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@@jasonallicock3318 Welcome! 🇬🇾 So cool how we can all connect through this one platform! There’s never a perfect time, you just have to commit and take the leap. It’s too easy to talk yourself out of it. There’s a ton of info out there about costs. The one we think is fairly accurate is around $2500USD/month, for couple, as an average for everything then you have to take the your own situation, route, priorities, lifestyle etc into account. There’s way too many variables to be more precise than that. It’s a good baseline to think about if you’re considering the whole world. Plan from there. We departed from the Grenadier Pub in London on 15 July 2023. We’re glad a few things in our video made you think about a few aspects of a trip like this. There’s no one perfect setup, you evolve, the trips evolves and so does what’s out there. Our advice would be, really think deeply and be honest about what it is you want to do, where, and for how often. Do the best you can then adapt to whatever you have. 👍

@projectwildearth many thanks for your response and the memories made will definitely be precious in the minds of your kids.

@@windfal7 Glad you enjoyed it! This valley will always be deep in our hearts for like you say, the landscape and the people, it’s a real gem. As for Jane, our Grenadier, we LOVE her! 😍

Welcome to our little journey around the world! 🇲🇾 Let us know what you think when you've caught up with everything! Thanks so much for your kind words. 🙏

@@stefanromanescu724 Hi Stefan, we spent quite some time in the Carpathians! Like you say, most definitely not disappointing! Check out our other videos and you’ll see. 😎

Here's our time in Romania.. ua-cam.com/video/IZoYIUhdTFQ/v-deo.htmlsi=RGCTZoTAC5xqR5iP 😉

Thanks for the kind comment, we’re glad you like our channel! There’s a lot more to come! 😎 To answer your question. We’re both almost 40 years old and have been working for 20+ years in well paid jobs and a few side hustles - more than half of which was in a very tax friendly environment - this makes a big difference. We’ve always lived well below our earnings level, especially with respect to accommodation and have saved and invested for almost all of that time. We also don’t own any property. As your pay goes up, but your lifestyle stays the same, the amount you can invest becomes quite significant over time. Let’s just say we’re non-conformists in terms of what society suggests is the best way to live and spend your money. Check out the FIRE movement for some more ideas about how to do this. We’re not extreme with it, but it shows what’s possible. We’re also looking at other potential revenue streams whilst on this trip and so hopefully that’ll help fund some of it too. We know this isn’t accessible to everyone, which is a real shame, but this is how we are funding our trip. You can do this with a 9-5 in a lot of cases, if you’re willing to make big sacrifices over a long period of time and keep life simple. You can also earn outside those 9-5 hours and have more than one job / your own company etc. Lastly, if you buy only what you need, not what you want.. this makes a BIG difference - we can’t stress this enough. Life is for living and this is a great window of opportunity for us to do something special as a family, and so we took it. You also just never know what’s going to happen health wise. We will go back to work afterwards. Where that will be and what we’ll do is still yet to be decided.

@@DK-lg7ti This for us? 🤔

Thanks so much for your kind words, we appreciate it! 😊We know not all families are the same and everyone has their own priorities, based on their situation, but for us, this is works! 😊

@@helenmcritchie9143 Thanks so much Helen! Very much appreciated! Welcome! 🙏

@@kagu6856 We’ve travelled a fair bit now, Utah, Colorado and Alaska are all epic, but like you say.. this is something quite rare!! 😎 Glad you enjoyed it! 👍

@@abdulmohd3871 Hi Abdul, must have missed your initial question? 🤔 We love it! We’ve had no major dramas so far, it’s done exactly what we wanted it to do. Get us from A to B without any showstoppers! 👍

@ Not really, I meant since you put the car’s name in every title I thought you will talk about your experience with it frequently, that’s why I was waiting for your opinion on:) Really thanks for the reply, your journey and your reply gave me enough confidence to buy it.

@@abdulmohd3871 Ah! We did plan to do a few more videos but it’s a balance and whenever we got to the point where we had a window of opportunity, it was way too windy! 🤦‍♂️ We have a plan to do a comprehensive walk around video and answer any questions when we get to Mongolia. 🇲🇳

@@abdulmohd3871 It’s just one of their toys. 🙂

@@projectwildearthand I thought how can they just pass by that snake so casually 😂😂😂 I wish you the best journey and I hope you visiting us in Saudi Arabia.

