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025 Forget About it · bit of a Rambler

• 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,360 Hello, my name is Kai and I am a bit of a rambler. 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:08,040 I like to travel, learn, and tell stories. 3 00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:14,560 And today I would like to alleviate some concerns over showing up in a country without 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:19,600 item you think you needed or something you didn't plan for before you arrive in the 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,040 country. 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:27,000 These are all the things I did into do before I left to start traveling. 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:32,320 But I'm not saying these things because I want you to worry about any of them, honestly. 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:38,640 I want you to rest assured that even though I did none of these things before I got on 9 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:44,440 a plane and traveled to another country, it all turned out great. 10 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:51,400 Things worked out when I got there, everything was fine, and anything I didn't have or didn't 11 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:52,880 work out. 12 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:58,400 I got or solved when I was there. 13 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:02,520 So hopefully this will give you some ideas if there are some things you do want to take. 14 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:10,960 But despite me not doing any of these, I don't know, two does three dozen things, everything 15 00:01:10,960 --> 00:01:14,720 worked out fine, and I think it will for you too. 16 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,040 I didn't put this in any order. 17 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:21,800 I just thought about all the things that have become important for me. 18 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:26,880 And I didn't think of at all before I started traveling. 19 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,760 I didn't bring a water bottle. 20 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:35,640 And when I travel to a new place, I almost always walk from the airport to my hotel. 21 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,640 I like to get acquainted with the city. 22 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:43,940 And you know, I don't know where the water is, especially I didn't know where the water 23 00:01:43,940 --> 00:01:47,760 was when I landed in Beijing my first country ever. 24 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:53,320 And I was just totally confused and I didn't bring a water bottle, but they're everywhere. 25 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:54,480 So that was fine. 26 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,920 I got one. 27 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,480 I didn't bring a sink plug with me. 28 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:04,940 So when I got to Guatemala, they don't have many laundromats in Guatemala and they use 29 00:02:04,940 --> 00:02:07,080 very strong detergent that I don't like. 30 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,480 So I would prefer to wash my own clothes in the sink. 31 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:16,080 And if you just have a common plastic sink plug, it works in like almost every single 32 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,360 place in the world. 33 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,640 And so I went to a store and I got a sink plug. 34 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:24,240 Easy peasy. 35 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:29,840 When I left China for the first time and went on a nine month tour of a whole bunch of 36 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,240 countries, I didn't plan out my trip. 37 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:37,720 And I had the idea that I should plan my trip ahead, but once I got there, I realized 38 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:39,280 I didn't need to. 39 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:40,880 If you want to plan ahead, that's fine. 40 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,840 But if you don't have time or you forget, you're going to have time with you land to plan 41 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,760 all this out anyway, if you want to follow a travel plan. 42 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:54,800 I took a flight to Thailand and then I just winged it from there. 43 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,800 And that was such a good idea. 44 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:04,840 If you leave time or all of the time you don't plan for, you leave open for pop-up events 45 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:12,480 or surprises, you can fill up your schedule that way pretty easily because you don't need 46 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:14,680 to plan your trip. 47 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:20,160 You're going to be lying in your hostel or your hotel or walking around or whatever. 48 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:23,560 You can scroll on your phone, just look for the coolest thing near you. 49 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:24,880 Go do that. 50 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:29,880 You don't have to plan ahead for any of it unless you only have, I don't know, two days and 51 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:31,760 you didn't book. 52 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:32,760 I don't know. 53 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:33,960 There's really nothing I can think of. 54 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,840 I'm sure there's something that you couldn't, maybe the tickets have all sold out for a concert 55 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:43,680 that's visiting and you didn't book a ticket till the day before. 56 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,000 But if you're going to Cambodia, anchor what? 57 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,800 You can always go to anchor what. 58 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:54,240 You don't have to plan out everything and worry about how everything is going to shake 59 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:55,240 out. 60 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:56,840 That's not that fun anyway. 61 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:01,960 It's much more fun to be going to anchor what on a bicycle that you rented and then halfway 62 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:07,240 there, notice there's a bagel shop called Elephants and Circles or something like that and 63 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,720 you can just stop and do that. 64 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:14,720 If you plan out everything, you aren't going to be paying as much attention to what is around 65 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,040 you when you are on the ground in that country. 66 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,600 You'll be thinking too much about your plans to notice your surroundings. 