I Slept In Kyrgyzstan's Worst Hotel 🇰🇬

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  • @user-yr4no2fx3c
    @user-yr4no2fx3c 4 роки тому +5918

    That little old lady wouldn’t stop talking because it probably has been a lifetime since being able to show off her cherished town to someone who cares. Thank you for caring Bald!

    • @user-bw3fl7fj9w
      @user-bw3fl7fj9w 4 роки тому +108

      Exactly what I was thinking

    • @trentdawg2832
      @trentdawg2832 4 роки тому +412

      She was just happy to tell her story to someone that would listen. .....God bless that lady and her family. .....and we have clowns in America saying they've been oppressed. ....gtfoh

    • @DMXhill
      @DMXhill 4 роки тому +135

      @@trentdawg2832 lol what? So because someone in another country is worse off than some poor people in America, it means they're pussies or something? It's not a contest, people can still be poor in a 1st world country and it isn't negated due to people who are worse off.

    • @abbad707
      @abbad707 4 роки тому +3

      T true, exactly lol

    • @abbad707
      @abbad707 4 роки тому +3

      Trent Dawg yeah lol

  • @klutzykate123
    @klutzykate123 4 роки тому +6249

    Poor lady is starving for good old conversations about the past. She was lovely!

    • @OTWD_yt
      @OTWD_yt 4 роки тому +303

      Yes so nice to see bet she loved it

  • @TheSauliusK
    @TheSauliusK 4 роки тому +2497

    * The lady that doesn't stop talking is understandable, imagine that nobody shows any interest because they already used to see a lot of times and then one day you show up from UK with a big interest and of course she'll want to share her whole life 🙂

    • @JaYaKaAzZ1
      @JaYaKaAzZ1 4 роки тому +289

      Agree, what bold missed to translate, she said they even had wild tigers back than. That's crazy

    • @TheSauliusK
      @TheSauliusK 4 роки тому +115

      @@JaYaKaAzZ1 O sh!t really? That's awesome 😳 I like when he's interactint with people and of course putting subtitles but what I don't like it that sometimes he cuts off people in the middle of conversation to tell us, that give me "UK politeness my @ss 😁" vibes, but of course we get used to it 🙂

    • @honestbaguette
      @honestbaguette 4 роки тому +42

      And her father's. And her grandfather's. And her grandgrandfather's. And her daughter's. And her ancestors' in old Ukraine. And that time when Petya was chased by a tiger. And...

    • @trevorrandom
      @trevorrandom 4 роки тому +1

      ♥ Her

    • @areyouserious3092
      @areyouserious3092 4 роки тому +164

      She was absolutely lovely. I can't believe she was apologising for being poor that just broke my heart.

  • @Ytown08
    @Ytown08 4 роки тому +4274

    The woman in the club was adorable, little did she know she was speaking in front of half of a million people in less than a week’s time.

    • @jaysmith2858
      @jaysmith2858 4 роки тому +72

      Maybe he could tell them about his videos. I'm sure it would give them a boost to see themselves in one and the number of people who have watched it.

    • @carinapowered995
      @carinapowered995 4 роки тому +27

      Getting close to a million views pretty soon.

    • @minicouples
      @minicouples 4 роки тому +12

      Crazy how many people tune in!

    • @lfmm97
      @lfmm97 4 роки тому +43

      Sometimes it's easy to forget how nice and welcoming people can be, anywhere in the world. She was very sweet.

    • @shan22777
      @shan22777 4 роки тому +9

      Over a million

  • @The.void.itself
    @The.void.itself 3 роки тому +1677

    "Forgive us please that we are such a poor country" man, that lady was so adorable and lovely, I felt so sad on how she said that, but listening to her bringing the upsides of their people as soulful is just heartwarming

  • @techidna-h9t
    @techidna-h9t 4 роки тому +637

    I love the women you come across. They are the heart and soul of their towns.

    • @Quarter324
      @Quarter324 4 роки тому +24

      Happy women means a happy village.

    • @MarinaInChrist84
      @MarinaInChrist84 4 роки тому +5

      @@Quarter324 Best quote!

    • @geordiegeordie7578
      @geordiegeordie7578 4 роки тому +3

      Babushkas? I have to see lol 😂

    • @Fortnitekid1427-o5k
      @Fortnitekid1427-o5k 4 роки тому +4

      I’m sure he’s “come across” more than a few

    • @Ducanralf
      @Ducanralf 4 роки тому +2

      As I travel round the 85 regions of Russia 🇷🇺 and I hope to meet bald in a corner some where 😂.Likable lad indeed .

  • @tonimarco6320
    @tonimarco6320 4 роки тому +2627

    Loved the woman who has lived there for 20 years and doesn’t give a f* about what mountaing range that is

    • @budwhite9781
      @budwhite9781 4 роки тому +12

      😀😂😜👏😅

    • @harrykeeling7125
      @harrykeeling7125 4 роки тому +6

      What mountain range is it ?

    • @RondoDinero
      @RondoDinero 4 роки тому +282

      She 'dont know anything' for this bald american spy

    • @Tyler-789
      @Tyler-789 4 роки тому +45

      @@RondoDinero He’s not even American lol

    • @RondoDinero
      @RondoDinero 4 роки тому +2

      @@Tyler-789 its an rofl vro

  • @eastfrisian_88
    @eastfrisian_88 4 роки тому +687

    Aww this woman who apologised for her country being so poor almost broke my heart. If life has taught me one thing, dear Babushka, it is that people with little money have the biggest hearts!

  • @judycolella5554
    @judycolella5554 4 роки тому +624

    Wow. My mom was Ukrainian, and she had the same green eyes and perfect teeth like the lady you spoke with. Mom has since passed, but I really wished she could have seen your vlog. She would have loved all the locations you show. We used to have what were called "Travelogs," where people would take home-style movies on 8mm film and show them at the local Kiwanis Club. You always give me that beautiful nostalgia - and some hysterically funny moments. Love your channel!

    • @JJsOriginals
      @JJsOriginals 4 роки тому +19

      Perfect teeth? 😀 You neglected to notice her gangsta grill bottom row?

