CRAZY COVID TRAVEL STORY (trapped in ANTARCTICA!)

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My good Kuwaiti friend Fatima AlMattar, who is a fellow world traveler and content creator, has the most bizarre travel story that happened to her about 2 months ago. I just caught up with her on Zoom this morning and here is our conversation!
Long story short, Fatima was on a 11 day cruise to Antarctica when the Covid-19 outbreak began. When she departed Ushuaia, Argentina (March 9th) things were quite normal... then she lost phone signal for 7 days as she enjoyed the beautiful wonders of Antarctica, but when she finally got internet, the world was not the same.
The Argentinian government would not let them dock back in Argentina, so they were forced to go to Montevideo, Uruguay and get on an immediate flight to Los Angeles because the Kuwait airport was closed.
Then you won't believe what her journey was like to fly back home (a few weeks ago) during the heat of the pandemic.
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@AverytheCubanAmerican 4 года назад

The Kuwaiti government helped her get on a flight to the US? Wow that was very kind of them to sponsor every Kuwaiti outside their country. Antarctica is beautiful

@joejoey7272 4 года назад

The US government wanted to charge me $1500 to “evacuate” me from the Middle East . I was like no thanks I’ll stay

@thejumboshrimp 4 года назад

Avery the Cuban-American agreed

@thejumboshrimp 4 года назад

Xiahoud true, but it was a noble act nonetheless.

@explorerford 4 года назад

I have no idea how i keep finding you in the comments

@morganfreeman4204 4 года назад

Thanks I’m from Kuwait

@TravelInteresante 4 года назад

Our story was not as crazy thankfully, but we can definitely resonate with the fear and will to head back home immediately when everything was shutting down. We had just started to travel full time and were in Bali when the whole world turned upside down. Glad Fatima made it safe back home!

@Casteray 4 года назад

@FingeringThings 4 года назад

That must have been a frightening experience, glad she made it back!

@ajdpc4637 4 года назад

I see you everywhere my guy, it’s kinda frightening

@nicoquadra7230 4 года назад

you again it must be a sign

@fushimi4208 4 года назад

how do u have the green Check mark??

@witheeeeeerx 4 года назад

noice name

@achyuthansanal 4 года назад

@@fushimi4208 it's an emoji ✔️

@hello.965 4 года назад

Love ittt!!!!! Thanks my friend for the feature! Its definitely a story to remember. Can't wait for us all to go back to traveling normally and for you to travel to the 6 countries you have left :D

@bhavish98 4 года назад

Loved your positive and calm approach in situations like these.. very inspiring.. good job & all the best for your upcoming travels :)

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 года назад

Meanwhile, still zero cases here. We luckily closed our borders early in the pandemic

@its_karthi_yoo 4 года назад

Fatty joker . Are you still alive?

@Kassieq 4 года назад

Yeah. Thousands of years early

@its_slooth6449 4 года назад

Bruh

@stroopeter 4 года назад

I'd wish i live in your land. At least your government was quick!!

@efto 4 года назад

You didn’t block the Chinese

@jenniferf1518 4 года назад

Fatima is fearless! I appreciate her positive attitude. I hope you both are able to get back to traveling soon. Take care!

@munirlatif1126 4 года назад

Are you also traveler

@Singdollar 4 года назад

I'd say ignorance and idiocy instead of fearless.

@quanbrooklynkid7776 4 года назад

@@Singdollar why u say that

@joshanmon 4 года назад

@@drorthomaster and plus every month the Kuwaiti government pays 100 kd or approximately 300 $ to Thier citizens even to people who are not having a job that's why most off the kuwaitis have a high income

@blackhammer9814 4 года назад

Wow Kuwait government paid for her flights and hotels, I was stuck in the Philippines for 18 days the swedish government didn't do anything luckily i did find a flight on my own but had to pay 1700$...

