For maverick entrepreneur Ian Cox, Africa is the last frontier of free enterprise. The former small-time hustler has been busting his ass on the continent for years, selling and moving merchandise. In 2012 he nabbed a lucrative United Nations contract to transport equipment from South Africa to South Sudan, a country on many countries' embargo list. The other problem: the journey north entails passing through countless checkpoints and dealing with bribe-happy officials and their nonsensical paperwork and regulations.
Photographer and filmmaker Tim Freccia followed around Ian and the guys he hired for this job. "Cowboy Capitalists" documents their attempts to navigate the continent's dangerous roads and bureaucratic chaos.
00:00 Intro
01:10 Part 1
12:06 Part 2
22:06 Part 3
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"You're taking a picture? Why?" - "Why not?" - "Why?" - "Why not?" - *mind blown* "Have a good day"
lmao
That conversation would have taken a nasty turn if the guy filming was African and spoke swahili.
@@Johnos why?
Lmfao
My thoughts exactly. Any black African typically.
They need to make an African Truck Simulator
I'd play the fuck out of that game. Sounds a million times more interesting than Europe or America.
Randy Johnson same
So dark souls meets truck simulator ? That just sounds like work with more steps
hahaha buckled at that
first task, wait 2 months for your truck to be ready to move
Ray is the hero of the film for me. There doesn’t seem to be a situation he can’t figure out. No brakes? No parts? Hostile rebels? No big deal. A 21st-century frontiersman.
Superpowers include: hairy arms, haggling, and a top notch code switch game.
They are all incredible. The vast majority of people are just watching Netflix and paying taxes, these guys are out doing something, taking incredible risks, and reaping the reward of real life.
Wasn't it supposed to be a convoy of 11 trucks?. We only ever see two.
Those dudes are really likable... and seriously professional. I was so impressed about that in particular. And damn that truck was very corrupt.
Wow 😮
I love how he changes his accent when talking to people.
I noticed that as well, maybe he thinks African's will understand him better? I certainly wouldn't make that assumption myself lol.
yep its a smart thing to do, nothing weird about this and all humans naturally do this anyway without realising, we begin to emulate our surroundings and that can include the local accents
Joe Alvarado I noticed that too pretty interesting
I'm french speaking african living in france and depending on who i talk to ( africans or french people) my accent will change without me realizing. i think it's about making sure the other person understands you well and feel comfy aournd youw hen you talk.
When you live among people with a different accent long enough, it tends to rub off on you. I knew a guy who lived in the UK for only two years, and he came back with a weird hybrid accent that wore off in like a couple weeks
Using bananas as axel grease.....that made my day! They are so streetwise to have made it all the way to South Sudan and survived to tell the tale. And yes I agree, a TV show about this would be awesome.
It works, did the same thing on a old Chevy truck abroad, stopped leaking and no noises afterwards 😁
"streetwise"? these guys were constantly fucked over and screwed at every turn. the way they look/act, it's no surprise. you've gotta have rocks in your head to pay a $2k usd fine for a vehicle tha'ts "too long".
I watch this usually twice a year, such an interesting and well-reported documentary. Ray grew up 50 +/- miles from where I did, and it’s always been cool to see someone from our region in documentaries.
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I’m from a little further away but same sentiment. I wonder what has transpired since a decade ago
"This truck is very corrupt" lmao
its an African thing
jonnywaselectric Go tell that to Nixon lol
no, its literally an african saying to call objects and things corrupt..
No, it's also correct in English. For instance: "The file you are trying to open is corrupt".
And your views about Africa are corrupted by media too.
That driver is the only guy i would have trusted. When a truck driver shows up you better make damn sure he doesn't have sleeves.
If he does then he better have flip flops on and gym shorts with no underwear on 😂
King420x lmao how you know he doesn’t have underwear on?
ConformedSanity LOL
@@Dior444L You can smell his sweaty balls through your screen if you watch it in 4k quality. Sometimes you can get a black screen of death if you're unlucky. no joke
yeah boyahh
Oh man I loved this episode. I wish they'd make it a franchise out of it and give us more episodes.
Dude this is an old ass documentary these guys are probably dead if they've kept it up
@@2bitmarketanarchist337 yea but it was such a good mini series that I keep coming back to it years later
Check out the documentary Empire of dust
“With no brakes, and all that weight on it? This is gonna be a sketchy ride” Starts truck and drives off smiling
Guy is a total badass
It's interesting that Google maps says the estimated driving time of the trip should be 66 hours. It just goes to show how much of the 60 days they were given was wasted on dealing with corruption bureaucracy, and bad equipment.