67 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,960 And that's what's so nice about not planning. 68 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:29,400 You can appreciate what is happening around you. 69 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,520 If you like to plan, that's fine. 70 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:36,080 Just try to keep it loose so that you have time to accommodate all of the interesting 71 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:39,480 things you are going to see when you visit new countries. 72 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:46,560 There's so much that is not anywhere on any website because people are constantly changing 73 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:52,900 and countries, consequently, are constantly changing and becoming amazing in new ways. 74 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:56,840 Just leave space for exploration and discovery. 75 00:04:56,840 --> 00:05:01,880 I didn't bring any passport photos, which is important. 76 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:07,400 You use them all the time for visas, for extensions. 77 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:12,960 Like after you've been in the country for a while, passport photos come in handy constantly. 78 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:19,600 You can also get them anywhere but you have to know what the copy shop says above its 79 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:20,840 door. 80 00:05:20,840 --> 00:05:27,520 I thought so many times, it's funny I still don't carry around a stack of passport photos 81 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:31,960 because they come in so handy all the time. 82 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:36,960 It's just a thing you're going to use constantly that you wouldn't think of to bring and I 83 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,400 certainly didn't. 84 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,200 But flip side is, you don't need to. 85 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:46,840 There's always a shop that will print them out for you and it's going to cost one dollar 86 00:05:46,840 --> 00:05:53,480 more if you print them out in the airport instead of outside of the airport in town, but it's 87 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:55,840 okay if you don't remember them. 88 00:05:55,840 --> 00:05:57,720 You'll need them if you're going to keep traveling. 89 00:05:57,720 --> 00:05:59,880 They just pop up on all the official things. 90 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:01,400 But if you forget them, don't worry. 91 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:06,040 There's places that will print out passport photos everywhere in every country. 92 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:07,040 Very common. 93 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,040 A day bag. 94 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:17,440 I didn't bring one and for years, I very rarely carry it any necessities with me anywhere 95 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:18,440 I went. 96 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:19,800 I didn't take a water bottle. 97 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,280 I didn't take a change of clothes. 98 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:24,160 I didn't take anything. 99 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:28,640 If I took a water bottle, I was carrying it in my hand the whole eight hour walk up a mountain 100 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,400 the whole walk back down. 101 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:32,400 Like it's kind of crazy. 102 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,440 I never brought a day bag. 103 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:41,400 But as soon as I wanted one, I went to that store I loved de-cathol on and they had an amazing 104 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,360 one that lasted for years for like two dollars or whatever it is. 105 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:50,640 So if you don't have a day bag, you don't need one because you can carry your water bottle 106 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,120 with you. 107 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,960 And then if you do want one, they're all around you. 108 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:55,960 They're everywhere. 109 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,440 So you don't have to worry about if you forget to bring one. 110 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:00,680 This was a big one. 111 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:05,560 I never actually learned the language before I go somewhere. 112 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:11,720 This started because I had almost no time to learn any Chinese before I flew to China 113 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,440 the first time. 114 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,480 But after I landed, I realized how difficult it would have been to learn anything before 115 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,840 I was actually surrounded by the language and culture. 116 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:29,480 So I might do some prep on an app or like look just to get the sounds into my head. 117 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:34,520 But I don't study a language before I get to the country because I know once I'm in the 118 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:39,320 country it'll be so much easier to learn since everybody will be speaking that language. 119 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:45,040 And I think this one is important to expand on because I hear people worry about but I don't 120 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:50,560 know Chinese, Japanese, Ketchup, Korean, whatever it is. 121 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:55,120 People tell me, no, I really think I should prepare for this by making sure I know the basics 122 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:56,640 first. 123 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,160 If you want to do that, that's fine. 124 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,040 And if you want to start studying after you land and you're surrounded by the language, 125 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:04,640 that's fine too. 126 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:11,400 In terms of emergency services or situations, English is used and somewhat respected. 127 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:15,120 However, fairly that is globally. 128 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:20,040 So someone is going to speak English around you and if you need help, you can get help 129 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:21,240 in English. 130 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:25,480 I do personally think you should learn the language of any place you travel. 131 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,760 But it's going to be way easier to do that once you land. 132 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:34,160 And by landing inside that culture, the language becomes a part of you instantly. 133 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,720 Even if you don't realize it, it's just like a kid walking around for the first time, 134 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,600 like a little child in the words just getting absorbed. 