@DeNaga1995
Love how Simon found an office in the middle of the Darien just for this video, that's some dedication
@Lim3S0da
Me, a Panamanian American, learning more from Simon about Panama than I ever have. Great job!🇵🇦❤️
@danieljordan9004
I am convinced you must have the record for the most channels on YouTube. Seems like every week I come across a new one.
@wanderingpaws3111
You have to admire his genuine joy talking about Vessi shoes.
@bartfoster1311
I have a friend that moved from Cuba to Chile to save money to come to the US. His family traveled through this area and it sounded brutal. A 14 year old with the group slipped and fell of a cliff at night and they couldn't even stop. He is still having stomach issues from parasites in the water years later.
@MajesticOneThree
I can imagine a Scottish ancestor of mine hearing about the horrors of the Darien and still thinking “anywheres better than Glasgow”
@scottk3034
Was stationed in Panama back in 1990 we had maps of the Darien that were completely blank except for a small area in a edge because it hadn't been mapped yet.
@wendysmith2905
My husband is from Panama and spent his childhood crawling through the jungles of the Darien Gap. He has seen some CRAZY things, and it has made him believe in the supernatural.
@mikesandate3222
Passing this area is like playing Oregon Trail on expert mode
@nestortomaselli6372
I’m Venezuelan. I left my dying country back in 2011, and came to the US after a couple of years of living in Ecuador through the safe (but long) legal route. Hearing this makes me so happy that I left early. It’s getting increasingly harder for other Venezuelans to immigrate north legally, let alone leave the country. Hence, they are left with few options - this being one of them. I am very, very lucky.
@kingnick6260
“Even the trees are trying to kill you” I lost it 😂
@maddiethomas5892
Thank you, Mr. Whistler and everyone. I'm glad to hear there ismsome kindness in this challenging place. I look for acts of kindness in every story.
@tracywilkinson1820
I’m from Panama. Nobody went into Darien (it’s a province). Also the Kuna (now Guna) have the highest incidences of albinism of any other people. They call them “moon children” and it’s very common to see them in the cities. The mola artwork of course is beautiful.
@1WillyK
I'm friends with one of three guys who crossed the Darien Gap with bicycles as part of their around the world tour. He has spoken to the National Geographic Society about this years long adventure. His description of the crossing is amazing. Snakes, big cats and bandits. His story of the world tour is very little known that should be made into a documentary series and would probably make a great movie as well.
@pinkace
I'm from Panama, and it made me so happy to see my nation in the channel 🙂 As a child we were all taught the importance of preserving this rainforest. This is remarkable because they were teaching us about conservation in the late 70's, way before it was even a thought in the minds of the rest of the developed world. Yea I'm old haha 😛
@Lord_Ralph
I've sen two (well, three: Ben wasn't alone) Youtubers cross the Darien Gap. Noraly - Itchy Boots - took sketchy boats across the Gap, and Ben - Bald and Bankrupt - took the land route. Ben had to censor out a lot because of the bodies they came across along the way.
@joshuamurray5260
A friend of mine that works with me crossed the gap by foot to get here in America from Venezuela, the videos and pictures he has is breathtaking to say the least let alone the stories
@beano9343
Nice work Simon and to the writers. This was really interesting to watch and I bet it took a very long time to put together. You had me wondering if it might be nice to see as a tourist at first, but it's now on the nope list.
@return4570
Fantastic video on the gap - easily one of the best I've seen
@Places302