Is Vanlife really what we thought it was? (Portugal Travel Vlog)

[@travelingkakabsat]

I started watching KZbin at the beginning of the pandemic, and the first channel I subscribed to is a young, married couple. They’re together all the time, full time traveler and they shared that taking time off away from the camera a few days/couple days a week, going on date night, continuing individual hobbies, etc.,has kept them going all of these years. I’m glad you two are also taking time for yourselves and relationship!

[@gavinvella6997]

Thanks for taking the time to answer my question i do appreciate it

[@CarolGoncalves-lb7vl]

Thanks guys we love watching you on your trip ❤❤

[@thebuddymoon]

Excited to show you more😁

[@SM-wf9by]

Guys,I don't think there are two people more able to do and cope with van life than you two. Amazing, the mix could not be better. Love being the underlying bonding of your relationship. May your God go with you and keep you safe. Keep up the good work.❤

[@thebuddymoon]

Ahhhhh such kind words😁😁 thanks you for the support🫶❤️

[@sebastianmathew156]

You two made for each other 💕

[@jordanhowell]

Highlight of my week watching you guys! 🤩

[@thebuddymoon]

Ahhhh😁 that means a lot😁

[@andrewrymbai9362]

Nice video. Learnt more about what van life is liked😊

[@KarenHT397]

You two are fabulous to watch- I love Big Red and pyjamas under the pillow is the law. Thank you for your content.

[@sammayet9002]

Interesting, thanks for sharing , lots of lessons to learn❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@thebuddymoon]

Only our pleasure😁

[@breetareira9441]

Hi Daniel and Leanne you two are wonderful people on this planet.. God bless you both for rest of your adventures,you showing us lots of history and geography of everything you experience and see....this Libby from Goa india

[@thebuddymoon]

Thank you so much Libby🥰

[@mmsvg]

Just stumbled on your channel due to your Portugal trip and you guys are super entertaining and keep your audience engaged. Great work on the videos and enjoy Portugal. I did the road trip that you guys are planning to do through Portugal twice and one tip is to experience every local place you go to and take your time as yes it's all the same country but Portugal has different cultures and scenery throughout the whole country. I loved it so much I moved here from Canada,

[@thebuddymoon]

We defiantly plan on trying to experience more local places :) Can't wait to share more videos with you.

[@cornewalkinshaw]

Yes also a South African girl growing up with folding up pajamas and leaving it under your pillow. Makes complete sense to me. Caraving as a family with pajamas under your pillow was also just logical and simple. You go girl. Remember your roots. Corné, Limpopp, South Africa.

[@annelouise6120]

Hi there. I'm also put my Pj's under my pillow

[@thebuddymoon]

Yes…. So Daniel is the wierd one😁

[@Paulalamphere]

@@thebuddymoon haha I never did that , we wear them and put them in the hamper.

[@nncadi1]

@@thebuddymoonas a kid we put our PJs under the pillow too.

[@rachel18809]

​@@nncadi1 As a kid my siblings and I were told to fold them and put them under our pillow, but as a adult I started putting them in the wash instead. Obviously our parents were wiser knowing that you don't have to wash the pjs every day.

[@ganeshhgani_006]

Ooh ooh first question and 9 question also was mine♥️. Ya it's me thanks for answering questions. Hope all good luck comes to u best wishes from india. You have great content but the time for uploading videos is not great with vanlife. We will adjust and support u forever.😍✨

[@thebuddymoon]

Yes those are your questions😁 we always post our videos at this time😜 but thank you for the support🫶

[@teamtdm4life704]

Thank you! You are a wonderful, kind, and beautiful couple! Your content is so enjoyable, fun and relaxing! I quit watching T.V., but I won’t ever do it to your channel! Cheers, keep up the great work! ❤🎉😊

[@thebuddymoon]

Ahhhh you are toooo kind🫶❤️ so happy to hear you enjoying our videos and excited to show you many more😁 thanks so much for the support too, it means a lot😁

[@SamanthaGuttman]

Love you both I look forward to all your videos. And yes, I was raised putting my pajamas under my pillow. Always be safe and God bless you both. ❤

[@thebuddymoon]

Hahaha yes😁 we are the normal people😜

[@teamtdm4life704]

Absolutely p.j.s under the pillow, it’s an ideal place for it!!!🎉😊 Grew up in a small apartment with not a lot of furniture!