135 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:45,760 The rhythm of the speech, the tones, they're all going to be, they're all going to make 136 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:48,120 more sense to you once you're there. 137 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:54,200 And the writing helps with that too, just a general osmosis of culture and language. 138 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:59,360 So yeah, I actively don't study the languages before I go to a country now. 139 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,160 And it's fun to learn languages. 140 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:05,080 I do learn languages by myself. 141 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:11,000 Like I'm studying Ireland on my phone, Irish on my phone right now, even though I'm not 142 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,240 in Ireland. 143 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:16,320 And even if I wasn't Ireland, I wouldn't need to use Irish to get around. 144 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,080 It's fun to study languages. 145 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:24,160 But if you don't know anything about the language of the country you're moving to, that's 146 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:25,600 okay. 147 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,720 You should study it when you get there. 148 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,920 But yeah, if you don't know anything, it's fine. 149 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:35,320 I knew six words when I got to China and I learned it when I was there and it was fine 150 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:36,960 and I still speak Mandarin. 151 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:41,880 And so it's totally okay if you don't know the language before you go to a place. 152 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:47,160 Oh, this is, I did not take screenshots of everything. 153 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:52,000 So when I landed and I didn't have Wi-Fi and I didn't have data, I don't even know 154 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,400 what I did. 155 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:57,720 This happened in a couple of countries before I made myself take screenshots of everything. 156 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:04,960 So every plane ticket, every passport photo, every visa, I always take screenshots of them 157 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:10,880 now because if you don't have them when you land and there's no data but everything's 158 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,560 on your phone, it can be a pain. 159 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:19,000 Now even though I forgot that in multiple countries and I landed and I didn't have the 160 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,320 information and I'm waiting in line, turn around to the person next to you. 161 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,720 Sorry, can I use your hotspot for a second? 162 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:29,640 Or ask a security guard about the Wi-Fi. 163 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,920 There's always something where they're like, oh no, that one that's like it says main airport 164 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,360 free Wi-Fi, that's not the real Wi-Fi. 165 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:41,400 The real one is RJ Airport 2 and then it works fine. 166 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:47,480 Like the Wi-Fi was just you were trying to connect to the wrong incorrectly named network. 167 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:52,840 So even if you forget to take screenshots of everything, you'll be fine. 168 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,720 It will help you and you'll be able to get data and get all that stuff. 169 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:03,880 I did not tell my bank I was traveling and so when I was traveling in Thailand, I think 170 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,960 it was the first time I believe, I'm not sure. 171 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:09,800 But I think it was Thailand. 172 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:14,040 It was outside of a prison museum, something. 173 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:19,080 And I knew that I had almost used up all my money so I was planning to make it withdrawal 174 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:20,080 that day. 175 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:26,000 And I did and my card was rejected and I got the error message and I was so freaked out. 176 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:32,560 But I had an app on my phone that lets me, you know, a VoIP number so I called the bank and 177 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:37,800 I was able to verify my identity with questions or whatever, even though I didn't plan ahead, 178 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,760 I explained that I was in Thailand and asked them to unlock it. 179 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:48,080 And they did unlock it after I verified my identity and then I could make my withdrawal. 180 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:52,240 So even though I didn't tell my bank I was traveling, which is a good idea. 181 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,440 And my card got frozen, which can be a pain. 182 00:11:55,440 --> 00:12:01,680 I just used a free app to call it my bank, explained that I was in Thailand and nobody was 183 00:12:01,680 --> 00:12:04,480 using my credit card without my authorization. 184 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:09,160 They unlocked it and I could use my debit card again, actually, not credit card. 185 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:15,200 Okay, when I went to China, I didn't have a VPN and I figured that I could just like 186 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,400 tough it out because whatever. 187 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:24,640 And I think actually when I went to China, Gmail was still working for like a year, they 188 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,640 hadn't come to a fallout yet. 189 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,080 And so I was like, well, whatever, I don't really need a VPN. 190 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:38,520 And then very rapidly I did need a VPN to access any Google services and a lot of things. 191 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,480 And I didn't have one, but they had already shut everything down. 192 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:45,880 So I couldn't search Google for a VPN because Google was gone. 193 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:47,040 And I couldn't reach Chinese. 194 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:49,840 So that was a problem. 195 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:57,040 But I just typed in the English letters VPN in the search engine I couldn't read. 196 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:02,760 Downloaded 15 Chinese apps with the word VPN in them. 197 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:05,640 Then used whichever one worked. 