I survived the most dangerous road in the world 🇮🇶 mE 57
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2022
- Second half of my road from Erbil to Slemani. One of the hardest rides since the start of my journey, as the road is extremely dangerous because many drivers force me off the road in order to avoid getting killed on a car accident.
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I discovered this channel
last week - and I cant stop watching. Thank you for showing this beautiful world & its people. Youre doing God’s work. Merci!
Just found your page a few days ago and started watching... love the content and can't wait to see more videos
Great ! Really glad that you like the channel.
Me 2🥳
Sir
im an Kurdish guy living in Suli found your video channel when you were looking to find breakfast in Bagdad by yourself and i was amazed,
and now watching you come to Suli like that i just started crying TBH i dont know why but i did and wished i could just be with you for even 5 minutes in Suli while you were there,
the roads are dangerous especially for cyclist because we dont have that much around, the views are just lovely, the people are friendly and annoying sometimes but you my man are just amazing a true adventurer ,
all the luck and good health to you sir.....💐💐💐💐💐
I'm very grateful you survived this hairy-scary road. Such good people when they are on foot, and such beautiful scenery. Best wishes always. You are living the life.
Your content is insane man, i'm bingewatching everything
Glad that you like it 😁
Glad you made it safely and you spoke a good and positive message to the drivers
I would say the problem lies in the fact they are fairly big roads where drivers are likely not used to discovering a bicycle.
It might be a bit much but you could consider a secondary flagpole on a locking pivot which can be lowered horizontally to force them further away from you.
Just a thought as am kean for you to stay safe out there and never give up buddy.
My friend miracle you are still alive
You absolute mad lad!
My bro god bless u
Please always take care of u in this dangerous trips ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍
Well in that vulnerable little contraption im surprised you have survived after your many journeys - do be careful Monsieur.
I follow you from Iraq Sabari I love you
Bravo and congratulations for your tour.
Following you since Slovenia, I never missed an episode.
For me new and especially interesting was the part from Istanbul onwards. Thank you.
Thank you very much! And glad that you enjoy following my journey since Slovenia 😊
Welcome to Kurdistan/Iraq mon ami 🙏🏻
Thank you
Wow beautiful and Kurdistan people very good people I love him ❤❤❤
Congratulations for finishing the first stage of your adventure. So happy to see you alive after the harrowing road trip on last video. Here we must wear a helmet when riding on the road, but you have no protection?
Thank you Tilly. Regarding the helmet, I often ask myself whether I should use it or not. As I have three wheels, I don't really risk falling, so for me, the main risk is a collision with another vehicle, and in this case, I am not really sure if a helmet would be of much help... but I am probably wrong.
@@KinoYves As a trike rider myself, I agree, balance and falling off a trike is not an issue. That’s part of the joy of riding a trike! O\_o-~ 🙏
@BLINDMIROR PUTINOV BOT luckily I am out of the main storm area, but I saw several smaller ones already. It's crazy how often there are sandstorms in Iraq.
I was a college student in Erbil and Im from Slemani, I used to drive my car in that road for 4 years. Yes that road is very dangerous even if you drive a car. And the reason behind your bad experience with the road is that its not designed for cycling and actually here in Kurdistan no one goes on that road with a 🚲 .. so forgive the drivers
I believe that you're not in the town for now, but let me know whenever u came back
I do understand that this road is not designed for cyclists, and that drivers are not used at all to cyclists, but the issue is that some drivers were playing with my life... Some drivers were overtaking despite me coming in front of them, and I was several times forced to go off road to avoid a frontal collision with the car overtaking. For me, these drivers blatantly tried to kill me, and I cannot understand how can someone care more about going as fast as possible from point A to point B, than the life of a cyclist. Sorry, but I can't forgive people who were ready to kill me just because they did not want to drive slower...
And indeed, I am not in town at the moment.
@@KinoYves I'm sorry for what happened to you and you have the Right to not forgive these drivers.
