5 Near Death Experiences (After Visiting Every Country)
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Hey friends! I spent the last 12 years traveling to every single country in the world - and as you might imagine, I've been in some pretty sketchy situations. In this video, I share 5 of the scariest travel moments and experiences I've encountered - from Syria to India to Haiti. These are times when I seriously thought I might not make it.
I'd love to hear from you guys in the comments down below - what are some of your scariest travel stories? I'll be reading and responding to your messages, so don't be shy to share!
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What's your scariest travel story? Let's keep this comments section as an open dialogue!
When i thought i was being held at gunpoint
Some beggar tried throwing a huge rock at me because I refused to give him money, which I didn’t have at the time.
@@AFEditzX in which country?
@@hiqamsp8982 damn!
When I lost my passport wallet and keys to accommodation
My shocking experiences were getting arrested in Liberia, spending 2 nights in a Dominican Republic jail, and jumping out of a paddy wagon in the middle of the night in a remote place of Bolivia. When I was a young woman, I did what you are doing but without the technology. I am now 80 years old. I don't regret the 65 countries I went to alone, nor the time and money spent to do it. Life is only once and we must follow our own star.
Wow!! My favorite type of person on this planet are travelers esp women travelers esp solo female travelers and i love hearing stories from older female travelers!! So glad you followed your star!
Dominican police was looking for money, so much corruption in my country
@carolehartley7716 . Liberia is my beloved country, and as Liberians, we take pride in our genuinely warm and welcoming nature. With that in mind, may I kindly inquire about the circumstances that led to your arrest in Liberia?
Damn you’re adventurous !!!! These stories are wild !
Wow, lady your life's a movie
😂
That lady with the flooded house is one of the saddest things I've ever seen.
150 likes and no comments? Lemme change that
If only there was access to those locations. I’d help anyway that I could
@@elisanicolosi1693Commenting about nothing, is no better.
@@elisanicolosi1693 Cringe comment ever since.
My scariest story was when I was hitchhiking in Japan. I told the guy I just want to go down the road X as long as he does, but to stay on it so I could catch another ride. He drove off it, into a small town, parked the car, and just sat there, not saying a word. Then he called someone on the phone, and told me "6 more minutes", and then again, didnt say a word. I secretly grabbed my knife from the backpack, almost certain I was being kidnapped -------We were parked in front of a bakery, he was waiting for it to open, and bought me some local famous pastries that he was really proud of and coffee, and then we returned to the road.
lol!
Lame!
@@drunkdrftr tell me you have no sense of humour without telling me you have no sense of humour!
You would never get kidnapped in Japan.
@@rhysmulveny5104have you heard of yakuza gang? Japan is the worst 🤢
My only near death experience was when I was visiting my husband's family in Egypt (I'm from the Netherlands) and I got so sick there that I almost died and was fighting for my life for 7 months. Collapsed lung, body shutting down and losing over 25 kilos in that time. From doctor to doctor but only getting antibiotics, now antibiotics resistant, hospital didnt even have me committed even though I was choking on my own blood. It was in Corona time. Later found out I could've had TB but no doctor who checked me for that. Now very hesitant to go back to Egypt again, and with all that corruption there too. But happy to be alive 🙏
Omg I’m so sorry to hear that!
God bless 🙌
Wow heel erg heftig. Ik ben blij dat je oké bent nu 🙏🏾
Glad you made it. TB is gruesome
My scariest story was when I was in Cape Town South Africa. I was with one of my good friends from work and we ended up having to stay in a hostel because all of the hotels were sold out due to a gold mining convention. We were only there for four days. On night one nothing really happened at the hostel just a normal night. On night two these two guys got in a crazy argument and went outside and one of the guys completely beat up the other one. The worker at the hostel said the police resolved the issue and that everything will be ok. On night three around 11pm the same guys were arguing again and went outside again and the same dude got beat up. The next morning around 8am there was screaming coming from the kitchen which was right outside our room. My friend went out there to see what happened and the guy who kept getting beat up was lying dead on the floor. The guys got into another argument and one of them spit in the other's face so he grabbed the kitchen knife and stabbed him in the chest three times. I remember locking the door to the room freaking out not knowing where the guy was and how I was going to get out.
