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(success)
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- Your life, is like a movie.
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So why not make it the greatest
movie you've ever seen?
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Yeah, I used to be just like you,
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but then, I hit a million on YouTube.
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I used to ask for tap water
but now, I drink sparkling.
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I don't say this to flex, I say this
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'cause I have a million subscribers.
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(waves crashing)
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They say money doesn't make you happy
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but, maybe, they just
don't have any money.
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When I get offered a 30-day free trial,
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I go straight to Buy Now.
(motorbike engine roaring)
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What are my plans now that I'm a hot shot?
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Well, I'll probably move
to the Hollywood Hills,
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drive a sports car fast,
I'm talking real fast.
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(McLaren engine revving)
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Alright, here we are
in a very messy office,
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it's currently 1:00 a.m. and originally,
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I thought to myself, big video,
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I better be ready for it, I'm
gonna wait until the morning,
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I'm gonna clean everything,
have my morning coffee
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but then it occurred to me that there's
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literally no more natural way to
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film this video here today.
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This is the real Lost LeBlog.
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Today, I have had like an
emotional rollercoaster.
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I have been cutting
through what is now about
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3 1/2 years worth of videos.
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I literally dragged in about 20 hours
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into my final cut timeline
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and I wanted to make a video
that means a lot to me.
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It's a video that shows some
of the funniest moments,
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some of the most beautiful
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and breathtaking moments I've
had through all my travels.
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Guys, I have to say, if
you're going traveling,
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my number one piece of advice,
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I don't care if you're not a camera guy.
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Film something, take photos.
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I forgot about so many
of these amazing moments
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that, otherwise, I'd probably
would never be able to relive
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and, when I started to go through it all,
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I relived these moments and it honestly
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brought me back these emotions
whether they'll be good
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or bad, it was a
beautiful, beautiful thing
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to be able to re-experience, life.
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If you're one of those people who
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have been around since 1,000 subscribers
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or whether you're brand
new to the channel,
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I wanna share with you some of
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the most important moments of my life,
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the moments that made me
smile, that made me cry,
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the moments that gave me awe
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and the moments that
inspired me to wanna travel.
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And, ultimately, have made my
life over the past 3 1/2 years
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the best life I could have ever asked for.
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One thing I need to say before
we dive into nostalgia center
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is thank you.
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Thank you so much.
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We're at one million subscribers.
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Hand in hand, step in step,
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we were together through all of this.
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You guys literally mean the world to me.
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This is my greatest passion
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and I somehow get to call playing around
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with a camera all day, going on a mission
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to climb a mountain, getting
to see the Northern Lights,
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I get to call that my job
and it's truly a blessing.
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With that being said, I wanna
be able to give back to you.
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That was so hot!
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And that's why I have some of these
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expired Amazon gift cards.
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Go and get the codes, they're
expired but just kidding,
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I actually have something nice to give.
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I would like to take one of you on a trip.
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I don't know where it's gonna be yet.
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It might be here in Bali,
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maybe it's somewhere in
Europe or North America,
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I don't know.
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I will take care of all the planning,
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all the expenses whether it be flights,
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visas, everything.
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The only disclaimer is
you must be 18 years old.
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I can't take anyone under that age
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so I hope you understand that.
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I wanna hear from you in 30 seconds
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or less via an Instagram story,
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just tag me at LostLeBlanc.
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What is it that makes
you the most deserving,
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whether it be that you've been around
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since 1,000 subscribers?
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Whether it be that you've never
had the resources to travel
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or you've always been too scared.
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Any of these reasons, it's up to you.
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I'm gonna put a closed
date down below here.
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So as long as you do
that before that date,
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you are totally eligible
as long as you're over 18.
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One of the things that I enjoyed
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to see the most out of
watching my old videos
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was that feeling of progress, I mean,
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I go back to the old
videos and, obviously,
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they were designed for
a different purpose.
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They were never made to be
entertaining a large audience,
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they were just a guy that was traveling
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and had a GoPro with him.
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You know, I didn't have
a single photography
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bone in my body.
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I literally had no idea what aperture was.
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I didn't know any of this
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because it was never
really a part of my realm.
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It was never part of my life
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but with time, it grew on me
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and it grew on me really quickly.
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I became insanely obsessed with getting
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the best visual quality
but when I go back there
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and I look at where the videos started,
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where they progressed as
I started to invest myself
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in videography, in better
equipment, investing time
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and money into getting better results.
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It's one of the things
that I'm proudest about
00:05:44
here on this channel, the
thing that makes this job fun.
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Always trying to be better,
always trying to be bigger,
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badder and dadder.
