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This is me in my final continent after traveling around the whole world with no money.
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And this is the story of how I got here.
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See, I started my journey by getting a free private jet into Europe,
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where I then crossed over into Africa and proceeded to get a tuk -tuk across Asia, which was then followed by a great time in Australasia,
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but we somehow managed to get to the landmark of Antarctica with no money, remember?
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And after that, we then headed to South America, where we experienced the high heights of Rio de Janeiro.
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And with six of the seven continents now ticked off, that only left our final one.
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North America.
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28 days in.
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No money spent.
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One final push.
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Everything has built up to this moment.
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We are about to step foot in our seventh continent.
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Seven out of seven.
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About to step foot in Canada.
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We're now in North America, our seventh continent.
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And now the challenge is moving through North America without spending any money.
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I believe it can be done.
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I have a plan and here's how it's going to work.
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Back on day one of this tour, we took off from the airport in London at 1pm local time.
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And that officially started the 30 -day timer for this world tour.
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So now here in Canada, we have 45 hours until that timer is up.
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The final flight that we could catch to get us back in time takes off in 36 hours from New York, USA.
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But to make it first, we needed to get into the city of Toronto As there,
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we'll attempt to hitch a ride all the way to Times Square in New York Therefore, crossing into another country
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And for one final time, we'll be completing our set of challenges along the way
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And once completed, we'd be able to redeem our continental flight ticket
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To get back to where we started
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The UK Around the world in 30 days
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Sounds great, and I believe we're gonna make it happen
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But we've gotta move fast
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Luckily we've been given a lot of advice on how to speak to people from Toronto so my good friend is seeing.
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One thing you need to learn when you go to Toronto is to say, Nyaai!
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Yo what are you saying Kroski?
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Yo what are you saying Krody?
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Nyaai!
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What's up my Kroski?
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How you doing Krody?
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Nyaai!
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Nyaai!
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What's up Kroski?
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Could you take me into Toronto City Brody?
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Yeah bro you should do.
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Are you guys going into Toronto City?
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I don't know exactly where in Toronto.
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I have to find out my hotel address.
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Here's her word.
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Could we give you a minute to find that out?
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And then is that?
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And then when you catch the ride, it's with you.
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Is that all right?
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Yeah, I'm fine with it.
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Oh my gosh, thank you.
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We are hoping surely.
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It's a work trip.
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It has to be away into Toronto.
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Where you're on, coming to is the Maple Leaf Square area.
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Yeah, yeah, downtown Toronto.
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That's perfect.
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OK.
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Yeah?
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You guys are welcome to catch the Uber with me.
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Thank you so much.
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We hopped into Chloe's Uber, and we were on the way to Toronto.
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And from there, our morning just kept on getting better.
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Have you had anything to get today?
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Um, not too much.
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Well, I have some snacks in my bag that you're welcome to have if you'd like.
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You are.
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You're the best.
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Not to interrupt, but...
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I love Canada!
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Our time in Canada was off to a great start, and we'd arrived in Toronto City sooner than expected.
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Thank you so much.
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No problem.
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If you do not understand, we probably would have been there all day.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Pleasure to meet you, Chloe.
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And just like that, we'd arrived in Toronto.
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We still had a long way to go.
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We started fresh, happy, with a new lease of life, ready to take on the world.
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And now I'm old, knackered.
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I've got tired air forces on, zip with my right pockets broken, and I just want to go home.
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But I will be going home, because we will be completing this challenge.
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We will be doing it in style, and it will be done in 30 days.
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Now we just have to find a friend here in Toronto.
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Excuse me, Crody.
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What's up, Crody?
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What's up, Crody?
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I'm...
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Crose E!
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He hated me.
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Okay, I'm not doing that anymore.
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You seem to lie to me.
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We started our search for a friend who could drive us through Niagara Falls and across the continent.
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The city of Toronto is home to 3 million people, so we were bound to find someone.
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But touring the cold streets took its toll.
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With temperatures as low as minus 10 degrees Celsius at this time of year, we were not wrapped up nearly enough.
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What are the chances me and you go to Niagara Falls right now?
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No chance at all.
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We hop in the car, quick road trip.
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No, please.
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No. Please.
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No. Hey, how are you?
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No, no, no, no, no, no. You okay?
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Yes, yes, thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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Can't even have a breakdown in peace.
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The stereotype of Canadians being friendly was definitely accurate.
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This man kindly gave me a free lunch, but still no one could make time for a road trip on a Wednesday.
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No stress, no stress, no stress.
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I tried my best.
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Thank you, bro.
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Hello, everyone!
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Let's go, dream team.
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We have walked through Toronto.
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We have not found a friend.
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I feel like everyone's very nice here, but maybe I'm expecting them to be too nice.
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We headed to the center of Toronto.
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Oh, wow, up there, it's shade, dad.
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Damn, they look tasty.
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The centre was buzzing with life.
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Let's go, yes.
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With friendly Canadians everywhere.
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Now we're friends forever.
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Surely I was bound to find someone who could help me out.
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You need a good road trip.
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I'm good, thank you.
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Me and you, Niagara Fools.
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I'm good.
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I'm Nico.
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I'm good.
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Your name is good.
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I'm not interested, thanks.
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Your name's not interested?
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No, I'm good.
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Your name's good then?
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Yeah.
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Well, I'm Nico and we should go on a road trip together to Niagara Fools.
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Oh gosh, we're gonna be in Canada my whole life.
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I was beginning to get desperate.
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Does nobody wanna go on a road trip?
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I just want a friend.
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I just need a friend.
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But I couldn't wallow in my sadness for much longer because I seriously needed to find someone.
