VANLIFE in Turkey | Our First Impressions | Road Trip

We are finally getting into the swing of things in Turkey, getting used to the cuisine, the prices and the dogs. We even meet some fellow vanlifers & KZbinrs on the road (Courts & Meeks and John & Mandy) so loved a wee convoy with them across the water from Eceabat to Cannakule. We officially made it to mainland Turkey and can't believe our little home on wheels has brought us this far!
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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. So after waiting for six months for the borders to reopen in Ireland we have finally hit the road in June 2021 and spent 90 days enjoying vanlife in Spain. Then we spent the next two months enjoying vanlife in Croatia before heading onto Serbia which we loved, and now made it all the way to TURKEY.
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[@100Noddy]

This is a good channel. Hope you pick up more subs, you deserve them.

[@phillyandkeely]

Thankyou so much for those kind words, we would love to share our lives with more people so we hope for the same thing 🥰🥰

[@dzonikg]

You will like prices in Turkey ..i have been 2 times in last month ..everything is so much cheaper then in Serbia

[@phillyandkeely]

Yes the prices are very good for us, we are able to live quite cheaply with the pound conversion, but it is also very sad for the Turkish population as I know their economy is suffering a lot.

[@naruto654_]

Bcz of lira crash yes best time for tourists

[@escapebylens]

love the fan bit had me laughing out loud! Happy anniversary 💛

[@phillyandkeely]

😂😂 thankyou, glad it made you laugh. And thanks for the anniversary wishes 🥰🥰

[@damianlivesey9440]

[@phillyandkeely]

6 in a van!!! We gotta find two more to squeeze in haha

[@kathigee]

Happy Anniversary! excited to journey through Turkey with you.. my favorite place! Merry Christmas and happy travels!

[@phillyandkeely]

Thanks Kathi 🥰🥰 thanks for joining us

[@Lol-ym4bq]

Türkçe altyazı eklerseniz takipçi sayınız artar 🤙 iyi eğlenceler

[@phillyandkeely]

Bu hafta eklemeyi umuyoruz, bu tavsiye için çok teşekkür ederiz, gerçekten minnettarız 🥰

[@denisecafferky2248]

Happy Anniversary 🥂. It seems like ye didn't really need to buy gas if the food is that cheap there 😉

[@phillyandkeely]

Yeah, so cheap it's insane. However not always vegan safe so may have to cook more lol. But if we weren't vegan here you could eat out every meal!! Thanks for the anniversary wishes 🥰🥰

[@veronicasmith1147]

Hey you two sweeties loving living vicariously threw ye ❤🧡💛💚💙💫🤸‍♀️

[@phillyandkeely]

❤️❤️✌️✌️

[@Drpepperhernandez]

By far the best channel on youtube 🙌🏽

[@phillyandkeely]

Awwww ❤️❤️ thankyou for sticking with us all the way from daily videos to now 🥰🥰

[@i_am_kochero]

I laughed at the we will rock you input 😂😂😂 so funny. I also never seen anyone munching on a giant piece of helva like you did 😂😂 normally eaten with bread. There is a sizeable uk camper van community in Turkey at the moment. I know 5 Vans but one of them just left Turkey before Christmas. Turkey is getting very popular especially with its weak currency. Also ready to eat food isn't very popular in Turkey. Should you eat hand made food, it will taste 1000x better, especially sarma. 😉

[@phillyandkeely]

Glad you got a laugh from it 😂 We never thought to put helva on bread we've just been eating slices of it like animals haha! I think you are right food hand made from scratch always tastes the best!! Thankfully for the Turkish people the currency seems to be fighting back, it was 22TL to the pound a week ago and now its 15TL, so hopefully this is a sign of their economy recovering ❤️❤️ thankyou so much for watching 🥰🥰

[@travelleryildirim3013]

Aahahahah what a Funny & Nice Vlog and welcome to Turkey ;) ...its not the best time in Winter to come but anyway when you enjoy the Beachtowns at the West Coast you will be happy with the nice Landcoast and Views )) and for Climbing is "Geyikbayiri" nearly at the Olympos Natioanal Park a very great Place with Sea view ...

[@phillyandkeely]

Yeah we are heading to Geyikbayriri soon! And Olympus area, looks like it's gonna be awesome!! Definitely a lot better here in winter than in our home country 😂😂 we were swimming in the sea yesterday and were like it's crazy this is late December and it's warm!!

