My Unexpected Chinese Connection in Remote Africa vA 143
(Elephant Sands, Botswana) - You can carry it from here, from the side here. - Yeah. - I'll take it from here. - You'll take it? - Yeah. - After you finish, what will you do? Will you sell it? - No, I'll go back to France with it. - Oh! - Via West Africa. - Then when you get there? - When I get there... Oh, it will be a long time already.
- Ah? - It will be a long time already, so... Maybe I'll give it to... - You'll give it to? - Someone. - Ah? - You'll give it to someone. - Maybe yeah, I'll give it to someone. Yeah. - You can send it here. - I can send it here. Yeah, maybe. - Ah? - But shipping is expensive. - Is it? - Yes. - No. No.
When you tell him that you are sending it, he will pay for shipping. - Oh really? - Yeah. - Yeah! - Yeah, he can pay for shipping. - And when are you arriving there? - In... Back in Europe? - Yeah. - Maybe four or five years from now. That's the problem. - Five years from now? - Yes. - So, what...? - And I do it very slowly. - Earning... How do you earn your...? - I make videos. - Oh, you make videos.
- That's how I earn. - Oh, okay. So you are working now. - Yes. - Oh, okay. - well, I'm working. Yeah, I'm kind of working. Yeah. - Then YouTube pays you. - Yes, exactly. Yeah. - Hello. - Transport back to the road.
Because the way is just too bad for me. Ah, yes. Thank you. - And what's your YouTube channel? - Kino Yves. - What? - Kino Yves.
K-I-N-O. - K... - It's... - K-I-N-O? - N-O. - I'm Kabo. - Kabo? - Yes. - Nice to meet you. Thank you very much... - Thank you. - ...for your help, man! - Yes. You're welcome. - Thank you very much! - Okay, so you'll pack all the...
- I'll pack everything. I'm all good now. - Okay. - It was just the sand that was... - Okay. Bye, man. Thank you. - Thank you very much! Have a good day, man! - Yeah, but it's nice. - It's nice. Yes. - A very comfortable seat. - Yes, it's very comfortable. Yeah. It's made to be comfortable. Yeah. - Yeah. - Morning, my friends, from Elephant Sands! They dropped me back.
Close to the road. Always good to sit on this bike, guys. Let's go! Oh my God. It's still sandy a little bit here.
Let's go! Let's finish our ride to Nata! Just 50 kilometers left. Let's go, guys. There is an elephant on the left, guys. I'm gonna let it through. Always give way to elephants.
You can see that they know that the road is dangerous because the elephant was running across the road. Just there in the bush. Hello! Hello! What's that? Hello! There's something there under the tree. I can't really figure out what it is.
Just a few cows. Hello! And as we approach Nata, we start to see some humans again. And here, we made it to Nata, guys! 300 kilometers from Kasane. Tomorrow Morning, my friends.
From... - Which one do you want to choose? - Which one do I want to choose? I don't know. - If you want... - This one. - ...to use yourself... - To...
Yes. - You can use this. - Okay, okay. I use this. Okay. - I also want it for myself. - You want it for yourself? Okay. - Yes. - So, we are from Eselbe camp. Let's go! - Here, here. - And there is a... Oh, it's here. Okay. There is a free paddle. - Free. Hello! - Hello! - Let's go.
- And so early in the morning, we're gonna do some paddling with, with the Chinese tourists. Oh, nice. Okay. Oh, they're all down there. Great! Look at this beautiful river. Oh, it's beautiful. Yeah. The dogs.
And Marcia is here. - Yes. You don't need to learn to swim before your... - It's okay. I can swim. Yeah. - Oh, yes, because it's very... - It's very stable, no? - Yes. - Okay. So we go do some canoe. - Here. - Hello! - Hi! - Hello! - Let's go together! - That's my new friends for canoeing. - Yes.
- Okay, let's see how Marcia does it. You went yesterday already, no? - Ah? - You went yesterday already? - Yes. - You're gonna... - Maybe I need you to push. - You want me to push? Okay. - Okay. Thank you! - You're welcome! - Now I'm safe. - Now... Okay. So this one... Is this one working?
- This morning, we can go this side because yesterday, we went that side. - Oh, you went that side. Okay. - Yes. - How am I gonna free...? How am I freaking gonna do that? Oh my God. I'm gonna fall in the freaking water. What's that? It's complicated to film at the same time. Let's go, guys. - It's okay? It's okay? - It's okay. - Yes. - Yes, I'm okay. - I'm not okay.
