Don't forget to check out my blog for all the behind the scenes stuff and more! lostgopnik.com
@stephenkillin9730
4 жыл бұрын
Irradiated Vodka Cake: 15 hp 5 rads
@LeviJamesWI
4 жыл бұрын
“I’m not supposed to drink any liquor or do any drugs.” Proceeds to drink and eat vodka
@vladmakarov7971
4 жыл бұрын
That call of duty reference in front of the ferris wheel was legendary
@soloeastguides7708
4 жыл бұрын
Benjamin, it was very nice to organize this trip for you. Igor. SoloEast.
@med8615
4 жыл бұрын
lonely old people make me really sad. maybe im just insecure about my own situation later on in life
@SneakyReggen
4 жыл бұрын
I love how old guy is wearing a shirt that says “enjoy Chernobyl”
@A.Oudit_
4 жыл бұрын
Keeping a lonely old man company is the best Christmas special ever
@Leonardo__Productions
4 жыл бұрын
Agree 😄👍
@thomasglover7937
4 жыл бұрын
This comment will get buried. But I’m seriously ill atm while also caring for my mother who has vascular dementia. It’s hell. Your videos bring me a slight moment of happiness Mr Bald. Thank you x
@lupusdeum3894
4 жыл бұрын
I hope things get better for you, Thomas.
@hateisugly2951
4 жыл бұрын
Hang in there and God bless you. it's so hard to be sick and have to care for someone else. Just know your hardship is not in vain and GOD sees all the good you do. you will be rewarded someday soon. Merry Christmas!!!!
@red2744
4 жыл бұрын
same here just its lung cancer.. stay strong.. life works in mysterious ways
@terrybridgman8889
4 жыл бұрын
I am not a doctor, get your mum's Vitamin B12 level checked out. The level needs to be over 800 PPML anything under can be misdiagnosed as dementia. Check out "Could It Be B12"
@Muckylittleme
4 жыл бұрын
I'm very sorry to hear of what must be an awful struggle for you, my father has early stages of dementia. I truly hope things get better for you and something good can come your way this Christmas.
@glenjamindle
4 жыл бұрын
Government: No alcohol in the zone. Bald: Buys vodka bread and get hammered with an old man.
@OperatorDrewski
4 жыл бұрын
Okay the Call of Duty reference made me sub
@stevenseagal4987
4 жыл бұрын
80 years old and still slamming vodka
@olliewalton361
4 жыл бұрын
They’re just made different, it’s like water to them 😂
@mykolakanyuk
4 жыл бұрын
Ollie Walton more like holy water. Regards from Ukraine. Merry Xmas
@HansDelbruck53
4 жыл бұрын
Vodka must have preservative properties.
@koirasdilluminatioy3835
4 жыл бұрын
Thats eastern europe for ya ;)
@teebaggs621
4 жыл бұрын
@@HansDelbruck53 It's like formaldehyde
@davebennett6853
4 жыл бұрын
Bald! I went to Chernobyl in May, and we also went to Ivan's house! Lovely guy, but he sure knows how to talk!
@baldandbankrupt
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 Mate I've never met anyone who talks like him.
@Skid235
4 жыл бұрын
Vodka Cakes and radiation, my kinda Christmas.
@richardholliday3152
4 жыл бұрын
Literally almost reduced to tears. The man with the Chernobyl t-shirt one of the strongest men alive. God bless the man
@IanRM
4 жыл бұрын
I am spending my Christmas day watching Mr Bald's videos. I am 65 with COPD Emphasemia, Vascular disease and heart failure. My girlfriend 43 has terminal Lupus SLE - watching this, there is always someone worse off. Poor old chap. Seems such a nice man too.
@mathiaskildedal
4 жыл бұрын
Checklist to enter: Must not drink alchohol. Mr. Bald Drinks alchohol
@BenTheMotionist
4 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas you legend. You made the almost unbearable 2019 easier to deal with, with that Soviet curiousity of yours that has now become mine! Good luck in 2020 and stay safe!
@baldandbankrupt
4 жыл бұрын
If you would like to visit Chernobyl and the abandoned city of Pripyat in Ukraine then I can highly recommend SoloEast Travel. They helped me organise my trip and took me to see everything I wanted including meeting the re-settlers in the villages and drinking moonshine with babushkas. Their website is here: www.tourkiev.com Part two will be out soon. Have a great Christmas!
@mrdolson2734
4 жыл бұрын
On my way!
@gozza18.77
4 жыл бұрын
What the is the russian translation for merry Christmas?
