Uganda's Most Dangerous Ghetto 🇺🇬

[@JoelObertan]

Great day filming with you mate 😊

[@BackpackerBen]

legend! Thanks again Joel

[@JoelObertan]

@@BackpackerBenyou’re most welcome again to Uganda 🙏🏿✨

[@SanshoTheBailiff]

JOEL seems like a top boy

[@IrishPartizan]

@JoelObertan Uganda looks awesome. Great people and a beautiful country.

[@r.a.3984]

Come to Bulgaria mate! I follow one lady half Bulgarian half Ugandan, she help children’s in Uganda in school collecting money and help them god bless her

[@McWelly]

Drinking through reed straws like that is actually one of the oldest recorded methods of drinking alcohol. The sumerians used the same method over 5000 years ago. The purpose of the straws is that the undrinkable waste material floats to the top, while the alcoholic liquid stays at the bottom in extremely unfiltered beer and wine. Fascinating to see ancient practices like that live on even today.

[@BackpackerBen]

blimey!! there ya go!!

[@blardymunggas6884]

You sound like you have time travelled before and now a introvert historian at some university

[@SultanSamet]

If it works, it works.

[@tribegoldie4282]

Ben, you’re genuinely open minded and see all people as they should be seen… you were raised well mate! Keep up the great work showing all people just want peace and security in life!

[@BackpackerBen]

Cheers for the comment 🫡

[@pablos-d2u]

Tired, not feeling well… and there it is. My favorite guy on YT! Thanks mate for a new adventure!

[@BackpackerBen]

🤮😎 you got it

[@Realworldnews247]

Ben you’re a bloody legend

[@BackpackerBen]

Likewise 🫡🫵🏼 top man

[@christianjohnhill]

Just seen bald coming out of a gay bar in Brighton with some 'friends', he didn't look ill to me.

[@markadams738]

He might look ill later 😂

[@larsstougaard7097]

Did he hold a Soviet flag ready to protest 😅?

[@adiohead]

Was he walking funny?

[@steven9541]

Whatcha doing in a gay bar dude😮😂

[@SINfromPL]

​@@steven9541gayming

[@clam371384]

You are a true traveler, Ben. I can’t do 10% of what you do most of the time. Hats off to you and btw, this vid is way too short….drop another soon please, safe travel.

[@morphyox6453]

Joel is such a legend! Loved the guy the moment he turned up. I wish you'd travel up and down the whole continent for a year.

[@nassergabriel4778]

MY NAME IS JOEL OBERTAN, A KZbinR FROM KAMPALA UGANDA. he posted 10 videos in a row about the same topic with some very suspect thumbnails. He's also clearly got a strange, creepy obsession with Habesha (Ethiopian and Eritrean) and Somali women, and can't for the life of him understand why they don't want to date and marry Ugandan men. But I must admit, he's a character indeed, and I keep watching him.

[@BackpackerBen]

well wishes to Bald and his malaria recovery

[@FOLLOWMEGLOBAL]

Get well soon bald absolute legend mate . SPEEDY RECOVERY !!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@edc6333]

That "Born again" reference is about being a Born again Christian, he may have though you were a missionary. BTW your buddy Bald sounded like he had enough of Africa and fled, might not have been what he expected.

[@Tjsan]

He got malaria? Omg, I hope he will be fine! Take care Ben!

[@Maryhilton-ws6ol]

@@edc6333yes malaria my A H

[@travellerkenya]

When are you coming to kenya

[@nickyr.]

Hello Ben thanks for another adventure 🙌👋

[@vavovidnica]

Ti si Hrvat?

[@nickyr.]

@@vavovidnica Jesam ,živim u Češkoj

[@drumstick74]

Cool people, thanks for sharing your experience!🤩 Mr. Bald & _Not Bankrupt_ ditching on business class...again. I'm starting to see a trend here. 😅

[@M.R.T.V.Videos]

He is getting old 😂

[@rob2k27]

That was quality... Joel seemed sound and you really experienced a few things lol... Bald just wanted to go home I bet, I hope he did tell you before Pissing off... Great vlog Benjamin 👍👍

[@thembadube9589]

"Admin fee" is a great euphemism for a bribe. In South Africa we call it "cool drink".

