing I was not appreciative enough about until then, was walkable city/town centre shopping
At the end of the day, this is what guide books don't tell you. So glad you enjoy the little things too.
I love the title things you love about the UK. I have lived in 4 different countries & each one has it's magic. One has to enjoy where one is.
GlAd to see you again.. sorry been in hospitL but released on bail..please stay u know u want to,?!!!🎉❤
One aspect I don't like is when people claim they love their new country but seem utterly reluctant to fully commit by becoming a citizen of that country. As a Brit who lived in Switzerland for 8 years I was dismayed by expats the weird holding on to your old country in a patriotic way. It's a bit like entering a new relationship yet keep harking back to your ex. Yes before anyone leaps in and comments I know some people are just temps in the country and becoming a citizen can be a long complicated process. Iirc in Switzerland at the time you had to be resident for at least 12 years before you could apply and have to pass some citizenship test
I do not like the heat! English summers from 30 years ago were too hot for me!
A couple of years ago, I had a 6 hour layover in Miami and decided to leave the airport to get some 'fresh' air. OIMG. It was like walking into a sauna, the heat and humidity were incredible. How do people live there???
🫠melt
Miami is the worst international airport that I have ever used (and I travel quite a bit).
@@jaxcoss5790 I didn't think much of Chicago ORD.
@@jaxcoss5790 i had never had a layover in the US before so I was very surprised we had to go through immigration, collect our bags and check in again. I've always stayed airside and had the airport handle all that!
I love the heat. There's no such thing as too hot in my vocabulary 🌞
My ex hubby was a package holiday snob, but I booked a holiday with Thompsons to a Greek island for teh cheap flights really. We also went on a coach trip round the island and a trip to the mainland to Olympia. We had self catering place away from the noisy hotels and we then booked a car, the coach trip had given us ideas of where we wanted to go back to. I think it worked well really.
I'm very much an independent traveller booking all my own travel and accommodation but just once me and my son decided to go bonkers and book a package holiday to Mexico. It was slightly cheaper if you let them choose the hotel for you so we went with that. It was amazing. The hotel was fantastic, it was all inclusive and we booked a few trips and had the time of our lives. Stress free.
In my personal opinion, the perfect summers in the UK have been the ones where it’s warm and sunny with clear blue skies during the day but mild and rainy during the night. It helps our brick built homes to not gradually build up the heat over time to eventually become too uncomfortable to get a decent sleep and it helps to maintain and keep healthy our greenery and wild animals and prevents the need for hosepipe bans.
We like you here Kaylin, please stay!👍😎
You've also got extra legal protection with a package holiday compared to a separately booked trip
I once visited TUI headquarters in Luton and got taken on a tour. It was fascinating, especially their air operations room which keeps track of their aircraft and crew internationally.
The beauty of package holidays is that there is a huge variety to choose from, including walking holidays, cycling holidays, painting holidays - whatever your interest there is a holiday to suit. Its ideal for single people too, and some go to places that woukd eextremely difficult / impossible to visit any other way. Several years ago went on a package holiday to Egypt - we travelled overland and visited sites which were opened up especially for us. In the group was a gentleman who spoke some egyptian and could read some hieroglyphs- but he was on the holiday because as a lone traveler he would not have been able to visit 2 of the sites we visited.
"maybe the occasional town weirdo' is a very concise summing up of the British experience in general :)
We got rid of a lot of the "Town weirdo's and village idiots" and stuck them in a place called Parliament.
Learn to love your town weirdo, they add character, and one day people may think you are the town weirdo.
Yeah, the really quiet guy who is trying to listen to TH-cam without annoying anyone, and not interacting with anyone.... Wait, did I just call myself out?
It's called 'the nutter on the bus'. I had one the other day swearing out loud because the bus was in a minor traffic jam.
Longleat is a stately home about 4 miles (7 km) west of Warminster in Wiltshire, England. A leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, it is a Grade I listed building and the seat of the Marquesses of Bath.
Longleat is set in 1,000 acres (400 ha) of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown, along with 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) of let farmland and 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) of woodland, it was the first stately home to open to the public, and the Longleat estate has the first safari park outside Africa and other attractions including a hedge maze.
In 🇨🇦, package holidays are generally referred to as "all-inclusive vacations". Thomas Cook was the first to come up with this idea in order to cater for the needs of upper-class Victorian women and their daughters for a safe way to do The Grand Tour of Europe. Tui, btw, is a German company.
TUI actually took Thomas Cook over after they went bust!
