Backpacker Ben is hands down the most underrated TH-camr out there! His content is a hidden gem - not only is he incredibly informative about travel, but his humor adds a unique and entertaining touch to every video. Watching him feels like exploring the world with a friend who knows all the best tips and tricks. Mark my words, Backpacker Ben, you've got the potential to be the next big travel blogger sensation. Keep doing what you're doing, and I'm sure the world will catch on to your amazing content soon
Wow, never seen Catarina look so stressed before (at the beginning of the video). At the very least she adds an extra dimension to your experiences (and videos) so you need to look after her regardless of how you are feeling. Another great video and a brilliantly unorthodox take on an Englishman in Indonesia.
Ben, I've always enjoyed your videos, but you and Cat together are a great combo. You keep each other motivated and smiling, I love it. This video is amazing. Also, what is it with this part of the world and mind-bu*geringly loud music everywhere you go? haha
Backpacker Ben you my man are an absolute legend. Cheers to you and Catarina with infinite love from the USA, ya'll have to make a USA trip. Motivating me to travel more this year for sure!
🌴🌴🌴 Hi 👋🏼 Ben and 👋🏼KAT. I’ve been enjoying watching some of your older videos but I think I’ve watched this one already. Blessings from Paso Robles California, Carlos
That moment when you walk around the corner and see the bed layout 😂😂😂😂 and that bad music follows you like a bad smell!! Your faces say it all, you are so funny 🤣 …. you guys rock!!! Seriously love the two of you doing adventures together…. Excellent adventure again and beautiful volcano ❤🎉😊👍🏻
excellent video thx Ben and Cat for travelling the places less travelled a really interesting journey this island hopping will be a great series waiting for the next up load :D ...... the people seem really good and friendly
I took that ferry from Ende to Kupang in 2016 - it looks like its a different ship to the one I was on, sleeping quarters were grimmer with rows and rows of grotty beds that were in worse shape than the ones you filmed. Lots of mice scurrying around and other creepy crawlies - I was offered a cabin being the only foreigner but as it was a day boat, managed quite a good sleep up on deck in a quiet corner. Indonesian ferries when I was last there were not the greatest.
I think you should also be grateful there wasn't a full catering service - a friend of mine was served just a fish head and rice on a Pelni ferry as she was the only the foreigner on there - they wanted to give her what they considered the best bit of the fish...
Glad to see you got to see some volcanoes after all, those are quite something, bigger and better than the one at Rabaul - the trip to see the Rabaul one is not quite so arduous, but way more expensive. The boy did good. We all appreciate you toughing it for content Ben, and Cat is genuinely lovely - still looked fab after that long ferry ride. ❤
What a series Ben spending 16 hours on a ferry with Cat I think everyone wants the next video to be your greatest adventure of all time were you ask Cat to marry you. What great chemistry you both have you truly make a nice couple. You owe her a better VIP experience than a gym smelling room.
You were really getting into the music playing on the ferry! After so long, I saw your foot getting with it. I did think we were going to read about you falling into the volcano when you slipped there. I am with you, I think if you hit that water it's over. Enjoy your videos, thanks for taking us with you! That was some VIP room...
Maximum respect to you and Cat enduring these 16 hour journeys for our entertainment - loving all your recent videos Ben, top drawer (or top bunk as it were)😂. Excited to see more BackpackerBen adventures. Quality.
Ship companies in West Indonesia provide rooms for long journeys & also provide canteens/small restaurants :) I live on a small island in western indonesia, so I often use ships to travel to other islands. but I've never tried taking a ship to eastern Indonesia so far.
Awesome Vlog Ben and Kat, Ben mate she is a keeper for sure, not many girls would do that and still smile, hope you get to do plenty more together, safe travels Bro : @ )
Watching these videos of yours really makes me miss my travels in SE Asia. I've been fortunate enough to spend a total of 8 weeks in that part of the world over the last several years, but I would love to be able to spend so much more time over there.
