it was good having you in Ethiopia my brother and I am really sorry that you experienced a robbery in our country I'm so sad for that but you made it. have a nice road a head of you

Been in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa once, in 2016. Almost been robbed, caught a guy red handed when he was taking my passport with flight ticket out of my pocket. Few hours later my friend has been forced to give away his money. If the government steals from the regular people, no wonder why regular people steals from others ;)

Hello Yves! Those empty settlements/structures you saw along the way is normal because being pastoralist Borana people migrate from one settlement to another depending on the availability of pasture and water for their livestock.

Sorry about the robbery. It's a pity because Ethiopia is a beautiful country with amazing people. Karibu (welcome) Kenya Yves! Looking forward to your adventures across my homeland.

Love the honest reactions to a country. that's why we watch you. It's just a very authentic trip through a country in a very crazy way, and you seem like a genuine guy. Never change

I am glad that you completed your way through Ethiopia almost safely. But one thing I want to tell you is You should not get annoyed when they take pictures of you because you are literally filming them everywhere you go without their consent as well.

I am glad that you completed your way through Ethiopia almost safely. Wish you all the best in your remain journey.

As a Kenyan who has lived in Ethiopia & traveled across the different regions, quite a bit I must say Kudos… for hacking Ethiopia. Really, well done on hacking Ethiopia. It’s a beautiful country, with such lovely people, but can be very difficult to navigate. The guy who was asking you “How many years” means how long have you been cycling from France. They mean well but can come off as a lot because you are not used to it. Don’t feel bad, they mean well. Also, you should not get annoyed when they take pictures of you because you are literally filming them everywhere you go without their consent as well. Finally, Well done on going through Ethiopia. 🙌🏾 Welcome to Kenya. You will love Kenyans. They’re very warm people. You can tell right at the border… Kenyans are so lovely. Karibu Kenya.

A new subscriber here🖐️ it's so sad what you went through,,but hey you finally made it!! Welcome to Kenya🇰🇪 Hakuna Matata.

It is difficult to do business especially exporting ,in Ethiopia because of the currency issues.after 9monthes in my country you finally found the giant robber and gambler. - Have a good journey.

A bike tour like this all alone is pretty brave, the peaceful people greet you, the dangerous people exclude you. They stick to you like flies.

Yes, Ethiopia is quite tricky for foreigners. They make it quite difficult for you to take out or receive dollars because government still practices market controls. They have a long way to go in that regard

I'm not surprised you got robbed, I'm surprised you're still alive while traveling across these dangerous remote areas. Ethiopia is not even safe for us Ethiopians to travel outside of Addis Ababa nowadays. People are losing their lives simply, because of their ethnicity or religion. Please, be careful! :)

Behalf of my country Ethiopia I'm really sorry. 😢 keep going your Journey and be complete successfully your plan. God bless you my brother from French.

Good luck Yves , it was a wonderful time following your journey in Ethiopia. we miss you 😊

Wow, what a trip! Even on your more difficult days your joy of travel comes across well.

Hello Yves! I'm sorry for that bad situation you got with the country and look forward for your new jurny

So happy you arrived in Kenya!!! A new country to explore 😃

Yves I really enjoyed your travels across Ethiopia. I’m looking forward to seeing how Kenya turns out .😃👍

Love your videos! You are very kind.

VERY COOL! Crossing the border to KENYA. I'm looking forward to seeing how different it is from the Ethiopia travels.

Wish you a happy tour ahead. I am sorry for the bad experience you got from the Government!

Doesn't look worth all the hassle and don't look fun. You are a brave man!

Yves. Don't fell bad totally, one hungry person, will not substitute the entire your journey you made with peaceful in Ethiopia specially, South Conso❤😊. No matter we Ethiopian are always with you with any kind of support 🎗️. Have a nice journey to Kenya there our best brothers of Kenyan ❤

Hello Yves. I really enjoyed watching every episode of you bravely trekking my country Ethiopia. I'm sorry for all the injustices that happened while you there, but we know humans suck sometimes. I'm looking forward to seeing your adventures through our beloved neighbor country Kenya. I am sure you will love it!