@Mel-he1hg
4 жыл бұрын
Do u get to meet Konya !!
@ATrainTravels
4 жыл бұрын
Mr. Bald!!! Thank you for coming to my Country!!! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦. VODKA WILL SAVE YOU FROM CHERNOBYL! 😉
@Rick_Poole
4 жыл бұрын
you should take one of those meters on your travels when you see Kolya and all the babushka
@fusspot57
4 жыл бұрын
Oh that old man wearing the "Stop staring at my glowing body! I was on radiation diet..". Sense of humour never dies, bless you darling!
@Dustyholes
4 жыл бұрын
When you said, “50,000 people used to live in this town. Now it’s a ghost town.” I liked instantly! I was hoping you would say that!
@Yamezzzz
4 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas Ben, and to everyone in the Bald and Bankrupt family! Wishing you all the best. My gift to my fiancée is a romantic trip to Lviv, Ukraine. It will be our first time in the former Soviet Union. I truly can't wait! Thank you Bald for inspiring this trip!
@59AJ59
4 жыл бұрын
Lviv is a very beautiful city. It feels so very European and less Soviet compared to other cities. You'll love it. :D it's my favourite out of cities in Ukraine that I've been to.
@mykolakanyuk
4 жыл бұрын
JamesTavRule you ll like it. Pls share your impressions in next Bald videos
@doctort8859
4 жыл бұрын
The radiation going to make Mr. Bald grow his hair back
@Linxie777
4 жыл бұрын
Bruh 😂
@tiihtu2507
4 жыл бұрын
Hair back or hair on his back?
@BackpackerBen
4 жыл бұрын
I can’t thank this man enough for the entertainment he has brought us this year! This man deserves one amazing Christmas 🎄 happy Christmas Mr Bald
@TheFelicityWildcams
4 жыл бұрын
Love the CoD 4 reference. I see you are a man of culture bald.
@KevinEontrainer381
4 жыл бұрын
"Do not drink alcohol" Bald: Eats a vodka cake Well technically, he eats alcohol so it's okay
@George-wx9dj
4 жыл бұрын
Poor guy lost his wife and has nobody to talk to or drink with. Food truck comes once a month, 😳 he’s looking at a lonely life.
@MrtavLadanSutra
4 жыл бұрын
as long as he is healthy, by keeping busy, he will be fine.
@red2744
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrtavLadanSutra but he cant walk how is he supposed to keep busy .. loneliness is just the worst..
@andyburns2822
4 жыл бұрын
The guy even thank bald for coming to see him
@moonshadow7057
4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile I feel isolated 10 minutes without internet..
@doom3380
4 жыл бұрын
@@red2744 he probably plays COD with the boys to keep busy
@cameronhalffman1140
4 жыл бұрын
Crazy to think how many people were impacted by the Chernobyl incident, so good that you’re going to these places for us bald!
@philipcooper8297
4 жыл бұрын
*cough Kyshtym disaster *cough *cough
@CreationsofMinecraft
4 жыл бұрын
He's not allowed to drink alcohol so he eats vodka cake.
@carnagedogg4294
4 жыл бұрын
Funny.They said only liquor was banned,can he have a few cheeky ones than,Merry Christmas if youre so inclined.
@json326
4 жыл бұрын
Just exploiting the loopholes.
@murph7421
4 жыл бұрын
Then also drinks vodka.
@jamiew4814
4 жыл бұрын
“No smoking, No drinking”. Instantly goes into shop & buys vodka in liquid and food form 😂 Love it
@mariovanderwal1695
4 жыл бұрын
Now I finally know who Иван Иванович is from Duolingo
@IntoTheNothing1
4 жыл бұрын
"50,000 people used to live here.. now its a ghost town." Somebody played call of duty 4 😂
@SamsomiteMight
4 жыл бұрын
Baldy my man
@zavtradnem
4 жыл бұрын
Not funny
@WerdeOnlineErfolgreich
4 жыл бұрын
50.000 people used to live here... now it‘s a ghost town.
@IWaXiiz
4 жыл бұрын
Call of duty 4
@zavtradnem
4 жыл бұрын
It was actually very nice place to live. First big proper supermarket in Ukraine was in Pripyat
@angelinakravchuk2806
4 жыл бұрын
More videos like this one please. Chernobyl zone is fascinating. Wander around , check places . It gives goosebumps to watch everything being abandoned like that. Love it!
@noire1001
4 жыл бұрын
I second this. I am fascinated by the disaster and am also fascinated by abandoned stuff and love old soviet architecture, so this place is like heaven for me. I'd love to see more.