- So where are we going now? - Maybe you 2 on the same boat so you can hold the camera? - Ah? - You should... You two should be on the same boat so you can... - Oh, yes. - ...the camera, right? - Yes, it would be easier. Yes. - No. We will crush... - Yeah. - ...each other. - Reloading. - Yes. It's okay? Ah, the other one is... We're losing this one. - Okay.
- Maybe I should take the paddle. - Oh, okay. So I take... - Yeah. - ...the single one. Okay. Okay. I let you drive. - You don't need to... You don't need to take the paddle. - Marcia is changing the boat there.
Let's go on the river. - She's a weightlifter. Do you remember? - Ah? - She's a weightlifter. Weightlifter. - Oh, it's true.
She's a "lift...". - Weightlifter. - A weightlifter. Yeah. So, Marcia was a champion in weightlifting, but she retired when she was 18 years old. - Yes. - She's retired now. And here, we have a meeting. - Yeah! - Hello! - Hello.
- So we are on the only section of the Nata River that still has water. Despite the fact that we are in the dry season, we still have a little bit of water here. Oh, we're racing. They're racing us now. But I cannot... I have to film. I cannot paddle. Yeah, it's very shallow here.
- Wow! - Hello! I'm coming. - Ah, Marcia is coming. Yeah, they're trying to attack us again. - We won! - Yes, we won. - We won! - They want more race. - I want a video. - Okay. - Okay. I can paddle very fast. - Yes. - Yes. - 1 km/h. - I'll go to have breakfast. Do you keep paddling?
- Yes. - You stay here? - It's okay. Yes. - Okay. Well, this one is... - Sorry! - It's okay. Okay, thank you! - Welcome. Just go for... - Do I hold it? - I'll take your paddle. - Okay. Ah? - I'll take your paddle. Just go… - Oh! - ...for your breakfast.
No. No, no, no, no, no. - Ah? - I mean, I can take it for you. - Ah, okay. Okay. - You can just go for your breakfast. - Oh, I can go for my breakfast. Okay, thank you! Marcia is done. - Yes. - Okay. Thank you! See you after breakfast then! - Oh, yes! - You're done? - Yes. - Yes. - This is funny. - It's funny. Yeah, it's nice. Yeah.
Okay, I go. I go for breakfast. - Bye-bye. - Bye-bye. - I'll see you in the next video. - See you in the next video. Yes. - Bye-bye. - Bye-bye. Here, you can try. - Yes! - Yes.
- How to drive this? - Yeah, like this. - Ah? - The brakes are here. And that's the handle. There is no throttle. No. - Ah? - You have to pedal. It's a bike. - The battery. No battery? - No, I have the... Yeah. No, there's no battery because... No, no. It's a bicycle. No, no. On the pedals, on here. - Oh, sorry. Sorry. - On here. Yeah, exactly. - Yes. - Yeah.
- Your leg is very long. - Yeah, it's a little bit too long for you. Yeah, yeah. - Oh, man. This bike is very cool, no? I look like a disabled. - I look like a disabled. It's time to try the bicycle. - It's so cool! - How do you carry this one from this country to another country? - I do... On the road. - On... From a country. - Yeah.
- You don't use the airport? - No. - Oh, only this one from a different country to a different country? - 90-95% of the time, yes. 90% of the time, I use this one. Yeah. - Okay. - Yes, I have to buy this one. Where did you buy it? - In Europe.
- In Europe? - In Europe. Yeah, yeah. This is made in Europe. - So, you drove from Europe to Africa with this... - Yes, yeah. - ...disabled bike? - With this disabled bike. Yeah, yeah. - In Victoria Falls, they had the marathon. - Yeah?
- Over 5,000 people. And they were so... Handicapped people. And... - They have this kind of bike. - They use that. - Yes. - Yeah. - Yes. It's okay. It's okay. - It's okay. - A disabled bike has good quality. - Okay, I go. - Go, go, go! - Okay, I'll go for breakfast, and you can... - Hey! No, it's okay. Oh, thank you. - You're okay? - Yeah. Thank you!
- You're welcome. - Thank you so much! It's really magical. - You can try it more. But I need to go for breakfast... - Okay. - ...I think. It's ready, no? Okay. Now that we started filming, let's just film the whole process. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. - Okay. That's for me, no? - Yeah.