@ We watched it again, it’s a leaf!!😂 It does look a little like a snake though! 🐍 We did plan to come to Saudi last Winter. We tried our absolute best but we weren’t able to navigate the Right Hand Drive ban there… if we could’ve found a way, we would’ve come for many months… 😎

Hi Santosh! That’s probably the first time we’ve ever been called sophisticated but we’ll take it. 🙏👍🙂 Glad you enjoyed the video! More coming soon… 🎥

@@KazbekAskarov Amazing part of our planet isn’t it. 🙂 🌍

This made us laugh! 😂 We miss and love you too Julie!

Thanks Len! We’re just trying to make the most of our time here on planet Earth. 🌍 🙂

Thanks for your kind words! We really appreciate it! The world is a big place but it's also very small and so you just never know! We've bumped into people in the most random of places.. 😊

Glad you liked the video! Yup we've had to get parts on the road. You're correct in what you're saying, we knew this would be one of the downsides, but there's always a way. At the moment, we're having to largely depend on airfreight and dealing with all that fun including customs of different countries, which really is not ideal, but there's no other way at the moment until the global supply chain for INEOS is up and running properly. There was a grand plan before we set off in terms of global network and support but that hasn't materliased as we first thought and so we're just making it work. Hopefully in the not-to-distant future, this will improve. If you're looking at Defender vs Landcruiser, the Landcruiser wins hands down in terms of overall reliability and parts availability across the world.

We have some charcoal with us. 👍Thanks for the kind comment! We appreciate it! 😊

At the time we did this there was no option to do this apart from sending the car alone and that's not something we want to do unless we absolutely have to. Cost-wise, it was the same to go through Russia, all things considered. Every country has a different style of driving you have to adapt to. You always have to keep your wits about you, and think about worst-case scenarios.

Why thank you. 🙂 Hope you’re enjoying our little journey!

We get asked this a lot. Here's our thoughts... Education can create opportunity and is sometimes necessary to achieve certain goals, jump through certain hoops, and open certain doors but an over-reliance on education has the opposite effect. It will ultimately place you in a large amount of debt so you then become a slave to the system. The supply is outstripping demand, globally. This is leaving people without the occupations and earnings they thought they would get. We've seen it all over the world. There are plenty of documentaries out there that you can watch on this subject, it's very sad. It's also becoming irrelevant as the world and technology is moving so fast. Almost all of the current education systems are outdated and do not prepare you for the world that is coming. Living in the real world, having real-life experiences, across the planet, where you're able to explore, ask questions, talk to people, and observe is a far better foundation. Leah is a professional teacher which helps. We're always talking about the real world, what's going on and why, introducing basic foundational concepts along the way and tying them into real-life applications. But it's all very light tough and in the moment. Beyond that we're trying to expose our kids to living outside the conventional norms and to challenge them. There's so much free information out there now that you can shortcut a lot of life and work smarter not harder to achieve your aims. We also now have open AI at our fingertips. One thing we're looking at is, how to you use AI in a practical sense to achieve what it is you're looking to do. We look at Scandinavia as our guiding light for our kids in terms of education and age. Their kids are allowed to be kids and play for many years before anything academic is introduced and they have very well-rounded individuals by the time they're in their early 20s. That cannot be said for a lot of the world and a big reason for this is that kids were not allowed to be kids for long enough... they were restricted, put in formal classrooms, too many rules were placed upon them and a lot of curiosity, genius, and imagination was quelled. They should be able to play, to want to learn intrinsically and their learning should be driven by them, not the other way around. If you look into why the education system was set up in the first place, it's just not relevant in today's world. One exception would be if you need a specific qualification, for a specific role, like a Doctor or Lawyer then that is understandable. One question you have to ask yourself though, is will all these roles that people study towards for so long be here in the future? A lot of them won't... you need to be flexible and adaptable and not allow yourself to be defined by your career or job. Those days are gone... we're in a new world where we're all have multiple revenue streams, they'll all be wiped out many times in our lives and new opportunities will blossom and then the same will happen again. That's ok. That's the future and that's what we need to be ready for. Look into exponential change.. it's coming and even the people that deeply understand it, know that none of us can truly comprehend it until it's here. Sorry for the rant. We get this question a lot and so it's good to write it out. These are just our thoughts. 😊

@projectwildearth I have never seen such an awesome reply from any youtuber.

