hahahaha, or maybe if Dom let's his hair down we will look like sisters 😂

This! I was about to type it. You beat me to it.

we are quite used to it.. May we ask why is using public toilet dangerous though?

@@BBowiec hihi! thanks for watching our videos!! For safety within the van, we do have a 360 degree CCTV setup, so although our inside is black out, we are able to see what's going on outside. Typically, for our travel style, we find campsites to stay the night, so safety is generally fine, mostly we keep our van door open with bug net over. Of couse not all campsites are built the same, for some we hunker in and keep all doors lock. Stealth camping by the streets, is a bit tricky, we do assess the place, drive around the area and have a feel of a place before stopping for the night, it's really about feeling, sometimes some things don't feel right and we drive off to another location. In general, we like to park directly under a street lamp and if it permits, near a 24hrs crowded eatery hahaha. So far, we have been left undisturbed for night. We actually have a few stealth camping videos and one coming up real soon! Tomorrow! For us, our camper van is like our home so there are stuffs like cloths, chargers, bedding, toiletry, cooking wares etc. permanently left in the van. We typically just stop by a laundry shop (24mins to wash 24mins to dry) to clean up our cloths/bedding before heading back to SG almost empty handed, of cos maybe we buy some eggs back 🤣🤣🤣 U are interested in camping in Malaysia too?

@@CalebSeah Hihi Caleb! Definitely, for Singaporean(foreigner), we did it from a 2nd hand car dealer, the vehicle ownership procedure is very straightforward, the dealer will bring u to JPJ (MY's LTA) to get the ownership trf over to u, takes ard 15-20mins, you will need your passport. You will received a hardcopy vehicle ownership card with ur name and passport no. on it. When u renew ur passport, simply walk into JPJ to update ur vehicle ownership card with ur new passport number and 50rm for a new hardcopy of it. Insurance and road tax we got the dealer to settle for us too. Insurance and road tax is a bit tricky from the 2nd year onwards, we can't login to the Malaysia app to renew our road tax, so we typically get the insurance company to renew our insurance and do our road tax together for a nominal fee ard 30-50rm. Then we collect the hardcopy road tax from the insurance agent. Privately, foreigner can own any car, but for van only fully windowed van can be privately own, semi panel and full panel van can only be registered to a Malaysian company. For MY parking, we search on Mudah (MY's carousell) and rented a space from someone with a landed property. For us, we are quite lucky, we found a parking which includes electronic gate key and the parking area is loaded with CCTV.

@bokchoy.travels thanks for your detailed sharing. When you travel to different country with it, what do they ask for? Insurance and road tax, passport, ownership proof? Carnet de passag? Do you need to buy insurance in every country you go for your van? For parking, what's the estimated cost for it? Thanks for sharing once again

@@CalebSeah hihi, no worries at all, hope u find the information useful! Carnet is only needed if u plan to enter countries which requires them, don't quote us but we think we are good until central asia, except of u need to enter India. Yep, passport and vehicle ownership card most important. For Thai and Laos, 3rd party car insurance can be purchased directly at the border customs. Cambodia didn't even check, but the best thing to do is get insurance in advance for ur vehicle, we know of a friend who did this but don't have the exact details. Do let us know if u have any information on this. Also we have not been able to get car insurance for two drivers beyong Malaysia, so usually on the owner of the vehicle is insured. If u can finda all driver insurance do let us know too! For personal insurance, u can get travel nomad kind, it's pricier but u can start and end the insurance an any destinations and dates rather then annual local insurance which requires u the start and end at SG within a fix time frame. Parking i believe now is around 150 to 200rm/month, parking spaces is always in demand in JB.

@@hazlihashim4506 oh yea, sadly we can't drive this van back to SG so need to motorbike in fron SG to grab our van

​@@blackarmouredbeast1989 thanks for the recommendation, a better ventilation and cooling will definitely serve us well! We do have a huge 400W solar panel and storage covering the entire roof so also looking at rear door mounted option.

@bokchoy.travels If the dashboard is air conditioning, no battery engine and the vehicle is noisy. If you do not know, You will ask another van lifers or RV shop. They know. Only Vanlifers live in boondocking area.

@@blackarmouredbeast1989 thank you brother 🙏🏻 we actually do boondocking.

