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I was on E-80 coming from Merdare, Serbia. I didn’t get off-road. The entire trip was paved but it wasn’t a highway. It was a 2-lane road the entire time.

I absolutely loved it. I grew up in a desert in a land-locked state so we didn't have a lot of water nor ferries. I think the ferries are cool

@@adventuristmoto to someone who lives near Newcastle growing up in the desert sounds cool as hell 👍

I loved Kosovo. Next time I am there I will try to go to Gjilan.

@@adventuristmoto welcome🫶

Hopefully next time. I want to go back. It looks incredible.

I spent 2 weeks in the region, but only filmed a few days, plus a friend met me and we toured around for another week. It's a beautiful area and I can't wait until I go back. Thanks

Thank you. I enjoy making them, and am glad you enjoy them.

As I understand it, Milosevic was not acquitted. He died of a heart attach during his trial, at which point the trail was concluded. I generally don't get into politics in my channel as I want my channel to be more about travel, people, culture and experiencing new things in my life. If I offended anybody in my channel, it was not my intention.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

I went back and looked at my passport and I don’t see an Albanian stamp. You’re correct.

Thank you for the correction. It’s an incredible country. I loved it. Thank you.

@@adventuristmoto no worries, thank you for visiting and showing that our country is so much more than Budapest. 😊 Btw I loved you visited Hajmáskér. I live in a nearby city. It was such a pleasant surprise. 😍

Albania's currency is the Albanian Lek so I anticipated that any fees/charges/etc in the country would be in the national currency. Plus, as I continued my travels, I wasn't returning to a country that used the Euro as their currency (such as North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova) so I made sure I used all my Euros before I left so I didn't end up with extra money sitting in my pocket that can't be used. I do carry cash; just happens to be USD, as I have found it's the most widely accepted currency outside of a national currency.

@@adventuristmoto Well, I'm Albanian and yes Albanian currency is Lek but there you can have euros or dollars and you can exchange them for Lek anywhere where you find an exchange booth but it seemed to me in your situation you needed euros. Anyhow, don't stress it. I hope you will have or you had a good time in my country. If you're still there search for some traditional food. Cheers

Be nice if you called all your thieves back from UK and stopped them getting rubber boats illegally.

@@CarlosAlberto-ii1li Haha, your message talks volumes of your brain functioning! What do I have to do with those people from my country that commit crimes? In your country there are no people committing crimes? Just because I am from the same country with them I am supposed to take responsibility for what they do? Generalizing a whole nation into what some people from that nation do is total ignorance Carlos Alberto (hope you're not from Brazil because in Brazil crime is abundant). I may have been a bit strong in my message because the man on the video wonders constantly about the money when it was his responsibily to have had cash in his pocket before crossing borders!

@@CarlosAlberto-ii1li Well said sir!

Bosnia has had a rough history. Hopefully things are starting to stabilise and allow the country and people to grow and thrive.

It’s a cool ferry trip.

Where did you ride in Nepal. It’s such an amazing place.

@@adventuristmoto we started in Kathmandu and headed towards Everest and right up to Base Camp. After that we headed for Tibet and finally into Lhasa. It was an amazing trip. Its just amazing what is out there if one goes in search. I love this planet

Sounds like an incredible trip.

Me too. It’s an increíble country, beautiful scenery and the people are so nice.

@@adventuristmoto And the foooood

Thanks a lot!

Great trip, wasn't it! I edited out some of the personal stuff and added more of our interaction with local people. There were so many incredible moments.

It's an awesome place. If you ever get the opportunity to go, I would highly recommend it.

Actually, the cost to ship the bike from NY to Southampton was only $1,000. Pretty cheap actually. Series 2 (or 3; not sure if I will get around to editing the Nepal trip) will start up shortly, where I go from Eastern Europe to Australia (if the borders will allow). I love to travel, so it didn't feel like it was a lot. It felt "normal", like it was what I was supposed to be doing at that time.

Glad you liked it.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed the video.

I don't define adventure as where I lay my head at night. Half of my trip was in Western Europe and it can be very expensive to find lodging there. Plus, this isn't a 1 or 2 week trip. This is my life, I travel full time and live on my bike, so I am ok to spend a little bit of money to actually sleep in a bed, have a bathroom, have a shower once in a while, plus I need wifi to actually upload videos. Lastly, after have been in a bad bicycle accident, where I was hit by a car, and I couldn't walk and had to spend 3 months in a wheelchair, my body hurts a bit after sleeping on the ground after a few days, so actually having a bed, to me, is something I am willing to pay for.