TUI took Thomas Cook over after their bankruptcy. Some TUI stores in Germany are still called Thomas Cook (Friedrichshafen is an example).
@@Jamie_D Wrong, all-inclusive includes meals and, frequently, drinks.
Jet2 is the best IMO
I started a parkrun back in 2009, and thus far over 300,000 finishes have been recorded. And I still love it - watching parkrun improve people's health and lives never gets tired.
@@bryansmith1920 I think the person means 300,000 people completed the run.
So you started it in 2009 and still haven't finished ?
A Nile cruise is a good one with lots of trips to all the places you'd expect. As far as the heat in Britain is concerned, as long as I can hang my washing out wearing just my dressing gown, I'm happy... not sure the neighbours are, but it makes my summer.
5:30 We say "sea" because the UK is mostly surrounded by the North Sea, Irish Sea and The Channel.
In the US you say "ocean" because most of the US's coastline is on the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans.
Except for the Carribbean, but we don't really refer to it as a Sea. Alaska is on seas, but nobody lives there.
Cool video. What's good about package holidays it is the travel agency charters a whole aircraft for the flight and therefore you are not dabbling in dynamic pricing if you tried to book a scheduled flight yourself. They can therefore be reasonably priced for what you are getting.
I use the internet to find routes and pricing, then go the actual airline or train to actually buy a ticket. That Ninja in the UK is total ripoff.
Catching the train from Brighton to London unchaperoned was a breeze. UK public transport even for distance travelling is brilliant.
The description of the American bus experience really made me laugh - when I've been over there on holiday I've been on some buses and you do see some wild stuff!
Package holidays are cheaper than sourcing your own stuff.
And you don't need the extras.
I did a package, used Cathay and Marriot. 4 hours from airport to hotel (and back) taken care of, breakfast taken of, welcome drink.
The rest I sorted myself.
I did use one hotel trip to the rainforest , for a small fee.
I feel spoiled having a car now, but I still use my local metro fairly regularly, and buses when the car is in the garage. I have noticed that the public transport gives older people so much more freedom. In the US, when older people lose their driving license, they are pretty much stuck in the house unless someone can give them a lift. It is so sad. Even the most basic thing like decent pavements/ sidewalks give people so much more freedom here. I literally feel joyful watching older people zoom around on their scooters because it is safe to do so.
Elderly people in UK are entitled to a free bus pass which allows travel anywhere on buses during the day. It does cover long distance coach journeys.
Don't forget UBER. Go where and when you want, all digital, with a personal driver that can answer some questions and help with bags. If you went exclusively by UBER it would still be cheaper than owning a car with taxes, maintenance, garage, gasoline, and insurance.
OMG nice to hear something good about stoke! Thank you
Love the UK 🇬🇧 it has so many great places to explore & and there are shops here that you'll never see over in America like Marks & Spencer!
We use package holidays, mostly, especially if it is a new place. Going back it is worth checking how much to book separately. We have saved money that way too.
We don't book excursions prior to flying out because we want to relax first and often the local busses go to where we want to, or even local ferries.
I want to go to monkey forest now!
Enjoyed this, you're doing well to think outside of what the other content is
I think you're delightful. Your videos hold a useful and warming mirror up on the UK. Subscribed!
A must visit is the Eden Project here in Cornwall? Not sure if you've been or heard of it but worth checking out.
It's excellent.
The cost always put me off. Plus it looks like it’d be very warm inside those domes!
Not heard of a Park run in the UK but we do have plenty of Fun Runs which usually are collecting for a charity, in fact any runs are usually a chance to collect for charities through sponsorship, but you could put in a tenner from yourself or even less and still take part. Small entrance fee required to cover expenses like drink stations etc
Tropical beaches try Dorset, Devon and Cornwall on a good day of course😉😉😊
I was in such a bad mood this morning, but your video really cheered me up, you made me laugh quite a few times, thanks. I drive past the monkey forest on my way to Trentham Gardens just up the road, but I’ve never actually visited
This makes me so happy to hear! Thanks for watching!
I always go up market with TUI, premium cabin in the plane, airport lounge and private transfers etc. one doesn’t want to mix with the riff raff you know
5:30 One of the slight drawbacks about outdoor swimming in the UK is that it will seldom be anything other than chilly. The solution is to suck/chew a toffee while you dry off as vigorously as you can. By the time you're done you'll be reasonably warm and your teeth will not be chattering.
Package Holidays are aimed at a variety of groups- I.e. singles, young or older groups, families , sports orientated, resort based or excursion/sightseeing or some of these combined. City, beach, cultural, mountain all are offered under a, weekend or longer breaks package deal.