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The sun was setting over Toronto for the night
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and there was a mid 38 hours left until our 30 days was up.
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The pressure was on and our final flight from New York was leaving in only 29 hours
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and that was still around 500 miles away.
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This whole 30 -day world tour could amount to nothing if someone isn't found soon.
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Hi guys, nice to meet you, I'm Nico.
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Sorry.
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All good?
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Sometimes I think I'm a ghost.
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People see right through me.
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Guys, can we be friends please?
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No. No one paid me any attention but then I ran into someone that may have known of my existence.
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Will you be my friend?
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I didn't know you were in Toronto, bro.
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I'm here, yeah.
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I'm here in Toronto.
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What's your name?
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Ryan.
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My friend, do you drive?
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Yeah.
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You have a car?
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Yeah.
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What are you doing tomorrow?
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Tomorrow, nothing.
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Would you go on a road trip with me tomorrow? Where to?
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New York.
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New York.
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You know what?
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I'd be down.
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You serious?
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You're joking.
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I just got to make sure my brother doesn't need the car.
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Okay, yeah, you make sure, you make sure.
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Oh, my gosh.
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What time tomorrow?
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Early.
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We leave like 6 a .m.
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I'm down.
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Yeah?
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Yeah.
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You serious?
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Yeah.
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Oh, my gosh, man.
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Oh, my gosh.
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And my brother, Cal, can he join us? Of course.
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You live near here?
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Yeah.
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I have nowhere to stay right now.
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Do you have...
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You want to stay over the night?
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Is that calm?
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Yeah, of course.
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Cal, clean up the house, bro.
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Oh, my gosh.
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My brother, okay, I'll message you, okay?
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Thank you, my friend, thank you.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Ryan had saved us here big time with a whole day spent trying to find someone to take us
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He came in at the final moments that is incredible kindness
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And as a reminder we're going to be returning the kindness when this series is done
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Because the total value of all acts of kindness shown across all the continents
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Are going to be doubled and split equally between a charity and each of the seven continents when we land back home
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And thanks to Ryan's kindness here
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We'd ideally be able to get to our final destination with an NDL member
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How poetic Now the issue is this has taken us so long that tomorrow we need to be on it.
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The one thing we can't forget is the challenges we have to complete before leaving this continent.
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So it's time to at least tick one off.
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Now the challenge we're going to get out of the way is something indoors because outside in Canada it's freezing.
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So we're going to attempt to become a world champion.
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A world champion at bowling.
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The hardest part of becoming a bowling world champion isn't the bowling itself, but getting it for free.
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I'm like a movie maker, I make movies.
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But with the promise of an absolute cinematic masterpiece, we had a free bowling lane and even had an opponent.
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We'll send you the footage via email and it will be edited like a Hollywood film.
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Alright, sounds amazing.
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Yeah?
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Amazing.
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The game was underway and although the bowling balls were smaller than usual, I was in high spirits and I was even given free food,
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which just made my impending victory that bit sweeter.
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I quite like this, you know, having a ball this size.
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How's that not a strike?
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I may have been too confident because suddenly I was losing.
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You have to knock all your pins down to win.
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Alex is actually the seven -time small bowling champion.
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So what can I do in that situation?
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My brother.
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Thank you, thank you.
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I may not have won the trophy for this game, but if you want to see me a different kind of trophy,
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then please help me hit 10 million subscribers.
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I like this video too to see our very own like animation exclusive to this series
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But back to the video and our first challenge was kicked off the list
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So it was time to go meet up with my new friend Ryan who I'd met earlier
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He kindly offered me a place to stay
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so I said adios to George While he went to go
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and stay in a hotel and I settled in for the night at Ryan's 6am in the morning, it's time for the final push
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How you doing brother?
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All good You ready?
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Let's go Peace out Mr. George Wise Good luck man
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How you doing?
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All right, my friends, the car is here.
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Let's go get this road trip started.
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The dream team assembled ready to take on the day.
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First we'd head to Niagara Falls where we'd try to complete an experience.
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From there we'd cross the border where we'd have a 7 hour drive to New York
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and along the way we'd have to photograph a native animal and share some shades to tick off some more challenges.
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To then finish off at Times Square for our final challenge getting some local food.
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Therefore unlocking our flight back to London to take
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that final step on home soil to complete our world tour
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but with now just 14 hours until the flight's cut off point the clock really was against us
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so good thing George and I were raring to go.
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I'm absolutely knackered George.
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How are you feeling?
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Absolutely knackered.
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Oh my gosh here we go.
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I'm just thinking is there anywhere else in which we should try and...
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No no I haven't tried Timmy's yet.
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We were now officially leaving Toronto.
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I wish I could have spent more time in this amazing place but I had a flight to Cal.
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Are you ready guys?
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Yes sir.
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Here we go, it's officially started now.
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Just the night before I was completely hopeless, roaming the streets for hours and getting nowhere.
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I thought our 30 day trip around the world was going to go to a bitter end.
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But now, thanks to Ryan and Cal, things were looking up.
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Listen guys, I just want to thank you formally for taking me.
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It's a very big deal for me
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So I really do appreciate that.
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I hope we have a great road trip.
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It's gonna be amazing.
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And we've been wanting to do this.
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Yeah Oh, we've been wanting to do a new one.
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Yeah, a full -on road trip.
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Yeah, how long has he been in the plans?
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A couple months ago we wanted to go, but we never had the chance to actually go through the river.
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There we go.
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Made that happen.
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You're changing lives.
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Changing lives every day.
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The boring highway turned into weird colorful streets.
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We'd arrived in the town of Niagara.
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I don't see no fools here.
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I see some fools.
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Four of them.