@@TravelPlus-Sumonta 😊

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Thanks for this. Even though what you're saying may have some weight to it, you can't plan a trip thinking that it's very unlikely it's going to rain. Whilst regions have general behaviour, there are microclimates within those regions, sometimes valley to valley... It does rain there, we had a fair bit before in the area and so it's not that unusual. This is even more important when you're going somewhere like the Bartang Valley, with a young family and where things can change very quickly leading to very hazardous situations.

@@projectwildearth Yes that is true. I was giving a general idea and my own experience. and I'm sure the weather would be different from what we have in India. different trade winds etc. and I am not married or have children so I can't comprehend the responcibility you guys have. I appreciate what you're doing. The only thing holding me back from getting married is my adventure. But looking at you guys I think I can hope for a future like you guys. Thank you

@@jagpreetsingh3221 You just have to find someone on the same page.. and make sure you give it a lot of time before committing so that you know. 😉

@@projectwildearth thanks for the advice :)

@ Thanks so much for the message, we appreciate it! We’re glad you enjoyed this one! We’ll carry on doing what we’re doing and hope more people get to see our journey and have a little think about how important nature is to us all and the condition we’ll be leaving the planet in for the future generations. 👍

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@@lukeybabes1 Glad you liked the video! Going to remote locations shouldn’t be taken lightly and you’re definitely taking a risk regardless of how prepared you are. There’s also only so much you can do. You can’t carry everything for every eventuality it’s just not practical on a trip like this. First things first, you need to make sure you can survive for a lot longer than you think you might need to. Then you need a sat comms device. Once you have communication, you can contact the outside world. That itself will bring a whole world of help, knowledge, expertise, ideas and support. We bring basic spares, a fairly comprehensive tool kit but in our opinion, it ultimately comes down to how resourceful and how good you are at problem solving. You have to back yourself you can get out of any situation you’re willing to put yourself into. We’ve said this before, but the main thing is not to panic, know you have time, make a plan. Sleep on it if possible and then execute it in the morning. There are people that come through here and live down the valleys. You’d be amazed at how resourceful and willing to help they are. There is a much better community environment the more remote you go. That’s how everyone survives, by helping each other. You’re not going to be the first person who’s ever done these tracks either. If there is a track, there must be a reason for that. So that then becomes your lifeline. Vehicles would’ve broken down before no doubt and therefore they’ll be a level of experience and knowledge in the surrounding area as well as basic resources. This is not always the case as some tracks are old and not used anymore and so you have to take that into account before you go down them. Ultimately you’ll find a way, even if it’s challenging or difficult. If you’re restricted by time, doing this is a very risky endeavour, if you have time, we’re a great believer that whatever happens, will eventually be resolved. How and how long it will take is not always obvious but that’s half the fun! 🙃

@@cliftonwilliams766 Hi Clifton, thanks for your kind comment. We’ll take the advice on board.

@@TheGtman523 We’re planning on going to China in June and so if you feel this is the case, please drop us a line projectwildearth.com/contact-us as we’d love to check them out! We know China has a lot to offer. 🇨🇳

@@SsiolisP You’ll love it! We’d go again in a heartbeat if we could, maybe not with the trailer though! 😂 Regarding knowledge of weather, we believe it’s foundational to a trip like this, especially when living under canvas in the wild so much. If you can make good weather decisions, everything else will go much more smoothly… As for camping in the Bartang Valley, you know how it is. It largely depends on the conditions of the day, how each day goes and then what options are actually viable.. just make early decisions as you don’t want to be doing this at night and you’ll be fine. 👍 Thanks so much for the kind comment regarding the videos! Like you say, it’s a shame with didn’t record the switchbacks but we would’ve been too slow for the drone to do it all based on our experience to date. It also tends to do its own thing on switchbacks, which would’ve been an added distraction. We don’t think you would’ve seen too much from inside the car either that would’ve been that useful - would’ve been still nice to try I guess. We can see you’ve done your research, 59% upwards slope sounds about right! You’ll be fine on the bike, just take it nice and easy and keep the momentum going. Matt rides too and so can relate to the journey you’re about to embark on! 🍻