My scariest story was when I was in Cambodia with a group of people from school, where we did volunteer work. One of the people in my group had a manic episode that happened after we went to one of the killing fields, which was where the Khmer Rouge killed thousands of people. She started having delusions to the point where she started writing with a permanent marker on her dress. I also heard that she fled the hospital she was detained at and I think it just shows how barebones Cambodian healthcare is. It was scary for all of us just because there was so much uncertainty in our group
Sat thee tuoy
"We are all the same" such a great realization. Thank you for your window on the world. Your episodes are very hopeful and inspiring. God bless you in your travels.
Not true though is it ...😅
@@robzlo Not in the least.
it's the truth!
@@drewbinsky maybe to your other virtue signalling friends on twitter but reality.....😅
@@drewbinskylots of great people in the world but lots of terrible too. We’re not all the same.
Super glad you survived each place and lived to tell the tale. Wishing you continuous blessings on your life's journey.
Wow Drew!
These are some frightening experiences. I'm glad you made it through them all.
one of my most shocking stories was when i was in south africa and we happened to be at one of the most dangerous streets/parts of the city where there was heavy gang banging and prostitution. it was pretty late and me and my team started hearing people making whistling noises wherever we would go. we couldn’t see anyone but we heard them passing signals in a sense. and the locals who were with us immediately told us we had to leave so we ran into our cars and left. and apparently the gangs and pimps who ran that place were planning to assault and kill us. we just nearly got it.
Yo drew I have been watching you forever man stay safe after telling us these story’s especially 🙏 Good luck next trip❤
Drew is the only TH-camr I know with 4.2 million subs who still hearts and replies to comments. What a legend 🎉
So true
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Little work when you're getting paid to go on a vacation and make videos.
@@dova3282Does Haiti look like a vacation to you? Also..people like you can never be pleased with what you’ve got. You make Drew sound like he’s not doing these videos for the greater good. Sit back down will you
@@dova3282 You're extremely ignorant.
Goosebumps, that’s scaryyyy. 😮 Kudos to your editor. Very nice edit! 💯💯💯
insane how I used to watch you back in 2018/19 and I still remember most of these stories from your videos especially the Chad one lol. You taught me about so many countries I've never heard of before so i wanna thank you and to see you've gotten 4 million subs now is insane. Keep going dude
Been watching for a few years and this video was the most real I've watched. You had my 100% attention throughout.
Thanks for sharing these stories with us and I'm glad you were able to get out safe.
Awesome video and stories! 2 years ago me and my girlfriend were wild camping through Colombia and we didnt know anything about the country. We just bought a tent and got into it. On the first day we got kidnapped near baranquilla by a gang with guns, and we had to give all our stuff to them. Next day we without money hitchhiked a banana carrying boat to the nearest island and lived, slept on the top of a a wooden bird watching station for 2 weeks until we could get some money. The locals were very friendly towards us and gave us food multiple times. After that while wild camping in rural colombia we have seen amazing nature, but we also got robbed 2 more times and were mistaken for Haitian migrants while we were wild camping near the Darian Gap near the small town of Capurgana. We then decided to go to Ecuador to have some less intensive experiences. For 2 months it was pretty calm and safe and we felt we found a great place to do wild camping, in the amazon and in the Andes, then one night when we were on the coast near Manta in a completely abandoned part, 2 men with guns and machete dragged us out of the tent, I could escape but they grabbed my girlfriend and put knife to her neck, so I ran back with a huge bamboo and tried to fight them, but they hit me with the machete. After this incident it took us 1 month to get home to europe without a phone, money or bank card. It is still an amazing journey and we cant wait to explore South America more but we learned a lot and these lessons are invaluable. Both Colombia and Ecuador are amazing countries, with the best nature and kind hearted people we ever met, as we learned these counties are just not suitable for wild camping, especially the coastal area.
