Avoid this Soviet Exclave! 

Gets stuck in the snow. Locals come help to push you out. Then they share shishkabob and vodka!! What hospitality!!

@@Stevie762 invite you in for tea and food after a long night sleeping in the car. I really love that I get to see these moments in his videos

@@Stevie762 amazing! You would never see that in most parts of the US.

@@zarathustra007 anywhere in North America and South probably.

@@kdoeone Pretty standard behaviour to help people in South America...

Johnny we love your videos as well! Cheers from Canada

hey johnny the baby

im subcribe your channel

I thought he got sent to gulag.

is he alive though

yes they are friendly but it certainly helps when you throw them money too

Haha did not expect to see you here. Love your content!

@@danhulson8703 In fact, Central Asia (and further south from it up to the south of India) and the Caucasus are ones of the few regions where people are really very hospitable without any benefit to themselves and can be seriously offended if you offer them money in exchange for a gift or a welcome.

It's so nice to just see humans being human. All small town county ppl r the same, all around the world.

You will find such hospitality from, almost every proper Slavic peoples. It is a defining trait of our people let me tell you!

Absolutely that what i tough absolutely incredible. So much respect for the couple. Here in italy they whould call the police and take the car 😂

I learned so much as well thank you bald 👨‍🦲!!!

Your Country are very friendly and that's great we need more love in the world. Have a fantastic day good friend.

Bald, please visit Volgograd. You'll absolutely love all the mosaic's and war stuff.

Have u ever pooped in an abandoned building??

Гагарин тут вроде лечился или отдыхал.

Yeah, I like that a lot too. Vloggers who make it sound like they're talking to only you. It's great.

@@1REEBOOK I bet ur fun at parties huh

It varies by video but the speech in this one is very documentary style. Love it

@@1REEBOOK bro if anyone this guys deserves it. going to places to educate people. get bent kid.

Good thing he's speaking English and not a language that requires you to address a person according to his gender. It would really make it harder.

Sure, most people are hospitable. But it might just as well have turned out badly. They were lucky. Some of those were nasty places where people survive by the skin of their teeth.

Socialism comes with many fatal flaws but It creates generous and kind people, its great to see such hospitality in people.

A lot of the people there are crazy and dangerous!

@@jacobgorokhovsky4677 it's more about it being very remote place. I've experienced very similar hospitality in remote areas of Indonesia, India, Thailand or Iran - with the exception of India to some degree none of them could really be called socialist, and they aligned rather with the opposite side during the Cold War

@@edgepixel8467 speaking from experience or just generalising?

true i like it to... but maby he need chanche his name in bald ,cold and rolled!!!

Absolutely unreal content. Not anyone else like him

I agree and wish there were more like him. I want to see all parts of the world like this.

I'd say Harald is on the same level, he just does it slightly differently, especialy the himalaya series from Harald. But yeah, they are goated.

Ted Kunchok is great as-well!

Escape from reality? If your in the west its our future.

Enjoy them mate because are the last ones given what he said not long ago

@@mrdelaney4440 it's future for people who are unvaccinated 😂

@@nicoloscaravaggi9271 why what’s he say? I don’t follow the channel rigidly

@@amir3515 that's not something to aspire towards or be proud of, their body their choice, its called freedom you should try it, it's led to the greatest innovations in human civilisation.

Agree!!! This is my favorite eposide👍👍👍

JonBoz ~ This is THE VERY BEST ADVENTURE CHANNEL. Bald's first words when a baby - not mama nor papa but SOVIET!

I believe the trans Siberian episodes slightly topped this one

41:03 This could have been the beginning of a pretty cool Blair Witch kind of situation.

Mental note: If you’re traveling to some goddamn Whereisitstan, at least do it in summer.

👍👍

was literally wondering if he was locked up for some reason or something alike and i hit refresh and BAM video

@@slaughterhoosegaming7098 check out his second channel

Greetings from Linz😎

@@kermitthefrog9623 i did

I see your comment : )

I see your comment too man and you are speaking exactly what i was thinking

I’ve read and agreed wholeheartedly with your comment dude!