Package holiday. We do it in Denmark to and Germany does to.
So does France.
Thanks for the UK love 🇬🇧 can also confirm the Monkey Forest is great!
A package holiday is usually a good bet. Just be sure to chose a reputable company to go with. There is so much included that you almost don't have to think if you don't want to. Always love your take on things British
About travelling on British buses; generally safe but always avoid using buses between 3pm and 4:30pm. This is the time school children use the public transport system to get home after a day of forced quadratic equations and irregular french verbs. Much releasing of tension and frustration by teenagers. Avoid at all costs.
The golden 'hour' on busses is between 8:45 am and 9:30 am, after the kids have gone to school but before the pensioners can use thier free bus passes - its blissful.
I agree 100% when swarms of the little pr#cks get on....No queueing, barging old people and wheelchair users out of the way!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡
True, but they are still pretty harmless, they are fairly unlikely to eat you!
@@shaunfarrell3834 Is the 'they' in this sentence referring to the buses, the school children or the pensioners?
@@shaunfarrell3834Are you sure?! 🤔😂😂
@@stevelknievel4183 Hm, now there's a way to stretch out the pension to the end of the month. Thanks. (Joke - mentioned for legal reasons)
I've never heard another YT'er say English bathtubs are better, but I remember reading an issue of the X-Men (iirc) where Nightcrawler gets in a bathtub and says how much better UK vs New York tubs are because you can fully lie down. That comic was written by Chris Claremont, an Englishman.
Most Brits call it swimming in the sea because the surrounding water is either the North Sea, the Irish / Celtic sea (or the English Channel / La Manche if you're French). Scots and the Northern Irish might say differently as their coasts are actually on the Atlantic ocean.
This is the most unexpected - but delightful - list imaginable. Love how your brain works!
BTW the weather thing only works if you're in the south/south east. If you're in Glasgow the weather is bloody.
I've never used package holidays as I love planning my own. But I went to Ibiza last year on a package trip and it was really good to be able to concentrate on having fun and have everything else organised. This was perfect for me for a party holiday but think I'll still do them individually for the most part.
I just got back from a road trip in the states. Happened to go to the Maclellanville (SC) shrimp festival. Sat on the pier, dangling feet in the water to cool off (no knotted hankie, to fit in better), then heard someone say something about crocs. Didn't react straight away, so as not to look soft but yeah, wasn't thinking about the wildlife.
Alligators. Crocs are those rubber shoes unless you're in Florida.
Love this video, it feels very off the cuff.
I love doing these types when I can just sit down and spill everything in my mind. Thanks for watching. 😂
Monkey Forest is amazing, then get on the paddle steamer down the lake and go to Trentham Gardens! The whole place is excellent.
Well, I have just learnt about two things in the UK I didn't know about. Park Runs and Monkey Forest. Never too old to learn. Thanks. 😊😊
there you go, what a day! Enjoy the rest of it!
But is there a Park Run IN Monkey Forest???🐵🐒🦍🦧
BEST IDEA EVER
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Doesn't begin with a Z (IYKYK) ☺
@@jamesbeeching6138Yes, when the monkeys come running after you!!
It actually gets really hot in the UK, I can remember my snowman melting in the barmy summer of 1974! 😂
8:36 they also weren't working when on holiday in Tenerife.
Thank you for your video. I really appreciate how you give your own individual take that is so different to other USA/UK channels. It's good that you are creative and don't just comment on material made by others. ❤️🇬🇧🇺🇸
Parkrun is international! It started in the UK - and the UK still has more parkrun events than any other country, but it has spread to Australia, the USA, South Africa and several other countries across the world.
You can do some pretty crazy packages though, my friend's just back from hiking 3 weeks through Latin/Southern America, which him and his partner just booked as a package. It was pretty fairly priced - considering the air travel, guides and everything involved and they saw some amazing things + got 5x days (I think) at the end of it in a really nice hotel/resort.
We never do a package holiday I find they cost more than booking easyJet and airbnb…I’m in uk and travelling to Georgia US in September and everything is booked separately but rolled up into a flight with car package to get extra protection, I use Dialaflight for US trips they’re great.
Not been to Monkey Forest but I have been to Trentham Gardens and the outlet mall there, as I live about an hour away from Stoke.
I took a package holidays just for the flight, transfer and hotel but I was there to learn to scuba dive and the company that did this was near the package holiday hotel. We took the package but did not interact with the package in anyway until the return transfer. It is worth looking at packages that anticipate that you will buy extras (and this was one of them) because if you dont then you can get some great deals.