Loving this series with you and Cat. Her laugh at the end when you teased a 14 hour bus ride the day after. She can’t wait! Brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
You should visit the Toba caldera in Sumatra, it's the remnants of a supervolcano, think Yellowstone, that nearly wiped out humanity 74000 years ago, only a few thousand humans survived the eruption. Mount Toba is dormant today but not extinct, the magma chamber under it is still active, its next eruption is estimated to occur in roughly 600000 years from now so we've got time. For now, the massive caldera has become a lovely lake with an island in the middle. I was there in 2015 and it's quite a beautiful place considering that it's a giant volcano that could destroy all life on Earth, but then Yellowstone is also a pretty place.
That was a hell boat trip for you guys! No food, BO and stinky feet inside and more dodgy music to listen too. Then a tsunami warning..what doesn't kill you makes you stronger Ben? I'd sooner take my kayak across the sea!
Really loved then video man! Too late now - but here’s something that could have solved your food problem on the ship. Buy some bottled water and ask them to microwave the noodles using that water 😂
The music you heard in the bus going to Kelimutu is folk music from west sumatra which is very far awayy It's so random hearing that in the eastern part of Indonesia, maybe the drivers or bus owner is frkm west sumatra
One reason I try to avoid ro-ro ferries as much as possible when travelling by sea in Indonesia is that they're slow af. Next time, try Pelni ships instead. Just a tad bit faster but way more comfy
My Heavens! Video game music again! For food you could have asked the guys selling the cup noodles to use the bottled water you purchased. Next look for some beef jerky to take with you, because the crisp and cookies will just make you more hungry.
I would do that trip, not so sure about the VIP experience, but it is definitely an experience. Crazy part is that is an island so do you have to do the same journey to move on?
i can feel your sanity is gone, bit by bit from your body when that song banging non stop bothering you when youre trying to sleep, youre face is priceless ben 😂
Good on you Ben your well enjoyable to watch with Catarina , Bald or many of the other travel bloggers you team up with you bring something Xtra to these blogs maybe your west country humour I don't know but it works keep on going mate I caught the travel bug many years back and used to put stuff on Facebook I had a few followers back in the day I mean whilst they have watched a weeks worth of soaps I would have gotten through France , bought a cheap flyt from Geneve' Switzerland and landed in Manila Philippines taken a D-rider coach two vans a Jeepney and tricycle to be in some small Pacific coast village 2 hrs north of Baler Aurora attending a week long funeral the only white person for miles lol.
Good on you two for another great vlog Benjamin,but I can't imagine you being stuck on a cruise ship for weeks on end, especially if Mr Bald is in the next cabin🤓🤓
Sailing on the slowest sleeper ferry? Well, it's like a bedtime story that never ends! You board as you would tuck yourself into bed, and by the time you wake up, you're still in the chapter where the ship just got out of the harbor! Kidding aside, it seems like pretty unique and nice experience. I've been in the cities of Indonesia for our TV show but not as far as this but this video totally inspires me to go further!
took me some time to figure out why you were calling people cats😂.... Interesting experience, don't think I would do it myself, but... certainly some amazing morning views. I've once been on an active volcano with multicolored acid pools (albeit it was much less of a journey, only 6 or so hours by a local bus)... also was quite a story though... when I was there, the whole place (including the huge crater-side meditation Dzong and monastery dating back to the 11th century) was enveloped into a huge storm of mist, resulting from a mixture of unusually high geologic activity and the remnants of the previous nights typhoon... the earth and everything was trembling and hissing, and at times it was nearly impossible to see anything through the thick sheets of steam rain & geyser water trailing in the winds... then briefly the strange shaped rocks appeared, in overhanging ghostly, almost animate, shapes... having spent half a day I stopped to grab a brief rice ball in the only open café (it was 10 in the evening by then), before getting the night-bus back to civilization... next morning, I found out the volcano had erupted in the night (thankfully, it being well off-season, there were no casualties, but the campsite I had originally planned to stay the night at had weather cooperated, was totally destroyed)
Ben the temperature inside this apple turnover is over 1000 degrees. If I squeeze it, a jet of molten bramley apple will squirt out. Could go your way, it could go mine. Either way, one of us is going down.
The mental torture of it all really oozes through to the viewers. I feel like just going to bed and getting a good calm relaxing night of sleep right about now.