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So you just call yourself a fool?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, that makes one fool.
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You, George.
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Here at the famous Tim Hortons, let's see if I can get anything for free.
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Hello, very nice to meet you.
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My name's Nico.
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I've been travelling around the world for free.
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Is there any way I could get anything for free from the famous Timmy's in Canada? From Timmy's?
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So let's try that.
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Oh my gosh.
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Thank you.
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Okay, I'll give it a go.
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This is a good donut.
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Oh, you forget.
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You forget what things are stays at.
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My friend, thank you so much.
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You guys did a great job.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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10 % of me wants another one, but keep it stepping.
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Oh, what's this?
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Thank you.
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Respect brother.
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I'll always remember this.
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Thank you man.
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Amazing.
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What a kind guy.
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The donut was unforgettable.
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But now it was time to get a move on to the stop that we really came here for.
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Oh my gosh.
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Here it is.
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Look at that.
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167 feet high and water speeds on the drop reaching up to 68 miles per hour.
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This place was incredible.
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It really was spectacular, but we were here for a reason.
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So it was time to find an experience so that we could tick off this challenge.
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Summertime, there's a boat down there that will take me all the way around.
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So you're telling me that there's a boat which goes down the falls like a roller coaster?
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No, no, it doesn't go down the falls, it comes up the river.
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That's land.
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There's no water.
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The water ends there, you see?
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No, no, that's just frozen snow and ice right now.
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And the summertime, when there's no ice, the boat will come right up here to the falls.
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Does the boat have wheels?
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So it drives on the land and then it goes into the water?
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That's not land, that's water.
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It don't look like water to me, mate.
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Why is there smoke as well?
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Is someone building a fire down there?
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That's just mist off the water.
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You know we have nothing like this in the UK.
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I know, that's what we're just saying.
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Do you guys know that?
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There's a boat that comes in.
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Yeah, we've been on it before.
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What else do they have?
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Do they have anything else?
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They have helicopters.
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They've got helicopters in?
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Yeah.
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Where are they?
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I don't know.
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We'll check it out though.
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If we could try and get on the helicopter, that would be sick.
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After a quick search, we found a helicopter departing site and decided to head there.
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And I have to admit, I was nervous for this one.
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Since the dawn of time, I've always had a fear of heights.
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But I have a very specific fear of helicopters.
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But to go out on a bang, I needed to face that fear.
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I can't believe I'm saying this, but we're about to attempt to get on a helicopter for free.
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Hello.
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Pleasure to meet you.
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I'm Nico.
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I'm currently doing a documentary about travelling the world through the kindness of strangers.
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This is my seventh out of seven continents.
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This is the final part of what we're doing.
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We're going to try and go to New York.
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Is there any way we can get on a helicopter today for free?
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You can only have that in advance.
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They usually send something in and then...
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Yes, completely understand.
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They usually...
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Um, just one for free.
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We can give you...
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Oh?
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So you could get me on that for...
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Really?
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It's Jay, or if you could tag us on Instagram for the experience.
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Thank you, and you don't even know my Instagram.
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I would know, I can check right now.
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Yes, yes, yes, you can.
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Your personal name.
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My name is Nico.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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Oh no, that's not me.
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But if this was me, you'd still let me on the helicopter.
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That's fine, yes, that's fine.
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My friends, this is absolutely mental.
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What a way!
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This is how we're leaving Canada.
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Oh, crazy!
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And you know what?
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You hear that, George?
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Listen on the radio right there?
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That's Coldplay, yeah?
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Which means you already know what's about to happen.
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When a Coldplay song comes on, you know it's about to feel good.
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At the beginning of this
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World Tour, we'd managed to start off in the air in a private jet completely for free.
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And now 29 days later we were gonna be doing the same thing but this time in a helicopter
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What's your name?
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Bastion, keep us safe
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Oh gosh, why is it shaking?
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Oh it's shaking
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Oh my gosh, I can't believe it
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Sometimes all you need is a story
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Usually in my career I fabricate these stories to try and get stuff
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But today what we've just done right now
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We thought this by telling the truth
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That was ridiculous and I wasn't the only one who forced it Let's go!
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One thing this series has done is it's forced me out of my comfort zone, man.
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Goodness me, I've come out of my comfort zone.
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That is crazy, we're going back down now.
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Okay, this is cool.
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This is cool.
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Now I can enjoy myself.
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Wow, wow.
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This is cool.
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Oh, Bastien.
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Brother, oh, that is amazing.
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Thank you so much.
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Oh
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What an experience for not just me
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but my brothers Ryan Cal as well with
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so little time until our flight from New York
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We had to get things back on the moon for us you guys a good road trip
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We're having a good one so far, right?
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Yeah, we've got to get back on the road for real.
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Just like we have through this whole series, we're running very tight on time.
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We have to make it to the airport.
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If we don't do that, we won't catch the flight, which means we won't do this in 30 days.
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Issue is, right now, we've got to cross the border.
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For me, crossing the American border is very difficult, thanks to a series I did a few years ago with Gideon.
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Come here.
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Is there a remote control ball there?
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No!
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No!
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You will regret this day, Rory McIlroy!
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Oh, please man, this needs to be successful.
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We arrived at the American border ready for the worst.
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There you go.
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How much time are we gonna lose here?
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Could my 30 day tour around the world fall at the final hurdle and ultimately amount to nothing?
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Hey G.
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That is the first time since I was arrested that I've been able to go in without being stopped.
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The world wants this to happen.
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We are now in the United States, our final country before we head back home.
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And all we have to do is take a picture of an animal and eat a food, both native to the continent.
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But we're limited on time.
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How far are we?
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Six hours, 42 minutes.