@crazyhorse8265
4 жыл бұрын
@@noire1001 if you're really interested, check out the video. Illegal freedom, journey across the radiation zone. It's blowing up youtube.
@BarrettKillz
4 жыл бұрын
Crazy Horse When bald said he’s going to the zone, I thought to myself that he’s going to sneak in as well. Too good to be true, I guess...
@ADVENTURESOFBZ
4 жыл бұрын
Its incredible to think that as we live our normal daily lives going to work, or out to eat that there is a man living completely alone in a ghost town in Chernobyl. Right now as i type this he is there in that house all alone. Merry Christmas to him. And to you Benjamin!!!
@icanwatchthevideos
4 жыл бұрын
5:24 look at that absolute boss's shirt. "Stop staring at my glowing body, I was on radiation diet"
@Changedagain
4 жыл бұрын
Love you bald. Helped me with social anxiety. Taught me a new language. Showed me humility. Your an amazing character and a real man xx.
@johno4377
4 жыл бұрын
Can we sell some of those "enjoy chernobyl" coca cola style t shirts the man is wearing to raise money for the poor old bugger, so his son can visit or something? I feel so hopeless behind the keyboard when I watch this. Breaks my heart. I'd love to help him and I love his t shirt!
@drjohnson98
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Bald. Pretty grim. I feel for Ivan Ivanovich.
@castroe3606
4 жыл бұрын
Even though Kolya isn’t in this video he still is very thought of. Very great man! 10:00
@Leonardo__Productions
4 жыл бұрын
I miss Kolya. He is the best 😊
@saadmanh
4 жыл бұрын
Bald. I have seen this channel grow from humble Belarusian beginnings to epic Hindustani adventures. I am not alone in saying this. Merry Christmas! We wait with baited breath for your next 2020 saga. Love and warm wishes from Canada 🇨🇦. Cheers bro 🍻!
@AWilliamBishop
4 жыл бұрын
Was that a cheeky reference to Call of duty at the end? Ahaha if so you're a witty bloke, love it 😂
@seudechrist
4 жыл бұрын
He's alive!! Baldy is the only youtuber i genuinely worry about hearing his demise in the news when he doesn't upload for a week lol
@Tobi-oi3uf
4 жыл бұрын
Funny how I can understand the grandpa and I speak Polish
@tracy9397
4 жыл бұрын
Seeing that old man living by himself and his wife passed on almost made me cry!
@petar7069
4 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how tough those people are and how they overcame such a tragedy. It makes me feel like a wimp. I couldn't bare the loneliness let alone the disaster that struck them.
@declice
4 жыл бұрын
Dat COD4 MW reference at the end tho👌
@Sonikks
4 жыл бұрын
Just casually having an irradiated turkey for Christmas dinner, don't mind Mr Bald. edit - that tour guide is the same one from IndigoTraveller. He has a very distinct voice. Merry Christmas everyone btw.
@cozzed
4 жыл бұрын
Sonikks ah yes I knew I had seen him before!!!
@PaseyAT
4 жыл бұрын
Simon Wilson also had the same guide
@cozzed
4 жыл бұрын
Pasey yeah I thought so!!!! 😁😁
@4huricane
4 жыл бұрын
I think the guides is provided by the state? That's why the guide can be the same in different organizer, not sure but i think it is like that.
@chaimbar1171
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe that's why KZitem autoplay me indigo traveler’s video.
@anthonypiligno7618
4 жыл бұрын
You are a very good man Mr bald and bankrupt.... What little that you have you tried to help others..... Keep up the good videos ......JJ...
@dre145
4 жыл бұрын
Anthony Piligno not so bankrupt anymore
@kilroyishere6190
4 жыл бұрын
I still remember watching the volunteers using helicopters to bury the reactor ,knowing they would die....They were truly brave souls ,may they Rest in Peace...
@TruthXisXChaos
4 жыл бұрын
What an amazing old man. Bless you for spending time with him 💜
@murph7421
4 жыл бұрын
I want that 'Enjoy Chernobyl' T-shirt.
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: 50,000 people used to live here, now it is a ghost town
@SniperKingz
4 жыл бұрын
I've never seen anything like it....
@ffggtfdd
4 жыл бұрын
The memories
@iHaveTheDocuments
4 жыл бұрын
Go away spammer
@klejdirroshi
4 жыл бұрын
How is that fun?
@JustCauseVids
4 жыл бұрын
You're videos make my life substantially better, especially when things aren't going great. I just wish you made more frequent videos! Especially the ones where you interact with strange and interesting people. Merry Christmas Big Ben!
