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Indigo Traveller gracias por tus videos y lo que aces thank you for your videos and for what you do thank you for not judging others around the world thank you for being human up next mexico tijuana for tacos
Been watching for a very long time ,enjoy and appreciate all the beauty of countries you bring to you tube, thankyou for sharing all your adventurers with us .
Great job of staying neutral! Im British but have been living and working in Caracas for the past 4 years now, I run out of words explaining (trying) to my friends and family back home what life is like here........You have saved me the effort with these videos. Keep up the good work!
@BLAIR M Schirmer dude Venezuela is mostly at fault for its own downfall. They have a dictator in power that before him had another one in power. While their people are starving fucking Maduro was at Turkey eating BBQ at that fancy chef that has videos in TH-cam.
I'm British to and u see this divide in every country in the world I'm not poor but I don't have the type of money to eat and drink in the best places in London plus I wouldn't anyway as London is a shit hole
I’m Venezuelan and I haven’t been back to my country in 8 years... this was in my recommended this morning and watching this video broke my heart honestly because i miss my home and wish i could go back to see my family... I’ve lost a lot of family members and never got to say goodbye... i miss the beautiful country it used to be
You know the best thing about a commie shithole? It breeds a lot of anti communists. Like Cubans in the US, venezuelans that emigrated to other south american countries are usually pretty anti commie.
It wasn't a heaven when u left. The posh parts of Venezuela still is there and poor parts of Venezuela are just under more camera lens ever since Chavez took over. In right wing Venezuela, people in that era only took posh area videos. Now they take only poverty videos. Here is s reminder of Venezuela before Chavez. th-cam.com/video/jzLvacdAN30/w-d-xo.html
I hope no one feels what it's like to leave your grandmother behind, your dog, your family, your friends and your school, the saddest thing I left without knowing, if my grandmother was going to eat well. I went to another country to work I am 16 years old and I had to start working tirelessly in a restaurant. I'm just begging God to fix Venezuela and be able to hug my grandmother again.
Keep it up, Diego. You're a full grown man providing to your family. And you're only 16. Really impressive. Wish nothing but the best. Saudações do Brasil :)
@@alejandro94zav What what? Do you already heard talk about 7-11? Yeah, the original one. Did you know what the US make in Brazil in 64 while the US were the "best place in the world"? The US is the most organization terrorist in the world, but happily your days are gone.
Augusto Schneider My mans I don’t understand what your trying to say. But the fact is the U.S will remain a dominant global power for a long time my friend.
@Rod Munch - in response to your comment journalism in America today is leftist opinionated rhetoric used as propaganda to suppress truths they disagree with and/or to justify their stances on issues or certain people they like.
El hatillo, la Lagunita country club and las Mercedes are the highest elite places you could visit in Caracas. Also the amazing view to the US embassy (el mirador de valle arriba) is pretty close to las Mercedes. What he shows is pretty accurate to those places. But still doesnt show al the picture of what Caracas is in reality. I've been born and rise in las Mercedes and haven't been inside Petare. Good job journalist
I was born in Venezuela, but haven't seen it since 1995 I was still a child and never been back. I am so happy you're making these videos because it opens a window into the reality of what the country looks like and what is happening. The media manipulates so much that is hard to trust what is really going on. It's so heartbreaking to see what the country has turned into with this socialist/communist regime - seems like they did accomplish the promised equality: Almost EVERYONE IS EQUALLY POOR such a massive shame. Thank you for giving visibility to the reality and stay safe. God bless you.
Next destinations to explore: Yemen, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Somalia. If you don't want to take it too far, what about some obscure places? Guyana, Guinea Bissau, Subantarctic Islands, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands.
@DCM88 wow u want this guy get kidnapped murder it's very dangers citys I'm in Brownsville Texas border with matamoros tamualipas sometime go there but I'll go to only places I known
I'm venezuelan I left my country almost 3 years ago. I recently found these videos and I can show them to my friends. I hope that my country could be free again I will be the first on return with my people . Thanks for this amazing material and also thanks to Lenny . Regards from Buenos Aires.
I was born in Venezuela and spent my childhood there. When I was 14 me and my family left. That's now 6 years ago and it breaks my heart to see my country in ruins. We had the privilege to go to europe and to have a decent life but seeing so many of my brothers and sisters living in these inhuman situations while some dirty bast*rds profit from this corrupt and evil system makes me sick.
I am happy that you found safety. Too many suffering. I feel that being born in America is like getting a winning lottery ticket. Then again, why is US not sending Venezuela, El Salvador, Guatemala and sooo many more countries money? I don't understand the US. Why can't we just all unite and just be one, HUGE "America?" I love people from all over the world bc other cultures bring more intelligent ideas to ALL of us as humans. Once again, so happy you found safety. I pray for your people.
@@ShakeDownStreet0714 watch capitalism in crisis by second thought. He explains it quite well why all of this can't happen and yeah thanks I'm very happy we're here but I sincerely wish we could go back
@@rubenrathgeber458 Much respect to you. I am concerned for this inhumane treatment that is currently happening. I just wish we could all sit down, chill, cook together, learn from eachother, etc. Most regular, common, working class Americans want to help but our own government shuts us down when we say be humane to everyone, everywhere. I don't want to vote anymore bc of this situation that mainstream media will not address, etc. The American news channels are trying to brainwash American people to believe immigrants are "bad." We all know that is a terrible thing to say about good people. I am saddened. Immigration is good 👍 We are ALL humans.
Regarding falafel: Venezuela received a large influx of immigrants from Syria and Lebanon between the 1960’s and the 1990’s. As a result, you can find some surprisingly good falafel there. In the 90s, falafel carts outnumbered hot dog carts in Puerto la Cruz. I also remember that Catia had a high density of small middle eastern restaurants in the 70s and 80s., I’m hoping that your El Hatillo falafel experience was memorable.
I know a Venezuelan family of Lebanese descent here in LA. They are well off, and moved here for obvious reasons. I first met them about four years ago. I don't know how long they've been here.
@@heilamessy why wouldn't they? Venezuela usually received rich inmigrant families. I've met lots of inmigrants to venezuela in the teme I lived there, hey where from all kinds of backgrounds, but all the inmigrants had one thing in common, they all had MONEY
You should visit Maracaibo city to really get to know the real Venezuela, people in Caracas lives in a bubble because they are "privileged" by no not having constant blackouts and gas shortage like in other cities outside the capital
I just "discovered" you on TH-cam. I'm trying to work my way through your travels in the order that you traveled. I noted in your disclaimer of your North Korea videos that you are not a journalist. I must disagree. What you're doing is real journalism. You report what you see. You report how the people are living, what their days are like, what they eat, how they interact and survive. You show their countries' good points and bad with little or no social commentary. All of this, and more, is real journalism, and you do it very, very well. And, in my opinion, your reportage and commentary is excellent. You are a natural at this. You maintain interest in your subject without the use of controversy or opinion. I have no idea what you may want to pursue as a life's work, but you would certainly excel at pure journalism. Good luck in your future adventures.
I'm totally agree with this comment, as a venezuelan I shared those videos to my foreign friends, because all that I saw in these videos is real no less neither more. It's perfect this report.
