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Ben Braz
Canada
Registrace 13. 10. 2012
11-year nomad bumming around the world 🌎
Don't go to El Nido! Go further north instead 🇵🇭
The town of El Nido on the island of Palawan, Philippines, has been overrun with foreign tourists, which is not my vibe. Luckily, many of the beaches and villages further north remain pristine and authentic, with hardly a foreigner in sight. Check it out!
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Getting off the beaten path in Palawan, Philippines 🇵🇭
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I've been incredibly fortunate thus far on my journey through the island of Palawan to meet countless friendly Filipinos who have made my hitchhiking adventure such a special one.
Is it easy to hitchhike on Palawan, Philippines? 🇵🇭
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I began my journey north through the island of Palawan and was surprised at how easily I caught some free rides... but how far can I make it on day one?
The Philippines' unknown city of Palawan 🇵🇭
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Upon my arrival on the island of Palawan, I walked through the entire city of Puerto Princesa to the cheapest accommodation option I could find, which took me through some of the most beautiful suburban areas without a single foreigner in sight.
Hitchhiking to Cebu City 🇵🇭
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I caught ride after ride on the beautiful island of Cebu in an epic journey back to the big city.
Journey back towards Cebu City 🇵🇭
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After a short visit to Dumaguete, I began the trek back towards Cebu City, but with the intention of strictly hitchhiking and making an adventure of the journey.
The expat town of Negros Island; Valencia 🇵🇭
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I did the 9-km grind in extreme heat from Dumaguete to Valencia to see what attracts foreign retirees to this sleepy little town.
Best barber in chaotic Dumaguete, Philippines 🇵🇭
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I began a long walk through the hectic streets of Dumaguete and stumbled across the friendliest barber in town.
Strange encounters in Manila 🇵🇭
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I bumped into some memorable characters as I wandered the streets of Manila.
Is Tondo really Manila's most dangerous hood? 🇵🇭
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I ventured solo into the most notorious neighbourhood in Manila to see for myself if it's as dangerous as they say. My findings will surprise you.
Friendly Filipino pays for my train ticket in Manila! 🇵🇭
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My very first impression of the Philippines was meeting this friendly local who paid for my metro ticket without telling me!
How much does it cost to travel in INDONESIA? 🇮🇩
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As I wrap up my journey through the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali, I reflect on my journey and summarize my travel expenses for those interested in budget adventure.
Can I complete the circumnavigation of Bali by hitchhiking? 🇮🇩
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I made it my mission to hitchhike around the majority of Bali's coast, and I've come to the home stretch of the journey. Can I complete the circumnavigation of the touristy island all by hitchhiking?
Journey along Bali's north coast 🇮🇩
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I resumed my journey along the coast of Bali strictly by hitchhiking and it continued to be a remarkable adventure.
Friendly Indonesian family gives me a free ride in East Java 🇮🇩
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Friendly Indonesian family gives me a free ride in East Java 🇮🇩
Friendly Indonesian local restaurant in Banyuwangi 🇮🇩
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Friendly Indonesian local restaurant in Banyuwangi 🇮🇩
First try hitchhiking in Indonesia 🇮🇩
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First try hitchhiking in Indonesia 🇮🇩
East Java scooter adventure with Chinese girl 🇮🇩
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East Java scooter adventure with Chinese girl 🇮🇩
This is why you rent a scooter in Indonesia 🇮🇩
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This is why you rent a scooter in Indonesia 🇮🇩
Local Indonesian educates me on life in Yogyakarta 🇮🇩
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Local Indonesian educates me on life in Yogyakarta 🇮🇩
First Indonesian train: Jakarta to Yogyakarta 🇮🇩
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First Indonesian train: Jakarta to Yogyakarta 🇮🇩
How to save money on subway fare in Jakarta 🇮🇩
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How to save money on subway fare in Jakarta 🇮🇩
Would you walk this Jakarta neighborhood alone? 🇮🇩
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Would you walk this Jakarta neighborhood alone? 🇮🇩
Exclusive look into Indonesian hospital (not what you think) 🇲🇨
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Exclusive look into Indonesian hospital (not what you think) 🇲🇨
Local takes me into the heart of Jakarta 🇮🇩
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Local takes me into the heart of Jakarta 🇮🇩
I flew to Indonesia to surprise a friend 🇮🇩
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I flew to Indonesia to surprise a friend 🇮🇩
You do find all the hidden gems Ben .
Dude its five dollars via Uber
Yeah but I ain’t on no vacation
i love you❤ because Your the one please comeback (siwa Oasia) Egypt 🇪🇬
i love this
I have been in Egypt twice - the first and the last time. Never again.
I was there also in a resort, this was the worst holiday of my life. I went there all inclusive but i had to pay extra for toilet paper if i was late in the morning i didnt get food.. they had 30 cocktails but you had to pay extra for 26 of them ... Then some insect stung me on the beach i almost died from an allergic reaction, but those fukkermutters told me to wait for 30 minuten for the bus, then i ran for my life almost diyng back to hotel on 60 degrees Celsius stones without shoes. Then i was done i cancelled this holiday after 4 days paying an extra 900 euros to come back home. And this is only 20% of my story. I totally feel you and please people never go their! 80% of people wants only your money. Everybody speaks english (they say) but like 5% can speak it. This place sucks, the people sucks, everything is filthy 🤬😤🤬😤😤😤🤬🤬 NEVER GO THERE!
memory seeming bad for you hahahaha try to have some vitamin
Can you please show the hostels you stay.