[@travelleryildirim3013]

@@phillyandkeely Woow , than you are a Strong Couple when you can swim in this time , brrrrrr ;)))) ...when you drive at the Coast to the South, the best places what you can visit is a) Troya b) Ancient City ASSOS ( Behramkale ) c) Pergamon Ancient City and than to AYVALIK & Cunda Island :) d) Izmir City e) CESME & ALACATI Beachtowns e) Small Fishertown "SIGACIK" f) The Mountainvillage & Vinery Village " SIRINCE" and a visit in Ancient City of EPHESUS g) Bodrum but on the Way you can Camp at the georgeous Lake BAFA and dont miss the RUINS of the ZEUS Temple from EUROMOS Ancient City . h) Marmaris Beachtown ...etc ;))

[@b3ckyl0uiseUK]

Thanks for the video 🧡 Merry Christmas guys as your next video will be uploaded on boxing day. Hope you have a wonderful time. I'm very jelly how warm it looks. Was ya shadow zubat any good? Had any luck this weekend at Community weekend? Honestly I laughed so hard when you're smushed ya face sorry 🤣 I ❤ John and Mandy

[@phillyandkeely]

Thanks Becky!! I only got 2 shinies but Philly got like 12 lol. We were with other friends so didn't get to fully dork out like we usually do haha. The face smushing was very painful, but glad it made you laugh 😂😂

[@Drpepperhernandez]

Please oh please make the food tasting a permanent segment anytime you visit a new country. 🙌🏽

[@phillyandkeely]

Haha, luckily this was all very tasty, maybe too tasty 😂

[@MrSale1983]

You should have tried more Serbian cuisine. Sarma in cabbage leaf is better. Niš and southeastern Serbia have the best restaurants and food in Serbia. Come again. :)

[@phillyandkeely]

We definitely hope to visit Serbia again maybe in Summer months. Yeah we would love to explore the local cuisine more and find all the vegan friendly dishes we can try 🥰🥰 Serbia definitely stole our hearts 💓💓

[@MrSale1983]

@@phillyandkeely During religious fasts, Serbs practically eat vegan food. When you are looking for food, say that you are looking for "posno". If you come to Niš again and need some help, feel free to contact me.

[@phillyandkeely]

@@MrSale1983 thankyou so much 🥰🥰 I will remember this when we are back again, and thanks for your offer of help we will keep it in mind 🥰

[@yvonnemerchant3916]

Happy anniversary ❤️❤️ Love watching you guys, you're great fun, we also watch courts and Meeks and John and Mandy, so nice that you all met up. Funny you should mention the film the bunker as our son was in it as a Russian soldier, the interior of the bunker was a prop built in an old church in Glasgow, just as a bit of trivia for you 😂😂😂 Hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy New year ❤️❤️❤️

[@phillyandkeely]

That is a fun piece of trivia!! How cool that your son was in it!! Thankyou so much for watching, and for your anniversary wishes. Merry Christmas to your family aswell 🥰🥰

[@ng3501]

All your choices like Turkish ladies tea time table; helva, dolma and of course borek you can have Turkish Tea glass and tea all is done

[@phillyandkeely]

We LOVE Turkish tea we have two little glasses now for it, will have to stock up before we leave 🥰🥰

[@burakaysezer3110]

10:21 this one should be the best choice amongst them

[@phillyandkeely]

They are very delicious!! Going to try make some ourselves for fun 🥰

[@murzika]

Welcome to Turkey, i hope you will have a wonderful experience. But i must to say the worst thing to be a vanlifer in Turkey is to be a vegan. We have the best foods in the world but most of them not suitable for vegans.

[@phillyandkeely]

Thankyou for watching 🥰🥰 yes I think you are right being vegan here has been very challenging lol! So many wonderful looking foods from street stalls etc but we can't eat much of it, but we enjoy trying to learn which traditional dishes are vegan friendly. We absolutely love cig kofte (the one without meat) it's so so so delicious, I want to learn to make myself for future 🥰🥰

[@mertozbey13]

The artillery/cannon thing and those bunkers were most probably from the WW1 era, you might heard of the Battle of Gallipoli happened in 1915-1916.. In addtion unfortunately as a vegan you'll probably have a hard time in Turkey since meat is a big part of the food culture. You were lucky finding 5M Migros, it's hard to find them in rural areas, especially in the East. Other good grcoery chains are Carrefoursa and Macrocenter for the similar quality of foods so you can try them as well.

[@phillyandkeely]

Thankyou so much for sharing the other grocery chains that will help us a lot. Yes you are correct we have realised it's a lot harder to find vegan options than we thought it might be here, but we are trying to learn foods that are traditional that are vegan, there are some lentil based dishes we would like to try, and we tried vegetable Pide (I think that's what it was called) it was DELICIOUS bread with veggies on top 🥰. I didn't realise this was the exact spot of that battle, I just read up and seen that it was here, I always thought that big battle took place north of Istanbul area (obviously not very good with geography 😂), very interesting to read it was actually the Gelibolu peninsula Thankyou so much for watching and sharing this information ☺️☺️

[@upwards771]

Another fantastic video. I laughed a lot and just generally think u guys are fab. Loved the zubat cry sound bite, the Queen remix, the fan bit... just all of it really

[@phillyandkeely]

We were worried we would get a copyright strike for that sneaky Queen snippet, but thankfully not 😂😂 Philly couldn't resist himself haha

[@mikimuzika]

A good time to be a tourist with foreign currency in Turkey. They are experiencing hyperinflation, which is devastating for the locals unfortunately. All the best

[@phillyandkeely]

Yes best time for us but terrible for their local economy. We seen that they are going to increase wages and therefore increase prices to try and level it out, I hope it works for their economy ❤️❤️ it is sad to see hyper inflation in action (even though it's good for us)

[@youtubearsivi9223]

When things get difficult while travelling, remember this comment to be happy

[@phillyandkeely]

Awww thankyou so much 🥰🥰 we will remember

[@talatguneyli2124]

Vegans at the heaven of kebap ? poor guys 😆Happy anniversary ❤️

[@phillyandkeely]

Haha so true, so much tasty looking food!! Surprisingly we managed to find some vegan kebab meat in 5Migros, so gonna have to try make some up at home lol. Thanks for watching and the anniversary wishes 🥰🥰

[@davidvincent2nd757]

Peace and love .

