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It's Alice Chapman
Приєднався 29 тра 2015
Travelling to off the beaten path destinations, usually by hitchhiking, filming the delights of human interaction as I go.
At age 19 I set off solo hitchhiking around the world with an aim to step out of my comfort zone, and break stereotypes of the world that we live in. I have experienced an immense quantity of kindness and hospitality, the exact opposite of what you would expect if you saw the world through the eyes of mainstream media.
I am constantly bombarded with 'advice' telling mw nit to go to certain places or that I am stupid for doing what I am doing. What is ironic it that 99% of the travel 'advice' (scaremongering miss-information) I receive is from people who have never travelled themselves.
Within my videos I want to demonstrate the true spirit of humanity, the wonders of exploration and encourage my viewers to go and see the world for themselves, for what it really is.
'YOUR COMFORT ZONE WILL KILL YOU'
Follow me on Instagram @itsalicechapman
At age 19 I set off solo hitchhiking around the world with an aim to step out of my comfort zone, and break stereotypes of the world that we live in. I have experienced an immense quantity of kindness and hospitality, the exact opposite of what you would expect if you saw the world through the eyes of mainstream media.
I am constantly bombarded with 'advice' telling mw nit to go to certain places or that I am stupid for doing what I am doing. What is ironic it that 99% of the travel 'advice' (scaremongering miss-information) I receive is from people who have never travelled themselves.
Within my videos I want to demonstrate the true spirit of humanity, the wonders of exploration and encourage my viewers to go and see the world for themselves, for what it really is.
'YOUR COMFORT ZONE WILL KILL YOU'
Follow me on Instagram @itsalicechapman
free-festival in Albania (lawless organised chaos)
The best way to describe a Teknival is like a free-festival, with a secret location. It is completely self-sufficient and organised on the basis of a shared love for electronic music and dancing.
No ticket is required to attend, meaning pretty much anyone can turn up so long as they know the whereabouts.
We started hitchhiking to the location the moment we arrived in Albania, and had to carry all of our food and water with us, as there would not be any taps or amenities where we were going.
All we had in terms of a location was a set of coordinates, so when the road ended and turned to sand, it became a guessing game.
There was a set starting date, which was the 31st of August, but the end of the party would be determined by whenever people felt like moving on.
No ticket is required to attend, meaning pretty much anyone can turn up so long as they know the whereabouts.
We started hitchhiking to the location the moment we arrived in Albania, and had to carry all of our food and water with us, as there would not be any taps or amenities where we were going.
All we had in terms of a location was a set of coordinates, so when the road ended and turned to sand, it became a guessing game.
There was a set starting date, which was the 31st of August, but the end of the party would be determined by whenever people felt like moving on.
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THE BORDER TO RUSSIA HITCHHIKING - soviet Russian town in Estonia
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Exploring the Russian/Estonian border town of Narva, which is located in north east Estonia, and has a huge river going through it dividing the two countries. I delve into the history of the place, how its Soviet past still has effects on the people living there today, and how hard it has been for its people to adapt to more modern Estonian culture due to the high influence from Russia within t...
lives of CHILDREN in Cairos GARBAGE SLUM - recycling Egypt
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The Zabaleen (which in Arabic means garbage people) have informally been responsible for collecting Cairos trash for almost a century. Their battle for survival against the Egyptian government and the rest of Egyptian society as a whole are endless. In 2004 the government set a contract for corporate firms to collect the trash instead. This was in attempt to make the waste management of the cit...
girls hitchhiking through COLOMBIA - positive experience
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I had been on the road for 18 months by this point, and had finally made it to one of my main destinations, Colombia. This is a short video of a hitchhiking experience in Southern Colombia, leaving Bogota and arriving in Neiva.
The SACRED South American COCA leaf - indigenous communities
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Whilst I was in South America, I was surprised when I noticed how normal it was for Coca leaves to be for sale all over the place. I was aware that people chewed them out here to help with the altitude, but not to the extent that I was witnessing. I became curios, and started interviewing people chewing it on the street, and even had the opportunity to go into the Amazon Rainforest to work on a...
sailing to SOUTH AMERICA - hitchhiking on a CARIBBEAN cruise to Colombia via SAN BLAS ISLANDS
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After spending nearly five months hitchhiking from Mexico, my ride to Colombia was finally in sight. However it wasn't as simple as putting my thumb out and waiting for someone to stop for me. It involved working on a boat for six days, cruising though the Caribbean, meeting the kuna tribe and witnessing drug chases on Colombian waters. Certainly a more intense ride than my average hitchhike. I...