I have thought about a different bike, but I am of the belief that "You go to war with the army you have, not the army you want", so I stick it out with the GS. I have thought about shipping the bike home and buying a more efficient bike, and honestly, one better suited to go around the world (i.e. lighter, less complicated, easier to work on, more availability of parts, etc.), but at this point, we are a team. Lastly, I am ok to spend the money. I always want to save money, but travel is so important to me, that I am willing to spend a little bit of money to have an incredible experience. Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it.

@@adventuristmoto Hi Stephen, although everybody has different priorities and budgets, I totally agree with you. Do not travel in order to save money, do it for the experience. At our age we hopefully saved enough money to reward ourselves according to our terms. I wouldn’t waste money unnecessarily either, but I’m not willing to miss-out or be miserable just to save a few bucks. Some coworkers asked me how much I paid for our trip to Nepal and they answered “I would never pay that”. Well, I guess they’ll never go where we went. I replaced my 2007 R1200GSA with a 2021 Tenere 700. The Yamaha is simpler and lighter alright, but I’m gonna get another GS when the new model comes out. I traveled on GS’s in Australia, Europe, Mexico and all over the USA (a lot off-road). I never had any major issues aside a fuel-pump Relais. That, I was able to Hotwire to get me “home”. I did the COBDR and other routes with the T7, but I’m just not warming up to it. On the freeway it hangs around 6000rpm where the GSA was around 3000. Unless you’re mostly riding technical tracks, I find the GS better. Picking the GSA up was easier too due to the way it lands on the crash bars. Even serious single tracks are no fun on a loaded T7. For that stuff I prefer my FE501. For efficient long distance travel on mixed terrain, I’ll always prefer a GS/GSA. The fuel consumption is surprisingly not hugely better on the T7 either. I was expecting better. Nowadays, it is “relatively easy” to get parts shipped almost anywhere. Sometimes you just have to be a bit more patient or resourceful. About your wreck. Accidents can happen, but if someone is overly worried about them, don’t ride. Cheers!

Great interesting topic and very timely. I am going to spend 2 months travelling the UK and Europe this year, to start with, I am shipping my old DR 650 from Australia and leaving the bike in Croatia until I next get back there. I am planning to do mostly camping to keep costs down, I found in my other trips that accommodation and transport were the most expensive costs, food is cheap if you don’t eat in restaurants, so I will have my trusty old Trangia stove to cook some simple meals at the end of the day. Thankfully I am Scottish by birth so being tight with money is in my DNA, but some costs you just have to live with I guess, google is your friend in that there is always options to things, you just have to find them. 👍👍👍👍

I am naturally cheap as well (DNA test says my ancestry is Scottish, although I am from the US), so I am always looking for the best deal I can get. Your planned trip sounds incredible.

Hey Andre. As I age, I have different priorities and use my money for what I want. I was in a bad bicycle accident years ago, so my body hurts a bit more, so I am willing to pay for a bit more comfort, however, I do find that food is usually not that important to me, so I generally eat pretty cheap unless it's with wine, then the bills start to add up. I love your comment about others not willing to pay for certain experiences (or to go where we have gone) when you say, "then they'll never go where we went". That really sharpens the point! I love my GS, and it's great on the roads, particularly on the highways/toll roads/motorways/etc., however, I rarely go on those roads. I like to be on the backroads and my speed is generally around 45mph so I am not using the big 1200cc engine to it's capacity and needing the speed or the lower revs. I actually think the 850GS would be the perfect bike. It's lighter, has the off-road capabilities, the engine is bullet proof and can be worked on anywhere in the world. However, I do agree the big GS is pretty easy to pick up due to the way it falls on the guards and panniers. Actually, I addressed the savings part for a couple of reasons: 1 - Everybody wants to save a little bit, no matter who you are, and 2- I have seen a couple of other motorcycle UA-cam creators completely abandon their motorcycle overlanding lifestyle due to money, so I thought I would address it. I was saddened to learn that both people couldn't continue what they loved due to money, and I miss watching their channels. But agree, I am ok to spend the money for the things I want.

Thanks. I am excited to get back to Albania and resume the Around-The-World trip.

Thanks for watching!

I have a few videos to still release (Update to Series 1) and Series 2 before we start back up in Albania. I love all this, so I can't stay away for long!. Thank you.

