I Flew On The National Government Airline of Belarus...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- In today's video, we are flying on the national airline of Belarus: Belavia.
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When I was in third grade, our school teacher wanted to have a survey and made us kids vote on our favorite destination to travel to for a multiple-day school trip.
The option with the most votes was London at 14 votes, followed by Barcelona with 11 votes, and Paris, which was the favorite destination of nine people in the class.
The teacher was, however, very surprised, saying that there was an unusual vote in the survey that had got a single vote.
That vote was obviously mine, and that won me a trip to the school therapist as the teacher just couldn't believe that 10-year-old me would ever want to go on a 5-day school trip to Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
But the truth was I've always been very captivated by the mysterious aura surrounding Belarus, a country that is right there in the middle of Europe but that we know very little about. A few years later, I then decided to have my own independent trip to Belarus while hitting two birds with one stone. Not only was I going to have the chance to visit a place that I had wanted to visit for many, many years, but I would have also traveled on one of the rarest airlines in Europe, Belavia. - บันเทิง
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I'm not on it. Of course 😂
Thank you for vlogging in english, i dont speak either italian or russian. Spasiba ❤😂
Another fabulous video, Dave! You have an amazing talent for putting across the very 'feel' of the places you visit; I always feel like I am there, with you! Excellent, and thank you. You are a real talent.
Dave, you are one of my fav TH-camrs! Your style and sense of humor is 2nd to none. But your grasp of history really is your strong point. Keep up the great work.
14:16 that's exactly how I felt when I went to Belarus a couple years ago
Thanks for posting, doing the very same flight soon, was curious what to expect
very interesting vlog! thank you so much for sharing this adventure
great video and happy to see it in english. Thanks for the effort
Great video Dave! You are unique and very brave. These reports are always so interesting to watch, but take care. Thank you 💕⚘️🌷
That Belavia Tupolev 154 was used on a scheduled flight to London Gatwick 25 years ago
Minsk is a fascinating city and a destination certainly worth a visit!.... I was lucky enough to visit Minsk and the surrounding area twice and I had a great time. Sadly, with my friends who used to live there having left the country and everything that is currently happening, it looks like I won't be returning any time soon though.
There are lots of fun things to do and see around the city, and while that might sound priviledged, for me as a German everything was extremely affordable. I certainly couldn't hope to afford any 5-star restaurants in Munich, that's for sure :D The countryside is also really pretty and I can absolutely recommend a visit to Nesvizh and Mir castle. Everyone I've met there (except government workers, but that is to be expected apparently) was also super friendly and very curious as to why I was visiting their country. The only thing to keep in mind is that most people obviously won't be able to speak anything but Russian (or Belarussian, which is not the same!), so I would recommend having someone capable of speaking Russian with you when you go to places that aren't super touristy.
I did fly on Lufthansa both times though, as it was already right in the middle of Covid and there was a fair amount of political unrest in Belarus following a certain "election", and in case of any lockdowns or flight bans I figured that Lufthansa would probably more interested in ensuring that I still got back home than Belavia. I didn't have to test that hypothesis though, as my last visit was pretty much exactly two months before that fateful Ryanair flight.
People let me tell you what happens with the language issue in Republic of Belarus. They speak Russian language, and that's it. Point. Full stop. Nothing else to tell. But - there is something else to tell. There is a little minority; I don't know how many percent, maybe under 1% that's for sure. And these people think that we should forget our mother language (and this is Russian). They tell us that we are supposed to speak our own separate language as a mother language. If you don’t - then you are a slave of Russia, something like this. Well and they insist that we should learn from the scratch invented by them language - the one that doesn’t exist anymore. For what reason, you wander? For no reason, just because they think it’s right for you. You don't see these people on the streets of our cities. No, you only meet these people on the internet, they write comments. They accuse us that we are not patriotic enough if we don't want to speak the Belorussian language. Nobody speaks Belorussian language in Belarus, nobody except for some crazy fanatics.
one of the best countries, lovely people, amazing food, good independent politics well done Belarus 🤩
You are a legend!
i really enjoyed this video a lot :DD and i like how you make videos
your energy is just so happy and it makes the video super entertaining
i guess me and 3rd grade you have something in common,, because i really wish to visit belarus someday 🙏🙏 very soon
Love your video.
Awesome ! You’ve got a new subscriber haha ! And I hope that You also visited Tbilisi, it’s a wonderful city !
Great video. You got a new subscriber!
We were waiting for this one, Dave. Great storytelling! I have still a Belavia Leader card with some miles on it, which could get me upgraded to Business Class. Before COVID, you would always get a real meal, instead of that dry sandwich. I don't fly it frequently anymore, unfortunately...
I love Dave's knitwear as much as his travels! 😮😀
Great content! I've always wanted to go to Belarus too. When I tell people that, they're like,
what?
When i was 10 y.o. and was studying in school in Minsk nobody asked us where we wanted to go to school trip :(
dear ladas and gentlemen, ...