You are courageous to have traveled to ethiopia at this moment in time.

Happy to see you starting a new adventure!

You are the best! Missing you and your adventures, authentic adventures and always has a very different experience. Seems for them you are bag of money travelling the world, let's have some thousands 🤦🏽‍♂ RESPECT Yves, never stop for such incidents brother, you deserve all the support for the tough non-stop exciting travel wallah

Thank you for visiting us

The amount of people that straight up stalked you and harassed you is insane. Very unsettling, even if they didn't mean harm, following someone like that is not normal or acceptable behavior

You certainly seem to be sort of fearless. I would not feel safe at all traveling through those areas alone. Adventurous soul!

Thank you for sharing this information with us and the whole world. You said it very clearly about how hard it is for Ethiopian people doing business. That’s so true. The government is big mess. Another good example is the difference between Ethiopian Moyale and Kenyan Moyale just after crossing the border😢.

The reason as to why you find abandoned settlements ( villages) is because most of the people in those areas and generally in Ethiopia are Nomadic pastoralists hence they always move around with their herds looking for greener pastures .

In 80s I walked from Mega to Moyale Kenya and I felt the difference between Ethiopia and Kenya immediately i set foot in Kenya 🇰🇪. Sorry for whatever happened in Ethiopia, but that's true, I hope they watch this and learn to do better

Stay strong, your struggles are appreciated

Good luck Yves ❤

HI I FOLLOWED ALL YOUR POST FROM FRANCE UP TO MOYAĹE KENYA!YOUR TRIP IN BORANA ZONE WAS FANTASTIC IF I MAY SAY,EXCEPT AFTER MEGA YOUR MOODS CHANGED COMPLETELY PROBABLY YOU WERE TIRED! ONCE IN NAIROBI GET IN TOUCH WITH ME FOR A CUP OF TEA. ENJOY YOUR REST OF TRIP TO NAIROBI. GALATOOM GALATOOM GALATOOM BORANAS ARE GOOD PEOPLE THEY ARE FOUND IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA,NORTHERN KENYA COUNTIES OF MARSABIT AND ISIOLO COUNTIES PLUS TANARIVER COUNTY IN COAST REGION.

Thank you for pointing out the economic injustice the Ethiopian government is committing.

Great channel!

You are amazing and resilience person, you never scared any thing, you always ride any where you sleep any place, I surprised your encampment, you are too strong person, i always follows you.

This man talking about “only 100 km in one day “ so nonchalantly is crazy to me

I am glad you made it out of Ethiopia, You really deserve this. Now let's see our neighbor Kenya :)

This is quite comical, and your rants are quite entertaining 😆😆

Mega, my home town thank you for visiting!

Bro congratulations you did it, am actually in Ethiopia with my family and we have the same freaking issue With people starting at us it's actually very annoying so I completely get you bro. but yeah congrats, maybe I will see you soon cause my family and I are traveling to Kenya soon so yeah.

Welcome to 🇰🇪 , we have an awesome cycling community hear. We should have a cycle event to escort you to Nairobi 🎉🎉

Enjoyed the video, I’ve watched several since I found your channel a month or so ago. All have been great videos one of your Syria videos was the 1st to randomly pop up in my search the other month.. your meal looked good.. just about to have some Dauphinoise potatoes & roast vegetables 😊.. I’ll look forward to your next video, just subscribed..

Hello Yves, you are a very good man, i like you and your videos are the best ever! 🙂

In Ethiopia they take the term "follower" quite literally 😂 all the best and be safe.