- Okay, great. Thank you. - For sure. - Thank you, man. - Enjoy! - Thank you! - Bon app. - Bon appétit. Merci! Oh, what's that? Oh, nice bread. Oh, look at that, guys. Lovely breakfast.
Oh, eggs. Some bacon, eggs, beans. Fantastic! This bike makes everyone crazy everywhere all the time. It's so funny. - It's so funny. Yeah. - So you're staying some more nights, no? Sorry. - No, I will stay then maybe for a few nights here, and afterwards go to Kasane.
I have time, so... I'm thinking to just go with the flow. - Yeah, exactly. Yeah. - It's what happens, right? So... - That's what's great with traveling. When you can just go with the flow.
- Exactly, exactly. For sure. - Just do what you want. - Exactly. And then, after, I go in the direction of the north. And then... - Yeah. - ...we'll see what happens. - There is a music festival in the desert also after. - Yeah.
Is it? Where? - In... Apparently, it's... Yesterday she was saying. It's between here and Francistown. You go... At some point, you go in the pans, and from Thursday, there is a music festival that lasts three or four days. - Okay. Yeah. - Let's try the bacon.
Let's go! From Nata. Ready to go. Let's do the traditional... very sandy way to get out of the lodges here in Botswana. - You can go. - I can go. Okay. - Bye-bye! - Can I come with you?
- If you want. Yeah, bye-bye. Yeah. - Bye-bye. See you... - Bye-bye. - ...in the next video. - See you, see you. Nice to meet you. - Well, I'll see you in the next video. - See you in the next video.
Yes. - Bye-bye! - Bye-bye. Yeah. If you want to come, you can come. - I'll come with you. - Bye-bye! - Where are you off to? - Gweta today. - Gweta? - Yes.
- Up there to Planet Baobab? - Yeah, Planet Baobab probably. Yeah, yeah. - Is it? Is it… - Yeah. - …where you camp, or...? - Yeah. I'll camp there, I think. Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Okay. So where are you coming from? Like yesterday? - Yesterday? I was in Elephant Sands. - Okay. - Yeah. - How did you manage the sand going there? All right?
- It's a bit difficult. Yeah, I don't like the sand. - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, yeah. - And then, from Gweta, where are you going? - To Maun. Maun. - Okay. - It's gonna take me two or three days from Gweta to Maun. - Yeah, and you're gonna pass a lot of elephants. Because there's a lot of water that's on the... - Ah! Oh really?
Along the road? - The road. Yeah, yeah. - Okay, so... - It's gonna be nice. - It will be nice. Yeah, yeah. - And then, from there, you're going to Namibia or...? - Yes, to Namibia. Yeah, yeah. - Is it? - Yeah, yeah. Windhoek. And then down to Cape Town. - Yes. - Yes. - This is insane. And where did you start? - From France. - From France?
- Yes. - Ah, okay. - Okay. - Can I take a picture of you? - Yeah, no problem. Yeah. - Here. - Oh, yeah. That's a good... - Here's Marcia again. - Look at the camera. - Oh, look at the camera. Sorry. Yeah. I don't do it well.
- Thank you! - You're welcome. - Wait! - Bye-bye! - Oh, the... We need the other guy. Sorry. Ah? - Have a good trip. - Thank you very much. Yes. - So you're off to Gweta now? - Yes.
- Wow! Please watch out for the ellies. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. There will be a lot on the way, I guess. Yeah. - Oh, but you have experience. - Yeah. - Yo, boy. - Yeah, I've met so many on the way from Kasane.
Yes. - Oh, then there are fewer. There are much fewer this side. - So when there are ellies, when you come across ellies, what do you do? - I just stay away, so... I don't know. I don't go close. So... - Okay. - I don't... If I see them, I just give them a minimum of 20-30 meters. And if I see them from far, I just let them more, like 100 or 200 meters, to...
- So none has tried to charge at you. - No, no, no, no, no. - Lions. You didn't come across them? - I didn't come across them. No. - Sometimes, there are lions on this road. You know that? - Yeah, I know. I heard. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. But I didn't meet them, so...
Yeah. - Okay. - I don't know if it's bad luck or good luck for me, but... - Yeah, it's good for you. - Yeah. But I'll get stuck just there, actually. Yeah. - Okay, I will push you. - Okay. - I will see you. - Okay, see you then. Yeah. - ...in Gweta. Actually, we're gonna come to Gweta. - Oh, you... See you in Gweta probably then. Yeah. - Okay.