@javlahora7401 4 года назад

Vad förvänta du dig att dem skulle göra dem gör ju ingenting

@blackhammer9814 4 года назад

@@javlahora7401 Hoppades på någon slags av hjälp men ingen info eller någon hjälp alls

@dtxmn6118 4 года назад

Blackhammer I was stuck in Saudi Arabia with my mom dad and two sisters for 2.5 months! And the worst part is the US Embassy did nothing for us except give us alerts. Thankfully we found a flight and made our way back to texas where we were on 14 day quarantine. But the crazy part is the US is doing nothing at the airport except putting social distancing rules.

@javlahora7401 4 года назад

Blackhammer ok jag skulle åkt till Turkiet man var tvungen att avboka som tur att jag inte fastna där

@quanbrooklynkid7776 4 года назад

damn $1700

@aizzy4603 4 года назад

My entire family lives in Kuwait 🇰🇼 and it’s my home and because of the virus the entire country is in INSANE lockdown like not a single soul was outside and it felt like the apocalypse.

@aizzy4603 4 года назад

Kuwait 🇰🇼 is a really good country personally I won’t live any where else

@munirlatif1126 4 года назад

@@aizzy4603 your parents also born in Kuwait ??

@morganfreeman4204 4 года назад

I get you man I live there

@alicarpenter216 4 года назад

She’s one of the people from my country that inspired me to travel further, I have been to 43/194 countries and I’ll achieve my dream of going to every country in the world soon. Love and respect to both of you

@aparajitavepa2758 4 года назад

Her msg was the most motivating and positive thing i heard in the last 5 months. Thank you!

@maurioooe1973 4 года назад

Aparajita Vepa agreed, the only thing thats in the media is negative news about the damn virus

@gedeoxa7506 4 года назад

How much you paid for your citizens?? Kuwait : Yes

@jaycartwright1170 4 года назад

You ruined it with the emojis but ok

@spar_tryzo979 4 года назад

I love you drew binskey. When you went to pakistain I was looking everywhere for you to meet you and thanks for making my quarantine better

@boringbillion1480 4 года назад

Abdul Hadi Iqbal it’s Pakistan bro not Pakistain

@fushimi4208 4 года назад

@@boringbillion1480 BRO ... chilll its a typing mistake ..

@anirudh9059 4 года назад

English classes after lockdown

@munirlatif1126 4 года назад

@@julianhaddad1431 where are you from in Pakistan

@offsetsface2135 4 года назад

차관 ッ he is chill

@yuxuanzheng9750 4 года назад

Wow, from Kuwait to Antarctica(from very hot to very cold)!

@changhuang5840 4 года назад

kuwait is cold too in winter

@crisu1072 4 года назад

How cold?

@CatBorgor 4 года назад

person: says coronavirus youtube: DEMONITIZED

@Jamesonnnnn 4 года назад

Why tho actually?

@abhiinair 4 года назад

@@Jamesonnnnn Because people are using that in their titles for views. Legitimate information might not reach people because of that.

@pluto9963 4 года назад

@@abhiinair yeah. And lots of lots of fake stories to mislead people.

@andrewjackson125 4 года назад

@@abhiinair because there is no legitimate information....its all a scam

@qqnv 4 года назад

actually no its the opposite, if you say coronavirus it gets reverse-demonitzed and it has like sites about corona virus and stuff popping up right below ur video and u get a bunch of more ads

@fish7860 4 года назад

Drew: *says COVID in a sentence* RU-vid: In these challenging times, we shall take your money away.

@cormacmacsuibhne5796 4 года назад

Because that's what a person needs in a time like this.

@CatBorgor 4 года назад

why did you copy me?

@nevermind8063 4 года назад

@@CatBorgor you commeted this like 9 hours later

@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 4 года назад

@@CatBorgor stfu

@CatBorgor 4 года назад

@shaylap6851 4 года назад

Oh hell to the no. Thank God she is an experienced traveler, but I swear my anxiety would have taken my life 😳And thankfully the Kuwait gov covered their expenses wow! I don’t think they would do the same for US citizens?