@KinoYves nice to see your KZfaq again. I am actually surprised with your reaction when the people take your picture as you eat. Since the beginning of your journey first video till episode 66, you have been filming yourself as you eat and also you did film others as they eat, and as they perform their daily activities. It doesn't make sense to make a big deal out of this. You have been followed by kids and any local people on the roads as you travel but you never complained. Unfortunately, at the Ethiopian border you expressed the hate against the people & complained too much. You understood the Borana zone people wrong, they don't harm you, they are just surprised to see someone crossing the board by E-Bike. Stay strong, and safe journey in Kenya! Karibu Kenya, nyumbany yetu ya pili, kwa ndugu na dada zetu!!!

I admire your potential brother you are doing a great Job,

This is amazing !! Love this guy.

You must admit a random guy on a tricycle- bike is kind of interesting.

I couldn't be bothered riding a bike to the local supermarket but love riding motorcycles all over the world, hats off to you mate. Stay safe!

Welcome to Kenya and hope you have a smooth and easy interesting journey

Being asked the same questions, multiple times, every day, for months, even years. I don't know you, but you must be one of the most patient guy on this planet

as an Ethiopian i am sorry this happen to you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Welcome to Kenya 🇰🇪, am looking forward to this series,if you will be around Rift Valley let me know.

Greetings Yves from Staten Island New York🇺🇸Your videos are awesome and real

I came across your vlog....and kinda love every episode you r making....

I thought having followers were good for your safety. Maybe people who watched your previous videos where you were paying a follower for your safety just misunderstood you like me. I believe they wanted to make sure you felt safe at their region by keeping you company on the road and guide you to the right location. That’s African thing too. Greetings, welcoming, and guiding.

Now you understand how celebrities feel in your country. )

Nice new channel I’ve just found on my “For You” page. Subbed, faved & set notifications 🔔 to ALL. Looks like I’ve got to scroll down your page to the beginning. Stay safe out there brother 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

i am sorry for the experience that you had in my country. I wish you could had a better time there Maybe one day everything be good again and u visit us back. Good luck with the journey.❤

Just came across your video OMG, I am scared for you riding across such remote areas. Be careful.

I'm very proud and happy for you for finally exiting Ethiopia❤I hope they are not very annoying about the camera in kenya

Yves become a KZfaq star lol I remember when you didn’t even have 500 subscribers lol 😂 now you become super star ⭐️ 😂

i'm glad u left. its just very hard to work also to grow i'm happy for u kin.

Hello Yves! I'm sorry for that terrible robbery from the government, it is actually frustrating since it prevents people from visiting these countries. Also you are becoming famous so you better get used to people stopping and waving at you :P

Merci ! Tu me fais tellement voyager un petit don pour le nombre de vidéos que j'ai regardé de toi ! A quand un tour de Bretagne ? T'inquiètes on te laissera manger MDR

The guy in purple blew Yves’ cover ‘ I saw you club hopping, dance with some ladies’ lol😂😂😂

Keep on moving❤

Hello, Yves. Perhaps, you should move your tricycle from the road and hide it in bushes if you want to make a stop. But I'm not sure if locals also won't find you there 😂 Have a good trip and take care!

Pitiful! How sad that even the gov does not see the long term benefits of fair transaction with wealth bringing foreigners. I agree with what you said about how harsh it could be with citizens if they are this bad with foreigners whose primary mode of business is the currency of their own homeland.

Welcome to Kenya ,I always watch your videos

Hi Kino I love your videos and you are a brave man who dared to cross Ethiopia in thosetimes, one thing I observed is that you have the same attitude when you left Sudan got in Ethiopia as now when you left Ethiopia and came to Kenya.

I believe they are nomads, i.e. they move from place to place with their livestock depending on where they can get pasture. this is a common way of life in semi arid areas

Thats Terrible about the government doing that. How long do think it will take to go through Kenya? Doing any Safaris? Im surprised the news hasn't picked up your story yet. Especially how many are starting to recognize you. Continue the challenging journey and looking forward to learning about Kenya.