    • @ThatDamnPandaKai
      @ThatDamnPandaKai 4 роки тому +12

      @@JJsOriginals She puts her money where her mouth is 😂

    • @JJsOriginals
      @JJsOriginals 4 роки тому +3

      @@ThatDamnPandaKai Indeed she does. Common thing in ex-CCCP.

    • @landyshlana8283
      @landyshlana8283 4 роки тому +18

      Ukrainian are very beautiful😍

    • @judycolella5554
      @judycolella5554 4 роки тому +8

      @@JJsOriginals Was just noticing her top teeth.

  • @stephenhanrahan7638
    @stephenhanrahan7638 4 роки тому +8851

    People at Hotel: "Oh, a guy with a camera. Wow, he'll put this on his channel and this will be great for our business!"
    Bald: "WORST HOTEL IN ALL OF KYRGZSTAN"

    • @minicouples
      @minicouples 4 роки тому +257

      At least they sold him a sink😂😂😂

    • @lRudeBoyAoE
      @lRudeBoyAoE 4 роки тому +67

      HHAHAHAHAHA THIS MADE ME LOL

    • @sleptiq
      @sleptiq 4 роки тому +69

      I doubt they have internet.

    • @longpham9836
      @longpham9836 4 роки тому +10

      This is hilarious lmao ;))

    • @durcity
      @durcity 4 роки тому +7

      Lmao

  • @lisalarouge6309
    @lisalarouge6309 4 роки тому +231

    Mr Bald, I enjoy your solo trips more than when you’re with Harold and Simon. They’re nice but it’s more of a learning experience when it’s just you.

    • @samgarcia5284
      @samgarcia5284 4 роки тому +2

      @@ojames2931 So you have met Simon?

    • @boatproductions9494
      @boatproductions9494 4 роки тому +3

      Solo travel is much better in my opinion

    • @iykyk_4703
      @iykyk_4703 4 роки тому +1

      @@jaydawg3031 where did she go anyways

    • @31000or
      @31000or 4 роки тому +2

      Simon is too soft

    • @jerry85g7
      @jerry85g7 4 роки тому

      @@jaydawg3031 She was his translator in Cuba

  • @redwelder5296
    @redwelder5296 4 роки тому +1976

    I think the older women that was a “Talker” may have been lonely..if i were there and could speak and understand Russian i probably would’ve invited her to have a bite to eat and a coffee just to listen to her stories of old soviet times.

    • @sunburst2105
      @sunburst2105 4 роки тому +33

      Me too

    • @FlourescentPotato
      @FlourescentPotato 4 роки тому +117

      no you wouldn't have lol

    • @elpibelol5005
      @elpibelol5005 4 роки тому +34

      @@FlourescentPotato why?

    • @chulainn32
      @chulainn32 4 роки тому +397

      ​@@FlourescentPotato just because you wouldn't doesn't mean someone else wouldn't. Like my old babushka used to say 'if you have nothing nice to say, shut the fuck up'.

    • @OTWD_yt
      @OTWD_yt 4 роки тому +58

      Yer she definitely enjoyed the conversation bless her

  • @kainuu3157
    @kainuu3157 4 роки тому +168

    The lady from the club was lovely. She told Bald so much about history! And according to her, there were even tigers in Kyrgyzstan long ago! 🤗

    • @djordjerasic7482
      @djordjerasic7482 4 роки тому +5

      you understood her when she said that? wow

    • @juststeve5542
      @juststeve5542 4 роки тому +7

      Wouldn't surprise me in the least, China has tigers, India has tigers, and Siberia has tigers.
      Cat are very adaptable given time.

    • @noahdeist7434
      @noahdeist7434 4 роки тому +9

      @@djordjerasic7482 yes. At 12:34 she says "we even had tigers here". Tigry.

    • @EthanfromEngland-
      @EthanfromEngland- 4 роки тому +7

      @@juststeve5542 true. Even I have a cat.

    • @glennzoo
      @glennzoo 4 роки тому +5

      @@juststeve5542 Look up the Caspian tiger

  • @MrBaronCabron
    @MrBaronCabron 4 роки тому +293

    I can't imagine living there for 20 years and not wanting to visit those mountains. Then again I spend 16 hours a day inside and often make excuses not to go food shopping. Also love that club worker. So much passion and interest in sharing.

    • @whataboutbob9786
      @whataboutbob9786 4 роки тому +24

      Well, she was walking along the road. It would be a very long walk to the mountains 😂

    • @antimonycup7066
      @antimonycup7066 4 роки тому +1

      lol same

    • @MetricImperialist
      @MetricImperialist 4 роки тому +29

      She has probably never gone to the mountains because there's nothing there.
      Those mountains are not like the Alps or the Rocky Mountains in North America where there are world class resorts to stay at.

    • @maryjoan4128
      @maryjoan4128 4 роки тому +1

      You are fearless...make us all want to count our blessings. Safe travels

    • @jaloveast1k
      @jaloveast1k 4 роки тому +1

      Oh I remember you from back in the days when hearthstone was popular

  • @SB-ki8ub
    @SB-ki8ub 4 роки тому +1165

    "She's a talker..."
    Balds' finally met his match.

    • @lisalarouge6309
      @lisalarouge6309 4 роки тому +120

      She rarely gets anyone to talk to.

    • @wisdomleader85
      @wisdomleader85 4 роки тому +69

      babushka and bankrupt.

    • @slydoll7877
      @slydoll7877 4 роки тому +40

      @010steveo Yes she was intelligent and articulate...could have listened to more.

    • @robinbishop5357
      @robinbishop5357 4 роки тому +28

      You gotta go back and visit her she should be a national treasure

    • @damn_thats_art
      @damn_thats_art 4 роки тому +57

      It was a bit rude of Bald..

