(chaotic rioting)
(somber music)
- This is what an inflation looks like.
We got 60 US dollars.
Out in Soberanos, Bolivares is the name of the currency.
Each stack is 10 bills.
So all of this is just 60 US dollars.
(somber music)
(transitions to techno pop music)
(plane engine roaring)
Here we go, here we go, here we go.
We just landed in Canaima National Park.
Hold on, look at this plane.
Straight out of Indiana Jones.
(techno pop music)
We've been exploring Canaima,
the city, the town for 20 minutes.
Heard this rushing echo in the background
and found this view in the most beautiful hotel.
Getting pretty excited, look at this.
(waterfalls rushing)
What do you think?
- Exactly what I wanted it to be.
(both laughing)
- [Mike] You're right.
- Viva Venezuela.
- [Mike] Viva Venezuela.
That mountain looks like it's out of a movie.
- And there's literally no one else here.
- [Mike] Because only crazy people come to Venezuela.
- Only crazy people or genius people.
- Or geniuses.
(techno pop music)
(laughs) They're like little monkeys.
(laughs)
Go, jump, yes! (laughs)
(techno pop music)
And three and two and one.
(grunting) Fuck!
Here we go!
(grunting)
Jesus Christ.
Wait for me, wait for me.
(techno pop music)
Oh my god! (laughs)
That should be illegal.
(both laughs)
So there's one, two, three, four, five, six
and I think there's a seventh one.
I mean, this is enough to just come here
and see these falls though.
We got Angel Falls.
These are all so beautiful by themselves.
This is the jungle, for real.
All right.
We are trekking through a small island
to get to Salto Sapo which is Frog Falls.
I lost my flip-flops, guys.
I dropped one, it was raining, we had to run back
so now, we're walking with bare feet in the jungle
which actually feels kind of appropriate.
The squishy mud is kinda nice.
We should be able to go behind the curtain of water
for this next waterfall.
I'm pretty excited.
Had the drone shots have been dope.
The waterfalls have been really impressive.
This last one is kind of like the hidden oasis
at the end of the track.
(jungle music)
You should try one.
- Yeah? - Don't, don't.
(laughs)
You would probably die.
- [Lexie] You're going to die.
- Or you'd gain mana because they're blue.
One or the other. - Is that bad?
- No, mana is good if you're a wizard or a sorcerer.
If you have to cast spells, mana is great.
(Lexie mumbling)
Yeah.
(jungle music)
Do you hear it?
- Yeah.
- The rumble?
(playfully mumbles)
We must be close.
(jungle music)
- So thirsty.
- Tastes like bug spray. (laughs)
This is beautiful though, look.
Like a tunnel.
It's so nice.
Salto El Sapo.
(jungle music)
Okay, adventure update.
We made it to Sapo Falls.
We've been advised that it's quite slippery in bare feet
and we were told to bring socks, so.
- Socks-only territory, apparently.
Damn.
- I've never worn-- - Ready to go.
- Socks and a bathing suit together at the same time.
(laughs)
But hey-- - You can't say that anymore!
- I also don't wanna slip and fall off the falls.
We're also stylin'.
Reebok, hit me up.
What do you think, Tony?
Good? - All right.
(Mike laughs)
(relaxing music)
(transitions to techno pop music)
- [Mike] Tell the camera.
- It doesn't feel real!
I almost feel like I'm on drugs because I'm so happy.
- This is what we were just behind.
Oh my god!
(laughs)
I don't even have words.
I don't even have words for this right now.
This is one of the most incredible waterfalls in my life
all to ourselves.
(waterfalls rushing)
This place is amazing, man.
It's amazing.
So special.
Okay, so it started to rain which is no surprise here.
We've seen it rain like three times a day.
We're gonna race back to the boat
for a 20-minute hike in the jungle
then a 10-minute boat ride
and it's already starting to pour
but we're in the rainforest.
Wow, listen to that.
Sky is angry.
Bring on the storm.
(thunder cracking)
Yeah! (laughs)
(bright music) (raindrops tapping)
(cheers)
(bright music) (raindrops tapping)
Wow!
(bright music) (raindrops tapping)
Wow!
(Lexie laughs)
- [Lexie] Oh my god.
- My kind of adventure.
Fuckin' love it.
(bright music)
Three, two, one.
Hey, guys!
Welcome to the outro of episode one
of our Venezuela travel series.