@@flightlesscomrade8187 I see his comment too :)

141 Upvotes in nine hours- that’s probably a larger number than of people who’ve tried to visit this exclave! ; )

Spoilers!

glad you wrote popped up and not pooped up :)

Poor girl. She should be kept in a golden palace, like the Princess she is :(

@@codrinn9999 i highly doubt a girl like her would want to be kept in a golden palace

for me these tricks ruin whole video. look like scenes prepared in a kindergarden

Became worried during parts of this video that Bald and Alina would feature on a future MrBallen video!

yeah holy shit, i read your comment before getting to that part and thought, yeah getting stuck in a snow sucks but there are people around it's not a big deal.... and then that outro hit

since we know they are ok, hopefully they paid for the extra insurance on it :p

@@SpitfireLionheart exactly what I thought!

Im sure Alina was driver

Socialism creates hospitality, capitalism creates selfishness

@Liam Certainly not as nasty as capitalism/fascism which you seem to support🤮

@@JK-tn6sx It is not socialism or capitalism, but corruption. Top 0.000001% owns everything, the rest owns nothing.

@@littlebrit you just described capitalism though. The whole point of socialism is the exact opposite of what you described

ANY authoratarian system whether left or right is equally bad.

I agree, this generosity is very touching. The man even say «bring the best tea!».

true that. 😘✨✨✨✨

A camera always help

agree amazing hospitality

very humbling to watch. Amazing.

Yes! So many people of the world would get along forever if they could throw off governments and history and just meet.on a snowy road.

Spot on mate!

Yeah, it goes to show that the world has wonderful people no matter where you are.

Are you Mongolian or from nearby country?

@@laboskie349 I’m not, but Mongolia was on my bucket list ever since I was a kid and saw a documentary about its nature. I absolutely had to go.

@@mpforeverunlimited It was amazing. I’d highly recommend visiting nomads in some remote area. Incredibly hospitable and resilient people. The best horseback riders in the world. Sadly, I don’t speak the language. But we’ve had a great tour guide, who used to study in Australia, so she spoke very good English. We picked her brain on the history and culture of Mongolia every chance we got.

i'd watch that

And I'm sure Johnny FD could translate and show him around

The Soviets (Russia) might be back after they invade Ukraine.

Omg yes and he should bring Johnny FD with him to such a trip, it would be perfect

When I was squatting In the Netherlands (don't judge) I fell really sick, close to pneumonia in unheated building but there was an illegal immigrant from Mongolia who healed me with this beef soup with loads of onions and garlic covered by this durum pancake. I had to eat it with a towel over my head and breath in all the steam. One day later I was basically healed. Makes me really wonder about their culture and ways. Hope to see Mr Bald in Mongolia sometime :)

Can we trade some of our citizens for theirs? LOL Amazing people, some strange cultural traditions, but all genuine & real. I love these adventures. What they lack in wealth they more than make up for in courtesy & generosity.

@@athelwulfgalland if it’s up to potato head Joe, they’ll be here soon……….cheers comrade!

Man I was thinking the same thing. That was a full on spread. If someone pulled up on me rn I would not be ready for that.

He was just trying get Alinchik to warm him... All was just part of the plan!

Another risky one was - I believe - In the Ukraine when he thought he was going to an abandoned military base but got nearby then heard shooting and had to hide in the trees and eventually run away. Oh and can't forget when he went up into the hills when the people told him not to... lol

Or when he left Alinchick alone in some very dangerous African country alone for a while to film some other stuff that was insane

@@skatechatham lol could you paste those videos?

@@skatechatham The run-in with the cartel boys on bikes in rural Bolivia is also up there. I genuinely feared for the life of Bald in that episode.

If you can suggest a way to contact them and arrange something I’d love to. My insta is @realbaldandbankrupt

You had him at “hard to reach”)

@@baldandbankrupt thank you so much! I sent a message! Hope to hear back and make this journey occur!

@@thenuclearmallard2703 My comment will be here when this happens to remember this moment.

Sounds really interesting!

@MLWATKK Tv(& those brainwashed by it) is the only reason to ever think otherwise

@@NostyFripples yeah It's crazy.. like deleting the media will be the greatest achievement of the generation z & millenials, I think. HAS to be

The more “civilised” you are the more inhospitable and arrogant you become.

@@हपिएम् There is some real truth to this.

As a "Moldovian" do you still speak Moldovian or have you switched to Romanian? 😉

Exactly what I thought. It was such a heartwarming moment

I suppose that hospitality was created out of necessity. Since everyone is at risk of facing hardship, you'll be better off helping everyone you meet so that you will also receive help in return.