  • @lazarus2249
    @lazarus2249 4 роки тому +713

    "we are a soulful people" that woman was amazing. just goes to show no matter where you are on earth there are people excited about where they live

  • @DaStrikey
    @DaStrikey 4 роки тому +183

    It burns me inside out to hear that woman _apologizing_ for not having anything to show. This was not her battle, it was not her responsibility yet she remains proud..I hear the sorrow in her voice, she's stuck there. Sending all my love from the UK.

    • @nigeldowsett8560
      @nigeldowsett8560 4 роки тому +7

      Great comment. Love from the UK.

    • @lucid_lucas4509
      @lucid_lucas4509 4 роки тому +2

      @Storm Designs apologiszing

    • @DaStrikey
      @DaStrikey 4 роки тому +4

      @@shanginadildo You're gonna mope about a bloody spelling mistake. Have you got nothing better to do. Christ. Was going to thank you for pointing it out but you can sod off back to your cave now, cheers.

    • @DaStrikey
      @DaStrikey 4 роки тому +3

      @@shanginadildo I'd rather not feed the ego of a prat. But Have a nice day.

    • @lucid_lucas4509
      @lucid_lucas4509 4 роки тому +3

      @Storm Designs yore wrong it’s aoiligxxing

  • @sxddxlly
    @sxddxlly 4 роки тому +122

    You give me good vibes. Currently lost my job, low as ever on money. Stressed. But watching your videos help me (: bless u

    • @Fjidl
      @Fjidl 4 роки тому +16

      You're going to be allright :)

    • @r4y83
      @r4y83 4 роки тому +9

      Stay positive .. Things will work out 👍🏻

    • @tlamiczka
      @tlamiczka 4 роки тому +11

      “Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give... it's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.” - sorry for the Rocky Balboa quote, but it's true :-) You'll get through it, it's just temporary obstacle :-)

    • @Coldbreezed
      @Coldbreezed 4 роки тому +8

      I feel you. Currently 3 months late on rent, probably going to get booted finally on the 1st of December. This pandemic has ruined me and probably for many years to come. Hope you stay positive

    • @sc1338
      @sc1338 4 роки тому +2

      I’m right there with you. Mine caught on fire. At least you’re not alone!

  • @ohjajohh
    @ohjajohh 4 роки тому +469

    This is the content I love. Places where no other tourists go, and where time stood still. Looking forward to the coming episodes.

  • @simonmartin4599
    @simonmartin4599 4 роки тому +441

    I love how those two teenagers were still there when you left the hotel. It really showed the range of recreational facilites of the place.

  • @bloodsling
    @bloodsling 4 роки тому +259

    11:55 I feel so bad for her,she's so proud of her history but sad about how things are. And she seemed sooo happy to have you to talk to

    • @uranomichiaruki1
      @uranomichiaruki1 4 роки тому +33

      Bald probably made her week stopping by to listen

    • @ЯнНорвуд
      @ЯнНорвуд 4 роки тому +3

      yeah, now it would sound strange if a person decides to move to kyrgyzstan from ukraine, nowadays these countries have so many differences. i guess, the reason why people moved from russia and ukraine then was war, not totally sure why. but it's just it was easier to move throughout soviet union then

    • @peter11612
      @peter11612 4 роки тому +2

      no doubt bald gave her a gift, she was lovely

    • @n.b.380
      @n.b.380 4 роки тому +6

      @@ЯнНорвуд
      Ukrainians were EXILED there. Since the times of Catherine the second.
      The same way like Taras Shevchenko was exiled to Kazakhstan. Many of them settled there for the whole life and became locals.
      Noone would move from Ukraine into Kyrgyzstan by their own will.
      Of course there were also Ukrainians who were sent to different far regions of USSR after graduation from Universities. They were appointed by government to different high-skilled jobs to teach local people. It was a common practice to mix population from different regions.
      A lot of Ukrainians were also sent to Russian far East. Many families in irkutsk and vladivistok have Ukrainian heritage

    • @ЯнНорвуд
      @ЯнНорвуд 4 роки тому +1

      @@n.b.380 thank you so much for info!

  • @GabrielTravelerVideos
    @GabrielTravelerVideos 4 роки тому +3664

    I wonder what the budget hotel in town is like.

    • @vrilmaxxed
      @vrilmaxxed 4 роки тому +141

      A soviet staple

    • @loooplooop802
      @loooplooop802 4 роки тому +57

      Gabriel, you are here man, I watch your Turkish videos, they are excellent. Bald should not photograph these houses. Maybe some witches live in it.

    • @krigsherre8646
      @krigsherre8646 4 роки тому +85

      Some newspaper to sleep on and a pot to shit in

    • @ligist1804
      @ligist1804 4 роки тому +52

      The room at 19:28

    • @Tejvir7
      @Tejvir7 4 роки тому +10

      You won’t have luxury and budget hotels there

  • @abagolfing_la4337
    @abagolfing_la4337 4 роки тому +586

    MR.BALD I am a 30 year old guy living in America, Born in the USSR in Uzbekistan, tashkent. I have never been back but my dad has friends out there and they would love to host you and I if you're up for it. For a Uzbekistan soviet Trip! Please let me know if interested and we can get this vlog done. We will have a blast and I'd love for you to show me how you make these amazing vlogs!

    • @Timepiecesociety
      @Timepiecesociety 4 роки тому +54

      Do it Mr. Bald. would be amazing!

    • @VictorNidas
      @VictorNidas 4 роки тому +26

      Hope this comment will be noticed by him 👆👍👍

    • @ceilconstante7813
      @ceilconstante7813 4 роки тому +17

      Please Mr. Bald, we'd love to see a vlog like this!

    • @stutinaik4685
      @stutinaik4685 4 роки тому +9

      Yes hopefully he sees this!!

    • @DBZ483
      @DBZ483 4 роки тому +2

      Doooo itttttr

  • @blindmotion812
    @blindmotion812 4 роки тому +787

    How does this guy not have his own Netflix series by now. Brilliant!

  • @athanasiospetras9915
    @athanasiospetras9915 4 роки тому +514

    That's good old Ben! Bald is not about sombreros in Mexico and ridding bikes in Prague, Bald is about drinking samagon with babushkas in small ex-soviet forgotten villages with rusty soviet statues....welcome back Ben!