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Six hours, 42 minutes.
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That's light work.
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That's light work.
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This is going to have to be pretty much non -stop. And so we continued.
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It was a long road ahead.
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I kept my eyes peeled for some native animals.
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Oh, an ant!
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But I wasn't the only one with a side quest on this road trip.
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Cal's about to have his work interview.
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Feeling alright?
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Feeling great.
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What's the position for?
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A volunteering position at like a care home.
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Okay, good luck Cal.
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Hello.
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Hello, how are you?
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I'm doing well, how about you?
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Great.
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He's trying to be a doctor.
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Not quite as hard as you choose, but I respect it.
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As the clock was ticking on our flight, Cal didn't mind that we kept on driving.
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But I did my best to support him through the interview
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Helicopter rides, you like helicopter rides?
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I do some graphic design sometimes Helicopter rides?
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Yeah, I just went on my first helicopter ride recently
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So I like to...
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Thank you for sharing
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With that, I was at peace I knew that
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Cal had definitely secured the job I think you absolutely smashed that interview, my friend Well done.
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Although Cal was successful, I wasn't.
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I still hadn't found a native animal, but I suspected I might get a little more luck in a rural American town.
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And we just so happened to be near one.
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The plan is, guys, you want to say what the plan is?
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We're gonna go to Livingston Burnham.
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Excuse me, sir.
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How you doing?
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I'm doing really, yeah, really bad.
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What do you need?
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So basically I'm trying to find where the animals are.
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You would have to ask probably the guy that's inside.
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Do you know his name?
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I think his name is Anthony.
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Anthony.
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OK, you're very observant to read someone's shirt like that.
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Have a great day.
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You too.
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Kowalski.
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Kowalski?
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Kowalski.
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Anthony.
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Huh?
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Anthony.
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Who's asking?
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Me.
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We've traveled the world and we've been told that Anthony will be the one who can tell us where the animals are.
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Okay, first of all, how do you know my name?
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Someone told me that Anthony will be the one, you know?
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Do you know about any animals in this area?
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Oh, you got deer, you got bears.
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Deer, bears, anything else?
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You're very mysterious, Anthony, you are.
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I'm a little leery because I don't know exactly who you are.
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Nico.
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What was your name?
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Nico.
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There's a documentary about finding Anthony because someone told us
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that Anthony from Livingston Manor will be the man who can tell us where the animals are.
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Tell you the truth, we're all animals.
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So you're telling me I could take a picture of you?
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No, I will not organize you to take pictures.
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Pleasure, nice to meet you Anthony.
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Alright, thank you, thank you.
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Which direction can we go for the animals?
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North, south and east.
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North, south, east, okay, alright.
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What are you doing?
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We're trying to find an animal in Livingston Manor or in any area.
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You just had one.
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What?
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Anthony.
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He's an animal.
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That's what everyone says.
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We were tight on time so I had no choice but to follow Anthony's clear and precise instructions.
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North, south and east.
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So you go this way.
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Yeah, this is north.
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Yes.
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Then you go south.
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This way.
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Bang.
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And then you go east.
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This way.
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Pick up the speed.
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We can't be here for much longer.
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I really needed this picture because without it our 30 -day challenge would completely fail.
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Excuse me!
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Yoo -hoo!
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Excuse me, sir.
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Oh my gosh.
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Where can I find the nearest animal?
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Animal?
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Yeah.
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I can't help you.
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Surely there is a way.
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Yeah, I know there's a way.
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You know there's a way?
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I'll call 911.
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I'll get a cop up here.
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He'll help you.
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Oh, Willie, please do.
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That's...
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Could you call them?
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If they can help me, that'd be great.
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Have a great day.
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Love and guidance.
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Who would have thought there's a criminal activity here to take a picture of an animal?
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Excuse me, miss.
571
Excuse me.
572
I'm really sorry to ask, but do you know where the nearest animal I can find is that I could take a picture of?
573
The dogs all over the street.
574
No, that's a good one.
575
It's just I'm getting a little bit emotional because I've been looking for an animal for, like, three years and I haven't found one yet.
576
You have to be patient and you have to go out in the country and I mean really help.
577
I really appreciate your help.
578
What's your name?
579
Emmeline.
580
Emmeline.
581
Nice to meet you, Emmeline.
582
My name's Nico.
583
Thank you so much, Emmeline.
584
You have helped us more than you'll ever know.
585
Let's go.
586
That's enough advice.
587
We headed out of the town.
588
All the help suggested that we'd find an animal somewhere in the countryside.
589
Animals.
590
These animals.
591
It must be an animal.
592
Oh, look.
593
What animal is that?
594
Beautiful creature See that all the way over there?
595
We got our animal
596
Yes, come on Now we go to our final challenge
597
And that's having
598
New York American pizza
599
Well let's just go then, not stand Okay, let's go
600
New York pizza is an affordable, fast -paced street food
601
That is massively popular amongst locals and travellers
602
But also popular with me
603
As it will be the 36th and final challenge across the entire world tour.
604
35 challenges completed across all seven continents, and it's all come down to one slice of pizza.
605
But not if we don't get there in time.
606
We are very, very, very low on time.
607
Let's go, brothers.
608
Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.
609
We were back on the road for the final stretch of the entire world tour.
610
It was important that no one got tired now, and to keep everyone awake, I had a revolutionary hypothetical question.
611
Guys, guys, guys, I've got a question.
612
You guys were offered a million pounds, but if someone said a specific word within a hundred meters of you, you'd explode and die.
613
What word would you guys choose?
614
There's a word I read once and have never heard anyone use it in a sentence.
615
In any inter -altyping I've ever had.
616
And that word is seldom.