198 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:11,440 And after a bunch of them didn't work, one of them did work by which I was able to use 199 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:16,440 Google, find an alternate VPN from outside of China. 200 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:20,600 And I access Astral and I got that. 201 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:25,600 And then I was able to use a working VPN from outside of China from then on. 202 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:30,160 So even though I didn't plan ahead and for months, I was like, I should get a VPN and then 203 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,280 didn't and was locked out of everything. 204 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,880 I managed to get a VPN in an afternoon. 205 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:37,880 Oh, you know what? 206 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:40,640 I didn't do before my big backpacking trip. 207 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:45,440 I didn't check my equipment or test my backpack. 208 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:50,640 So the first time I started walking around, I was so confused about how much pain I was 209 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:59,000 in because I went on tons of hikes and like mountain climbing in China. 210 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,080 And I had traveled to a lot of countries for a short time while I was teaching English. 211 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:09,440 I would take a week off or something and go to Vietnam, whatever, just visit a career. 212 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:14,560 But I had never walked for a significant amount of time and all of a sudden I was in so much 213 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:16,880 pain after an hour of walking. 214 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:23,840 Maybe I put down my backpack and then put it back on and was shocked and everything digging 215 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,760 into my back. 216 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,720 And I just didn't check any of it. 217 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,200 But you know what? 218 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:36,600 When it hurt, I checked it all right then and I adjusted it and all of a sudden it fit 219 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,160 like a rucksack should. 220 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:46,640 And I became a real backpacker because the strap settled into my shoulders and the belt 221 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:48,040 was buckled. 222 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,480 When I was walking around, I was like, oh, these dumb straps who needs them all. 223 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:55,400 But buckle the belt and buckle the chest strap. 224 00:14:55,400 --> 00:15:00,080 Make sure the shoulder straps are snug and the rucksack is fine. 225 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:03,320 You can carry it all day or I carry it all day. 226 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:07,120 And a lot of people carry it all day if you just use it correctly. 227 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:13,160 So I didn't check any of that but as soon as I realized there was a problem, I did check 228 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,600 it and I fixed it and then it was fine. 229 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,480 I didn't look for a better exchange rate. 230 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:24,560 I for a long time exchanged all my money at the airports until I noticed how much better 231 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:31,640 the exchange rates were outside of the airport and then I started exchanging outside of 232 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,440 the airport. 233 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,920 But in all honesty I was like, how much more could I have gotten? 234 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:44,160 I don't know, $20 more here and there and I'm right in the airport every time I land. 235 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:47,800 I just imagine I'm paying a tax and I trade it right then and then I don't have to think 236 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:49,280 about it. 237 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:54,800 So yeah, it just didn't matter if you forgot to get the best exchange rate or you didn't 238 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,840 get the best exchange rate. 239 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,560 It's fine. 240 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,960 You're going to get about the same amount of money anyway. 241 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,000 I don't know if it's worth the anxiety. 242 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,320 If you know where the higher exchange rate is and it's easy to get to and you're fine 243 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,720 with getting it then yeah go there. 244 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:21,360 I didn't unlock my phone so I landed in Ireland and I couldn't use data. 245 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:22,360 Was that it? 246 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:28,280 I can't remember if it was Ireland but I landed in some country and because my phone wasn't 247 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,520 unlocked and I didn't think about it, I couldn't use it. 248 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:36,920 And then I went to a store and they unlocked it at five minutes and it cost ten bucks. 249 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:42,160 So if you forget to unlock your phone or you haven't and you have no access to the internet 250 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,160 because you can't connect to any carrier, no worries. 251 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:48,920 There's going to be a hundred shops that will unlock it for you in five minutes for ten 252 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:49,920 bucks. 253 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:51,920 It's there everywhere. 254 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,880 I almost never get an on-work ticket. 255 00:16:55,880 --> 00:17:02,000 I guess at earlier I like to just explore and whatever feels right I go there. 256 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:08,740 I visit Guatemala because of the way the singer from Eve6 says Guatemala in the song on 257 00:17:08,740 --> 00:17:09,740 the roof again. 258 00:17:09,740 --> 00:17:13,720 So very whimsical travel here. 259 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:21,400 And I've had to buy an on-work ticket once in the fifteen years I've been traveling and 260 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:26,080 most of those countries technically require an on-work ticket. 261 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:31,200 If they ask I just say, "Oh I buy a ticket closer to when I leave because the price is usually 262 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,440 better" and they say, "Oh okay sure." 263 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,080 Or they don't ask but just way more common. 