Happy Travels! :)
Oh recently a solo traveler from Philippines was drugged and robbed on his last day in Colombia,. He was drugged in the bar of the hotel he was staying, then stole his belongings inside his room and he woke up in the hospital which they suspiciously trying to harvest his kidney
@@mimathegreat6202 Yes, it's a shame but it happens fairly often in Colombia. Even in cities like Medellin, Cartagena. But it is much better than it was in the 80-90s
Yeah, it’s irresponsible to take your girlfriend to places like this. With that, I almost took my girlfriend to one of the most forbidden places in Myanmar until the locals talked us out of it. Looking back, I was pretty daft to have considered doing this.
Thanks for sharing your experiences. I pray you always get lucky even in the future . Bless
My only travel near death has been…I was in Marrakech, Morocco last September. And I flew out the morning of the major earthquake that ended up killing 2,900 people. The airbnb that I was staying in collapsed and was destroyed. The craziest part is, I had to fly out a day early to be at a wedding but I had intentions of staying another day or 2 which means I would have been caught in the earthquake (the September 8th earthquake)
That's crazy!
Drew, you are the BEST!!!! I watch all your videos and you give perspectives that no one else is brave enough to do. Thank you!!!!
You are unironically living my dream, one day I will have the options to travel (not every country though haha), love your channel so much!
You're also such a wholesome and lovely individual, stay stafe
You can do it!
@@drewbinsky I believe so too, just the funds are the problem haha
You can do it! I traveled so far to 5 countries
Great content as always man, love from Lebanon 🇱🇧
Thank you for sharing. I dont know which of these stories were worse. I think on scale all seem to be just as scary. You are so brave.
Thank you for all your hard work and for sharing your experiences with us. Take care always! 🙏
Thanks for watching!
Thank you drew, I remember your video on Chad and India when you first vlogged a few years back it stuck in my head the most. and I cannot believe what it would be like in the heat of that moment in the motorbike chase and the shattered bus. Travel takes extreme dedication and you confronted that. Thanks for sharing bro, stay safe!
yes those moments were scary!
Those are frightening stories, but in turn also travel lessons when travelling in dangerous countries ❤❤❤.
I just recently started watching your Channel. Amazing stuff you got going on! I love hearing Stories and Experiences from all around the world. I just recently started to get into this kind of thing, because I took a DNA Test and found out where I come from. Keep doing you and yes, always be honest. ❤
You’ve had amazing life experiences.BE SAFE DREW ❤️🌷🇨🇦
Bro getting better and better every single day
yes
you can tell
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hii! i loved this video alot! i love you sharing your experiences and had lots of similar things happen to me too!! 😁
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the upload great video
Extremely interesting video! You are brave!
Dude why do I love your videos so much! Such great stories and content man!
Ive always loved your videos Drew. Were from the same place, so its awesome to see someone from here go out and do what you do 👌 thanks for years of your travels 💯
My scariest travel experience was when I saw a pile of rat carcasses in the kitchen of a restaurant in Guangdong,
their staff secretly told me that those rats would be turned into beef steaks later!
You have completed five tasks that 99% of humans cannot do, and you are worthy of respect!
Thank you for sharing your valuable experience and knowledge, you really did a great job! 👍🤩👏
Who calls it Canton? Did this happen during the Qing Dynasty or something?
I think they’re joking, doubt people would pass eat for beef
@@Theodorivs They put some spices and chemical raw materials next to it, and the taste will not make you doubt it.
He said they have been making it like this for several years! Because I often go there and tip the employee every time, so he secretly told me!
What's the restaurant/address?