617
Pedagogy.
618
Pedagogy?
619
What's that?
620
The way you teach something.
621
Pedagogy is a solid word.
622
I'd probably go with kholosh.
623
What does that mean?
624
Kholosh is a product that everyone adores.
625
Like these, Shades Sweets.
626
These are actually the sweet made for everyone.
627
And I would say they are definitely kholosh.
628
Kholosh?
629
Kholosh!
630
We've delivered it to North America.
631
We're trying to be everywhere in the world.
632
If you want us to be everywhere in the world, please follow us on social media, at shadesbyniko, TikTok, Instagram, follow us up.
633
That's amazing.
634
You like it, yeah?
635
Yeah.
636
Thank you guys.
637
Just so you guys know, polosh is a made up word.
638
What word would you say, George?
639
Like, hydromedes.
640
What you should have said was cool, because no one within 100 meters is saying that you're cool.
641
Same, man.
642
But Shades by Nico are definitely cool, so make sure you check out our store locator and get some for your next road trip.
643
Check it out at shadesbyniko .com.
644
They're available in Sainsbury's and many other stores.
645
I'm sure your friends would love it if you got some for them.
646
So go ahead and do that if you feel like it
647
We're now approaching
648
New York City, but as this is the final challenge I need to get out of this and change into something better
649
Here we go.
650
We've got to do this quick
651
All dressed and suited up my friends say goodbye to the NDL clothing which I've been wearing guys
652
We made this clothing specifically for this series.
653
So if you have enjoyed this series
654
This is the best way to support it and then a part of the world tour will live with you forever
655
So get the clothing now.
656
We got t -shirts hoodies and shorts.
657
It's only available for a very limited amount of time now
658
This was it my final destination was within reach just a few more miles down this road
659
And we'd be in the final location to complete our final challenge like most of this world tour
660
We had basically no time as we entered
661
New York I swear
662
North America has been so on the edge non -stop.
663
We haven't had time to breathe.
664
Time square is just up there.
665
It was literally around the corner, but because we were so low on time and traffic was holding us up,
666
Ryan and Cal told me to run myself so I'd have a better chance of making it in time.
667
Okay, okay, alright.
668
Let's run, let's run, let's run.
669
Thank you guys, thank you, thank you.
670
Oh my gosh, thank you.
671
Oh my gosh.
672
The rush here felt like no other.
673
This had been a crazy journey, traveling for free all the way from the UK through Spain to South Africa, to Ethiopia, then to Thailand,
674
all the way to Laos, to Australia, then
675
New Zealand, followed by Antarctica, then Argentina, then
676
Chile, then Brazil, all the way over to Canada, and now finally
677
New York City, USA.
678
All those locations, all in 30 days.
679
But to complete this journey, I needed that pizza slice.
680
And with only 11 hours until that deadline and 2 hours till that flight, all odds were stacked against me.
681
No time for B -roll.
682
We gotta go.
683
Oh my gosh.
684
Where do we go in New York to get some
685
New York pizza?
686
And I gotta try and get it for free.
687
No pizza, no pizza.
688
29 days of progress could be completely wasted.
689
This was the time crunch that topped all the others in this series.
690
There's no pizza sports.
691
Excuse me, guys.
692
Do you know where I can get pizza?
693
I'm not sure.
694
I'm not sure I have pizza around here.
695
There has to be somewhere.
696
What the f* are y 'all doing?
697
Running to get some pizza!
698
He said, aight, y 'all keep going.
699
And those words were all I needed to push myself past that finish line.
700
Right there, New York's favourite pizza.
701
It's perfect.
702
Let's make sure I'm smart for this.
703
But we weren't there yet.
704
I still needed to get the pizza for free.
705
Hello, my friend.
706
Pleasure to meet you.
707
I'm Nico.
708
So, I'm currently on a journey.
709
I've been to seven continents.
710
I've done it all through the kindness of strangers and spending no money.
711
It's all led me right here to this pizza spot, New York's favourite pizza.
712
The last thing I need to do is just get some food.
713
Is there any way you'd give me a slice of pizza for free?
714
Yeah.
715
Thank you.
716
Thank you.
717
Can I give you a hug?
718
No?
719
Okay, I'll take the slice of pizza.
720
That'd be great.
721
What's your name, sir?
722
You're a legend, Endric.
723
Thank you so much.
724
I really appreciate this.
725
Thank you so much.
726
Thank you.
727
Thank you.
728
Shout out to Familga Pizza.
729
Guys, we just travelled to all seven continents all to get this slice of pizza right here.
730
It's all led up to this moment.
731
Congratulations.
732
Thank you so much.
733
Thank you.
734
I'm so happy with me.
735
I haven't tried it yet.
736
Oh, it's all out on this. That was good pizza!
737
Seven continent pizza!
738
Thank you so much!
739
You guys are amazing!
740
You're pizza and you're amazing!
741
We've done it George!
742
Seven continents all over this!
743
A slice of damn pizza!
744
A slice of damn New York!
745
So, my friends, if you're watching this right now, I'm going to ask you to do one thing.
746
One singular thing.
747
If you can do one act of kindness to someone, because you don't know the difference that act of kindness can make.
748
Acts of kindness have got me around the whole world, to every single continent.
749
So please, if you take anything from watching this whole thing, please just do any act of kindness.
750
Because kindness can change the world. For real.
751
Nobody said it was easy
752
It's such a shame for us to part
753
There are so many people I need to thank for being here right now
754
There are too many people to name
755
So I'm going to put all their names on the screen because they're all absolute legends.
756
Every single person, company, anything that helped me, I am so grateful, any organisation, everything.
757
We made it here.
