last time on delightful travellers we arrived in Thailand for the very first time we started
out in the massive city of Bangkok and then ate our weight in delicious Thai food in this
video we're starting our new life in Thailand we made our way down to the island of Phuket
where we'll be settling in for a while I'm Trevor and this is Anna in this series we're
finally experiencing one of our bucket list streams living in Thailand make sure to hit
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to our channel members and patrons for making these videos possible Welcome to our new home
well you can probably tell by the title of the video and the setting that you're looking at
right now we are no longer in Bangkok we chose to come down to the beach area in Phuket specifically
we are in a town called Rawai so lovely here we're gonna be here for a while actually we've rented an
apartment gonna try living for a little while so for those of you that are watching for the
first time and are new to the channel what we're trying to do right now is to slow travel and try
living in different places basically our home is on the road we don't really have a home we are
from Canada what we're trying to do is maybe find places that we really really love that eventually
maybe if we want to really slow down we'll live in for a longer term but right now we're living but a
month or two in each place and then we might hop around a little quicker and then try out another
place one of the things we're really liking about rawai so far is it's really calm and chilled out
I'm sure you guys can tell even within the first minute of the video here we heard a lot about this
place coming down and that's what attracted us to it now if you are new by the way I'm Trevor
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us out if you're not new it's great that all you guys are back once again I hope you're really
excited for a brand new living series here it's the first time we've been around coconut trees in
quite a while huh it is there were a few in naxos and Greece where we previously were but not that
many this obviously has a much more tropical feel to it it's one of the reasons we actually
picked it is that we love being on beaches but but places that are like developed but you can
still go to a beach see palm trees feel like you're in a tropical location some of you guys
are probably wondering why didn't we decide to stay in Bangkok we barely thought anything we
spent about a week there we were very very busy and we didn't see nearly enough of the city but
the great thing about our lifestyle and the way that we travel that we don't book Things months
in advance we don't plan our whole year out so we can pivot we can do different things and chances
are we're gonna be back in Bangkok so later in the video we're going to be showing you guys where we
are staying our apartment that we've rented for a month or so so stay tuned for that but speaking of
where we're at right now if you're following us on Instagram you would have already know
now I know not everyone does but on Instagram usually in stories sometimes photos we have
sneak peeks huh yeah so on YouTube in the YouTube World we're always a little bit behind sometimes
it depends on the time how much we thought right now it's a few weeks so if you were following us
on Instagram and specifically watching the stories on Instagram and Facebook as well you would have
seen where we were and no one already in advance right now we're just walking by one of the areas
that we love in the town I don't know if it has a name we just call it like kind of the strip with
the local uh the local restaurants it's right by the beach at night this is much more alive and
there's some awesome food down here too there's some really good food if you like seafood there's
lots of seafood restaurants but if you just want local Thai food it's a good place to come it is
pretty touristy I think it's mainly of course they come here but it's really good food it's
got a great view so yeah we're really into this there's not too much traffic either not at all all
right well we found some uh live live seafood yeah speaking of seafood this is obviously the place to
come they have like all the tanks of like I guess crab and lobster do you want one no look at the
size of that guy so let's talk about where why is it is on the island of Phuket which is a very
very large island it's in the south of Thailand almost the very South now let's talk about why we
pick for why and not somewhere else like Patong there's lots of different very popular areas on
this island but we really wanted kind of a perfect balance of like development and traditional also
to be able to be chilled out we want to coffee shops we wanted fast internet we want it a beach
now this isn't one of the most beautiful beaches in Thailand by any means but it's still cool that
there's one here but it really checks every single box for us and that's why we're here
you guys probably noticed there's a lot of fishing boats here you can see some of them set up right
here very local places tours around too huh there are a lot of Tours and there's actually a lot of
islands around and you can just go go take a boat over to one of the beautiful beaches on
all those islands however it's been a little bit hard to plan the weather has not been what we
had hoped for it's it well well into November towards the end of November as we film this
uh so rainy season is supposed to stop at the end of October and then like High season starts in
November but it has certainly hasn't been acting like it no it's been it's been raining pretty much
every day you'll notice this water is supposed to be like a turquoise yeah this has been basically
the regular weather is like this overcast we've been here for like 10 days or something like that
we took a little bit of break from filming and we had probably two really really really nice days
the problem is is that the forecast is always just Doom and Gloom so it's like impossible to
plan anything because some days it's nice but it says it's going to be terrible and then some days
it's terrible and it says it's going to be okay so we never know what it's gonna do we do promise
you guys though that either way whether it's a nice day or it's a rainstorm we are going to
some islands we are going to some other beautiful beaches around here I mean we're here I don't want
to say we have no choice but we'd be crazy if we did not but let's let's pray to the weather Gods