@gevorkmanoukian8874 4 года назад

Definitely not😂

@connorladd2201 4 года назад

The US has probably 100 times or more citizens living or traveling abroad than kuwait. It would be extremely expensive

@pubg-bgmi8398 4 года назад

Whole world:- Stay At home Meanwhile Drew's video title:- Watch her crazy covid-19 trip

@sadiqhamza233 4 года назад

Special kudos to kuwaiti governments. They really played a vital role and showed their great concerns on thier citizens.

@adstix 4 года назад

Fatima is a gifted story teller and I went in search of her channel immediately after watching this!

@aimanpashtun7341 4 года назад

Same..I also went to look for other videos abt her

@milko4396 4 года назад

Me: thankyou for the subscribers and support Drew: it is not a problem at all

@AuntyJack123 2 года назад

Once again remember not to fear the unknown. I'm very glad for the Kuwait government taking care of its people. How blessed the people are!

@BeyondYourDoorstep 4 года назад

Keeping positive is crucial 👌

@integer9590 4 года назад

Positive for corona and hiv yes

@SeemslikektwasallFAKE 4 года назад

I’m in love with Ms.Fatima... I have always wanted to meet a Arabic woman (even tho Kuwaiti is not exactly fully Arabic) but Arabic world none the less and some of the same languages and dialects are the same or very similar. Anyway, a Arabic woman that is interested in The Latino part of the world and can speak the Spanish language and could teach me to speak Arabic and teach me the way life is in there world. Beautiful people. I think maybe it’s just a lot to do with I’m fascinated with the way of life of other people in the world no matter where they come from. I’m American, but I have a parent that is from Mexico and I lived there for years and even went to school there as a kid. There is amazing people everywhere!!!

@baruskas 4 года назад

wow Fatima is so inspiring and her story incredbile, thank you Drew for sharing this with us, I love your content and have been for the past maybe 5 years already!!

@maxinechivers1312 4 года назад

Wow. This is such an exciting story. I am so glad you got back home safely to Kuwait.

@ricegrain1809 4 года назад

Wish other countries were like Kuwait, helping people rather than ignoring them

@Kat-tr2ig 4 года назад

I'm in Argentina. Everything happened REALLY fast here, it's true. Like, in two days we went from watching Italians on their balconies singing to each other to being on complete lockdown.

@dr.hassansaeed5100 4 года назад

First thing, she is safe. And second Its super awesome how she remain so calm and positive. 😀

@windysolstice 4 года назад

Drew, you always make my day better with these videos! :)

@htetaunghlawn1655 4 года назад

It was really great content indeed. One thing I noticed which also applies to me is most Backpackers and travellers have really strong mentality on risk management, conflict resolution and always keep themselves calm and analytic. It makes really huge highlight during this pandemic moment. I would love to hear more about how traveling impacts our mindset and behaviour to be resilient ! Thank you and greetings from Myanmar !

@gonzalomachin3382 4 года назад

I'm from Montevideo and it's great to see al the positive comments about how the situation was handle here, many many foreginers where trapped in antartica and left to their countries through our country.

@frappuccino68 4 года назад

Thanks for this positive message, Fatima. I had to cancel a trip to Argentina on March 13th, which was a Friday, btw, and I am still bummed about it. 🙁

@jamjamc 4 года назад

Everyone: 2020 is the year I will make it. 2020: coronavirus!!!

@septicgamer9073 4 года назад

I-

@husnijabir7748 4 года назад

But, I made it.

@siddharth2796 4 года назад

@@husnijabir7748 what

@vitemallight8818 4 года назад

Coppa

@husnijabir7748 4 года назад

@@siddharth2796 Covid19 shut down gave me lot of free time to 1. Learn lots of new things 2. Get some new skills 3. Start a new side hustle (which was delaying for long)

@SchoandJo 4 года назад

Wow! That's incredible the Kuwait government stepped up and paid for her flights and accomodations home. We've been stuck in India for 9 weeks, going on 10...