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Now, progress wasn't just seen in the
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form of the way I shot my videos.
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It was also the branding.
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I wanna show you guys where
the LostLeBlanc channel,
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formally known as Christian's
Travel Vlog, started.
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99% of you will be like, what is that?
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Here I am in university
thinking to myself,
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what best represents what I am?
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It was being a pioneer,
it was going out there
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and doing the thing that
very few others were doing.
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And so this bicycle is actually one
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of the first ever bicycles created
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and I thought that it looked pretty cool
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so, for me, that was a good enough reason.
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That lasted for all of, I
don't know, maybe a month.
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(laughs) It didn't last very long.
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Part of the progress story.
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From there, I worked with my good friend,
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Carly Fairbank, and then
she designed this one,
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this is the Christian LeBlanc
LostLeBlanc-esque logo
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and this was the intro slide
to so many of my videos
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back in, I believe, 2016.
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At the time, my Instagram,
my Twitter, my Facebook
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and my YouTube all had different usernames
00:06:45
because Christian LeBlanc
was not available across
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all of them and so, I
start telling myself,
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I can't have four
different social media tags
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if I wanna grow this into a business.
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And so, that's when I
started to crack down
00:06:57
on what would be the
future of this channel.
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Like, I literally sat on this
question for about two months.
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I was working with the
ideas of Nomad LeBlanc,
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Vagabond LeBlanc, when
the word lost came to me,
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it was immediate, Lost LeBlanc.
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(cheers) And then
eventually, I got it animated
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by somebody else that
volunteered to do that.
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From day one has been
supported by the community,
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people doing things for
free, people helping out
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to get a very broke
backpacker on the road.
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It's just incredible, the progress
00:07:25
that's been made in film, in branding.
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All of you guys know
the LostLeBlanc channel
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as the place to go for
beautiful drone shots.
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And, with that, we have had some mmm mmm.
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(deep electronic music)
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Beautiful drone shots all over the world.
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If I had the time, I would just like
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compile it all and make a beautiful video.
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If you wanna see that, comment down below.
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Maybe I'll do that.
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As you guys know, on this channel,
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one of my favorite things is laughing.
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I love to laugh, it's probably
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the thing I live for the most.
00:08:50
And, on these travels, in these videos,
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I have always found a way to laugh.
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Whether it be laughing with somebody,
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sometimes laughing at
somebody else's expense,
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especially used to do that a lot more,
00:09:01
but as the channel grew, I kinda
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stopped doing that a little bit.
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But there's still been some absolutely
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incredible moments that I have found
00:09:07
in all my old videos and these are
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some of the moments I wanted to highlight.
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What is this?
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Look at this guy!
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Oh, I ran him over!
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(cockerel cooing)
This a fighter right?
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One day he will fight in the glorious
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battle to the death.
(cockerels squawking)
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Be very careful with Clarence.
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He's a delicate being, oh. (laughs)
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I'm sorry, Clarence, you're on your own.
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Oh my gosh, they're making the leg hurt.
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It looks like he's making a move.
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She says, take me to dinner first.
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Looks like there's gonna be no dinners.
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Uh oh, I'm not that kind
of pigeon. (giggles)
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Alright, time to leave the temple.
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2016 ADDAs.
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Guaranteed to get you
where you need to be.
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(girls cheering)
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If you come to Big C, maybe just specify
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you don't necessarily want
chicken feet in your soup.
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Unless you're into that kind
of thing, then ask for it.
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This is insane!
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We gotta get down.
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I think we've got about five
minutes to sunlight, oh my god.
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(thunder crashes)
Oh shit, oh (bleep).
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Holy crap, we gotta get down, dude.
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I can't stop.
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That was the closest I've
ever been to lightning.
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Alright guys, gee dang it.
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There's still no dolphins
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but let me try a quick,
little dolphin call.
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(mimics dolphin squeaks)
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- Alright.
- Back where I belong.
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- My spine hurts, get in the back.
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- Uh yeah, that's better.
- Oh, what is.
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- [Female] One, go!
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- Whoa, no.
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- I feel like I was, like,
showering with sand paper.
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- Have this young, strapping lad
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of Geneosoa here about to jump.
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Oh, look what you did, look what you did!
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- (laughing) I'm sorry!
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(Christian laughing)
- Woo hoo, my god!
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It's very high, my god!
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- This early, oh (cries) oh no.
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- (coughing) I almost threw up.
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- Have you ever been bitten?
- Just once.
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- Did it hurt?
(tour guide exhales)
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- Oh my god, look at that ant, it's huge!
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(Christian singing)
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- (gasping) Ah, my leg, it took my leg.
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Well, least I've still got my three limbs.