@@yorkaturr As far as I know, it's genuine. There's hospitality in the UK strictly related to doing business, making profits or exploiting someone. Totally different to being invited for tea in Kyrgyzstan.

@@yorkaturr Yea also shows humans are naturally cooperative

Thankfully Johnny is taking some time out.

Is she the women from Belarus ?

Did you ever heard of Shiey? His adventures are absolute stunning

When accident happened? After this video?

knowing the language is essential on a trip like this.

@@kipponi after credits

The novelty of good looking foreigners! Contrast how Bald was treated to the woman scavenging in the garbage for food.

yeah

Good job brother

No adds. I am thankful.

Epic comment. Cheers!

@@ArbitraryFilmings I mean that is just a joke about a stereotype

Absolutely!

this segment starts at 4:46 ~

Avatar checks out

Me too astronomy hobbiest.

Same, a nice touch!

Shit, I didn't even notice it was 44 minutes long! I thought it was 15 or 20 minutes!

I have seen you on Geoguessr Battle Royale

I won

@@charlieboy-dh1ns Yeah I used to play that a lot

@@TimeTraveIer_0 no wonder why you're the TimeTraveler

That would requite a film crew and changing his format and making travel much harder.. Be thankful what we have. Large networks would bring much more stress.

@@Killswitch1411I think you missunderstod his comment

He should worry if the tires are as bald as his head (as most tires in russia are)

31:23 "oh you're in the Bin hello" ahahah

@@tB3o3tR9o9 haha, I saw that but it didn't register. Oddly, he cuts to the mouse mosaic but then goes back and gives her some money. He's pretty awesome.

the evil communism tales told by the west is done out of fear for this culture, a culture that brings capitalistic greed and selfishness to its knees.

@@notyourmomyousnowflake3533 ah yes... to live like a pauper and be dirt poor that’s the life comrade

Thank you. You should visit Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬

A camera always help

@@heldermonteiro2718 a camera definitely not always helps man..

So sorry to hear about your brother 🙏 but very glad to hear he enjoyed Bald’s videos during his time

My condolences, may God bless you and keep you until you are reunited.

lol i spent the whole video in fear of an actual automobile collision after glancing at this comment. glad it was NOT A CRASH.

@@n_o_ Did you not see the end of the video?

@@Audioobscure see the end of the video, you goldfish brain lol

@@zk4929 He probably thought the crash op was talking about was them getting stuck in the snow. No need to call him names my guy, be kind. I thought the same thing too until seeing the very end.

@@Audioobscure yes, there was

God damn that was super sad. Made me slightly teary. You can tell this was sincere because she was thanking God and blessing Ben.

Typical gypsy? She has a child with her? Who cares what she is. One great thing about the west is anyone poor will get showered with help. Of course it's so expensive help doesn't really help. I hope that lady and her daughter find better palace to live.

That bit made me so sad. No human being in this day in age should need to do that. How can anyone justify it, wether you are a gypsy or not. It's wrong. Makes me so thankful and its a reminder that what I consider a s**t day is nothing compared to people who have to this in order to eat.

Mishka the Bear sounds odd because it means Lil Bear the Bear.

@@NONARCS oh god a virtue signaler

Taking dumps on abandoned buildings

Roma/Gypsy woman..

They are not poor in the way you understand. The Czech Republic once built a complex with the latest things very nice apartments for the Roma Senti gypsies, they're ethnically from Rajasthan in India, but most of them live strange lives on the street for whatever reason and in caravans and under bridges and in crime. That's not me exaggerating that's the truth fact. They will give birth to a bunch of children in order to have more of them begging. I was once driving somewhere in Europe I don't remember where and suddenly I'm getting off the highway ramp at a pretty high speed there's a little baby in the middle of the f****** road. So I break hard barely avoid running it over and the moment I stopped all of a sudden like Invaders in a Roman movie, I'm swarmed by maybe 50 of these Romani gypsies who demand I pay them otherwise they're not going to move to let me through. So me being an idiot I go to pay them, when right behind me some locals witness this, and this large Eastern European man starts swearing and yelling at them and they storm off dispersed like they had seen a vampire or something. It looked to me like the locals were more lenient with them then we would be in canada. If this happen in Canada that those parents would be in jail for child endangerment in hours

@@user-vw6bk4pb4l you don't clearly understand anything about gypsies. They train their children to live this way.