@jasoncrane1928
4 жыл бұрын
I am sorry to be late Mr Bald, but I have had connection problems, but I would love to wish you all the best, for you, and your family, for the festive season, and especially a safe and rewarding 2020. I would love it if you were able to have a question and answer live stream on new years eve, but wherever you are, stay safe and all the best for your future journeys. Just be wary in the FSU's, as I think Vlad the Lad, has you on his watch list! And again I would love to se you journey down to Australia at some time in the future!
@plaguemarine8023
4 жыл бұрын
Bald: sees a middle-aged male in Russia Bald: oh look, a Soviet soviet!
@mackssh
4 жыл бұрын
that COD reference at the end, Bald u are a man of culture
@charlottethien3749
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr Bald for your trips to the zone where others fear , to gather information, and give comfort to the lonely and poverty stricken survivors . Your caring heart shines brightly . 🌟 🎄🎄🎄Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄
@scwarzewaffe85
4 жыл бұрын
The only thing missing is a ghillie suit - and a scoped rifle.
@cdsivi
4 жыл бұрын
5:24 stop staring at my glowing body I was on a radiation diet !!! (t-shirt)
@nicostenfors5690
4 жыл бұрын
1957 There was a big disaster called the Kyshtym disaster wich also irradiated many towns but it is not known about because it was swept under the rug. Waste was dumped in the Techa river and various lakes in the Chelyabinsk area. Maybe go visit there?
@Uvevwevwevwe
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Bald, been watching you since about 16k subscribers (I think), this year you've helped me pass two sets of exams as well as many ups and downs. You've reignited my desire to travel the untrodden paths of the world. Merry Christmas!
@darkillumi999
4 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work!!! Blessings to you for the new year 😊
@Uvevwevwevwe
4 жыл бұрын
@@darkillumi999 And you too friend! Have a great year.
@ZNDascurrr
4 жыл бұрын
Your Videos in the former Ussr are the best 🇺🇦 🇷🇺 🇧🇾
@floregon7299
4 жыл бұрын
0:56 rules clearly state no drinking. proceeds to take multiple shots with the locals and eat a vodka cake 😂
@meetrasurrik6982
4 жыл бұрын
I live for your videos, never stop the good work Mr Bald!
@aestheticsbyjasmine940
4 жыл бұрын
How strange was just watching all your older videos wondering when you would upload a new one! ❤️ happy Christmas Ben
@peterah7957
4 жыл бұрын
Happy Christmas to you also... A great channel
@danm.9045
4 жыл бұрын
Can we start a fundraiser for that poor man living alone in that desolate town.
@robertkelly3313
4 жыл бұрын
It is so nice to see a Ben’s video appear on my iPad, I know I’m going to have a smile just like his for the entire broadcast. He has a permanent smile and carries an air of happiness with him, it rubs off on the video and creates huge entertainment. Thank you Ben.
@miskee11
4 жыл бұрын
for some reason you've become the only youtuber whose videos make me giddy m8. no one else matters. merry chrstmas465
@Leonardo__Productions
4 жыл бұрын
Agree with you! He's definitely the best 👍
@298adam
4 жыл бұрын
Love how this has become a thing, peering into another world! Thanks for all you do :)
@mmafighter5788
4 жыл бұрын
Russian-Soviet man here from USSR, man! Спасибо тебе большое, мистер Лысый! Thanks for what you are doing, Mr.Bald! Russian people love you!
@heinrichberthold7839
4 жыл бұрын
Lol "50 thousand people used to live here , now it's a ghost town." Someone is a fan of Call of Duty Modern Warfare.
@Freyheidt
4 жыл бұрын
I would LOVE to see you exploring Wolgograd, the former Stalingrad!
@wahid3837
4 жыл бұрын
Whenever I watch balds adventures and he ends up in a small town shop i always piss my self laughing for how big the vodka selection is
@JohnTaylor-pe5gf
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not interested in actually going there myself, but i'm glad you go on our behalf. Always interesting! Put me down for a dozen vodka-cakes though when your new business starts up.
@blessthesoul3727
4 жыл бұрын
Lot of us live here alone even if we are with many around us. God bless you Ivanawich! Merry Christmas!!
@jyudat4433
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for visiting these areas and documenting history
@beniaminlacatus3576
4 жыл бұрын
"Fifty thousand people use to live here". Good old times, good old game
@nancyoffenhiser4916
4 жыл бұрын
God Bless you for visiting these folks and bringing them things. Best Christmas present for me to see this today on Christmas Eve! Brings me joy!