    • @alvaro1480
      @alvaro1480 4 роки тому +10

      you are right , im Mexican but this is more interesting to see for me

  • @TheSauliusK
    @TheSauliusK 4 роки тому +75

    * Bald don't forget why we fall in love with you videos, we love your your videos not that you want to cut your videos often just to show "some interesting" but for raw videos that give us the feeling of traveling with you. So take the camera not for showing something to youtube, but take camera as "us" traveling with you, we want to see boring, soviet, interesting footage 🙂

    • @MarinaInChrist84
      @MarinaInChrist84 4 роки тому +3

      I agree. I would watch even a live broadcast from the Soviet villages or cities.

    • @Tris2000
      @Tris2000 4 роки тому

      Agree with you!!!

  • @crixuss4100
    @crixuss4100 4 роки тому +229

    Bald, as much as we like Harald and Simon these right here are your golden moments. Just watching you out there exploring the wild world is exactly what we signed up for. Please keep up with this type of content.
    Much love!

    • @fanakissferobolus9767
      @fanakissferobolus9767 4 роки тому +18

      Here Bald knows how to throw some light into history. The warmth of his soul makes those Soviet old things come alive for a moment. Bald can open the Gate of Time into that Soviet era. Baldr and Simon can not do that, though they are nice guys.

    • @caim3465
      @caim3465 4 роки тому +2

      Hi, anime girl.

    • @rogink
      @rogink 4 роки тому +3

      As a fan pf B+B I have to say the videos with him and the other guys in a Mexican cafe made me cringe. But when he's in a former USSR cafe on his own you get a much more authentic feel to the place.

    • @bd23002
      @bd23002 4 роки тому +4

      Don’t like Simon

    • @JeffAhllah
      @JeffAhllah 4 роки тому +1

      @@rogink Nah those videos were entertaining as well. But yes I do agree, like the rest, that the USSR videos are better.

  • @stephensaul3148
    @stephensaul3148 4 роки тому +276

    You know the hotel is bad when you pull the bed from the wall and there's 1000's bugs pulling it back...

  • @Pathance03
    @Pathance03 4 роки тому +310

    Bald really does live his best life, I was never really interested in to the soviets before I started watching you over a year ago but it’s just so interesting seeing all these countries. Don’t stop what your doing Mr bald no matter what country, what place you always make it interesting and always a joy to watch.

    • @ChrisMustList
      @ChrisMustList 4 роки тому +10

      I agree! You can tell he's crazy passionate about solo travel. I love it.

    • @akhilraaj
      @akhilraaj 4 роки тому +4

      @@ChrisMustList yeah he just isn’t his natural self when with harald or simon

    • @provo4
      @provo4 4 роки тому +2

      @@ChrisMustList Exactly. It can be lonely and troubling going far across the world on your own. Yet Bald takes it all in his stride, he has a positive attitude.

  • @silentnsubtle5660
    @silentnsubtle5660 4 роки тому +4027

    Mr. Bald back in his comfort zone, Soviet this and Soviet that

    • @landyshlana8283
      @landyshlana8283 4 роки тому +51

      Yesss))) SOVIIIIEEEETTT!!!!))))

    • @cjbotts
      @cjbotts 4 роки тому +85

      That’s the content we come for 😂

    • @meganwatson3732
      @meganwatson3732 4 роки тому +12

      Kinda over it but soviet will do I guess.

    • @longrodjohnson6399
      @longrodjohnson6399 4 роки тому +8

      Word lol

    • @yb8080
      @yb8080 4 роки тому +24

      @@landyshlana8283 ...he only said Soviet 30 times.

  • @andrewkerr5518
    @andrewkerr5518 4 роки тому +54

    Best channel on UA-cam.

  • @МашаДаненаша
    @МашаДаненаша 4 роки тому +95

    Abandoned ppl at the abandoned places are happy to be heard at least by someone. Their life stories. Because there is at least someone who interested of it even for the short time.
    It makes me sad.
    But it's amazing how mr. Bald feels fine with the processes. And amazing balancing on the verge of empathy and sarcasm.
    Thanks for the vlog.

  • @maxcapacity7022
    @maxcapacity7022 4 роки тому +85

    The talkative lady is proud of where she lives. Wish everyone was like her.

  • @TheMindDroid
    @TheMindDroid 4 роки тому +140

    My favorite part of these videos is listening to the stories of complete strangers he comes across.

    • @haha69sexnumber
      @haha69sexnumber 4 роки тому +6

      Easily the best part of these videos

    • @solobano570
      @solobano570 4 роки тому +9

      My favorite is how out of the ruins, the life springs out with charm, humor, sadness, happiness...

    • @eagleone5456
      @eagleone5456 4 роки тому +3

      Loving hearing the residents stories. These are stories you'll never hear elsewhere

  • @mangoMango-ck3et
    @mangoMango-ck3et 4 роки тому +86

    Baldman,, you have 2.3 million for THIS REASON,, you're the best Tour Guide ever , with much charisma,luv these Soviet explorations, eye openers to many cultures, cheers mate.

    • @bazii6018
      @bazii6018 4 роки тому

      It all started in india though

    • @doctor-atuti
      @doctor-atuti 4 роки тому

      @@bazii6018 Yeah, so?

  • @GFM_90
    @GFM_90 3 роки тому +629

    I wish I was 10% as sociable as him

  • @0dyss3us51
    @0dyss3us51 4 роки тому +504

    Can you really blame the older lady for wanting to talk to Bald so much, imagine you NEVER see tourists, and then one day handsome cultured and kind bald steps in and asks all sorts of interesting questions, bless her lol

    • @viewfromeastnwest
      @viewfromeastnwest 4 роки тому +39

      Speaking with the local people is what makes such trip so fascinating!

    • @minicouples
      @minicouples 4 роки тому +26

      She seemed so sweet and lonely

  • @sandeepp6834
    @sandeepp6834 4 роки тому +797

    I wouldn't be surprised if they offered him a soviet citizenship.