- Ah, it's stuck already. So yeah, I can... Yeah, okay. - I think it's a long way. - Yes, it's a long way. Yes. - With your back like this? - Ah? With my back. Well, it's okay. But... It's okay. If I just have to steer, it's okay. - Oh yeah. - If I have to push... - Yeah. - ...and at the same time... Wait. It's okay. I lost the camera or maybe... - Is it sandproof?
- Yes, GoPros can... They can do whatever. No, it's okay. We have enough people, I think. - Good luck! - Thank you very much! Goodbye! Yes.
- I think it's one kilometer on this road. - It's 500 meters. - 500? - Yeah. It's sports. You're too fast. Almost there. You're ready? Last push. It's okay, it's okay.
- Ah, yes. It's the road. - It's okay. It's finished. Thank you very much! Xiexie! - You're welcome. - Xiexie very much. - Why didn't you charge the battery yesterday? - I charged the battery. The battery is full. But in the sand, I cannot... The battery is useless.
Because it gets stuck in the sand and you use all the battery and you don't move. So in the sand, I cannot use the battery. - You should be careful. A lot of big trucks. - Yeah. A lot of big trucks. Yeah. - The way is narrow.
- It's okay. The drivers are nice here. They don't drive like crazy. - Maybe see you again. - Maybe see you again. Thank you very much, man! Yeah, good luck. - Of course. - Good luck with everything. - Thank you, bro. - Thank you very much! - Thank you. - Bye-bye! Thank you! - Bye-bye! - Good luck with everything! - The same, bro. - You too. Thank you very much for the push.
Let's go, guys! Let's go back on the road. Let's go to Gweta, guys, today! 105 kilometers. Let's go, guys. Hello! Hello. Let's turn right to go to Gweta, guys! 99 kilometers from here. Hello! - Hello!
- Some action going on here. I think there is a dead something. With the vultures. Ah, it's a donkey. So from now on, from Nata all the way to Windhoek in Namibia, we're gonna go west. We're gonna stop going south for a while and head straight west to Windhoek, Namibia.
Look at this baobab, guys. - Hello! - Dumela! - How are you? - Good, good. Skinny doggy, doggy, doggy.
Very bad road today. And a few ostriches there. Hello! - Where are you going? - Where are you going? - Cape Town. - Cape Town? - Yes. - Safe journey! - Thank you!
Hello; and here we arrive in Zoroga where, hopefully, I can find bread for my lunch. Quite a dry area, man. Remote and dry. Wow. Hello! - Hello. - A burnt car.
Wow, man! This is surreal. This is unreal. Oh my God. Zoroga. Incredible. It's so unreal. It's the edge of the world. Is there a shop where I can buy bread? - You can buy what? - Bread. - Bread? Yeah. Here you can find bread.
- This way? Okay. - This one is not far. - This one is not far? - Yeah. - I'll go on the road because on the sand... I cannot really go on the sand.
- All right. - Okay. So I'll go on this one? - Yeah. - Okay. Thank you very much, man! - Otherwise... - Ah? - Otherwise, how are you? - All good, all good. And you? - Yeah, fine. - Good, great. Hello! Hello! Do you have bread here? - Bread? - Bread. Yes. - Yes, I do. - You do? - Yeah. - Great! Hello! - Hey!
- How are you? Good. You have bread. Oh, wow! Fantastic! Perfect. Oh! Oh, you have Coke, fresh Coke also. Brown bread. That's perfect. I'll get a Coke as well. Let's get a big one. How much is this?
- It's 24 Pula all. - 34 Pula all. - 24. - 24? - Yes. - Okay. There you go. It's okay. You can keep the change. - Thank you. - Thank you very much! Yeah. - Thank you. - Have a good day! Look, all the kids of the village came to see me. Oh, great! Let's do a U-turn. - Mabuka! - Bye-bye! - Yeah, bye! - Bye! - How old are you? - I'm good.
I'm good. I'm 39. - Hello. - Hello, hello. How are you? - Hello. - Thank you! Bye-bye. Zoroga. What a place, man! How are you? - Hello! - Good, good. The runner from Botswana. Let's go. - Faster, faster. - Let's go. - Okay. - Faster?
Yeah, you're fast. - Go on! - Bye-bye! One kilometer to my lunch break. What an eerie area! I don't know if it's very useful to use the trash bin. My typical Botswanan meal again. Bread and sardines. At least those sardines are really good. - Hello! - Hello! - How is it? - Good, good. How is it? - Yeah, good.
- Good. - You are heading to where? - Cape Town. - Cape Town? Cape Town? - Yes. - You are from? - From France. - You're from France? - Yes. - All right. - Hm? - You are using this route? - I'm going this way now.
- You're going this way? - Yes. - Okay. To Maun? - To Maun. Yes. And you? Where are you going? - Ah, no. We are from this village. - Zoroga? - Zoroga. Yeah. - Ah, okay. Hm? - We're test-driving this car. - Driving this car. Yeah. Nice! - We are test-driving. - Ah? - We are test-driving. - Ah, okay. - As you are moving, you're capturing the moment. - Okay. Yes. - Yes?
- Yes. Exactly. Ah? - You got even us. You have captured us. - Yes. - Why? - Why? Because I capture my journey. - And when we came here, you captured us. - Yes. - Ah? - Yes. Have a good day, guys. - Yes, yeah, yeah. No. Safe journey. - Thank you, thank you! - So what about elephants? Aren't you afraid?... - The elephants are okay. No problem. - Yeah.
- Ah, back on the road. I don't know if it's just me. Maybe it's just me, but I felt something weird with those two guys that came to see me. Yeah, I don't know. They felt unnatural somehow. I don't know. Maybe it's just me, but it was weird.
Anyway, 50k to go, I think, to Gweta and to Planet Baobab. Yes! I'm from France. I go to Cape Town! - Cape Town?! - Yes! - Yes! - Have a good day! How are you? - I saw you in Uganda. - Oh yes. - I saw you.
Where are you from? - France. - Riding this thing?! - Yes! - Where are you riding now? Where are you heading? - Baobab. I'm going to Cape Town. - With this thing? - Yes.
- There are wild animals on this road. - Yeah, I know, I know, I know. Yeah. - You're aware? - Yeah, I'm aware. Yeah, yeah. - Okay. It's okay? - It's okay. Yeah.
- Can we take a photo? - Yeah, no worries. Yeah. - Do you have a better camera? - Ah? - Do you have a better camera? - A better camera? - Yeah. - Well, I have this one, but I'm using it now. - Okay, no problem.
Good job, my man. - Thank you! - And I always see your videos on... - On TikTok? - Yeah. See you in Maun. - Great! See you in Maun. Yes. - Yeah. You are going to Cape Town? - Cape Town. Yes. Nice! Have a good day! Look at this giant baobab, guys, there. Wow! Hello!
Hello! - Hi! - Okay, so there is no sign, but I think that I need to turn here to go to Planet Baobab. Let's go in the bush! Hello! - Hi! - Hello. - How are you? - Good, good. And you? - Good, good, good. - Okay. - I can see. - Straight ahead for the reception? - Yes, yes. - Okay, thank you. - Yes. - Look at this baobab, guys. Oh putain. - Yeah, tomorrow morning. Half five.
Hello! - Hello! - How are you? - Good. How are you? - I'm good. - Do you have rooms or camping or...? - You don't have a booking? - No. - Okay, let me check. Okay. I'll just give you a campsite now. No problem. - Okay. How much is it? The campsite is 130. You want it for a night only? - That's the restaurant. - That's the bar. - Oh, that's the bar. Okay. - You order your food and drinks here. So we've got wifi.
It works around the main area only. - Okay. - You look onto Planet Baobab guests. - That's the ablutions? Okay. - Yeah, you'll be using them there. - Okay. - So you are on... This is 1. You are on 2. - I'm on 2, just behind... - I'm giving you 2 because tomorrow, it's not occupied. - Okay, great.
Thank you very much! - Yes. You're welcome. - Okay. - Just take your bike and... - I take my bike there. Okay. - Yeah. - Great. Perfect! Thank you very much! - You are welcome. - So that's my campsite, Overlander 2, guys. It's very nice. There is an area... There's an area in the shade. But what's weird is that in Botswana, they have these plugs that only exist in Botswana basically.
So it's quite not very practical to use electricity. The tent's pitched. Let's see it. Let's go to quickly see how the lodge is.
Let's see the baobabs. Guys, I'm just dead and destroyed. Another very beautiful baobab tree. Wow! That's a nice swimming pool, guys. Look at that. A nice blue. Oh, it's quite fresh. Another very nice baobab tree. Look at this wonder, guys. Wow!
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