I recognize that I pronounce Cities and Town incorrectly, and consider it part of my charm. I bring my perspective and speaking patterns to my channel and I make mistakes once in a while. Thank you for pointing it out that I put Slovakia instead of Slovenia. I corrected it and tried to upload a new video but UA-cam won't let us replace a video so I had to create a new video but then it confused people, so I decided to leave it. I love Slovenia, it's one of my favorite countries, and I am frustrated that I misstated the name in my video.

I wasn't trying to make a political statement, but rather mention an interesting sighting in Belgrade, very quickly discuss it, without it getting too deep or technical. My channel isn't a political, history or war channel, but more about motorcycles and interesting sights around the world.

@@adventuristmoto sorry, I wasn't articulate enough. I understood what you did exactly as you explained it... I should have added that I realize you aren't trying to be political but I'm only sorta pointing it out from a place where I feel hurt about how the news would portray different countries who have been in similar or worse situation.

Thank you for the comment. I try to keep my channel and my comments neutral politically. When I get to a site, border, country, etc. I look up information on the location that I find interesting and then talk about it. With regards to Kosovo and Serbia, my roughly 2-min conversation will not answer any major questions or address the issue, as the issue is much larger than I can ever discuss and the specifics are much more complicated that I am conversant. With that said, the sites I used to refer to Kosovo as one of the newest countries were: www.statista.com/chart/11430/the-worlds-youngest-countries/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/newest-countries I wasn't trying to take a side, but rather mention it as a an interesting point.

Hi @kaudzssol1449, thank you for your responses on both of my videos about Serbia and Kosovo. I wanted to say Thank You for bringing up the situation between Serbia and Kosovo and it's continued struggles. I am fascinated by the history, political issues, cultural elements and its future, and have continued to read up on the issue. It has lead me to read multiple articles, reports and online pages about Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and conflicts going back to the 1300's. I still don't know enough to take a side, as the issues are from multiple ethnic, religious, historical, and political sides, but I wanted to say Thank You for bringing it up as I continue to learn about the world.

@@adventuristmoto You already picked your side, by disregard for historical facts, ignorance of recent past and by openly embracing the western narrative of Yugoslav civil war, which is your right, but do not pretend to be unbiased and apolitical on the issue. I wish you all the best in your future travels and for you to gain more insight about the country or entity you would be visiting then you had regarding Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija, since you talked about it. These remarks were not meant to target you personally, but to point out the greater depth of the issue we talked about and to try swaying you a little bit to the side that Serbs know to be on the side of the truth. But as I encouraged you to learn about Serbian history of Kosovo and Metohija, so do with history of Albanians in Kosovo, both their suffering and historical events in which they participated as a nation, and come to your own conclusion, but it is paramount for everybody to exit the vicious cycle of western fed lies and propaganda, which engulf the minds of many people around the world. I wish you good luck and best of health in your life going forward.

Slovenia is such a wonderful country. The people were so nice and the views and riding was spectacular. You are lucky to get to live there.

Thank you for responding, but I hope I have conveyed in the video that I don't know enough about the situation to have an opinion if either side was in the right or wrong and I understand that every situation has multiple sides. My video was to look at it from a different perspective, that of the fear of being in the city while a missile hit a building and the idea of leaving a bombed building as a memorial. I only address the bombed buildings for about 2 minutes in my video (from 1:55 minute mark - 3:55 minute mark) which isn't sufficient time to address either side of the issue with sufficient time or information. Plus, if you continue to watch the video to the 5:30 minute mark, I say "Belgrade, you were incredible... and your people were so friendly". I loved Belgrade and in no way meant to imply that I agreed/disagreed with either side of the conflict.

I hope I didn’t convey an acceptance or accusation to either side of the conflict, and around the 3:20 minute mark I comment that “I don’t know enough to have an opinion” and around the 2:55 minute mark I say “every conflict has multiple sides to it”. I wasn’t taking a side and was more interested in the horrors of war, the impact on people and keeping a bombed building as a memorial. Thank you for correcting me on President Milošević’s death prior to a trial. That was my mistake in my comment.

