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Stranded in a Country that Doesn't Exist

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

I just read an entire history book and it turns out it was Lenin, not Stalin. Sorry comrades 🫡

[@selfcorrected-Bobby]

@SmallBrainedAmerican dude that is Lenin not Stalin lmao btw you win best KZbin channel of the weekl. Hello from South Africa where I am trapped..! ive been in bed since last Friday just watching videos.. you reallly missed out on the druggy scene in Slovakia you coulda had some nice acid near the Hungaria border with some mates I know... they aint got uffi berderdado than do drugs 247 365 dude haha! btw i tried to flee africa last yeae and wudda been in ireland 20 June uk 21 June. MF whorenest i hate my country... you could try cape town to cairo but meh i donnoh... i wouldnt advise it

[@eddiemurray57]

I thought it was a joke in reference to your youtube name xD

[@eddiemurray57]

16:00 actually yea, there are russian troops in Transnistria to "protect" the land against Moldova, though Transnistria asked Russia to annex them a few years ago but they declined the offer even though they're getting benefits from the transnistrian industry. Russia doesn't even officialy recognize transnistrian independance. I think it's been recognized only by South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh and maybe a few other secessionist regions in other countries. But if you ask the russian government, they will tell you "Tiraspol is in Moldova".

[@dumbsathanass8669]

Lmao you being a r worded American is what makes your channel endearing

[@korpsekorpse]

@@eddiemurray57 turns out he is really a small brained american.

[@rtmclean484]

The Transnistria people were so friendly and welcoming, they went out of their way to help you and give you a place to stay. What great people

[@angrysloth]

looks at a statue of lenin: "this statue of stalin..."

[@justinfoster7699]

xD

[@dragosfr08]

EVERYONE IS STALIN

[@rdengin]

They've been always mixed up!

[@cyclos12]

@@rdengin They are as different as Mario and Luigi!

[@rdengin]

@@cyclos12 Like Marylin and Monroe!

[@jamiem5068]

Bro a lot of poor areas in the us are exactly like this. Lots of hoods that have been left to crumble and those kids indeed have no self worth. They turn to crime.

[@newraplyrics1486]

Yeah he’s talking like Detroit just doesn’t exist

[@generalmartok3990]

Some of the hollers of Appalachia look like Moldova, not even joking.

[@JohnSmith-qy1wm]

Shit there are places in the South outside of Appalachia that do too. It wasn't really that alien to me.

[@funkle2645]

@@JohnSmith-qy1wmI used to help deliver packages in the south and jesus christ some of the mud roads and little areas are just like "developing nations".

[@dilldoe1991]

ok we have a few notoriously impoverished cities but damn near every town in this place has some crumbling abandoned ass buildings @@newraplyrics1486

[@craigsb92]

how did he go from taking selfies with those girls to sleeping in a random man's bed?

[@dustyvanhyfte5171]

"They still use wells" dont mine me....living off well water in rural Indiana my whole life....

[@mikellisjr]

Facts asf.

[@drumstick74]

It's probably better than the tap water with the sodium fluoride they add many places in USA.

[@backyardsounds]

It's not so bad. I've seen far worse in parts of the US.

[@JBBost]

It's no Moscow or Kyiv but what is??

[@kidfox3971]

Parts, not the whole country

[@aaronbelakhoua5497]

No you haven't

[@raheemabdul1066]

apparntly theres kensington in US, good place!

[@jerrynadler2883]

@@raheemabdul1066 I LOVE K&A!! best tranq in the world 👌👌

[@federicomilan208]

My guy asking intelligence type of questions was not the best idea, for a moment i thought u were CIA or something but then i remembered u're such a natural guy 😅

[@dancrisafulli7768]

Putting dude in a very uncomfortable position, filming those questions about Russia. I'm not exactly sure he'd feel free to speak openly if he had any thoughts in opposition, or even to overshare info he may get into hot water talking about.

[@jenBaker707]

that haircut takes me right back to 1976

[@thefallenknight2354]

LMAO

[@rageintothelight]

Just discovered your channel today and have been watching the videos most of my day off. It is nice being able to travel with you and not have to encounter the chaos!

[@timmichaelvesper5974]

It was Lenin not Stalin :) Lenin statues are still around in Russia, Belarus, Transnistria and many more former Soviets. Stalin statues are mostly gone though. They were teared down back in Soviet times

[@timmichaelvesper5974]

Should have waited before commenting 😅 you got there in the end

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

wow thanks for the facts brother! very cool. still a bit strange to see a brand new statue of Lenin!

