I Drove a Car 17 Hours in Africa (had to bribe police)

So you can see just out the window there, I don't know how much you can make out. I'm trying to be discreet here obviously. Welcome back to Senegal, another day here in West Africa, the most western point of Africa actually. Today we're doing something that I've never done before in all my visits to Africa. I'm gonna go and rent a car and try battle the Senegalese roads all the way down to the southern border, cross over that southern border into Gambia. Very interesting country Gambia, very very small country. So we're gonna go to the airport, that's where we're gonna rent the car from. Check out the traffic on the way though and we'll see what we're up against. A bit nervous but why not try something new, never driven in Africa, why not? So a bit of an update, the driver, he's taken the back roads to save money on tolls even though you book these rides with tolls. So current situation, seems like we're going on a tour through the back streets of Dakar now. So that should have been about an hour trip, be pushing two hours maybe now. Car we're in currently is moving at a pace of one horsepower. Oh and when you saw that Google Maps distance there, basically any distance in Senegal or similar African countries, times it by at least 1.5, it did say what five to six hours to drive to Gambia. You can beat your bottom dollar, it won't take that long, take longer. At times like this, you can lose your mind or you can find it funny, those are your two options. Try and stick with the latter for now. Just stopping because we've been driving for like an hour and a half and we've still got like half an hour at least to go. And I drank 1.5 liters of water before I got in the car and I thought it was going to be a 50-minute trip, but it's not looking that way. The driver also tried to take me to his son's soccer game on the way. This is actually the premium option of the Rideshare app here. Okay? Okay, yeah. Okay. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Have a good trip. Have a good trip, yeah. Bye-bye. Made it. That's two hours. Should have taken half that, but you know, here we are, Africa. Hello. I have a reservation. Yes, how are you? I'm good, how are you? I'm fine. Okay, hopefully we don't need that. Spare tire? Yes. Okay. Quick heads up, the woman's going to let me out, but they tried to charge me double for insurance and that's a massive car company sick. She told me it would be 40 euros for full insurance per day, which is quite steep. I normally buy it online, but you can't in this country, but then she doubled the price. I think it was an accident, with all good faith. She's a lovely lady. So, you know, she just made a mistake with the calculations and only because I checked my... I got a notification of the charge from my bank and it was like double the charge. It's like quite a lot of money. So, yeah, she's giving me more mileage because you can't get unlimited mileage in this country and we're going to be on the road for ages. But just a quick heads up, like no matter how big and corporate and polished the company looks, maybe even especially sometimes, double check everything that rental cars charge. I mean, I know you guys, most of you know this, but in my experience with rental cars, obviously, first time in Africa is a bit more complicated, but I've rented cars all over the world and you just always check and try to buy the insurance online first. Don't buy it from the company. Cool, I got to go. Hey man, so sorry. Hey, are you around? You know the car park like opposite downstairs? I know, yeah. Okay, do you want to come out here? Should I meet you there? Yeah. Okay, I'm coming here. Thanks, mate. Cheers. Hey man, so sorry. It's okay, it's fine. It's quite the day, dude, so far. Yeah, yeah. All right. Left, right? The left one, yeah. Right, okay. All good then? Yes. All right, have a good day. Bye. Okay, so I type it into Google Maps, Gambia. Here we go. Oh, we got to take a boat at some point as well. Here we go. In my country, we drive on the other side of the road. Oh, yeah. And the steering wheel is over there. I got full insurance, so... Nice. And we can crash. Hopefully not, but we can. Biggie is my right-hand man, you're my navigator, right? Yeah. But you don't have a driver's license, right? I don't have. Right. That's why the white boy has to drive. Yeah. But I know how to drive, but I don't have a license. Right. Yeah. You're probably a better driver than me. A bit of traffic so far, a few horses, but you know, it's not too bad. The roads are a bit bumpy at times, but nothing insane. All right, we're driving in Africa, right? Bonjour, monsieur. Merci. It's okay? Good? All right. I have no idea what I'm doing right now. Yeah, me too. I'm really impressed with the roads. These roads are really good. I mean, it's toll roads, but... I mean, you get what you pay for, right? So, the highway seems to be blocked here, so we're turning off. We are at a toll. Bonjour. Merci, au revoir. All right, we did it. We got some action now. So, a cop just tried to wave us down. He tried to wave everyone down, but nobody stopped. Is there lots of bribing here? Yeah. So, maybe he pulls over and finds like a problem, and then says like, money. That happens a lot? Yeah. Yes. Right, and then some people just don't stop for the police. It depends the way they tell you to stop. If they are serious, like stop and stop. I was just telling Biggie about the incident with the car rental. And you think that she might have done it on purpose to charge double the insurance? Yeah, I think she did it on purpose. Yeah. That's interesting, right? Because it's a big