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He does post daily stories on his insta tbf

Yes and I really needed that confirmation. It's always a mystery

Not really someone could use his equipment to post them. To certain point...

@@ryangreenhalgh5513 ok I don't use insta so I was not informed nice to see him back

they wanted to see the beautiful natural scenery, but he probably thought the Englishman wanted to see some architecture and technology, and did his best to show him that lol

Now his family history divided between "Before Bald"s visit" and "After Bald"s visit".

@@franekbuczkowski2278 yes, sorry B n B, but you seemed a bit like a 1 man 'special operation', also a point knocked off for not having a closer up look at that motorbike, it would probably be worth a fortune, either way, i love old bikes, also the history, might of even been passed down from his grandfather, oh and i'm being really harsh now but a map of where you were and where you were going would of been helpful, ok now i will put a soc in it!

Poor guy.

@@Adam-xl3mo the poor fella only got £20 or worse still $20 for all his efforts and took them to see his family, it looks bad, new years eve here in uk, £20 in a taxi might get you half a mile

Did she die?

I have to disagree ...the internet was made for naked females but this video is good as well

You're wrong. The internet was made for pornhub, instagram posts and sky news. ;) :P

He needs to stop bringing Elenchik to places she doesn't want to go, though

Ah a fellow Kiwi! I love his content too

@@tevarinvagabond1192 how tf do you know she doesn't want to go?

Great idea.

Piss house 🏠

They have the same idea all over Thailand. They are called _"Sala"._

that's exactly what my partner said when she saw them. seems common in eastern block countries of old

R/whooosh

Hello my friend. You were right, it was safe ))

Was surprised how he kept bitching about everywhere the guy was showing him. Like what exactly was he expecting?

wait that kinda makes sense lmao

Such a pleasant observation.

yea it seems lie he was showing their most modern infrastructure. like they are proud of having that capability. An appropriate response would have been... wow hydro power!

Cool perspective!

he meant well, but the contrast was painful when they got on the motorbike. Now that was looking like good fun ;p

@@vladimirstok149 Any man riding a WW2 soviet sidecar motorcycle around in a bomber jacket is gonna be a character, no question. all the taxi drivers seem to know each other too

his selection of places was probably because its far away to drive, what alse to do 3 hours he thought

Maybe there’s some sort of historical significance to the sites that was lost on Bald.

I bet he LITERALLY paid to goto the guys house.

@@bernadettemccarthyflahive5357 I can imagine some power station to be the most significant infrastructure project of the century there, so to others it might just be some muddy pond and a building, but to them it might be the most relevant thing out there. For them its construction could had been a massively big deal they are proud of. Some 1 MWh powerstation by the river could be their Hoover dam they worked years on to get built. But who really knows. I might just be another condescending westerner, and that guide really just had nothing to show, and not even the locals would see that mud pond as impressive.

:(

He brought them to places that need foreign investment, then took them to his home to bribe them with KitKat. The guy's cleverer than they thought!

The babushka told Bald "don't take my picture. Get your bald ass outta here!"

Its a good video BUT nothing will ever come close to the "Chernobyl Village BBQ Gone Wrong" video, thats the best video on the platform.

That's really interesting! Thanks

When the internet really is awesome - someone taking us around random places, and a guy filling in the blanks with correct info. Thanks for sharing

thank you for explaining

and f you bro, don't be so judgmental ! It was such a great experience for you, and all because of that driver. XD we could have left too after watching the 1st 2-3 destination ;) , but we waited coz we trust you with the awesome content ! cheers

He travels so we don't have to!

Really? It more makes me want to go to these places, actually

Lmao

Amazing aircraft for sure

Good to know, my very first plane ride was with an AN-2... I didn't feel very safe in it though, but I trust Soviet technology :D

The bi-plane is not An-2

Most of soviet AN-2 were produced in Poland...

Amazing airplane, but it can't fly in rain?

That's so tragic.. . Thank you for sharing.

how do u know abt so deep history of central asia? since u live in Albania

@@Blackbirdz2000 I like to read.

@@forestforthetrees7173 may i ask which book and who is the author?

I thought Alexander the greats wife Roxana was Bactrian ?

Something tells me he's a gamer or is well versed in some kind of meme knowledge.