@@projectwildearth Don't worry about filming the switchbacks. You were in a fully loaded 4X4 with two children in the back. It's understandable that you would be extra cautious. Plus, there was a high chance of losing the drone in those windy slopes. You made the right call. Personally, in regards to filming , it's something which I consciously refrain from as much as possible when riding. My personal understanding of how the subliminal mind might work being the reason for that. While riding and filming we have the understanding that the footage will be seen by others. This might unconsciously affect ones mind and lead him into overestimating his abilities, showing off in other words with undesirable consequences. For instance, the rider (The Story of B) who you showcased early in this video. The one who traversed the submerged road in the Bartang. Honestly I don't understand what was going through his mind. There was no danger of him drowning, but he was setting himself up for a potential mechanical disaster. Were his actions fueled by the anticipation of extraordinary footage, or is that man simply fearless in an immature manner? In any respect kudos to him! My plan in case of a flooded Bartang river, is to simply go around and enter the valley through the north. Lord willing, I will be riding the entirety of available tracks which Tajikistan has to offer, so there is no need for me to rush anything. It's my understanding that you are nowhere near Tajikistan right now, but I would like to reference a route which I am sure you will love in case you return to the Pamirs one day. It's within the Zorkul national park, south of Murghob. I have no affiliation with these two australian riders, but their video of the Zorkul track is one of the extremely rare videos of this unfamiliar route. It's the most mesmerizing and representative video of this route as well. Route begins at 12 minutes in the video: ua-cam.com/video/O8wa_JQ9QCI/v-deo.html (If you ever return to this area, choose the northern route along the Zorkul lake in order to avoid bogging the Grenadier down in swampy terrain). By the way, I am following you on Facebook. I don't mean to be intrusive, but seeing that you enjoy the unfamiliar and less traversed roads which offer extraordinary views, I have made GPX files of unfamiliar, but yet spectacular routes within Tajikistan which I would gladly share with you if you so wish. No obligations attached, simply the joy of sharing this information to like-minded folks. I am hoping of riding most of these unfamiliar tracks, at least that is the plan 🤣.

@@SsiolisP What you say about filming is very true. Leah's usually driving while we drone, though, so we're not too concerned about pushing it too much! She's very cautious and rightly so. There are many more places we'd like to film, but she's not comfortable driving, and that's okay. Safety first, as they say. As for Bert, you'd have to ask him directly about that. We approached him for permission about using his footage but we didn't dig any further. It definitely shows what can happen if the conditions are against you. We considered the Zorkul track, but as with all these things, it's a balance, and you need a fair amount of contingency, especially with a young family. We had commitments in Kyrgyzstan too and so unfortunately didn't do all we wanted to! Your plan sounds like a great one though. So please keep us posted, it would be great to go back with more focussed time there! They sum is up well in the description of that video. "This video spans just 4 days but it has enough adventure to last a lifetime" 👍

@@tinof5829 Glad you enjoyed our latest video! Thanks so much for subscribing and following along! To answer your question, we’re using a DJI Mavic 3 Pro. 👍

@@PretendNella We’ve carried out services on schedule. 20,000 km in Sofia and 40,000 km in Almaty. We also keep on top of all the forums and groups to see what’s going on with other Grenadiers around the world and make sure we’re checking ours and doing all we can on the preventive maintenance side of things to give ourselves the best chance of not having any major issues. We’ve had no major dramas so far which is a testament to the team who designed, built and tested machine. There’s a few niggles but no showstoppers and that’s the main thing. We also do full checks in between service intervals to ensure we’re on top of things and hopefully catch anything before if it gets any worse. We’d do this with any vehicle we had though to be honest, it’s a relatively high stakes game we’re playing by taking our whole family to some of these locations and a lot of situations you may find yourself in, can be prevented by being on top of things ahead of time. That’s our thoughts anyway. Side note - Parts aren’t widely available and so we’re largely reliant on airfreighting them in which is not ideal, more because we have to deal with international postage and customs… and that can vary massively country to country but we knew that when we set off. We’re hoping as time goes on things improve. 👍

@@RichFerreiraIns Thanks so much Rich! Glad you enjoyed this one! More coming soon! 😎

@@JD-kf2ki Glad you thought so! 🙏

@@kgg8188 Welcome! Glad you’re enjoying it! There’s not that much to catch up on, hope you stay on for the rest of the journey! 🙂🙏