[@oransherf1089]

@@SmallBrainedAmerican stay mcdonia!!!;;;;

[@Ressuu]

@@SmallBrainedAmerican Brand new? really? Why would they build a statue of Lenin in this day and age?? Also, nobody makes or even keeps statues of Stalin, he was a genocidal maniac, you might as well go to Germany next and call every statue as that of a Hitler.

[@JBBost]

Came here to say the same thing, lol, was definitely Lenin. Lenin is my friend, from the motherland! (oppa!)

[@travelwithus-family]

Just came across your channel and have been binge watching all day..Love the content 👍🏽

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

Thank you 🙏

[@Exxy6965]

Same! I've now decided to go through the whole adventure after watching videos from India and Iraq. Extremely entertaining and watch this channel blow up in the near future. It's already happening tbh.

[@KholaKhan-x3q]

Very nice vlogs bro, Regards from Muscat -Oman

[@giomusah2155]

what's yo favorite 2-3 country????@@SmallBrainedAmerican

[@calumvaughan8690]

Loved this video dude. BTW pro travel etiquette tip: when people help you, are friendly to you, hook you up with accommodation, don't ask them controversial questions about politics and war, god damn dude! it's an easy way to lose friends immediately, luckily it went OK for you

[@basilp5179]

I think it depends where you are. Russians are usually very direct people, but perhaps being on video made them less so.

[@balkloth]

They weren’t so tight lipped a few years back

[@cozyflannel]

Yeah heart is def in the right place but knowing the history and current sitch re: Transnistria I was so nervous for him when he asked

[@TempoMontages]

@@basilp5179 yea im sure he would possibly answer if he wasnt on film and in public lol

[@explainedeasyforyou]

Yeah I wanted to say the same - very rude and almost put him under the bus for the views

[@naten7589]

Within the past week I watched your suscribers go up at least 15K. Really taking off! Love your videos! Real travel vlog. No sugar coating. Thanks for doing this!

[@theestateshoppebythreer2094]

When you were asking that man about Russia and Russian Soldiers I was kicking you under the table 😂

[@jonathanodude6660]

cultural differences. if youre used to freedom of speech you dont consider any problem with asking people genuinely without judging their answer.

[@virgilmaralit7817]

He looked like a soldier

[@MarkusHag]

there are many cases of unique bus stops all around the old sovjet areas, and the reason is probably as stated "creating bus stops was one of the few opportunities that artists and architects had under restrictive Soviet regimes to fully express themselves." - Christopher Herwig

[@nikkiselev8474]

Very funny when it is written with capital letters LENIN - ЛЕНИН on each statue and the guy just keep on saying Stalin 😂

[@Bluesykk]

It is extremely normal for people to use well systems in North America, but that doesn't make it poor. I'm pretty well off but I choose to use a well system because it's fresher water

[@FirstYokai]

They didn't choose it, they don't have a choice

[@Bluesykk]

@@FirstYokai Yes, yes the do...

[@FirstYokai]

@@Bluesykk No they don't. Most of the small villages don't have water pipes to connect to and don't have the money to place pipes to their house.

[@HelperUTTP]

Can confirm

[@dakiitto]

where he was they most likely did have tap water but unfiltered, water from the well would be a lot healthier

[@johnmac609]

i'm not sure I'd ever be so trusting. when you left for dinner i thought your bike was gone, dude was gonna take your wallet, dump you in the river... hahaha... fuck. glad that worked out.

[@andreykuratov6778]

Actually when you crossed the border the river valley view was breathtaking, literally the quintessence of wallachian landscape

[@zicdog123]

Not even being funny but that shit look like South Carolina

[@MichaelM1349]

Looks like Ridgeland or Hardeeville lol!

[@zicdog123]

😂

[@fortyozsteak]

What an adventure this is! So awesome. Wish you showed a map of your travels during vids

[@GhettofingerGaming]

Done officially watched every single video, fuking fantastic ride of adventure. Thanks so much for doing this and sharing this time

[@cameronpoupard9966]

God damn the sheer power of that mullet is staggering. I’m surprised Joey Stalls didn’t explode from the magnificence

[@kritsadventures]

Bro Detroit is way worse than this place.

[@xpmsplay]

sorry hear that, but all what related with ruzzia still sucks and no chance on future.

[@rtmclean484]

@@xpmsplay This is not Russia it is part of Moldova

[@raheemabdul1066]

apparntly theres kensington in US, good place!

[@WinstonNewYork]

Bronx, back in da day.

[@Syvergy]

The irony of an American complaining about crumbling infrastructure.

[@zuluking18]

Small brained big heart. I will forgive you for mistaking Lenin as Stalin.