@@dt6822 doesnt mean it's easy

....wow even rolled out the tiered cake trays

You are naive if you believe that none of these interactions are staged. I get your point and Bald is not like the "feel good" videos 99% of the time, but money are definitely exchanged so the people do certain things in a certain way. Just to be clear I am NOT questioning the genuine hospitality of the people in the east, that is well established, real and known.

@@wrakowic Uh...ok...

@@wrakowic Thats bullshit, if you would travel to these kind of countries, you know that these things are totaly normal there. Even between local people. No money is needed for this and sometimes even not accepted. And if Bald decides to help them out after the hospitality they gave him, why not?! You even admit that this hospitality is normal in your comment. What leads you to think that these people only do it for money? I was welcomed like this and even much more better dozens of times, while travelling in the former soviet union, middle east and asia. People are helpful from their heart and money is not so important as in the western world.

@@wrakowic You need to visit Uzbekistan or any of these countries, for real.

Probably helps immensely that he can actually communicate effectively with the locals

@@Gameprojordan yeah

he didn't though. watch the vid.

@@MassDefibrillator i watched ,he was technically in the exclave... but still ,whenever I looked in Map I was wonder ,hell how people get food there and so on

@@ferchke3109 did you miss the roaming cows? the exclave has those too,

What were you doing in Uzbekistan? Work or touring?

You mean the Russian government and... the Russian government?

00:52 LIAR you are clearly Ukranian!

I feel the same way. I dont know what country you are from but im in the US and am concerned about all the sabre rattling. One thing that the internet has illuminated is that people all over the world are pretty much the same and that we should not confuse them with the political objectives of governments. Tonight i will pray for peace, I have no grudge with Russia and no stomach for war.

@@silentone6411 Jesteś kretynem od urodzenia?

@@silentone6411 No, no, no, you got that wrong, it’s the USA who is rattling the sabres of war.

i think we just enjoy seeing a female on the channel :D

Ghengis Khan probably introduced it to Central Asia

@@nikobellic570 It was practiced long before Chingis Khan

I saw a RU-vid video where they did it... but they seemed to already be dating and engaged and it seemed to be a planned thing more for tradition. That's the vibe I got. It was a video that was a few years old from Vice.

im glad that it's illegal, although sadly it happens still in your country and some surrounding countries, as well as trafficking the women. its horrific.

You have a breathtaking and beautiful country!!!

Nice to see you and aline

its that fella

Well you've certainly gone up in my estimations...

Same haha

bald en méxico cuando

You dont have attention span of 44min? And you admit it? Why not work on it? Why be diagnosed with uselessness and get on with it?

I wouldnt call that area deprived! Id say beautifully unspoiled and so are the people! 'Civilisation' only seems to bring greed hate and covetousness ....ld rather live with them than my spitefilled begrudging xtian neighbours

I'm just comparing the economic situation of their living conditions to countries like US, UK, etc... It's obviously not as well developed as the West. But the people are in a league of their own! A person from an industrial city in England, would never invite a stranger to their house for tea.

🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 💕

40:43 looks like Skyrim or Mass Effect 1

everyone has a bias even if it only comes from the scope of their knowledge

@@NostyFripples k

@@NostyFripples k

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@@NostyFripples k

How do you know of these people? Ive always wanted to visit Mexico City. It looks massive.

Chingon!

the gypsies are the gypsies like all around the Globe

@@user-rf5ht8hj4w just with google. Gypsies kyrgyztan. You should come to Mexico City, if you want to know a chaotic but beautiful city, plenty of great food, friendly people but shitty police and some bad people. Modern, old and incredible architecture, and many slums.

@@pochentrismo also go if u want to lose your head

The Originatorr!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Ha, normally that's where you find the most genuine people, almost everywhere you go.

Where are you from ?

​@@karoliskulvietis7761 My Grandad was a Czech Jew who fled to the UK. Spoke Russian + 6 other languages since he was a kid and ended up working with victims of Soviet psychiatry + Ukrainian children with severe learning disabilities, many of whom would come and live with him. So I grew up with a lot of crazy Russians/Russian speakers around the house.

You are totally wrong. This is gypsy settlement, not some stupid "soviet enclave." What is "soviet enclave?"