@@adventuristmoto When you talk about NATO aggression on former Yugoslavia, as a westerner you can not distance yourself from propaganda of the Colective West, neither can I as a Serb from what we know to be truth, so frankly speaking you can not make unbiased commentary on NATO aggression, nobody can to be honest, I for example did not mention in my comment both alleged, Račak for example, and real war crimes done by Serbian police and Yugoslav Army against Albanians in Kosovo and Metohija. The root of the problem is what started the war Albanian failed secession in the 1980, 1990, 1998, 1999 and NATO unprovoked aggression or alleged ethnic cleansing of Albanians from Kosovo done by the Yugoslav Army. So no you did not convey an acceptance of the NATO aggression, but when you said that Milošević is convicted of war crimes you have indirectly blamed Serbia for the conflict, by simple omission to mention that KLA or Kosovo Liberation Army leaders and hundreds of their fighters are being trialed right now in the Hague. All best in your future travells.

@@adventuristmotoAt 7:42 you said “it didn’t slow down the atrocities that Serbia was involved on Kosovo”. In war people are dying, but Serbian Army haven’t targeted civilians in some cruel plan to ethnically clean that part of country. That is an absolut lie and you are taking side by that statement. Serbian Army (Yugoslav Army at that time) were fighting terorists which haven’t started with terorist acts in 1999. but 20 years before that. On lower scale, but with the same goal, independent Kosovo. What right had NATO to intervene in internal conflict? To end the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo's Albanian population? Than why NATO didn’t try to stop ethnic cleansing in Croatia in 1995. when Croatian Army in military action ethnically cleaned whole minority population of Serbs in Croatia?

Maybe it should have been a Rolex or a Patek. 😀

The military guard didn’t say why, and I generally don’t ask a lot of questions when military personnel are telling me to move along.

@@adventuristmoto Sure, probably best not to argue. Still an odd rule in peace times. Safe travels!

I don't understand why they chased him off from the first site but in general you can't film military or important government buildings, this one, even though owned by ministry of defense, is neither so I have no idea why they did that. As for skull tower it's most likely because it's a place with an entrance fee and their only attraction is to see the thing so I think that they think that if people film it less people will come to see it...

I fell in love with Tallinn. I had always wanted to go there and was lucky to spend a full week there. Glad you liked it too.

I missed the Library. That gives me a reason to go back. Thanks for the recommendation. Great town your oldest lives in.

I loved Helsinki. Unfortunately, I didn't get to spend as much time there as I wanted. I geeked out on the WW2 sights.

Thanks for watching. Hope you enjoy. I love Ireland. I had an amazing time traveling there. Unfortunately, I had tech issues and couldn't record anything.

Seems like it can be a crap shot depending on the different borders, different agents, different times, etc. I think like most of us, we just go with the flow.

I find all that fascinating. Hope you like it.

Just feels so natural for me to say "room" vs "cabin" as I am more used to hotels than ships.

It was very nice. I could definitely see it as a mini-cruise. As an American growing up in the Southwest (New Mexico), we don’t have ferries, much less overnight ferries. So it was a real eye-opener, and treat, for me.

@@adventuristmoto to be fair, these kinds of ferries are not the norm in Europe. Its mostly in northern Europe where you can see ferries like Viking Glory. Most of them are located here between Sweden and Finland/Estonia and Norway-Germany/Denmark.

I think I have been on a lot of ferries when I traveled through the area: Newcastle - Amsterdam ua-cam.com/video/YBW3D6s4_J0/v-deo.html Germany - Denmark ua-cam.com/video/qgiQP0Bw9yM/v-deo.html Frederikshavn to Gothenburg ua-cam.com/video/3NGU6WCCPVg/v-deo.html Stockhold to Turku ua-cam.com/video/gIzZEczb3i8/v-deo.html Last: Helsinki to Tallinn ua-cam.com/video/Cx_6ubWlTY0/v-deo.html I loved being on all of them, even if they were the short ferries like the German to Denmark ferry. I think they are cool.

When I got my UK drivers license, my instructor told me it was a required skill and I was actually tested on it during my exam, but as an American it still feels weird. I absolutely feel in love with Slovenia.

AHHHHH!! That kills me! I will need to fix it and re-upload the video. I loved Slovenia and it's one of my favorite countries, so I am a bit ashamed that I did that. Thank you for pointing that out to me.

Thank you. Absolutely fell in love with Slovenia. It’s so beautiful.

Happy New Year. Looking forward to continuing the trip through Asia and hopefully reaching Australia next year and bringing more videos to the channel.

Hungary was a fantastic country to visit. Definitely get to Tokaj and try the wine.

I wanted to go to Giants Causeway but I ran out of time when I was in Northern Ireland. I hear it’s spectacular.