[@BackpackerBen]

@@thembadube9589 can’t beat a cool drink

[@pj-vq3by]

also called "tea money" in some parts of the world

[@danielj3010]

howzit :)

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

Years ago in Bulgaria when traffic cops were highly corrupt (now every stop is recorded) you'd say "what can we do about this unfortunate situation?" and they'd say they hadn't had any lunch or something similar and you'd buy them some in exchange for not getting a speeding ticket

[@Northernmike100]

In Colombia they say “ “Buy me a Coke

[@MrJago11]

Always enjoy your videos Ben and I like it when you team up with Bald. You have very different approaches but it works. I never feel like you’re holding anything back when you talk about your experiences. Keep going and get Kat back!!

[@BackpackerBen]

appreciate it Mr Jago!

[@theblackmoomin]

And another great video..😊

[@BackpackerBen]

🫵🏼 legend

[@theblackmoomin]

​@@BackpackerBen right on..👍

[@tealsquare]

BTW there is a sieve at the bottom of those wooden straws...the sorghum and millet sediment stays in the pot while they keep adding hot water.

[@lakelse2]

Ben, seriously, your videos just get better and better. Thanks for sharing!

[@BackpackerBen]

Legend!

[@captng]

7:11 in the morning here.. coffee with ben is awesome 😊

[@BackpackerBen]

corrrrrr

[@shaysarcade]

Enjoyed this one mate

[@BackpackerBen]

Right on 🫵🏼

[@Travelwithjj254]

One of my favorite traveler .. you inspire me

[@BackpackerBen]

You got it pal 🫵🏼

[@Abx_Dkl]

Ben has evolved now.. great solo videos ! may be bald is nostaligic about the ruskis

[@ivanatuhairwe]

Thanks for coming to Uganda we welcome you again

[@timsummers870]

The entire country looked like a ghetto until you got to where the locals call it a ‘ghetto’. That porridge drink looked like something you’d make someone drink at gun point.

[@TendsToWonder]

As a Ugandan I’m not offended but I’m cracking up 😂 bastards. It because Ben and baldy go to the shittiest places because they are the most interesting. There are better parts of Uganda 😂

[@JosephJonathan-gl4mh]

@Tendstowander I have traveled to Kenya,Uganda,Tanzania,Malawi and something I noticed is that only the parks and the capital cities were nice. Were in Uganda is better than Kampala?

[@gary_neilson1896]

I love how you and Bald are able to dip out on each other in a moments notice and there is no drama because of it. That is the kind of traveling partner I want. You guys just do what you need to do. I hope Bald feels better. ...or maybe he just wanted some McDonalds, who knows.

[@kieranhudson4938]

I very very rarely get Mcdonalds when I'm travelling but after such a long time traveling in countries without Mcdonalds you start to crave them salty fries

[@chilbertuk1960]

fairplay Ben.. keep making great content and showing the 'real' world. props and thanks bud

[@BackpackerBen]

Appreciate it!

[@stón_1]

One thing I learned from your vlogs is that Mr Bald cannot be trusted

[@Pookasita]

If you want to meet the friendliest and most accommodating folks in Africa, visit Kenya. Just spent two weeks there and was amazed by just how joyful and pleasant everyone was there. Lots to see and do outside of Nairobi.

[@Simonh65ish]

You didn't tip that fella..Jack?..he really helped you out. Not 'feeling' that. Do love your much improved channel.👍

[@nomdaploom]

I visited Uganda a few times in 1985 and 1986, just after the civil war under Milton Obote's regime had ended and Museveni had taken power. Virtually the only thing you could buy in Kampala market at that time were shampoos and skin lightening creams that the big pharmaceutical companies had dumped in the country. It was a truly sobering expeience. One time I travelled from Entebbe by dugout canoe on Lake Victoria to visit Makusa Island, where Idi Amin used to have a villa. The building was in ruins and only a few fishermen lived on the island, but the most remarkable feature was that every bush and tree was covered in a white, almost transparent film, like a muslin cloth. It turned out they were spider's webs. Millions of them. That and the amazing large trees outside the Kampala Sheraton which lost all their leaves as dusk approached, were my two most vivid memories of the country. The "leaves" were bats flying off to eat their breakfast after sleeping all day.