    • @HermanIdzerda
      @HermanIdzerda 4 роки тому +23

      They would probably invent a new medal for the occasion as well. I know I would.

    • @GustavoTeixeira-hu1ck
      @GustavoTeixeira-hu1ck 4 роки тому +11

      Bald and Bankrupt remembers me the guy from history channel that says "aliens" in every sentence, the difference here is "soviets". Blablabla soviets... Blablabla soviets... I love you bald and bankrupt.

    • @rajdeepvijayaraj4243
      @rajdeepvijayaraj4243 4 роки тому +7

      Yes after the USSR is restored. Red salute.

    • @marteq
      @marteq 4 роки тому +6

      The Soviet state was dissolved in 1991 and thank God for that. He could be offered a Russian citizenship but Im pretty sure he wouldnt be up for

    • @henkjanvanraikonnen5073
      @henkjanvanraikonnen5073 4 роки тому +1

      Wow Mr. Bald. I love all of your Soviet videos. Especially the Soviet videos. It's good that you are back in Soviet country 😍👌 So much to see and still do much to discover. Like. Mexico was fun but already discovered. Next time go to the north of Russia and visit Soviet Murmansk 🇷🇺 please

  • @ronaldgall5590
    @ronaldgall5590 4 роки тому +187

    You've inspired a lot of normal people, young to old, to spark interest to visit these countries, learn these languages, and see how the people from all around the world are not how America portrays them (or lack thereof) or how America as it's own country is. Thank you for filming your journeys for the average person to be caught off guard with a whiff of reality, away from all the hype and bandwagon people only put their attention on.

    • @badgerpa9
      @badgerpa9 4 роки тому +9

      If you believe what the press says about anything you are misinformed and the schools have become so bad that they make you believe the lie they spread.

    • @ronaldgall5590
      @ronaldgall5590 4 роки тому +2

      @@badgerpa9 well that's a majority of the general public, as 7 out of 10 people have no interest to research any deeper than what they hear from the media.

  • @Peter-MH
    @Peter-MH 4 роки тому +31

    There is no need for regular tv channels when you have stuff like this! Great stuff!

    • @samo131
      @samo131 4 роки тому +1

      Agreed, why would anyone nowadays prefer tv over youtube, i dont get it.

    • @knockeddownanotch
      @knockeddownanotch 4 роки тому

      tv is programming; the internet is a chance out. censorship and the promotion of authority blocks the way.

  • @Henrik.A
    @Henrik.A 4 роки тому +97

    Finally Bald is back doing interesting videos and teaching us about the friendlynes of our fellow human beings. This really made my day, many thanks for your positive attitude.
    Best regards from Sweden.

  • @catsandcats852
    @catsandcats852 4 роки тому +34

    Omg I can't believe, that's my hometown... So emotional... Thank you

  • @normalpsychology
    @normalpsychology 4 роки тому +58

    We love you Bald. Thank you for your adventures. It breaks my heart that any group of people have to be impoverished and/or suffer in any way. My heart goes out to everyone on Earth.

  • @SomeGuysg
    @SomeGuysg 4 роки тому +216

    I think the lady was just happy that someone was interesting in the history :)

    • @bapo224
      @bapo224 4 роки тому +32

      The place doesn't look like it gets a lot of visitors. Bald might've been the first stranger she's met in years.

    • @ChrisMustList
      @ChrisMustList 4 роки тому +1

      My thoughts exactly.

    • @medmusic7977
      @medmusic7977 4 роки тому

      Interested * is the right world bro

    • @SomeGuysg
      @SomeGuysg 4 роки тому +2

      @@medmusic7977 word* We all make mistakes :)

  • @DevotedDisciple-x
    @DevotedDisciple-x 4 роки тому +436

    There is nothing to forgive for being financially poor. At times, those are some of the richest people on this planet and with her I think you struck gold. Wonderful woman.

    • @r0ckbass
      @r0ckbass 4 роки тому +42

      I'm sure she talked even more than we were shown here, but honestly, I'd listen to a full video of people like her. I hope Bald doesn't cut these experiences off in the future and really takes time to show them and let these people speak. He has a real chance to give a voice to people who never would otherwise have one. She made me cry with how sweet she was.

    • @AnneliedeWet
      @AnneliedeWet 4 роки тому +17

      @@r0ckbass I agree...I would also like to hear more from her, much more... she is knowledgeable...and soulful. What's the use of driving past endless structures...entering hotels...eating...if you can't listen to a special person's knowledge. She almost needs a seperate little video on her own.

    • @johnmoore477
      @johnmoore477 4 роки тому +6

      That's right. I've learned that some of the world's best people live in some of the worst places.

  • @connorisawsome8440
    @connorisawsome8440 4 роки тому +47

    Mr. Bald, this has been a very difficult year for all of us. Your videos take me out of this quarantine nightmare depression and out into the world that I one day wish to explore. I saw a new Bald and Bankrupt video was posted and I instantly felt less depressed, thank you! Cheers from locked down Toronto!

    • @BallerDennisND
      @BallerDennisND 4 роки тому +1

      Things wont get better, the new world order is here. Get over it

    • @connorisawsome8440
      @connorisawsome8440 4 роки тому +3

      @@BallerDennisND Thanks I feel much better now, keep spreading the joy

    • @BallerDennisND
      @BallerDennisND 4 роки тому

      @@connorisawsome8440 All I spread is the truth

    • @connorisawsome8440
      @connorisawsome8440 4 роки тому +1

      @@BallerDennisND The only thing incels like you spread is negativity

    • @BallerDennisND
      @BallerDennisND 4 роки тому

      @@johnnyc.3261 Haha wait n see losers. Enjoy your dreamworld, soon it will be gone

  • @cpypcy
    @cpypcy 4 роки тому +71

    There are travel channels that show you flashy expencive hotels, luxury baths, posh night life. And here you'll find how world really looks like.

  • @happyhed
    @happyhed 4 роки тому +88

    Oh she's gold. I'd follow someone new around, chatting if I lived there, the poor darling probably sees the same few people all the time.

