she left me... (solo van life sucks)

Philly & Keely January 29, 2023
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Philly & Keely

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Hey, we’re Philly & Keely! For over 6 years, we've been exploring the world in various vans, but right now we are living in our vintage RV 'Milo' on an epic American road trip, and this might be our biggest adventure yet! Before North America our last big road trip was around Australia in our tiny self built van, Dingo. We did a 30-day van build on the streets of Melbourne and then drove him to the heart of the Australian Outback! Before that our first 4 years of vanlife we lived full-time in Europe in our DIY van, Martha. There, we faced the harsh realities of van life: robbery, fire, and countless breakdowns. Despite the challenges, we embraced every moment and shared all the highs and lows on this channel. (In amongst that we also did a Japan road trip in our rental van Allen) ⤈SHOP OUR MERCH⤈ https://phillyandkeely.teemill.com/ ⤈JOIN OUR PATREON⤈ https://www.patreon.com/PhillyandKeely ⤈STICKER SHOP⤈ https://www.chapter-bychapter.com/shop

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Van life in Bulgaria has been a bit rough. Martha is still causing problems and struggling up hills, so needs a mechanic if we want to keep travelling in her. Our roof and door are also leaking, so we try our best to fix these. But the roughest part has been being apart. Solo van life is not what I expected, it was a lot harder than I anticipated. We missed each other A LOT!! We still had fun in Bulgaria though! We packed a lot in! Swimming in the black sea, soaking in hotsprings, cuddling puppies and meeting fellow vanlifers @KieranandAlice, Bulgaria left us with some lasting memories! ⤈ VIDEO CHAPTERS ⤈ 0:00 – 0:15 – Coming Up 0:30 – 01:26 – Coffee Catch Up 01:26 – 05:08 – Wild Swimming Black Sea 05:08 – 06:17 – Deep Clean 06:17 – 08:30– Heading to Sozopol 08:30 – 12:16 – Bulgaria's Oldest Sea Town 12:16 – 18:02 – Solo Vanlife (I baked a cake) 18:02 – 19:57 – Reunited 19:57 - 20:56 - Martha goes to the mechanic!! 20:56 - 21:57 - We meet friends!! 21:57 - 23:16 - Fixing leak no. 1 23:16 - 23:55 - Thanks for agreeing with me guys! 23:55 - 25:18 - Hot Springs 25:18 - 27:52 - Puppies!!! And fixing leak no. 2 27:52 - 28:36 - Midnight Hot Springs 28:36 - 29:36 - Should we be drinking this? ⤈SUPPORT US⤈ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chapter https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/chapterbychapter ⤈ WHO WE ARE ⤈ We are Philly and Keely and we live full time in our tiny home on wheels Martha. After building our DIY home in a Citroen Relay camper we spent a year living on the streets of London before quitting our jobs only to be met with lockdown. Then we took our van further than she had ever been before to the very beautiful Turkey. Enroute we stopped off in Spain for a few weeks where we experienced every van lifers worst nightmare, we were robbed and they stole all valuables in our van. But now we are back on our feet, fully MOT’d and back on the road through Europe before we experienced another vanlife nightmare... our van caught fire! After the trauma of that we had a massive change of plan and have now made our way to Japan. We are starting a Japanese road trip and excited to bring you all along. #solovanlife #vanlife #vanlifeislonely #vanlifebulgaria #vanlifeuk #vanlifeeurope #europeanroadtrip #vanliferealities #vanbreakdown #wildswimming #bulgaria #hotspring #blacksea #vanlifeuk ⤈SUPPORT US⤈ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chapter https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/chapterbychapter ⤈OUR STICKER SHOP ⤈ https://www.chapter-bychapter.com/shop https://ecoflow.com/collections/delta-series?aff=273 ⤈ SECURITY PURCHASES⤈ 📍 Safe's Small Tech & Document Safe: https://amzn.to/3N4VR9F Laptop Safe: https://amzn.to/3xzJI6J Massive Safe: https://amzn.to/3HA3yDy 📍 Driving Locks Steering Wheel Bar: https://amzn.to/3O9zz7V Disc Lock: https://amzn.to/3tMdRPj Wheel Clamp: https://amzn.to/3zM2EBT Clutch Pedal Lock: https://amzn.to/3xFcjrd 📍 CCTV Camera's COOAU: https://amzn.to/3zMGX4P TOUCAN: https://amzn.to/3O2PyEX 📍 AntiSmash Film 0.76m x 5m: https://amzn.to/3QoVny1 1m x 2m: https://amzn.to/3zMDseS 📍 Tracker's One Off Payment: https://amzn.to/3baJcER Subscription: https://amzn.to/3xIwc0W 📍 Stickers CCTV Transparent: https://amzn.to/3N4eJFR No Valuables Transparent: https://amzn.to/3xBrQsi SUBSCRIBE if you are interested in our travels, van build, daily van life content and maybe some more vegan cooking too. You can follow our INSTAGRAM @chapterby_chapter Or check out our blogs on: www.chapter-bychapter.com ⤈ CATCH UP ⤈ Ireland Roadtrip – https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt6Mm4WzGrDHzVSBh9oO28Z-227dr0K8x Turkey Roadtrip - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt6Mm4WzGrDGSDV0oJb-4djU3_ozNZypy Spanish Roadtrip - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt6Mm4WzGrDH8Cvs6VDtURZKvxUPFue2 Croatia Roadtrip - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt6Mm4WzGrDGpKv9XejdIdxzcywYvAa1L Serbia Roadtrip - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt6Mm4WzGrDFvh1N5LLElzrsMn5bQg7Y9 HALLOWEEN HORROR VLOG – https://youtu.be/QFskfDLOmJo ⤈ VLOGGING GEAR ⤈ Below is the gear we use for vlogging as a few people have asked what we use. Be aware we are amazon affiliates, so if you buy through these links we will get a small amount at no extra cost to yourselves. Ask us any questions about this stuff, so far we genuinely recommend all of it. Obviously the drone is my fave camera of all! Sony a7C Our beautiful new camera https://amzn.to/3tK0dMo Rode Micropro+ https://amzn.to/3hZBbCS DJI Osmo Pocket https://amzn.to/3GdUbIr Sony RX100 Vii Camera https://amzn.to/3il4FeJ Go Pro Hero 9 https://amzn.to/3juUncR DJI Mini 2 https://amzn.to/3bi60PX Relano LED Light https://amzn.to/3Edfmc9 For our music we use Epidemic Sound, here is our free trial referral link: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/qwfv8n/

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