Walking the Crazy Streets of Mozambique (beyond words) 

I recently begun making RU-vid videos of my travels. Any advice on how I can improve them would mean a lot!

How can that man not answer the simple question that life was much better before 1975 than it is now even with the inequality. Truely beyond belief that response. 😮

Very stereotypical, whilst trying to appear as a gift to the human race. Is poverty only in Africa? How many rundown areas have you covered in London, Paris, Washington DC and even in your home country? Typical colonial mentality....saviour of the African race. I live in the UK, you do not need to travel far to see homeless people in virtually every city centre. This one-sided reporting is not true journalism, with trickles of charity handed down or raised through crowd funding for poor Africans. SMH

I appreciate you going to Africa but you are just like any Western media houses, portraying 100% of negativity in Africa- don’t bring that negativity to Africa- if you all about the negative news- your channel is full of degrading Our beautiful continent you sucker

Really like ur comtent, welcome to Mozambique, ask Edilson to take you to rural areas here in Maputo you will see the real Mozambique you don't even need to go out of Maputo

Thank you for watching, Darren! Absolutely, the woodworker was a real treat to meet and share his presence.

I wonder if you could set up an export business for his woodworking?? 😮blow his mind with what it’s really worth? I’m clueless, but I know it’s worth a lot more… a happy ending is all🎉

@@resilience4lyfe331 Wood exports are a massive pain for a one-person operation due to being biological material; way more regulatory costs.

He's been doing it for 70 years (since 53) 🤯

@@metaleumanwhat I came to say. Thank you 👍🏽

Absolutely. No doubt Edmilson is a living legend.

@@IndigoTraveller All your guides were good, but Edmilson was one of those exceptionally nice, smart and I've had a really good/warm feeling of him.

Without a doubt🤍🤍

That Haitian guy was a real one. Gonna just start watching this now looking forward

@@IndigoTravellerhello, could you please share his facebook/instagram? He is a really nice guy. Thanks

Still good people there. Please don't trust a random RU-vidr obe sided biased info .

Too humble

Thank you for watching. You should visit Africa someday, I am sure you'll have an epic time!

You can visit my village in The Gambia brother

@@IndigoTraveller don't come back to Africa. You doing this for views.

greetings from mozambique

I also went to Maputo and felt very safe. Compared to Johannesburg I felt very safe

His videos are super exagerated for views, he made a lot of videos in Brazil telling how it is hell on earth, then i saw some vanlife videos saying is the most well developed country in south america and felt super safe so idk

@@lucasmolina1202 Thank you, I was thinking the same thing but I haven't watched enough of his videos to know for sure, have a good day

I live and was born Here, this country is safest than many other places in Africa...these guys are little exaggerated. There are better places in Mozambique than Maputo.

I was also in Maputo last year in fact, stayed at the Polana Hotel. I walked everywhere. Not sure why IndigoTraveller tries his best to find the worst when it's not like that at all? Bad reporting, for sensationalism only - and for his RU-vid views!

Fr

100%

It's a defeatist attitude. Working till he dies.

@@skyhappy the alternative unfortunately is worse

Quite interesting since that man lives 30y or thereabouts under Portuguese colonial rule, and has been in an independent Moçambique for 55y.

He's not 85 😂😂😂

Hey man, I am travelling to Mozambique in just under a month. Will be landing in Maputo, visiting eSwatini quickly then going up the coast of Mozambique as far as Beira. Do you have any recommendations for maputo? I think I'll only be there 1/2 nights!

Yeah, he is a living hero.

Maybe that just the way to live don't overthink the shit your are going through at any time, be passionate, believe in yourself and keep going on day after day. Anyway thank you for your work men.

He should have bought chair to help out

@@TheNaturalGamer1 Perhaps he left a tips 😁 even though the old fellow could refuse with proudness in my opinion 😄

personally while yes, I thought he had an amazing skill, I thought he showed an apathy actually over the circumstances surrounding the countries government-or possibly hopelessness.

Jesus Christ wants a personal relationship with you through the Holy Spirit, not religion and blind faith. You see, we all have sinned, and have broken God’s law (The Ten Commandments). Wrong doing deserves justice and must be punished (just like how a criminal has to pay for the crime they have committed) but God saved us from the eternal punishment of our sins by sending His Son Jesus Christ, fullness of God in flesh, a perfect, sinless sacrifice to pay the penalty for our sins by dying on the cross and resurrecting, so that we may have everlasting life. It is all finished and now for you to accept the free gift of grace, you must repent of your sins and put your faith in Jesus Christ and Bible says that His Blood will cover all of your sins, you will be forgiven, saved from eternal punishment, and be given everlasting life. By faith you will receive the Holy Spirit, become born again, know Jesus personally and He will transform your heart and clean you from the inside out. Turn away from sin, read the Bible, pray for the Holy Spirit to fill you and change you, obey the Word. Much love and God bless you!