264 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:40,480 I usually just don't get asked if I have an on-work ticket. 265 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,160 So if you don't have an on-work ticket, don't worry about it. 266 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:48,440 If you must have one then you can just buy one online with the free airport Wi-Fi and 267 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,120 go. 268 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:52,840 But you don't need one most of the time. 269 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,680 Yeah, you don't need one most time and if you do need one you can just get one. 270 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:58,160 Because it can be literally any ticket. 271 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:04,760 You can buy a ten dollar ticket to the next airport out of the country which are always 272 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:05,760 cheap. 273 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,400 So yeah, there's no worries there. 274 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:14,800 I didn't bring a travel adapter to Hong Kong. 275 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:22,120 And that was the first because I was in China and they had a regular, sorry, US plug outlets. 276 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:31,000 So I was fine there and then I flew to Hong Kong to re-up my visa and no, no US outlets at 277 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,000 all. 278 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,440 They were all the circle ones that you plug into. 279 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,360 And all of a sudden I couldn't charge my phone in the whole country. 280 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:43,560 There were no sockets that fit the plugs I had. 281 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:50,000 So I kind of worried and then I walked around and thought about it and it was already night. 282 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:51,800 So a lot of shops were closed. 283 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:53,880 I think all the shops were closed. 284 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,680 I think it was like a red eye or something. 285 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:03,120 And I went to this hotel and I thought well I can close my, shut down my phone now and then 286 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:05,080 maybe in the morning. 287 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:09,120 And then I just asked the lady who showed me to my room. 288 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:12,000 Did I tell you it was a love hotel already? 289 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 You can rent them by the hour kind of thing. 290 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,960 They're kind of popular in Asian countries. 291 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:22,720 It was just the closest hotel that was still open and I figured would have the cheaper rates. 292 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:27,320 And she showed me to my room and then asked if I need anything and I asked if there was 293 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:31,320 a charger and she said no, sorry, we don't offer chargers here. 294 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,920 She of course, like amazing English because I have no Cantonese. 295 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:37,840 So I left out and then she left. 296 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:39,040 No, no, don't worry about it. 297 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,760 I'll get one tomorrow. 298 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:47,040 And then five minutes later knocked on my door and she had an extra travel adapter and she 299 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:52,440 just gave me the travel adapter and I think she said someone left it behind so I could just 300 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:53,840 have it. 301 00:19:53,840 --> 00:20:02,320 So stuff like that, people are so kind when you were direct and honest with them, especially 302 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:06,800 when you're by yourself, I think it's easier for people to connect with an individual. 303 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:12,520 But I've had so many times when people have offered to help me as an individual out of the 304 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:17,520 kindness of their hearts or I don't know, fear of hell. 305 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,000 No, it seemed like the kindness of their hearts. 306 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:27,720 This super nice old lady who ran a love hotel gave me this travel adapter and saved my 307 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:35,560 butt because I actually had to look up a lot of visa procedures and where the visa building 308 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,800 was located because it was very complicated. 309 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:45,240 But anyway, it was a huge help and I didn't think ahead and bring the correct plug, didn't 310 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:50,200 bring a travel adapter and then it was fine anyway and she helped me out. 311 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,720 But if she hadn't, I would have got one at 7/11 the next morning. 312 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,520 I probably could have got one at 7/11. 313 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,760 They're 24 hours, you know, just thinking about that now. 314 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:04,200 Yeah, it would have been fine anyway, but it's great that it was fine with an act of kindness 315 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,200 as well. 316 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,800 A battery pack. 317 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,720 I didn't travel with battery packs forever and I was okay most of the time. 318 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,680 Whenever I saw a plug, I plugged in. 319 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:21,400 I had a very fast, there's this very interesting charging protocol that HTC, no, Oppo came 320 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:29,380 up with, OPPO, Oppo came up with and charged crazy fast with the conventional micro-USB 321 00:21:29,380 --> 00:21:31,840 was like faster than USB-C was interesting. 322 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,680 Yeah, I just didn't have a battery pack forever. 323 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,980 And then eventually I wanted one and there's battery packs in every country, everywhere, 324 00:21:38,980 --> 00:21:39,980 everywhere. 325 00:21:39,980 --> 00:21:41,160 You can always buy a battery pack. 326 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:46,480 So if you forget your battery pack or you lose it or break it or spill spinach guacamole 327 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,600 on it, you can get another one anywhere for a good price. 328 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:51,840 It's fine. 329 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:57,940 I didn't bring ear plugs and I'm asked on a bunch of flights and I do like ear plugs and I'm 330 00:21:57,940 --> 00:22:00,240 asked on flight, but you know what? 331 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,920 I fell asleep without them anyway for years. 