758
The one person I really, really want to thank is my good brother George.
759
He's been here with me the whole time.
760
So my brother, we done it.
761
Yeah?
762
Oh, and another person I want to thank is our producer May, who's been helping us behind the scenes everywhere, and together we have done it.
763
So with that our final challenge was complete and
764
because we now crossed into another country
765
and completed all our challenges our final continental flight ticket was unlocked
766
which is a paid for ticket to another continent once the continent had been completed
767
but it wasn't over yet we still had to actually make it to the flight and we didn't have long at all.
768
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
769
Okay, I can't find these guys.
770
Where are they?
771
Where are they?
772
They're calling, they're calling.
773
We're at the center of Times Square.
774
Okay, okay.
775
We'll meet you there.
776
Tom, Hank, what the f*?
777
Tom!
778
Tom!
779
Tom!
780
Tom!
781
Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello.
782
We're going to be pulling up on the side.
783
On the side, yeah? Which side?
784
Which side are you going to be on?
785
Stand on the...
786
No, no, no, we see you, we see you.
787
Oh, my God.
788
Okay, this is like a movie.
789
Yes, sir.
790
Get in, get in.
791
Get in, get in, get in.
792
Oh, my gosh.
793
Oh, my gosh.
794
Brothers, we did it.
795
Thank you so much.
796
You do not understand what you've done for me here.
797
The fact that I met you on just a whim
798
and you're willing to do all of this ryan
799
you're an absolute legend you're the girl bro you know no brother honestly
800
and cow you man you're special man for all thank you
801
so much for doing this you know you guys just
802
now you guys have gained a new brother nico kishwani we were on the home stretch with
803
so little time until our flight
804
that would enable us to complete this tour
805
we have to say some quick goodbyes my brothers really appreciate you guys yeah i'm really in faintest honestly man
806
Good luck with your job.
807
Good luck guys.
808
Good luck university.
809
I peace out peace out peace out peace out peace out
810
Oh my gosh So we're running late.
811
Oh gosh, okay.
812
Oh my sorry.
813
Sorry.
814
Sorry.
815
Sorry.
816
Sorry.
817
Oh my goodness me Heading home.
818
Yeah, we had done it somehow we had done it and just seven hours later at 11am local time, we had arrived back in London,
819
where this whole journey began.
820
We've been travelling around the whole world.
821
We've done it all without spending any money, and we've done it within the 30 days.
822
Let me take foot on actual UK ground.
823
Here we go.
824
One lap around the world completed.
825
We started this on March 11th, just past 1pm.
826
And we're back April 10th, 11 .41.
827
That is absolutely mental.
828
All that's left to say is that has been the world travelled with no money, powered by vibes.
829
Alright, let's go.
830
I'll wait.
831
One more thing to reveal.
832
I guess it's easier for me to show you, but there's something I hid from you guys.
833
Little reveal now
834
As I've established there's literally no way I could have completed the 30 -day journey without the kindness of strangers
835
And there's been some special individuals along the way
836
And even though when everything you've seen so far
837
that it may appear that I left them empty -handed as I rushed off to my flights
838
If you really think I would do that, then I don't think you've been watching me long enough Peace out.
839
Oh, but oh actually there is one thing if you could open this please
840
Brother, so obviously I can't give money.
841
There you go.
842
So, yeah, you can read it.
843
It says, I owe you £1000 from Nico.
844
So we send you that when we finish with everything, yes?
845
No problem, bro.
846
Money is nothing.
847
Friendship is...
848
I know, I know, I know, I know.
849
And we didn't stop there.
850
I forgot I also needed to give you this, my friend.
851
I'm going to send you £1 ,000.
852
Jason, I want to give you £1 ,000.
853
I'll send you £1 ,000.
854
I'm going to send you £1 ,000.
855
So I want to give you both £1 ,000.
856
No. I'll send it over to you.
857
I know, I know, I know.
858
This is the reaction I keep getting.
859
Got my brother, yeah?
860
Really appreciate you, man.
861
Thank you.
862
My brother.
863
Thank you.
864
Thank you very much.
865
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
866
My brother.
867
My brother.
868
You spent a lot of money on me
869
and I really did out the kindness of your heart so thank you very much
870
Oh man I appreciate it, it was really kind
871
It was for the experience, yeah?
872
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know and I really appreciate you guys I have my brother,
873
you know what, bring it in, yeah?
874
Thank you so much, thank you so much guys
875
Without all the help from these guys this route would not have been possible so they got what was long overdue
876
They played an essential part in me getting around the world for free
877
and one more time I just want to say thank you
878
But it's not just these guys we've given back to,
879
as you know we've been totalling up all acts of kindness and doubling it for each continent.
880
And for our final charity for North America, we've chosen The Salvation Army, a charity providing help for people in need,
881
tackling poverty, homelessness and addiction through the use of community centres, shelters, food banks and emergency aid.
882
So after totalling up all the acts of kindness from this episode and adding it to our current amount,
883
the charity pot's final total comes to £33 ,825, which we'll now be splitting equally between the seven chosen charities from this series.
884
And when I eventually got back home, I had a much needed, long awaited, three month long nap.
885
I honestly think without the sleep I would have died.
886
But the journey wasn't over because I still had one final mission to complete.
887
Back in the continent of Asia, I had arguably the biggest assist of the whole series with Kanbon.
888
A man that drove me across the span of Thailand for the love of the game.
889
See, Kanbon is an old friend and this wasn't his first time doing a huge favour for me.
890
And there was nothing I wanted to do more than repay Kanbon's kindness in whatever way I can.
891
So I decided to help him live out his dream.
892
If I have money, I want to go to Old Trafford.
