Arriving Saipan - Things didn't go to plan!!
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- čas přidán 25. 05. 2024
- We've just arrived on another tropical island in the Pacific Ocean and wanted to show you what life is like to live here for a month - unfortunately, we had a bit of a rough start...!
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Welcome to Saipan. This is a beautiful island. I hope you guys will enjoy. I’m from the Philippines and staying here for almost 30 years.👍👌🙏
Thanks very much! Yes it is beautiful! 😍
Wonderful video ! Excited for your journey - love the rainbow
Thanks very much for watching!😁
Nice, Yall went to the peace park. I used to run there all the time. Great place to relax as the sun sets
Yeah, it's nice there. Good for running. We went back up for sunset, since we missed it that day, you'll see in the next video 😂
Great video! How much does a place like that cost for the month? Hope you feel better soon.
Thanks for watching and your kind comment. It cost us $1700 US for the month, found thru Booking.com - Karis Pool Villas.😊
Funny part about the Korean "landlord" is that only people of Northern Mariana Island descent can own land in the CNMI. Ethnic Koreans can't own land, they can only do 55 year leases. It's the only place on US soil where Chinese citizens can visit without a visa. There used to be a 45-day visa-free entry for Chinese citizens, so at one point more babies were born to Chinese mothers than to Saipan locals. The largest casino fine ever issued in the US was issued in the CNMI. A shadowy Chinese billionaire family was actually running yachts filled with cash from Saipan to the Philippines less than 10 years ago. It's a crazy place with lots of boom and bust history.
Ah, interesting about land ownership. Maybe should've said "Our Korean host" then... Yeah we did visit the unfinished casino & heard a bit about the story of what happened. Saipan does have a fascinating and turbulent history for such a tiny place! Thanks for watching 😁
The Chinese do pregnancy tours to Guam to have their babies, then fly back and now, they have an “American” baby.
Do protective ear plugs work when swimming? I bought some years ago but never used them. I think they were made of wax. Hope you are better soon.
Yes, they do! I actually got some ear plugs made of wax and now I always use them for swimming.👍🏼 Thanks for watching 😊
Im thinking of moving to Saipan, i live in Florida and i want to know if its as lonely and boring as it looks? Recently i been calling saipan a big graveyard 🪦 seems like everything there revolves around death? Im not sure how you ended up there? I heard theres no money circulating because the forieners that live there are working and sending the money back to where they came from so theres a big hole in the economy...canyou give someFeed back pls?
It does feel quite isolated, being such a small, remote island. It's a much slower, more relaxed pace of life. There is a lot of morbid history on the island, which we'll go into more in a future video, but there's a lot of life too, feels very international with many nationalities and cultures - many Filipinos, Koreans, Chinese, Japanese, people from other Micronesian islands, lots from mainland US, and even a few Europeans! We did see a lot of abandoned or unfinished buildings, like hotels and malls, which is ashame, the economy hasn't really recovered from the super typhoon quickly followed by the COVID pandemic and could do with a fresh injection of tourism. We loved the people, so friendly and helpful. Not sure if we could live there permanently, as we love travelling and visiting new places so much, but it was definitely an enriching experience to spend a month there and we'd consider going back for a longer period.😊
I’m really glad you asked that question because to me the whole appeal of a place like Saipan is the calmness I am looking to get away from it all ! It seems like if you just couldn’t get along without night life and glamour you could just zip over to Asia and party like a Rock Star
Economy-wise, I’d say you’re right about people sending money out, but we’re mostly struggling due to poor decisions by certain officials and the lack of tourism. Tourism is supposed to be our main source of income, but it still hasn’t picked up since COVID. It’s a pretty okay place for a vacay - our beach sunsets are beautiful, even as a local I’ll never get tired of them. But if you’re okay with a small hiding hole of an island with slow/chill vibes, lack of a flashy nightlife (I think our only “real club” just closed again recently), lack of big industries (no malls - DFS is aimed specifically for tourists interested in brand items), unpredictable power or water outages (they’re working on it and water tanks are a blessing) speed limits between 15mph to 45mph (but really, what is a speed limit on an empty strip of road?), and the occasional typhoon (we literally have a season dedicated to them, sorry to say), it’s not TOO bad living here. Of course, I can say that since I’ve been living here all my life and have learned to deal with all that. 😂
I actually had some relatives who lived in Florida for a long while and later moved here for a short time to run away from the raising prices during COVID, but they were originally from another Micronesian island so they adapted back to the island life well. My younger cousins did say it was boring here though, so they ended up being the life of the party wherever we went. 🤣
Also, may I ask what exactly you’ve heard that made it seem everything here revolves around death? I’m curious as to whether you were referring to the economy or certain beliefs we have.
If you like simple living, Saipan is for you. We’re not a graveyard community. Almost no crime community. 50k population. Florida-like weather. No pollution, no traffic. Living here for 30 years and no complaints and I’m from the Philippines. Life is good here. And we have no snakes here😂
Glad you enjoy living there so much and have been able to stay 30 years - you must feel very settled ❤
can you turn music down while speaking please
Thanks for your feedback. Started using a new feature in our editing software which automatically ducks the music when there's dialogue, but it probably needs a bit of manual tweaking! 😉