شوف تعامل أكراد و عرب 😊💋💋اكو فرق جثير في عراق في ناصريا و بعض محافظات عبالك ما شايفين
Well come to sulemani bro 😎
Watching this from two years ago and wondering how you're feeling now compared to then? As time goes by, is the adventure still giving you goosebumps? I think Africa is definitely my favourite continent despite the many challenges
Maybe it's a bit less intense than at the very beginning, but when I sit on my trike in the morning, I still have this great feeling of adventure. Maybe less often goosebumps, but it's still a great feeling to see how far I 've got on the map
4:52 my guy offered him money, he was like "do you need money" just goes to show
I'm in Kenya currently.. Seems Iraq is peaceful than what the mainstream media tells us?
احنا العراقيين طيبين وكرماء في العطاء حتى الفقير الي ديبيع علوجة بالشارع قدملة علج دلالة على الكرم
bjr, tout simplement bravo pour tout ce chemin parcouru - ça vous fait combien de km? Bonne continuation
Bonjour, merci beaucoup.
Ca fait autour de 7000 km.
Driving such vihcle even in Europe on the main roads is dangerous and annoy most of the drivers who actualy have less tolerance and they dont care about your content so i can imagine how should it be in The other world arabic and african roads are extermely dangrous so i really respect your demanding and be like if we are gonna die some how so we die like brave not like a slave . Peace
4:50 he was saying "do you need anything or any money"😭
You have already chosen the most dangerous road in Kurdistan even for cars, you could have taken another road that passes through the city of Kirkuk, I am originally from Kurdistan, I follow you from Texas
The problem is that I had the Visa for Kurdistan at that time, so I was not allowed to go via Kirkuk.
In iraq most of them driving like they racing .. above 150 klm/h some time 200
Well i agree with you about keeping a good distance to bisycles, but you shoule for the same reson wear the helmet👍😊
Well, if a car runs into me, I think that whether I have a helmet or not is not gonna make a big difference, I am gonna be dead anyway.
But you are right, I should wear a helmet.
this is so cool. could i ask though, at any point in time did you feel unsafe considering the countries past? i know things are much calmer there now, and the media tends to blow things out of proportion. but did a thought like that ever cross your mind?
Indeed, the image given by medias is biased, but not entirely wrong either. I did feel very unsafe in the Beqaa valley in Lebanon, where I met the wrong people, they robbed me, and I had to escape the valley to avoid getting robbed much more. Also in Kurdistan, I did feel very unsafe on the road between Erbil and Slemani, because of the careless drivers. And there is a war going on right now between the PKK and Turkey in some areas of Iraqi Kurdistan, and the PKK is using landmines in these areas, and a Danish cyclist was killed by a landmine two or three days ago on a secondary road near the Turkish border, so I would say that, between the very dangerous driving, and the very recent landmines in the Duhok governorate, I think that cycling in Kurdistan is very very unsafe.
@@KinoYves you were robbed? what did they take?
@@andrewcathcart yes, I was robbed in Lebanon, they took $400
@@KinoYves To be honest I would be surprised if you did the entire journey and did NOT get robbed. Really glad that they only took $400 and that you're okay Yves.
Do you have a website / route / map etc of where you are planning to go on your journey? I've just started all of your videos from the very begining :-)
@@andrewcathcart Indeed, it had to happen at some point. And no, I don't have a website where I display the map of my journey, but I should do something like that, I will think about it.
The whole journey is dangerous 😂
I really wanna see your bike bro lol
I am from Iraq and every time I go out with a car I get pissed off as hell, so it is very understandable!
Hello Im from Erbil yes you are right our drivers are not drivers
Thank you for confirming that.
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کاش میشد خاطرات بد را زود فراموش کرد . 👌💞⚘⚘🍀🌻💖🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷
Yes driving in the whole middleast is insane nobady stick to the rules
سائقي المقطورات في إقليم كردستان هم الأكثر تهورًا على المسار السريع ، ومعظمهم من الأتراك. مرحبا بكم في كردستان العراق
Trailer drivers in the Kurdistan region are the most reckless on the fast track, and most of them are Turks. Welcome to Iraqi Kurdistan
People for some reason consider not driving over 100km and being maniacs on roads a matter of honor, it’s really an exhilarating and terrifying experience at the same time, much less for a guy on an E-bike
Did you say you are going to stay 2 months?
Yes, something like 2 months in Iraq without riding the bike. Riding in Southern Iraq would be too dangerous, so I will visit the country first, and then get the bike in a car, all the way to Jordan.
At the beginning of next video there is a quick plan update with some maps.