[@RanaureliFarm]

One of the difficulties you mentioned is finding and re-filling your water. Just an idea....have a temporary hose connected to a funnel which you can easily hook up to your water storage and to a hook on the van roof. This way when it rains (just before it starts to rain) you can hook it up and you can refill your water tank (rain water harvesting) it's not a complicated thing to try out

[@thebuddymoon]

That's a brilliant idea. Going to look into that 🙂

[@RanaureliFarm]

@@thebuddymoon good luck in trying it and hope it helps you guys

[@viagenseoutrascoisas2235]

Hi! You are a lovely couple. Amazing video. Thanks for sharing ❤ A big hug from a Portuguese ❤️

[@thebuddymoon]

You are too kind😁🫶 glad you enjoyed the video😁

[@viagenseoutrascoisas2235]

@@thebuddymoon ❤️

[@1uke4eva]

Great vlog, very watchable and good questions / answers. I've recently brought our first campervan and love it. I Could imagine living in it full time if ever needed for sure! It's a Dreamer Living Van, you should check it out as might tick some of the boxes you were talking about in your video. Do you do any watersports? Surfing would be great down there!

[@thebuddymoon]

We do water sports in term water skiing, wakeboarding and wake surfing back home. We have never tried to surf in the ocean ( I'm a bit scared of sharks) but I think it would be fun to give it a try🙂

[@Hitesh-gl9ox]

Danny is looking skinnier... you guys should take care of your health also... Also love your content .. found your channel in Jan 2024 watched all videos in a week and following you since then .... one of the best travelling/couple channel ❤❤

[@deziking]

jesus finally new episode.

[@thebuddymoon]

😂😂 Sorry, things got hectic, follow us on Instagram for more live updates😁

[@RichardMChung]

It would nice to see you both do a van life across Canada. Starting in Nova Scotia . Love watching you both.

[@thebuddymoon]

Perhaps that would be the next goal after visiting every country in Europe 😁

[@nareshkola8738]

Love from India 🇮🇳 ♥️

[@martyncleaver3961]

Hi, yeah always put my PJ’s under the pillow, it’s the best place for them👍 another great video guys👍🚐

[@thebuddymoon]

Amazing… so I am normal, Dan is the weird one😂😂

[@isabelfernandes6138]

I always leave my pajamas under my pillow. Since I was a child. At first my husband also thought it was strange, but now he also does it. And by the way... welcome to my country guys, hope you enjoy it. 😘

[@thebuddymoon]

So you guys are like us😜😂 glad he is keeping his pyjamas under the pillow now, its the right way😜

[@travelingkakabsat]

Praia de Marinha is one of my favorites in the world!

[@thebuddymoon]

So beautiful!

[@holly-guthrie]

Thanks for another great vlog guys. I also keep my pj's under my pillow 😊😘

[@thebuddymoon]

😂 we are the normal ones, Dan is the weird one😂

[@hildaprinsloo5439]

Thank you🥰 Love your vidios❤

[@thebuddymoon]

So glad you like them Hilda😁

[@gideonpetzsch]

Love you guys😘 Enjoy while it lasts….Deon from a wet Wintery Franschoek.

[@thebuddymoon]

Ah Franschhoek, what a beautiful part of the world😍

[@rehmamiraj8753]

Thanks love the video

[@DomandMeg]

Love the videos guys! Would you be able to manipulate the table so it could be double use in that you could drop it down between your seats and add a cushion so it could make a full chill bench? I’ve seen it done in other vans. Perhaps your current table is too big to fit as it is though 🤔

[@thebuddymoon]

We are definitely thinking of doing something like that😁 thanks for the suggestion😁

[@DomandMeg]

@@thebuddymoon awesome! Look forward to seeing how it turns out 🤩

[@franciscorey8880]

We are from Porto, here in the north of Portugal and it would be a pleasure to meat you if you pass around even for beer or a quick meal. But if that does not be possible for you, here are some suggestions along your portuguese trip : Close to Lisbon, Sintra, Ericeira (surfers word reservoir) Little more north, Óbidos that is a nice village inside a castle All the Atlantic coast is nice to visit specialty if you scape from the bigger cities and stay close to the sea side. Aveiro is also a nice place with special sweet call ovos moles in a cake shop call Peixinho And after in Porto....

[@ganeshhgani_006]

Hey guy print the buddymoon sticker on van. To know u are from KZbin. And. It's a cool. Thing.

[@thewolf8858]

Interesting video!

[@pedrocorreia9539]

Hello... Welcome to Lagos... my city 😊

[@adrihunt6791]

😂 I also put my pj's under my pillow😊.

[@quentinnagel8660]

Here's a thanks for the video... no wait, Super Thanks for the video😂 Wanted to ask, how many times have you guys seen other vans rocking and knew you shouldn't go knocking?