[@tealsquare]

I studied in Entebbe in the late 90s, I saw all tribes of spiders over there 🙌🏾

[@AmazingPhilippines1]

Enjoyed the tour. Watching from the Philippines.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

Always happy to see you on your travels, Ben!

[@BackpackerBen]

appreciate that Giraffe!

[@ericrosca5673]

The soilder is a real character man he made my day. What a guy! 😂😂 “IN IRAQ” 😂

[@BackpackerBen]

Legend 😂

[@placidpaddler]

I can't believe you got on that bus and then that replacement bus and out of there so quickly. Must be a record! These videos bring back many fond memories of my solo travels there. Love Nile Special!

[@BackpackerBen]

quickly? was waiting 3 hours hahaha, nightmare

[@davisahumuza]

Always rooting for the PEARL -- feel at home mate 🔥🔥

[@Quanny69]

my guy watching this with a beer on me holidays.Happy days thanks for the great videos mate

[@BackpackerBen]

Happy holidays mate! 🍻

[@itsmaryz]

Just started watching you Ben. You really are amazing and full of enthusiasm and energy

[@dodjerr53]

Thanks for this. My dream of spending time in a ghetto in Uganda and drinking the local hooch has now been removed from my things to do before I die list.

[@BurtonOutdoors]

🎉 Ben 🎉 I love the way you make yourself known by greeting everyone when you walk in a bar or outbuilding. "Mate" "You OK?" Any greeting works really to break the ice. Communication is the key and you unlock the doors dude. #Respect 👍 Oh by the way, I lived in Nigeria for a year when I was about 8 years old... I still live off the stories I tell my mates, gruesome, funny and dangerous but I wouldn't change it for a minute

[@louishawkes07]

Hi mate, do you have any examples of some of the stories from when you lived in Nigeria?

[@BurtonOutdoors]

@louishawkes07 Gruesome car crash scenes, soldiers beating our driver up demanding cash off my parents, being shot at by soldiers, snakes in our bedroom... snakes stuck in our AC! Dirty sanitation in the town, stolen wallet from my dad, more bodies on the side of the road... and thats just a few examples

[@BurtonOutdoors]

@louishawkes07 It was 45 years ago though

[@fidel1]

You should visit Northern Uganda, great place

[@hh2981]

Top stuff as always!!!

[@danielj3010]

This is an awesome ghetto, very happy to welcome you for some Schnapps!!

[@danielj3010]

10 hour bus is no joke. Back to the Pearl of Africa!!

[@BackpackerBen]

what a lovely welcome back

[@AggreyNinsiima]

I like the adventures. Interacting with the local people is so cool

[@Mudvana]

Balls of steel my friend...balls of steel...

[@jacksmall2221]

I always admire your bravery Ben, great video!

[@issahsalifu3080]

Watching you from Accra Ghana keep up the good work blessed

[@TheStarcruiser]

Good stuff Ben You're a brave man👍

[@Just_Mike64]

Thanks for all your fantastic video's, alone and with mr. bald. I use your travels as reverse advise : I avoid all the places you visit. Need the aircon, the malls, the car, the hotels and the western food, to be totally honest.

[@SilverfoxJB]

Simon Wilson is that you?

[@bellatrix4943]

​@@SilverfoxJB😂😂😂 so true!

[@BigGRIGinc]

Found you through bald a while back, starting to like your content better, you seem more genuine and balds a quitter lmao. I’m onto the better Ben

[@bigjapa100]

Wonderful video yet again. Thanks 👍🎉❤ Going to Uganda in a few days.

[@arthurcrego8297]

Great video Ben

[@arthurboruc]

needed decent vid to watch , thanks man

[@ChristinaH111]

I was in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, during the Euros final. Brilliant atmosphere. Love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@brewsandbass5572]

Ben's life expectancy was just cut in half.