just please please give us some really nice butter we've just come over to the main strip here in
town so on one side you have rawaii Beach and then you have everything else on the other side there's
loads of restaurants and cafes and all of that stuff right here one of the things that attracted
to us about this town is the mix of restaurants there's so many traditional restaurants you
can eat for so cheaply you guys I mean we were talking a couple dollars for a Thai Dish now if
you don't want traditional food there's lots of trendy restaurants there if you can get burgers
and pizza and pretty much everything there's a Japanese place right nearby there's loads of
different types of food so that's something that really appeals to us when we're looking for it
but it is to be able to eat the traditional food and so far Thai food has not been disappointing
we've filmed a couple videos ago I think we did a full like street food video in Bangkok so you
can go watch that but it's nice to have choices yeah and I just want to say one more thing about
rawai when we were trying to decide where to come in Phuket we pretty much went on a map and just
looked at the sheer amount of cafes and coffee shops here and with that means fast internet
and for us that's just like the golden check mark that means we're in well someone has found their
new a permanent home maybe yeah I might live here there's a fun this is a swing right on the beach
look at this view I know speaking of the view now the sun has come out a bit oh please stay
look at the colors forever the color now in the water you can actually see this is cool [Music]
we're now hungry and we just came over to a place called nikitas check this place out we got a
singha as well and all this talk about restaurants and cafes made us hungry so we got a dish that is
a Thai Dish this is basically like a chicken fried rice but it's called something like cow
cacao pronunciation guys I know what we're gonna try but she came over and I asked quickly like how
do you say this in Thai and she said cap how cacao so fast that I think I'm getting it wrong but you
guys get you know e for effort right but look at this this looks really really good so in this dish
we have a chicken you have the option to order with some different type of meats we also added
an egg on which was also an additional thing you can have on there I see some green onions and I
think there's some basil in there I also want to point out the Pretty Little Flower on the
side this is actually the first time we've had a fried rice dish here in Thailand we've been eating
so much Thai food and everything we've had has been phenomenal hopefully this will be the same
mmm that is so good and honestly so unlike any fried rice that we've had before if you used to
having like Chinese fried rice tastes totally different I think it's from the basil I don't
know what they do to it it's kind of crunchy like they flash fry it or something but it
adds a totally different dimension to this entire dish it adds something really really
flavorful and delicious to it egg is nice and simple the chicken itself is cut up really
really tiny so it's not too overpowering everything about this is just super yummy
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well right next to where we were just having lunch is this pier this enormous Pier right
in the center of the town here I'm glad we came over huh it's really cool I mean you can tell from
afar that it's really long it's one of the longest peers I've maybe ever seen anywhere yeah like it's
really cool I mean I'm looking ahead right now and this goes as far as the eye can see I love how the
water looks it's crystal clear you can see well it's not very deep but you can see right to the
bottom but just for some context mainly around here there are fishing boats and tour boats see
a lot of people fishing just off the water and a few little snorkeling here and there but it's
not really a swimming beach but about 10 minutes away is really really quick you could actually
walk there if you were willing to walk in the seat for about a half hour or 40 minutes there
is nigh heart Beach which we went to on another day and didn't film it it's absolutely stunning
well I promise we will go back and actually film our day there we just wanted to have one relaxing
day at the beach but we will go back now I'm sure some of you are wondering like what what type of
traveler what type of tourist comes to Phuket in Thailand well so far we figured out a few things
it seems to be a bit of everything it is and let's specifically talk about row eye because I think it
attracts a little bit of a different person than the other places like we said katong is like very
much a party area I think it would attract much younger crowds oh wait for sure big nightlife here
it's more chilled out but one thing we noticed if you're wondering what country comes here the most
it's definitely Russians there's a lot of Russians in this town yeah and it seems to be about
families too lots of families lots of children they're still pretty cool they're still a mix
you get also of course the backpack really kind of budget travel people Thailand's known for that
and we've seen lots of people with laptops just everywhere basically any coffee shop or a bar that
has like a bar area that looks out there's always seems to be someone on a laptop always and if
you're wondering there is like exclusive five-star hotels as well so I mean it's pretty easy to
see why Thailand is such a popular touristic destination in the world and of course Asia as
well speaking of Russians our building itself is actually I'm pretty sure built by Russians which
seems to be common in this area so we're going to take you back and give you a tour of our beautiful
apartment welcome to the inside of our apartment if you're wondering we are about a 10 to 15 minute
walk from town depending on what side of town you're on but here we are right in the kitchen
as soon as you walk through the door so we have a fridge there's lots and lots of counter space here
lots of shelving one of the things we like it's a washer you guys that is so important when you're
traveling full time now come this way I'm going to show you we have a just a two burner cooktop
and honestly it's it's cheaper to eat out at some of the traditional Thai restaurants then go shop
for groceries sometimes I'm not even joking I have to show you this on my screen so this is my laptop