That Kid had style and the mug face of a „cultured man“

It probably comes from Fortnite or something

then they'll ask for your western passport, just to realize they only can read cyrillic

If the highlight of the place is the electricity sub station he did pretty well

I'm actually kinda suprised he didn't enjoyed it since he's always going to old sometimes abandoned decrepit structures just to marvel at the SOVIET ingenuity

It really was a deeper look into the area and what it mean to locals than a tour would have given elsewhere. Had bald not been traveling a partner I think he would've indulged the taxi driver a bit more.

This was really funny. I don't laugh much but this tour was a joy.

The only issue was the language and communication Not being too fluent

Do you know the IATA or icao Code for sokh Airport

Your exclave is beautiful. I do hope to visit someday. With love from America.

@@CaptCovfefe515 what country in America

Greetings from Chile!!!

@@user-bm4cd9mc8q In the USA, they usually call "America" their country. For me (as a south american from Chile) that sounds ridiculous, because for us AMERICA IS A CONTINENT, NOT A FUCKIN SINGLE COUNTRY

Are you from sokh?

@@tito6121 are you from Yugoslavia? xD

@@thebastian1769 yes

@@tito6121 the nick gave it away bro!

I think so. The driver was showing what his homeland is 'really' like.

Yeah... Safe... There is no way that plane is getting proper inspections. The pilots didn't even have seatbelts on. They give no shits.

@@gary_neilson1896 Safest in ze world

@@killdizzle yeah, and for the pilot is more of an obstruction really.

I haven't watched the video yet but assuming you mean the Bi plane? I've jumped out of one in England, time to watch the video ha

When I heard soviet biplane I knew it would be an An-2. It is a really cool airplane and it seems to be extremely reliable/low maintenance

@@user-hq5ue7td8d почему?

You cant be from there. This is no man's land with no internet or electricity.

@@beckslemon10090 I think you don't know about Sokh. Am I right?

@@beckslemon10090 You come to Sukh first, then talk about Sukh.

@@beckslemon10090 are u joking?😂 Fortunately,More than 80% people in Sokh can speak Russian and English and yes we have an Internet 🤣

Fully enjoyed, didn't smell of dirty socks too much I guess.

Бизнес надо открыват на Сохский

Amazing stall speed? Dude, in the emergency landing procedure for engine out in poor visibility is to just pull back and it will "fall at parachute speed" according to the manual. I practically doesn't have a stall speed, probably one of the safest things to fly in.

except it isnt is it

As I flew on them a couple of times (they are still used by the general aviation in my country for cropdusting and spraying insecticide to kill mosquitoes during the summer), I can testify that it is an awesome experience to fly on these. It's loud, it's shaky (if you fly into a turbulence, you'll feel like going over potholes at a high speed), it's smelly... but it's definetly a great experience. Unfortunately, less and less of these are flying in my home country (due to EU regulations and stuff), but whenever I see one coming in at rooftop levels, or only hear the characteristic roar of the Shvetsov radial engine, I still get goosebumps.

name of the plane?

@@proper_noun436 Antonov An-2

highly agreed!

It's crazy to see how far from this idea we have come in "modern Western society". We need everything and always need more. These people are truely living in peace with their lives being very basic for our standards.

Yep, that line really hit me--that man knows what is to not have peace so he understands how important it is. In the West we don't know anything else and take it for granted.

It was pretty interesting. I really enjoyed it.

They are probably the first tourists ever thats not from that region

@@KristianDabeski Probably not

It is ok. He got paid. (:

Dude, he did his best. Its the outlands, what do you expect, lmao!

He only knew places he'd take ladies for some privacy

It reminded me of Borat giving a tour of his village lol

Did you see the outer village/the house he showed? The driver was proud of the electricity plant, the fields, his house. I'd probably be proud too if I lived there, it's seems like the most modern thing in the city!

Iirc, the AN2, a 1947 design, has one of the lowest stall speeds of any plane in the world, think it can still fly at 70km/h...some of them are still used in eastern european countries for tasks such as parachuting, spraying anti mosquito stuff, crop spraying, etc

@@Darkestestmatter Exactly as you say ... A simple and very balanced plane, even at his venerable age .....

As Basil Brush said

Cute.

Approved

😂😂, don't give up the day job just yet 😄

@@awhisperinthewind4253 Oh c'mon, I lightly chuckled at that. I laughed harder at your comment though 🤣

for an italian he speaks a very comprehensive english, do you know why ?