[@BackpackerBen]

It’s kicking in 💀

[@IndieHorrorWilly]

Ben ur doing us proud😁

[@BackpackerBen]

🇬🇧 🫵🏼🫡

[@IndieHorrorWilly]

@@BackpackerBen since ur reading comments I also wanna say you’ve really taken the torch from bald and have become so passionate about learning new cultures and going out of ur comfort zone. You and Sabbatical both motivate me to one day do some of the same content when I can afford to.

[@BackpackerBen]

You got it mate! Appreciate you watching!

[@tommywolfe2706]

Ben, I am not a youtuber myself, but I work in factories and we all have stations that they put us in....some are more permanent, but some are just for a few days, and in those stations, there are different people working. I definitely have my favorite people that I prefer to be partnered with for the day and sometimes I get people who I dont much care for. Bald might be gone for now, but he will be back. Just like at my work, take some pleasure in the fact that you occasionally get someone to work with that is good to you, good for you and cares about you. That is a treasure. At the same time, your videos are great on their own without Bald. Bald is like the cherry on top, but its not what makes the rest so great. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?

[@rickp2293]

Snakey move by Mr Bald, could have told Ben at the time so he could determine whether to go back with him.

[@maureenalder8905]

🥱

[@agabriel673]

Excellent show

[@Spin2Win86]

Mr. Bald feels a bit sweaty and leaves the country and here you are drinking sewer water to spite him. Wilding!

[@johnc7512]

Ya bald is a copout.

[@Jake87275]

20:41 " American soldiers Iraq" 😭

[@danniboulund7919]

Funny guy! Loved how he said Iraq 😂

[@gabrielabdul8372]

He was drunk😂

[@drumstick74]

He seemed like a stand up guy, but I think he might be treating his PTSD with that brew...

[@FloridaWinter]

I thought the one at 19:14 was better 😂

[@ben1357]

Many Ugandans went to work with American soldiers in Iraq as security Guards.

[@nealart]

Oh man you’re brave drinking that!

[@BackpackerBen]

For you guys 🫵🏼😝💀

[@mcback4384]

​@@BackpackerBenam sure you cheated 😅

[@IrishPartizan]

Glad you are continuing your African adventures. Dr. Livingstone I presume?

[@BackpackerBen]

Bald explained this Dr 👨‍⚕️ I’ve already forgot who he was though…

[@Th88ir]

​ The Scottish missionary who traversed Sub Saharan Africa discovering The Zambezi and Victoria falls

[@gregpies1649]

Can't believe you drank that and survived.

[@BackpackerBen]

I’m as shocked as you are

[@Supermax544]

Drinking through those straws did not look very sanitary. I could not have done that. Great vid.

[@Robert_256]

Welcome Back to Uganda

[@steven9541]

You definitely hit them tough places no one else will visit...crazy dude

[@Everblesstravels]

Big up to you always everbless family TV KZbin channel supporting from Jamaica

[@SirCarlosMusicBMI]

🌴🌴🌴 Well i know that I’ve been subscribed for quite a while now but I can’t figure out why I’ve missed so many videos. Anyways… Love the content. Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸

[@mayureshgawade3842]

Love that your patriotic about your cpuntry and watching them play from Uganda

[@ashleymargolis1867]

We welcome you to Zimbabwe and your family and friends

[@Hello-ud6tf]

Did you know the Busia Tororo road at some point straddles inside Kenya and back to Uganda between Buteba and Salama trading centres? You get to pass into Kenya and back to Uganda totally legally with no passport control checks

[@DAZz1706]

Stay safe out there Ben there is a growing outbreak of mpox in Rwanda, Uganda, the Drc and Burundi so watch yourself fella.

[@gshadura]

Having 2 5 hours bus rides instead of single 10 hours long makes perfect sense. I wish I had this option instead of single 10 hours flight

[@albertbruhn931]

AWESOME MATES FROM SOUTH FLORIDA USA!

[@freejunk2]

Mr Bald loves ditching Ben midway through a trip

[@redshorse]

Excellent !

[@yodyod7]

Ben risks loose stools for my entertainment. Respect, mate.

[@BackpackerBen]

I respect you respect that 🫡

[@PonderingDolphin]

💪 all the best brother keep up the great work this one will be excellent

[@BackpackerBen]

cheers Dolphin!