That's Africa for you. I've spent time in Tanzania and South Africa, and a couple of other developing countries. Usually as an American you can just bribe people. Either these guys were unwilling to do that, or maybe all the money in the world wouldn't have fixed their problems, i don't know.
If it were good equipment, I fear they would have had to deal with people trying to steal it from them.
And the shitty conditions on the roads
Kyle Davis as a South African I call BS that you’ve ever even attempted to bribe a SA cop. You’d get your ass handed to you as an American.
It's also been five years since then... plenty of development has happened. These countries ARE growing.
Driving a bunch of broken down trucks up to Sudan just doesn't seem economical. This truck is indeed very corrupt.
It's the only feasible way to deliver the cargo. A newer truck will lose too much value by getting run down in these roads and also might become a target itself.
Nick Mayley yeah what a good way to think it’s already a dump so make it worse that’s why Detroit is a shit hole
It shows UN and foreign aid, is a waste of money.
@@maxspellman7963 How so?
@@davidhammer28 He doesn't know.
Mongo is the real Cowboy Capitalist in this saga.
Lol totally
Mongo is a thief POS
Mongo nearly sounds like Mwongo... which means liar in swahili...red flag over there.
@@Ballista762 One must be a thief to be a capitalist.
@@Jas0nization Capitalism is providing a valuable product or service people are willing to exchange money for.
"George bush was a friend of your leader" *Rebels appear* speech check failed.
Republicans actually help people. You are just bigoted towards republicans. You don’t research anything. I’m chinese
@@mrs.chandler9384 the Republican party is an establishment! I don't have to be bigoted towards them to fuel their endless victim complex and I don't give a fuck if you are Chinese I don't play identity politics point me towards one Republican policy that has helped people, as we speak they are tryin to cut funding to help people during a global pandemic, not to mention they don't believe in climate science and think the earth is t thousand years old maybe you should do some research before projecting
@@rustinweiner2568 calm down bro
@@mrmerperls7383 ok bro... I was about to put a hole in my monitor bro... like totally bro...
Lol..Funny!
I think that courier that drove non stop to catch up to them maybe was expecting some sort of tip? 😂😂 homey just shook his hand like thanks see ya
😂😂😂
He was probably told the truck driver would pay him but no one told the truck driver
I thought the same thing lol
Nah, I think he was doing a favor for the other guy he did give cash too, although he probably did WANT a tip, he wouldnt have left without being paid first
Picked up on that right away
Very interesting how Ray changes his English to a different accent when speaking to an African person.
@Talksense That's normal. the person has an easier time understanding english when you talk in their accent. we all put our own regional tinge on English all over the world. just makes it easier to communicate!
Talksense Probably to relate to him more, it’s remove the us vs them mentality
@Talksense it is very normal, at 13:15 the Jewish guy changes his accent when speaking to the African man. I live in South Africa and it is considered acceptable to do so, as long as you dont sound condescending. After all, you start to intertwine different cultures and language in areas where there are many of them.
@Talksense it honestly isnt, if you were from Africa then you'd understand that it is not an issue. Stay out of cultures that you dont know much about.
Slows it down, you can’t speak to people fast especially in Tanzania where they don’t speak English
This is a clear lesson why some African Countries has problem in achieve economic and social growth, tons of paper and bureaucracy just to move one truck (a capital good that increase productivity ) to place A to place B,
Look up Empire of Dust, covers this a bit
7 years ago?
It's socishitism for you mate! That's what the third world believes in...supposedly, the best ideology of governance...but, all you get is boor-uckra-zee, bribery, corruption & zero accountability. Fool stop.
@@RageRabbitGames I've watched that, one guy refused to sell him gravel because the guy was Chinese
@dragonsder It also makes businesses question if they should even continue to provide in the area, if you know they are corrupt and the government is involved than the risk outways the rewards.