332 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,800 So if you forgot them, it's fine. 333 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,360 You can pick them up in the next place and get them. 334 00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:08,360 A laundry bag. 335 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:12,520 My bag got a little stinky without a laundry bag. 336 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:17,240 So I went to the store and I bought a laundry bag and my problem was salt. 337 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,800 You can get a laundry bag anywhere. 338 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:20,800 Sunscreen. 339 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:25,840 I was really worried about that because I always used like the strongest Australian sunscreen 340 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,640 blue lizard and or some other, I don't know, whatever. 341 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:37,080 I forgot to bring sunscreen when I went to Taiwan and I think it was, I don't know, 342 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:42,240 it might have been fall like August or something like that and it was bright, bright sun in 343 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:43,240 Taiwan. 344 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:48,000 I was kind of worried because I didn't know what kind of sunscreen to look for or whatever. 345 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:55,160 So then I just walked into a store and I found what's called the ORA UV and it lasted for 346 00:22:55,160 --> 00:23:01,960 years and it's in a tiny 100 millimeter bottle so I could carry it around on the plane everywhere 347 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:09,000 and that is my favorite sunscreen and it's more liquidy but it dissolves into your skin 348 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,080 so fast and it doesn't feel super oily. 349 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:17,160 It's like the best sunscreen ever and I was really worried about that more than other 350 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,920 things because I burned so easily and then I walked in. 351 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,160 Oh, and I walked into a store and it was on sale for half off. 352 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:29,600 So I got it for $3 or something and it's the best sunscreen I've ever used and now I know 353 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:30,920 about it. 354 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:36,840 So yeah, don't worry about toiletries you don't have because they are everywhere as well 355 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,440 and on sale. 356 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,600 Ah, a solar panel. 357 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:41,840 This was an interesting one. 358 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:48,080 I was really worried because I was going for a very long hikes in Thailand. 359 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:55,120 I decided to walk across Thailand for a few months and there's not electrical infrastructure 360 00:23:55,120 --> 00:24:00,280 in Thailand like there is in Taiwan or Japan or other countries. 361 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:05,440 Stuff is just spread out so I could be walking for days without just having the opportunity 362 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:11,600 to plug in and I kind of roughed myself up a little and you knew you were coming here. 363 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:16,560 Why didn't you just get one of those backpacker solar panel things and I was kind of upset 364 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:24,960 with myself and then I walked to every store in town and I finally found one that had exactly 365 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,680 the solar panel I wanted. 366 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,800 They let me take it outside in the parking lot and stand there with it for 30 minutes and 367 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,760 just see how well it worked. 368 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:34,680 It worked great. 369 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,360 I clipped it onto my rucksack. 370 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:43,560 It was about as long as my rucksack is tall three panels plugged in my USB plugged in my 371 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,560 phone. 372 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,600 I walked out of Chiang Mai that afternoon with the exact solar panel at a great price, 373 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:54,800 I think less than $30 and it was exactly what I was looking for. 374 00:24:54,800 --> 00:25:00,760 It's better than what I would have bought in the States because I'm sure they would have 375 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,400 marketed me some crap for twice as much or whatever. 376 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:10,960 But this was just a great little solar panel that I could fold up or unfold and I used 377 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:15,080 that thing the entire time I backpacked for those nine months. 378 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,040 I was just constantly using it. 379 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:21,720 When I was riding my bike, bike packing through Vietnam for three months, that thing was on 380 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:27,320 my rucksack gaining power, plugged into my phone so my phone was at 100% at the end of 381 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:28,520 the day. 382 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,000 When I backpacked through Japan, same deal. 383 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:35,120 I was walking everywhere, that thing was collecting power, my phone's at 100% at the end of 384 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:36,120 the day. 385 00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:38,440 It was such a great tool. 386 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:44,200 And I didn't, I totally forgot about it until I got to the country I was planning to start 387 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,760 walking for days without electricity. 388 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:47,840 No problem. 389 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:54,240 Even in a not technologically advanced town, there were multiple electronic stores and one 390 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:59,400 of them had the exact solar panel I would have wanted at a better price than I probably 391 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,480 could have got it if I had bought it online earlier. 392 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:10,040 I forgot a sewing kit and I sew DIY that sewing really comes in handy, but literally everywhere 393 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:11,040 is a sewing kit. 394 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,480 So I just went to a store and bought a sewing kit. 395 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:20,280 Actually, I couldn't speak Thai so I just made the motions like I was sewing something and 396 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:26,360 they pulled one off from right behind them and gave it to me because sewing kits are ubiquitous. 