@@marcogarbin2977 good question. maybe it's related with being from brighton, in the south?

@@somekindofaperson ok thanks....next time in uk Brighton only

Bald and Harald the best

@@marcogarbin2977 italian? i thought he was a brit, he acts like one, speaks like one, thinks like one, the only discrepancy is that he is willing to go places and can handle non-bland food

...'''You get nothing but chat from Elena_Chick....'' LoL

they were just missing the part where there was a duck smuggled out of the capital, un Alinchik's bra.

I loved the callback to the first time they tried to go to Sox. Like, not only does he seem like he has a plan.... he actually does have a plan!

OMG actually lolled at that haha.

cool little story about your father, I find it humbling to meet simple folk who work hard for their existence, they are usually extremely kind and hospitable despite not having much, why people travel to go and find malls and tourist operators I'll never understand

Yeah you see the pride they show of the construction projects, the reservoir -growing up in this area you assume these visitors want to see your town achievements. You may even hope they are looking for partnerships to help your community grow - you are eager to make impression. Bald shows real people and learns vs consumes. Your father I am sure is smiling.

Happy Birthday to your father, Paul. It sounds like he would of enjoyed joining Bald in that living room with the Taxi Driver / Tourist Gide’s family, dropping lumps of sugar in rose scented tea and finding out about the geopolitics of water stream annexations. Some places, just on appearances mind you, are so attractive that they give the illusion of peace and tranquility. Sox, and judging by the people we met there, seems like one of those places. I’d love Bald to take a trip through rural Japan, as I think his insights would be very illuminating. Thanks for sharing with us who your father was, as he sounds like he was a really nice guy. Best. ( I should add, that I wrote my response above in no way in competition with any other commenters - whose own responses I haven’t read - nor your own, as I genuinely found it touching that you shared a personal moment with which to contextualise Bald’s small journey for us, and that’s what had touched me and from the same place from which I chose to make my own response; in the small and simple kindnesses of others. Best again to you and for your father’s legacy here.)

I spent a little time in East Texas in the mid 90s, about 20 miles south of Lufkin. I found the people there very warm and hospitable. I am Canadian and we can be a little cold and aloof and some of the people and culture there rubbed off on me and influenced me. I was blessed to have had my eyes opened and to have been able to spend time there. Your Dad sounds like he was a great man!

So touching...

And people with money are incredibly greedy , from my experience 🤣

Those who have less gives more. 👍🏼

Poor is not he who has little, poor is he who needs infinitely much!

That's why beggars beg by 99c Only! and not by Bloomingdales

they just wanna be on youtube bro

@ Rajesh R. LOL, That's so funny!!! Well put.

Not everyone can be like Rami

That's one of the best personal stories I've ever heard! Thanks for sharing it. Your father was clearly a legend, and a hero for helping people escape from communism. You should write a book about him, I would bet he has had a lot of incredible adventures in his lifetime. And l will search Henryk Prokop!

Ah thats your dad? What a guy. Terrific story he has.

Amazing story, thanks for sharing and kudos to your heroic Dad.

Your father was a legend. I'm a native Polish speaker so I can help you translate some things if you'd like.

There’s a movie just waiting to be made….👍

I think i had more fun than Bald and Alina. hahaahhahaha

@@fridakahlua6674 definitely, Sokh was great in bite sized form, had a smile on my face the whole time. but they did too lol must have been so bad for them that it was good at times and ofc aleinchek makes everything better.

Hahahahhahahahahh

kid was a legend

This kid was my favorite part!

and Alina just hopped in like the driver was her boyfriend. hahahahahahahhaha I love this episode so much!

He went all Yorkshire for some reason!

..provided there's no wind shear, the pilot finds a nice long and straight area to land on with no trees etc.

@@ExcessCongruence Even still, it's a famously durable aircraft

150 kg/hour of fuel

They try and fail to replace AN-2 - an old work horse with wings made of textile :) My dad has flown those in Polar Region.

Most Antonov are and were. RIP AN225

I mean I think he goes to 'bad' places quite often, most of the places he visits are definitely quite far from touristy haha. Bald is a legend

and burns tonns of fuel because its aerodinamic equall to aerodinamic of winged fridge =) Love this plane tho

😊👍

Lots of AN-2's are still in use - also in the west. They are usually used to connect to isolated places and smaller islands, aswell as private use. In Germany they have (previously) been used as charter to smaller islands such as Sylt, Helgoland, etc. They are more reliable and robust than similar sized and similar aged Cessnas. AN-2's where made in two countries, in The Soviet and by polish Mielec. I believe the AN-2P in the video is actually not a soviet build, but rather a polish build - judging by the number of passengers. The polish build had a few extra seats fitted compared to the soviet.