ASDP, the ferry operator is known as one of, if not THE worst state-owned public transport company. Aside from the Merak-Bakauheni and Ketapang-Gilimanuk route, there's nothing good about them
On the ferry, why didn't you guys have them prepare the noodles with the bottled water you bought? You mentioned that you got the runs from what you thought was the water used previously to make the noodles, so I don't understand why you didn't have them make it with the bottled water?
Big shout out to Catarina for doing these grueling long journeys and keeping me motivated to film
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Viva à Catarina!
she is a legend!
She's a keeper Benjamin!
Love the journey's you 2 go on. Wish I could do this. Enjoy my friend. 🎉
Backpacker Ben is hands down the most underrated TH-camr out there! His content is a hidden gem - not only is he incredibly informative about travel, but his humor adds a unique and entertaining touch to every video. Watching him feels like exploring the world with a friend who knows all the best tips and tricks. Mark my words, Backpacker Ben, you've got the potential to be the next big travel blogger sensation. Keep doing what you're doing, and I'm sure the world will catch on to your amazing content soon
The random music on these recent journeys has been so hilarious 😂 you’ve got more patience than I would have!
torture mate believe me
Swear i heard a random Alan jackson (remember when) song between all those crazy songs 😂
@ 19:50
@@TexasPrideNjoy
Usually i dont like Couple-Vloggers. But you and the pirate-style girl from Portugal are just fine.
Agreed nothing more cringe than that
Me and Cat keep it real
Wow, never seen Catarina look so stressed before (at the beginning of the video). At the very least she adds an extra dimension to your experiences (and videos) so you need to look after her regardless of how you are feeling. Another great video and a brilliantly unorthodox take on an Englishman in Indonesia.
If you watch their previous videos youll understand why 😅 Ben owes her a good 3 days trip to Labuan Bajo 😂😂😂
@@harukrentz435in which episode is Ben mentioning Labuan Bajo? I'm from Labuan Bajo, I'm very happy that my city will be visited by Ben and Kat
@@eksantra502here now ;)
@@eksantra502Instagram me mate! Can try do something
why didnt u have the noodles with the bottled water that would be safe?@@BackpackerBen
Great content Ben and Catarina is a brilliant travel partner.
she ain't bad
You’re right she ain’t BALD stop playing with me you wank
@@BackpackerBenBen you sound very bossy mate, why do you want to be above 😂😂
@@BackpackerBen miss bald yet?
@@BackpackerBen😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍👍
Ben, I've always enjoyed your videos, but you and Cat together are a great combo. You keep each other motivated and smiling, I love it. This video is amazing. Also, what is it with this part of the world and mind-bu*geringly loud music everywhere you go? haha
Glad you like them! And I seriously don’t know but it’s mental
@@BackpackerBen Absolutely. I hope it pays off for you and you are able to make a living from this.
ben mate,you two make a great team and the more of Cat i see the more fond of her i get.what a positive adventurous spirit she has!
always a pleasure watching you!! you deserve soooo much much more followers!! (met you in ethiopia few yrs ago, now in london) take good care! K.
Oh really? Where did we meet? Thanks for following mate 😎🤝
@@BackpackerBen at the Hyatt hotel
Videos like this are inspiring me to travel and see places. Thank you Ben and Cath for taking us along.
You got it mate
We appreciate your suffering. Much more interesting than five star resorts we’ve all seen before
i appreciate it too. i enjoy it. i think im a sociopath.
@@whatisthishandlegarbage that must include me then 😂
Backpacker Ben you my man are an absolute legend. Cheers to you and Catarina with infinite love from the USA, ya'll have to make a USA trip. Motivating me to travel more this year for sure!
Legend! US next year mate
Sure message me on Instagram I’ll sort out everything :)
Course not. Instagram me 👍
Good. You ain’t invited
Ah he deleted his comments AGAIN 😁
Great stuff. You both deserve medals - if only for putting up with that music on the ferry.