893
Old Trafford?
894
Yes.
895
Do you know what team I support?
896
I know you support Manchester.
897
Manchester United?
898
Yeah.
899
You have passport?
900
No. You need to sort the passport and we'll try to take you to Old Trafford.
901
I can't believe I'm saying this, but after a long and grueling process trying to get his visa,
902
We are now picking Kanbon up from his hotel
903
and now we're gonna take him around the UK just like
904
he took me around Thailand Hello my friend great to see you my friend
905
It's good to see you.
906
Hello You want to see London?
907
Yes, of course.
908
Let's go to the car.
909
Okay.
910
It was insane Kanbon was really here in the UK Oh my gosh.
911
Oh, this car.
912
It was time to kick the day off as we had a long list of things to do.
913
Today, I'll show you London, then I'll take you to my hometown.
914
Then tomorrow morning early, we go Manchester, we see Manchester.
915
You heard of Buckingham Palace?
916
Yes, this one, right?
917
Oh, really nice.
918
We started our day with all the big landmarks of London.
919
This way, this way.
920
You're back with this video, right?
921
Rebon made sure that there would be pictures of absolutely everything.
922
Rebon!
923
You're going to this video.
924
And I made sure that our London tour would include everything important.
925
You happy?
926
Really happy, Nico.
927
If you don't help me, I cannot come here, you know.
928
My friend, my friend did not believe I can come to London.
929
I showed him on Facebook.
930
Oh, everybody believe me!
931
They all see it.
932
Yeah.
933
So this is your first time leaving Thailand?
934
First time outside Thailand, the first time to here.
935
The first time with an airplane.
936
You understand? That was crazy.
937
I don't believe this. And rebound?
938
Same.
939
Hey, there we go.
940
You want to try the bike?
941
Yeah, no, no. I think it's a bike from somebody.
942
No, no, you want to try it?
943
Really?
944
Yeah.
945
There we go.
946
Ah, I can't go.
947
Whoa!
948
Let's go Kanbon!
949
Look at the pedal.
950
You're gonna go one?
951
Yeah.
952
Maybe I can get that moving though, right?
953
Absolutely impossible.
954
Alright, let's go, let's go.
955
When I say I'm driving the line bike with one pedal, this is one of the hardest things I've done.
956
Let's go Kanbon!
957
Let's go, let's go!
958
Let's go!
959
With London ticked off, our next stop was my hometown, Stafford.
960
It seemed only right that Kanbon took me to his hometown, So I wanted to return the favour.
961
Wow, just very nice.
962
Kanban's never been on a train before.
963
Never, never.
964
What has impressed him the most is the green, just the farm areas.
965
I think green first, you come here.
966
I think your home will have the tree.
967
I think you have your home only have the one piece, you understand?
968
How are you?
969
I'm fine, thank you.
970
That's good, that's good.
971
You recognise me, yeah?
972
That's proper sick, brother.
973
There we go, Kanboni.
974
We need people, you know me.
975
All right, here we are.
976
This is my town, Stafford.
977
We started our trip down memory lane and Kanbon didn't seem to care about the UK weather.
978
So you've never seen rain like this?
979
No, no, no. It's really fun.
980
I like to work with raining like this.
981
In Thailand, raining too heavy.
982
I showed Kanbon my old school where I grew up
983
and then we headed to my old college where I first met George.
984
Stanford College?
985
Yes!
986
Stanford College, there we go!
987
Yes, Stanford College!
988
And Rebond was loving it.
989
He was still taking pictures of everything.
990
Taking pictures of Stafford is never something I've seen before.
991
Rebond is hilarious.
992
We were having a great time checking out Stafford, but all of this walking began to work up an appetite.
993
I want to try
994
Thai food in England.
995
Okay.
996
Thailand.
997
Only English.
998
No Thai.
999
No Thai?
1000
No Thai, you need to ask for the Thai menu.
1001
But luckily for Kan Bon, he was able to talk to the waitresses directly in Thai.
1002
I can't speak
1003
Thai, I'm very happy.
1004
Yeah, yeah, yeah, very happy.
1005
They want to talk with me?
1006
The Thai people, you know, very happy.
1007
If Thai people meet another country, they want to talk, they want to learn together.
1008
Thank you.
1009
Thank you.
1010
Here, one and a half.
1011
Okay.
1012
Does this taste like home?
1013
Yeah, oh, yeah, also same home.
1014
Yeah, same, same home.
1015
Yeah, really good.
1016
Thank you for...
1017
Of course, of course, of course.
1018
Thank you for coming.
1019
Thank you, thank you.
1020
Shout out to Thailand.
1021
We finished our meal and drove to the hotel where Kanbon, Rebon and George would be staying for the night.
1022
See you very soon, yeah?
1023
All right, okay.
1024
See you in the morning.
1025
Tomorrow, big day.
1026
Okay, okay.
1027
Today's the big day.
1028
I'm picking Kanbon up from his hotel right now.
1029
Hello, hello.
1030
Good morning, good morning.
1031
Are you ready?
1032
Yes.
1033
You see already?
1034
Yes.
1035
Yeah, come on Manchester United.
1036
Manchester United, Manchester United, Manchester United.
1037
You became for me.
1038
We are now in Manchester, what are you thinking?
1039
I don't believe I can come to here, oh, top four.
1040
Oh, top four.
1041
I don't believe I can come to here, I'm the car.
1042
This is amazing man, this is genuinely the best thing we've ever done.
1043
I like it, I like it.
1044
You like it, yeah.
1045
But before the match started, everyone needed to get suited up properly for the big day.
1046
Looking good.
1047
Very good, very good.
1048
Thank you very much for buying something from me.