[@RevoeLad]

There’s shitty places like that in rural parts of America and Europe

[@kritsadventures]

Detroit looks worse than that place.

[@swatkabombonica4103]

With US never being flattened to the ground, and had to be rebuilt over, and over, and over again, like Europe, especially Eastern parts. How many times we fought, got invaded, were occupied... Some of us constantly flattened, even back from the Ottomans time( even ending up enslaved for cent), then trough every war, fighting every boot that wanted to goose step around

[@King44192]

@@swatkabombonica4103 give it some time. we're still new. also it's call the civil war

[@DuckiesDad08]

My guy. You know St. Louis, Detroit, Mississippi(THE WHOLE PLACE), and Cleveland exist, right? Lol. They don’t fix those places at all. But the “self worth” comment hit HARD, as a person born into poverty. Good stuff. Also, hope I see you in ATL some time. Love the channel.

[@estebong]

People still use wells. Wells are pretty common in the states lol

[@Robert-bk1dm]

I heard a old man say nastrovia instead of cheers so I used to say it all the time. One time I said it (in a bar of course) and this guy came up to me elated thinking I was from the old country. I had no idea what language or country it was from until now.

[@Reflow1000]

Stalin? That's so American of you ;)

[@smittydubs3639]

6:36 All we had to do was follow the damn Lada CJ!

[@Wookierabbit]

@7:50 It's Lenin, not Stalin.

[@scottporter4524]

If you watch the video, he corrects himself and points out that he was mistaken @ 13:00.....

[@alexisdiaz6371]

16:01 Read the room, man. Transnistria is pro-Russian, and rightly so. You probing for for controversial questions with a man that is being nothing but kind to you is just #&@%# rude.

[@Jackiegoal]

Cubans would be drooling over that road.

[@Wookierabbit]

@ 11:30 LENIN!

[@zmeu_md3831]

hi from Moldova, about the roads , yes we know 😅

[@Haltzo]

Well for these people Stalin was the one that drove the Germans back to Berlin and Stalin was the one that ended WW2 , so it's kind of normal for them to portray him as a hero even tho he was a dictator.

[@guslapinski4854]

Stalin? Really dude? That's sad...

[@TJ-pk8wd]

2:06 - Soviet bus stop!

[@andreasmeyer3593]

quote "This is the poorest part of the world that I have been...." wait till you get to India or Pakistan. At least in Moldova/Transnistria people were very friendly and ready to help, they were not trying to scam you or sell you something you dont need. Also the region that you show is very far away from the main cities, it is deep countryside. I bet you can find much shittier places somewhere in Louisiana countryside.

[@Btfvt]

"You wanna sit on it? Yeah. Be careful, it's big.." 💀

[@Balfour.]

14:32 "Not only is Michael allowing me to sleep in his bed" ☠

[@QueenSnowPea]

I'd be scared of running out of gas.

[@Kristenm28]

People still use WELLS? That's crazy! P.S we still use them in Georgia too. 😂

[@swatkabombonica4103]

😂😂like, what's wrong with using wells? They are prob much healthier then the rest of us drinking, cooking with who knows what

[@Kristenm28]

@@swatkabombonica4103 most definitely!

[@_____J______]

much more clean than those plastic particles full bottled water drinks

[@MrLang883]

@@_____J______Yep and alot more healthier than our chlorine infused tap water here in Sweden too I reckon!

[@mr.b1750]

Apparently you have never been to Detroit it's got so many abandoned buildings and you say that stuff like that doesn't happen in America I don't know where you been but it's all over America

[@undertyped1]

Travelling in a small car is alot easier in strange countries because you can always sleep in it.

[@Tha_Pencil]

>Mistakes Lenin for Stalin Really living up to the name eh? Its alr tho i love the vlogs

[@alyssiawatson4496]

How do you manage to always bring your bike in these countries?

[@frankwest911]

Connor: “How’s life here?” Ukrainian man: “It’s alright it’s not baaad” Several minutes later…. Ukrainian man: “It’s crazy, it’s everything crazy, it’s here crazy, it’s Ukrainian crazy, it’s Russian crazy… idk it’s fucking crazy for me” 😶

[@Eternal1811]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@richnz44]

I think he was referring to the situation in Ukraine... Which is completely crazy. Hence Ukrainians hiding out in Transnistria or pretty much anywhere else.

[@wr1120]

It might be that there's only one statue of Stalin left in the whole of Europe and that's the one on top of his grave.