No one: Me at 1 am: African cowboy capitalists
5.26 drinking whiskey
4:05 drinking beer I stole from my sister
Literally
Haha yeah 1:25am Monday morning very nice 👍🙂✌️
"This truck is very corrupt" hahahhahahha
Only in Africa:)
I was waiting for that one. Lmao I read your comment and just waited patiently. So worth it! 😅🤣😅🤣😅🤗
@@user-gl5kx5hj1h not really. Latin America and South Asia have the same vibe haha
That thing is a dumpster on wheels lol! And maybe that is too charitable
Best part, the guy seems taken out from a movie xD
Those two truck drivers should have their own tv-show! Like, yesterday...
Introducing the tv show "3rd world truckers" new episodes every Friday
brett linthicum you’ve got issues bro.
Fack Africa 26:00
African truckers?
No kidding best trucker content yet
The Pony tail guy from Appalachia is the embodiment of American perseverance lol soo many problems fixed
He's one hell of a man.
he is not a sissy city boy thats why
Perfect guy for the job don't think thenother dude would have made it that far on his own
How to survive Africa as white person: Put some UN stickers on your car and ur good to go
Or just do blackface
Or bringing a shit ton of armaments with you.
@@cynaidesrighttesticle2371 or just stay away from war torn nations
@@mohamedbaradji7504 they're literally delivering their cargo to South Sudan one of the most war torn countries....
@@cynaidesrighttesticle2371 Right, the local populus will dig up the guns they have buried in their yards & you'll be have another Mogadishu by the end of the hour. You have to understand the norms of a culture, not just go in their with a show of force.
I’ve been a truck driver for 30 years, I am married to a Kenyan lady, been to Kenya 3 times and there’s no amount of money you could pay me to get in one of these trucks even to drive across Nairobi from one side to the other
We're u from??
@@dizzyiguana981 America
why? Danger of robbery?
It is an adventure every day over there.
@ Richard Walker. Chicken..............where is your sense of adventure
Him: You have a chicken girl: Yes Him: You have bananas girl: Yes Him: Very good
Gustavo Aquino oblivion npc conversation
@@bille5960 Guard: "blessings of akitosh" Guard when you look at him wrong: "sTop yOu hAve dIsobEyed the lAw! AhHhhH!"
Gustavo Aquino Aaah, there’s nothing like the pure romantic poetry of good old fashion African flirting
Gustavo Aquino which part of the video was that?
The best part of the whole film. :D
“Mongo gets fired” for selling fuel to the natives. This made me laugh so much and I don’t know why. Also, does mongo just get dumped in Uganda when he’s from South Africa? Haha ffs
hahaha same here just so chaotic
They said he's a grown as man that can find his way back and can catch a ride from all the people he sold fuel to
Mango, is from Zimbabwe guys. He just happens to live in South Africa.
Mango is from zambia 🇿🇲 he was picked up there 😂
@@levelzyung7454 no he was from Egypt
wow i miss old vice so much!!! the risk taking and the great story lines
Yeah, VICE used to be pinnacle of journalism. However, that was long ago. I've heard they're even filing for bankruptcy now - it's just sad what became of it.
"You have a chicken." Yes. "You have banana." Yes. "Very Good." *walks off*
That's me trying to talk to people
That's me trying to get lucky in a bar.
You guys are nuts lol
Dont you mean bananas ;D
Kid shakes head saying mofo gonna be wishin he bought my bananas soon..
Back when VICE was VICE.
Is Vice another Liberal propaganda machine now?
Oh sweetie it is
YES! Because they use facts and data that paints muh MAGA in a bad light it automatically makes them fake news leftist shrill! Soo much fake news!
^ Obvious 'Media Matters' is obvious
Lars Sral Wut?
This would've made a killer series.
My father in law runs an import export business for artists brushes. He had a container of brushes that he was trying to get through Nigerian customs. They impounded it for no reason, so he had to fly down there to work it through, so he could sell it to the local distributor. When he got there an officer took his passport and threw it in a big pile of other passports. He then spent the rest of the day paying various people and officers to get his passport back. Once he had his passport again, he turned around and boarded the next plane home, leaving his container in impound. He then swore he would never do business in Africa again.
That's fair lol
Nigeria is different to the rest of Africa lol Sounds like ur father In law was Unnacustumed to the culture This vid is about not giving up like dat
Corruption at its finest ...... Sounds a little like Mexico 🇮🇹
Done business in Kenya, Tanz, Uganda. Whole continent is like that. Miserable place. @@raymondpjoyce
The cop in the labcoat had me dying
lmao same
Please send donation to African doctors they dont have lab coats
@@binyamina8850 lmao. So that's what all the donations go to
@@mickdavis2385 lmao for real mate, I lived in Tanzania most of my life, sad as it may be thats the real story on the ground mate.