Qa

Wow, so you've to study more about your continent, It is sad to read such a comment from an African.

@@valdirduarte9032 There's 54 countries in Africa. You know about all of them ? Yeah right !

@@metaleuman im not African, I'm European, but I know something about all European countries.. .. you're proof of the existence of illiteracy in africa.

@@metaleuman I know a little about African countries, and I don't even need to know, because I'm not African.

Thank you very much for your support and sharing your perspectives :)

The most toxic blog I ever crossed. Normally individual bloggers are not engaged to fulfill the mainstream media missions. To hunt the most devastating thing in the developing counters. I don't know how this guy is sleeping after doing all this horror scene in the night. He just closed his eyes all about positive and good things about those cities. We need to stop him for spreading false information.

​@@melkammigbar5623 I completely agree with you. This guy makes a living thanks to showing the lowest of the low, the worst places on Earth. And I don't mean the cities which he goes to and are normally nice but somehow he always ends up at the back alleys where sh*t is flowing everywhere, people get murdered every single day and nobody is doing anything about it. It's not photojournalism as some people would call it. This is sinking to the lowest levels and making money off it. I do return every 6 months to the channel just to see what's up because he does go to interesting places where I would not normally go. But it's always the same.

Thank you so much, appreciate your words!

​@@IndigoTravellerPlease stop with green juice ads. We pay money to NOT see ads on youtube, yet you are inserting ads! We all know you are not demonitized. You loose credibility doing this. Channels that do this loose viewers. Very shortsighted.

😂😂😂urll so funny

Appreciate that David!

@@spiderman-jv8we He definitely does, and also your accent becomes more neutral when you travel/live abroad.

@@spiderman-jv8we What do you think his accent is?

@@spiderman-jv8we If it's not Kiwi, then what is it? If you're so sure, this shouldn't be a hard question to answer.

Thank you!

Too kind, thank you :)

@@IndigoTraveller 💯% true! Thank you for your work!

​@@IndigoTravellerwho inspired you?

he's definitely my favorite doing this kind of content. His approach on local people and their culture is very respectful. I've seen some other guys doing this kind of stuff completely lacking this respect and awareness on the real danger that those environments can present.

Lol a white man carrying a camera walking in any neighborhood in Africa will not face any danger. He should go to the ghettos of the USA and let's see what will happen.

Thank you, really appreciate your words of support :)

Thank you Brad :)

Thank you so much :)

Devastating and very false information. He spreads this imagination

Exactly what I said in comments! Terra de boa gente!

It's still safe if not safer than ever, I dont know these dangerous areas in Baixa he speaks of honestly. Cause in every country petty theft of phones and wallets is common in the metropolitan areas

Nothing changed, just very one sided view shown in the video. People are still warm, mercado central still vibrant and the art project in Rua de Arte is super cool! 😊

@@bisouuu Rua de arte? I don't remember where that is. I am glad that life in Maputo is still vibrant.

This guy is blogging only negative news. We are tired of the mass media reporting only the slams in Africa. There are really good authentic bloggers who shows the real face of the cities without bias. His videos are to feed the European manipulated mind :D

I think he focuses a bit too much on the poverty areas and doesn't show the nice and well developed cities enough. He's making the country look bad and not worth visiting.

@@ChinnuWoW You understand the countries he is visiting, right? His channel is not a tourism channel.

@@kevinrenfro2254 Yes and there are definitely nicer areas than where he's visiting. His channel definitely is a tourism channel. He's shown a lot of nice parts of other countries outside of Africa. Tourism can greatly affect the economy of a country and he's not making African countries look good at all.

@@ChinnuWoW I don’t think you understand the depth and scope of this channel. But I appreciate you responding and I’m glad you enjoy this channel as much as I do!

@mariamfritsi4943 Most of the former European colonies in Africa were very nice, when the whites left that all changed for the worse.

@@watershed44 true.

@@mariamfritsi4943 I'm sorry things have taken such a turn for the worse. I have a theory about who is responsible for pushing the whites out of Africa. Perhaps you know what I am referring to?

@@watershed44 Mozambique went down faster after independence it was very surprising, in 1977 when I was in maputo, still the city was very beautiful, I was really surprised ,and we leaves at polana hotel, and walking in the city, still was very beautiful, but now when I saw your video showing this town I was a bit 😯

@@mariamfritsi4943 I think the culprits eat a lot of bagels, if you know what I mean.

Thank you for your long time support, glad you still enjoy the videos. Nick

No, very bad coverage. I was in Maputo, and it is great place. Nick only in for the views on his channel

@@leonardolupini3484 I don't think you know that Nick has raised considerable money for the disadvantaged people in the world and continues to do so by showing the world what so many have to contend with. Would you go into the areas he has been through? I somehow doubt it.