corporate company that's in basically any airport in the world. But you think that she's like doing some secret things to charge more? Yeah, maybe she will get like a commission. Really? From the company, yeah. Wow, what do you think of that? That's bad because they must give you the price they put online. Yeah. You see, but not to ask more and pretend that they make a mistake. Is this how you do it in Africa? Yeah. But you should make sure that it's good to... I will go, you know. Oh, should I look or just pull out? Yeah, you have to look. I'm just joking. I paid a lot of money for insurance. I want to use it. Honestly, I'm so impressed by the roads. Roads are always a good sign of a certain level of maintenance of a country, right? So, they're doing well. What kind of sandwich are you getting? Eggs and French fries. Eggs and French fries? Yeah. Oh, wow. You got the baguette, the French influence coming in there. Just combine the eggs and the French fries into a big omelet. Then you just chuck that in the baguette and... The baguette, yeah. Wow. So, that's 2,000 for that massive sandwich. 1,700. Is the toilet in here? Yeah. I'll just go real quick. This one? Shower, toilet. Thank you, madam. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Okay. Goodbye. Thank you. There is AC here? Yeah, I'll put it on. It's your favorite rapper, right? Stuck in a bit of a traffic jam here, but you can see the housing is starting to change a bit, and they've got straw huts here. Arrived at these salt flats. We just pulled over. Driving experience has been pretty nice so far. I actually almost prefer it than being a passenger. Maybe going forward, I'll do it again. Actually, let's finish this trip before I say that. Still got the border to cross, and I know that apparently the paperwork can be quite a mission for that. The drivers aren't terrible at all, you know? Like, it is obviously a bit sketchy a lot of the time, but in comparison to other African countries I've been to, the drivers are actually reasonably courteous. That's my own ignorance, isn't it? People used to like to consume the salt directly from the sea, from the lake. But now we have companies that treat the salt. Because before, if people use the salt directly from the sea, they have gout. Like, their neck gets swollen, you see? That's why now they take it to factories and put some chemicals to treat it. But that only happens to women, not men. Oh, really? Yeah, only women. So, we're just driving through the salt flats now. Salt flats as far as the eye can see. Bonjour, monsieur. So, we're about to drive over a huge bridge. Last time I came to Gambia, the bridge was old. Oh, so this is really new? This new, yeah. Local baobab trees on the side, the famous African tree. You just said you saw some monkeys, right? Monkeys, yeah. And you said there's hyenas around here? Yes. Attack humans sometimes? Yes. They're quite dangerous. Yeah, they are, especially at night. At night? They like steal babies and stuff? Even adults, they can attack them. We just stopped just before the Gambian border. We made it. So, that's pretty great. So far, so good. Touch wood. I'm gonna grab some water, find a toilet. Bonjour. Water? Water. Ah, merci beaucoup. This kind? Yeah, that kind. That's good. Merci. What's the amount? How much? 1,000 something. Okay. Do you have a toilet? Toilet? Yeah. Behind? Okay, I'll leave and come back. Loving the people in this country. Toilet? Yeah. This way? Merci. Just here? Okay, merci, merci. Here's the toilet. And if you're wondering... Yes, it smells exactly what it looks like. So, we're just closing in on the border. It's like 500 meters up here, so let's see what happens. Are you okay? Hey, what can I do for you? How long? The big bus. How long? 10 minutes. A few minutes. 15 minutes. Exactly. So, we can't wait for you all down? 5,000 sepa for 550. 10,000 sepa is 1,100. Can I just lend you a hand? You need this? No. It's Gambian. For free? No. So, we just had to do an awful lot of paperwork and cards and all kinds of stuff. But, to be honest, it wasn't that painful as far as border crossings go in Africa. We're officially about to enter Gambia. 20-minute drive until the ferry. Then we cross over the river, which is the Gambia. Country is named after the river. That was quite successful, right? Successful, yeah. Yeah. Everything is easy so far. Okay, so quick update. Missing my buddy. So, we got down the road. There was a police checkpoint. They asked for the papers. They were acting not the nicest, you know. Gave him the papers. Then they started to say that I've made many offenses and all this stuff. And they had this kind of energy that I was, you know, a criminal. Oh, wait. Our buddy's back. All good, dude? All good. Okay, sweet. Staying connected while traveling is something that I hold with utmost importance. Especially in destinations where it's an unpredictable situation and you want to keep your loved ones up to date with your movements when you've been taken into back rooms by police and having to bribe them, which you'll see in this video. 