@ishanpai1791 4 года назад

The most positive story I have heard in so many months. This is the magic of Drew Binsky who gets inspiring people to talk on his videos and Instagram live chats. Keep up the good work Drew. Looking forward for more such kind of videos.

@nawaznowfilms 4 года назад

The crazier story is launching people into space on the falcon. Imagine. While some of us are at home can't leave on a flight, here history is being made by the SpaceX team.

@trolled9553 4 года назад

haha for sure, I mean imagine here we are can't take a flight out of country.

@tarunhere2 4 года назад

Absolutely, woah! Crazy

@nawaznowfilms 4 года назад

@@tarunhere2 yeah!

@nawaznowfilms 4 года назад

@@trolled9553 couldn't agree any less

@voyager8187 4 года назад

I handled my frustrated guests in Bali Airport for not getting their flight home... But this kind of frustration.. Omg Tough girl. Stay strong💪💪

@maal5643 4 года назад

Having country protecting you is Amazing; because i live in somalia 🇸🇴 you are on your own .

@alexClear 4 года назад

12:49 Why can't you understand that Corona life is so hard when you are still a student?!

@juidtv 4 года назад

Much Love From Africa ✊🏾

@mr.anonymous7721 4 года назад

I get inspired to travel from you drew binsky love you from india from a 12 year old boy.....

@benedikt5974 3 года назад

What a crazy story! And when I saw the ship Fatima disembarked I noticed that she was traveling with one of my friends. A girl I got to know skydiving with her was a tour guide on the ship. The crew of the ship had the choice to fly home if possible or stay on the ship and go to the Netherlands. She chose the latter and it was an awesome cruise - a cruise ship with just the crew and 30 days on water. That international crew knit very close friendships there!

@rachelbennett233 4 года назад

Thanks for putting the effort in to still make videos for us :) We’ve been in lockdown in NZ and I’ve had a lot of anxiety but since binge watching your videos and having something else to think about, I’ve been feeling heaps better. We appreciate you!

@maximoschilde8338 4 года назад

I am from Uruguay and if you want I can explain you more about this topic Drew

@chimaokezue9131 4 года назад

Drew, you should visit CALABAR CITY in Southern Nigeria. It is a pretty city with infrastructure comparable to Windhoek. Calabar has a lot of highlands, mountains, green valleys and rolling hills and a network of cable cars needed to get around. Calabar City also has a theme park that looks very much like DisneyLand. It is 100 percent safe. Please visit. Happy Birthday !!!

@Mr.TravelKing 4 года назад

Hi Drew! Keep up the great work. Another excellent and interesting video.

@technoscope7388 4 года назад

world - we going to die drew - CRAZY COVID TRAVEL STORY (trapped in ANTARCTICA!)

@rongvishi8685 4 года назад

The contrast between how a tiny Arab country is handling Sars COV 2 is insane when you compare it to the incompetence the US has shown in the crisis.

@hermanjosefangran4071 4 года назад

how lucky she is ... as a kuwait citizen, their goverment tak care so much

@tokatochishitokamuchishi9382 3 года назад

Love her voice and cuteness ❤️😜

@asiyamohammed8968 4 года назад

We really appreciate you Kuwait🇰🇼😍

@munirlatif1126 4 года назад

Are you from Kuwait

@umarsaqib8570 4 года назад

Love your video Drew ❤️ and Fatima's experiences! 🤩 Love and respect from Pakistan 🇵🇰💚

@AzizME 4 года назад

I am so proud of my country Kuwait but sadly now we have 22 thousand cases and we can’t leave our houses for a while and eid was so depressing whiteout my whole family

@veddaga1504 4 года назад

My friends were once stuck in a suite in a hotel. Does this count as being stuck?

