The WORST Bus Journey in Timor Leste 🇹🇱
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2023
- I came to a country where only a few thousand tourist visit each year...the mysterious country of Timor Leste aka East Timor. This country is also Asia's newest country as it got its full independence in 2002 after years of conflict and other issues.
Only 2 places in the world fly to Timor Leste and being here is certainly a challenge! With the lack of information online about the place this country was certainly going to be tough to travel! In this video we head to rural towns by using the local bus and the roads were brutal to say the least! We then got to that town and were left stranded which left us to hitchhike our way further...wild adventures in Timor Leste! 🇹🇱
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Another adventure in Timor Leste with the assistant Kat.
You being tortured by the music was hilarious! 🤣
Migraine for days
22 years after separating from Indonesia, East Timor is on the list of the poorest countries in the world (World Bank 2023). What is happening currently in Timor Leste.
1. Most of the necessities of life are still imported from Indonesia.
2. Natural oil resources are increasingly depleting.
3. Low quality of human resources.
This results in this country being unattractive for investors and far behind other countries in the ASEAN region
Traveling to a strange country is such a thrilling adventure!
I admire you two very much, thank you very much for sharing! 👍🥰🙏
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@BackpackerBen It is my pleasure, I really appreciate it! 🙏
Your videos get better and better, Ben! Kat is a great addition as well! Cheers
Glad you like them! Cheers mate
Another fantastic video Ben! Kat seems to be a great travel partner!
She does well 🫡
Timor Leste is up there with the worst roads I have ever been on
Even Afghan had better! Either way I am loving this country, welcome back to Timor Leste! 🇹🇱
Doesn't help when you sit at the back, the suspension on most transport in poor countries is shit so you should always try to sit between the wheel arches.
If it hasn't gotten too expensive check out New Zealand my man! Super unique compared to other pacific islands. Absolutely stunning landscapes.
Ben please visit my country indonesia
Ben ooohhhh Ben, how did you survive that music… both you and kat are traveling beasts, even though you classed this as a fail, it was still a success in the way of showing us reality in these far out and hard to reach places, thanks for the hard work guys….. love you both ❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
You noticed the three thousandth remix of The dread frog tune then?
Kay is such a trooper, and I love seeing you two together on an adventure. You guys aren’t in a typical fun and safe area, so major kudos for her hanging in there with you. Keep her close Ben - we love having her on adventures!!!!!
Appreciate it mate
I’ve watched you for ages and you’ve grown on me like a mole….and fair play this had me in stitches especially the hello kitty bus.
You’re a grumpy git mind cheers frm a Cardiff lad
I’d get that mole checked mate
Caterina should start her own UA-cam channel I'm sure she will be very successful
Agreed
Definitely agree, Traveling with Ben has definitely given her the confidence.
He should also link her social pages too so she can gain her own followers
I like them together, they compliment each other.
I think he needs her just now , but having seen that backdown on the $75 Hotel to a shithole I find it hard to see her sticking around for much longer. Seriously Ben, it was one of those times the lady deserved a little luxury. 🙏
@@jimbandaYes she's put up with a lot, definitely deserves a luxury trip.
Oh wow! What an incredibly casual, no timetable, disorganised but very compelling country. I compare the casualness of everything in this country to my usual organised work week. I think we actually got the bum deal really being so serious, organised, scheduled.
The local people are so cool as well.
Well said mate
@@BackpackerBenBen what happen to Mr Bold? He is been lazy for sometime. Tell him to bring some more videos.
@@MudHut67 - You don't have to take it to the extreme. It doesn't have to be all the way one way or all the way the opposite.
Ben keep your eyes on Kat…
Keep her safe…..safe travels…
Fantastic again Ben & Kat we love your work and adventure J&J x
Really enjoy your travels , Cat is a great addition very upbeat nice person you make a good team !!
Love the Ben and Kat travels,
Your persistence is right up there,
Keep up the great work 😎👏🏼
Cat looked stressed....those first bus guys were overly aggressive. Want a challenge...go to Cuba...It would be up your alley for travelling with struggles. Cheers mate..see you on the next one.
I haven't laughed so hard for ages😂😂😂....your expressions when the blaring chipmunks music was on were priceless. Getting into the second small bus when the music started and you said 'oh Lord'..😂😂😂😂.....gold!
Glad you enjoyed it😪🤣
Always looking forward to the next adventure
Sometimes things dont work out as expected, planned. Situations occur randomly, Bengamin and Katt, you both take it all in stride, real troopers. Keep safe.
You know it
Those mini busses and busses certainly colorfull, great video as always ben 👍
Love your content man! Keep it up!
I enjoyed this one more than any of your other videos - it was the disorganisation, the craziness of it all that grabbed me. Loving it!
This country has it all
Hope you both do a vlog in Portugal 🇵🇹. Loads of interesting places to see and experience. Knight templar country - Port of the grail.
Quite an adventure! Thank you and Cat for the journey to a land I would never see otherwise.