@@binyamina8850 I believe it. Big time corrupt over there
The bureaucracy in third world countries is designed to keep poor people poor. Sincerely, A Jamaican
The bureaucracy in the US is designed to make working people poorer with every passing year.
@@tomservo5347 apples to oranges there.
and in the so called first world bureaucracy is there to help the rich keep their riches. same same.
Riches are rich because poors are kept poor. It's been running for thousands of years.
you just described the capitalist system buddy. it's not just third world countries.
From Uganda and I recognize much of this . The terrain is now improved (mostly roads) . The people are mostly welcoming and friendly . South Sudan was just out of war war then , thus the hostility . However as Ian said there's lack of resources and gaping opportunities for any one creative and resourceful enough to solve even basic problems . And it wouldn't cost too much either as everything is affordable (even the corrupt guys) in most of Sub Saharan Africa .
Let’s make a business plan.
Cc me on that
What is stopping the locals taking advantage of the same opportunities? That would be the ideal, better than foreigners doing so.
lol lol lol. Come have a look.@@MrMGTOW
This was one of the most interesting vice docs I have seen in a while
That young man is a hell of a lot more than a truck driver. I don't know where they found him but he's one in a million.
To give subtitle for a black African man even though he's speaking a very good english loud and clear, while not giving for that hard to hear white guy from that office felt oddly racist 🥲
@@Krotas_DeityofConflicts dude... shut up
Agreed
There's not much he can't do
Oh yeah!
Stuffing bananas in a diff is the craziest thing I've seen done on a truck.
If it works its not crazy
I heard a story where they stuffed bananas into the cracked crankcase of a Citroen 2CV, it worked.
i would've peeled them, but it doesnt matter i guess.
you've obviously never heard of Top Gear
dung works too, they say. Was a common grease' for wagon hubs etc, on the plains. I imagine bananas are better. They' d have more oil in them, veggie oil. Maybe beer diarrhea would create the perfect non-leaking sludge.
the random conversations with the locals are the best thing that makes this so funny
You have chicken Yes You have banana Yes
I really wish there was a follow up on these guys, so fascinating to see people following there own path.
LOL at Mongo, the truck driver who was selling the fuel xD
Bellemit he was a savage
Cheeky stuff xD
Classic Mongo
The names Mongo. Lloyd Mongo.
I lived in Thailand, same thing, some people just have a nose for getting their hands on money, never mind whose money it is. A vacation resort hired a local shuttle driver to take guests into town, he made unscheduled stops at restaurants and souvenir shops and would get kickback there.
30:23 That random guy with the 'Pugs not drugs' T-shirt LOL
california is a shit hole so is africa now the only good part of africa was apartheid south afirca and rhoedsia
Jedi Master Joe jealous.
subpoprec nope
A Sudanese hipster
good stuff
This truck is very corrupt lol 😂
I wish this doc was longer! Amazing.
The guy in the ‘Pugs not Drugs’ made the documentary for me
Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed the dude.
Best part of africa is that glorious man
Time please
He killed 3people to get that amazing tee shirt
"You have a chicken." "Yes." 22:50
fuckin glorius man
OH
Great content Vice. More like this. Please sort out the sound quality.
I've watched this about 30 times over the past few years. I love it Very interesting and well made.
To me this story was not about Africa's cowboy capitalists. It was about one guy's mission to get some trucks from the South to the North, there wasn't even more than one story investigated. Super interesting story, (and I'm sure the filmmaking was as arduous as the truck journey) but it just wasn't what was "written on the tin" so to speak.
they do that a lot with vice stories im starting to notice
Absolutely concur.
@@rootsofafrika I Concur Less™ 😯 lol joking
Very shoddy trucks to say the least
Agreed
i spent three years driving all over Africa and this short film nailed it. Albeit, the tip of the iceburg. respect to you guys.
Albeit, the tip of the Johannesburg.
Love how the Appalachian guy started adopting the accent
It was midly annoying. Almost like I was embarrassed FOR HIM! hahaha
Good documentary, Tim Freccia. I'll have to look around for your work if you been on the continent for 20 years.
"Special Permit" = Bribe.
My first thought. If I was them I would have coughed up $100 for someone to go into the office on their day off and push everything through.
