The night part of the journey. Hard to capture it on camera, but the atmosphere while surfing that train was amazing. The thick fog surrounded the wagons while leaving just enough visibility above to see thousands of stars shining down on us while silhouettes of mountains huge mountains loomed in the distance. The air was cold and moist, but that just made use feel refreshed and forget that we were on our feet for the past 12 hours. The mystique surroundings and fact that we didn't think we w...
2020-12-23 20:09:13 +0000 UTC
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This surf was a dream-like experience. Warm weather, amazing views and calm surroundings. Of course it wasn't stress-free and definitely had it's challenges. The train schedules were unpredictable, the constant hide 'n' seek with the workers and the cold nights kept us on guard, but, still, this journey stood out as the most relaxing surfing experience I've had so far. Every new place the train stopped felt unique and, even though we worried about our pace, we weren't disappointed during down...
2020-12-14 23:12:42 +0000 UTC
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Little something while I'm editing a bigger thing. Next video will probably the same style, but the one after that should be a journey. Thought these hotel's would be interesting enough to share as when we stumbled on them they left us pleasantly surprised.
Will try to upload more often. Thanks for the support!
2020-11-23 14:44:04 +0000 UTC
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Time to go back underground. I knew about this bunker for quite a while, but never seemed to find the way in. With the help of my friends from Latvia, who helped me sneak in - I finally got to experience it. Apart from the main hall and the "poster room" being filled with random vehicles and junk, this is one of the most well preserved bunkers I've visited and is definitely one of my favorites.
Btw had to sneak in late at night so it was around 3am while I was filming this (and I was u...
2020-11-09 17:39:28 +0000 UTC
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Since youtube removed the previous part - this is the re-upload. It is paired with part 4 as to create a new video. Hopefully this will not be recognized as a re-upload of a striked video and will not be flagged by random people again. If it happens, I will upload the full journey to my second channel and start uploading new adventures I have recorded over past months on the main channel.
Regarding the events in the video - this is the explosive finale! Action, drama and b...
2020-10-30 23:06:04 +0000 UTC
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EDIT: This video got takedown by youtube. Working on bringing it back.
The more relaxed part of the journey. Felt euphoric after the previous day's surf.
Regarding the scares uploads this and previous month - I am traveling every other week to film as I want to go back to weekly uploading (hopefully November). Next part might be delayed due to this as well, but I will try to upload it as soon as I can.
For those interested this is the editi...
2020-10-11 10:38:45 +0000 UTC
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The big surf. Took about 20h+ in total and I filmed something every hour of it. Even though it sounds monotonous, a lot of different events occurred on that train during that time. It definitely wasn't a calm experience, but we enjoyed it!
Again, will try to upload part 3 next weekend, but, since I got a trip planned quite soon, it might be delayed by a week. Will let you know.
Thanks for supporting my work!
2020-09-19 21:52:18 +0000 UTC
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Biggest journey I've done so far. The start was big too. Before we even got on the train, we had to figure out how and where to live while waiting for the train to come. Multiple failed attempts got our motivation down, but we were stubborn and had no plans of giving up.
This should be a fun one to watch! I will try to post a video per week or as often as I can, if I start traveling again.
Thank you to all the patreons that have stuck with me through thi...
2020-09-12 17:33:09 +0000 UTC
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I'm still in the process of solving my personal problems, but, with more spare time, I have started traveling. It is difficult during this time and I am taking precautions to keep safe. I have journeys planned and will try to get back to uploading in a month.
Thank you to all new and old patreons! The wait will be worth it.
P.S. I appreciate all the personal messages. I get too many to respond to, but I'll try to for some.
2020-08-06 21:24:13 +0000 UTC
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This video was supposed to be released last week, but due to some personal problems (nothing I can't handle) the editing was delayed. Regarding next week - since most countries I'm surrounded by have their borders closed, I am forced to explore the country I'm stuck in which does not have many interesting places to offer. I already have plans for a journey at the end of june when some countries open, but for now I do not have any footage filmed that I think is worthy of sharing (I was also co...
2020-05-30 19:38:23 +0000 UTC
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Since there was a lot going on in this video and it wasn't a journey, I didn't know how to title it interestingly, so I did the basic of picking one interesting event and highlighting it to represent the video. Hope you enjoy the towers and rooftops along with bunkers!
I am still not able to travel abroad so I sneaking around local spots I did find some interesting places worth filming. If I have enough footage to edit - I will upload a video next week, if not, I will explore until I do...
2020-05-14 18:28:49 +0000 UTC
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This was a weird mission. Fun though. Added some extra footage at the end from the following evening as I felt it fit the vibe. Hope you enjoy! New video either next week or week after. Complicated plans going on right now so not sure bout the schedule.
Thanks for the support!
P.S. I answered a lot of messages, but still have some left - will try to get to them soon.
2020-05-08 19:17:00 +0000 UTC
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I am back after an unexpectedly long work-break. I took the time to record/edit a new adventure to finish my album, finish filming/editing music video for "distance" and prepare couple more video for next week. Regarding this video - it didn't turn out quite the way I anticipated, but in the end, I still made it where I set put to and it was a fun little adventure during this quarantine period.
Like I've mentioned - I have some videos ready for next week as well. I do not promise to return...
2020-04-30 20:51:23 +0000 UTC
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This one like a throwback video, but with a twist. With my previous documentation of this place getting so much attention, guards have been on stand by for new trespassers. Was fun to find an alternate way in and explore.