I'm sitting beside my lovely co-host, Lexie Limitless.
- Hey!
(laughs)
- Who is making her first appearance on the channel.
We got tied together for this trip
in a bit of a strange way.
So I have a friend in Venezuela who's been asking me
to go for about four years now.
He's a Canadian guy like me.
And Lexie has one reason.
- I am currently breaking the Guinness World Record
for the youngest person to travel to every country.
- All of them! - All of the countries!
- There's a lot of counties!
- All 196 countries and Venezuela
was one of the only places,
the only countries that I have not been to.
- We connected together through a mutual friend
and because we both had the mutual desire
to go to a country that nobody's really going to.
- That nobody wants to go to,
that has a really bad reputation.
- At the moment it does, yeah.
It definitely does.
When I said I was going to Venezuela
and I think probably for you too,
everybody was like, you're crazy, you're gonna die.
You're gonna get kidnapped, the country's falling to shit,
and you're absolutely insane for planning this.
We decided to take the advice of my friend
who has been living there for four years,
a white, Canadian guy like me over the word
of everybody else,
including the media saying that it was just a dumpster
that's falling to pieces.
So I for myself am extremely happy we made this trip happen
because some of the things we saw on their were worthless.
- It turned out to be so much
more than we were expecting it to be.
- The hard part at the beginning
was being able to know what to film
and what we can't film.
I didn't bring this nice camera we're on now.
I brought a GoPro and I somehow got a drone into the country
and just little bits and piece of camera kits.
So we had a hard time filming in the beginning
but once we get to Canaima National Park
which is far away from Caracas,
we were both a little bit scared of filming in Caracas,
that's where the story kicked in, definitely.
But we have a few episodes in the Venezuela travel series.
This first one was Salto Sapo,
getting to Canaima National Park.
And Canaima National Park is where Angel Falls is
and that was kind of the main goal of our entire trip.
So what did you think of our first day in Canaima?
- It was just absolutely mind-blowing,
left me speechless.
I had never seen a photo of Salto El Sapo before.
We made it out there, I had no idea what to expect at all
and it was just instantly one of my favorite waterfalls
that I've ever been to.
It's so powerful and really unique
with that walkway behind the falls.
- Mm, the curtain, yeah, yeah.
It was world-class waterfalls.
We went to see Angel Falls. - It's unbelievable!
No people there, no trash there,
just completely pristine, untouched nature.
- But that was the theme of our whole trip--
- The entire time in Canaima.
- Was not seeing any other tourists
and seeing these sights that I could've left
after seeing just Salto Sapo waterfalls and been happy
because it was incredible!
- It's worth a trip all on its own.
- Yeah, it really, really was.
So this series, we're gonna at the very end wrap up
kind of what we saw and what we did,
but the least, the first day for us
and getting to Canaima National Park was so smooth.
After this trip, we honestly couldn't believe
how smooth Venezuela was.
We expected it to be a bumpy ride
with turbulence along the way
as far as getting around and planning things
and dodging sketchy situations
but it was so beautifully smooth
and the people were so nice. - And so worth the risk.
- This video, like I said in the beginning,
it's not gonna be about the political
or economical situation.
There's lots of great content about that already.
We just wanted to make a travel vlog showing you
our interpretation of what's happening
and hopefully showcasing
some of the nicer side of the county
when it's going through part of its history
that will change the country forever,
not the brightest part of its history
but the people there are still very, very bright.
They are so happy.
Well, maybe not all of them are so happy
but they're happy to see us anyway
and happy to know that we were going
to promote their country in a very different way.
So Lexie actually made a blog post
about how we did the whole trip.
You can see that on her blog, Living-Lost.
It's linked below in the description.
There'll be a few more videos in this series,
probably three or four
and you're gonna wanna see what's coming next
because it only gets more amazing from there.
- The next video's gonna be-- - mind blowing!
- Angel Falls.
And also partying with the Air Force.
(both laughing)
So I hope you're excited for the next piece.
Make sure to check out Lexie on Instagram
and her blog if you're interested in knowing more
about how we did it, how we did the trip,
and like I said, the next one's gonna be fantastic.
Experience are our possessions,
hope you're enjoying this series so far
and I can't wait to show you episode two.
Peace.
Then what we do is you put the hand over the camera
to say-- - oh, me?
- Yeah. - I do that?
- U-huh.
Transition, go.
(Mike laughs)
(techno pop music)