Many thanks!😵💫
🌴🌴🌴 Hi 👋🏼 Ben and 👋🏼KAT. I’ve been enjoying watching some of your older videos but I think I’ve watched this one already. Blessings from Paso Robles California, Carlos
Great video! Really enjoyed it. You two are real troopers. Bang on! Richard in Reno
That moment when you walk around the corner and see the bed layout 😂😂😂😂 and that bad music follows you like a bad smell!! Your faces say it all, you are so funny 🤣 …. you guys rock!!! Seriously love the two of you doing adventures together…. Excellent adventure again and beautiful volcano ❤🎉😊👍🏻
Tell me about it 😮💨
bruh i laugh so much when i hear that music
excellent video thx Ben and Cat for travelling the places less travelled a really interesting journey this island hopping will be a great series waiting for the next up load :D ...... the people seem really good and friendly
I took that ferry from Ende to Kupang in 2016 - it looks like its a different ship to the one I was on, sleeping quarters were grimmer with rows and rows of grotty beds that were in worse shape than the ones you filmed. Lots of mice scurrying around and other creepy crawlies - I was offered a cabin being the only foreigner but as it was a day boat, managed quite a good sleep up on deck in a quiet corner. Indonesian ferries when I was last there were not the greatest.
Blimey 😂 we had it good then compared to you
I think you should also be grateful there wasn't a full catering service - a friend of mine was served just a fish head and rice on a Pelni ferry as she was the only the foreigner on there - they wanted to give her what they considered the best bit of the fish...
Glad to see you got to see some volcanoes after all, those are quite something, bigger and better than the one at Rabaul - the trip to see the Rabaul one is not quite so arduous, but way more expensive. The boy did good. We all appreciate you toughing it for content Ben, and Cat is genuinely lovely - still looked fab after that long ferry ride. ❤
What a series Ben spending 16 hours on a ferry with Cat I think everyone wants the next video to be your greatest adventure of all time were you ask Cat to marry you. What great chemistry you both have you truly make a nice couple. You owe her a better VIP experience than a gym smelling room.
Everyone doesn't want that.
They are good friends. They are not going to spoil that.
You were really getting into the music playing on the ferry! After so long, I saw your foot getting with it. I did think we were going to read about you falling into the volcano when you slipped there. I am with you, I think if you hit that water it's over. Enjoy your videos, thanks for taking us with you! That was some VIP room...
That was my body twitching from stress not dancing 🤣😅
Maximum respect to you and Cat enduring these 16 hour journeys for our entertainment - loving all your recent videos Ben, top drawer (or top bunk as it were)😂. Excited to see more BackpackerBen adventures. Quality.
Legend!
Yo Ben I don’t know where you found cat but she is epic! Gotta love indo. It’s so twisted but but epic all the same
Ship companies in West Indonesia provide rooms for long journeys & also provide canteens/small restaurants :)
I live on a small island in western indonesia, so I often use ships to travel to other islands.
but I've never tried taking a ship to eastern Indonesia so far.
Absolute legend! Glad to see the two of you braving the high seas together!
Brits love the rough seas
Awesome Vlog Ben and Kat, Ben mate she is a keeper for sure, not many girls would do that and still smile, hope you get to do plenty more together, safe travels Bro : @ )
Watching these videos of yours really makes me miss my travels in SE Asia. I've been fortunate enough to spend a total of 8 weeks in that part of the world over the last several years, but I would love to be able to spend so much more time over there.
you guys rock the world 🤘 I prefer to follow you from episode to episode... keep it up
Loving these recent vids, exploring islands I’ve never even heard of. Cat is a saint
Appreciate you watching mate!
Thank you for my amusement. Love you both together.
You got it 🫠🤝
Loving this series with you and Cat. Her laugh at the end when you teased a 14 hour bus ride the day after. She can’t wait! Brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What lovely music you two were blessed with on this epic journey!
Incredible right? I should of got the playlist
Crazy Frog's Malaysian half-brother acid house remix. It's on my playlist.
You should visit the Toba caldera in Sumatra, it's the remnants of a supervolcano, think Yellowstone, that nearly wiped out humanity 74000 years ago, only a few thousand humans survived the eruption. Mount Toba is dormant today but not extinct, the magma chamber under it is still active, its next eruption is estimated to occur in roughly 600000 years from now so we've got time. For now, the massive caldera has become a lovely lake with an island in the middle. I was there in 2015 and it's quite a beautiful place considering that it's a giant volcano that could destroy all life on Earth, but then Yellowstone is also a pretty place.