I just saw you on a UA-cam video with Bald and Bankrupt riding
on top of a train in Bangladesh. Love your videos. Liked and subscribed!
WOW...what a cool place 😆Everything looks so crazy and funny 🤣love the video guys 👍Kat is really cute 😊Thanks for sharing and take care guys 👍😎
I love watching a ben and kat adventure in the morning.... definitely bring a smile ❤
Your videos are the best. Very informative and fun. You are the nicest traveler there is treating everyone with respect ✊ ❤❤❤❤
Thank you!
Great video. You two make a great team. Kat rocks!! Love her attitude!.
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Thank you for visiting my country Timor -Leste and my home town Baucau, great video thanks again 🙏 obrigada
Catarina reminds me of Nelly Furtado and Ben of Gary Oldman, what a nice mix! Having a lot of fun watching the both of you 👍
Cool video y'all 💕the Hello Kitty bus was off the chain🥰Stay safe and have a wonderful weekend 😻💕meow💖
Nice Video! Haven't been to Timor Leste yet! Very excited to see this mysterious country!
Interesting place! Shocking roads
Thanks Ben! I've finally finished all your videos and now wait anxiously for every subsequent video and this music has me dying 🤣
Legend!
Excellent video. You're a lucky man Ben. What a fantastic travelling partner Kat is ! 😊
Thanks for watching mate!
Great video as always Ben :)
Kat compliments the adventure very well, both as your guide and her great spirits
Great vid Ben & Cat
Cheers.
Brilliant!....the crazy music bit was such a crack up 😅
Only just found the channel watched every video in my opinion you and Kat together are a great team both so respectful and resourceful
Thanks for the content
Welcome aboard!
Awesome video, friendly people and you crazy guys fair play
There is another beautiful pink Pousada - in Maubisse. Closer to Dili, up in the mountains in a chill 20°, with stunning views around. But abandoned 😆
Great video! I felt your pain on that bus. You make a great team. Kat is always smiling! A joy to watch! Well done Kat and Ben. Look forward to the next part of the journey!
thankss for visiting guys.watching from uk😊
What and adventure! Sometimes the crazy places are the most interesting! You should try La Paz next!
I'll check it out! 👊🏼
Really enjoyed that, Ben my friend.
Glad to hear it!
I know murder is frowned upon in most countries but the music on that bus! I don’t know how you didn’t. Great content as usual. Cheers to you and Kat from Los Angeles.
Loved it especially kat not having any nonsense from the locals
Another good one from both of you and don’t worry too much about content as me and the missus find it all interesting
Thanks for watching mate!
Cool video. It’s a shame you guys didn’t make it in the end. The music would’ve driven me crazy hahaha
Hi am watching.
All the way South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦..
Thanks for sharing with us
Cheers for watching bro!
Kat and Ben...kudos for the attempt. That was one hell of a journey to nowhere and back. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🤝
That bus ride was brutal as You say Ben love your slang mincing about your content is excellent loving you both Ben and Kat some of the best videos subscriber Australia ❤
Legend! Cheers for watching
Thanks for sharing your adventures Ben. The music on the bus sounded like bus was driving a Caribbean band. Poor soul to have to listen to that head pounding awful music.
Class content mate, keep it up
Much appreciated Thanks for watching mate!
Always an adventure, isn't it Ben? Keep it up.
It sure is! 😩
Thank you for visiting my country. from Lincoln UK. God bless you always
Why do all these places get their independence and then just decide not to make any progress in anything lmao
As usual timor leste got robbed by western ppl especially australia😂😂 there are no free independence
That random bus music cracked me up. It reminded me of a kid in the early 00's testing out his new phone ringtones over and over again. The pain was visible on Ben's face.
Imagine 5 hours of it
absolutely hilarious video was laughing at the incredible music on that bus journey. Thanks for the great content as always and for showing me a place I’ve never heard of before. Take care and all the best
Glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks mate
6:18 hahaha, I can imagine having to listen this for hours on end, face says it all
Finished man
Incredible journey! I have to hand it to you for giving it a try. Stay strong. Richard in Reno
Hard one 🤣🤣
Another great adventure! Cheers
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video. You and Kat complement each other so well.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Music blasting and bumpy roads, what else? Hitchhiking seems a great adventure 😎
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Good work Ben! I seem to watch daring UA-camrs often. They go to places rarely visited by foreigners. Some people like me are just curious what these places are like.
Appreciate it mate!
Love your channel, travel with you guys so many places without
spend a penny😂
Beautiful journey i love it.
Good luck Ben
8:02 looking like jack and rose from titanic. Lol. Great content Ben!
A country often overlooked, even by a geonerd like me... Looking forward to the next video!
Another great video .
Thanks again!
Thank you bro for visiting our country east timor and also visiting my baucau district
Cat is an absolute legend. What a trooper. Cheers mate for taking us on this adventure.👍👏🏻✌️🤙
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@BackpackerBen i would stab myself in the ears if i had to listen to that
@@BackpackerBen get there I'm 61 done the world 🌍
Incredible. Thanks!