[@sayedrahman8314]

I hope your next destination is Bangladesh🥰🇧🇩

[@Abraracourix]

Been on two big overland trips on the Pan American Highway and driven the Eastern overland route in Africa from Egypt all the way down to Cape . Did it all on a Landcruiser and we occasionally camped in our rooftop tent and mostly stayed in hotels. You’d have to put a gun to my head to do van life lol In addition to all the chores of living in a van, it’s completely useless if you are trying to navigate it in Africa on unpaved roads and if you do that in the rainy season, you have to come back 3 months later to pull it out of the red African mud slush. It also adds several layers of things that can go wrong with addition of things and lastly, emptying that toilet cassette every couple of days doesn’t look fun at all lol You have a flip side to “ we can go anywhere “ in Europe. You can’t drive that thing inside cities with the congestion zones and camp far away from the city making getting to places hard. Other than saving on lodging by compromising to live inside the van and hotels cost way more than €100 in parts of EU and Schengen zone, it’s mostly a hassle to drive a van in Western Europe.

[@thebuddymoon]

So far, we have really enjoyed the freedom to move around, having our own bed, and a space to call home (especially after living in hotels for the past two years-not all hotels are clean and comfortable). But yes vanlife isn’t for everyone. Your trips sound great! We’ve always wanted to do a Cape to Cairo trip. We looked into it before purchasing our van but through our research, we saw that you had to pay something like 100% and sometimes 150% of the vehicle value for a Carnet de Passage at the border of certain countries. Did you have to do any of that on your overlanding Africa expedition?

[@Abraracourix]

@@thebuddymoon Western Europe is not very conducive to driving a van and much easier to navigate by trains and public transport and stay in hotels ( obviously they are expensive if you are on a budget) and you can maneuver easily around with trains, public transport and rental cars. Hotel cleanliness depends on what you want to pay and I was not really on a budget. Outside the US/Canada and Western Europe, you can get a nice room for $100-150/night or even less. So it depends on what you want to pay. The typical hotel room in the US and Canada these days is around $200-250/night in a decent hotel and compared to that, many countries are cheaper for the same room. Southern Africa is not cheap either and the chalets in national parks are pricy and you should know this already. Plus we have to pay the Western world tariff to enter national parks in all of Southern and Eastern Africa. As far carnet, yes, you do need a carnet in some countries and I did the Cairo to Cape route and you need a carnet for Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and we used ours in Malawi and Lesotho as well. Others issue TIP and I think these days Kenya and Ethiopia also issue TIP for a small fee. Unfortunately, the Cape overland route is not possible now with Sudan and Ethiopia shut out. I shipped to UK and then drove up to Nordkapp in Norway and then drove to Turkey to ship my car to Alexandria, Egypt to drive down to Cape. If I were doing it now, I would probably ship directly to Durban or Capetown and drive up to Kenya because that’s how far you can go now. The land border on both sides of Ethiopia is a no go now though you can still fly into Addis and see most of Ethiopia. Sudan is completely off limits now which is a shame and throws a monkey wrench in the works. Coming back to Carnet, it depends on the issuing authority in your country whether you need a cash deposit or not. Here in the US as well as Germany which issues Carnet for most of EU, you can buy an indemnity bond in lieu of the cash deposit. You pay a small percentage for every $1000 of your vehicle value in exchange for an indemnity bond and it’s non refundable but you pay only a fraction of what you would put up as cash deposit. Check and find out if the Carnet issuing agency in South Africa does the indemnity bond thing. But Carnet is unavoidable in some countries where it is mandatory. If you don’t want to do the Carnet, drive the Pan American route where you don’t need a carnet in any country. But the current vehicle you are driving has another unique problem… RHD. Many countries in Central and South America won’t issue a TIP for RHD vehicles. You need a LHD . I was going to ask why you bought your van in UK to drive around in Europe but I guess you already knew the issue once you crossed the Channel Tunnel lol. But if you are going to overland all around the world, DO NOT buy a RHD. Every country that drives on the left will let in a LHD on a Carnet or a TIP but several countries that drive on the right will categorically not issue a TIP or let you in on a Carnet if you have a RHD. So if you’re going to buy a 4WD to overland around the world, do not buy a RHD. You will be ok in most of the Cape route as only Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia drive on the right and almost every other country in Southern and Eastern Africa drive on the left but if you do the West/Central Africa route, there are countries that explicitly won’t let in a RHD. Also you need a really good 4WD is Africa with off road tires, winch and other recovery gear. A 2WD van is pretty useless in most of Africa and especially after it has rained lol You are never getting out of the red mud in Africa in a from wheel drive van. Even without the rains, driving on sandy and corrugated wash board tracks is not possible in a van even in Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia. You can still do the Cape route now but you won’t be able to go further north of Kenya until the border situation in Ethiopia and the whole situation in Sudan gets back to normal. But there are still about 17-20 countries you can drive to in Southern and Eastern Africa and even Central Africa like Angola and even Republic of Congo ( not DRC). Most of them don’t need a Carnet and will issue TIP. Your own country has a weird system where you need a mandatory carnet if you import your vehicle into Durban or any of the other ports but you don’t need a carnet if entering through any of the land borders. South Africa will issue a TIP if you come through land borders. We stayed in hotels all through Central and South America as well as Africa except occasional nights we stayed on the rooftop tent. Plus, if you don’t plan on living in your 4WD, you don’t have to carry a whole load of crap most people carry trying to live full time in their car. It’s a lot of unnecessary weight and needless contraptions and with a lighter 4WD , you can still go anywhere most people can’t go and rest in a nice bed and internal plumbing lol Sorry Dan, but I am not doing the emptying bio toilet and grey water tank and tiny 2 minute showers lol