“This is what happened when this guy didn’t put bananas in his diff.
is this supposed to be racist?
@@collinslangat4313 You obviously didn't watch the video.
my favorite quote
Priceless mechanic tips
Juakali
This is what I expect. And I’m so excited for Vice to get back to THIS. Any subject matter, that follows the ups and downs like THIS! Fuckin amazing journey guys, make it look easy yet tedious, when it’s so much more.
This was 8 years ago
Lol this was years ago when Vice was actually full of legitimate journalism, now it’s full of fucking crap
I for one would like to thank the cameraman for being there to capture this , the unsung hero really.
"You are taking a picture... why?" Why not? "Why?" Why not?" *waves* *trough* "Have a good day." I wish all interactions with police would go like that.
Feels kinda like an old school Top Gear Special or something...
Tonight, James draws a square, Richard draws a square and I wear a funny hat
dude rip to grand tour
Bush mechanics
I am really interested to know approximately how much each of these guys were paid for 55 days of adventure and struggle; i also get the sense that this video might not convey just how uncomfortable and frustrating this was for them. Excellent vid, many thanks
They were compensated 1 doll hair
I respect Ian on holding the trucks "hostage" until payments were made. Gotta be tough in Africa....I admire that
Are you taking pictures? why? why not? why? why not? ok you can go... LOL
lol i know, i got a kick outta that
speech 100
No matter what you think of these people one thing I respect about them is they are brave enough to work/visit countries with completely different norms and cultures , adapt and overcome all sorts of problems unlike so called 'backpackers' who visit fancy places in Europe and brag about how in touch they are with the world.
Martin Maina I couldn't agree more
Fuck travelling.
Plenty of backpackers in countries with different norms and cultures.
hey chief..haha.Shots fired!
Well spoken and very true.
I watch alot of vice i mean alot but this is by far one of the best ones out there
What words are being cut out of the video and why ive been noticing this in a few videos today
I like how the bulldozer is combat armored.
Hey buddy!
the iserali d9
I dont know why but I laughed so hard at this
It's for a contract clearing mine fields...
FreeWorldOrder I look how stupid you are
These guys are truly badass. What an incredible experience for a young American guy. If they end up back in the states, they'll be ready for anything. I hope these dudes have found great jobs, because they're obviously smart workers.
20:24 "we witness a steady stream of truck wrecks, many clearly fatal" Music in the background: 🤠
Wonderful documentary though . This should be shown on TV around the world to give entrepreneurs and empire builders some ideas on what and where to start like wild west pioneers .
ey dude with the ponnytails smart as fuck, dude just nutted up and handled business.. he was smart with those backwater fix-ups and handled the culture like a G, being the hustler instead of the hustled.. U gotta remember it's not like driving across the US, Africa is a many independent countries which always make it harder for shipping and trade, plus a lot of curruption that still needs to be worked out..
disagree strongly
Agree strongly
Im sorry when did you last go to Africa?
Fabio Augusto o I never have, nor did I claim that I did. But I do make it a point to educate myself and even the slightest research of Africa will tell you this. Of course not ALL of Africa, but a good amount of countries are underdeveloped due to MANY different reasons.. Read a book.
I agree with you sir: Africa is a vast continent. Arguably, there are countries in europe where development seems just as stale. Listen bro it's easy to say things based on what you read and on what the media chooses to show (I know you know....) go to west Africa chill for 2 days and then let me know how it be. ''read a book'' xD books can only take you so far young man, if you dont touch things with your hands youll be just as ignorant as the next man.
Oh my word i'm kinda in shock right now... I'm watching the beginning of this video and I recognize the bridge. That's 'cause I lived in that very same area of South Sudan for 10 years and I've been over that bridge many many times. It's just so cool to see it on this random youtube video. It's just such a novelty for that remote place to be featured on a youtube video like this....
Ohh
@@EncourageSquirt lol
@@EncourageSquirt lol black people
@@EncourageSquirt when you moving to South Sudan bro? Never? That's what I thought
Alex Westhoff I’ve already lived in South Sudan, in Juba for 3 years. UN Peace Keeping and Arbitration. Just moved back in December of 2018. Would I move back? Yes, once the ears are over, I would love to live there again. It’s fucking beautiful if you can take your eyes off of the countless deaths. Then again, I could live in West Virginia or Chicago and see as many dead bodies.