[@JimmyMarleyGM]

U got big balls trusting that little bike with no one around to help if your bike brakes down😂

[@nedthestaffieegan3452]

I remember reading a travelogue about Transnistria before and the writer found out the hard way there was only one hotel 😂

[@ReptilianMom]

The biggest thing I learn from these videos is that you everyone is so much nicer than in the US. 😭

[@nobody_gtk]

"the farther one travels, the less one really knows"

[@KarnageKollectibles]

That was Lenin not Stalin lol. CLOSE :D

[@TheSecurityAgency]

This is a statue of Lenin, the guy Stallin killed. History is definitely not your forte.

[@GRexOsnaRap]

Thats not Stalin , thats Lenin dude ^^

[@perttiheinikko3780]

Brother - really... Lenin... Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov...

[@caclso4909]

I highly doubt those Lenin statues are new, they could be restored though. Russians value their history a lot. Many of them (mostly older generations) miss Soviet times, but, overall, i'd say that communist ideas are rather not popular in Russia (not sure if this can be said about Transnistria as well)

[@roycegracie4321]

why don't you use booking or something ? its very tiring to hunt for a hotel

[@urbexandbrokenthings4806]

have you been to Detroit?

[@KRich408]

If you ever come back to the USA you want to see poverished towns with lots of abandoned buildings and whole housing complexes visit Johnstown Pa just be careful in areas like Hornerstown, this city was frozen in time they completely gave up on it decades ago! Housing was extremely inexpensive until COVID, I purchased a house in Good shape for $7500.00 but it's now abandoned because of issues with the town itself I just gave up and washed my hands of it. I couldn't give it away things got so bad there. People in other countries have a false image of the USA being wealthy??? If you go there you will understand.

[@IbrahimMuhammad_114]

And unlike here the locals aren’t friendly

[@badxradxandy]

Can't believe I'm finding this channel now. I got a lot of old videos to watch. Thank you bro and I hope you are well.

[@MrTomkelso22]

I found one of your videos, I dig your presentation, so I found your page on KZbin. You should check out South Korea and while you are there, hit up Japan. Lots of night life to see. Some crazy shit. Look forward to seeing more. Safe travels bro.

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

The plan is to go all the way from Ireland to Japan my dude . Thanks for the support brotha, much more to come

[@oransherf1089]

@@SmallBrainedAmerican mayb its time go bac to usa 2 work 😀;;;;

[@ffilippop]

Bro love your channel been binge watching since I found it. By the way if you go to Italy you'll still see statues and monuments of Mussolini and fascism a lot too, they didn't get rid of them there either cause it is part of the history.

[@Barock.Johnson]

16:17 In his mind he's thinking, 'stupid American thinking we drink all the time'

[@Camquarters]

The GTA music started and I lost it

[@fdk7014]

The statue literally says LENIN but .. "Oh look, a statue of Stalin again"

[@jrh86]

Great people great country ❤❤ thank you for your superb videos of culture and humanity.

[@culpritdesign]

Russians are serious about not drinking and driving.

[@GotDamBoi]

"it's the poorest place i've ever seen, they still use wells" huh

[@Objectivityiskey]

I've been watching your videos and I think I'm beginning to understand you! 👍👍

[@nikitakokarev5276]

Отличная семья, отличные люди. Мне нравится качества наших людей. Открытость, честность, прямолинейность. Нигде блять больше этого не осталось. Great family, great people. I like the quality of Russian people. Openness, honesty, straightforwardness. There's no fucking place left like this anymore.

[@spjallow]

That’s a statue of Lenin, not Stalin.

[@batbawls]

Where are the Megatron statues??

[@Ash3luvs]

As a teenager who is growing up in moldova and made a lot of memories here i can respect your opinions as moldova gained its independence not very long ago. This is why moldova is very much poor and left to rot and why it may be a surprise to you. Also as a kid growing up i never tought that moldovan people are njce but this really changed my perspective thank you

[@w3livewelovewelie]

1:44 as a fellow post soviet country resident, so true. i always wanted to see how americans would react to roads here

[@Tobi-ln9xr]

3:00 Have you ever been to St.Louis, Baltimore, Detroit or Chicago?

[@Bazzabazeman]

15:45 I would have never dared to even record myself thinking that question in my mind, I swear Russia would try to have you hung for espionage in some way. What an amazing series of videos tho man, gives me the same feeling as GeoWizard's content.

[@pudingauriz]

why never use a translator on ur phone tho

[@LeprosuGnome]

The people in these war ravaged countries are always kind. A shame governements will do it's thing no matter where they are, and it's people will suffer for it... :(

[@culpritdesign]

You should make a video on Soviet bus stops.