More adventures with Ben and Catarina.
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That was a hell boat trip for you guys! No food, BO and stinky feet inside and more dodgy music to listen too. Then a tsunami warning..what doesn't kill you makes you stronger Ben?
I'd sooner take my kayak across the sea!
Don’t blame ya
@@BackpackerBen at least you avoided the pot noodles - explosive diarrhea but that might have added more content.
Only thing you forgot was the boiling heat
Love the adventures with Catarina ❤
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Great video as always mate
Mr Bald would call that waiting room “Soviet Gopnik waiting room”
😂😂😂 everything is Soviet with Mr Bald 😂😂😂
Fantastic work and content again Ben and Kat from J&J Cheshire x
First time I have ever seen a smudged lens in one of your videos ;) , pretty impressive hahaha great video you two
Ah mate was fuming when I seen it 🤣😤😤
@@BackpackerBen I knew you would be 🤣
Ben, you and Cat are awesome together.
Take good care of the beautiful little bird mate!
These videos have brought me very much joy when all else just feels awful. Thanks man.
Glad to hear it mate hope you’re good 🤝
You two are so courageous and adventurous. I hope to someday have a 10th of what you have!😊
Stellar performance Ben And Kat!
Really loved then video man! Too late now - but here’s something that could have solved your food problem on the ship. Buy some bottled water and ask them to microwave the noodles using that water 😂
Volcano would be awesome to see. Take a boat to Krakatoa and check that volcano out.
What a journy you and Kat are on great content Ben ❤
Good video Ben and Cat! Stay safe.
I'm a big fan now. Thanks for these vlogs. Cat is delightful btw
Ben the videos are better when Kat comes along ! You and Bald are the best travel vloggers going !
I'm new subscribers for this channel. I'm enjoying your content ben😆👏
The music you heard in the bus going to Kelimutu is folk music from west sumatra which is very far awayy
It's so random hearing that in the eastern part of Indonesia, maybe the drivers or bus owner is frkm west sumatra
Dinamic duo never disappoints! 🤩
you know it
@@BackpackerBen 18:55 the best!
your reaction to the music is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while
Another great watch, you n Cat make a good team.
Nice videos, Ben and Kate!
Nice video,, I expect to watch some exploration in Kupang city and sadly doesn't find it in this episode,, hope you can do it for Ende
One reason I try to avoid ro-ro ferries as much as possible when travelling by sea in Indonesia is that they're slow af. Next time, try Pelni ships instead. Just a tad bit faster but way more comfy
There are plenty ways to go from KUPANG TO ENDE.. why don't u pay more for speed boat or private ferry or probably flight is definitely better option.
Lol those once a week flights and speed boats?
The music cracked me right up! Good work
My Heavens! Video game music again! For food you could have asked the guys selling the cup noodles to use the bottled water you purchased. Next look for some beef jerky to take with you, because the crisp and cookies will just make you more hungry.
I would do that trip, not so sure about the VIP experience, but it is definitely an experience. Crazy part is that is an island so do you have to do the same journey to move on?
Damn well done enduring that ferry, I would have picked the upper deck too with a crate of beer. 😂
I love your travels Ben really interesting
😂😂😂😂 made me laugh the music starting at 5:30. I know the feeling over there, completely unnecessary and doesn't even make sense haha
Hi Ben. All the best you two.
cheers!!
i can feel your sanity is gone, bit by bit from your body when that song banging non stop bothering you when youre trying to sleep, youre face is priceless ben 😂
amazing video!! thank you for posting
No problem!!
Hey Ben, good stuff. We are fellow travellers and watch your videos. See ya out there 🌎
Good on you Ben your well enjoyable to watch with Catarina , Bald or many of the other travel bloggers you team up with you bring something Xtra to these blogs maybe your west country humour I don't know but it works keep on going mate I caught the travel bug many years back and used to put stuff on Facebook I had a few followers back in the day I mean whilst they have watched a weeks worth of soaps I would have gotten through France , bought a cheap flyt from Geneve' Switzerland and landed in Manila Philippines taken a D-rider coach two vans a Jeepney and tricycle to be in some small Pacific coast village 2 hrs north of Baler Aurora attending a week long funeral the only white person for miles lol.