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Huge thank you to Hollifly for sponsoring this video, and let's get back to it. Basically what they're doing, right, Big E, is they like test to see how you respond. And if you respond like maybe timid or intimidated, they'll take advantage of that and see what they can get out of you. But if you like, you know, you don't want to be too rude, but you want to show, you know, that you're not going to be taken advantage of like that. Basically, the problem was that... First of all, he said we didn't have the proper paperwork for the car, but we did. And then we showed him, he said, this isn't for Gambia. And then I showed him, I said, look, it says Gambia on it. And then he was like, okay, but... And then they start to look for other issues. And then they found an issue which who knows how accurate it is because there's like free movement for many people or anything. But they started to... As soon as my paperwork was all in order, they started to go after Big E. When they asked for this to show the stamps of his passport, it wasn't in there. But we went through the whole system, Big E and I together, and they only asked for my information. He was standing next to me the entire time. They never once asked for his information. And then up the road, they say, you see, this is... And then they said, it's my responsibility because I'm the driver. But their colleagues like never questioned. They were super friendly and they said, yeah, yeah, just free to go. A bit of excitement, but we're through it, right? Yeah, yeah. I got the visa. Well, I shouldn't say we're through it yet because we still got to go back to see those guys. Yeah. All right, well, wish us luck. Au revoir. Okay, bye. So, now we're driving back because the guy, again, was telling us that we didn't have the right paperwork. So, we have to go back and get another paper. But that time there was a lady there and she was very nice and respectful. You know, I thanked her for being nice and respectful and I kind of gave the guy a look like... And he smiled, he said, what about me? And the whole time he had not smiled until that point, right? Yeah. So, they're just playing games, right? What do you think of this whole thing? I think you did it right. You know, you were not panicking. So, you talked to them confidently and that's what you need. But I mean, what do you think about the whole situation? The whole situation? Yeah, it's drastic, you know. Yeah. Because they expect you to know... Like, we told them exactly like what we're doing. Like, we're crossing and everything. And they just expect you to know like all the systems and then if you go through without it, then they're like... The guy literally said to me, you've committed many offenses today. I was like, what? Third time lucky? Yeah, I think yeah. Alright. Paid the money for the customs for the car to import it temporarily. Goats crossing the road. And then we went towards the place, had the paper, everything that he wanted. Said, this is the official stamp. Got there, he said, it's missing one stamp from the police. And then you could see it was a bit cross again, but mad. Gave me the paper, he said, no, this is the wrong paper. You're missing a stamp. And I'm like, I went and did exactly like literally word for word what you told me to do. And I said, okay, well, like, what do we have to do? We have to go back and he's like, pull over. So, he's, you know, doing his power play. And then he just stands in the middle of the road and doesn't exactly tell us what to do or when to do it. There's another checkpoint up here, I want to say. Okay, like I've got a lot to explain. Because another something just happened to that checkpoint. Okay, let's go back to the first guy, Mohamed. What was his last name? Senghor. Mohamed Senghor, right. Mohamed Senghor and the Gambian government. I hope you're listening. He makes us drive off the road, even though we had the paper. Just stands in the middle of the road, so I get out and go and see him. And then he takes me over under this tree. And then his colleague comes along and says like seatbelt. And he went like this. And basically said, your friend wasn't wearing a seatbelt. So, you know, there's a fine for that. So, even though he had said just five minutes earlier there was a problem with the paper, there really wasn't. And then he says, there's a fine. And I'm like, sure, fair enough. We were in the wrong, I'll pay the fine. How much does it cost? 15,000 Senegal. You know, like at that point, just get me out of there. We were saying before that we've probably driven more between that checkpoint and the border than like the whole distance from Dakar today. So, we're like, let's just pay it. Get out of here, get away from Mohammed. He's like, okay, well, I'll send them to get your receipt. I'm like, I don't need a receipt. And he said, okay, well, in that case, you can just give me what you feel like. We'll call it a day. So, he takes me over to his car away from the other guys. And I just give him 5,000 and he accepts it. So, basically, the whole time he had more checkpoints. I'll be back. Got through that one pretty smoothly. Had to show her about 15,000 pieces of paper, but we got there. Okay, so, then he shook my hand. But before all this, he got me for about five minutes to pronounce his name. And I couldn't pronounce it because it's a local last name. You know, I'm not versed very well in the language. Maybe that falls on me. My ignorance, but I couldn't pronounce his last name. So, we sat there for five minutes. Him saying, no, no, no, you say it like this. You say it like that. Say my name. I don't have a damn clue who the hell you are. Say my name. It's not good for tourists coming into your country. You don't want... You know, it's all good fun to make a joke about it and things, and like to make a little video about it. But like, if this is happening every day to tourists, it's just beyond frustrating for the people who are bringing money into your economy, you know. I understand life's hard, and you got to hustle and everything. But, you know, there's got to be a better way. Then we went to another checkpoint, and a soldier with an AK-47 was standing there. And he was pretty cool, though. He