American war veteran found his happiness in Siberia

Dan was born into a family of Mexican immigrants. He was raised on the streets of LA, where he got involved in fights and dreamed of joining a Mexican gang. However, he eventually enlisted in the U.S. Marines and went to war in Afghanistan, where he spent two years as a sapper. The outcome of that deployment was post-traumatic stress disorder, which hindered his life.
Dan couldn't find his place; he worked various jobs and traveled, but all this time he dreamed of going to Siberia. He had heard a lot about this region but didn't even realize that distant Siberia was part of Russia.
Finally, in the spring of 2022, he ended up in Irkutsk, where he was almost beaten up, mistaken for a spy due to his English language skills. Now he lives on the shore of Lake Baikal, building his dream home, and is soon to marry his Russian fiancée. After settling in Slyudyanka, he started his blog ‘Wild Siberia’, where he talks about his life.
Did he kill anyone in Afghanistan? Why does he feel safer in Russia than in the USA, and how do the mentalities of the two peoples differ –in this video.

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00:00 Meet Dan Сastle
00:57 Difficult childhood in LA
03:00 Russian fishing on Lake Baikal
03:24 Military service in Afghanistan
05:27 ‘The locals may turn out to be Taliban…’
06:13 The sapper always goes 1st
07:55 ‘Have you killed somebody?’
08:37 PTSD
10:05 ‘It feels so bad that they died for nothing...’
11:07 ‘Pike is the wolf of water!’ 🐟
12:23 How did Dan end up in Russia? 🇷🇺
13:52 Russian girl Ksenia ❤️
15:07 Blogging
16:34 Wild Siberia
17:27 How will it be in Russian?
19:07 Building a dream home
20:33 Russians vs Americans 🇷🇺🇺🇸
21:42 ‘Fishing in Russia as a culture’
23:28 St. George's ribbon
24:11 Dan's plan for the next 5 years
25:24 ‘Russia isn’t the place to hide from your problems!’