  • @phoenixaleks
    @phoenixaleks 4 роки тому +134

    If it wasn't for Bald no one would have realised how much they should visit that Ukrainian club in the middle of Kyrgyzstan.

  • @TheDuked
    @TheDuked 4 роки тому +305

    Bald should get a side hustle sticking a 360 cam to his cars for google maps

  • @david23854
    @david23854 4 роки тому +161

    Im a simple swede, i here the name Poltava, i shiver

  • @adriangaliver
    @adriangaliver 4 роки тому +798

    Soviet street, Lenin, baboushkas...
    Chewie, we’re home

  • @donwan7817
    @donwan7817 4 роки тому +66

    Damn it Bald I was just about to take a nap.

    • @DCTravelerExperience
      @DCTravelerExperience 4 роки тому +2

      How can you now!😆

    • @1vite
      @1vite 4 роки тому +6

      Same here, but I got happy when he released a new video.

  • @TheFishTankz
    @TheFishTankz 4 роки тому +40

    Aren't we all glad, the Bald is back in his "home" ? Get ready for the soviet road, soviet street, soviet sink in a soviet bathroom, soviet bed in a soviet room in a soviet hotel, soviet stuff in an abandoned soviet building, soviet trees in a soviet forest, and all things soviet. I so love his soviet videos, am so glad he's back!

  • @TylerLeVander
    @TylerLeVander 4 роки тому +2940

    This looks like he's walking around a pubg map

  • @klinkerkk
    @klinkerkk 4 роки тому +641

    After those days in México, he really needed to Say 'soviet' again so Bad.

    • @provo4
      @provo4 4 роки тому +6

      What a terrible invention the Soviet Union was. Like hell.

    • @beroo828
      @beroo828 4 роки тому +1

      Loool

    • @richardbroner9852
      @richardbroner9852 4 роки тому

      Cuba.

  • @_elan__
    @_elan__ 4 роки тому +785

    YESSSSS welcome back 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

    • @goldersgreen1147
      @goldersgreen1147 4 роки тому +9

      Back to the land he loves most. I must say I enjoyed the Mexican adventure. Doing well getting around with all these travel restrictions. Love this guy very knowledgeable on what he vloggs I notice its I right hand drive car

    • @lefroy1
      @lefroy1 4 роки тому +21

      Soviet Bald is the best Bald.

    • @goldersgreen1147
      @goldersgreen1147 4 роки тому +2

      @@lefroy1 most definitely

    • @bigsmoke6482
      @bigsmoke6482 4 роки тому +1

      Same

  • @cohall46
    @cohall46 4 роки тому +72

    Great travelogue as usual, enjoy the historical references.

  • @Killatunga
    @Killatunga 4 роки тому +17

    She was a very lovely lady, how sweet of her to show him around and share her price! ☺️

  • @r5LgxTbQ
    @r5LgxTbQ 4 роки тому +103

    wonder how these people in the small little villages would feel if they knew millions of foreigners would be watching them

    • @stabbityjoe7588
      @stabbityjoe7588 4 роки тому +6

      bald has become a minor celebrity in some of the places hes visited

  • @ASHERUISE
    @ASHERUISE 4 роки тому +149

    I've stayed in hotels that were nearly as sketchy as that and they still charged $40-80 USD.
    The lady at the club was so passionate about her home!

    • @ASHERUISE
      @ASHERUISE 4 роки тому +12

      @ The one I'm thinking of was in Ohio. xD

    • @babitayadav4806
      @babitayadav4806 4 роки тому +1

      Lol

    • @drgarad
      @drgarad 4 роки тому +7

      @@ASHERUISE Is Ohio a country? I guess it's another nonfamous Soviet country.

    • @NoName-nq8vc
      @NoName-nq8vc 4 роки тому +1

      @@drgarad Ah yes, remember the famous soviet palace of Jake Paulevich Paul

    • @gundabalf
      @gundabalf 4 роки тому +4

      Wow you westerners truly have it worse than everyone in the world, it's amazing! There is literally no video showing the horrible conditions in some forgotten part of the world without some privileged smug american complaining that in America it is even worse.

  • @MAKcraig
    @MAKcraig 4 роки тому +24

    My wife is Kyrgyz so spent a lot of time there! Nice to see the country in your channel! The nature there is just breathtaking! Well worth exploring. The mountain drives are epic! Man don’t just stick to shorpo! Try Manti (dumplings) Plov (fried rice) besh barmak (soup and noodle) and they also do shashliik! Enjoy the trip, look forward to more videos of the journey. Enjoy

  • @krasnaludek298
    @krasnaludek298 4 роки тому +15

    Please never stop making these videos. We’re about the same age & I will still watch until I’m 100 if you keep going.

  • @Scufrie
    @Scufrie 4 роки тому +22

    Nothing better than watching old Bald videos, and getting a notification of a new upload :)

  • @neeeko7
    @neeeko7 4 роки тому +65

    Just when I was losing all sanity, Benjamin comes up with the goods.

  • @mmarionette_
    @mmarionette_ 4 роки тому +245

    I feel sad for the abandoned building, imagine how nice it was

    • @QED_
      @QED_ 4 роки тому +6

      @diva marie: That's a profound insight -- one can devote an entire lifetime to exploring its depths . . .

    • @WN_Byers
      @WN_Byers 4 роки тому +3

      @@QED_ bot or troll, onward you stroll

    • @QED_
      @QED_ 4 роки тому +19

      @@WN_Byers What's your problem (?)

  • @NigelOdinson
    @NigelOdinson 4 роки тому +50

    'forgive us please that we are such a poor country' - that really choked me up 😔

  • @darkknight8139
    @darkknight8139 4 роки тому +87

    It is really remarkable that people really have *nothing* there, and they are still so very friendly and positive. It is really charming actually.
    Happy to see you back in the former Soviet countries :)

    • @bbar182
      @bbar182 4 роки тому +5

      They always say if you have low expectations then you live a happier life. Sometimes too much can make you unhappy in the long term.