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(singing) Yah!
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Jamie, put the camera down.
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Would you help me?
00:11:36
Don't get me wrong, I'm
a chump for wild life
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but there's something
real special here today,
00:11:40
and that is we've just come
across a wild Duracell.
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Oh my gosh, I didn't
know they came out here.
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- Please God, forgive him or take him.
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- Can you believe it?
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We just saw a double A all the
way out here in the Amazon?
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Next thing you'll start
seeing is triple As.
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Ah, it's a good one.
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- Oh my god.
- [Crew] Holy!
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- No, I do not like that.
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(crew member shrieks)
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(little boy laughs)
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Secret passage here.
00:12:04
My friend, Nicolas Cage, told
me all about this one here,
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there's a secret entrance somewhere here.
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There it is.
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So the legends were true.
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Surely, it won't be long
'til I find the Lost Ark.
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We found it.
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You gotta be kidding me, come on!
00:12:26
So yesterday, Ronnie broke his drone.
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Today, Ronnie dropped his
phone whilst scootering up.
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I lost my Mavik and,
now, my bike won't start.
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But on the bright side.
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- That's the tree that killed my drone!
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It's officially broken.
- No way!
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- It is, it is!
- No way!
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- Oh, shhh.
(boys laughing)
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- So, my brother got jumped.
- Still got it.
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- Alright mate, today we're going to be
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exploring the world's
most aggressive animal.
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Now, you're gonna have to be careful.
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Do not try this at home, kids.
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We're gonna have to be very quiet
00:13:01
to approach this beast.
00:13:02
It can hear you from over 3 miles away
00:13:04
and if it does, it will attack.
00:13:06
You wanna get low to the ground
00:13:08
because if they see you, they will attack.
00:13:11
I'm warning you guys,
00:13:12
this could get real graphic real quick.
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Sulliman, you, Sulliman, I'm tryna.
00:13:19
Like I said before, this
could be real dangerous.
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Damn, I've been spotted.
00:13:23
I've been spammed by the beast!
00:13:25
No, please spare me!
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This water here is just so blue.
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Like it's probably the most (beep).
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Boop, boop!
- [girl] Abula!
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- [Christian] Abula!
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For hello, sir,
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please let me out!
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I'm stuck inside the ATM machine.
00:13:40
- [Man] You're a sick man, Christian.
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- [Christian] It's not a
burn, dude, it's just a tan.
00:13:43
Is that what you said, right?
- Something like that.
00:13:45
- This is behind the
scenes, behind the scenes.
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- Put the camera down!
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- Whoa, Will's there killing me.
00:13:49
- We started running in
quick sand, quick dry.
00:13:51
This travel blog will now
be filmed from down here.
00:13:53
Right now, we are heading
to Knot Plum Beach.
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Hey guys, we're now out of the hotel room.
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(ice-cream truck music)
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I scream for ice cream!
00:14:01
See you later!
00:14:04
He looks like he's just woke
up and realized it was Monday
00:14:06
and he's like, I hate my job.
00:14:08
(upbeat music)
00:14:08
I hate cockroaches, like I
don't get scared by much.
00:14:13
Go, there he is, there he is!
00:14:15
Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, there he is!
00:14:18
There he is, you disgusting.
00:14:24
Oh god, he's coming! (cries)
00:14:27
My heart is racing.
00:14:30
Oh god, oh god!
00:14:32
Absolutely, no free.
00:14:38
- [Crowd] Cheese!
00:14:39
- Cheese!
00:14:40
Now, I don't wanna get sappy with this
00:14:41
but, honestly, this would not be the same
00:14:44
without the friends that
came along on this journey.
00:14:47
Some of them close,
some of them just quick
00:14:49
acquaintances that left a lasting impact.
00:14:51
That is one of the amazing
things about travel
00:14:53
is that, no matter where
you are in the world,
00:14:56
you find people that are like-minded
00:14:58
or that are differently minded but somehow
00:15:00
bring value into your life,
00:15:02
that challenge your viewpoint
00:15:03
and leave you better off because of it.
00:15:05
I've been able to meet so
many incredible people,
00:15:08
to all my friends, family,
00:15:09
anyone's been a part of this journey.
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You know exactly who you are
00:15:13
and I owe so much to these
people on this journey.
00:15:16
- Bulldog.
- You're a bulldog.
00:15:17
- Bulldog.
(barks)
00:15:19
- Aw, it's recording right now, hello!
00:15:21
- Hello, welcome to the
vlog, what's your name?
00:15:24
- My name is Francisco and I want alcohol.
00:15:27
- (laughs) Good luck, Francisco!