@@ParanoidAsteroid3 I remember it's in Foshan City, Guangdong, but I don't know the address!
Amazing content and this was the best dialogue "Ofcourse US is involved in everything" 😂😂😂
Mhhh, that’s something
I love traveling and photography . I hope to start my journey soon and maybe have some amazing experiences like yours 😊
Man, hardly missing this stuff 😅 dodging shots drew! Have watched you for years, since i was on facebook. Im not on any socials but youtube anymore so glad you post here regularly
Be careful in São Paulo! I was robbed there last month.
"sketchy street corner in sao paulo" such a drama queen acting as if you were in a slum or smth LMAO
I love your content and I’m so thankful you are always safe and blessed 🙏❤️
I love your videos you have made a big impact on my life ❤
I Haitian was so scared for you in haiti 😢
You are nuts to visit some of those places, mate!
And yeah, and some of the experience has clearly been caused out of being a tad too naive.
I love your channel, Drew, you have the most interesting experiences and stories to tell! Yikes, those all sounded like crazy, scary positions to be in! I'm not quite the daredevil, I've only been outside the USA one time, when I spent 2 weeks in India. It was a trip of a lifetime for me! I never felt really unsafe, because I was with a tour group. The only time I was a little worried was on my car ride to the airport to fly back home. I was alone, and the Uber driver was asking me all kinds of questions and hitting on me. I thought, if this guy decides to take me somewhere and do something, no one would ever know! But thankfully I made it to the airport safely, and had an uneventful flight back home.
Thank you for sharing all your interesting stories, and take care of yourself!
Wow India !! A very extreme place to go for the first time traveling!!! Glad it made an impact on you - hopefully more positive than negative :)
@@drewbinsky It was truly awesome! And definitely a wonderful, positive experience I will never forget!
Indeed, no rainbows, and no ponies in this video. Thanks for sharing the downsides of travel. Similarly, I’ve had some downsides but it’s too important to me to quit! Safe travels
Hey love the content!
thx!
@@drewbinsky Thanks for the response! You are a big inspiration to me as I want to be a travel vlogger!! Haiti sounds wild hope the country gets better those poor people😭
I wouldn’t take $1 billion to go to the places you mentioned. I love to travel and I’m curious about aforementioned countries but I’ll wait until they’re more stable. So emotionally moving to see these places through your eyes and heart, thank you 🤍
So you will not go to India?
U should be more brave and see the world!
Lol India is not stable ? 🤣
Very inspiring to see man. These are so scary stories, but very interesting. You had my full attention throughout the whole video.
I have also experienced a lot throughout my 80 countries travels.
My most scary story was almost being kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan after a chase with some locals first in a building, and then in a car, and right after the "escape", i found a local restaurant with a young woman owning it, i ate some local food, and when I was gonna leave she begged me to get married with her
Hey Drew! Love your videos very much. I wish to travel to more places like you!
❤ from India
Love you from Afghanistan 🇦🇫🇦🇫♥️
i miss Afghanistan more and more every day!
@@drewbinsky should you finally travel to Afghanistan again we miss also you 🇦🇫❤️
@@Brazil_football_edit Why? A country that stone women.
@@user-221ibecause every country has its own beauty that is worth seeing!
I hope you added the country you are reporting from in the list...the rate at which you are feeling unsafe and the camera snatching guy is insane 😅
It was the 1st one he mentioned. Sao Paulo Brazil.
I'm glad you lived to tell these tales drew
This is my one of the favorite videos from you channel
What happens when you die because a lot of people say you just get a free marshmallow and you come back alive and you have to roast that and eat that and then you have the marshmallow and the experience.
never thought about it
@@drewbinsky please be careful 🙏☺️
I love your videos Drew! I would love to see more food and budget ($10 challenge) videos if it is possible! It is amazing how you put your life on the line for our entertainment and to document the world. Keep making these amazing videos!