Hi, I actually watched every video of this serie, and I'm a Local, I was born in Venezuela and actual living here, and I really feel grateful because you came here and make the people of the world actually see what is happening, the kids, the insecurity, the devaluation of the bolivar, and everything. For us, is actually really rare, that someone for another far countrie, want to come and meet our nation, because of the obvious situation. You were really brave to be here 2 weeks, and I'm happy that nothing bad happend to you. Again, Thank you for coming and make a video about us, and make other people see, that we aren't only politics, we are a countrie full of love to give and decided to make a change
I always appreciate your sincere effort to remain neutral and respectful in all the countries you visit no matter the national and international conflicts/frictions.
Leon, I agree, the problem started before Chavez with some very corrupt governments, Chavez made it worst by changing and creating a new constitution that gave him total power that created more corruption, and Maduro has been an inept. For Venezuela to improve it has to reinvent itself and look at countries that have less resources but they do not have the terrible situation that they got into. They had the most income not only for south america but that some developed countries, but they killed it, not the US or some crazy corporation, but did it to themselves, that is what total power does.
Yes. That man is known for playing near my college (UCV). Once his saxophone was stolen and many people from my university spread a collaboration and helped him recover his instrument. Glad to see he keeps playing...
As a venezuelan living in europe. trying to support my family over there you have done a grate job thank you. I grew-up in el hatillo and use to study and work in Plaza Venezuela and Sabana Grande it was really nostalgic for me to see the town remembering the times I spent there in the slum of el hatillo and all its surroundings. it will have been hard breaking to me to see the Central University of Venezuela were I studied and got the chance to know a live every day that polarization of quality of life... Thank you for the bottom of my hart for all these videos
Caracas is the ""wealthy"" part of Venezuela. I recommend you visit other places and I guarantee it will be a different experience , the media isn't lying (I'm Venezuelan and I live here)
Nagato Pain You’ve all completely missed the point of the comment. I never meant the media lying - I meant their general perspective doesn’t give us outside viewpoints from locals, so it’s refreshing to see real locals speaking about their experience.
One small difference, though- Yugoslavia had inflation and embargo because by 1993 it militarily attacked three out of six republics who decided to leave the union.
@@@mikevarga6742 I did not mention nor thought about Kosovo. Secession republics were Slovenia, Croatia, plus Bosnia and Herzegovina.Other three are Macedonia (today independent North Macedonia), Montenegro (today independent) and Serbia - today independent. Plus the country was federation, not confederation (official name was Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia). In short - IMO, for better or for worse, nobody wanted to live in Yugoslavia except the military and political elites which started a war rather then negotiate some kind of loose federation or confederation (like UK maybe?).
Important to remember Paris is not all france, London is not all Britain and Caracas is not all Venezuela. But yeah the struggle is still real in caracas. Plus, why is a normal, western way of life considered elite? Its not, it just is compared to others in caracas.
@@IndigoTraveller Appreciate a reply off my favourite content creator. I was implying that Capital Cities usually cant encapsulate the average way of life for those in a country, especially one with vast land mass/population size. Going to the countryside? Nice! I didnt catch that. But again its important to remember you cant summarise/form an opinion of a country with a humanitarian crisis by focusing on its capital and the countryside. As a source of information, you are more important than you think. You are not corporate media and thankfully you are not that scumbag Maduros government media. Abby Martin pretends to be you. Shes not. Shes a shill. Thankyou thankyou thankyou, you brave man.
Because everything is relative. If you are that rich in a country in which people are literally starving and have mostly been illiterate up to the 1990s it should.make you think where all that money goes.
(in Spanish) Caracas actualmente, Noviembre 2019, es una region privilegiada por el gobierno. El resto del pais esta aun peor que Caracas. For example, en Caracas no hay escasez de gasolina, en cambio en el resto del pais si hay escasez de gasolina.
My whole Childhood I have been in Venezuela and I know every single place you had went to and it reminds me of the happiest times I had spent there being happy. Thank you so much. Keep the episodes up😭
The suffering saddens me but all the same, I appreciate your efforts to showcase an objective, realistic view of such a complicated situation without bias. Extremely well done friend.
Honestly, I have nothing to say but, you did an awesome job showing my country. Thanks for putting this out there! Thanks goddess nothing bad happened to you. You just earned a subscriber! 🔥☺️
Indigo Traveller I’ve been in the states for almost two years (of course without visiting my country again and your series are the only videos I’ve seen that actually show how Venezuela it’s like, hope you enjoyed it🇻🇪
Hi, great work trying to show the reality like you say "Nothing More, Nothing Less". I'm a Venezuelan who had to leave the conutry because i couldn't support my family earning almost 20 usd a month even with an engineering job. (Crazy i know). I'm waiting for your next videos because to get the whole picture of Venezuela you have to visit the other regions. The goverment makes an effort to keep things "calmed" in Caracas so people don't rebel. Venezuelan history has prooved that Caracas takes goverments out of the power. Sadly nowadays the high rank military are corrupt, at least the ones that still support the goverment and in most cases people feel discouraged to continue protesting against the goverment (There have been several injured and deaths during the protest in past years). In short, thanks for the Videos Nick.
From my point of view Rich people is most likely too stay rich, poor people is most likely to stay poor. Eventhough everybody is affeced, The middle class will tell you the real magnitude of this crisis.
Yes, we are sufferimg, well, most of the population is. I was blessed by god to be a normal kid living with my very nice family, in a private school, but I still look at the people from my country suffering, I pray everyday for everybody in this country that is struggling. -Roquejo(Venezuelan living in Venezuela)
joe chaz You’re treating poverty as if it was a competition? Yes, there is poverty in other Latam countries as well, that doesn’t make Venezuelan crisis less severe. In this specific video they are visiting one of the richest parts of the city. Of course you’re not going to see everyone there dying of malnourishment (which does happen regularly in the rest of the country). Also, every country has it’s own political history, their situations aren’t the same. What’s happening in Venezuela right now isn’t happening in the rest of Latam.
@joe chaz Excuse me, but I think you should stay here for a couple of weeks and see if it is as bad as the other latin american countries. Those fat people you are seeing, should surely be corrupt politics. You gotta see things from the inside before giving such a delicate oppinion.
I just find it so sad that these things are happening in the world while people in power just sit and watch! Thank you so much for showing this issue to the public Nic, if it wasn’t for you, I along with many others would not know the extent of this! 👍
Brad Smith honestly, at this point I don’t know what they can do to fix it. But early on if they did something to stop it, then maybe it would not have escalated to the extent it is at now
They have to reforming their government. But the problem is, some people wouldn't agree with that and they'll try to stir the situations. If you want to compare to Greece, you can't. You literally can't do anything to country with authoritarian regime rules.
I got to say, the editing on your videos is some of the best I’ve seen for this type of content. Superb job! I have been watching all your older content...love it!
Hey, Nick, now I've saw all your videos about Venezuela and I would like to talk with you about some things that Lenny didn't explained (I'm a sociologist). It's pretty cool that people from other countries like you get interested in the venezuelan situation and come to show it to the world. I got to thank you for doing that, please, be safe.
