There's always a British tourist
There's always a British tourist
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The guy on the right is Ben Innes from Aberdeen. He posed for a picture to post on social media next to Seif Eldin shortly after he hijacked a plane in Cyprus whilst wearing what turned out to be a fake suicide belt. Ben didn't know it was fake at the time of course.
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He also said later that it was to try and get a better look at the bomb.
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Cool, if morbid, photo to have afterwards, though!
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That's a big smile for not knowing
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"Welp!"
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I mean if you think it's your last photo, wouldn't you wanna look good
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Anything to escape Great Britain
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He went to Thailand to go BACK to Britain.
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"On two wheels" implies it's a sightseeing trip. Basically seeing the sights between Thailand and home. Probably only to leave again because... y'know.
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Not necessarily escape. More, experimenting out in the world, then run home and decide that the planet is entirely backwards.
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Yes, experience, and bring something back to the museum
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Is that a common take away? Mine is "holy shit if only Americans realized how much better
<place>
is at<thing>
despite spending so much less".The only thing I've been disappointed by is how poorly the rest of the world treats nature, from trash just dumped in the woods in rural Japan to hiking trails in China that are entirely paved, with gamer RGB lighting, and food vendors every like quarter mile to hiking in jungle in vietnam and hearing no wildlife all night, except the occasional breathing of a water buffalo.
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Terry Pratchett nailed it in The Color of Magic.
Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant 'idiot'.
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This video of his was very entertaining.
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Thank you, great share. Also he has the perfect eyebrows for this, very expressive
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on two wheels
why tho
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Just one wheel is vastly more difficult
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Three wheels it is then
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Edd Pratt actually did that!
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he's on a global motorcycle tour. generally speaking if you want to see the whole world and not just tourist traps, you're gonna do it by bicycle, motorcycle, or by hiking and taking the bus. the theme of his channel is to show things in the world most people miss because they're taking curated/manicured forays into the world catered to their pre-existing outlooks on other people and places
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One of my life long dreams is to document events around the world. It is dangerous to be caught up in the middle of a social unrest, but it would be a mad story to tell in the future if you survived!
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It’s a great video
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To British people, the third world is their playground, where they can visit and act like they own the place
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Guy here is acting like tourism is the same as conquering a place
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Never heard of a neo colony and how many subjugated financially and quietly, not guns and boots on the ground. But if you’re English you love colonialism so I can’t change your views of that
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That's how tourism works yes
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Nepal is one of the few countries they tried to conquer but couldn't. Instead, they hired them as mercenaries.
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That sounds like you think "the third world" is some group that collectively decides on the same thing. But at the same time you haven't given them any agency otherwise they would ban tourists from entering.
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Maybe to some, I'd be super anxious
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Man, I just watched this video last night and it's a crazy watch. The guy was surprisingly calm given the situation (though I'm sure he was freaking the fuck out on the inside.) and it just kept escalating.
Seeing the humanity among the Nepal community was heartwarming as well.
I haven't watched the update videos yet, but I know he's released several more videos recapping the events, the proceeding fallout, and interviewing some of the people he had encountered.