was super friendly. But then, at the end, he's like... You don't have anything for green tea for me in there? And I was like... I'm sure he's like... Is he asking me, like, if we have weed in the car? Or is it something else? But then, he told me that... Of course, it's the cash. At the actual border itself, the Gambian people were great. The one that I filmed the video there, that guy was nice. Apart from the communication and the paper and the systems and everything, there's nobody telling you where to go or what to do, and there's no, like, sign telling you what papers you need or anything. The border security at the place are nice. They're doing their job to the best of their ability, as far as I can see. But it's absolutely not acceptable what our friend Mohammed was doing. They're just obviously clearly looking for something so they can get money out of you. We'll leave it there. Let's try to get on the ferry. We'll see if we can make it. You're not gonna believe this. Just went through another checkpoint, of course. I don't know how many checkpoints are in this country, but they seem to be, like, every one kilometer. The guy pulled us aside, he said, the stamp's wrong, so we're back to the old stamp game. So, you're missing a stamp. And also, your friend isn't wearing a seatbelt. And I said, no, trust me. He definitely is wearing a seatbelt because I didn't tell him that we had a fine for it or a bribe for it. But I said, no, he definitely was. And then he kind of accepted that. And then, do you know what he said? He said, do you have the triangle, the emergency triangle in the back of your car? And I said, yeah, yeah, we have the emergency triangle. He said, do you have two? You need two. You have to have two triangles in your car. And I said, yeah, we have everything that we need in the car. Like, everything's all legal and everything. And he said, okay, but the stamp's still not right. So, you know, you're gonna have to, you know, help us out here, you know. We're trying to help you here. We understand there's a ferry coming and you need to get on the ferry. Just trying to figure that out now, actually. He pulled up an app on his phone where, like, the ferry was here. He's like, you guys need to go. Otherwise, I would send you all the way back to the border. And he says, come with me. Takes me into the back room where there's, like, this bed completely, like, old dirt shack. He says, so give us something. The smallest note I have in my pocket is 10,000. And that's all I had. And I was like, I gotta get out of here. So, I gave him that. So, that's, like, quite a big... Like, that's getting up there, right? And then he was so happy. I was like, this is quite a lot of money, isn't it? He's like, yes, that is a lot of money. Already paid two bribes and been asked for bribes by, like, how many people, you know? Sometimes they ask. And they're constantly looking at your eyes and, like, your face to see, like, could I get money out of this guy? You know, you could fight it. But you'll be sitting in an old dingy little house with some random guy with guns for ages just waiting. So, let's try and get on this ferry. I am sure you guys are getting so sick of me just sitting in the car and just talking at you. But, like, the situation is insane. We pull up and then some guy's telling us that you need the green tea. So, green tea is bribes. Do they have this expression in this region? There's people all around, like, banging on the doors and stuff. This is intense. We're trying to get a ferry. There's massive trucks coming through. There's, like, no organization whatsoever. Like, look around. Like, look at this. This is absolute bedlam. And then a guy comes and he's, like... I guess they're, like, these little kind of, like, freelance agents. Like, he was quite well-dressed and everything. He's doing his thing. He's hustling, you know. He's helping out. He tells me how it works. He's taking Biggie to get the ferry ticket, which you have to give them more green tea to get the ferry ticket because we didn't get the ferry ticket there. So, we have to get the ferry ticket here. That means more green tea is needed. So, he's gone with some green tea to try and get a ferry ticket. Like, everyone... Wow. Holding on to reality at this point. The police officer just came and I was filming. I was freaking out, you know. Some... Lots of places don't like when you got your camera out. Especially when you're filming at, like, near border areas. I'm driving forward, all right. Massive trucks, everybody trying to fit through here. Police officer knocks on my door. I haven't even... This is the thing that's happening. I don't get to tell the story of what's happened before something else happened. The police officer comes up to me. He's a legit cop. I see his, like, badge and everything. He says, the line is very long and if you wait here, you'll miss it. And he's like, the line is ages and ages away. Well, what you can do is I can take you to the front and I can put you in front of the line and then you can get onto the... Onto the ferry. I'm like... Okay, but my friend, my friend... He's like, oh yeah, he's at the ticket. Okay, that's okay. He's at the ticket. Okay, follow me, follow me. And then he comes back. Goes and speaks to another cop. Comes back. And he says, just wait here. Lock your doors. Put your windows up. Don't speak to anybody. I'll go find your friend and then we'll come back and we'll take you to the front. You know, it's down to complexion, obviously. I don't think that's breaking any news. Okay, the guy's coming back. Okay. Yeah, he's buying the ticket. You found him? Yeah, I see him there buying the ticket. