What Did I just Step On Inside This Church?!

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    🇷🇺Sometimes Russia throws up some crazy experiences and yesterday was such a day when I discovered an ancient church located somewhere on the edge of Europe. The building was beautiful but the inside was just weird... Oh and I had to escape from a Russian village.

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  • @user-vz9tv1lp5q
    @user-vz9tv1lp5q 4 роки тому +8551

    in england they drive on the left side,in my country we drive on whats left

  • @chilldude30
    @chilldude30 4 роки тому +2401

    Please add a map to your videos so we can see where you are! Upvote if you agree 👍

    • @jammadamma
      @jammadamma 4 роки тому +56

      @@CallieMasters5000 I get the feeling Bald values his privacy :)

    • @libertyjo6238
      @libertyjo6238 4 роки тому +13

      Great idea

    • @olanordmann1252
      @olanordmann1252 4 роки тому +41

      Yeah I like this idea, I tend to search up these places myself just to see where they are, would be cool if he just added them in the video

    • @evandiame
      @evandiame 4 роки тому +15

      I try to Google it when he talks, but it's hard to understand the suka xd

    • @ansh0133
      @ansh0133 4 роки тому +1

      @@CallieMasters5000 hhaha. so true.

  • @MissJuggler
    @MissJuggler 3 роки тому +384

    "babushka down!"
    i died

    • @images8894
      @images8894 2 роки тому +15

      she was drunk probably

  • @dnajournal4321
    @dnajournal4321 3 роки тому +387

    Damn, that priest didn't know he was going to be bagging out Putin with a 1 million viewers seeing it.

    • @petertomo95
      @petertomo95 2 роки тому +30

      R.i.p

    • @mattymcsplatty5440
      @mattymcsplatty5440 2 роки тому +33

      poor guys probably in the gulag now as we speak. Anyways good vid

    • @prime8nate
      @prime8nate 2 роки тому +10

      Did he end up surving the poisonous potatoes he ate at dinner a week later?

    • @jelledevries1201
      @jelledevries1201 2 роки тому +1

      maybe it was a contra comment...? ; )

    • @ericalarie667
      @ericalarie667 2 роки тому +1

      Cut down on the arrogance your beginning to have for your surroundings.

  • @edgarspavlovics3540
    @edgarspavlovics3540 4 роки тому +2464

    Walks in the most dangerous neighbourhoods in the world with his wallet out with no problem.
    Won't sing and dance in front of friendly 30 people village.

    • @pautjevandaag
      @pautjevandaag 4 роки тому +28

      You are right

    • @hilanderRenz
      @hilanderRenz 4 роки тому +106

      Yeah he should have enjoyed the party by sharing what an English man have.

    • @kelliec1882
      @kelliec1882 4 роки тому +253

      They were so friendly and welcoming... It probably would have made their year tho hear something..... Kinda disappointed.

    • @michaelm9570
      @michaelm9570 4 роки тому +128

      Literally could have sang Happy Birthday and they woulda loved it.

    • @Gyroglle
      @Gyroglle 4 роки тому +11

      @@michaelm9570 I can see Bald making a show singing 'And did those feet in ancient time...' or something or other. Would've been fun. But alas.

  • @MEOWMEOW-ix5rk
    @MEOWMEOW-ix5rk 4 роки тому +2042

    I can't imagine why he didn't ask the priest about the potatoes :(

    • @deleted3794
      @deleted3794 4 роки тому +261

      I was hoping he would have talked more with him.

    • @content4502
      @content4502 4 роки тому +244

      They are for vodka

    • @aliffirfan9267
      @aliffirfan9267 4 роки тому +90

      And idk why i feel bad for that priest 😔

    • @4onados
      @4onados 4 роки тому +176

      Inside the stone church is dry and cool, these are ideal conditions for potatoes.

    • @NickZhukov
      @NickZhukov 4 роки тому +19

      Cuz its not potato. It is "ceramsite"

  • @jpizzlether8r176
    @jpizzlether8r176 3 роки тому +149

    Cant believe Bald didnt grace that village with a lovely English song. I was thinking maybe some spice girls

    • @RaineriRi
      @RaineriRi 2 роки тому +6

      He have to get back there and finish his mission.

    • @STiFreak08
      @STiFreak08 2 роки тому +1

      I would have left too 😂

  • @todeswalzer1184
    @todeswalzer1184 4 роки тому +436

    10:46
    How the artifacts for British museums were found

    • @allase
      @allase 3 роки тому +22

      A+ comment

    • @Goinoroth
      @Goinoroth 3 роки тому +13

      This comment should be top 1 😂😂😂

    • @EleftheriaSarri
      @EleftheriaSarri 3 роки тому +5

      😂😥🇬🇷 soo truee ..

    • @sanketx143
      @sanketx143 3 роки тому

      Hahahahaha.

    • @MrHL5
      @MrHL5 3 роки тому

      lol

  • @shayanpoordian8680
    @shayanpoordian8680 4 роки тому +2140

    His vlogs are like vivid dreams. Stepping inside a church covered in potatoes and then meeting an old priest in the balkony who says some vague words while just watching the horizon

    • @Despotic_Waffle
      @Despotic_Waffle 4 роки тому +100

      Fever dreams

    • @JoinMeInDeathBaby
      @JoinMeInDeathBaby 4 роки тому +68

      @@Despotic_Waffle russian dreams

    • @helem3088
      @helem3088 4 роки тому +107

      Soviet Twin Peaks

    • @uvsl1978
      @uvsl1978 4 роки тому +20

      Why vague, said quit alright

    • @iaxable
      @iaxable 4 роки тому +8

      Shayan Poordian I’m surprised Bald didn’t ask the loser clergyman about the desecrated church

  • @ramiyanes8607
    @ramiyanes8607 4 роки тому +1948

    I feel bad for the priest. He seemed sad

    • @ramiyanes8607
      @ramiyanes8607 4 роки тому +454

      Niko Okin at least he has plenty of potatoes

    • @agustusfarnworth3379
      @agustusfarnworth3379 4 роки тому +306

      He’s trying to attract Irishman

    • @richl4112
      @richl4112 4 роки тому +119

      The vodka isnt ready yet

    • @brittanybonnie1478
      @brittanybonnie1478 4 роки тому +32

      @@ramiyanes8607 he will never go hungry

    • @varkr2066
      @varkr2066 4 роки тому +158

      @Niko Okin legit almost made me tear up. I am orthodox and we cant even get a priest where we are.. and here he is without a flock.

  • @unknownmonstrosity7427
    @unknownmonstrosity7427 4 роки тому +271

    in Russia we dont say "take French leave" we say "take English leave" (уйти по-английски)
    and now i know exactly why

    • @interestingcommentbut....7378
      @interestingcommentbut....7378 3 роки тому +14

      They must’ve joked about it and had a good laugh about this after he left 😂

    • @nemethbalazs4483
      @nemethbalazs4483 3 роки тому +10

      Also in Hungary

    • @tinktheartist50
      @tinktheartist50 3 роки тому +8

      We just say go awol.. absent without leave.
      Im sure we did say "take French leave"
      Back in 1900s though.
      Love from UK

    • @andycockrum1212
      @andycockrum1212 3 роки тому +16

      In America we call it an Irish goodbye hahaha

    • @roughnegg6615
      @roughnegg6615 3 роки тому +3

      "part ways English-style"

  • @SuberExtraMan
    @SuberExtraMan 4 роки тому +227

    “Would you mind doing a little song and dance in english for us?”
    *Bald left the lobby*

  • @vojvoda-draza
    @vojvoda-draza 4 роки тому +1167

    You have to go back to that village and sing them a song

    • @rijkostef1814
      @rijkostef1814 4 роки тому +9

      vojvoda draza borat defenitly

    • @DylematySpodPachyTaty
      @DylematySpodPachyTaty 4 роки тому +41

      Exactly that's what I've came here, to say that he should go back there and if no dance then at least sing for them! Maybe they've never heard or seen English man?? Why the hell not??

    • @jurgenhenn6288
      @jurgenhenn6288 4 роки тому +27

      C'mon! Sing a lil ditty for the babushkas!

    • @DylematySpodPachyTaty
      @DylematySpodPachyTaty 4 роки тому +15

      Let they remember forever their Village Day! 😁

    • @DylematySpodPachyTaty
      @DylematySpodPachyTaty 4 роки тому +15

      I don't know if that's common in other countries, but in my country (Poland) we are saying that someone did English leaving (like leaving without saying goodbye - maybe like hard Brexit 🤣). Mr. Bald gave bright sample 😉

  • @Bridgekeeper
    @Bridgekeeper 4 роки тому +1354

    Haha in Poland we have this saying when someone sneaks out of party "leave like an Englishman" xD

    • @shv06
      @shv06 4 роки тому +177

      In Russian too)

    • @Bridgekeeper
      @Bridgekeeper 4 роки тому +326

      @@shv06 This only proves that English dudes throughout out the history sneaked out from the parties all over the world. ;) Bald here cultivates finest English traditions. :)

    • @shv06
      @shv06 4 роки тому +8

      @@Bridgekeeper Haha, yeah)))))))

    • @Voo504Doo
      @Voo504Doo 4 роки тому +7

      @@Bridgekeeper sneak off with the wives :]

    • @3ddevelopment979
      @3ddevelopment979 4 роки тому +23

      He supports old English tradition))

  • @goldendynamiter9096
    @goldendynamiter9096 4 роки тому +95

    6:50 The man wasn’t just chopping wood he was chopping SOVEIT WOOD!!!

  • @crozwayne
    @crozwayne 3 роки тому +427

    Best channel on youtube without a doubt, you take us to places 99.9% of us would never get to go to, thank you for opening our eyes!

  • @jammadamma
    @jammadamma 4 роки тому +765

    Dude! The video could have been "Englishman forced to sing and dance in Russian village" and could have had 22 million views! 😂

    • @dncviorel
      @dncviorel 4 роки тому +42

      So disappointing! Could've been great and continue with the after-party in the Potato-Church or somewhere with all the babushka groupies around him. :)))

    • @user-0xDEEDBEEF
      @user-0xDEEDBEEF 4 роки тому +3

      @Parma zyxwvu key word "babushka" here.

    • @expertlight8603
      @expertlight8603 4 роки тому +14

      this village of Komi, Komi - not Slavic they are Finno-Ugric

    • @dncviorel
      @dncviorel 4 роки тому +1

      @@expertlight8603 really? so cool.

    • @RaystyleIII
      @RaystyleIII 4 роки тому +10

      You missed a chance! What a shame

  • @skooter21108
    @skooter21108 4 роки тому +624

    Bald: tells taxi driver to drive in direction of recent gun shots.
    Also Bald: runs away and leaves town when asked to sing a song for the local village.

    • @torrace12
      @torrace12 4 роки тому +26

      @Bedrocker Don No , its not pathetic, its not ideal, but did you think youd ever find an ideal person,
      if you do, someone cut out the video of the less then ideal bits
      or dressed up in a hollywood costume
      i wish you be a little less hard on the world, then youll become less hard on your self

    • @torrace12
      @torrace12 4 роки тому +10

      @Bedrocker Don no need to be so metallic on the surface man,
      im just saying things ive heard other people say to me and others thousands of times
      its not like i put plutonium in your chest

    • @torrace12
      @torrace12 4 роки тому +5

      @Bedrocker Don where do you get your plutonium, mine doesn't taste sweet... good plutonium is hard to come by in Sweden. btw, now we have NSA on our backs,
      they would think this is terrorist code for something.

    • @torrace12
      @torrace12 4 роки тому +4

      @Bedrocker Don same to you man!

    • @Flex2212
      @Flex2212 4 роки тому +2

      @@torrace12 LeSS HaRD being the key words there

  • @chauffeurdebusdu9344
    @chauffeurdebusdu9344 4 роки тому +38

    Aww man, it was a lifetime opportunity to perform some Beatles in front deep Russia

  • @tat8959
    @tat8959 3 роки тому +30

    My Canadian passport says I was born in Ust-Kulom😄 You can see cows walking home on roads and log houses everywhere. I lived there when I was little but then we moved near the capital of Komi-Syktyvkar, where majority speaks Russian. So I don't speak Komi language but I understand some. My mom and brother are fluent in Komi. It's a very difficult language with 17 cases. In English there are only three. It's a lot different from Russian and related to Finnish language.

  • @mikasingh4782
    @mikasingh4782 4 роки тому +632

    You should have performed for them! Disappointed them🤥😭

    • @NotJessH
      @NotJessH 4 роки тому +92

      Disappointed me as well lol

    • @jasonjones63
      @jasonjones63 4 роки тому +26

      should have recorded it as well...FeelsBadMan

    • @martyjames6204
      @martyjames6204 4 роки тому +10

      Mr B never disappoints....

    • @waxl121
      @waxl121 4 роки тому +18

      "and this friends is Wonderwall..."

    • @Phoenix-oj8jw
      @Phoenix-oj8jw 4 роки тому +11

      @@lukalukovinic6752 How is he making fun of people?

  • @TKR001
    @TKR001 4 роки тому +602

    If you hit 1 Million Subs you should actually sing and dance in front of a Russian village crowd. Come on, let's do it!

  • @evilbug555to666
    @evilbug555to666 2 роки тому +85

    Those two women were singing the songs of souls full of hope and happiness... really heart warming ❤️❤️❤️

    • @skratz
      @skratz 2 роки тому +3

      And then he scared the living hell out of them! BRAVO!!! LOL

  • @MissMaddieWren
    @MissMaddieWren 3 роки тому +23

    What a piece of gold walking into that building and finding 2 people singing like that. ❤️ I bet they smell like soap and feed their cats very well.

  • @sammaynard2021
    @sammaynard2021 4 роки тому +455

    I'm a Russian correspondent and I've come to Brighton to see if we can hear a bald Englishman sing !

    • @torrace12
      @torrace12 4 роки тому +6

      HAHA

    • @un80rns
      @un80rns 4 роки тому +1

      you loled me. thanks, sir

    • @Keys879
      @Keys879 4 роки тому +2

      Definitely a Spy...

  • @DangerousDac
    @DangerousDac 4 роки тому +359

    Running from a public performance in a Soviet village? Thats not the Bald I know.

    • @Sneezas
      @Sneezas 4 роки тому +24

      @@rivingtonpike7899 The man was hungry he said. You need to eat good for such a performance. But i get the point. I find it just a bit weird why he should do it...

    • @robertburn8469
      @robertburn8469 4 роки тому +38

      Cos he had no vodka inside him

    • @ExpDev69
      @ExpDev69 4 роки тому +13

      C 0 idk, I really enjoyed this video also.

    • @DangerousDac
      @DangerousDac 4 роки тому +6

      @@rivingtonpike7899 Eh, I'm just commenting in jest. If you go through all his videos they all vary quite a bit from time to time - that is the nature of vlogs, but they are always interesting. This was no exception. It was just weird to see him squirrel away like that, but as others have said, on an empty stomach (of food or vodka) it does change you, plus he's probably still got some kind of virus going on too. Like I said, it was just a jokey comment.

    • @FBFTheRagingWarrior
      @FBFTheRagingWarrior 4 роки тому +5

      Out of coke.

  • @mikev8828
    @mikev8828 3 роки тому +33

    As someone with a bit of anxiety I was surprised to see you back out of the singing invite! It seems like nothing makes you uncomfortable except public speaking! Awesome videos man!

  • @genevieve_anne
    @genevieve_anne 3 роки тому +26

    i feel for the hotel receptionist who giggled while looking thru his passport 😂

  • @30m3
    @30m3 4 роки тому +246

    Aw man, I can't believe you ran out on the villagers!

    • @clownworldhouse
      @clownworldhouse 4 роки тому +4

      He wasn't prepared at all, that's ok :D

    • @Boosted00
      @Boosted00 4 роки тому +11

      @@clownworldhouse you mean didn't have vodka lol. Liquid courage

  • @michaelmckay
    @michaelmckay 4 роки тому +481

    500,000 views, no problem, singing and dancing in front of 20 people, nope. lol

    • @dsanalysis5013
      @dsanalysis5013 4 роки тому +23

      He must have been hurting from no food or drink. It gets to peoples head when that happens. It was also rude to walk from the party and he would know that. But I trust that he had a reason.

    • @SolarWaves37221
      @SolarWaves37221 4 роки тому +21

      @@dsanalysis5013 attending those kind of village celebrations and not eating like a king is pretty much impossible.if he didn't eat anything by that point it was because he didn't want to

    • @haidicheng5142
      @haidicheng5142 4 роки тому +5

      Villagers should have homemade vodka, if he just had a few drinks he would of definitely sang and danced.

    • @RemusDs
      @RemusDs 4 роки тому +5

      @@haidicheng5142 he was driving

    • @Dedint10
      @Dedint10 4 роки тому +1

      @@RemusDs
      Option 1: Drive anyway, like he has in more or less every video in which he randomly gets invited for a drink. Not recommended.
      Option 2: Get taken care of for the night by a cute village babushka

  • @evoskaelthas814
    @evoskaelthas814 4 роки тому +23

    12:00 and 11:39
    Those are houses of the war's casualties.

  • @goobermcboogerballs1420
    @goobermcboogerballs1420 2 роки тому +2

    That priest has it right. Pumping out everything that makes the country beautiful for some paper.

  • @danielito.mp3
    @danielito.mp3 4 роки тому +338

    Komi Village People: Sing and dance for us
    Bald: ight ima head out

    • @slax4884
      @slax4884 4 роки тому

      Hahahahaha brilliant

  • @GuNNs1986
    @GuNNs1986 4 роки тому +358

    "Babushka down" I'm dead 😭😭😭

    • @JstGdNews
      @JstGdNews 4 роки тому +12

      Sweetest moment on this one!!

    • @rochzalewski1779
      @rochzalewski1779 4 роки тому +9

      I love Bald for such comments

    • @TBVnBIX
      @TBVnBIX 4 роки тому +4

      i am at work and i laughed way to loud

    • @GuNNs1986
      @GuNNs1986 4 роки тому +1

      @@farlielacroix780 dont sweat fairy la cock

  • @mddenis1
    @mddenis1 3 роки тому +34

    Hi from Syktyvkar! Great content, I am surprised how you managed to do such an interesting content out of such poor and depressive region, respect to you!

    • @MrLiquid323
      @MrLiquid323 4 місяці тому

      Why depressive?

    • @mddenis1
      @mddenis1 4 місяці тому

      @@MrLiquid323 because it looks like it is depressive

    • @MrLiquid323
      @MrLiquid323 4 місяці тому

      @@mddenis1 same as Baltic states

  • @lukeaitken8332
    @lukeaitken8332 4 роки тому +28

    3:02 "Christianity was downtrodden"
    And now so are the potatoes... *crunch*

  • @mic1472
    @mic1472 4 роки тому +510

    damn it... seeing mr bald dance and sing in front of all those babushkas would of made my whole year

    • @dantaylor7344
      @dantaylor7344 4 роки тому +13

      Babushka down! Babushka down!

    • @farouqomaro598
      @farouqomaro598 4 роки тому +3

      I was hoping he would do an English dance too

    • @Flaschenteufel
      @Flaschenteufel 4 роки тому +3

      he DEFINITELY has to go back!!!

    • @dondefact3541
      @dondefact3541 4 роки тому +1

      He had practice doing the mashed potato. Could sing Happy Birthday too.
      It would it look like Snoopy doing his happy dance?

    • @addictedtoRS
      @addictedtoRS 3 роки тому

      The chances of him visiting that village on a day of celebration for that village is insane. Bald should have brought vodka, this would have been a much more interesting video!

  • @westsenkovec
    @westsenkovec 4 роки тому +135

    _" like I'm a spy or something"_
    *EVIL LAUGH*

  • @Samuel-xu1jr
    @Samuel-xu1jr 4 роки тому +6

    I really find comfort in watching these types of videos, during quarantine you might get the feeling that you're missing out staying inside all the time. Watching videos like these gives me the feeling that i've actually done something with the day, strange enough.

  • @howtoduit
    @howtoduit 3 роки тому +8

    The singing was so beautiful, It reminded of music I'd hear in like a studio ghibli movie!

  • @annapomelo3818
    @annapomelo3818 4 роки тому +330

    What a pity that you haven´t performed for the nice people there - and, of course - for your subscribers!

    • @blakeflexin3344
      @blakeflexin3344 4 роки тому +2

      lmao

    • @mauriceoconnor2859
      @mauriceoconnor2859 4 роки тому +21

      Yeah bald ffs what are we paying you for,go back and sing for the village

    • @naturekev
      @naturekev 4 роки тому +9

      I'm sure he could have performed a great rendition of "God Save the Queen".

    • @shhhmint6242
      @shhhmint6242 4 роки тому

      Ye ironically...

    • @mysuperpupernick
      @mysuperpupernick 4 роки тому

      @@paulchatel2215 same in Russia

  • @welshtoro3256
    @welshtoro3256 4 роки тому +129

    Ha Ha, Good old Bald can mix with everyone but to sing and dance on a public stage is a Englishman's kryptonite.

  • @joeinnc4539
    @joeinnc4539 4 роки тому +13

    I am addicted to your videos! I have to say I would have gotten up on stage and did something! What an adventure! I have been to 85 nations, and I love exploring local culture!

    • @brianm2881
      @brianm2881 2 роки тому

      Bald entertains us enough without needing to get up on stage as well. Maybe the locals missed out, but then again was Bald doing a vague reconstruction of Morris dancing something they needed to see?

  • @ghenpowell2930
    @ghenpowell2930 Рік тому

    I have really enjoyed traveling around with you. It have completed my education at this late stage of my life. It's good to see in this episode that they have something to sing about!! I saw on UA-cam today that you would not be making anymore. So sorry to hear that it's been a great adventure ❤

  • @Humalkeisari
    @Humalkeisari 4 роки тому +478

    "Like I'm a spy or something"
    *laughs like a spy*

    • @claypx2517
      @claypx2517 4 роки тому +16

      MI6 trained him well

    • @robertoj8296
      @robertoj8296 4 роки тому +5

      @@claypx2517 Mossad

    • @johnsmith-wx5fb
      @johnsmith-wx5fb 4 роки тому +4

      I think ben is jewish he also laughs like sid james who also happens to be jewish

    • @andrzejklein7846
      @andrzejklein7846 4 роки тому +3

      I read your comment first and wasn't expecting this to be SO true.

    • @robertoj8296
      @robertoj8296 4 роки тому +3

      @@johnsmith-wx5fb He said his grandpa's name was Moshe.

  • @Anonymous-iv7zk
    @Anonymous-iv7zk 4 роки тому +244

    Salute to the dude who ran over to try to help grandma up, you the man.

    • @Anonymous-iv7zk
      @Anonymous-iv7zk 4 роки тому +3

      Zero Cool yeah no shit, but others just turned their head so props to him.

    • @Anonymous-iv7zk
      @Anonymous-iv7zk 4 роки тому +2

      Callie Masters I agree!

  • @adamosh9439
    @adamosh9439 2 роки тому +10

    "They're checking my documents as if I'm a spy or something."
    *laughs in MI6*

  • @HarryHoward
    @HarryHoward 3 роки тому

    I love this channel. It feels just so personal to each viewer.

  • @ToxicVaccines_HivHoax
    @ToxicVaccines_HivHoax 4 роки тому +361

    POTATOES!!
    You should have had a longer conversation with that priest so we would have had an idea of how life is for priests in that church.

    • @SuperHoneyOil
      @SuperHoneyOil 4 роки тому +2

      Vodka duh

    • @shoalbayboy
      @shoalbayboy 4 роки тому +8

      What happens to priests who bad mouth Putin? Didn't he realise Bald was going to plaster his views all over UA-cam.

    • @Mr.Turnbull
      @Mr.Turnbull 4 роки тому +2

      Hows life for priests? He is probably the only one who drives a lexus in a village lol

    • @VisiblyJacked
      @VisiblyJacked 4 роки тому +5

      @@Mr.Turnbull I doubt that

    • @-eMpTy-
      @-eMpTy- 4 роки тому +11

      @@shoalbayboy
      Putin couldn't care less. He knows that a lot of the "real russian" population doesn't like him.

  • @matrixfull
    @matrixfull 4 роки тому +245

    Awww ... too bad you didn't sing for them at least. They were probably just happy to see Englishman in their village and wanted you to feel included even if you wouldn't sing that well.

    • @expertlight8603
      @expertlight8603 4 роки тому +2

      They don't like the English - don't taste good.

    • @SxVaNm345
      @SxVaNm345 4 роки тому +8

      I know, I really hope that part of the video was a joke, and he did indeed sing for them but didn’t want to upload it, or he made it up for the lulz basically.

    • @inguspodnieks9028
      @inguspodnieks9028 4 роки тому

      @@dncviorel shut up u gypsy, ur name and last name sounds romanian

    •  4 роки тому +1

      @Peter Marshall This village is far beyond never seen by someone outside of their country... they have hardly been seen by his own government

    • @sgabriel7133
      @sgabriel7133 4 роки тому

      Andrei Piatra GIPSY

  • @lasciencedelamusique6245
    @lasciencedelamusique6245 3 роки тому +2

    I don't know why, but it's very fun to travel with you!!! Thank you from Quebec Canada :)

  • @Chauncy63
    @Chauncy63 4 роки тому +1

    I love your care-free travels. The things you have seen. Love it.

  • @nilstwestergaup3165
    @nilstwestergaup3165 4 роки тому +231

    Man.. That was disappointing, you should've just went up there and greeted these humble people

    • @el_dorado666
      @el_dorado666 4 роки тому +15

      100%. I hope he goes back one day and apologize for his rudeness.

    • @doubleutubefan5
      @doubleutubefan5 4 роки тому +10

      @@el_dorado666 its not that embarrassing. Just go up and sing a bit and move around. Way less painful than pulling teeth

    • @lanand9397
      @lanand9397 4 роки тому +1

      Ok tough guys post a video of you doing that sober

  • @BlackBriar0204
    @BlackBriar0204 4 роки тому +413

    If I had a nickel for every time someone said “Babushka Down” I’d have a nickel.

  • @samito7147
    @samito7147 4 роки тому +21

    "They ask for my documents like I'm a spy or something... Hahahahahaha... 👀"

  • @mrman487
    @mrman487 3 роки тому +1

    I love these vlog's where you just talk to ordinary people from cultures I've never heard or seen before.

  • @bOomajkeeTv
    @bOomajkeeTv 4 роки тому +55

    A red star on a house means that a veteran of the Great Patriotic War lives (or lived) in this house.

  • @rickyaustin5757
    @rickyaustin5757 4 роки тому +206

    “Babooska down!” One of the best lines I’ve heard on UA-cam

  • @starglowcruiser
    @starglowcruiser 3 роки тому

    found your site not too long ago, been watching for over a month love bald and bankrupt - so interesting, and hopefully endless!

  • @venomfanex
    @venomfanex 4 роки тому

    Im addicted to your videos because of your enthusiasm. Please keep it up!

  • @jasonjones63
    @jasonjones63 4 роки тому +173

    Mr. Bald, I am disappointed that you didn't perform at the village fair at the end..."Rolling in the deep" from Adele would've been the perfect choice for the villagers and the viewers

  • @marshalthompson8192
    @marshalthompson8192 4 роки тому +277

    Share your culture too. These people are just as interested in your history, as you are theirs.. love the videos though.

    • @D3RPTV
      @D3RPTV 4 роки тому +15

      02X Nanner the british culture is a local fish and chips shop, knife crime, chavs

    • @dirtydangler
      @dirtydangler 4 роки тому

      @@blackkray8351 colonization*

    • @blackkray8351
      @blackkray8351 4 роки тому

      @@dirtydangler what do you mean bro thats what i said

    • @dirtydangler
      @dirtydangler 4 роки тому

      @@blackkray8351 you're welcome for the correction

    • @dirtydangler
      @dirtydangler 4 роки тому +1

      @Sharpy that's what he had before but then changed it, poor kid doesn't even know his own language

  • @dschoas
    @dschoas 2 роки тому

    The best travel blog on the internet! I love it! Reminds me of my travel to Buryatia in December 1991, being one of the handful Westerners in Ulan Ude. Good vibes!

    • @ottostockl5597
      @ottostockl5597 2 роки тому

      How was it like then? I currently live in moscow? I am very interested in russian Culture and History

  • @maple494
    @maple494 3 роки тому +4

    I would've loved seeing Bald performing a dance and singing to the Komi village!

  • @jammin5252
    @jammin5252 4 роки тому +134

    ah man I feel a bit sad for the villagers they probably never seen anything and just wanted too see a dance and some song from a exotic outside foreigner

    • @SolarWaves37221
      @SolarWaves37221 4 роки тому +21

      @Bedrocker Don also he could have just said he doesn't want to sing and still stick around instead of running away like a pussy LOL

  • @BIGDZ8346
    @BIGDZ8346 4 роки тому +142

    16:04 NOOO I can't belive you done that! You just wasted the opportunity for one of your best videos 😂😂😂

    • @BIGDZ8346
      @BIGDZ8346 4 роки тому +10

      @Tom He didn't even have breakfast they probobly would of fed him 😂😂😂

    • @yms6892
      @yms6892 4 роки тому +2

      @@chukwow5738 no

  • @iamnotscientist2364
    @iamnotscientist2364 2 роки тому +1

    This guy is going to smile for over a century i believed and his videos will remain for forever 👍

  • @gloriagavaneli9862
    @gloriagavaneli9862 Рік тому

    I think it is so sweet the way you can talk and describe anything but the minute the attention is on you you are so shy. Very nice quality. I hope you got something to eat at least before you left. Lol

  • @user-dt6dj2ro8s
    @user-dt6dj2ro8s 4 роки тому +921

    Globalization’s results. I get information about my country and its regions whose I never heard about from the English guy’s video.

    • @TabbyAngel2
      @TabbyAngel2 4 роки тому +4

      Lol true

    • @alexb6821
      @alexb6821 4 роки тому +13

      Very interesting juxtaposition

    • @AleKcaHgp
      @AleKcaHgp 4 роки тому +47

      Same here. Just found his channel a few weeks ago and already surprisingly was given a tour around a town I was born in and another town I have lived in for 7 years and haven't seen for about 20 years now.

    • @platformstrange1794
      @platformstrange1794 4 роки тому +11

      Aretm, it's not that surprising considering how vast russia is and ussr was.

    • @TJPDmember
      @TJPDmember 4 роки тому +10

      not really surprising considering how russian media works. People are super great he made me want to visit russia even more than i always wanted but all of them "elite people" above are shady to say the least...

  • @Alex1999al
    @Alex1999al 4 роки тому +429

    In Russia we say "уйти по-английски" ("leave in an English way"). That's what you actually did :D

    • @user-to8fy7mf4o
      @user-to8fy7mf4o 4 роки тому +76

      leave in an English way which means leave without saying goodbye !

    • @maciejmanna9246
      @maciejmanna9246 4 роки тому +61

      I thought the same thing. We have exacly the same expression in Poland :)

    • @pk47831
      @pk47831 4 роки тому +28

      In French they say fuir a l'anglaise

    • @speedrob
      @speedrob 4 роки тому +17

      This is a funny expression that other countires have using the English, I love this.

    • @fishcereal9940
      @fishcereal9940 4 роки тому +4

      Megabutor Yes, too bad our government are cowards who cannot help an ally in need.

  • @seanclark2085
    @seanclark2085 3 роки тому

    Love your videos, better than all the travel shows on TV or Amazon .

  • @AStarVlogs
    @AStarVlogs 2 роки тому

    Binge watching your videos. Really enjoy travelling with you.

  • @manta1969manta
    @manta1969manta 4 роки тому +681

    12:00 red star on corner this house, means, this family lost somebody in battles WW2

    • @vitamingummies7472
      @vitamingummies7472 4 роки тому +112

      The fact that its also abandoned makes it even more sad. Respect to those who did not make it back home.

    • @yowaddup5649
      @yowaddup5649 4 роки тому +84

      Almost everyone's lost someone.the casualties were astronomical

    • @catherinelynch7617
      @catherinelynch7617 4 роки тому +3

      @@yowaddup5649 where's all their red stars then.

    • @yowaddup5649
      @yowaddup5649 4 роки тому +20

      @@catherinelynch7617 you'll find most of them in the countryside

    • @roadrunner9840
      @roadrunner9840 4 роки тому +6

      thanks for this I was wondering what it meant

  • @tiihtu2507
    @tiihtu2507 4 роки тому +121

    A church full of potatoes ✔
    Visiting Soviet village club ✔
    Hearing another minority language ✔
    Locals think you are a spy ✔
    Beautiful babushka ✔
    Leaving the town like an Englishman ✔
    Trying to hit on Soviet cow ✔
    Mission accomplished in Komi Republic.

    • @fuzzwack1
      @fuzzwack1 4 роки тому +1

      LOL!!

    • @sametoyoutoo8509
      @sametoyoutoo8509 4 роки тому +1

      Same every video and the loving being a fish out of water.

  • @r_a_
    @r_a_ 2 роки тому

    Joy of watching Ian Douglas Wright in Lonely Planet.
    Your travel vlogs are providing similar type of excitement.

  • @DrNanite
    @DrNanite 4 роки тому +1

    I love to see how he interacts with foreigners, making them laugh. If it were me I would be scared to joke about anything.

  • @brandonsteinbach4208
    @brandonsteinbach4208 4 роки тому +145

    Not gonna lie I would've ran from the festival too lmao.😂

  • @ExactConsciousness
    @ExactConsciousness 4 роки тому +103

    "would you do a song and dance for us in English please Mr English journalist person?"
    .....
    **dust**

  • @dillwill1813
    @dillwill1813 4 роки тому +1

    You're very good at this, making the ordinary extraordinary!

  • @sting64az
    @sting64az 4 роки тому

    Hahaha so funny at the end.....I love all your journeys they are so entertaining....Keep up the good work...

  • @ln5321
    @ln5321 4 роки тому +236

    "As though I'm a spy or something! *excessive nervous laughter*"

    • @peaceonearth351
      @peaceonearth351 4 роки тому +11

      It's better than going, "Eh eh eh eh ehhhh".

    • @torrace12
      @torrace12 4 роки тому +3

      that was the tell tell sign hes not a spy
      yo never see James bond laugh excessively and nervously for a reason!

    • @content4502
      @content4502 4 роки тому +2

      @L N
      That's what I been saying.
      He knew he got caught .....

    • @luchikvcarstve
      @luchikvcarstve 4 роки тому

      nervous???

    • @content4502
      @content4502 4 роки тому

      @@luchikvcarstve
      He had no vodka .....

  • @alexaguilera7194
    @alexaguilera7194 4 роки тому +206

    Walking into that church filled with potatoes reminds me of walking into a facehugger nest in Alien except that's a gopnik alien nest.

    • @MomentalnoVMore
      @MomentalnoVMore 4 роки тому

      @dantelo88 Do you blame the author for being stupid and cannot distinguish potatoes from ceramsite?

  • @onone9149
    @onone9149 2 роки тому +1

    Can't get enough of these videos. Ben you gem 😎

  • @nickrkr
    @nickrkr Рік тому

    What beautiful places Bald goes to 😊 and that party was so lil

  • @mijotodoric7227
    @mijotodoric7227 4 роки тому +277

    From all that travelling through Russia I thought you would learn that you need boots instead of converse.