00:15:30
- Hey, we want ya to have a party!
00:15:31
- Hello!
- Yah!
00:15:33
- Hello, hello!
- (laughs) Whoa!
00:15:35
- Ya, I'm a fan dude like how long
00:15:38
have I been trying to hide it?
00:15:40
- And let's get Oz.
(Oz yells)
00:15:42
I'm not going to lie,
cutting through this footage,
00:15:44
there's certain shots, certain moments
00:15:46
that bring so much joy.
00:15:48
There's other moments that
kinda cut you like a knife.
00:15:51
For me, the feeling that some of
00:15:53
these most beautiful sunsets,
00:15:54
most beautiful travel experiences,
00:15:56
beautiful people that you've
come across in your life,
00:15:58
you know, life is only lived once.
00:16:00
But, to know that you can't go back
00:16:02
and experience those things, sometimes,
00:16:04
it also brings a form of sadness
00:16:06
but the fact that I can go back
00:16:07
and relive these moments is so beautiful.
00:16:10
I can't believe that 21 year old me
00:16:13
decided to buy a GoPro
with no film experience
00:16:16
and just start filming.
00:16:17
I actually don't know where
that rationale came from.
00:16:20
I had never watched a
travel blog in my life.
00:16:22
I didn't know YouTube could
even be good for that.
00:16:24
Just thought of it as
a place for cat videos,
00:16:26
and it has been one of the most important
00:16:29
things I ever did in my life.
00:16:30
It was the best decision I ever made in
00:16:32
my life was buying that GoPro.
00:16:34
Okay, this was the moment that kinda made
00:16:36
me sad actually, the
death of my first drone.
00:16:39
I like to think he's still flying around
00:16:41
the Philippines somewhere and I say first
00:16:43
because I did lose a couple
more throughout my career.
00:16:48
- I wanna give a commemoration
to all the beautiful animals
00:16:51
from puppies to doggos,
to puppers to sub-woofers.
00:16:55
Can he get, oh.
00:16:58
(upbeat music)
00:17:03
- Enjoy your crem.
- Very fat.
00:17:06
- [Female] Yeah.
00:17:08
(woman laughs)
- Let me, no I'm being humped.
00:17:15
- The fans, Peppers, ow!
This is Peppers.
00:17:18
- Look at him, oh my gosh!
00:17:20
How do you get your
coat to be so beautiful?
00:17:23
♪ It's like you're my mirror ♪
00:17:25
♪ I can see the other half of me, whoa ♪
00:17:29
♪ You're so beautiful ♪
00:17:32
♪ You're the most
beautiful cow in the room ♪
00:17:36
No no no, thank you!
00:17:41
- [Man] This thing is
absolutely beautiful.
00:17:43
(raccoons screeching)
- [Christian] Oh.
00:17:47
Why are you so small?
00:17:48
♪ What makes you beautiful ♪
00:17:50
Gosh, you're social.
00:17:51
I've never pet a goat before.
00:17:53
- Lucky for you, you guys
don't taste very good.
00:17:55
Nobody eats you!
00:17:59
Guys, all of you beautiful
four-legged creatures,
00:18:02
you bring so much love to me
00:18:04
and I wanna give it right back to you.
00:18:06
We're now at one million,
00:18:07
Team Get Lost is getting
stronger by the day
00:18:10
but for me again I wanna say
it, it's not about the number,
00:18:13
it's about the strength behind the number
00:18:15
and you guys are more than enough for me.
00:18:18
I am so, so what's the word?
00:18:21
I'm in debted, I am forever
grateful to the meaning
00:18:25
and the purpose that
you've brought to my life.
00:18:28
I love every single day whether it means
00:18:30
I'm stuck on a computer
or whether it means
00:18:32
I'm on a flight that got delayed
00:18:34
and they lost my luggage,
it doesn't matter
00:18:36
because at the end of the day,
00:18:37
I get to call something that I absolutely
00:18:39
love my job and I
couldn't thank you enough
00:18:42
for that because you guys are the ones
00:18:44
who have afforded me this opportunity
00:18:46
and I can not wait to work even harder
00:18:49
to bring you even better videos,
00:18:50
to make sure that you
guys can be experiencing
00:18:52
the world for yourselves.
00:18:54
You only hit one million once
00:18:55
and today is an incredible
day for all of us.
00:18:58
I am so, so grateful and so
excited for what's to come.
00:19:02
Team Get Lost, we're just getting started
00:19:05
and guys, I can't wait to find out
00:19:06
who's gonna be joining me on that trip.
00:19:08
You know the drill, I'll
see you next Saturday
00:19:11
and guys, let's get lost
again in the next one.