I'll try to show more in the future. I believe there are some hotel tours in upcoming videos.
So you can still find places to stay in the Philippines for less than 500 pesos a night ??
Hey Andrew, yup in most (but not all) towns that I visited you can find a nice dormitory for under 500 pesos per bed, sometimes as little as 300-350 per night. I use the Booking app to search accommodations, they usually seem to have all the available budget accommodations, and Booking gives you more discounts the more you use it!
Hey I love your videos I also want to camp in Israel
Thank you very much for the support! I hope you will have a chance to camp in Israel. It's really such a great country for free-camping, I'm sure you will have an amazing adventure!
This vlog is fixed in my opinion just to make content, ofcourse your going to get hassled in or close to a airport taxi rank. You left the airport area and then re entered just to get more hassle content.at one stage you went to the departure entrance.. Clever editing, are you hoping for an Oscar?
Thanks so much for your support Alan!😊 Ohh I don’t know if the editing is Oscar worthy, but I’ll take it! 🤪 If you go back and watch more carefully, you’ll see that I re-entered because I had no idea where I was going and decided to ask for information 😉
Im visiting soon, can you remember the name of where you rented the bike?
Hey there! I was just looking at the map to see if I could find the shop where I rented the bike but I'm not sure which one. It was on JI Lempuyangan street, almost directly across from Lempuyangan train station. There are many scooter rental agencies along that street, so my recommendation would be to ask in several shops before you decide which to rent from. The standard rate is 100,000 Rp for 24 hours.
Tuk Tuk mafia everywhere. They should be educated that people like to travel by bus too. Not every wants Luxury.
That's how I feel! It sometimes annoys me when local people assume I want to spend big money on private tourist transportation.
There has to be good sign posted to say where are the buses and taxis etc...
Yeah that would be a huge help!
I miss Korea because i was there 4 years ago teaching. #GreatCountry
Ah cool, yeah beautiful country. I would like to go back soon
You should have showed us the night party you had last night.
Hahaha I would love to show it but it was probably inappropriate for CZcams
when i was going from cairo to tanta few years ago (it s like the direction to alexandria) i paid few pounds and i paid inside the train , but conditions was very very low , i think that was the 3rd class train 🤣 and crowded as fu** and smell like a S+it hole , but was also a experience :D
Haha oh wow man that sounds cool, yeah I think it's often worth trying the 3rd class trains just for the experience. It helps people appreciate the better conditions later on. Thanks for sharing!
Idiots
BC people are spoiled by almost endless natural beauty
Yes sir they are🤪
I will never ever go back to Egypt 🇪🇬 even if somone pays me
Why not?
@@benbrazyoutubewhy not?🙈
@@Brancoladage-zk3xr that’s what I axed….
@@benbrazyoutubedude it’s god awful
Amazing! You have experienced a lot of cool stuff, man. Hope Your Manu Chao-fan, friend is well.
Thanks Stian! Yes he's doing much better these days, I might go visit him in Switzerland soon
Your phone was ripped-off? Was it a theft typical to the area? Any advice on what to watch out for?
Yeah I had my phone pick-pocketed while out partying late at night. It is definitely quite common in Cebu City. I met several other people with similar experiences. Just be very careful in general, especially at night.
@@benbrazyoutube No fun. I had my passport lifted in Quito, Ecuador. Would have been total hell if I was not in a city with US Embassy. I'm sure the thief thought he got my wallet. Instead he got the passport and a couple of Panera gift cards.
Those are the coolest looking Tuk Tuks ever . The toilet lid clip was hilarious , great vid Ben .
Haha glad you enjoyed the toilet lid clip, thanks for watching again Mike!
Oslob is a popular spot for swimming with whale sharks.
Right, I heard aboot that but I wasn't about to spend that kinda money LOL
Hope to see Leticia when i go back to Colombia again.
Me too! I plan to return in the future
nice videos mate
Thank you Charlie!
You really are the Happy Wanderer Ben
Hahaha thanks Mike!
New sub here!!! 2.46k
Happy to have you on board Mark!
I just watched and liked the video from Chitral, Pakistan.
Awesome, thanks for watching Junaid! Glad to have you on board.
I've walked around before after midnight and tondo probably a dozen times I never had one problem. I never really carry that much money with me in case s*** happens. But again I have never had a problem.
Ok cool, good to know. Yeah I felt very safe during the day. Maybe I'll try to go back this coming year.
I swear I met your french friend in Las Palmas Hostel in Leticia in 2018!
My French friend from another video? Or my Swiss friend with the dreadlocks in this video? This was his first time in the Amazon in early 2022, same as me.
They got good lessons today..lol idiots..lol
white sided dolphins at play so cute any Orcas ?