When I way in Tanzania and Kenya I had so much of the same experiences. It is just a different place in the world. Now I can smile.
I could never do this, I wouldn’t be able to handle the frustration of all the officials.
I am an African, these guys must have been paid crazy amount to put their lives into such a big risk.
I am an American. I agree
@@johnhurd72 Is Africa just that terrible or is it a race thing?
@@Waff3n depends on the country and which area of that country. There are 54 countries in Africa...they are all not the same. They all have their unique problems, like everywhere else.
@@Waff3n Africa actually has some really beautiful places A LOT of them too but for someone driving from South Africa to South Sudan being a trucker it might be dangerous passing thru some countries you might run into highwaymen or bandits with some serious firepower but that is a "might"
@@Waff3n I was in Nigerianij Uyo region sold some bulletproof doors an windows had to manage installer team. We spent in proper 5 star European hote been told no to go out alone at dau and especially at night as it is dangerous for white guy.
Why does that guy impersonate borat when he’s talking to the locals?
Natives will try to swindle you if they think you aren't familiar with local tradition/customs. It happens in China's markets, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, so on and so on. If you used an American accent on them while haggling, you wouldn't win nearly as many trades. Putting on a fake accent or intensifying an existing one makes you seem more trustworthy/local.
i do the same thing talking to mexicans, my whole accent changes to cheech and chong. its subconscious i dont know why.
I prefer the pissed off tourist approach mixed with a southern accent it always does me well in foreign places
shut the fuck up tommie
I wish to uh ....maka love in you
These guys are the beastie boys. I admire their ingenuity and tenacity to deal w the terrain, people, trucks, and danger. Good luck w ur enterprises in Africa. Like the fact that they understand the Africans and also try to help the people.
Wow this is so fun. Thanks for this journey
Born and raised in Tanzania, I was just smiling watching this documentary waiting for them to enter Tanzania and face the corruption...if you are not from there, you won't know your way out of it.
Thyseer Backyard Garden If they had gone through Kenya they would have N.E.V.E.R made it out.
I was too. Thinking how these guys going to get through in Tanzania
For corruption, need dollars and cigarettes. Otherwise known as a matabiche. I one gave 3 cigarettes to a congolese soldier
I lived in Tanzania for a year(2022) and the people are very welcoming and friendly, the only problem in the country is that nothing gets done in the time it should be, they will stop a piece of equipment on a production line for 3 days to do a job that should be completed in 6 hours, loosing 1miljon Tanzania shillings every hour that it's not in operation, and the startup costs are around 2 times as much as the equipment lost during standing time ... And in more than one circumstance they restarted the equipment before ensuring that it was safe to do so resulting in double the startup costs
Why you take picture? Why not? Why? Why not? Ok, go.
+Alex Ing LOL that guy!!
+Alex Ing It works everywhere it seems
Driver with long hair is a dang ol badass
31:54 Best line of the entire show! How many people in life can honestly say that?
That guy Ray seems like a hell of a resourceful type of guy to have along for this kind of work. Like others, I noticed how he adopted an accent when talking to some Africans. It's kind of funny, but I understand it. I've worked with Punjabi Indians, South Africans, and other folks who have a very distinctive way of coloring their english...and without even realizing it when you are in the midst of another culture you kind of adopt their accent while communicating with them. It's not exactly necessary to do this to be understood or anything, it's just something you do without consciously thinking about it.
+Mog Yeah man, it's funny. I used to think my father was demeaning people when he changed his word pronunciation and drastically simplified his syntax and grammar whenever we were out of the country. Now that I work outside of the US, I find myself doing it as well so that the locals can understand me more easily. Funny too is that the grammar simplifications change from country to country depending on how their native languages work.
+Ethan hahaha I thought i was the only one doing this kind of thing.
Haha most def 😁
+Ethan It is all about bringing down barriers and blending in with the locals. If you are trying to survive and get something done, it is a useful lubricant.
+Mog using local accents is also useful as a bargaining trick.
Why can't vice make more things like this
they used to be good
because usually vice viewers get offended by every shit they see online
They hate capitalism
What do you mean you dont want to see VICE's 10 millionth video about weed?
M JP STOP BEING SO OFFENSIVE!!!.