Good on you two for another great vlog Benjamin,but I can't imagine you being stuck on a cruise ship for weeks on end, especially if Mr Bald is in the next cabin🤓🤓
Brave new world, stay safe n keep going. Congrats to both off you.
Sailing on the slowest sleeper ferry? Well, it's like a bedtime story that never ends! You board as you would tuck yourself into bed, and by the time you wake up, you're still in the chapter where the ship just got out of the harbor! Kidding aside, it seems like pretty unique and nice experience. I've been in the cities of Indonesia for our TV show but not as far as this but this video totally inspires me to go further!
Exhausting Ben and Kat loving every video hope you got a good sleep and a meal subscriber Australia ❤
0:25 It's TIMOR "LESTEY" Ben
Cat by the lake, really just made the view better 🤷🏼♂️🤗 I think I like this channel better than balds channel strangely enough 🤣
Awesome content mate :)
Those beds look like hell. 100% the right call to go up on deck.
Not everyone could do this, I certainly wouldn't, but it is good to watch so well done you two.
took me some time to figure out why you were calling people cats😂....
Interesting experience, don't think I would do it myself, but... certainly some amazing morning views.
I've once been on an active volcano with multicolored acid pools (albeit it was much less of a journey, only 6 or so hours by a local bus)... also was quite a story though...
when I was there, the whole place (including the huge crater-side meditation Dzong and monastery dating back to the 11th century) was enveloped into a huge storm of mist, resulting from a mixture of unusually high geologic activity and the remnants of the previous nights typhoon... the earth and everything was trembling and hissing, and at times it was nearly impossible to see anything through the thick sheets of steam rain & geyser water trailing in the winds... then briefly the strange shaped rocks appeared, in overhanging ghostly, almost animate, shapes...
having spent half a day I stopped to grab a brief rice ball in the only open café (it was 10 in the evening by then), before getting the night-bus back to civilization...
next morning, I found out the volcano had erupted in the night (thankfully, it being well off-season, there were no casualties, but the campsite I had originally planned to stay the night at had weather cooperated, was totally destroyed)
I just don’t know how you guys can travel like you do!! I think they call it “youth”!!! The lakes were AMAZING 🤩 🎉
THANK YOU!!!!❤️👌🏼🥰😅
Great video ❤
You 2 are a great team ❤
Beautiful Kat!
Ben and Cat, a more iconic duo then Ben and Bald! Cheers!
Great content 👍🏻.
Ben : quick lets get out of the tsunami zone proceeds to go stay on a volcano 😂 great adventures man 👍🏻 fair play to Cat shes a trooper 👏🏻
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I swear! If I had to listen to that music, I would have jumped over board.
Was tempted mate believe me
Ben the temperature inside this apple turnover is over 1000 degrees. If I squeeze it, a jet of molten bramley apple will squirt out. Could go your way, it could go mine. Either way, one of us is going down.
Great Journey, when you order Instant Noodle you can ask to take out the chili powder.
the music had me cracking up, thanks for suffering for us Ben
No worries 🫠👏🏼
Amazing, I'm going to maumere soon!
The mental torture of it all really oozes through to the viewers. I feel like just going to bed and getting a good calm relaxing night of sleep right about now.
Incredible video I admire your stamina congratulations regards Howard from Cyprus
ASDP, the ferry operator is known as one of, if not THE worst state-owned public transport company. Aside from the Merak-Bakauheni and Ketapang-Gilimanuk route, there's nothing good about them
On the ferry, why didn't you guys have them prepare the noodles with the bottled water you bought? You mentioned that you got the runs from what you thought was the water used previously to make the noodles, so I don't understand why you didn't have them make it with the bottled water?
Have a think now 🧠
@@BackpackerBen ?
Good job guys... What an adventure you two are having. Something to show your grandkids ;-)
“What not to do” 🫠
Manila- Cebu via 2Go M/V Masagana vessel is 22hours their Stateroom is good food included.
When the ocean is getting more and more tempting to take an everlasting dive 😅. Good heavens what lovely tunes!
Fantastic video 👌👌👌💯💯💯💯💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
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