  • @berlingolingoful
    @berlingolingoful 4 роки тому +75

    When I was deployed to Afghanistan, the girls in the beauty shop were from Kyrgyzstan. Random comment, I know, but they were very nice, and the bit of peace and quiet while getting a hair wash/cut, was something I'll never forget- the quiet, wooden building, the warm winter sun making the room warm, the sound of the hairdressers voices as they chatted, the warm water...

    • @eily_b
      @eily_b 4 роки тому +34

      Oh, first I thought "beauty shop" was just a euphemism for brothel. 😁

    • @SaturnusDK
      @SaturnusDK 4 роки тому +7

      @@eily_b You're not alone... :D

    • @berlingolingoful
      @berlingolingoful 4 роки тому +1

      @@eily_b lol, where are you? That's funny. A lot of places in the States, it's the phrase for a hair salon (I couldn't think of that one when I was commenting)- just hair, nails, pedicures, etc nothing else!! Lol... :) Cheers

    • @Cloxxki
      @Cloxxki 4 роки тому

      @@SaturnusDK I'm so naive...I immediately got beauty salon and not another thing at all :)

    • @berlingolingoful
      @berlingolingoful 4 роки тому

      @@eily_b I think I put it in quotations, because the normal words seemed pretty extravagant for what it was, lol. Maybe I'll remove them!! 🙄😳🤭🤣

  • @makhaonasclepius7107
    @makhaonasclepius7107 4 роки тому +56

    A small addendum: the Ukrainian woman said that in the old days there were swamps and even tigers at Poltavka. BTW, my compliments on your Russian.

  • @sanderschat
    @sanderschat 4 роки тому +21

    Someday our own villages and cities will look like that too.
    Enjoy it while it last!

  • @ccjohncc1
    @ccjohncc1 4 роки тому +41

    Thanks Bald. Your adventures are a critical part of my survival of covid Cabin fever/depression. I think it is a great contribution to bring more people aware of how thousands of good people live out happy lives on the most simplest of supplies and services. In a way I envy them.

  • @drmifune
    @drmifune 4 роки тому +63

    classic bald and bankrupt content here. old soviet architecture, chatting with the locals, a bit of history and great banter.

  • @sohailabdullah8376
    @sohailabdullah8376 4 роки тому +77

    Really quiet depressing for that people who leaves in extremely in financial crisis government is so corrupt and we don't even realised why poverty has a huge population.

  • @richardwikert6503
    @richardwikert6503 4 роки тому +17

    My days are always better when Bald uploads

  • @bwalle
    @bwalle 4 роки тому +19

    Welcome back!! I love to follow you with a Google Earth and research all the fascinating places you go but what I treasure most are your interactions with everyday people all full of loving and soulful life pleased to show you their world. Thank you, Mr. Bald, for expanding our world horizons!

  • @Daniela-bd1pm
    @Daniela-bd1pm 4 роки тому +17

    i’m glad you’re back to exploring! covid really makes me miss traveling but until we’re allowed to travel again i’ll live vicariously through you!!

  • @marieoy7642
    @marieoy7642 4 роки тому +375

    The hotel was still not worse than the "Golden star hotel" I stayed in when I was in London!

    • @woofolliesmydog8628
      @woofolliesmydog8628 4 роки тому +78

      I just Googled it. Bloody hell, what a shithole.

    • @Luvie1980
      @Luvie1980 4 роки тому +10

      Not as bad as hotel Carter in New York City

    • @OTWD_yt
      @OTWD_yt 4 роки тому +3

      @@woofolliesmydog8628 same haha

  • @dogebone3
    @dogebone3 4 роки тому +13

    Ever since 4th grade, I’ve always wanted to go to Kyrgyzstan. I had a friend at the time who was from there and he told me a lot about his country. Thanks for uploading this.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 роки тому +306

    When I think of Kyrgyzstan, I think of VICE's thing about bride kidnappings. Thank for showing us that Kyrgyzstan is more than just that

    • @carnage3343
      @carnage3343 4 роки тому +112

      Vice is mostly leftist propaganda

    • @warwickeng5491
      @warwickeng5491 4 роки тому +80

      @@carnage3343 They used to do some decent documents in the past

    • @erturtemirbaev5207
      @erturtemirbaev5207 4 роки тому +9

      There is no bride kidnapping

    • @carnage3343
      @carnage3343 4 роки тому +5

      @@erturtemirbaev5207 we know

    • @Winterbasse
      @Winterbasse 4 роки тому +5

      @@warwickeng5491 They still do, just ignore the dumb shit

  • @eggandcress69
    @eggandcress69 4 роки тому +14

    bald your vlogs really cheer me up in these bad times, thanks a lot mate

  • @ItalianHarleyRider
    @ItalianHarleyRider 4 роки тому +23

    Great, I took a picture in front of just that Lenin statue and bulding at 11:19 while on an adventure motorcycle journey thru Central Asia in 2016.
    Greetings from Italy

  • @NelsonVanDweller
    @NelsonVanDweller 4 роки тому +262

    I wanna see bald do a tour of england . That'd be so weird

    • @kainuu3157
      @kainuu3157 4 роки тому +43

      Not Soviet enough... Yet!

    • @VILL4IN-v6e
      @VILL4IN-v6e 4 роки тому +19

      Full of spice heads chavs.

    • @paw7110
      @paw7110 4 роки тому +9

      @Madeline McCann maybe with a pork sword, he does live in Brighton

    • @tonyt5218
      @tonyt5218 4 роки тому +19

      Yeah but only speak russian while doing it 👍🏻

    • @northide8785
      @northide8785 4 роки тому +16

      'And down this side street we have a spice head shagging his tent'

  • @dannydoc9464
    @dannydoc9464 Рік тому +4

    Most of the vlogers chooses the best and beautiful places to show to the world and here's come a Bald do the reversal showing a literal life, places, cultures etc... And very addictive to watch👏👏👏 with matching history very educational at the same time!