Thank you for watching!

he's reaching in this series. you said it quite well - good comment.

That is the exact purpose of the series and the channel, to show the bad sides.

Thank you for watching!

Thank you very much for watching!

@@IndigoTraveller Always! Just one question: Will you ever do a video about you personally and where you're from in New Zealand---and the story behind your travel-documentary career? (Would love to hear YOUR story.)

I've spent many months in Mozambique and I can confirm this! Beautiful people!!

The fact of the matter is that an underclass exists in every country in the world. Will highlighting them change anything? I have my doubts. No matter how much opportunity some are provided, they will squander it. Some underclass are victims of tragic circumstances. Some are simply victims of poor choices.

I live in Scotland. There is prostitution, drugs, crime and corruption here in my homeland but in Mozambique it is most likely a bit of a bigger one. We all have to strive to create a better World for our children. God bless the people of Mozambique on their journey from colonial exploitation.

I traveled from Johannesburg to Inhambane in around 1995 for a holiday, got caught speeding (61kmh in a 60 zone) i got a million metical fine. It was one of the best holidays i have had.

Wow, this sounds like an amazing place to live. In Europe people have more money, but often can't enjoy it, because they're always in a hurry and don't make real friends. Imo people in poorer countries like your live often much happier lives. And it's just beautiful too ❤

Thank you!

Thank you!

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Thank you!

This is no difference than the mission of mass medias, who are engaged only the negative news around developing county. Trust what you see and trust the people who have been there. This guy wanted only clicks and to make the whites supremacy happy.

Luckily, it's still safe. Quite surprised (and disappointed) to see this video claim otherwise

Same experience I had living there for 18 years!

@@mjlsand Me too. Also you can find crimes in every country if you go looking for them.

I dont know what hes talking about, its misleading. Moz is very safe, women or teenagers walk the streets alone in peace even at night it's very safe in the city

Doesn't change at all he's just exageret for profit

Thank you for watching!

Thank you!

Thank you :)

Jesus Christ wants a personal relationship with you through the Holy Spirit, not religion and blind faith. You see, we all have sinned, and have broken God’s law (The Ten Commandments). Wrong doing deserves justice and must be punished (just like how a criminal has to pay for the crime they have committed) but God saved us from the eternal punishment of our sins by sending His Son Jesus Christ, fullness of God in flesh, a perfect, sinless sacrifice to pay the penalty for our sins by dying on the cross and resurrecting, so that we may have everlasting life. It is all finished and now for you to accept the free gift of grace, you must repent of your sins and put your faith in Jesus Christ and Bible says that His Blood will cover all of your sins, you will be forgiven, saved from eternal punishment, and be given everlasting life. By faith you will receive the Holy Spirit, become born again, know Jesus personally and He will transform your heart and clean you from the inside out. Turn away from sin, read the Bible, pray for the Holy Spirit to fill you and change you, obey the Word. Much love and God bless you!

hey can you share contact so we can do the same

Appreciate your words, thank you!

I totally agree and left a similar comment myself. Its like he is going into a country and looking for problems to report about. I lived in Mozambique and it always felt safe. I think the not safe title is clickbait.

@@MagdaleneRose nearly every single title on his videos is sensationalized, really wish he focused on interesting storytelling and capturing great footage but i guess when the clickbait works and the videos go trending on algoritm, getting the 4-6x usual views is good money

I agree broadly with your point but let’s not pretend Baixa is a safe haven, especially in the context of the rest of the world.

@craig16576 Yeah, fair enough. It certainly isn't the best area of the city, but claiming it's unsafe during the day is just wrong in my opinion. Especially if we're comparing it to other major cities around the world. I wouldn't recommend him to walk around dark side streets at night, but there are spots in Baixa which are fine at night too.

@@mjlsand I completely agree, I wouldn’t want to be walking the streets of Marseille at any time of the day!

Thank you, enjoy!

Thank you, Kmac!

Mano, esse esta a exagerar, Maputo e uma cidade linda e segura, tu andas nas ruas avontade

Let poor portugal deal with Portuguese issues leave Mozambique alone yu don't have the capacity to change anything other than exploitation africa is for africans

@@decastromusic a cidade com mais registros criminais em Moçambique chama-se Maputo meu caro

Does not matter what happened, but what can be done ❤️🧘‍♂️☀️

The Portuguese colonizers were the wolves, literally the birthplace of transatlantic slave trade. Abandoning “it’s old colonies” is but a secondary problem.

Yeah..not what it used to be. 🤦‍♂️

England is soft. Foh

😂😂😂

There's nothing dangerous in London mate ffs🤣🤣🙈🙈

Too kind, thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you Russell!

Obrigado 😂. Was in Portugal 15 years.

Much love!