@ExploreInn
4 жыл бұрын
A True story mission ⚔️ [Winter 1996] ["All Ghillied Up"] [Pripyat, Ukraine] [Lt. Price] [22nd SAS Regiment] The Kindergarten in Kopachi village, south-east of the power plant. The kindergarten is one of only two surviving buildings in Kopachi.. the rest were bulldozed and buried in a failed state effort to control the levels of radiation. And yes, 50 thousand people used to live here now it's s ghost town.
@connor2053
4 жыл бұрын
That cod 4 reference at the was perfect
@plato7582
4 жыл бұрын
Spyro the Bandicoot this is the comment I was looking for
@lanzegife
4 жыл бұрын
bruh i died when he said that
@begaal9840
4 жыл бұрын
The Ukrainian version of Kolya
@MultiLiam24
4 жыл бұрын
bega al Kolya’s soulmate
@nastyjimb
4 жыл бұрын
Baldy you don't know how much I love all of your videos. Thank you!!!
@ujel270
4 жыл бұрын
Holy shit your videos are absolutely amazing, I only just started watching them like a month ago but just watching seeing what you get up to makes me want to travel in these post-Soviet countries so much. Quality videos mate, please keep it up
@IanRM
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant episode in a fantastic series.
@Angeal0506
4 жыл бұрын
9:58 to be honest ... Kolya is the type of person to be living alone in a village far from anyone even if there is no radiation
@metalbass5
4 жыл бұрын
As a Ukrainian-Canadian who can't yet visit my homeland: Thank you for allowing me a window into life back home, the respect you show for our culture, and for all that you do to help. You're a good guy.
@skiingcrocodile2153
4 жыл бұрын
Man... Watching you travel to the source of the disaster after all the people, the stories you've gathered about how impactful it was on their lives... It makes it so much more intense and moving than watching any other traveler on youtube who has gone there. Loving the content Ben, one of the best things about my 2019, thank you
@firestorm7977
4 жыл бұрын
Just found you and love this content I’ve never seen anything like it. There is one other youtubers I follow but he doesn’t stop and talking to the locals because of language barriers and stuff. Now subscribed.
@fy4370
4 жыл бұрын
i love how he says "the zone" i have so many s.t.a.l.k.e.r. flashbacks and the red forest....
@TGFTTGFFGTTRUEFHROWHEF
4 жыл бұрын
If the old men died someday due to his age , the agents that always sent his pension every month must be cried like crazy... salute..
@talbertsmom7667
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a grand novice tour of this tragic area and how they are surviving and carrying on. Thank you so much for filling in so much that is never showed or experienced. I already adored what you had done but now you aregiving so much that I would have never seen. Seeing the roads and roadsides, village dwellers and their homes all these things I would never have a chance to see. THANK YOU MR BALD! God Bless you and Merry CHRISTmas!!!
@goranvuletic8873
4 жыл бұрын
To my knowledge, the old man seems to speak "Surzhyk", a mixture of Ukrainian and Russian :)
@anatolpomozov9480
4 жыл бұрын
Yep, Surzhik a Ukraine/Russian language mix.
@pannihto7588
4 жыл бұрын
It's more like a mixture of Ukrainian and Belarussian
@Leonardo__Productions
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I think you're right 😊👍
@Amb0ss
4 жыл бұрын
Not sure how many people will understand the COD reference but I did! Merry Christmas to you bald!
@gruntlife4697
4 жыл бұрын
I saw capt Macmillan reference all ghilled up is my fav mission
@SantomPh
4 жыл бұрын
I was a leftenant then
@kieramcgregor
4 жыл бұрын
That man broke my heart 😥 watching on Christmas Day, I know he chose to re-settle but such strict laws for his family to come visit? It’s not fair🥺 such strong people from the Russian tragedy! I could never. Merry Christmas to everyone!
@soumyadeeplovestoexplore6631
4 жыл бұрын
Whenever I watched your video, it always gives me a moment of happiness and satisfaction. Merry Christmas to all.
@DrPhilGood21
4 жыл бұрын
I watch many youtube channels but I'm always the most excited when you post a new video. Thanks Bald!
@Nathan-lt6bw
4 жыл бұрын
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM CANADA!
@juliegoldman6778
4 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for him to hold the meter to the vodka cake...
@bogdanscripcariu6501
4 жыл бұрын
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and thank you from the bottom of my heart for the amazing content you have uploaded! :)
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