I am also contemplating taking a week off as I am working on a lot of stuff at once, plus want to film something new and just have fun. Not sure if I'll do that yet, so this is a heads-up.
Hope you enjoy the vid & thanks for t...
2020-03-26 20:13:43 +0000 UTC
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It is finally uploaded! With this part the winter chernobyl journey is finished. Even though the quarantine is preventing me from leaving the country and even traveling inside it, I have enough videos filmed to last for awhile. New video next week!
Hope you enjoy! Thanks for the support!
2020-03-21 12:36:39 +0000 UTC
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Hi all the new people! Numbers growing faster than I could've hoped for and I feel very appreciative of all of you! With this increase in income and viewership I have even more motivation to travel more often and find more interesting places to explore. I will try to do as many trips as I am comfortable with before they close down the europeon borders due to the virus. Even if the quarantine happens sooner than I anticipate - I already have a library of quite a few videos to edit and share wi...
2020-03-12 20:34:09 +0000 UTC
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New week - new episode! Schedule changed a bit, as you might have noticed. With the unpredictable daily routine I am currently functioning in, it gets difficult to always upload on a certain day so I need some buffer time. I am extending the schedule from wednesday to thursday. Now I will upload videos every week either on wednesday or, if I need more time to finish editing, on thursday.
Hope this clears things up! New video next week.
Thanks fo...
2020-03-05 15:54:40 +0000 UTC
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As a celebration of 600 patreons here is a new Chernobyl journey. This one was quite intense and more difficult than the previous one. As with the previous one, there will be up to 5 parts and each will show unique events from the trip. Many more exciting situations coming your way! in other words.. hype!
New video next week. Thank you for the support!
2020-02-27 20:03:05 +0000 UTC
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I make this post now as I was not able to make it when the video was uploaded. As some of you may know - I was filming my next journey and finished not long after this video was shared.
Thank you to all new partreons! Because of you I have recently filmed a great journey and I will start sharing it next week (might not be wednesday as I have only started editing today). It will definitely be worth the wait!
2020-02-22 20:44:05 +0000 UTC
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Back to the basics with this one - crawling around the soviet underground mazes. New video next week will be on schedule too! After that - will try to bring you another journey.
Content should be coming steady. Thanks for the support!
2020-02-12 20:16:06 +0000 UTC
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With this harsh and exciting journey over, I am ready for new adventures! As "tv-commercial" as that sounded, it's true - I have already filmed a couple videos in quite interesting places that should hold you over enough in the following weeks until I pick the right place to film my next journey.
Thank you for the support!
2020-02-06 23:33:35 +0000 UTC
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As some of you may have guessed - this video was posted today as it has been a week since the strike and I am free to upload until the next one.
I have re-purposed the "shieyLIVE" (new name "shieyfreedom") channel into my backup/second channel, in case my main channel gets randomly deleted or I get banned from uploading for more than a week.
Nonetheless, the videos will continue and I will always find a way to bring you this content.
Thank you for the support!...
2020-01-31 23:20:53 +0000 UTC
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My channel violates youtube's arbitrary guidelines. Some random videos have already been taken down. If I start getting strikes and will be prevented from uploading I will share my videos (uploaded from another channel) here. Patreon so far is my most stable source of income so it makes sense to prioritize sharing videos with you.
Thank you for your support! Adventures will not stop. New upload next week.
2020-01-22 14:14:46 +0000 UTC
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By choice I have been absent from social media for the past couple months. I am slowly getting back to it and will start uploading next month.
Firstly, I appreciate all the new patreons that have chosen to support my work and all the old ones that stuck around.
Secondly, although I was absent from youtube, I have not stopped adventuring and do have content filmed, however, I have one more journey to do before I want to start uploading again. Once I am done and...
2020-01-02 00:51:56 +0000 UTC
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The final part of this Chernobyl journey.
Journeys, in general, are not over. I have been planning something the past weeks, don' t have time to do it yet, but another journey is definitely in the works. Also, I am loosely planning another visit to the exclusion zone, this time checking out different objects like the reactor 5 and the machine graveyard, but that is going to happen a bit further in the future.
The next videos are going to be a bit shorter ones as I do not have a fu...
2019-11-07 15:24:02 +0000 UTC
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Just like this one - next part you should expect to be on schedule too! It's not over yet, but I'm already planning my next adventure.
Thanks for watching & the support!
2019-10-30 19:02:42 +0000 UTC
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Finally! Part 4 will be on schedule - next week, wednesday 21:00EEST.
As always - thanks for the support & I hope you enjoy!
2019-10-24 21:53:45 +0000 UTC
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Oh yes! Part 2! Taking a couple week break after this, but the series is definitely not over. At least two more parts are going to be uploaded after I come back (and a lot of interesting stuff will go down).
As always - thanks for the support!
2019-09-30 18:30:30 +0000 UTC
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A bit of a late post, as I keep forgetting to make these. Part 2 will be coming out on the 30th, as the sponsor I'm working with for that video, want's it before Oct. 1st. After that, I will take a break for a week or so and the remaining parts will come when I'm back.
Hope you enjoy, thanks for the support!
2019-09-26 06:24:56 +0000 UTC
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Full Switzerland journey! Didn't want to upload 5 & 6 seperate, as I feel this journey is best watched in one video.
Hope you enjoy! Thanks for the support, as always!
P.S. The patreon post earlier was a mistake as I made a scheduled post for Day 5 & 6, but forgot to delete it after I've decided to re-render and upload the full journey.
2019-09-20 19:22:52 +0000 UTC
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