@@josefdomansky1884 Are you talking to me?

Yes yes, Russians are to be blamed for everything, but there are only lilies growing where American, British or Israeli armies brought freedom and peace...

That woman is a kinda Asian gypsy. They usually basket around everywhere asking for help. I remember there were a lot of them in south Siberia back in the 90-s.

This is Def the best so far !!

@@Shortticus God bless him.

@@abraham2174 you think that was staged? No way.. And to bald, thanks alot fit this grate content

Not staged at all...those Gypsies or Roma people are treated like dogs...its disgusting. They are human beings too. The ones here in lreland that get any chance at all to make a life make palaces of their homes and dress like princes and princesses...l chat to some of the women in my area, and after their intitial shock that l would talk to them (usually they are ignored or even chased away) they are lovely funny intelligent friendly people.

so true

he learned from the best

This guy is amazing, this is like an educational show as much as it is an adventure and entertaining.

YOU WONT BELIEVE WHAT I FOUND IN THIS ABANDONED BUILDING!!! I ALMOST DIED IN RUSSIAS SKETCHIEST CITY! 24 HOURS IN A DEADLY TRAIN

never to late. welcome to the ride

When I first watched his videos I thought he was an asshole but then I got to know him and now I love him, the only engliahmen I'd shake hands with!

@@deprimat666 what do you have against English people? :D

@@JSBHP2017 they're English 😂😂😂

..me too. but there are ways to combat this. just do however you feel and most importantly: be your self.

it is much eazier at rural places where people aren't used to tourists , they are much more welcoming and happy just for your visit.

@@doposud Yes that is definitely true. I partly grew up in small town america and people would randomly talk to anyone for 30 minutes about whatever. I'm in the city now and that would never happen lol, people are on the move.

Its also his ability to speak the local language, people outside of the tourist hotspots enjoy someone talking their own language having an a small adventure.

Well I noticed he starts out by saying "What a beautiful country." and it all kind of flows from there. Having a pretty young woman with him helps break the ice as well. Plus he speaks one of the languages used.

From where I'm from. That certainly wouldn't happen.

Almost every rural village in 🇰🇬 treats visitors like that

I feel the same, always amazed by how welcoming people are in those villages. They were super nice to Benjamin and Alina.

I was only moaning there is nothing more to watch worth while. I'm on day 5 of quarantine, have no subscription services, spent almost everything while I was away catching mini-Rona anyway. Very grateful.

@@dashingdave2665 Get well soon!

CNN giving any shit at all? You serious?

@@dvv18 What you mean?

I didn’t even know he was quitting, mind sharing the video where he explains it?

@@dostrazzz4647 It was in one of his videos from March or April - I forget which one. He was standing in a flea market when he said it. He also posted it often on his Instagram acct. in several photos. There was also a news article/blog post about it from a 3rd party as well.

he's not a travel journalist, well yes inadvertently that too, but his main reasoning fo travelling to such places is that he's a pickup artist. and a pretty good one as i hear

And the lads in the middle of those snowy mountains!

Exactly, usually no one goes to this place in winter, they were lucky to meet locals that happened to drink vodka and eat shashlyk there with a proper vehicle for this road. If he didn't stuck at that place he would stuck in another for sure and there would be no people around, lucky man. The road gets really bad further, you need a 4wd vehicle like the locals had.

Ikr? I’d be eaten by wolves

I love that the next cut-to is them grilling skewered meats and doing shots! Beautiful.

👍😂😂

So true!

Get well my brother!

Their products quit as much as their people

Expecting a French car to survive full stop is a big ask.

Well it went much further than Napoleon. The Frenchies are improving

Hmm - This car is not french, only french branded, it is also reliable - seems like the 4x4 version wouldve done wonders though 😎

Is Romanian made under French brand mate worth for the money you pay

There is nothing wrong with how Bald done his videos before hand

Meh... I liked the old videos more. This video is still grade A content but we all have preferences I guess.

Let him do what he wants. I hate comments like yours.

@@melon7592 exactly. Some people are so square and boring. Imagine this guy at a party?

🍏 Eat your rotten apples 🍎

For sure. Like not a second of screen time is wasted.

nothing better than to grill during a cold winter in the warming sun

Honestly everything on TV Turns to ****....... We don't want TV ruining this greatness... It destroyed brave wilderness..