You are taking a picture WHY!? WHY NOT!?? Love it lol
I know what Ian is going through, I personally am a fixer in India, I know the troubles and the rewards..frankly, Ian has the guts to take it on, India is a different market.
im a fixer in mexico so i had some wild adventures like those guys had!!..i once took a train engine from the north east border of mexico all the way to the border with guatemala!!... i wasnt the driver of the truck i rode along fixing any logistical problems we had, damn good times!!!....cheers from mexico!!!
"Bought trucks sight unseen" They ended up in crap condition. Who would have guessed.
and they just deliver trucks that are totally fucked.. same as if they were in good condition? it makes you think the trucks were just transport.. what was on the trucks is what they were really delivering
That truck driver was a very impressive young man, coming from the States and then basically having to run the operation,deal with the locals and the cops,he was respectful to everyone.
Eceryone I meet that has experience with our people always say we are the most helpful and friendly
I watch this at least once a year
22:57 - I laughed too hard 🤣 “You’ve got a chicken” - Lady: “Yes” 🤣🤣
Pay her a couple pounds to cook it and have a nice chicken dinner.
Why? Why not? Why? Why not? Have a good day.
If you can make it in Africa you can make it anywhere
Speech 100
"I didn't get sick from drinking the water in the Appalachias I won't get sick from that!" that's what I thought until I got salmonella in Bolivia.
i got salmonella from eating 7/11 watermelon
@@festusbojangles7027 that’s so on brand for 7/11
Bolivia is kinda nasty dude
first goal was 3 weeks, took them 57 days LOL
This would have been a dope mini series or something. I want another episode!!
That Driver / Mechanic Ray Sines is a BOSS! He needs his own show (6 years later)!
just marry the bro
The Russian oligarchs summed up a similar situation best. The system is not corrupt, corruption is the system
really,and rest of the world are angels . .crooks are crooks everywhere my friend.
yah, but the russians have a special nose for it, and they infiltrate the crooks everywhere and do business with them.
Khazars. Not Slavs.
s casino I think you are confusing Americans for Russians.
If this isn’t an adventure, I don’t know what is.
Very fun to watch and interesting documentary. However I found a somewhat significant portion of the narration audio to be heavily distorted in some parts usually towards the end of whatever sentence they were speaking.
They need to hire the Clarkson, May, and Hammond as drivers for the next convoy, would make some good TV and probably get some clout to move them through quicker
I expected to see a bunch of guys in a convoy with armed security hauling expensive equipment to a war zone for big $$$. Instead I saw a couple of poor unarmed men paying fines to corrupt police every 50km and stuffing bannanas in their axle to keep the truck going long enough to make it. What a waste. Don't those corrupt police realize for every truck they stop, 10 trucks won't even attempt the journey? You can't prosper in these conditions with corruption and without unfettered access to the infrastructure.
Oh - and did anyone notice the insane amount of wrecked trucks? Who pays for all that? It has to be some socialist government somewhere. The drivers don't own those trucks or they would not be wrecked. What you are seeing is the end stages of socialism - where 50 people depend in some way on one earner. Or 500 corrupt police and roadside vendors depend on 2 truckers in this case. You all have to make it on your own - because a government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.
@@Greg-yu4ij what you just said is pretty much why Arfica is the shithole it is. Should be a prosperous continent not a poverty stricken, oppotunityless hole.
Africans don't think farther ahead than one day. That's why it's a sh1thole.
Greg Purdy - Rather than saying they’ve gone through all the stages of being a socialist country like Sweden, and this is the final stage, I’d say it’s more like the beginning stage of modernization. How do you think the American West was, with Conestoga wagons, outlaws, train robberies, mob justice, lynching parties, gun-slingers, bounty hunters, people fighting over land ownership? Was that post-socialism, or pre-anything? Give them time. There are some good people in Africa, and there are some cheaters. There’s war all over the place there. The vehicles they’re taking to the client, are going to be used to remove land mines in South Sudan. The problem with the government systems isn’t that they’re socialist, but that they’re autocratic and kleptocratic. And at every stage on the chain of authority, people are trying to get a piece of the pie for themselves. But the police in this video seemed pretty okay. They have to check trucks because there’s all kinds on contraband, including arms, and human being trafficked, and there are many militant groups and many war-zones.
*humans
Gets threatened to get killed Casually proceeds to drive the truck like nothing even happend
Omg .. I thought this was going to be rubbish .. can’t believe how interesting it was … well done to the two truck people … I really enjoyed this documentary … I salute those cowboys