@bokchoy.travels Go to the Beach + Go to the Jungle if no graveyard + Go to the parking lot if do not have a sign [ pay $$ & do not allow camper van ] + If parking lane in the city, you must hide because pay $$ or Police will catch you if not allow camper van. A small car is ok + Van is ok with an outdoor shower if a room does not have a shower. If shower in the room, Cannot stay in the parking lot in the City overnight. If you see many camper vans, you will meet them then they will tell you if you want to ask them. Only exchange to show your van for your tour then you ask them. Can.

kzbin.info2kB-9TzuVrk?si=9IcSTzwkT0kNxqJ1 I never meet him. I saw a youtube video. The USA, Europe, Japan, China and South America have camper van [ Vanlifers do not have their house as homeless or normal persons ] & RV van [ they are rich ]

Heyhey, thankyou for the support! You camp too? 😬

We miss you too 🥹♥️

thank you! we hope you enjoyed the video 🥳

@@untouchablelah hahahha omg ^5!! we had a QR code design all ready! now it's just finding an outdoor sticker shop to get it printed 🥳 Big thanks for the support, its means alot to us :) HJ&Dom

@@sbdiaries Hello Simon and Beth 👋🏻 thank you for your kind words, it brings us lots of encouragement!! We hope y'all enjoyed the video :) oh yesh, we love the ocean very much too, may our path cross somewhere near the ocean too! hehe HJ&Dom

Thankyou! ☺️

@@kadekcampers thank you brother! We love camping in Malaysia! For us, we typically do tent camping in Singapore mainly Puala Ubin and West Coast Park. We aren't too familiar with car camping back home, sorry 🙏🏼 Our van too is Malaysia registered so it doesn't enter SG 😭

we did return the permit back, heng man 🙏🏼 we were so lost ended up returning the permit first before we even stamp the passport, hahaha.. you cross here often too?

@@bokchoy.travels yes bro, all the way from JB. Going to Cambodia via poipet next week. Watch 20 video ++, love the raw and unedited vlog.

@@eugeniotan5198 hehe thanks for the support bro, envies your upcoming trip la! it's gonna be so fun, enjoy!

wah lau, super confusing right and a little frustrating hahahahha

@@bokchoy.travels that was for sure lol

Hello, thankyou so much for your lovely comment, it keeps us going! 🥹 happy conversion & traveling to you too! Hit us up on Instagram (@bokchoytravels) to share your conversion with us if you don’t mind! We’re really excited for you! 🥳

we are both from Singapore😄

Hello, thankyou for your lovely comment and concern ♥️ We didn’t know there’s a guesthouse in Don Som. We will definitely visit again & dropby your place in the future! We enjoyed our motorbike ride there so much, it was beautiful! ☺️ it’s a place we often recommend to people visiting Laos!

nice! we have slept once or twice at the PT with max camp, really nice amenities there especially the shower! Just that the max camps are too few around Thailand, we are always on the look out for one whenever we need to sleep over a petrol kios 😃 U been travelling around Thailand too?

@@bokchoy.travels I am local and always do truck camping around Thailand whenever I got free time.. Wishing you guy safe and happy trip all the way.

@@danc.8770 thank you! and happy camping too, may our path cross some day!

we are probably plagued by a few factors: - Dec to Feb being the peak travel period in Koh Phangan - Our travels are too ad hoc so we usually only find accomodation on the day or one day before 50 USD is actually really pricey for us which is what we paid for at our first night hotel. Our most expensive hotel in the first half a year of travelling was actually 25USD in a major city. Most we are out at campsites or dorm style accomodations.

I suspect that leech was from the toilet because i noticed i stepped onto something but didn't cared much.. it wasn't painful and was unnoticed. I only knew it was latched onto me when i noticed blood on the bed 😬 and I still needed to find where it was on me. I think typically it's ok to walk around camp site in slippers, this seems quite an isolated incident and the only leech we have gotten from all the campsites we have been too so far.

hello 👋🏻

this was really one of the scarier night drives and without GPS 😂.. yesh haha, really tiring, I drop dead once i reached the other national park camp site

hahaha ilterally blood.. there's so many leeches that latched on 😬😬😬

the engine belt and water pump replacement, i think was around 300sgd or less, i will need to check the receipt. Lucky, we were in Thailand so spare parts are easily available 🙏🏼

oh yea, u noticed, sorrie about that, throughout these months of travelling, day 3 to 8 was the only days we lost the footage 🙏🏼 thanks for watching our videos!!

You're welcome! thank you and hope u enjoyed the tour!

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching!

thank you friend, this means a lot to us 🙏🏼

meet up soon bro

hehe thank you, we hope you enjoy, more to come! The Laos part of our travels was a very enjoyable one :D

Around 7.5 hours with some rest in between, roads are ok.. a bit of pot hole filled roads nearer to Vientiane, short but annoying haha