[@mymedicalmusings1978]

Hi Guys, Just wondering if you schedule online face chats with your family regularly. Do you plan to go home at all this year or will you wait until the end of the 1000 days? Safe travels, love Sam x

[@thebuddymoon]

We always chat to family and friends😁 and we do plan to go home 😁🫶

[@dharmendrasolanki5840]

How u feel travel together both of you and how to experience in other countries???

[@BigET1]

What is your plan after sightseeing the world, and what do you do to make money besides social media and youtube?

[@thebuddymoon]

As we mentioned in the video, we are not sure what's next for us. But we figuring it out :) As for income, we have the money we have saved, KZbin, Sponsors and passive income from our house that we rent back home.

[@fifiasante7173]

Is vanlife for someone who has OCD? Love from India.. I don't slp without watching your videos

[@thebuddymoon]

I would say Danny has OCD and he's managing... so yes🙂

[@coderedex]

I hired a Van once for a weekend. 6 sleeper, I thought it was alot of work. Sorry never again! Give me a hotel any day.

[@thebuddymoon]

Hotels and vans have different Pros and Cons :) But yes a van is a lot of work.

[@Damersvanlife]

Correct me if I wrong but I find dust one of the biggest issues 🤧

[@thebuddymoon]

Really😳 we havnt had any issues with dust😜

[@daveyboy5961]

Be careful guys in Portugal. Wild camping is not allowed in some places and the south west coast is one of them. There are big fines if the GNR come along.

[@snorttroll4379]

fuck em. we dont recognise their authority

[@jerrychetty2524]

You guys are awesome but more unsafe in the streets of our country south africa

[@JenShea]

PJ’s under the pillow!

[@curacao11]

😎

[@siddroy_iitm]

❤❤❤

[@Thejourneyofsuccess-kb9zk]

Love from india

[@Malindakruger7345]

Leanne & Dan why you guys get someone who can do the driving for you?? When you stop in a city let people wash the van for your guys? You guys are my Heroes Paul from South Africa

[@thebuddymoon]

We enjoy driving, especially when you can take your time and travel through places slowly. But if we have to move quickly, that is when it's not so fun

[@lokeshgocher476]

Please one more tour in india

[@abrahammatthysen5727]

What do you do for work

[@thebuddymoon]

Make content for this channel :)

[@Vnzkb]

all 15:43 i will use this app now

[@thebuddymoon]

It is a game changer😁

[@StartLivingNow1963]

🙂❤👍

[@estelay.granados6013]

2:20 Paano basta na lang nakakapasok ang Eleanor sa isang residesya?

[@AnnaFargher]

I put my pajamas also under my pillow

[@MScricket3929]

Hello

[@talsingh451]

I think I've got a brilliant idea. In the past, I said to you, "why don't you try the local cuisine," and you mentioned it was expensive to eat out all the time. Now, what if you go to the local restaurant where ever you are staying. Look at their menu in the window. Check out the dishes you fancy, look at the recipes on the internet, buy the ingrediants at carrefour and make it in the van. They way you are still eating local food and getting the feel of the local people. Great hack ya?

[@pranayraj1834]

Make today awesome

[@alljoy6541]

Yes and No🥰

[@kaushalyachaudhary3773]

I make study related content ❤

[@jubed91Miah-sc2mz]

hello. how are you I have subscribe your channel today. I want to be your friend bro

[@HasanRifino]

🖑👪👈❤❤

[@ssp4350]

When will u visit india again

[@ashikihsan1946]

Hello friends, Is Money Manager helping you to earn money? I wantto earn from Money Manager. Actually the van life is far more better for you, because you don't have to travel in other hired vehicles, you don't have to buy expensive foods from restaurants and you don't have to find accommodation to stay. You can do everything under one roof from your van and save money

[@girishmane7812]

You need Bio Toilet in your van.👌

[@thebuddymoon]

We have a bio toilet😁 bit had a liquid one before😜

[@girishmane7812]

@@thebuddymoon I am talking about "Indian Railway Bio Toilet".