There used to be a couple still in use in the U.K. I went in one at Cardiff Airport in Wales, during the 90’s. Very slow stall speed. About 38mph. We removed a big window in flight and stuck our heads out!! Awesome.

Это тот самолёт, который мы называли «кукурузник»? Помню почти 60 лет тому назад в аэроклубе мы прыгали с парашютом с « кукурузника»….P.S. that’s how to be bilingual - I read in English, think and answer in Russian.. lol

i wonder: what do most young people these days over there work as? do they stay in their villages or do they move to the towns and do they get more "modern" jobs? or do many even move abroad?

I will go to Sox and visit the field that Bald and Alina went to. That was a classic field.

@@musictraining5071 they mostly go to Russia to make for their living. But recently the youth have started moving to cities for studying purpose of course

@@lefroy1 of course. I will personally show you those places

Wow man, Internet is fantastic, a local from such small place showed up! What are the chances?? Hope you're doing great man, cheers from Spain!

Well it is just the plane cockpit. Nothing is secret there.

What goes on in the cockpit stays in the cockpit!

@@raymondleggs5508 lol

that plane does not have a cockpit door lol thats before closed cockpits were invented

🤣 once he got to the rusty bridge I laughed very loudly.

Showing you where they hide tourist body's is a great honor in my village lol maybe its the same in sokh

I have a neighbor who keeps showing our friends interesting movies IN HIS OPINION. It's his truth. But, everyone else thinks their boring and unsuitable. Should we all have to respect his opinion, or should he finally respect ours?

no he was just driving to fill those 3 hours, u tool....

Agreed too him those places are special and they are it's a mater of perspective and or perception

plus i always learn something new, outstanding!

Forget that he’s alive. A new bald video means I’ve found the light to continue on.

Yeah nice fantasy.

Gosh I'd love to show him the Bronx of Perth lol

@@jeffyzefrench Midland?

This is truly fascinating! I wish I had just a tiny fraction of his communication skills to talk to total strangers. I wonder how many times he tried to talk to people who were not as positive towards him as he shows in his videos. Does that happen to him at all? His videos show only the most "exciting" events. What happens when the camera isn't rolling or he doesn't decide to share the scenes with us? Anyway, nice video from nice country with nice peoples! Keep up the good work, Benjamin, to show the viewers that people can be and mainly are wonderful! Kind regards from Germany.

@@jeffyzefrench Lol i feel like it would be interesting just seeing him anywhere in AUS.

EN TL: Thank you mister. I live in Sokh. I watched your video and really liked it. I am happy that you visited our region. I think that you also liked your trip. Recommend our region to a lot of other tourists. Thank you very much (emoji)

@@stefs2512 ну спасибо

Nice place very clean

@Dizhere приезжайте

@@DDN_1606 Hi, I'm watching from Australia. I like your region very much, it's a beautiful place and you are beautiful people. We are sending you our love. Привет, я смотрю из Австралии. Мне очень нравится ваш край, это красивое место и вы прекрасные люди. Мы посылаем вам нашу любовь.

I was literally thinking that this whole video!

I was thinking same for whole vlog

If you seen how the babushka lived, electricity is likely very very new for most.

They were looking for beautiful places, not an industrial tour. Yes, dams are nice, but I think he wanted to visit the top of mountains or something.

@@MichaelDavis-mk4me and how should the tour guide know this?🤦‍♂️ Obliviously he showed the most developed places there

@@MrWolfSnack Yeah, that was rough. Poor lady. Our cat has it better.

When Bald dies, he will go to heaven, greeted with 70 Soviet babushkas.

Sarcasm

@@MikeOxtinks sarcasm in sarcasm wrapped in sarcasm

I second this. His instagram seems to be indicating the end is near for this channel. I don’t care where he is visiting he always make it fun and interesting!

@@tootsboots1 why do you say that his insta shows his channel is close to its end?

@@rotisseriechickenlover-jb4cc it was on his insta stories a couple weeks back. He was basically saying he’s retiring soon.