If you want good beaches, check out Suffolk or Norfolk (very different.) If you pick the right place you feel like you have a private beach.
I have absolutely used TUI package deals for my 'trip of a lifetime' holidays. They used to do a package deal to Cube where they sorted out the visa arrangements for you which saved a ton of time and effort, and last year I spend a chunk of my redundancy money on an all inclusive trip to Mauritius and it was great not having to worry about anything other than how I was gonna get to Heathrow.
I remember as a kid in the 70s looking through all of the holiday brochures we'd brought home from the high street travel agents. I don't remember all the names of the brochures companies, except maybe 'Cosmos' and 'Thompsons'.
I love how sometimes your honesty makes you uncomfortable! I makes me appreciate your content even more! keep up this great work you are doing because it's good entertainment for me Lass!
Shop around for tickets . Plane ,train, bus.boat, etc. And if you can book in advance. And when the British youngsters are on Sumner vacations then prices from hotels to trains or planes go up .
A friend of mine was working as a nanny in Florida and I went over for visit and one of the first things she said when I got there was "Remember, where we're from, nothing can eat you... here, everything wants to eat you!"
I love that you included the climate of the UK. My family immigrated to the US many years back and asked me to join them. One of the top reasons, of many, why I didn’t was climate. I love the weather in the UK. It’s never too much of anything. Yes, we adore moaning about it but then we go to Cape Verde and moan the entire time about the heat 😆
We normally book holidays ourselves, as the places we've wanted to visit don't usually have packages from the UK (Scotland in particular), but one time we wanted to do the Grand Circle, western USA, taking in the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion etc - we found that we could buy a package from Virgin including flights, accommodation, and car hire, cheaper than we could buy just the flights on the same plane.
IIRC the first modern package holiday was designed by a holiday firm in London (maybe Upminster, and maybe to Portugal) in the 1970s...and boy, did it catch on (I am pleased to be corrected if I am wrong)
I'm south UK and i totally agree with everything you just said 👋👋
I live in a village of 34 properties, guess what we have a bus stop and a bus service. It is so safe to use. Also, everyone over 65 gets a free bus pass, so buses are used a lot by elderly folk.
It's pension age, but yes, once you've reached that, yay!
In Scotland you get a free bus pass @ age 60.
@@bermudagirl50 and in London. I left London a few months after turning 60, had that time of free buses, and now I live in the West of England so I have to wait a few years again!
@@chrisamies2141 They have a different age limit?
@@bermudagirl50 Yes London is 60 but my area is pension age currently 66.
Kaylin, I don’t think we are very adventurous, but when we are in the USA (2 or 3 times a year) we always use public transport. Recently this has meant Miami and Fort Lauderdale, but it’s what we do generally. We are not comfortable with hiring a car, but we will use Uber for short trips around town.
In the UK we tend to call it "The Sea". We dont really use the word Ocean unless we are talking about the Atlantic or Pacific ocean
In rough terms a sea is a small area off an ocean. There are just a few oceans around the world. Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Artic.
@@Brian3989 Yes I know but in the UK we call it the sea even if we are looking straight out at the Atlantic Ocean
Package holidays cover the full spectrum check out some of the packages that cover the northern Italian Lake particularly Lake Garda❤
I've lived in Stoke-on-Trent all my life, and I have yet to visit the monkey forest. Got to make sure we go soon.
Well worth a visit! Then you can go shopping at Trentham Gardens!
Is that The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, on the bookshelf behind you? One of my favourite books!
You are so right about heat. I lived in Australia for four years (without air conditioning), and on a hot day in the UK I remember why I wanted to come home. Just being outside in that heat was an ordeal in Australia and I would put on a sarong get in the cold shower get wet before going outside. OK when you are young, but now, no thanks.
Package holidays was the usual way to book an overseas holiday(Thomas Cook was the first) before the internet came along. When you didn't have to phone call BA to see what times they flew to country x, when you didn't have to speak Greek to see if a hotel had rooms etc. Also you could get last minute deals if they had unsold rooms. Now we want to pick and choose every bit
From my 60th birthday I got my senior's bus pass. It means I can travel the length and breadth of Wales and even into Herefordshire without spending a penny to do so..