Again, brilliant episode on Venezuela. Hope you pass through Barquisimeto area where we will be later this year. Really appreciate your honest opinion and storytelling. Very insightful and inspiring. Best, James
@@IndigoTraveller You should've at least attempted to brush up on basic political science and the actual realities of what is happened there. Your ignorance shone through in the last video with the pictures of Lenin et al. Very one-sided and I thought your guide was pretty demeaning to the pro-gov citizens behind their back. The guy was clearly very partisan. Good effort though! All the best.
@@supercucho12 Demeaning was probably too harsh a word. I just felt he was fairly patronising when it came to him explaining why that community would support the Bolivarian government. He didn't ask them for their opinion, just quickly denounced them as being blind followers of "mass control". It would have been very easy for him to say that they support the government because of the millions of free homes and social projects to elevate the power of the poor and give them a voice for the first time. He could have then gone on to give his opinions as to why it hasn't worked and that he is against the government for these reasons. It was very one-sided, despite the whole episode taking place in a pro-government area.
@@reggiewilko2125 man at the end of the day, those Corrupt asshole US politicians did not want Venezuela to Nationalize oil, whatever happend is because of illegal us sanctions, just as how they were demonizing assad
What's a real shame is this country could be potentially thriving! So many tourists would visit and more importantly the great people who have nothing yet still smile could have a much better future. Great work once again from you.
U.S. American here. It's amazing seeing that level of affluence there. It's more money than I can personally ever imagine having. Those mansions... sure, buy one if you can afford it, but no one ever needs to live any place nearly that extravagant.
You are brave for going in there and try to live a “normal” day out. I couldn’t even go out my house because i was terrified to not to come back . Thanks for what you do, thanks for showing the 2 sides of the same coin.
While you may claim you are not a journalist, your impartial attitude is how true journalism should be. Absolutely outstanding videos, edits that are on par or better than a vice documentary. Bravo 👏
We’ve had a lot of Venezuelans come to Ecuador because of lack of food. They couldn’t afford to live at the capital, but couldn’t stay where they are, some even had good government jobs.
They’ve even gone to Guatemala. Especially the women. There’s a lot of Venezuelans who opened up restaurants there. I’m glad the rest of Latin American opened their doors to them even if they’re also having similar issues with violence and poverty. My mother in law is Ecuadorian and has mentioned Ecuador having more violence due to the immigration unfortunately
Zaparolli yeah, in some cities the Ecuadorians have turned against Venezuelans because of rise in crime. I read an article recently that said they’ve even resorted to renting children in order to beg on the street. Personally everyone I’ve met has been nothing but kind and peaceful. One family I’m friends with have gone through quite a bit of struggle getting food and are doing much better since leaving, but you can tell they’re really frustrated with having to find a place they fit in after leaving their home. I really felt for them.
WIKIPEDIA its not really that simple. Sanctions make it a lot harder to trade and receive food. Also, there is food, it’s just expensive because of inflation. There are other countries who feed their people just fine with a more socialist government, but the issues in their country involve mismanagement and we can’t really judge. It’s not like the same issues couldn’t one day happen in a more democratic country.
The BIG catch up starts! Lol I’m further behind than I thought but I do love to watch a full adventure so this works! All I can say is I wish more travel TH-camrs provided the same epic amount of value in their content as you do- you are league above most of them! 😍💪
I’ve watched all the videos of you visiting my country til now, and I love how real they are, and how you get interested in actually exploring all the way, and fearlessly getting to know everything from the inside, you are truly an adventurer. Also, something that differences you from other youtubers I’ve seen who have visited my country, is that you will actually be showing something out of Caracas, something that others haven’t dared trying yet. Because really, Caracas is a completely different country compared to other states in here, thank you for being truly interested in showing the reality of what we’re living, and showing not only the bad, but also the beauty my country still has. Love, a venezuelan
I'm enjoying watching your videos of Venezuela. I lived there for 1 year 1990-91 on a student exchange program first in Maracaibo then in Puerto La Cruz (Lechería). My host family were from Chile and had left the dictatorship there in the 1970s. They did quite well in Venezuela. The community were we lived had many Lebanese families - presumably they left the civil war there. Venezuelans are such an amazing people and I had such an amazing time there. The political and economic situation they're living now is sad but I'm hopeful things will turn around. When I was there, a $1 would buy you Bs. 40 then slowly crept up to 60 when I left. A can of Polar beer slowly went from Bs. 4.50 to Bs. 10 in 1 year.
I.was a Student long time ago in U.S.A I becomes a.friend with a Venezuelan Student.. He was Avery Good guy.. actually he was a reporter in Magazine back there Any way.. as life goes on , we return to our Country I came back to Saudi Arabia & he went back to Venezuela.. at that time there was no Mobile's . Since then i Never Heard about him Until Today , I Remember him , Praying for him& for his Country💚 Such a very Special friends he was
@@wbc1 Oh yah... I couldn't find anything... But I hope if I go to USA . I'll visit the university THAT we were a Student's there. Trying to find any information about him.. Thanks for asking.. I appreciate it🙂
It's nice to find some neutral content explaining and showing a bit about the Venezuelan reality and not making a terror movie out of it like most big news channels do. Thanks for the content Nik! Muchos saludos a los venezuelanos de su vecino brasileño! :)
You really need to go to Maracaibo city Venezuela but that is a really dangerous city. There you will see a different side of Venezuelans same like in Isla Margarita both are totally different from Caracas..
I am from Venezuela. Thanks for visit my country and show our situation but you gotta be careful because de goverment could catch you. God be with you!
'i don't blame these people for having these, i only think we need to give people the possibility to have these houses everywhere' - lenny is such an awesome guy, he's the best. and wise too.
Venezuela was the richest country in latin America, and one of the richest on earth (ahead of places like South Korea) but then they turned to socialism. Now they're the poorest country along with Haiti.
Completely idiotic comment. Did you get that from Fox News or CNN? That wealth was in the hands of very few people. The majority of Venezuelans up to the 1990s couldn't even read or write and many lived in slum like conditions. Life was very very good for a small sector of the population that hoarded all that wealth. Most Venezuelans were super super poor. And by the way, Venezuela is not a socialist country. 71% of the economy is in private hands.
If you have 10 people and 9 earn 10k per year and 1 earns $1million per year, then you avg salary is more than 100k per year. But that disregards the fact that 9 out of 10 are poor. It's statistical trickery. The super rich Venezuelans still have their money. They are in places like Miami. They are the ones that are in control of the economy there. Chavez never touched the economic elite in Venezuela.
@@joehoang4826 Jesus Christ. You can always tell when an American has entered the comment section. Deluded, misinformed, and far up their own arse like Rod right here. Don't even bother explaining anything to him. You're speaking to someone who cares about narrative only as opposed to anything even remotely resembling the truth.
@@wealth53 As an American, but one whose gone beyond and seen for himself the poverty of struggling countries, the US doesn't even compare does it? They have no idea.
@@_captainmagic population of Venezuela 31 million, number of people living in poverty in the USA 39 million. and when you're in poverty in the USA who sends you money from which country?
@@davidck1 Of 31 million Venezuelans, 4 million have left, that's 13% of the population leaving because of the precarious situation. Of the 27 million left, 26 live in poverty, that's 96% of the population. 39 million of US citizens living in poverty is roughly 12% of the entire population. Sorry... but no comparison whatsoever.
