You guys welcome back to another episode of teeth and turbos. I am here to talk to you about my long tail river boat that I purchased earlier this year. It's been a great journey and I was really excited to bring it to y'all. I couldn't believe that I kept it a secret for so long. I'm definitely one of those people where if I get somebody a gift, I just want to give it to him right away. So if you can relate to that, let me know. I mean, whether it's a vehicle or something I bought for someone or a present or really anything exciting going on in my life, I just want to share it immediately. But I am so glad I held out and I think you're going to find this video super interesting because I'm going to go into how much it costs, what my expenses were to go abroad, flights, hotels, food, boat, engine, transportation, and then how much it's going to cost to get it all the way back to the United States. So when I first got in contact with my buddy Will in Thailand and he found a builder, he was able to start assembling some pricing. And so, you know, he shared these numbers with me and, you know, I had no idea what a bot was. A bot is the currency that's used in Thailand. And so, you know, when we exchange money back and forth, we use wire and, you know, it's I have, he tells me you a numbered bot and then I have to convert it to a dollar. I sent it to the US dollar and then it ends up being a different number and bot. And so luckily, he and I have been keeping track of all these numbers along the way. And so I wanted to share them with you so that you know how much they cost. And I'll be honest, I'm very surprised on the income level. And so, I think the difference in the exchange between the US dollar to the bot. I will say that the US dollar goes a lot further in Thailand than it does here in the United States. For instance, when I went to dinner with my wife and a couple of other people, the dinner ended up costing approximately 50 US dollars. And this amount was very surprising to me because when you get multiple entrees, drinks, appetizers, everything that goes along with the dinner with a couple of people, you expect it to be hundreds of dollars here in the United States. I'll tell you right now, if six of my friends and I went out to dinner and Sarasota, Florida right now, I'm sure we would spend five, six hundred dollars. I mean, that's just what it costs to eat out and get a couple drinks and appetizers of food. And it's a lot. And so, so as of right now, the exchange rate for the US dollar to the bot is 35 bot per one US dollar. So if you had one hundred dollars, you would approximately 3500 bot. So when we would go out to dinner, we would spend two thousand bot. It's very surprising. And I will tell you right now that the boat is very similar. You would expect something like this in the United States to cost 60, 70, 80 thousand dollars. But as I get into it more in this video, you'll realize that it's a lot more affordable than you probably think it is. All right. So flights for my wife and I to fly round trip. And I mean, round. We went all the way around the world. We went east on the way there through the Middle East and we went east on the way home to Korea. So we literally went all the way around within about 10 days. And those flights were six thousand dollars. Now when you start to talk about hotels and things like that, lucky enough for us, we were able to stay with Will. Our other expenses ended up being approximately three thousand dollars. And that would include food, hotels and Singapore, a rental car, and other miscellaneous expenses along the way. So moving on to the boat, which is what everybody's here for. I will start off this section by saying that I was able to leverage my social media. Hey, buddy. I know it's your birthday. Get your ball. You want to play. I will start off to say that I leverage social media to purchase this boat. Now with that being said, this is the going rate or was the going rate for these long tail riverboats at the time of purchase. I will explain to you in the future how I've been able to leverage social media to purchase things at a discounted rate in order to promote companies that I really support. And so when I told Will our plans, you know, I want to fly out and make a big video and take delivery of this thing. You know, and really promote his brand and his company as well as the boat builder and the engine builders. We were able to come to an agreement on price. And so bird, who's an incredible craftsman, told Will that the boat with the engine would cost 460,000. Bought. Now when you convert that to the US dollar, it's approximately 13,000. So yes, 13,000 dollars is what I paid for my Thailand long tail riverboat with an Asusu 4 JJ one. Now we knew that we weren't going to be able to ship the engine back as soon as we purchased the boat. And so I told them I still wanted them to build it. I was willing to pay for them to put an engine on the boat. And then I would, you know, leave the engine or sell it back to the builder after the boat had left Thailand. And that was the agreement we came to. So bird required for me to pay half a front and then half before delivery or approximately when the boat was done, which ended up being about a month or so before I flew out there. And that allowed them some time to test the boat and rip it and really get it dialed in before I came so that when I showed up, we could make some great content and we could all have a lot of fun. The really crazy thing about 460,000 bought is when you do some research and I asked Will this, I said, you know, what is the average guy like us make in Thailand? And he went on to explain that, you know, in consideration of how much more affordable it would be to live there against the US dollar that the average person makes approximately $6,000 a year. So when you do the math, a boat like this is two times someone's income. And I was thinking to myself, when I look at all these brand new boats out there like Master Craft, Na Teek or whatever, you know, freshwater, middle aged America wants to buy a boat and Missouri to go rip on the Ozarks, it probably is double his yearly income. And so, okay, I'm thinking to myself, this boat's $12,000, $13,000, this is double what the average person makes in Thailand per year. It's kind of the same thing when you write up the numbers for, you know, what we spend on boats here in America. So that's how much the boat cost, the boat cost, $460,000, I will tell you right now that if you wanted to go purchase one of these boats through Will and Bird and all the other people have helped along, it's going to be significantly more than that. And the reason is, like I explained before, I was able to leverage social media to help promote everybody in this circle. I want everybody to win here. And so that's what we've been able to accomplish. Alright, so let's move on to talk a little bit how I'm going to get at home and how much that's going to cost. So the boat is just about 30 feet long if not pushing it. We're planning to take the boat and build an exoskeleton with, you know, lifts on either side so we can slide a forecloth underneath it. And you know, so where you're going to have to pay for the cage and that's going to be approximately $1,000. So Will and his team are going to build a custom cage for the boat so that it hopefully doesn't get damaged and shipping. And then we're going to put it in a 40 foot container by itself. So I'm having to purchase a 40 foot container for just the boat to go into. It will then get on a steamship and come all the way to Florida. And that is approximately $9,000. And that is before US Customs, brokerage, taxes, anything like that, which are still to be determined. And I'm expecting it to be another $2 to $3,000. Next we need to talk about the engine. If the engine cannot come back to the United States, these blocks stock on the internet are like $7,500. So we're going to have to acquire a Ford JJ one that's going to be approximately $7,000. And then we're going to have to build it. We're going to need to do pistons and rods, a cam, a computer, everything that goes along with that. And so, you know, $10,000 to replace the engine once it gets here. And then we're going to have about I'm guessing another $1,000 to miscellaneous shipping, you know, getting the container from the port to its destination. So in grand total, with the cost of everything, we have $6,000 for the flights. We have $3,000 for the hotels and food. We have $13,000 for the boat, $1,000 in handling, $2,000 in customs, $9,000 in shipping, $10,000 for another engine, and then another additional $1,000 of miscellaneous fees and expenses, which brings us to a grand total of $45,000. So, yeah, it's a cheap boat and hindsight, $13,000. But when you add up all the expenses that go along with importing a boat from Thailand, replacing the engine, you know, we're approaching $45,000, $50,000 pretty quickly. Well, guys, one of my life goals is nearing complete. And that is to reach 100,000 subscribers. So if you haven't already, please hit the subscribe button. I'm really trying to get one of those plaques. I don't know what it is about it, but I just won't want so bad. I feel like I've been serving my time. And I know it's going to pay off eventually, so I'm going to keep on grinding. But I really appreciate you guys' support and we'll see you on the next episode.