Love your attitude and look forward to your next video. I don't go for package holidays normally but fully endorse the ski packages, definitely the least stressful way to hit the slopes
I love that you mentioned Parkrun - I try to do one every week - as you say it's very friendly and inclusive. Tomorrow morning I'm marshalling at my local parkrun - they're always looking for volunteers - I volunteer to pay back my time to support the event - no money involved ever at all!!! I'm glad you're enjoying your time in the UK and advocating for us! x
I grew up on the west coast of Scotland, and yes, you can swim in the sea and not have to worry about sharks. But you certainly DO have to worry about jelly fish. There are two types: (1) almost tranparent, so very difficult to see until you're almost on top of them - their sting hurts, but isn't too bad and (2) the big red ones - rarer, easier to spot but boy, be careful to avoid them! Their sting is extremely painful, and I believe some people have died from them.
What a super vlog ...never heard of monkey forest though...have to check it out now as Stoke isn't quite the place I'd of thought of going! 🙈🤣🤣
Another lovely and interesting video. I'll no doubt what this a few more times, when i watch reactions to this later on 🤣.
Watching you notice things we take for granted is fantastic.
Ive not heard about the Monkey forest, and still only know not to take a date :D (I'm sorry to hear that, but it all worked out?)
Plus a package deal is ABTA protected, hotel, or airline goes bump, ABTA protection covers you.
In a country where credit cards aren't so prevalent its an important point.
I lived in Salt Lake, Utah for a few months a few years ago & often got a bus to Provo & found it ok.
The one bus I didn’t like was the Greyhound. The air con made it so cold.
When my friend was travelling from Utah to Chicago a bloke died on hers & no one knew about it for a few hours. They just thought he was asleep. So scary.
The loos on them were awful.
A package holiday sounds great. I never go on holiday tho & have forgotten what one feels like.
You are so witty and eloquent. Loved this unscripted video. xx
Some companies do packaged European river cruises that are nice and organised, relaxing yet interesting and often without even the irritation of tipping.
Difference between sea and ocean. We tend to call it sea, especially as we have the North Sea and Irish Sea. Down in Cornwall we have the Atlantic Ocean but we still tend to call it seaside and paddle in the sea.
Parkrun do make money from merchandising, but it isn't compulsory to buy it.
Monkey forest, trentham is a good for a couple of hours (140 Barbary macaques,) a pleasant break from visiting the nearby potteries.
Greetings GGL, re swimming. Have you heard/read about the 'issues' we Brits have been having with the privatized water companies lately? It appears that if you swim anywhere, but a swimming pool, you are in danger of becoming involved with the poo that you flushed down the loo a few days before. Just giving you the heads up. Take care.
Just a comment about public transport in the US. I have used the bus in suburban Marin county in California, to get the ferry to San Francisco. The bus was fine, with plenty of middle class passengers. I also used the public bus from Sea-Tac airport to central Seattle with no problems.
But many other places you definitely need a car or a taxi. You need to ask a local.
Never heard of Monkey Forest but have been to Monkey World in Dorset (as seen on TV). All the monkeys and apes are either rescued from other countries or bred in the park. It's a wonderful place and well worth a visit.
Great video. The concept of package hols originated with Thomas Cook organising family holidays to places like Blackpool for factory workers on their annual week off. When young I hated the idea of being organised and packaged with a lot of strangers, used to book a flight and with back pack roam about not even necessarily staying in the original country and if money ran short sleep on a beach. Now in decrepit antiquity I appreciate the idea of a hotel organised for me beforehand!
Have lived in these isles for all many a long year and you have introduced me to something I never knew existed! Monkey Forrest, never even heard of it, though there is a Monkey World in Dorset which is fascinating and a lot if not all monkeys and apes are rescued.
Oceans are the five largest bodies of water - Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern - whereas seas are smaller but more numerous, like the North Sea, Mediterranean, Caribbean, etc. Brits usually talk about the sea because most of the UK is surrounded by seas rather than oceans ... whereas for Americans it is the other way round, the east and west coasts are straight onto the ocean and it's only the Gulf of Mexico that is (arguably) a sea.
I've just seen that I made the same point in a comment.
Public transport is much better than the US and Canada, but to be fair that doesn't say much.
Its generally safe, I feel safer using a bus in an area I don't know than a taxi from a company I don't know.
It is not cheap and in some areas not frequent.
I would say it is reliable.
But in the US it is cheap where it exists, but Girl Gone London says unsafe. But it is safe. You may get some people down on their luck, but with those people they are not bad. Just poor.
@@peterharridge8565 Hi, I think we might have a different concept of cheap, in US the average bus fare seems to be about $2.20, In UK it is about £2.00, according to UK government website.
