A YouTuber who has been to every country on Earth has listed five of his 'least favourite' places that he visited.
Popular filmmaker Drew Binsky has amassed 5.14 million subscribers and collected over one billion views with his travel content.
Right now, some of his most popular videos include an investigation into a man who hasn’t slept since 1962, a six-minute clip featuring famous Dutchman Wim Hof, and a spectacular trip to South Sudan.
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Each video has wracked up millions of views and thousands of comments from fans, who Binsky has given the chance to travel the world from their couch.
Two years ago the YouTuber uploaded a nine-minute video explaining the five places he enjoyed the least. While it could be seen as pretty controversial, it's worth noting that it is only based on his experiences there.
Djibouti
The first country the seasoned traveller claimed he didn’t love going to was Djibouti in East Africa.
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Situated in the continent’s Horn the 23,200 km2 country is bordered by Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Red Sea.
The Pearl of the Gulf of Tadjoura boasts the smallest population in mainland Africa and was visited by Binsky during a three-month stint in 2018.
He claimed that he had problems with his money upon arrival at one of Djibouti’s airports and that there wasn’t a ‘whole lot going on’ while walking around the streets.
Despite the large military presence, the YouTuber claimed he felt ‘unsafe’ while travelling through the country and complained that it was ‘obnoxiously expensive’.
“It was just a hard place for me to grasp [and] a difficult culture to figure out,” he lamented.
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Chad
Next up on the content creator’s miss list was Chad, situated in Central Africa.
While in the landlocked country, Binsky was separated from his ‘friend’ while riding on a motorcycle taxi.
He ended up in a police chase, due to the motorcycle being stolen, and later got involved in a brawl after taking a photograph of a child.
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“Normally I get approval from the parents. I didn’t see the parents around and it turned into a huge problem and a brawl. A guy threatened to take out a knife,” he recalled.
Despite the fact he left early, the video creator said he was up for giving Chad another chance, citing his interest in the Gerewol Festival - a week-long celebration of courtship in the north of the country.
Guinea
Another African country in which Binsky didn’t have the best time was the Republic of Guinea.
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Located on the Atlantic coast, Guinea - formerly French Guinea - is mostly dependent on agriculture and mineral production, and has a population of around 14 million.
Describing the 2019 excursion as ‘tough’, Binsky explained that he visited as part of military coups and experienced police with riot shields storming down streets.
“We thought we were being attacked,” the YouTuber claimed. “Even shooting on my phone [I was] nervous.”
He also complained that there wasn’t ‘that much’ to do in Guinea other than ‘try to stay safe’.
Brunei
The only Asian country to make it onto Binsky’s least favourite countries list was Brunei, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo.
Despite remarking that the Land of Unexpected Treasures was an ‘interesting’ place, the YouTuber explained that he found the place ‘unwelcoming’ and was allegedly ‘kicked out’ of the Golden Mosque.
He said: “Some guy was in there and screamed at me to get out. Really, really aggressive and to this day I don’t know what I did wrong. I don’t know why they would be so rude to me when I wanted to visit their holy place.”
Despite his experience, Binsky did recommend that fellow travellers visit a National Park called Ulu Temburong, which covers 50,000 hectares of virgin rainforest.
Activities include riding a long boat upstream, visiting a waterfall and taking part in the breathtaking Belalong Canopy Walkway.
Guyana
Over to South Africa for the fifth and final country that Binsky wouldn’t recommend visiting to a friend: Guyana.
Bordered by Brazil, Venezuela and Suriname, Guyana is considered the second-least populous sovereign state on the continent and is considered one of the least densely populated countries on Earth.
As well as hosting part of the Amazon rainforest, Guyana is home to nine indigenous tribes and is the only mainland South American nation in which English is the official language.
Binsky remarked that he felt ‘very unsafe’ in Guyana’s capital city, Georgetown, saying that his hostel owner told him not to go outside after 7pm.
Topics: Travel, YouTube, World News
Ella Scott