@@KinoYves good plan. It is indeed dangerous for cyclists.
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Dude i live in sulaymanyiah but you took the wrong road it's a miracle you survived because this road is usually having a lot of trucks there's another wider road
Yeah, it was definitely the wrong road
Put a flag 🚩 going out sideways to your left so cars stay away from you. Just advice my friend.
Yes, it could be a solution, but I am also worried that the cars would just not care for the flag and ride through it... some drivers don't care at all about other vehicles, and if you don't get out of the way, they would just drive into you...
@@KinoYves understand.... My friend was pushed off the road on a motor bike in Turkey by a bus.
Wow... that's really really bad, sorry for your friend. Drivers should really be educated about safety and respecting other users of the road.
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The drivers' destructive behavior is not because of bad intention, they only do not have much experience to treat with a bicycle on the road, plus lack of education for such situations. And most of the times it happens with truck drivers who are tired and impatient.
You should not be lenient with these drivers, because they will end up killing someone by driving like that.
@@KinoYves
Well, I can't defend their careless driving! I myself have experience of driving there, and comparing with Irani Kurdistan or Turkey Kurdistan, they are really absent-minded. As they are all Kurdish people I just came to conclusions that it's lack of education.
6:26 voiceless
It’s not a road for bicycle. Everybody drives fast. You must know that the roads between two cities are always dangerous for bicycles and walkers. Nobody use bicycle there.
Honestly, this road is also extremely dangerous for cars.
if you drive a bike on a driveway no way it’s going to be dangerous that’s why other countries have bikelanes bro to be fair it’s not safe to drive the bike on a national driveway anywhere
There is no other road to Slemani.
And I have been riding on national driveways in many other countries, and the only place where I had problems was on this road in Kurdistan. So I do think that the problem comes from the very dangerous drivers in Kurdistan.
The people on the road don't know that u r a foreigner and the non urban roads generally are just two opposite lanes in Kurdistan so they think you're kurdish and doing that purposely to make a barrier for them because a kurdish person won't bike on such a non urban road it's unique to see such a thing, be sure that if they knew your nationality they wouldn't behave like that.
It's illegal to ride a bicycle on a highway! So you cannot expect people to slow down for you!
And when there are no other roads, then it means that bicycles are just forbidden?
@@KinoYves it poses a saftey hazard for you and other drivers. Are you allowed to get on highway with your bicycle in France?
@@meanwhilein7170 you are very stubborn... do tractors get on the highway in France, no. Do they go on this road in Kurdistan, yes, because there are no other roads in Kurdistan... can't you understand that a highway in Kurdistan has nothing to do with a highway in France. The world is a diverse place, and the word highway doesn't mean the exact same thing everywhere in the world.
A highway in the West is a road that has two well separated lanes where cars can drive at high speed. This road is a narrow road with no separation at all between the lanes going opposite directions. This road has absolutely NOTHING to do with a Western highway.
Kino it’s your fault!!! You should never drive on this road. It’s don’t designed for bikes. Please be careful in your trips.
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There is no other road, and my bike cannot fly, so I have to go on the road. Local drivers should be more respectful to other people on the road
@@KinoYves you could load your bike in a bus and go to Sulemani same when you did in Sinai in Egypt where you were not allowed to bike there!!
But the principle of my journey is to ride the bike, not to put the bike in a truck as soon as there is a difficulty, because in this case, I would just buy a truck and go to Capetown by truck.
And I never had similar issues anywhere else. So the problem is really the very bad driving of the Kurdish drivers.
@@KinoYves You could bike in the opposite direction meaning that you will have opportunity to see the driver coming towards you. My point is that you put iraqis in the bad picture knowing that they welcomed you and you got enough hospitality from them. you rarely find areas where you eat and drink for free!! please take that into consideration and i wish you a safe trip.
I don't care about giving a good or bad image of Iraqis. I just care about showing the reality of my journey, and you know, I am not sure that all the hospitality I received in Iraq compensates for the fact that so many Iraqi crazy drivers tried to kill me on this road...
Sorry, but my life has more value than a few free meals .
And I showed the good side of Iraq in many videos, but that does not change the fact that some Iraqi drivers were very close to killing me.
cyclist culture doesnt exist in iraq unfortunatly. They dont pay any respect to the cyclists