397 00:26:26,360 --> 00:26:27,640 Sun glasses. 398 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:37,720 You need sunglasses when you're in those Southeast Asian tropical climas with just burning sun. 399 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:42,600 Luckily in a lot of those places, there's some old grandma riding a bicycle around with 400 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:49,040 300 sunglasses mounted on the back and they have the exact one I like, which is those half 401 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,800 transparent blue ones. 402 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:58,000 Blue makes hot places look a bit cooler to me. 403 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,800 I buy like two of those every time I see a grandma walking by and I always have a spare because 404 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:08,120 they cost less than a dollar and they work for two, six months. 405 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:09,920 I have something that is still working. 406 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,840 I've been three years or something now. 407 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:16,080 So if you forget your sunglasses everywhere. 408 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:20,680 Oh, I always forget a pen which is a huge pain in the butt because you always have to 409 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:27,760 fill out your flight number, whatever on the arrival form in a new country, like half 410 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:28,760 the time. 411 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,920 Actually, it's most countries now, I think. 412 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:36,080 And I always forget a pen, but it doesn't matter because someone else will always lend 413 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:42,640 you a pen or the guy at the desk checking your passport will lend you a pen or call someone 414 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,280 to get you a pen. 415 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,240 So if you forget a pen and that was part of your plan, it's fine. 416 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:49,640 Ever, someone has a pen. 417 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,120 It will be fine. 418 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:55,680 I didn't, if I don't plan ahead where I can do laundry, that's okay. 419 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,480 Everywhere has laundromats and everywhere has sinks. 420 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,400 You'll be able to do your laundry somewhere. 421 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:07,020 That's why I carry around that little synch stop so I can do my laundry and all the bathroom 422 00:28:07,020 --> 00:28:10,800 sinks of the hotel's apartments that I'm renting. 423 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,080 I don't even plan out where I sleep, but that's kind of deliberate. 424 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:18,280 I like kind of exploring and walking around looking for the coolest hostile or mom and 425 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:22,720 pop Airbnb place in the city. 426 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,800 Whenever I hiked mountains in China, I absolutely never looked up where I would sleep. 427 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,920 I would take a train to that city. 428 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:36,480 No matter what time it is, some in will be open and the in keeper will answer the bell 429 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,840 and you'll be able to get a room. 430 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:46,080 So if your housing falls through or if you, I don't know, forget to plan ahead very 431 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,240 well or whatever, it's fine. 432 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:54,240 You'll be able to find housing in a town or city that you go to. 433 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:55,240 Housing is a bound. 434 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,360 It's just a round. 435 00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:03,120 And even if you can't find the cool local spots, there's some crappy corporate motel that's 436 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,600 always available. 437 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:11,320 So no worries if your housing falls through right before you're about to get on your flight. 438 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:12,320 It's totally fine. 439 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,760 There are places to rent when you get there. 440 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:19,640 I didn't look up the cost of living because I assumed the states would be more expensive 441 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,720 than everywhere else. 442 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:22,720 That was correct. 443 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,480 The states is more expensive than anywhere else. 444 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:29,960 To an embarrassing degree, considering the quality is often worse than what you'll get 445 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,200 in other countries. 446 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:39,400 Whether it's access to medical care or infrastructure or wifi speed, which are so slow in the US 447 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:40,800 still. 448 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:45,560 I forgot to pack rain gear before monsoon season. 449 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:49,120 I thought that was fine because as soon as it's monsoon season, all the grandmas come 450 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,520 out selling umbrellas on the side of the road. 451 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,600 So if you need one, you'll get one. 452 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,080 No worries. 453 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:59,440 I forgot to check how to get data when I first started traveling. 454 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,160 And like I said, my phone was locked anyway. 455 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:08,600 So I went basically just offline for a lot of my travels for years. 456 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:14,000 Like in all of Southeast Asia, I didn't have data for years. 457 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:18,680 But I finally got it because it's just convenient and it's so easy and it's so cheap. 458 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,800 I just liked walking around without data for a while. 459 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:26,200 So if you don't have data, every place you rent is going to have wifi anyway. 460 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:30,320 But if you do want data, every single phone store will help you get data. 461 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,520 They'll either be able to unlock your phone, show someone to unlock your phone. 