Not sure if we spotted any orcas but definitely spotted many whales over the journey. It's fun to watch for their blowholes
vloggers who are not getting attentions in their own united states super continent go to submissive poor countries seeking attentions and feeling superior here in philippines taking advantage of poor filipino fanatics #pinoybaiting
Safe travels
Thank you!
Do you need a Visa to go here and do this, or just a passport? THanks
No extra visa, just the regular Colombian visa
@benbrazyoutube i hate to ask but how do I get that? I haven't been out of the USA , I do have my passport now 👍 thank you I will have to check out more of your films
ffor when how much for this one
How much for the ferry? It was quite cheap, and so was the meal in that local restaurant
Cool vid, man! What if you present how your accomodation is from time to time as well? What is a hostel like in a small village in the Phillipines? I sure would like to know🙂
Thanks for the recommendation Stian! I do sometimes show my accommodation, but only when there's no people around to see me filming. You'll see some accommodation tours in upcoming videos!
Vegetarian men have low testosterone. Be a man and eat meat or the girls will not get the service that they need....
Trying her luck at a birthday treat lol
Haha yeah that's what it seemed like eh
0:24 my house is about 200 meters behind that rock wall 😆
So cool! Seems like a beautiful place to live. Thanks for watching!
never heard it pronounced like that its not the phone app
Ohh... which word are you referring to again?
Great video, I'll take the bus to San Gil tomorrow, so this video has helped a lot. And if it helps, we say "que le vaya bien" when the other person is leaving, not when we are the ones leaving the place😅. "que tengas un buen día(have a nice day)" sounds more accurate.
Awesome, glad this helped and thanks for the tip!
Unbelievable???? What’s so unbelievable I dont get it! You are not in the middle of the city to say unbelievable for an elephant being disturbed by your tuk tuk on his way. He is curious thats all. And thats so easy to understand that you made this on a purpose and pretending you were not expecting it. UNBELIEVABLE UNBELIEVABLE UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!
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when I went to sri lanka and waited for a friend of me to pick me up at the arrival, these hustlers called me too. they are always at the arrival, and outside of the arrival gate across the road. if they saw someone walking out of the gate they always call them. the best way to avoid them is to walk as far as possible, and take a rickshaw if you want one at a cheaper price.
Yes that was also my plan, but I'm glad I was able to find the cheapest public bus option. It was kind of exciting to be hassled right at the exit of the airport.
@@benbrazyoutube public buses are fine if you don't have any luggage, otherwise it's difficult to carry them as many buses get crowded on the way.
Great videos your a real traveler. Hard core low budget.
Thanks so much man, I appreciate the kind words and encouragement.
Is it true that it rains a lot in Buenaventura? If so, how often? Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦
Hi Celine, thanks for watching! Yes every single month of the year receives a huge amount of precipitation in Buenaventura, but the weather was actually quite nice during our brief visit.
Mabuhay - long live
Awesome!
It's pandesal with malunggay or bread with moringga ( healthy)
Right, I learned the name soon after making this video and it became my #1 go-to food in the Philippines!
I know this highway is legit dangerous for women and people driving at night but, damn this highway is beautiful as heck! I’m from Vancouver born and raised and I’ve actually never driven that highway or been up to any of the Prince’s. I know lots of people told me there’s something sus lurking in those woods or on that road late at night. Did you ever feel concerned driving it? I know there’s a lot of men that have went missing out on that highway too. Once you’re found it’s hard to hide on the road out there.
Yeah I've heard about some disappearances up there but I thought that was a long time ago? I felt completely safe everywhere I went in northern BC, and yeah it's one of the most beautiful regions in the world. I would happily go back to explore further.
I live in LA. The idea of rural Canada being suspicious is humorous.
@@davissae The reason why B.C’s wilderness and the north is so sketchy is due to how mental health and specifically the criminally insane are treated. They get shipped off to small towns and dumped there and most of the time the police (federally RCMP and local municipality police) can’t keep enough tabs on the amounts of people getting released daily. I’m talking the mentally insane people who are straight up deranged get let out and dumped out there so in turn these people go commit crimes and murder people and no one really bats and eye. It’s a known issue if your from here but if your visiting and don’t stay too long in weird small town bars where these psychos wait for victims your pretty fine. Also helps if your not indigenous as most of the people found murdered and dead are of that specific group. The remaining people that go missing are due to wild animal encounters. Lots of people aren’t aware of how many predators are out in b.c like bears wolves mountain lions cougars and more.
@@benbrazyoutube It’s a lot safer now unless you’re a woman to be honest. If you’re a man you’ll have no problems up there. Lots of criminally insane people get released out here so that’s the major issue to worry about. We’ve had histories of serial killers going unnoticed deep in the forests. If you know what you’re doing and you don’t interact with trouble makers no one’s gonna bother you but the one thing to keep in mind about small towns and cities in B.C like Prince George is don’t share any personal info around the bars. Lots of poor desperate criminals and junkies out there looking at tourists with dollar signs. Overall it’s a safe place but just picture the psychos of l.an out in the boonies within the forests and bam that’s the issue.