You've done a great job of showing (what one should expect traveling to Caracas - Venezuela). Of course the day to day living/surviving is very different then the tourist life, however, other videos i've seen are very often one sided where they showed the immense poverty or try to show the Elite side and make it seems like there's nothing really going on in our country (which is normally Political propaganda). Lenny was a fantastic guide and i'm amazed he was able to get you into places where even a regular Venezuelan would not dare walk into like "Petare" much less having filming gear and looking like a foreigner. I wonder if for Lenny's safety he left some details off camera, like who can actually afford the Elite living and what they do to afford the country clubs and or expensive nights out. Great job to you and Lenny. His photography is also great and now i follow you both. Keep it up! hopefully you can go back in a couple years when the government changes and see the Venezuela we once knew and what an Oil rich country is supposed to look like ;)
Your videos truly never disappoint and are an inspiration to travel. It definitely pays to get outside your comfort zone. Thanks for another superb video.
I just discovered your channel (first binged the Nk videos) and I love your channel! I haven’t been able to travel the world for a while like I used to, but I can through your videos. Honestly the best travel channel I’ve come across.
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Indigo Traveller gracias por tus videos y lo que aces thank you for your videos and for what you do thank you for not judging others around the world thank you for being human up next mexico tijuana for tacos
I'm planning a visit to Caracas in December. How did you find a guide? Is he for hire?
I'm glad you are going to enjoy some beaches, finally!
Been watching for a very long time ,enjoy and appreciate all the beauty of countries you bring to you tube, thankyou for sharing all your adventurers with us .
How to contact Lenny by email please?
I’m Venezuelan and seeing my country again makes me cry,Thank you for making these videos.
I WOULD CRY TO IF I VOTE FOR COMMUNIST AND SEE MY COUNTRY DESAPEAR.
America needs to see and learn !
I second that. Viva Venezuela
VOTE DEMOTARD AND YOU WILL GET A VENEZUELA.
LEFTARDS....
2020@Lucio Martínez NEVER VOTE DEMOTARD
DONALD TRUMP 2020
Great job of staying neutral! Im British but have been living and working in Caracas for the past 4 years now, I run out of words explaining (trying) to my friends and family back home what life is like here........You have saved me the effort with these videos. Keep up the good work!
Since you are there. potential solutions?
@BLAIR M Schirmer dude Venezuela is mostly at fault for its own downfall. They have a dictator in power that before him had another one in power. While their people are starving fucking Maduro was at Turkey eating BBQ at that fancy chef that has videos in TH-cam.
I'm British to and u see this divide in every country in the world I'm not poor but I don't have the type of money to eat and drink in the best places in London plus I wouldn't anyway as London is a shit hole
Gracias, Adam, for your words.
@BLAIR M Schirmer shut the fuck up, cuban shill.
I’m Venezuelan and I haven’t been back to my country in 8 years... this was in my recommended this morning and watching this video broke my heart honestly because i miss my home and wish i could go back to see my family... I’ve lost a lot of family members and never got to say goodbye... i miss the beautiful country it used to be
Bárbara Pérez same ;(
Heading to venezuela give me connection plz
You know the best thing about a commie shithole? It breeds a lot of anti communists. Like Cubans in the US, venezuelans that emigrated to other south american countries are usually pretty anti commie.
It wasn't a heaven when u left. The posh parts of Venezuela still is there and poor parts of Venezuela are just under more camera lens ever since Chavez took over. In right wing Venezuela, people in that era only took posh area videos. Now they take only poverty videos.
Here is s reminder of Venezuela before Chavez.
th-cam.com/video/jzLvacdAN30/w-d-xo.html
@Say What? shut up u only think of ur country when other ppl suffer
I hope no one feels what it's like to leave your grandmother behind, your dog, your family, your friends and your school, the saddest thing I left without knowing, if my grandmother was going to eat well. I went to another country to work I am 16 years old and I had to start working tirelessly in a restaurant. I'm just begging God to fix Venezuela and be able to hug my grandmother again.
It's called being strong, keep it up brother. I'll pray for your people
You're a Good person
Wish you the best
Really a Brave Man✋👌
It's nothing to do with God, he gave people free will to do as they please. Why doesnt the people stand up against the corrupted officials
🙏🙏🙏 praying for you brother
Keep it up, Diego.
You're a full grown man providing to your family. And you're only 16.
Really impressive.
Wish nothing but the best.
Saudações do Brasil :)
Bad times won’t last forever. Venezuela will overcome this sad situation one day, I believe.
It is just US stop with his criminal policy for Latin American.
Augusto Schneider What?
@@alejandro94zav What what? Do you already heard talk about 7-11? Yeah, the original one. Did you know what the US make in Brazil in 64 while the US were the "best place in the world"? The US is the most organization terrorist in the world, but happily your days are gone.
Augusto Schneider My mans I don’t understand what your trying to say. But the fact is the U.S will remain a dominant global power for a long time my friend.
Venezuela will overcome this sad situation when they overcome socialism, its as simple as that.
Just think if reporters in the media would begin their stories by saying "this is simply what I saw, nothing more, nothing less."
The first rule of journalism used to be, who, what, when, where and why. Used to be.
@Rod Munch - in response to your comment journalism in America today is leftist opinionated rhetoric used as propaganda to suppress truths they disagree with and/or to justify their stances on issues or certain people they like.
If they simply reported what they saw, then they wouldn’t be a part of the modern corporate media club.
El hatillo, la Lagunita country club and las Mercedes are the highest elite places you could visit in Caracas. Also the amazing view to the US embassy (el mirador de valle arriba) is pretty close to las Mercedes. What he shows is pretty accurate to those places. But still doesnt show al the picture of what Caracas is in reality.
I've been born and rise in las Mercedes and haven't been inside Petare.
Good job journalist
Yeah, but fact is this guy says the opposite of what he is seeing. In the videos we see Venezuela is ok.
I was born in Venezuela, but haven't seen it since 1995 I was still a child and never been back. I am so happy you're making these videos because it opens a window into the reality of what the country looks like and what is happening. The media manipulates so much that is hard to trust what is really going on. It's so heartbreaking to see what the country has turned into with this socialist/communist regime - seems like they did accomplish the promised equality: Almost EVERYONE IS EQUALLY POOR such a massive shame. Thank you for giving visibility to the reality and stay safe. God bless you.
Thank you, Joe, appreciate that.
The rich still live in their class. The poor still are poor. Socialism has classes?
@@danielmelgar8918 that socialis
Yes just no middle class that makes it all work....@@danielmelgar8918
Exactly right.
Nick is one of the most adventurous travellers! Love your content! 👍
Thank you sir!
He definitely is. It's very impressive. He is going to places others don't want to go or are too afraid to go.
Next destinations to explore: Yemen, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Somalia.
If you don't want to take it too far, what about some obscure places? Guyana, Guinea Bissau, Subantarctic Islands, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands.
Why "adventurous"... he's not putting his life at risk at all. He's just taking a trip inside a bubble of privileges.
@DCM88 wow u want this guy get kidnapped murder it's very dangers citys I'm in Brownsville Texas border with matamoros tamualipas sometime go there but I'll go to only places I known
I'm venezuelan I left my country almost 3 years ago. I recently found these videos and I can show them to my friends. I hope that my country could be free again I will be the first on return with my people . Thanks for this amazing material and also thanks to Lenny . Regards from Buenos Aires.
