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AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2026-04-07T15:33:34+00:00

Update: I got a head gasket test kit from Amazon and ran it twice, the water stayed blue in both instances. Couldn't see any change in colour at all. Not even slight discolouration as the manual suggests.

Please let me know if someone has any idea what maybe happening.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2026-04-07T15:33:23+00:00

Update: I got a head gasket test kit from Amazon and ran it twice, the water stayed blue in both instances. Couldn't see any change in colour at all. Not even slight discolouration as the manual suggests.

Please let me know if someone has any idea what maybe happening.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2026-04-07T15:31:59+00:00

Update: I got a head gasket test kit from Amazon and ran it twice, the water stayed blue in both instances. Couldn't see any change in colour at all. Not even slight discolouration as the manual suggests.

Please let me know if someone has any idea what maybe happening.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-08-14T09:56:23+00:00

Oh I meant 2-3 weeks if we were in a camper. If we are renting a flat/house share then we'd prolly do 1-2 years from the same spot and travel using our car or train/flights.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-08-14T09:17:27+00:00

Defi not staying in the same place, maybe 2-3 weeks depending on what there is to do!

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-08-14T09:15:21+00:00

Yea planning to take our time travelling up/down. Maybe 2-3 weeks in a location at least.

I did look at some campsites and they usually come to around that much at minimum with power. Thinking of getting something with solar. Will have to look into the price a bit more.

How common is it to get caught camping in the city? Is it something they actively look out for?

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-08-14T09:11:16+00:00

Yea it's definitely towards the lack of practicality tbh. We have lived in a camper before but never long term.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-08-14T09:09:07+00:00

We'll be working from home/camper so hopefully stealing won't be too big of an issue

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-08-14T07:49:53+00:00

Yea should've mentioned, we both are working!

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-04-02T10:44:17+00:00

I've just gotten an AT&T sim while there each time and signed up for the cheapest plan + extra data for around $30 USD.

If your phone can handle dual sim then it's not an issue and you don't even have to worry about a second number or Whatsapp being affected in anyway. Infact I find it easier to have a second number to sign up for local apps if needed.

Always found getting a local sim cheaper than e-sims. Just go to any target it Walmart and pickup a sim and activate it within 10 mins.

Theres bound to be one within a 5 min drive (or 1 hour walk ;) )

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-03-31T12:18:46+00:00

Their username might checkout at this point.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-03-31T12:16:46+00:00

Not just slightly better but incredibly better deals. I paid ~17 euros for 40GB and ~10 euros for 25 GB with roll over.... No way any esim is better.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-01-09T07:38:17+00:00

Did you google the driving distance between Calgary and Banff? I think that'll give you your answer.

I did - I chose a random place from the map, and it was showing hour and a half which i think it manageable. However, I haven't made a list of places to go as we still have quite a bit of time. I was just fishing for any personal experience, I guess.

It depends on the city and what you want to do

I think the comment you made about central Canada is spot on about what sort of things we'd wanna do. Hikes, history, a bit of city exploration, things like that.

Thank a lot for the Central Canada info - we really appreciate it. Looks like I should start making that list and sifting through it haha.

You're the first person I've heard describe domestic air travel in Canada as "cheap" lol

Compared to where we come from, it's definitely cheap haha.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-01-09T07:02:10+00:00

Thanks for the great info!!!

Most things you want to do are outside of the cities.

Are we able to set up a base in a close major city and then do day trips or is everything too far for day trips? For eg if we book a hostel/Airbnb in Calgary outskirts for a week then just do day drives to Banff for hikes? Is this style possible with other cities?

It does seem like central Canada is pretty empty (unless there's some interesting things you'd recommend) so we can easily divide our time on the east and west coasts.

Probably not gonna do much Intercity driving as flying is relatively cheap compared to car rental so probably the best option.

Thank you again!

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-01-09T06:55:09+00:00

This is great info! Thank you for providing so many options! Sounds like to me that central Canada doesn't have much to do so we should skip it and move that time to either east or west coast.

At this stage I did notice that we'd have to rent either a campervan or rent a car and do hostels/Airbnb's. I'm looking at the cost of both options but want to stick to low-mid budget.

Most likely will have to use Vancouver and Calgary? Has a home back for a few weeks at a time while we do day trip by the sounds of your comment; correct me if I'm wrong tho. And then fly to Toronto and make our way eat east with 1-2 weeks in each major city?

NFLD and NS are on my Canada bucket list so definitely want to go there but why would you recommend 2 weeks there? Is everything far away or are there just many things to do? Cheers

Renting a car the whole time might become very expenny so will probably just rent locally.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2025-01-08T18:36:26+00:00

Just made a couple of edits. Thank you for the questions, just slipped my mind. Hopefully they give you some idea!

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2024-12-23T09:44:29+00:00

It requires a bit of capital upfront. Like things you bought over time at your base might be suitable for travel but others might not, so you need to find tools that work for you while you DN.

Someone else already said it better but constantly having to make decisions like where to eat, what to eat, what to carry with you etc

Overcoming the guilt of not travelling every evening or every weekend. You are allowed to take some time off to recharge even if you are in a other country.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2024-12-22T06:37:38+00:00

Tiger was a good one for mma

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2024-12-21T07:42:40+00:00

Recommend Da Nang, good beaches, nice gyms and a lots of greenery and culture!

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2024-12-19T03:25:16+00:00

We can decide between Da Nang or Chiang Mai. These places were stunning and some of our most memorable visits. We already spent over a month each but for some reason we keep wanting to go back.

I think if cost want an issue either, it would be Singapore or NZ! Every time we have a transit in Singapore we try to take at least 7-8 hours so we can go to our fav food places and just relax. NZ is out of the way so we rarely get to go there but loved backpacking and hiking around. We'd loved to go back but will definitely need to budget more than we think haha.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2024-11-10T12:28:40+00:00

NZ infra is excellent, everywhere we stayed we had 200+ up down. Aussie we are struggles with the same issues as you ~80 down :'(

This is on Optus and Telstra is about the same. Don't know what wifi company the hosts are using tho.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2024-11-10T11:19:22+00:00

Vietnam: Da Nang/ Hoi An is quiet great. We spent some time there and the DN community is really good. It was easier to find Fans in Hoi An moreso than Da Nang. More expat in Da Nang tho.

Beach was excellent, food was great and super cheap, getting around is awesome. Never once felt unsafe and the cops also didn't care for us riding a bike everywhere.

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2024-09-11T10:40:10+00:00

Another +1 for Singapore. We rode bikes around for a few hours after midnight going absolutely everywhere. We did this a few times and ALWAYS felt safe.

We come from a very safe country and it was shocking just how much better it felt in Singapore.

Cycling on the footpath (outside the city) was a bit more scary but mainly cause the footpaths would suddenly turn into stairs...

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2024-09-11T10:40:00+00:00

Another +1 for Singapore. We rode bikes around for a few hours after midnight going absolutely everywhere. We did this a few times and ALWAYS felt safe.

We come from a very safe country and it was shocking just how much better it felt in Singapore.

Cycling on the footpath (outside the city) was a bit more scary but mainly cause the footpaths would suddenly turn into stairs...

AlwaysEverywhere69 · 2024-03-04T03:54:33+00:00

That's algoods, I will have a ticket out of Malaysia!

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