Thanks for your feedback! My first (ever) videos were the $10 challenges, and after doing about 70 of them in 70 countries, I naturally moved away. But I'm happy to bring them back!
I would love to see more of them! Another idea I had which I suggested on another video was an unreleased footage/behind the scenes video of your North Korea trip. Also, do you have any tips for someone who is trying to make TH-cam videos about countries/geography? (me)
Really enjoyed this video. I admire your courage to visit some of these countries. Stay safe and keep them coming! Respect from Texas.
These stories are so gripping! I’d say you’ve so many stories you can just pull up to a group of people sitting around
this video format was so good Drew
You should come to Curaçao 🇨🇼...
On the list!
Your country is very expensive.
Glad you're alive
Wow!!! I always with about you when you travel to certain places! Be safe!
Dude is walking at a pretty safe São Paulo neighbourhood, Vila Mariana, and it's acting as if he were at a Rio slum. The guy who tried to "rob" him his gopro was walking while doing a video and probably didn't even saw him. Relax bro, be wary at your surroundings but don't panic when there's no need.
he’s so painfully american looking and speaking english it literally doesn’t matter where in são paulo he is in 😭 family friend got his shoes stolen in broad daylight
How many countries have you visited kid??
Easy to judge others’ experiences and to have all the mouth behind a keyboard. Perhaps you should travel to every country in the world to gain some perspective.
@slo88805 Firstly, I do not have any "mouth", I wasn't even rude in my comment, you're too sensitive. Secondly, why should I travel to every country in the world to talk about my home city? I know way more about São Paulo than him, Vila Mariana is a pretty safe neighbourhood and he was walking as scared as if he was in some haiti slum, it makes no sense at all, even more so for a guy who traveled all around the world, you thought he would be better at reading his surroundings and blending with the locals.
Shit I wish I was his grandchild
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As fellow travel TH-camrs, we really admire the adventurous spirit of your videos and the destinations you explore. Currently, we're on a nine-month world cruise, and it's surprising to see how timid most passengers are; They will not leave the group and are faithfully following the flag of a boring guide with bad English. We are 2 expats living in Bulgaria and if you ever come to Bulgaria we will love to show you the country
I just preordered the book man! Cannot wait to read it. 🎉
I am leaving this comment here so that after some hours, days, weeks, months or years when someone likes or comment on it, I will be reminded to watch this video again
Well just remember I was here
Let’s not forget all the people that are suffering. Amen to your comment
It’s been 3 daysses
No you just want likes
Engagement bait
Dude… you are NOT on a sketchy street on Sao Paulo….
Right? Seems pretty safe. I've been to a few cities in Brazil, Sao Paulo was the safest I felt there 🤣
Dude…. Go visit Haiti or Syrië or Afghanistan like he did, more sketchy and dangerous you and your underwear can handle 😅
@@timvanv9246 i am from Brazil, and he was basically on one of the poshest neighborhoods in Sao Paulo. Yes i google maped it (background address)
I love your videos! So interesting! Stay safe ❤
Love your videos ❤
So sad Russia is in the same line with Chad, Syria and Yemen. What Pootin did to this country is insane. Could have been a nice and developed country like Canada.
Totally 😢😢
Why would you take pictures of random kids? I'm guessing you've never had kids because an adult taking pictures of kids is not okay in any country. Well, at least you learned your lesson.
i am here and evidence to watching drew from long time you had that massive earthquake experience in nepal you are safe now we love you man _ i need support -
Omg Drew you r gonna guys us a heart attack! But I'm so grateful for you, I am seeing the world through your channel! Thank you!
I don't like how drew assumes they are thugs just because they have grills, teardrop tattoos, neck tattoos, and automatic firearms
what? 😂
Why wouldn't he I mean .... Automatic Fire arms......
What else can they be 😂
@@Unknown-dl3ncmaybe costplayer😂😂
Hey Drew, I see that you made a mistake: You went to Chad in 2018; in 2019 you toured West Africa. Chad is in central Africa
Love your videos. Stay safe brother!