ILLEGALLY crossing into panama WITHOUT KNOWING and SLEEPING IN A FIRE STATION - girls hitchhiking
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In this video, Julka and I hitchhike from Costa Rica to the border with Panama, staying in the house of one of our drivers which felt incredibly dodgy, however ended up fine. We then entered Panama illegally without even realising, and had to tun back to Costa Rica, and re-enter illegally, to enable us to leave officially. When we eventually managed to find our way into Panama properly, we head...
girls hitchhiking in Costa Rica - $7 spent in one week - sleeping in strangers houses
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Julka and I continue the journey through Costa Rica, taking it easy, just hitchhiking an hour or two each day. taking our time and enjoying the beaches. one of our drivers tells us he is going to a town with a large port, so we decide to go with him and start the search for the boat to Colombia. Colombia is also the most expensive country in Central America, due to the amount of expats living t...
wild camping in Costa Rica and SLEEPING ON A FISHING BOAT - one year travel anniversary
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I met up with another hitchhiker, Julia, who I met in Mexico. She was also hitchhiking the whole way down to Colombia. We heard that camping on beaches in Costa Rica is not illegal like many other countries, and considering Costa Rica is one of the most famous countries in the world for its beaches, off we went. It then occurred to me that exactly to this day, I had been travelling for one year...
lost in NICARAGUA - sleeping in a strangers house - solo female hitchhiking Nicaragua
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It was my first day in Nicaragua, an I was aiming to arrive at my new Workaway project that evening. I took what looked like the shorted route on the map, not realising this meant dirt track roads that curved around mountains, and in fact driving triple the distance I would have if I took the 'longer' route on the map. My hitchhiking driver apologised and said I had to get out of the lorry beca...
hitchhiking in HONDURAS - hitchhiking Mexico to Colombia / Central America
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Before heading to El Salvador, (where I was before Honduras) I had some suspicions about the safety of the country, and what it would actually be like. Of corse, I had an incredible time and was gifted by the kindness of strangers, this gave me more hope to go and discover Honduras, which is also stereotypically a very 'dangerous' country. I couchsurfed for two weeks, and hitchhiked around the ...
what is EL SALVADOR really like? - one of the highest murder rates in the world
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For me, this video is a lesson. A lesson of how media statistics can scare people and distort their ideas on what the reality of being in certain countries are. Just because a country is 'dangerous', does not mean that all the people are bad. I went to El Salvador with an awareness that it had an incredibly bad stereotype for being violent and dangerous. It also has one of the highest murder / ...
police corruption on Guatemala / El Salvador border - solo hitchhiking Guatemala / El salvador
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Hitchhiking from Guatemala to El Salvador. It turned out that I had been illegally in Guatemala for a month without knowing, because of police corruption on the Mexico / Guatemala border. When trying to enter El Salvador, the police tried to send me all the way back to Mexico, and charge me a ridiculous fee. I slept at the border, and made friends with a local girl, who showed me everything aro...
females hitchhiking in Guatemala - Lake Atitlan to Antigua
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For more regular updates, follow me on instagram @itsalicechapman I was leaving Lake Atitlan with the plan to hitchhike to Antigua alone. When I got off the boat in Panajachel I heard a voice shouting my name. It was my friend Lisa who I had met in Mexico. She was also planning to hitchhike to Antigua, se we went together. We were caught up in a storm whilst in the back of a truck, but luckily ...
life of SEX WORKERS in Guatemala - making friends on the street - life from their perspective
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life of SEX WORKERS in Guatemala - making friends on the street - life from their perspective
the ancient Mayan art of weaving, indigenous women's weaving corporative in Guatemala Quetzaltenango
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the ancient Mayan art of weaving, indigenous women's weaving corporative in Guatemala Quetzaltenango
Who are the Mayans? documentary - my time with the indigenous people of Guatemala
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Who are the Mayans? documentary - my time with the indigenous people of Guatemala
solo female hitchhiking from MEXICO TO GUATEMALA san Cristobal to Huehuetenango central America ep3
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solo female hitchhiking from MEXICO TO GUATEMALA san Cristobal to Huehuetenango central America ep3
solo female hitchhiking in mexico - Puerto Vallarta to Mexico City - mexico to Colombia ep2
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solo female hitchhiking in mexico - Puerto Vallarta to Mexico City - mexico to Colombia ep2
SOLO female HITCHHIKING MEXICO - central america - Mexico to Colombia ep1
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SOLO female HITCHHIKING MEXICO - central america - Mexico to Colombia ep1
seven days on the road to the MEXICAN DESERT
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seven days on the road to the MEXICAN DESERT
SAILING from turkey to EGYPT - REJECTED by EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES & DRINKING WATER FLOODED THE BOAT
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SAILING from turkey to EGYPT - REJECTED by EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES & DRINKING WATER FLOODED THE BOAT
how to hitchhike on a BOAT - working on a YACHT
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how to hitchhike on a BOAT - working on a YACHT
hitchhiking with POLICE and SLEEPING in a STRANGERS GARDEN SHED - Georgia to Ankara - TURKEY
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hitchhiking with POLICE and SLEEPING in a STRANGERS GARDEN SHED - Georgia to Ankara - TURKEY
Hitchhiking from IRAQ to GEORGIA - or so we thought BIG DISASTER
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Hitchhiking from IRAQ to GEORGIA - or so we thought BIG DISASTER
crossing borders WITHOUT COVID TEST - is it possible? - iraq to turkey border
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crossing borders WITHOUT COVID TEST - is it possible? - iraq to turkey border
GIRL working in coffee shop in IRAQ - Erbil KURDISTAN - who are the Kurds - TRAVELLING WITHOUT MONEY
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GIRL working in coffee shop in IRAQ - Erbil KURDISTAN - who are the Kurds - TRAVELLING WITHOUT MONEY
NO ROAD, NO PROBLEM - jeep convention in Iraqi Kurdistan mountains
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NO ROAD, NO PROBLEM - jeep convention in Iraqi Kurdistan mountains
sleeping in an office in ERBIL - IRAQI KURDISTAN
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sleeping in an office in ERBIL - IRAQI KURDISTAN
Quality content! Thankyuuuuu <3
looks insane and wonderful
I love your videos so much I’m around the same age as you and seeing you travel and be so free has inspired me to be more like you. Please keep making videos
I love this Alice!