Cat is the best of your guest travellers and her language skills will be very handy. You should go more places together. Not bad to look at either 😂
Ben's good on his own or with Bald but Kat adds something - and i'm not just talking about her looks, their vlogs together are great.
That's the plan!🫡🤝
Good to hear you're fond of the look of Ben.
Ben I feel for you about that music 😆.. I hope your ear is fine..
Fantastic video Ben. I am from East Timor and Live in the UK. I really appreciate your patient and understanding our condition. This is our reality of life. Road infrastructure is sucks. Transportation is always inconvenient with noise sound and there is no safe and safety. I know Eastern people don't like the noise when abroad but it is what it is 😁 next try visit Liquica District, its only 1 hour from Dili. All good Ben. God bless you Ben
Good video Kat is a good travel partner she never complains.
thank you ben and kat
Your patience, chillness, go with the flow abilities are amazing. I think i "might" have been able to do it 30 years ago 😊 Thet bus music. Food options. Transportation. Roads. That is an adventure.
You guys are really amazing. I couldn't help laughing seeing your road trips but of course it is not funny if you are really in the buses.
Damn...all that way and had to turn back. Bummer!..was a cool video tho, i dont know if i could have handled that music tho..well done!. You should have at least stayed 1 night at the 75.00 place. May have had steak dinner!..lol..looking forward to the next adventure guys..thanks.
Next adventure coming up 🤝
You guys are brave and adventurers.
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Great videos been Watching you from the start my first comment terrific regards Howard from Cyprus
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks for visit my beloved country 🇹🇱
I like that very much . Thank to both of you . Bob in Australia
Many thanks Bob
The tetun bus music is enough of a reason for me to avoid the country forever.
😆😆 nahhhh don’t let that put you off
Starting to enjoy your videos more and more, so are you coming to Nova Scotia Canada ?
Canada next year for sure!
That music on the bus! I would have jumped off it at the start! All you needed to make it complete was to add the Macarena, barbie girl and maybe some spice girls to the nonstop loop. 😂
I’d of preferred that compared to these random noises 😆 hell
@@BackpackerBen or add some Yoko Ono screaming music? 😁
Ben, why didn’t you ask the locals ( guy who was helping you etc.)if you can rent a room or just sleep somewhere on the side with local family ( pay $ them )in the vilage? I nstead you traveled 10 hours bus drive back to the main city. 🤔
No recommendations by harald or the other fellas I watch, oh hello ben, looks like one your videos showed up, I probably should subscribe
It is very sad to see you 2 didn't make it to Jaco Island, it only have like 25 km remaining to Jaco from that point you were on.
Many traveller who already did their journey to Jaco usually hire bike or car in Dili, and enjoying their trip and stop anywhere anytime along the way they want to Jaco.
That town look empty because majority of its people now reside in UK working.
My house just behind restaurant you 2 ate at in Baucau. 😆
Must be crazy to know one of the UA-camr your watches was right next to your house at some point
A shame mate!! We wanted to go
Ben should go back to the restaurant and meet you so you can walk down to the Jaco Island and have adventure. Is it good? Are there any problems with the journey?
And you defo ain’t
@@richardvass1462 , it would be great, because I myself also haven't not visited Jaco yet,, but sadly I am now in UK working. 😅.
There is no transportation services from Lospalos city to Tutuala Jaco. Travelers usually have their own private transport or hired transport to go. Because the road condition already being captioned on Ben's title,, 😆😂.. the ROUGHEST one yet.
What a mess... Nice to have UA-cam and creators. Thanks to those we can see places from the comfort of home. Who knows maybe most places don't even deserve to be visited after all...
Never seen a hello kitty bus so that was a first i am sure you had a great time on it, i could hear it was lots of noise and hope you made it back to the bigger city in resonable time. Always nice watch your adventures you two seem to be the perfect travel couple look forward to see your next video.
Thanks for watching! Can’t beat a hello kitty bus
I watch you often and you seem to be struggling to find interesting places or interactions on this Asia trip. Nothing much in Vietnam and now nothing in Timor Leste... Good luck on your next trip!
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I really hope East Timor enjoy the progress that other SE asian countries are now enjoying. I feel that their impending membership to ASEAN would help push them to gain much needed investments.
it will just be the burden of asean countries. most asean countries are fighting to be the trillion dollar economy and some of them like indonesia is already a trillion dollar economy.
Next if you wanna visit Timor again
you could Try stay in Realistic Hotel in Baucau
Tetun bangers here we go 😂 That was a mental bus ride Ben. More adventures to come with Kat.
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Thank you Caterina and Ben,7:58 lol.
How does Kat manage to get any shuteye with that crap blaring out? Thanks for this post as always
Honestly no idea but she does
It’s madness
Legendary Music, the Wind in your hair, what more could you ask for while traversing one of the most impoverished looking garbage landscapes in the world, ah, refreshing!!! Thanks for traveling there Ben, so I don't have to!!