Dónde tú ahora
I was born in Venezuela and spent my childhood there. When I was 14 me and my family left. That's now 6 years ago and it breaks my heart to see my country in ruins. We had the privilege to go to europe and to have a decent life but seeing so many of my brothers and sisters living in these inhuman situations while some dirty bast*rds profit from this corrupt and evil system makes me sick.
Did you go to Spain? How is life there?
I am happy that you found safety. Too many suffering. I feel that being born in America is like getting a winning lottery ticket. Then again, why is US not sending Venezuela, El Salvador, Guatemala and sooo many more countries money? I don't understand the US. Why can't we just all unite and just be one, HUGE "America?" I love people from all over the world bc other cultures bring more intelligent ideas to ALL of us as humans. Once again, so happy you found safety. I pray for your people.
@@ShakeDownStreet0714 watch capitalism in crisis by second thought. He explains it quite well why all of this can't happen and yeah thanks I'm very happy we're here but I sincerely wish we could go back
@@rubenrathgeber458 Much respect to you. I am concerned for this inhumane treatment that is currently happening. I just wish we could all sit down, chill, cook together, learn from eachother, etc. Most regular, common, working class Americans want to help but our own government shuts us down when we say be humane to everyone, everywhere. I don't want to vote anymore bc of this situation that mainstream media will not address, etc. The American news channels are trying to brainwash American people to believe immigrants are "bad." We all know that is a terrible thing to say about good people. I am saddened. Immigration is good 👍 We are ALL humans.
Heart breaking...
Regarding falafel: Venezuela received a large influx of immigrants from Syria and Lebanon between the 1960’s and the 1990’s. As a result, you can find some surprisingly good falafel there. In the 90s, falafel carts outnumbered hot dog carts in Puerto la Cruz. I also remember that Catia had a high density of small middle eastern restaurants in the 70s and 80s., I’m hoping that your El Hatillo falafel experience was memorable.
I know a Venezuelan family of Lebanese descent here in LA. They are well off, and moved here for obvious reasons. I first met them about four years ago. I don't know how long they've been here.
Why did Venezuela accept immigrants from Middle East? Any special reason?
I'm from Maturín, and falafel and Arab restaurants where everywhere... We got a huge Lebanese comunity
@@heilamessy why wouldn't they? Venezuela usually received rich inmigrant families. I've met lots of inmigrants to venezuela in the teme I lived there, hey where from all kinds of backgrounds, but all the inmigrants had one thing in common, they all had MONEY
I thought it is quite strange that middle easterners immigrate to a far away and to a non English speaking country.
You should visit Maracaibo city to really get to know the real Venezuela, people in Caracas lives in a bubble because they are "privileged" by no not having constant blackouts and gas shortage like in other cities outside the capital
Yeah, same with Barcelona, Puerto La Cruz, Lecheria, Ciudad Bolivar, etc.
You are from venezuela?
same as Maracay.
Like I mentioned in this video, I will be going out of Caracas in coming videos. Cheers.
@@IndigoTraveller woah, you should visit my city Lecheria, very beautiful place :)
Indigo Traveller y como monta los videos si no hay luz?
I just "discovered" you on TH-cam. I'm trying to work my way through your travels in the order that you traveled.
I noted in your disclaimer of your North Korea videos that you are not a journalist. I must disagree. What you're doing is real journalism. You report what you see. You report how the people are living, what their days are like, what they eat, how they interact and survive. You show their countries' good points and bad with little or no social commentary. All of this, and more, is real journalism, and you do it very, very well.
And, in my opinion, your reportage and commentary is excellent. You are a natural at this. You maintain interest in your subject without the use of controversy or opinion. I have no idea what you may want to pursue as a life's work, but you would certainly excel at pure journalism.
Good luck in your future adventures.
I'm totally agree with this comment, as a venezuelan I shared those videos to my foreign friends, because all that I saw in these videos is real no less neither more. It's perfect this report.
Hi, I actually watched every video of this serie, and I'm a Local, I was born in Venezuela and actual living here, and I really feel grateful because you came here and make the people of the world actually see what is happening, the kids, the insecurity, the devaluation of the bolivar, and everything. For us, is actually really rare, that someone for another far countrie, want to come and meet our nation, because of the obvious situation. You were really brave to be here 2 weeks, and I'm happy that nothing bad happend to you. Again, Thank you for coming and make a video about us, and make other people see, that we aren't only politics, we are a countrie full of love to give and decided to make a change
I hope things are getting better for you and your nation.
I always appreciate your sincere effort to remain neutral and respectful in all the countries you visit no matter the national and international conflicts/frictions.
Bravest and most entertaining travel blogger on TH-cam by far!!
Thanks so much
I would agree, but check out also Harald Baldr, he an amazing guy too
Venezuela could be the richest latin america country.....if only corruptions and politics are not involve....
Leon, I agree, the problem started before Chavez with some very corrupt governments, Chavez made it worst by changing and creating a new constitution that gave him total power that created more corruption, and Maduro has been an inept. For Venezuela to improve it has to reinvent itself and look at countries that have less resources but they do not have the terrible situation that they got into. They had the most income not only for south america but that some developed countries, but they killed it, not the US or some crazy corporation, but did it to themselves, that is what total power does.
Leon S Kennedy It was the 4th richest country in the world in 1950
Indeed
yes
American Sanctions. Thank you Koch Brothers
You know things are bad when your selling bootleg cornflakes...
Guillermo Caban bootleg cornflakes
Every American store has bootlegged cornflakes
Is this irony?
😂😂😂Funny but sad at the same time!
Guillermo Caban FR
Man in the sax palying "Reloj" by mexican composer Roberto Cantoral. Beautiful song, btw.
Great video, as always.
Yes. That man is known for playing near my college (UCV). Once his saxophone was stolen and many people from my university spread a collaboration and helped him recover his instrument. Glad to see he keeps playing...
thanks hermano for filming my hometown! its such a nostalgia and pain to see these videos from the distance...
Absolutely love your Venezuela series!!👍👍👍
Glad you are enjoying it!
Everytime Lenny says Yeaahh.. I feel like a metallica song is about to start!
hahahahaha
Bro, Thank You for showing the both sides of the coin of my country. You’re a great human being.
As a venezuelan living in europe. trying to support my family over there you have done a grate job thank you. I grew-up in el hatillo and use to study and work in Plaza Venezuela and Sabana Grande it was really nostalgic for me to see the town remembering the times I spent there in the slum of el hatillo and all its surroundings. it will have been hard breaking to me to see the Central University of Venezuela were I studied and got the chance to know a live every day that polarization of quality of life... Thank you for the bottom of my hart for all these videos
Went to an expensive private school in Miami and there were quite a few Venezuelans. I wonder if any of the abandoned mansions once belonged to them
Most of downtown Miami's skyline is Venezuelan money. I'm Venezuelan, moved to Miami in 1983. Stay safe out there.
Belen Jesuit ?
Maybe their parents or family
@@MadCircle01 sheesh
Great travels! Nice to see real Venezuela not media’s perspective! Can’t wait for the next one
Thank you!
@إبراهيم الشقرق Are you from Venezuela?
Media isn't lying, millions of my compatriots have fled for necessity not turism.
Caracas is the ""wealthy"" part of Venezuela. I recommend you visit other places and I guarantee it will be a different experience , the media isn't lying (I'm Venezuelan and I live here)
Nagato Pain You’ve all completely missed the point of the comment. I never meant the media lying - I meant their general perspective doesn’t give us outside viewpoints from locals, so it’s refreshing to see real locals speaking about their experience.
This heavily reminds me of Yugoslavia in the hyperinflation days of 1993..
Interesting.
One small difference, though- Yugoslavia had inflation and embargo because by 1993 it militarily attacked three out of six republics who decided to leave the union.
@@@mikevarga6742 I did not mention nor thought about Kosovo. Secession republics were Slovenia, Croatia, plus Bosnia and Herzegovina.Other three are Macedonia (today independent North Macedonia), Montenegro (today independent) and Serbia - today independent. Plus the country was federation, not confederation (official name was Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia). In short - IMO, for better or for worse, nobody wanted to live in Yugoslavia except the military and political elites which started a war rather then negotiate some kind of loose federation or confederation (like UK maybe?).
@@mikevarga6742 Haaahaaa! You forgot to say that Croats also invaded Croatia and even before that Slovenia. Oh man...Excellent trolling.
#savetheyugo
Important to remember Paris is not all france, London is not all Britain and Caracas is not all Venezuela. But yeah the struggle is still real in caracas. Plus, why is a normal, western way of life considered elite? Its not, it just is compared to others in caracas.
Yes, that is why I mentioned in the video that we will be going out into the countryside in coming videos.
@@IndigoTraveller Appreciate a reply off my favourite content creator. I was implying that Capital Cities usually cant encapsulate the average way of life for those in a country, especially one with vast land mass/population size. Going to the countryside? Nice! I didnt catch that. But again its important to remember you cant summarise/form an opinion of a country with a humanitarian crisis by focusing on its capital and the countryside. As a source of information, you are more important than you think. You are not corporate media and thankfully you are not that scumbag Maduros government media. Abby Martin pretends to be you. Shes not. Shes a shill. Thankyou thankyou thankyou, you brave man.
Because everything is relative. If you are that rich in a country in which people are literally starving and have mostly been illiterate up to the 1990s it should.make you think where all that money goes.
(in Spanish) Caracas actualmente, Noviembre 2019, es una region privilegiada por el gobierno. El resto del pais esta aun peor que Caracas. For example, en Caracas no hay escasez de gasolina, en cambio en el resto del pais si hay escasez de gasolina.
@Rick Long I guess you've never been to Kentucky.
My whole Childhood I have been in Venezuela and I know every single place you had went to and it reminds me of the happiest times I had spent there being happy. Thank you so much. Keep the episodes up😭
What was the area with the bakery called?
Thanks for come to my country, God bless you, and i hope you can come back when everything is allright. Cheers bro.
The suffering saddens me but all the same, I appreciate your efforts to showcase an objective, realistic view of such a complicated situation without bias. Extremely well done friend.
Thank you Tom! Appreciate that.
It's hardly complicated. Everyone loved Chavez and hated America. Now they are paying the price.
@@daveholt2962 The average American's obtuse, insular and half-baked understanding of geopolitics never ceases to amaze me.
I think you just made those Venezuelan Kellogg boxes into Collectors item.... Buy them, sell them on eBay, fund your travel for a while.
Haha great plan
I wanna try frosties
IwasMurloc unfortunately they will never arrive to destination by post.
@IwasMurloc i can send you a box if you want to!
I has a lot of boxes i can send you some for cheap i need money plis
Honestly, I have nothing to say but, you did an awesome job showing my country. Thanks for putting this out there! Thanks goddess nothing bad happened to you. You just earned a subscriber! 🔥☺️
Thanks so much, much more from Venezuela to come ❤️🇻🇪😍
Indigo Traveller I’ve been in the states for almost two years (of course without visiting my country again and your series are the only videos I’ve seen that actually show how Venezuela it’s like, hope you enjoyed it🇻🇪
Hi, great work trying to show the reality like you say "Nothing More, Nothing Less". I'm a Venezuelan who had to leave the conutry because i couldn't support my family earning almost 20 usd a month even with an engineering job. (Crazy i know). I'm waiting for your next videos because to get the whole picture of Venezuela you have to visit the other regions. The goverment makes an effort to keep things "calmed" in Caracas so people don't rebel. Venezuelan history has prooved that Caracas takes goverments out of the power. Sadly nowadays the high rank military are corrupt, at least the ones that still support the goverment and in most cases people feel discouraged to continue protesting against the goverment (There have been several injured and deaths during the protest in past years). In short, thanks for the Videos Nick.
It's crazy there are still some rich people in Venezuela
From my point of view Rich people is most likely too stay rich, poor people is most likely to stay poor. Eventhough everybody is affeced, The middle class will tell you the real magnitude of this crisis.
Rich people can only exist when poor people exist
The only rich people left in venezuela are the allies of the government, the old high class was reduce to middle class or left the country
It's basically just anyone with ties to the oil company which includes military and government... and that's literally it
this was the most interesting country I like to watch, but sadly to see people at there suffer
Yes, we are sufferimg, well, most of the population is.
I was blessed by god to be a normal kid living with my very nice family, in a private school, but I still look at the people from my country suffering, I pray everyday for everybody in this country that is struggling.
-Roquejo(Venezuelan living in Venezuela)
joe chaz You’re treating poverty as if it was a competition? Yes, there is poverty in other Latam countries as well, that doesn’t make Venezuelan crisis less severe. In this specific video they are visiting one of the richest parts of the city. Of course you’re not going to see everyone there dying of malnourishment (which does happen regularly in the rest of the country). Also, every country has it’s own political history, their situations aren’t the same. What’s happening in Venezuela right now isn’t happening in the rest of Latam.
@joe chaz Excuse me, but I think you should stay here for a couple of weeks and see if it is as bad as the other latin american countries. Those fat people you are seeing, should surely be corrupt politics. You gotta see things from the inside before giving such a delicate oppinion.
@joe chaz Always a scumbag wanting to get attention
Just a few days between videos but given your location the radio silence had me worried. Good to see you are ok!
Thanks for caring, cheers mate!
@@IndigoTraveller For sure man. Safe travels!
I just find it so sad that these things are happening in the world while people in power just sit and watch! Thank you so much for showing this issue to the public Nic, if it wasn’t for you, I along with many others would not know the extent of this! 👍
Appreciate it, yes, very sad situation
They don't just sit and watch though they're responsible for what's happening there
91clarie yes exactly
Brad Smith honestly, at this point I don’t know what they can do to fix it. But early on if they did something to stop it, then maybe it would not have escalated to the extent it is at now
They have to reforming their government. But the problem is, some people wouldn't agree with that and they'll try to stir the situations. If you want to compare to Greece, you can't. You literally can't do anything to country with authoritarian regime rules.
I got to say, the editing on your videos is some of the best I’ve seen for this type of content. Superb job!
I have been watching all your older content...love it!
Hey, Nick, now I've saw all your videos about Venezuela and I would like to talk with you about some things that Lenny didn't explained (I'm a sociologist). It's pretty cool that people from other countries like you get interested in the venezuelan situation and come to show it to the world. I got to thank you for doing that, please, be safe.
Again, brilliant episode on Venezuela. Hope you pass through Barquisimeto area where we will be later this year. Really appreciate your honest opinion and storytelling. Very insightful and inspiring.
Best, James
Cheers James, appreciate that!
I’ve been waiting for this video! He’s just such a good youtuber!!
Thanks Ant!
@@IndigoTraveller You should've at least attempted to brush up on basic political science and the actual realities of what is happened there. Your ignorance shone through in the last video with the pictures of Lenin et al. Very one-sided and I thought your guide was pretty demeaning to the pro-gov citizens behind their back. The guy was clearly very partisan. Good effort though! All the best.
@@reggiewilko2125 What do you mean with demeaning, would you like to elaborate that a little bit more?
@@supercucho12 Demeaning was probably too harsh a word. I just felt he was fairly patronising when it came to him explaining why that community would support the Bolivarian government. He didn't ask them for their opinion, just quickly denounced them as being blind followers of "mass control". It would have been very easy for him to say that they support the government because of the millions of free homes and social projects to elevate the power of the poor and give them a voice for the first time. He could have then gone on to give his opinions as to why it hasn't worked and that he is against the government for these reasons. It was very one-sided, despite the whole episode taking place in a pro-government area.
@@reggiewilko2125 man at the end of the day, those Corrupt asshole US politicians did not want Venezuela to Nationalize oil, whatever happend is because of illegal us sanctions, just as how they were demonizing assad
You're by far my fave content creator on here, I don't know how you don't have more subscribers, keep up the great work!
Either you’re great at layering audio, or that Brass player is fking omnipresent.
I love the way you are taking risk and showing us Venezuela. Keep it up. Subbed!
Thanks so much ❤️
Wow! Love how you show everyone what the media doesn't show. Great job on the video 🙌🙌
What's a real shame is this country could be potentially thriving! So many tourists would visit and more importantly the great people who have nothing yet still smile could have a much better future. Great work once again from you.
Indeed, thank you
True! The stunning nature (as seen at Karl Watsons Vlogs) and the beauty of Caracas.
Used to be thriving. Now it will take at least 2 generations to get it into something like even India.
U.S. American here. It's amazing seeing that level of affluence there. It's more money than I can personally ever imagine having. Those mansions... sure, buy one if you can afford it, but no one ever needs to live any place nearly that extravagant.
It’s really sad when we see this beautiful country break down gradually .
Those who abandoned those mantions are probably in Miami right now
So awesome to experience this with you Nick. Google street view just doesn't go everywhere!
Love your content. Keep it up. Your storytelling feel so genuine. Great work mate!
As a Venezuelan that had to leave her country looking for a better life. I thank you for documenting these videos!
You are brave for going in there and try to live a “normal” day out. I couldn’t even go out my house because i was terrified to not to come back . Thanks for what you do, thanks for showing the 2 sides of the same coin.
Appreciate that 😊
I've developed a bit of a falafel habit myself after watching your Iran videos. I had to find a spot near my office.
Haha good man, Tim!
It's literally the Hunger Games in Venezuela
While you may claim you are not a journalist, your impartial attitude is how true journalism should be. Absolutely outstanding videos, edits that are on par or better than a vice documentary. Bravo 👏
Best travel series on TH-cam bar none! Eagerly awaiting next installment! Congrats to you both on a job well done!
Hi from Canada 🇨🇦 I've been subscribed for a year. Love your videos, very informative. Keep up the awesome work you do ☺✌
We’ve had a lot of Venezuelans come to Ecuador because of lack of food. They couldn’t afford to live at the capital, but couldn’t stay where they are, some even had good government jobs.
Were they the middle class ? The government distributes food/water to the poor. Tell us more !
They’ve even gone to Guatemala. Especially the women.
There’s a lot of Venezuelans who opened up restaurants there. I’m glad the rest of Latin American opened their doors to them even if they’re also having similar issues with violence and poverty.
My mother in law is Ecuadorian and has mentioned Ecuador having more violence due to the immigration unfortunately
WIKIPEDIA have you heard of sanctions?
Zaparolli yeah, in some cities the Ecuadorians have turned against Venezuelans because of rise in crime. I read an article recently that said they’ve even resorted to renting children in order to beg on the street. Personally everyone I’ve met has been nothing but kind and peaceful. One family I’m friends with have gone through quite a bit of struggle getting food and are doing much better since leaving, but you can tell they’re really frustrated with having to find a place they fit in after leaving their home. I really felt for them.
WIKIPEDIA its not really that simple. Sanctions make it a lot harder to trade and receive food. Also, there is food, it’s just expensive because of inflation. There are other countries who feed their people just fine with a more socialist government, but the issues in their country involve mismanagement and we can’t really judge. It’s not like the same issues couldn’t one day happen in a more democratic country.
Another great video mate. Keep up the good work
Love the music throughout this series. Venezuela poor financially, rich in music
Thanks Jerry!
Jerry Chin more like poor management
Thank you for making this video , I lived in Caracas during my childhood and this brings beautiful memories 🥰
The BIG catch up starts! Lol I’m further behind than I thought but I do love to watch a full adventure so this works!
All I can say is I wish more travel TH-camrs provided the same epic amount of value in their content as you do- you are league above most of them! 😍💪
Thanks so much Charlie, really appreciate your support ♥️😍
only thing thats missing from your videos is the smell, but other than that i feel like im there with u. loving the series subbed.
Guide: "This is a... a..."
*sees cakes*
Guide continues: "...a very famous place for selling the cakes..."
Another amazing video. Great content. That town of El Hatillo is really nice I went there once and those cakes are delicious
I’ve watched all the videos of you visiting my country til now, and I love how real they are, and how you get interested in actually exploring all the way, and fearlessly getting to know everything from the inside, you are truly an adventurer. Also, something that differences you from other youtubers I’ve seen who have visited my country, is that you will actually be showing something out of Caracas, something that others haven’t dared trying yet. Because really, Caracas is a completely different country compared to other states in here, thank you for being truly interested in showing the reality of what we’re living, and showing not only the bad, but also the beauty my country still has.
Love, a venezuelan
I'm enjoying watching your videos of Venezuela. I lived there for 1 year 1990-91 on a student exchange program first in Maracaibo then in Puerto La Cruz (Lechería). My host family were from Chile and had left the dictatorship there in the 1970s. They did quite well in Venezuela. The community were we lived had many Lebanese families - presumably they left the civil war there. Venezuelans are such an amazing people and I had such an amazing time there. The political and economic situation they're living now is sad but I'm hopeful things will turn around. When I was there, a $1 would buy you Bs. 40 then slowly crept up to 60 when I left. A can of Polar beer slowly went from Bs. 4.50 to Bs. 10 in 1 year.
Love your whole Documentary series about Venezuela- Thank you
I.was a Student long time ago in U.S.A
I becomes a.friend with a Venezuelan Student.. He was Avery Good guy.. actually he was a reporter in Magazine back there
Any way.. as life goes on , we return to our Country I came back to Saudi Arabia & he went back to Venezuela.. at that time there was no Mobile's . Since then i Never Heard about him
Until Today , I Remember him , Praying for him& for his Country💚
Such a very Special friends he was
Did you ever try finding your friend through social media?