[@chaanmaii]

BEHIND ENEMY LINES REDO, why more entertaining 😂👍

[@nik205]

It would be interesting to see your journey across Russia from Kaliningrad or St. Petersburg through Moscow and further east to Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, and further to Vladivostok. Are there any plans for something similar? I’m sure there will be a lot of content and you’ll probably meet a lot of “Stalins” all over the country. lol

[@JohnSmith-qy1wm]

Honestly I've been in places just as impoverished looking in the US South. Particularly in towns that were basically railroad towns, where the rail doesn't come through any more.

[@Edinboron]

IKR! That "abandoned" school looks very much like schools in rural Louisiana

[@breeze_japanese]

I was thinking the same thing. This dude hasn't seen rust belt America.

[@OJ-Simpson]

Awesome video. How's that motorcycle treating you?

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

She’s doing alright bro- still the occasional electrical problem every now and then. Thanks for checking in OJ 🫶

[@enigma9315]

Side quest , after side quest, fucking amazing dude 😂. Thank you for inspiring and making my decision to travel more easier.

[@Snibble]

Hey man your channel is great! I remember finding Bald and Bankrupt when he was about this big. I'll keep watching you until your channel is as big as his now! :)

[@syndicalistcat3138]

*Ah, I See You're a Man of Culture As Well!*

[@european-one]

Hopefully he doesn't turn out to be a sex pest like bald and bankrupt, though

[@gudelis2171]

Bald and bankrupt is a creep

[@Snibble]

@@gudelis2171 yeah.. I started to notice that apart from the rumours. I just unsubbed the other day

[@lependu403]

I live in the US and a lot of our buldings look like this. We don't need well water but there are so many crack houses, abandoned buildings, dead malls... the bridges have paint and rust flaking off. These videos make me realize the US is not a 1st world country.

[@generalmartok3990]

Watching a video made you think that but actually living it will make you realize just how lucky you are.

[@lependu403]

@@generalmartok3990 I just said we aren't a 1st world country. I didn't say we are a 3rd world country. We just aren't as high on the food chain as we proclaim to be. Lots of homeless and crime were I live, we have a crime rate of 34 crimes per 1,000 people in a region of 146,000. We have people who go without hearing aids, glasses, and dentures. I worked at a bank the assistant manager could not afford the hearing aids she needed - while working a full time job. I know people who work for tech companies that have rotting missing teeth because they can't afford to do anything about it. The dynamic isn't the abject poverty you see in unicef commercials but it's not good here. We have for profit prisons that benefit from keeping prisoners stuck in the prison system. We also have an insane decline in our political system to the point where we have 2 of 3 powerful presidential candidates that have connections to a child sex ring - we can't get these people to stop running either. It doesn't matter how we vote. Our education system is so poor many people don't know how many states there are and can't participate in any discussion on global events because they can't point out the countries on a map. Majority of us don't even know how to take care of ourselves, how our reproductive organs work because we have a conservative relgious influence in our education. In 2021 we had a portion of the population supporting a coup to overthrow the president elect. We have an entire town that is ruined by a toxic level of lead in their drinking water for YEARS and no one will help them. We have people living in their cars with full-time jobs. Some countries have warlords and gangs, we have legal entities strangeling us financially and we can't get out because there is a $50k+ paywall around the most basic of educations. Oh and the number one killer of children here is firearms. Children are being shot. Sometimes for the sheer fun of it by people that are insane and can't get healthcare. The reason the US LOOKS good is because people here don't pay for things with cash like most do in other countries. Our banks are FDIC insured so we have more faith in banking and therefor we use credit more than most societies. Wealth and security is built on debt here. That's all we got going for us. To sit back and say this is fine, that were lucky, that this isnt the top part of a downward spiral, is just sticking our heads in the sand. The writing is on the wall. I dont know what we are but we arent 1st world anymore.

[@jacobsadini4296]

I was screaming Lenin after the first one

[@angstmanne]

Great channel man!

[@DoctorrMetal]

Its funny how many times you said stalin in this video and every time it was Vlad Lenin

[@weqe2278]

Like Lenin said, I'm a walrus.

[@virgilmaralit7817]

What happens if you run out of gas??

[@MdLanguage]

That school or cultural house you visited there looks in much better condition than the school where I completed my primary education, here in Chile, during Pinochet's dictatorship. You were wondering about how conditions like those might affect your adulthood, well, I've been on therapy for many years.

[@grantmeister1420]

7:50 bro has no idea who what statue is

[@zokisvasta]

"This is a clock." 💀

[@favourites1498]

thank you for doing this