I don't consider either of these to be cheap.
Fares at this level don't act as an incentive to use the bus over driving.
Re safety, I don't know if US buses are safe, I get the impression, they are not. I also get the impression that waiting for the bus maybe unsafe.
@@stephenlee5929 Well this is a comparatively new and temporary thing in the UK. Because of Govt action , and no doubt central Govt subsidy, making the the max fare for a single £2. So all fares are doubtless £2. But weekly tickets etc are not. As are down to Bus company. Which is totally privatised except maybe for London which comes under the Mayor's control so this £2 fare isn't relevant. But nevertheless can be reasonable.
Well I paid $1 for a single and that single Bus journey was maybe 4/5 miles and could have been (on that Bus) 10 miles or more depending where I wanted to go. That is cheap. But many US fares are far cheaper for a day ticket, Daytona Beach (came to me now -I forgot) was $3.65 but Cash only and no change. And $1.85 for over 65's. Limitless travel for 24 hours, 24 hours from the time stamped on ticket. That's a great deal because buy at 3 PM lets you travel next day too. So not sure where you get the $2.20 from, because some are day tickets. Does it include day tickets or just singles. Even this $2.20 you specify is a bit cheaper than the £2 in England (not sure if it is UK as devolved) even at the crazy current exchange rate which on historical norms is low for the £.
In the UK however before temporary Govt action which has been extended a few times (was meant to be in the wake of the temporary high price of utilities etc in wake of Covid/Ukraine), that hasn't been clear if it were to be extended after our current GE by any new Govt. In which case could go back to £5/£7 for longer journeys. And by longer I mean 7/10 miles.
Not sure where you get the £2 from that you state, I tried to find a figure. I got £2.80 from the BBC in Sept 2022 before £2 was implemented. But I paid far more than this £2.80 because that was for 3 miles only. When I went on a 10M journey in I think 2021 (as didn't get free fares till 2022) I paid £7.50 for a day ticket as it was £8 return. But that day ticket only gave me journeys on the one Bus company. And fun fact there are several Bus companies in my area. So to go around the area on multiple Bus companies cost more. So guessing you have accessed the £2 max single fare which ends at the moment in Dec 2024. Day tickets are far higher.
I can never understand why people want to reintroduce bears wolves and boars to the UK
I like that when walking in woods all you have to fear is foxes and cows
There are loads 9f wild boars in the British forests!!🐗🐗🐗🐗
We already have bears on the floor of the stock exchange, Wolves in the form of the football club, and the house of commons is stuffed with 'bores'!
THOSE IDIOTS ON COUNTRYFILE WANT TO TURN OUR FIELDS AND WOODLANDS BACK A THOUSAND PLUS YEARS, WHEN THE RICH AND POWERFUL HUNTED THOSE DANGEROUS CREATURES FOR FUN.
Wild boars can be very dangerous. Especially if you get too close to a female and her young - daddy (AKA the alpha male) is never too far away and he is scary.
We have a lot of bears in Slovakia, they are amazing but sometimes they chase people lol
When I was working in a mountain resort, my friend called in saying that she can't get to work because there is a bear waiting at a train station so she couldn't get out of the train.
I do miss our wildlife, bears, wolves, chamois, wild hamsters, lynx, fireflies etc, they are all cute but I do not miss mosquitos and ticks.
You can easily get 10 mosquito bites in one evening and ticks will sometimes make you go to the hospital when you unsuccessfully remove the tick and accidently leave its head inside your skin, which can kill you. They like to hide and prefer soft skin, my friend had one on his D and ended up going to a hospital with it...I've had a few but I was able to remove them properly.
There are some here in the UK, but nowhere near as much. The fact that I can sit in the park in the UK is amazing. You better avoid grass in Slovakia during the summer
Is there a TUI-like package to Tombstone Arizona? I would love to get all included there!!
We are kinda glad you do ! We may be quirky, even odd on occasions, but if we like you we’ll tease you mercilessly, if we don’t like you, you’ll soon know about it. And you have some redeeming features like you married a Brit.
Besides, in general I quite like Americans. I’m Ex British Army and I came into contact with a number of American Service personnel and once we had educated them to our sense of humour they were a good bunch.
Parkruns are all over the world. It is big in Australia too.
I never thought that UK bathtubs were bigger and better! Thanks for pointing this out and thanks to you, I'll appreciate our mild damp climate more and stop complaining about it.
Another big parkrun fan here which I've loved ever since dong my first one back in 2012.
It is very informative video. American people are very honest. You are from America