@@wbc1
Oh yah...
I couldn't find anything... But I hope if I go to USA . I'll visit the university THAT we were a Student's there. Trying to find any information about him..
Thanks for asking..
I appreciate it🙂
Thaks for do this videos showing the realaity of my country and documente the sides of it. I think you are doing a really good job.
This is real journalism. Thanks for sharing
It's nice to find some neutral content explaining and showing a bit about the Venezuelan reality and not making a terror movie out of it like most big news channels do. Thanks for the content Nik! Muchos saludos a los venezuelanos de su vecino brasileño! :)
Love how u cover every angle
Thank you, that is the goal.
You really need to go to Maracaibo city Venezuela but that is a really dangerous city. There you will see a different side of Venezuelans same like in Isla Margarita both are totally different from Caracas..
Come to margarita
Agree. I’m hoping he went to Maracaibo. I was there many years ago.
@@afbeardsley3137 How was there back then?
I always have asked myself what's going on in Venezuela news says bad news about the country. Maduro destroyed that country.
Usted quiere que lo maten? Jaja broma pero si debería viajar a Maracaibo 🇻🇪
I am from Venezuela. Thanks for visit my country and show our situation but you gotta be careful because de goverment could catch you. God be with you!
This Venezuela series has been so informative. No mainstream media seems to be bothering (or brave enough?) to report on the ground. Thank you!
'i don't blame these people for having these, i only think we need to give people the possibility to have these houses everywhere' - lenny is such an awesome guy, he's the best. and wise too.
👏👏👏👏 I m so happy that I follow you and have the chance to watch your vlogs!
Cheers!
I’m not from Venezuela but... this is heartbreaking 💔💔
Venezuela was the richest country in latin America, and one of the richest on earth (ahead of places like South Korea) but then they turned to socialism. Now they're the poorest country along with Haiti.
Completely idiotic comment. Did you get that from Fox News or CNN? That wealth was in the hands of very few people. The majority of Venezuelans up to the 1990s couldn't even read or write and many lived in slum like conditions. Life was very very good for a small sector of the population that hoarded all that wealth. Most Venezuelans were super super poor. And by the way, Venezuela is not a socialist country. 71% of the economy is in private hands.
Joe Hoang the number comes from the UN. Also CNN is a pro-communist, anti-US network, since you’re an extreme leftist you should be a big fan of them.
@@rodmunch69 lol good joke.
If you have 10 people and 9 earn 10k per year and 1 earns $1million per year, then you avg salary is more than 100k per year. But that disregards the fact that 9 out of 10 are poor. It's statistical trickery. The super rich Venezuelans still have their money. They are in places like Miami. They are the ones that are in control of the economy there. Chavez never touched the economic elite in Venezuela.
@@joehoang4826 Jesus Christ. You can always tell when an American has entered the comment section. Deluded, misinformed, and far up their own arse like Rod right here. Don't even bother explaining anything to him. You're speaking to someone who cares about narrative only as opposed to anything even remotely resembling the truth.
Incredible videos you're doing man! It helps a lot to understand the situation in Venezuela
Greetings from Argentina.
I remember the route to La Lagunita as clear as day. I remember these houses! They used to be so opulent.
Thank you so much for this series!
Go to the America and Mexico border for your next adventure!
Will do
@@IndigoTraveller I second that
It’s not as bad unless he goes to the slums in Tijuana Mexico
@@IndigoTraveller nice nice
@@louiee4837 Maybe he should go to the Slums in America
I never knew how Similar Venezuela culture is to Puerto Rico. They have a somewhat similar accent and play el cuarto.
You are correct Venezuelans are in fact the closest related to Puerto Ricans
We call it Cuatro. I thought it was only played in Venezuela and Colombia
@@RR-ry4ro I thought it was the other way around. I grew up thinking the Cuatro was only in PR. Take a look th-cam.com/video/yGc5FgW8uIU/w-d-xo.html
Latin countries are different branches of the same tree
Nick I grew up 3km from el hatillo neighbourhood called "la tahona" - thanks for the video mate
Cheers Pedro!
You are amazing. Thank you so much for this video! I miss my city so much, haven't seen it in more than a year and honestly I can't wait to go back :)
Krisny Valeska Sanchez
One of the most beautiful place I saw , but sad to know how corruption destroyed such a high oil producing country .
Thank you for showing our reality, good and bad. You are doing an excellent job 🙌🏽
Hope you had the time to enjoy our beaches ❤️
Nick is a damn daring traveller,wish to meet him once
❤️❤️
Let's see how Caracas looks after another 10 years of Chinese and Russian support.
Yeah i am goin in to buy up some of that property . Buy low sell hi yalll!!!
Venezuela va ser un sancocho de todas Las razas
@@elperrocovero Jajaja
LOL
Steven Lee - that’s interesting. Do you have suggestions as to a resource I could check out to learn more? Thx!
13:00 you should visit the United States it's a bigger difference in wealth than what you see in Venezuela
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHHA... good joke... From an immigrant from Venezuela in the US
I mean, it's not great here but typically you don't need a month's salary to buy a hotdog or a box of cereal in the US.
@@wealth53 As an American, but one whose gone beyond and seen for himself the poverty of struggling countries, the US doesn't even compare does it? They have no idea.
@@_captainmagic population of Venezuela 31 million, number of people living in poverty in the USA 39 million. and when you're in poverty in the USA who sends you money from which country?
@@davidck1 Of 31 million Venezuelans, 4 million have left, that's 13% of the population leaving because of the precarious situation. Of the 27 million left, 26 live in poverty, that's 96% of the population. 39 million of US citizens living in poverty is roughly 12% of the entire population. Sorry... but no comparison whatsoever.
Thank you for the video! Never in my whole live did I dared to explore Petare so thoroughly.
This series should be required learning for Americans who take our mixed economy for granted. Thank You for bringing this content to TH-cam!
You've done a great job of showing (what one should expect traveling to Caracas - Venezuela). Of course the day to day living/surviving is very different then the tourist life, however, other videos i've seen are very often one sided where they showed the immense poverty or try to show the Elite side and make it seems like there's nothing really going on in our country (which is normally Political propaganda). Lenny was a fantastic guide and i'm amazed he was able to get you into places where even a regular Venezuelan would not dare walk into like "Petare" much less having filming gear and looking like a foreigner. I wonder if for Lenny's safety he left some details off camera, like who can actually afford the Elite living and what they do to afford the country clubs and or expensive nights out. Great job to you and Lenny. His photography is also great and now i follow you both. Keep it up! hopefully you can go back in a couple years when the government changes and see the Venezuela we once knew and what an Oil rich country is supposed to look like ;)
Lol when you said colonization....he was like "I don't know her....." haha
“Ok....black magic”
“NOH!”
Paris King NooOOOOOooo 😅
Lmao
is not black magic is like a carnaval
it is a representation of the corpus christie says the devil . lmao
@@elooman9448 no
Your videos truly never disappoint and are an inspiration to travel. It definitely pays to get outside your comfort zone. Thanks for another superb video.
I just discovered your channel (first binged the Nk videos) and I love your channel! I haven’t been able to travel the world for a while like I used to, but I can through your videos. Honestly the best travel channel I’ve come across.