  • @hoherspatz9573
    @hoherspatz9573 4 роки тому +84

    Go to shakalin, they have Japanese buildings and history there

    • @chrissauer1498
      @chrissauer1498 4 роки тому +4

      that would be awesome

    • @BIZKITJODE
      @BIZKITJODE 4 роки тому +3

      It's also where Yul Brynner was from.....

    • @Ida-xe8pg
      @Ida-xe8pg 4 роки тому +5

      Mr Bald how about Chukotka or Yakutia next? like i wana see the REAL Siberia or maybe Amur Sakhalin (oo i really wana see that) or Kamchatka you know the places that no one goes to (But i want to but i cant) and uh the Jewish autonomous oblast you know Siberia is bik

    • @checkcheck1579
      @checkcheck1579 4 роки тому +1

      yeah ! lets see some waifus there.

    • @stanislavkostarnov2157
      @stanislavkostarnov2157 4 роки тому

      @@Ida-xe8pg didn't he do Birobidzhan… I thought it was on the same series of videos as Tuva...

  • @Slugcent
    @Slugcent 4 роки тому +9

    Thank you so much for going to Kyrgyzstan and in general Central Asia! I'm currently doing a bulk of my graduate work on the former Soviet Union states including Central Asia. So seeing basically a virtual tour of these often forgotten and ignored places is amazing. I especially loved the Moldova video, as depressing it was. There's so little content on Central Asia, especially Kyrgyzstan (that's in English). I'm so excited to see the videos to come!

  • @Mortum_Rex
    @Mortum_Rex 4 роки тому +47

    I will never complain about my life again.

  • @ChristopherLRussell
    @ChristopherLRussell 4 роки тому +49

    The lady with the gold grill was super stoked to just have someone to talk to.

    • @ChristopherLRussell
      @ChristopherLRussell 4 роки тому +14

      Fun fact...I lived here in Bishkek for 3 months during my US military days in 2010. I have those very mountains in many videos. I even white water rafted there, ate really good food in the more busy towns and partied my ass off every night. Really good memories.

  • @faisalkahfialiyubi3932
    @faisalkahfialiyubi3932 4 роки тому +96

    All these ex-soviet small villages really open my eyes about how big the world is, like they're exist. I like when Mr. Bald go to some small random unknow villages like they're real!!!!

    • @revansyah3478
      @revansyah3478 4 роки тому

      Menarik sekali

    • @thisismyname5657
      @thisismyname5657 4 роки тому +6

      It's amazing that even all the way across the world in such a different culture people still interact with each other just the same way. We're all the same and if more people could recognize that and have empathy the world would be a much better place.

  • @AndreiBerezin
    @AndreiBerezin 4 роки тому +78

    5:00 I swear I thought he would bump into a random dude in the abandoned house taking a dump

    • @AndreiBerezin
      @AndreiBerezin 4 роки тому

      @Sergio Martelli that would make him a UA-cam legend worldwide

    • @VandashStumpedKnee
      @VandashStumpedKnee 4 роки тому

      or fucking cooking on that furnace LMAO

    • @sparkidee
      @sparkidee 4 роки тому +1

      Where is that video of the dump guy haha

  • @johncavar2914
    @johncavar2914 9 місяців тому +1

    You 🎉should be knighted for your great channel and what u have achieved as an excellent vlogger..bringing your tours , adventures to us viewers back home.

  • @ОльгаНаркевич-ф5б
    @ОльгаНаркевич-ф5б 4 роки тому +11

    Simply the best channel on UA-cam 😊

  • @havisiting
    @havisiting 4 роки тому +1208

    Bald: “There’s no McDonald’s here”
    *Simon Wilson has left the chat*

    • @xiwinnidapooj9987
      @xiwinnidapooj9987 4 роки тому +76

      Im good mate,cheers mate

    • @TommyRobertsMusicChannel
      @TommyRobertsMusicChannel 4 роки тому +8

      hahaha Simon Weston would starve on this trip

    • @theblakkvulture269
      @theblakkvulture269 4 роки тому +9

      "Ah a McDonald's! What a guy!"

    • @Ducanralf
      @Ducanralf 4 роки тому +3

      Hahaha 😂,those guys love Mc Donals .As I travel round the 85 regions of Russia 🇷🇺 and I hope to meet bald in a corner some where 😂.Likable lad indeed .

    • @icanwatchthevideos
      @icanwatchthevideos 4 роки тому

      I was going to write this 😂

  • @klimankhmeron7636
    @klimankhmeron7636 4 роки тому +143

    A lady apologized for corrupt government robbing people who eventually live in poverty

    • @thanethanh6405
      @thanethanh6405 4 роки тому +8

      The sad sight of this just makes me cry. These poor people did not deserve this. Hopefully one day other countries start to leak into this nation.

  • @MachoMaamRandallSandwich
    @MachoMaamRandallSandwich 4 роки тому +1018

    When they tell you the world is overpopulated, just remember the Russian countryside

  • @couldntbeproved1392
    @couldntbeproved1392 4 роки тому +67

    9:18 not from Asha, she says she moved from Osh, which is, if I'm not mistaken, the second biggest city after Bishkek

  • @aronvstheworld
    @aronvstheworld 4 роки тому +21

    I love you bald, you bring joy and positivity in my hard period of life. Keep being kind, fun and unique. Thanks for not leaving me alone and for existing, keep being you, you are the best. I hope I'm still going to be here next year, so I can comment more, bye boss ❤️

  • @davidm5179
    @davidm5179 4 роки тому +20

    Steering wheel on the right ride? Lols Bald feels like home.

  • @ELo-wi7vv
    @ELo-wi7vv 4 роки тому +6

    I'm so glad Bald and Bankrupt does these videos. I find it so interesting to see how people in these countries live so much so that I haven't even watched the Mexico videos. These places are so different, so isolated, so poor in many cases, so simple. There's not a life for miles, there's nothing interesting (or so it seems) where they live, yet, it's interesting to me to learn about their soviet past and how things are today.

  • @madvova118
    @madvova118 4 роки тому +38

    The woman in the club also mentions that the "swamp" which was there, also had tigers around as it was so barren back then.