Hahahahaha the heaviest traffic jam all the time hit me different

I can't wait the next vlog

Yves is a very humble person. he answers evry boring like what is your name,where are you going, where are you from and... etc questions without frustration. if it was me i am gone say don't ask me the same fu**ing question get out of my way.and then imagine that AK47. just kidding 😂

I understand that you feel like you were robbed, but the official exchange rate of 1 USD to 55.16 Ethiopian Birr is available online. The black market rate is higher, at 100 or 105 ETB, but it is illegal. I don't think banks would be willing to exchange currency at the black market rate.

Summer in south Ethiopia is amazing ❤

I hope your Kenya adventure will be so much better, it's sad to see people behave this way, the bikers chasing you never came across the word harassment, it's one thing to say hello and move on but being chased is flat out annoying and nerves triggering, however you carry yourself properly, 10/10 you know exactly how to deal with these situations. People need to understand how they treat foreigners is what makes or breaks someone else's decision to visit your country.

Welcome to KENYA

Can't wait to see what Kenia brings. Good luck!

Kenyaaa here you come! Well done Yves for making it!

The abandoned village around Mega is because of Drought. I mean because of the absence of five consecutive rainy season approximately 95% of livestock of Borena are died. So, in order to get some relief the Borena people settled near the main road. But now thanks to God every thing is changed as you saw.

I am a Kenyan I was in Addis Ababa a few months ago and I was using my Kenyan visa card and used Ethiopian ATM-- The rate was superfrustating ---EVERY 10$ i was widhdrawing I was losing $7 dollars on exchange rate I was like what the f.. is that--- the people I meet on road and in Ethiopia were superfriendly except. Welcome to Kenya -- more friendly --- English speaking Country and hopefully you will enjoy Kenya -=smaller than Ethiopia

After completed this epic adventure in Ethiopia i expect you to speak conclusion of this extraordinary adventure, i feel bad for what happen to you, but other than problem of currency difference b/n government and black market ,your travel much worthy than currency differences. Stay safe and wishing you nice adventure

thank you so much for being honest i saw many of Ethiopians coments saying you're not doing right for saying you were robbed but that's the reality they robbed you shame on them that's not nice at all welcome to 🇰🇪

Being a tourist in such a place, this kind of attention from the locals will be an expected price to pay on the journey.

Your bravery in remote Ethiopia is commendable, but it's important to address a significant aspect. In these areas, most locals live below the poverty line and have limited exposure to the outside world. To them, seeing a white person on a tricycle is an extraordinary and rare occurrence. While it's understandable to feel overwhelmed by the constant attention and curiosity, it's worth noting that you intentionally chose this route through their towns and villages, which naturally invites such reactions. These individuals have limited access to education and experiences beyond their immediate surroundings, intensifying their fascination with your journey. Instead of showing your arrogance and complaints , consider them as opportunities to understand the consequences of your actions. Your adventurous spirit is commendable, but it's essential to anticipate and accept the natural results of your actions in these unique contexts. If you seek a quieter riding experience, returning to the tranquility of France might be an option. Recognizing the challenges and embracing them as opportunities for personal growth is a path towards understanding and humility. 🚴‍♂️🌍

Looks mega cold and wet...good luck and safe travels.

Am so impressed how you take a Risk to ride a tricycle on Kenya Road

It was a difficult day at first, with the crowding really unbearable. It is unfortunate that you were robbed without compensation. Care must be taken regarding the currency and transfer it correctly, without transgressing against foreigners’ money or other currencies. It's good that you entered Kenya in this video. I'm happy for you Yves I wish you a good trip ❤

Well, I'm confused. Are you saying the government people use the official exchange rate and because it is less than the black market rate you feel you are robbed? If you made exchange in black market did you know you would be in prison? Anyway, good luck in Kenya.

I love the chases always in South Africa, I find it so amazingly funny when they just stably drive next to you hahaha

Hello,thank you for sharing adventure,you are motivated me, I hope for you peace journey

Welcome to moyale