@@AleksandarGospic Hi Aleksandar! Thanks so much for subscribing and following our little journey! We appreciate it. Our plan from the beginning was always to go to the more interesting parts of the planet, that not too many people know too much about. We’re glad you’ve enjoyed our Central Asia journey so far! The Pamir Highway is very well trodden path and pretty touristy. The Bartang Valley is much more what it’s all about, for us anyway. 🍻 We think you’ll like what we have lined up for the next few years… 🌍

@@georgehaeh4856 Thanks George! We’ve had a lot of practice! 😂😂😂

@@bighaasfly It’s a fair point but there are many more borders around the world that are far more dangerous than this one right now. We never felt we were risking our kids at all. We would never put them in that sort of situation. You’d be amazed at the networks you can tap into these days and the very update to date information you can access and cross-check. That’s not to say anything is 100% of course but you can’t live your life in fear. (That’s our opinion anyway) Glad you love the adventure, we can understand how it might make people nervous but we’ve got a fair amount of experience all over the world and consider ourselves pretty “street smart” and at no point did we feel any danger from Afghanistan. That doesn’t mean the situation can’t change but for now, it’s fine. We were planning on going to Afghanistan for a month with the kids but after a recent attack on a market, we decided against it. It could have been an isolated incident or it could have been the beginning of something more serious so we took the safe option. (Again in our opinion, being a young family) If it was just us two, we probably would have still gone, based on everyone we have spoken to. We’re are always watching and keeping our eyes on what’s going on and make the best decision for our family. 🙂 Sweaty palms at this time of the year in Minnesota is quite the achievement! 😉

@@osafsatti3953 That’s a big part of the plan, with what we’re doing - showing everyone what an amazing planet we all live on and that we can all do our bit to protect it. Thanks so much for your kind words. 🙏Hopefully you’ll be along for the whole journey! 😎

@@taranis616 You’ll know exactly how epic it is then! 😎 We also did some in Montenegro and Albania but our focus in Albania was Europe’s First Wild River National Park, Vjosa 👉 tinyurl.com/ut2c9u4h Like, you say though, it’s a superb area of our planet! 🌍

@@SonOfTheWild It’s not quite as simple as that unfortunately. We tried to do that but you have to really research each section, get the latest feedback and conditions and then go from there. You can get yourself in all sorts of situations if you don’t do the research. Not all the TET is doable with a 4x4. A lot of the stuff in this video is also nothing to do with the TET, it’s very much based around the Project we covered in the Carpathian Mountains.

@@colincarver893 Yup!

@@colincarver893 Hi Colin, please see our answer to this in the other comments below that said a similar thing. Hope you enjoyed the video. 👍

@@colincarver893 Hi Colin, sorry, we’re not sure what you mean? 🤔

@@mikie47 We know the planet pretty well based on previous travel experience and have planned based on weather windows around the regions of the world. There are of course a few places we want to check out, regardless of the weather but the weather makes a big difference when living in a tent! 🙂 ⛺️ Glad you enjoyed this episode! We loved our time in Cappadocia, going in December / January is a great time to visit! Thanks for your kind words. 🙏

@@ahmedibrahim9543 Glad you enjoyed this one Ahmed! 👍 More to come!

@@mikie47 We’d almost say it was a masterpiece around every corner! We love the way you put that! Our initial plan was Scotland but we just didn’t have time and so decided to do it in Norway instead. 🇳🇴 It definitely helped us get a foundation in place! 🙂

@@dingguozhou2786 Hi Dingguo, great to hear you’re enjoying our little journey around the world! Thanks so much for your kind words. They’re very much appreciated! 🙏

@@mikie47 It’s surreal alright! Epic though. Glad you enjoyed the video! 🙏

@@MekonenBeraki-ln1id Hi Mekonen! Thanks for the kind message! We just want our kids to have nature as a foundation and hopefully that’ll set them up nicely for the future! Happy New Year to you too! 🥳

Welcome! Thank you for following along on our little journey around the world. We're pretty much at our limit right now but as the kids get a little older, that will hopefully free up some more time and potentially allow us to do a few more videos. We'll keep all this in mind! Thanks so much for your input. 🙏We know there's a lot of interest out there about how all of this works behind the scenes.