    • @brittanybonnie1478
      @brittanybonnie1478 4 роки тому +5

      nah we like a little danger

    • @FindJulz
      @FindJulz 3 роки тому

      Every single time, i think exactly that!!

    • @tanyagarcia3721
      @tanyagarcia3721 3 роки тому +2

      Ones that were steel toed and waterproof and thick soled top boot no pun intended

    • @aprilmason1616
      @aprilmason1616 3 роки тому +1

      Or black Converse:p

  • @broda_osas3608
    @broda_osas3608 4 роки тому +142

    Dude I have been wachting bald for over 4 months almost every day this guy is the most entertaining UA-camr ever

    • @fazerslicer7361
      @fazerslicer7361 4 роки тому +1

      AFGaming wat about that other guy in Italy

    • @HimanshuOnYT
      @HimanshuOnYT 4 роки тому

      Same here

    • @ivandobrev8559
      @ivandobrev8559 4 роки тому +2

      yes me too with mr bald vlogs you can laugh and also learn something interesting and see places where in a million years you will never go

    • @sametoyoutoo8509
      @sametoyoutoo8509 4 роки тому +1

      Try his friend Harld Balder

    • @GrassTalk4202
      @GrassTalk4202 4 роки тому

      Beardio What do you mean? Him and bald basically have the same style

  • @livegaminggz
    @livegaminggz Рік тому +1

    Your content is cool, amazed and i hope you dont retired. Just keep going. Greet from Malaysia🇲🇾

  • @landlord5552
    @landlord5552 2 роки тому

    I was working 3 months in Sovtovkar 1995, it was experience on its own, doubt that much changed nince in Komi republic. Welcome from Finland!

  • @schnorpel
    @schnorpel 4 роки тому +695

    I've never seen you scared of anything, Bald! But now I know your biggest fear: singing in front of an audience. :)

  • @BOB2112420
    @BOB2112420 4 роки тому +260

    Oh, no! Shame on you, Bald! They're still waiting for you to sing your song.

    • @bowlpoke2245
      @bowlpoke2245 4 роки тому +6

      How is it going in prison, mr bo?

    • @BOB2112420
      @BOB2112420 4 роки тому +16

      @@bowlpoke2245 They treat me well. Even better than Epstein.

    • @seedlesswatermelon417
      @seedlesswatermelon417 4 роки тому +2

      @@Ruturaj22 how many years was he in the can again?

    • @dusanj
      @dusanj 4 роки тому +1

      @@Ruturaj22 even here the Sopranos comments haunt me, great...

    • @yasinhassani3929
      @yasinhassani3929 4 роки тому

      Seedless Watermelon bro u look like reza shah 😁 his father ( shah of iran )

  • @flyagaric1000
    @flyagaric1000 3 роки тому

    Once again I would love to travel with bald on his adventures

  • @Lucky14970
    @Lucky14970 2 роки тому

    Just ordered one of your t-shirts! Hopefully it still comes through!

  • @josht777
    @josht777 4 роки тому +91

    "Babushka down" 😂

  • @maxweiss1597
    @maxweiss1597 4 роки тому +151

    Is Balds new thing finding different indigenous langauges?

    • @Contraproductive
      @Contraproductive 4 роки тому +35

      i think it's also just a great reason to talk to locals, gets the conversation going

    • @maxweiss1597
      @maxweiss1597 4 роки тому +1

      @@Contraproductive Yeah,thats true.

  • @mslauralee6478
    @mslauralee6478 3 роки тому

    Oh I’m sure there’s other people that Have said it, but I’ll say it again, Oh how I wish we Could’ve seen you on that stage!!!! That would have been a great laugh of a lifetime!!! Hope your recovery is going well, we miss you and hope to see you soon!

  • @Kadood
    @Kadood 3 роки тому +1

    One day I hope to explore the former USSR like you, you're truly an inspiration to me and my journey to study language

  • @dantorino3157
    @dantorino3157 4 роки тому +728

    Bald: Goes solo into Bolivia's most dangerous hood
    Also Bald: Scared of singing in front of a few people

    • @viktorcselenyi8119
      @viktorcselenyi8119 4 роки тому +16

      He is trained for that, not for singing

    • @Goinoroth
      @Goinoroth 3 роки тому +34

      British awkwardness on point

  • @cupofjotv8195
    @cupofjotv8195 4 роки тому +40

    When the guy ran over to help the babushka up it reminded me of my trip to Russia with my wife and my two sons (age one and half and three year old) I had a double stroller and anytime I came up to steps or stuck in a door way the closests man to me would run up and help me. Many people there are consideret of old people, parents with small kids , and children. What a beautiful people.

  • @videomaven77
    @videomaven77 3 роки тому +1

    When he finally finds people in the village at the end and they are celebrating their village day, it's very much like a scene from Killing Eve when Villanelle goes back home to see mother and family. Very similar.

  • @lukehoward3487
    @lukehoward3487 2 роки тому

    Would have loved to have seen you take the stage in the village!