and I have speed test up remember before we talked about the internet and how fast it is this is the
fastest internet we have come across in all of our travels look this is like 600 down and let's just
wait one minute and you can probably see this is about 300 up 300 up 600 down 300 up that means we
can upload a video in about 30 seconds that never happens so we're very happy with this decision so
this side of the same room is our living room area I got a big sofa here I think it might be
a pullout sofa but I haven't tested it I'm pretty sure it is though it looks like it it's also an AC
up here but it's also a huge TV here this is the perfect setup for watching shows and we have been
watching some new shows it's great we have not had time well let's film ages what have we been
watching Santa Shanta Ram is that any chanteram maybe someone can correct it's on the apple plus
Apple TV plus whatever that's called really good so far I'll take you guys outside here and show
you our patio so it is Big here is the uh view you can see there's like some traditional homes
down there but off in the distance I mean we we have an amazing view town is just kind of that
way if you're wondering but yeah we have these chairs I mean this is pretty much everything
we need huh it is the upstairs actually has we haven't been spending much time I should say out
there because the upstairs roof is crazy show you that in a second but we'll show you the bedroom
first pretty small but it works pretty well uh we have a king-sized bed it's really comfy it
also has its own separate AC as well there is a desk although we haven't really been using that
because Trevor has been using I usually sit on a coach and Trevor uses like the table that's in
the main room and there's also another massive TV in here you could like lay in bed and just watch
shows for days so the closet is this way you guys might have saw that a second ago in the frame yeah
so there's a door here in the closet it's kind of like a walk through and then yeah you're in
the bathroom area so here we go vanity toilet of course and you have a nice walk-in shower
and yeah you can maybe demonstrate come this way and we'll open the door right so there are two
entrances to the bathroom so you can get it to it from the bedroom or from the kitchen yeah I mean
that's the whole place I don't know how many uh how many like 100 square feet do you think this
is I think I don't know square feet I feel like it was like 45 square meters or something yeah I know
our place in Halifax is 5 40. so this is probably about 500 square feet so we're loving this place
so far but our favorite part is Up on the Roof just wait for it welcome to the rooftop area we
love it up here we've been spending a lot of time when the weather does cooperate right now not so
much it was beautiful a little bit earlier I thought I thought maybe the gods yeah I think
all Doom and Gloom is coming again yeah but if you look at that infinite people it's huge
there's loads of space lots of chairs up here we've never had any issues getting them they're
currently putting away yeah like I'm going to show them look you can see they're putting the cushions
away guys in the day when it's sunny out this is amazing here it is there's lots of places to
Lounge there is a covered area there is a hammock over there it's just it's amazing yeah look at
that I can see the rain actually coming our way we're uh we're gonna be in trouble so it's gonna
be here in a minute so this might end the rooftop tour so this has been the problem so far here in
rawai or in Phuket in general we we cannot predict the weather at all it's not supposed
to be rainy season right now like it's not at all but yet it's raining I know I know maybe
people that are watching this will give us more information hopefully by December it'll be better
maybe November is just like an iffy month and then after that it's a lot better but we're still going
to try to make the most of it it's just been hard we've been here for a while now and this
is the first time we filmed because it rains all the time I can't believe it's raining again yeah
it just started it literally okay we'll go back downstairs to our place and uh end the video well
uh we dodged uh the rain it is we're looking out the window right now and it is it's coming down
It doesn't normally rain just a little bit when it rains oh it rains yeah I mean this is uh the
last time we had this happen was when we were in the Philippines this actually reminds me a lot
of what it was like in rainy season when we got stuck in the Philippines when the pandemic first
hit at first we had like the first couple months we had perfect weather every single day when we
were in super lockdown then when things started to open up it switched over to rainy season and
we couldn't make we couldn't do anything because it was just you'd have nice days but every day it
called for rain and you just didn't know if it was even when it looked nice it ended up
raining we'll we'll figure it out we are still gonna do some things we just hope the weather
turns around a little bit we could have worse problems let's be oh yeah but despite that we
are loving it here it's it's amazing so far but fingers crossed this uh weather uh goes
away and the Sun comes out and we can take you guys to some epic destination so I hope
you guys are excited uh here we are living in another place trying to figure out if this is
somewhere Thailand is it somewhere full time we want to live in the future for those of you
guys that are just Tuning In For the First Time didn't see our Bangkok videos this is our first
time in Thailand I can't believe it's our first time we've been wanting to come here for years
and years and years and it's just never really worked out so this is yeah another dream come
true for us and and the goal of the channel right now we're trying to figure out places
to live as we kind of move uh forward and get older we're looking for places that we want to
be kind of long-term so right now we're on a big scouting mission in different countries trying to
figure out uh where to do that because our home is on the road you guys so that's uh it's been
a lot of fun though I hope you guys enjoyed this video it's the start of a new series if you got
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we would not be here all right guys that's it from Rawai wishing you delightful travel see you soon