Looks like a wild, fun time! What an experience! 👍
Yaaay shes back in action 🎉🎉
Very cool, how do you agree to live without money? Is that the way to work remotely?
@8:46 "I feed very proud of being indigenous because it's my roots. I don't need to feel ashamed of anything". For your history, your ancestors' achievements I can say your people are not from this world!
thats the Holy one, so good the best ever
Alice you are incredible.
Another great video. My wife is Mexican and before going there i was worried, but its absolutely nothing like the media makes it out. Full of warm, friendly, vibrant people. I felt more danger walking around London at night than i ever did in Mexico
No idea how this channel isn't more popular. It's like a well constructed documentary
Had to pause half way threw i gotta run to the bathroom real quik guys/gals 😂........i mean real quick❤
Ps. Im back 🥶🗯💠❄️❄️❄️
San Luis Potosí, Línea B 🫡 propiedad de CPKC
mad respect. i was always too chickenshit to ride into mexico
Couldn't imagine a rich christian country leaving their minority communities to live in squalor like that.
This is naïve personified. Geezus,... idiots. Anyone watching this, don't do about 90% of what they did - they got extremely lucky. Every scene in this s***-show could have gone the other way and before any of you say: "omg so brave..." if they actually knew the risks they were running, they wouldn't have done any of this. Riding on top of a tanker, packing too much gear in a country like Mexico where you might need to haul ass at a second's notice, etc.. I've rode trains for over a decade now and have seen people get smoked for far, far less. Rich kids, most likely.
Poor animals, that poor donkey, 😢
My beloved coptic Christians 😢 from Ethiopia
Lovely ❤
Its from mother Earth all natural Dont put chemicals in it or we have problems
I would be so down to hop a train. And i get a check every month
Cuando la coca mescla con otra chimicho es abuso.😊
great doc. needs more views.
It is sad and evil to try to make these people try to be part of a european-style culture. That is not where they belong, and they should be let it be
Hey Alice, I'm new to your channel and I know the excitement of hitch-hiking.I traveled many places in the states. I never went to other countries and not enough funds to do it What do you do now?I will watch more of your video's.Must of been exciting good times I hope but its also dangerous.Take care and be safe.
The guilty are those who produce cocaine with impure ingredients that make the medicine become addictive; if cocaine would be produced through pure Coca leaves with no chemical addictive ingredients, as in was centuries ago, it would be legal and curative. Thus I don't consider myself guilty when I buy cocaine for my personal medicinal use, even knowing that it contains erosive chemicals, but at the end the balance is more positive than negative in using it. We strive for a more just and coherent pharmacological industry, even when we are denied what makes us feel better.
Imagine being so fat, even the equally overweight ostitutes reject you....
Coca leaves are only illegal in the U.S. because they know some dummy is gonna get a garbage bag full and synthicize it into cocaine themselves. The gov't just doesn't want the headache. But you can find it here in NYC if you look hard enough and the people at the market can trust you. I had it before. It feels like drinking a cup of coffee early in the morning and your'e alert. But due to my job i can't have it. It was no big deal tho. Like a cup of coffee and a shot of espresso mixed together.
Nice
I’m surprised that nothing ever happened to you with all those drivers . I think you should have some of those stories. You should make a video and tell some of the crazy stories 😬
Wow , this first speaker speaks English so well ❤such a nice guy . ❤
Omg ❤you’re such a beautiful person ❤for not judging these woman ❤
Pobre , pobre , pobre mujer 😢😢😢😢
That was an interesting documentary 👍🏾
I wonder if she’s still working? I would like some of her services
Thank you for visiting my beautiful country and our culture and traditions with the world. It means a lot ♥️
I wish that they would show same kindness to their own women
I just can't sleep i wanna watch it all!!!!
wow Alice, hope to meet you somwhere on the road
OMG! hahaha
AMAZING!
I am watching this, thinking.. America uses poppy seeds on breads. We can grow the flowers in the garden. It is only illegal to process into chemicals. Coca should be the same. Right?
Why is medicinal marijuana legal, then?
And cannabis concentrate isn't pot!!! Oh wait......yes it is!! Wake up
Do you have a favorite country?
coca is medecine, we are being robbed by not being allowed easy access to it in the united states
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Great video! Just a note-- 7:43 should be Ladinos, not Latinos. The term Ladino typically refers to non-indigenous Guatemalans.
Amazing content Keep on shining 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 HarabahGinGo HarabhanJah Love your life every day ❤❤❤❤
We should make tea from the leaves.