[@phillyandkeely]

✌️✌️

[@garconuncafecalva5992]

This will make a nice series for your grand-kids to watch.

[@phillyandkeely]

Thankyou 🥰🥰🥰

[@MrFloris]

Turkey is also very pretty. Croatia so far wins it.

[@RitaClemente-o2g]

Hi, guys! Amazing video! Can you tell me the name of the gas shop? (I think i am not writing it well on google) We are going to turkey and we are almost without gas so it is really helpfull to know! Thank you ♥️♥️

[@phillyandkeely]

'Aygaz' 🥰🥰 thanks so much

[@kathleenrutherford733]

Aww Happy Anniversary Lovers Yummy Yummy 😋 Thank You for sharing your life with us

[@phillyandkeely]

Thanks Kathleen 🥰🥰

[@rdvansaral3742]

There is diving tourism under the range of the weapons you touch after 13:08. You should come back to dive one day.

[@phillyandkeely]

We would love to do that! Never done any diving before, but we would love to give it a go, and Turkey would be the perfect place some day 🥰🥰

[@darinanderson9321]

I enjoy your videos thanks

[@phillyandkeely]

Thankyou Darin 🥰🥰

[@Drpepperhernandez]

Happy Anniversary ⭐️

[@phillyandkeely]

Thankyou!!

[@StefanHill994]

The van on the map 🗺 👌

[@phillyandkeely]

Knew you would like that 😜

[@StefanHill994]

@@phillyandkeely but the head but remix was epic. Looked brutal sore.

[@AliciasDiary_EN]

nice video!

[@phillyandkeely]

Thankyou 🥰🥰

[@marymagerr6488]

🎉🎉🎉🎉Loving it all

[@phillyandkeely]

Thanks Mary 💕

[@cyberbob2500]

3-0 to the Turks 😂

[@phillyandkeely]

Thanks for watching bro, hope you are well!!

[@cyberbob2500]

@@phillyandkeely we never miss an episode! You two are legends #madRespect

[@phillyandkeely]

Thanks man, that's so nice to hear you guys watch 😘😘 love yas

[@dib4152]

Backpacked through Turkey in 92, it's become a bit fancier since then LOL.

[@phillyandkeely]

Haha, I imagine it's changed alot in the last thirty years! Awesome that you backpacked it. It's soooo good for vanlife, maybe a future destination for you.

[@dib4152]

I'm in New Zealand. Our borders involve quite a lot of water so I'll be vanning... New Zealand lol

[@phillyandkeely]

@@dib4152 hahaha that's alot of water!!! Epic that you are in NZ! It's meant to be so incredibly beautiful there. We have never been, we spent a year in Australia and everyone said NZ was more lush and Jurassic feeling, so I bet it's going to be awesome for vanlife!!

[@dib4152]

I never got to Ireland. Maybe there's a van swap idea one day in the future.. 💡 when money falls from the skies.

[@phillyandkeely]

@@dib4152 🙏 that sounds like a plan;

[@MrSecoBaba]

Middle east?

[@phillyandkeely]

Turkey is the gateway to the middle East, no? Well when we look on maps it says Middle East, correct us if we are wrong 🤣 Always happy to be educated by you guys 🥰🌍

[@MrSecoBaba]

@@phillyandkeely i think a bridge country and lands called anatolia. Not europe not asia not middle east. Only anatolia.

[@phillyandkeely]

@@MrSecoBaba That's so interesting! Thankyou for sharing, so many different opinions, one article says Europe one says middle East, one says Asia lol, so good to know there is a specific name for these bridging countries ☺️☺️ thankyou for watching and for educating us 🥰

[@tehdreamer]

I am also getting stuck into Turkey, on Christmas!( sorry vegans)

[@phillyandkeely]

🦃🥰

[@tehdreamer]

@@phillyandkeely Lol I didnt even realise you guys were actually vegans, I was using the opportunity to make this joke... Cool video btw, I just arrive in Turkey in my van and getting mad at how expensive the sim cards have become! 23 euros for 20GB Turkcell argh...

[@phillyandkeely]

@@tehdreamer 😂😂 Turkey is incredible for vanlife though, you will love it I'm sure. I think prices of everything has went up loads!

[@AliciasDiary_EN]

@@tehdreamer same here. We love turkey, but the price of a sim card was a shock!