@SLMN9 4 года назад

Kuwait 🇰🇼💙

@TPG128 4 года назад

Me too

@khadijanasr3752 4 года назад

Wow! Nice story 👌

@TheJamster1992 4 года назад

The same happened to me nearly with Hurtigruten on MS Midnastol early March

@thesestology4270 4 года назад

Oh my God drew is a master in making making amazing videos

@cjkoolen8078 4 года назад

Go look up travel playlist part 1,2,3,4, and 5, travel playlists should pop up. Drew Binsky is included in the playlists. Part 6 should be coming out soon. 😀

@dedeigo5539 4 года назад

my mom and her boyfriend went to egypt just as the schools closed, ( his family is there ) and they planned this trip like in november. They were trapped there for about 2 weeks and got a frlight back finally, but it was expensivr

@ssebakijjemuhammed2607 4 года назад

Gulf countries care more about their citizens no matter what happens to them in and outside their countries just because they have good rulers.

@TheJansenJournal 4 года назад

Hope you all stay safe! and we can go back to safe travel again soon.

@foxowasretained 4 года назад

Hiiii..drew bro love u very very very much.....pls come to Kolkata, West Bengal,India pls....

@VagabondTube 4 года назад

Loved it. Respect from japan

@unclegardener 4 года назад

I migrated to Antartica to escape COVID-19 *google hire me please*

@endritabdulahi 4 года назад

RU-vid: 37 Comments Me: Can I see them? RU-vid: No

@alexilonopoulos3165 4 года назад

Copied comment

@efto 4 года назад

Alex Μυλονοπουλος so true

@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 4 года назад

Would all you kids in his comments shut up

@leoslife6698 4 года назад

Drew binsky: *posts* Me: clicc

@adhamhmacconchobhair7565 4 года назад

Okay

@toheebadeshina2740 4 года назад

Her story is touching

@girbaud07 4 года назад

I was Also stuck in Taiwan and taiwanese are really kind.

@murtazahassan1042 4 года назад

I live in kuwait

@Doaa_-vi3pl 4 года назад

You must go to sudan it's a nice country and their are so kind🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩😘

@shubhamgain4190 3 года назад

Gladly she is back home.

@dahdanieldudehq7970 4 года назад

Drew binsky can you plz make a video on Australia that would be awesome and Guest what you should try (fish n chip) ) (lamington) And it’s fried chicken especially go to Melbourne Brisbane and Darwin thank you

@apoorvamat 4 года назад

Please do world's most expensive cities and countries

@daxpaulino 4 года назад

That's hightech! woah! nice job Kuwait! Be safe Fatima!

@sugarfudge 4 года назад

Omg I am one of the first two hundred viewers yayy! I am glad that I get to see your videos Drew makes me push forward my travel bug. I really wanted the last giveaway for duolingo and tried my best but lost. I hope my luck works for me this time🧁❤️ keep inspiring us Drew🍓🌼❤️🧁

@dahdanieldudehq7970 4 года назад

Lady: the news is only in Italy and China Italy:what the hell did you say China:bro that ain’t awesome DUDE UNCOOL

@army-kunfanshizu5663 4 года назад

Agh my travel to cuba and mexico got cancelled.. 😔🇨🇺🇲🇽

@clooskarmory69 3 года назад

Her: lived on Antarctica Me when it's 26 celsius: Brrr its so cold

@kimchibbq5242 4 года назад

Love it! Thank you Drew♥

@nabraoui854 4 года назад

wow I really appreciate what the Kuwait government did to their citizens. I am a Moroccan guy and morocco did close the borders on 14 march without telling us anything. and from that time I am still stocked in turkey Ohh I hate my life !!!!!!!!!!!

@vivektamil5098 4 года назад

It's unforgettable travel to you

@TheAirportAviation 4 года назад

"Always stay positive and everything will become positive." Me: ight imma head out

@sanyojmest7509 4 года назад

It is really great when your country takes care of you and even spends money on you at no cost to you, but when your country does absolutely nothing or even worse fleeces you, it's a real bummer