Drew, I love your stories ❤️
I went to Atlantic City once
I mean you took a picture of someones child without permission thats creepy af. U put urself in that situation lol
Always be carful Drew! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing your story 👍
All cultures are equal
Nah
Nah Haiti is the best.
Wrong. Some culture are evil and awful and need to go. Do not allow woke, liberal nonsense stop you from seeing the truth and calling a spade a spade.
It seems like maximum muslim countries are chaos
You’re an inspiration to me when I grow up I want to go to every country!
Drew, can you do a video that highlights your top travel destinations for the average person? Thank you!
Free palastine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇸🇩🇸🇩🇸🇩
Eh?
Writing on a youtube comment wont do much
At least spell it right.
Drew you are crazy bro! But thanks for that we have your beautiful video's! Take care bro. Come to Finland we waiting for you
Would love to go back!
Hey Drew! Let me know whenever you plan to come back to Chad! We have an awesome group of internationals and would love to support your travel to the South and Lake!
Drew my man , u are legend , the story from Russia was crazy ;D
Hi drew!! Love from Lebanon ❤❤
Greetings 🙏 . I'm happy you survived these events and are still alive! So in this video you are South of Brazil? You started your travel journey as a boy, and at some point you turned into a man just like Marco Polo. Who I love and his stories, which is hard to be truly accurate is what some say but not your's, with the marvel of modern technologies.
Know wonder you have PTSD with all your near death experiences. That will take it's toll on you, as if you were in a war. Which you basically were. And how tragic all the wars that happened right after making your videos. You must be grieving for all your friends you have met, yet another emotional turmoil for you. Good Lord! You again remind me of Maco Polo, a great man and your fellow traveler from a different time in history, which I believe you will too, aswell.
I wasn't going to give my most recent near death experience however, you want to know. At 64, you don't live this long without them. March 1st 2023 I lived in old town Lahaina Mauai in a van for 5 months it was supposed to be 6 but I left August 2nd (My Grandparents Anniversary). I would have been trapped and burned to death. My nephew Travis saved many on the Trilogy Catamaran he is a captain there still.
Drew, welcome to now being part of the great explores threw out history!
Pamala McCarty in California
Can you make a video about your favorite to your least favorite airplane airlines ranking them best to worst delta,frontier,Southwest ect... please I LOVE UR VIDEOS!!!
Great videos Drew from Minnesota
Hey Drew! Cool vid. Have you reached the South Pole yet? When's that video dropping?
I think the best weapon I had when I was traveling alone at night for over an hour on the subway in NYC - was when I opened my Bible to read it (not out loud) I saw in my peripheral vision people move away from me! I felt so safe because of that knowing that people don’t like the subway scammers who always ask for money. And safe because at that particular time, no one knew where I was.
I was traveling alone and though I had friends on the trip I’d meet up with, I stayed with separate friends of friends in Long Island City and would travel from there all the way to Brooklyn to meet up with them. We went to do some humanitarian events but also do some street preaching (we did not ask anyone for money btw). We all were there to help a local church to help their members and people in the city outside of the street - level preaching ministry.
I was told by people I knew that New Yorkers would be rude but because I once lived in California, I found the NY crowd to be blunt, pretty chill and I really liked that aspect! I even got to have conversations with the “frightening” looking persons. One guy was on the street asking for money because his job didn’t pay enough. Another guy was going to a funeral, he was in prison and could relate to the story in the book I was reading between our conversations.
Anyways it was cool trip. And nothing bad actually happened.
during my exchange in South Korea I was at the mass stampade in Itaewon, will never forget that. Such a tragedy
Super scary and thanks for sharing but NDE’s are quite different. They are when you actually die and comeback. I had one and it’s more than a travel story for sure. Keep up the good work. Really enjoy it and thank you.
Love you’re videos