This video brings many beautiful memories about Belarus and Belavia, one of my favourite airlines. I had the pleasure to fly on Belavia when they had the old livery which I truly adored so much. I'm glad you described that livery as "iconic". Too bad I didn't get the chance to fly on the Tupolev 154 as they phased it out about the year 2018 if I'm not mistaken. Great video and please, post more videos about Belarus. It's a beautiful country and such a Soviet gem 😄
I can't imagine there's not a flight from Istanbul to Belarus. Turkey isn't in the EU and sorta stays friendly with Russia as well.
Amazing video as usual, dear Davide! We can feel your excitement through the screen. Take care!
YES! At last!!
16:44 reminds me of when you were, as i can remeber Vorkuta, wearing Jordans ... priceless
Yes, i had the same flash back of sort.... when you were in sneakers on snowy day
Nice video mate, throw up a pic of the Belarus passport stamp!
Belavia... Sounds like a kind of processed cheese. Delicious!
Great video Dave, I'm really looking forward to the others now!
Just to mention, Bulgaria air also offer free food, coffee/tea, sweets (chocolate) and wine
Be safe
Cool
They still make new 76 planes
The saddest news is to acknowledge that a Cappuccino in TBS airport costs 7 EUR.
Cool that it's still allowed to land in Minsk and have free visa regime (I guess for the Oblast only right?)
Love your video. One small request: I don't like large text flashing up on the screen. Maybe it's just me... I don't know. But very fun video topic. ❤❤
15:34 You are mistaken and badly. The Il-76 is a cargo aircraft that is still produced and operated by many cargo airlines, not only in Russia.
"conflict zone" 😅 well said
lolz
Wow love my fav babushka
Dave, I saw you gave a Russian passport, was it yours?
❤ plane
You should do a trip to Harbin, China. It's a city full of Russian influences and Russian architecture. Also Russian weather.
I’ve flown this airline 3 times cuz I’m from belarus
i have wanted to visit BELARUS as well....see if it is different then RUSSIA
You were a lion in middle of bunch of sheep for wanting go to Belarus.
Love those old Soviet aircraft. People in the West are often unaware that Russia has been designing and building aircraft, civil and military, for a very long time.
wait... you can't fly over turkey or ukraine that I understand. but how do you need to fly over kazachstan if georgia itself borders russia?
There's a missile launcher in the Caspian, that is used on the current conflict. No commercial airliners allowed on the missile path.
Thought the same, but now i know. Wow, this conflict is really taking up huge space outside of the actual conflict zone.... would not have guessed it why such a detpour...
Ты реально из Воркуты? Или это такая неудачная шутка?
Belarus is a hidden gem
Why?
@@hightower6645 Because it's super clean everywhere, super safe, relatively cheap, a lot of beautiful women, etc. Nothing like the mess in Russia :) In my opinion Belarus is more like Poland and Germany, than Russia.
@@georgih Yeah. But what about their leader? I heard that the country is a dictatorship.
@@georgihWhat you mean? I live in Minsk and it is far from being Poland or Germany. City authorities have no idea how to make a proper modern city. Instead of good residential areas they spam goofy-looking multi-story buildings which look atrocious and tasteless. Same thing with office and public buildings. Hats off to them for maintaining the city but it's not enough to make it Germany or Poland.
Yakolev 40 ? .its in Siberia normlal fghit condition.
On Wikipedia several EU airlines are listed as having codeshares with Belavia. Money trumps ethics every time.
That was before the Ryanair incident. No codeshare anymore.
@@ArjenDijksman That's not correct ("according to Wikipedia"). The codeshares are since 2022 and the Ryanair incident was in 2021.
@@Robutube1 I flew on KLM flight code with Belavia way before 2022.
How about some videos from the Virgin woods of the Republic of Komi ❤️🇷🇺🤙‼️
the dutch goverment gives belarus a code red travel advice. Do not travel there in any case, very dangerous.. who goes there! in a sovjet plane... love you dave
He flew in a 737 not a soviet plane
There is a lot to see in Belarus. As for security, I hear for the first time, it is much safer there than in Russia
Belavia has not flown Soviet planes for a long time.
That's a diplomatic question. I travel to Belarus regularly. Lovely people. Just need to stay away of politics.
@@ArjenDijksman sure! im not into politics, but it is not some holiday i will casually undertake with my boys as lets say a trip to italy or spain.... Would love to see this country and some trace of old ussr.
The President elect of Belarus Tatyana Tshekhanova is currently in exile in Lithuania whereas illegitimate President Alexander Lukhashenko is holding her seat. Thank you very much and enjoy your evening 😊😊
Im pretty sire thats some C eye A hag
Dave, what made you to be attracted to ex USSR in the first place?
TBS airport is very bad
been to Belarus in the heyday. Now a dump mostly. A backwater. And all the fun girls have left for the west. How's the borcht these days? Come to Estonia Signore Davide. Much nicer. Always a party. And nize girls. Con brio!
Forger belarus and call things in real names- almostrus
boring and get real audio equips. Garbage quality
Ah frosciooooooooo 🙂
I NEED Belarus 🎉
Oh, thank you so much!