462 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:39,880 And they'll get you online for a very cheap price, very easily. 463 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,320 So no worries there. 464 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:46,760 I didn't even think about traveling churns when I went to China the first time. 465 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,800 And then I didn't think about it when I went to Thailand and then I didn't think about 466 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,920 it in Germany. 467 00:30:51,920 --> 00:31:01,200 And even when I lost money because of my stupid decisions, got my wallet stolen. 468 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:07,560 I left my wallet in my pants outside my shower stall while I was showering in a public area. 469 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:10,040 That was that was on me. 470 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,160 My gang travel insurance never made sense to me. 471 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:14,560 Still doesn't really. 472 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:15,840 I don't know. 473 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:20,400 Maybe it's because I travel light, but I'm not going to lose anything that's worth the 474 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:23,480 trouble of filing an insurance claim. 475 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:28,760 Or to be honest, looking up all the options choosing and paying for a plan in the first place. 476 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:34,560 I didn't use incognito mode when I was shopping for plane tickets. 477 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:40,840 I recommend it to everyone now because using incognito mode almost guarantees you lower 478 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:45,760 prices on the tickets and you can check every day without it affecting the ticket price 479 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:50,040 that way if you use incognito mode when you're searching for flights. 480 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:55,640 But if you forget to do it and you buy the ticket, you'll pay 20 bucks more or you'll 481 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,320 pay a little more. 482 00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:02,240 It's not going to ruin your trip or anything or prohibit you from buying the ticket. 483 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:07,040 Oh, I didn't bring a flashlight before I went backpacking or bike packing through 484 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,680 Southeast Asia. 485 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:15,080 But there was a store that happened to have the perfect flashlight that I could mount 486 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:16,920 on my bike and be at NOM. 487 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,960 And it was awesome all three months that I was bike packing. 488 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,240 Came in very handy. 489 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:30,440 So I know this is kind of a scatterbrained list, but there are, as you can see, a few dozen 490 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:37,760 things that I didn't think about or I forgot to do or I just didn't give consideration 491 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,840 to really that might seem like a big deal. 492 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:49,040 And none of them severely impacted my travels or my life in any negative way. 493 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:54,440 Everything worked out or was better than what I was looking for in the first place. 494 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:59,280 This isn't to say that you don't have to plan ahead or you shouldn't plan ahead. 495 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:00,640 If you like planning ahead, go for it. 496 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:05,880 I don't so that's a big reason why I don't look up anything before I land in a country. 497 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,720 I will look up stuff after I get there once I'm inside the culture. 498 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:14,840 I don't think you must travel the way I travel and I also don't think you have to plan 499 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:15,840 ahead. 500 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:19,640 I think just do whatever makes you comfortable and just bear in mind that even if you 501 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:24,560 forget these 40 things that I just went through, things are still going to work out because 502 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:31,400 the solutions are right out there, people are helpful and kind and you are not helpless 503 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,680 when a problem arises. 504 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:39,640 That might be the crystal here, the crystallized notion that I've been trying to get to with 505 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:42,400 this whole list. 506 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:48,640 I feel like a lot of solutions in the United States or whatever country you're from. 507 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:53,840 If you're from one culture and you come up against a problem, everyone has the same 508 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,280 response that, "Wow, there's nothing you can do about it." 509 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:04,140 When you're traveling, your mind will open constantly, will be broadened all the time and 510 00:34:04,140 --> 00:34:09,240 it's very important to remember that whatever problem comes up, there is something you can 511 00:34:09,240 --> 00:34:15,880 do about it and the solution is probably much easier and more accessible to recognize 512 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:17,360 and achieve. 513 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:21,240 Then it seems or maybe even you are told it is. 514 00:34:21,240 --> 00:34:25,440 So when you get out there, if you're on the plane and suddenly realize you forgot your battery 515 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:30,360 pack, doesn't matter, there are battery packs down there, no worries. 516 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:34,000 I didn't look up which direction the Great Wall was in. 517 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,000 Totally fine. 518 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,720 Great Wall, very easy to find. 519 00:34:37,720 --> 00:34:41,560 A notoriously easy structure to locate. 520 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:47,560 So plan as much as you want, don't worry about anything you miss, have a great time. 521 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:53,040 I'll close this out with the reminder to leave a little space in your plans or a lot of 522 00:34:53,040 --> 00:35:00,320 space for discovery and exploration, acts of kindness or pleasant surprises. 523 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:08,080 You can contact me at bit of a rambler@gmail.com, bit of a rambler all one word and I will 524 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:09,160 see you on the next one. 525 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:29,620 [ dreamer ]