1049
Thank you, Nico.
1050
We're headed to get some food, but Kanbon shared his prediction for the big game against Aston Villa.
1051
You too, Aston Man.
1052
Sorry, Josh.
1053
Sorry, sorry, Josh.
1054
Sorry, Josh, yeah.
1055
Aston Man.
1056
There we go!
1057
That's the play.
1058
Is this how you imagined it?
1059
Yeah, yeah, I like to see like this.
1060
Yes, it's mighty.
1061
You happy?
1062
Really happy.
1063
Yeah, you're happy.
1064
Oh, Bruno.
1065
Captain.
1066
Ahmad.
1067
Hamad, that's one right?
1068
Yeah, Hamad, my favourite player.
1069
No, no, I'm so excited.
1070
Very nice, very exciting.
1071
Yes!
1072
Exciting, brother.
1073
Go on!
1074
Oh!
1075
Let's go, let's go.
1076
It's nice.
1077
It's not hard.
1078
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
1079
Oh!
1080
Yeah!
1081
Oh!
1082
Yeah!
1083
Very good game, very good game.
1084
Kanbon was loving every single minute of it.
1085
Ah, very good to go.
1086
Is that your family?
1087
Your friend, Rint.
1088
Hello!
1089
Hello!
1090
His friends in the tuk -tuk.
1091
There we go, we're here in Manchester.
1092
Hey, Lu Manu said you're really fun.
1093
Last month I'm on the TV.
1094
I like it.
1095
That's cool, man.
1096
I'm glad you're enjoying it.
1097
Yeah, very good game.
1098
As the second half unfolded, I really reflected on how far Kanbon and I had come.
1099
From meeting him completely by chance to touring Thailand together, then touring Thailand together again to meeting his best friends and family.
1100
This was the least I could do for him.
1101
I said that make me happy.
1102
I come here one time.
1103
And as if Kanbon's wishes were being answered right then and there.
1104
Sorry Josh.
1105
Sorry Josh.
1106
He jerked right out of it.
1107
Oh my gosh!
1108
Go that man!
1109
And Cameron's luck didn't run out there, because soon after we were awarded a penalty.
1110
Bruno's going to score!
1111
Here we go, it's going to be full time.
1112
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I want to see this old Chao Ford.
1113
It's a very good team for me too.
1114
This is your dream?
1115
Yes.
1116
Thank you very much.
1117
Nico, you give me my dream, okay?
1118
Thank you very much.
1119
You deserve this, my friend.
1120
Yes, yes, I'm very happy.
1121
It would have been cool if we got on the pitch, right?
1122
No, no, no, no, no. You can't.
1123
What if I said it's possible?
1124
I don't know.
1125
Thank you very much.
1126
Thank you very much, Nico.
1127
I cannot come to the stadium.
1128
I'm so very happy.
1129
I cannot come to the stadium like this.
1130
I don't believe I can come here like this.
1131
Thank you, thank you.
1132
He's good, he's good.
1133
My dear, my dear will come to OTAF1, but you give me more.
1134
Thank you, thank you so much.
1135
It's okay.
1136
In this series a lot of people have helped us.
1137
And honestly I'm just very happy at the fact that we could end it with a moment like this.
1138
I'm really happy.
1139
I don't believe I can come to here, you know.
1140
Thank you, thank you for Nico.
1141
Golly golly man united Golly golly man united Golly golly man united
1142
Let's go watch it Oink oink oink oink
1143
Thank you guys for tuning in to watch this series I've loved visiting so many countries
1144
And meeting so many people
1145
And I'm so happy on how it turned out
1146
And I really hope you guys enjoyed it
1147
Big love to you all, if you could subscribe I would greatly appreciate it
1148
Like as well and buy a hoodie or a t -shirt if you want some memorabilia from this series
1149
And why not get a packet shades as well
1150
With all that being said guys, this has been the Zero Pound World Tour
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “I Travelled Around Earth With $0: FINALE”. This video has 989 sentences and 8532 words to shadow. The speech runs for 46:43. The speaker talks fast, about 183 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 192 of its 989 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pizza noun | /ˈpi.tsə/ | A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables. |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. |
| continent noun | /ˈkɑntɪnənt/ | One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and… |
| kindness noun | /ˈkaɪnd.nəs/ | The state of being kind. |
| helicopter noun | /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/ | An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and… |
| slice noun | /slaɪs/ | That which is thin and broad. |
| glory noun | /ˈɡlɔːɹi/ | Great beauty and splendor. |
| charity noun | /ˈtʃæɹɪti/ | An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose. |
| tick noun | /tɪk/ | A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. |
| clothing noun | /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ | Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to… |
| legend noun | /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/ | The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend). |
| stranger noun | /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. |
| seventh adjective | /ˈsɛvənθ/ | The ordinal form of the number seven. |
| hometown noun | /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ | An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence. |
| rush verb | /ɹʌʃ/ | To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. | |
| go up verb | To move upwards. | |
| clean up verb | To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. | |
| come down to verb | To reach by moving down or reducing. | |
| come up to verb | To approach. | |
| cut off verb | /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] | To remove by cutting. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Have you had anything to eat yet today?
- Guys, can we be friends please?
- Will you be my friend?
- I'm doing well, how about you?
- You know there's a way?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | we've been wanting · I've been travelling · I've been looking |
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if this was me, you'd still · If we don't do that, we won't catch · If they can help me, that'd be |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has built · we've been given · Have you had |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was then followed · can be done · we've been given |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 251 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, we've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/, breathe /bɹiːð/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, shout /ʃaʊt/
- Long words — get the stress right: helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, documentary /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pizza, gosh, continent.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.