[@stephenkelly2779]

​@@BackpackerBendid she just say 3p for a bj 😂

[@martialway81]

Thank you for going to Africa for us.

[@maureenalder8905]

So glad you went back to Uganda ben Nice people..One love Uganda 🇺🇬 🇬🇧 ❤

[@BackpackerBen]

🇺🇬🙏🏼

[@kivumbiyusuf2330]

Masaka, makasa😂.. Anyway thanks for loving the pearl❤

[@Unclemiffato100]

I am certain you could easily have caught a coach straight from Kigali to Kampala .. get Visa at entry .. but as long as u had a visa before u probably would have to pay again My brother did the same. Had Ugandan visa and he crossed into Rwanda for a few days and then he went back to Uganda

[@FakeNews_Ignored]

That local brew looked like sewage.

[@BackpackerBen]

and taste like it

[@Belznis]

I once saw an old documentary, while a lot of people hated colonialism, there were some remembering the days when they worked on the railroad, there was structure. Anyway, they have it hard, there is often conflict, but I believe they will find their way just as any other country does. Who knows, just like that one book by a German writer predicted, in the future they might have everything is looking for. And congratulations on taking such an educational and difficult trip.

[@Normac1994]

Blaze Foley - Springtime in Uganda

[@burkus4033]

Christie did a good job of fishing all the solids out of that sewage.

[@nomdaploom]

That's the second time Bald has bailed out on you. I seem to remember he did the same when you travelled with him to the Shetlands. Perhaps his monicker should be Bald and Morally Bankrupt 😂😂😂

[@exploringsuffolk]

Yeah he needs to ditch bald

[@annie_xo]

Considering how he treats women, absolutely. He’s not to be trusted

[@fokkdritt]

​@@annie_xo how? 😳

[@annie_xo]

@@fokkdritt I’m too lazy rn to send you links but if you Google it you’ll find that Bald has said a lot of creepy misogynistic things and generally acted weird towards women.

[@fokkdritt]

@annie_xo if you dont care then I probably neither

[@Nkeramedia]

Benjamin drinking marwa is the mvp

[@johndewey6358]

Ben, Thank you for taking us to people, cultures and places that we would probably never visit or know about, as media generally sanitizes and only report through the politically correct lenses. I appreciate your REAL connections and bridges of humanity.😊

[@BackpackerBen]

You got it John! Appreciate you watching

[@swedenfromabove7818]

Ben you are a hero, a legend we love to see you stick money in the poor.

[@PaulinAsia_]

Kudos to you Ben, I would never have the balls to go there.

[@yavin99]

You are very brave.

[@Realmakos]

That man did not go to Iraq that was alcohol giving him those ideas.

[@BackpackerBen]

I’m starting to think again his story 😆

[@KC-in9px]

Over 25,000 Ugandans aided in US operations in Iraq.

[@claus_98368]

Legend. Doing a 12 hour african bus trip like it’s nothing 🫡

[@Yeti09752]

Im american and served in Iraq and can confirm Ugandans were apart of the contracted security forces, gate gaurds etc.. keep up the great the great work Ben!

[@BackpackerBen]

Top man appreciate the comment and fact

[@farhanrizqulah]

21:45 I could smell it from here, wonderful!

[@DamonSlater]

I've been to Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco. I don't think I would want to go anywhere else in africa. Maybe Algeria. Or Libya if it's safe. North Africa is similar to Middle East, I could not go to the other parts of africa, just seems too rough and aggressive.

[@BackpackerBen]

Uganda is 100x better than Egypt mate 😆 believe me

[@xenosayork2265]

Those countries you listed are more dangerous because they have a lot of Islamic extremist. My friend was killed by a terrorist in Tunisia. I would never go there. Rwanda and Uganda are very nice and safe. Ben is purposely going to the worst areas, and the people are still friendly.

[@DamonSlater]

@@xenosayork2265 lol.

[@chad-bf7zi]

That booze looks like the crap found at bottom of a port-o-let

[@djpaulhannon]

That “American soldier” hasn’t even seen action in COD! 😅

[@HeyRooster42]

Wow, that first bus is MURDER on earphones. Sounds like it's driving on a flat.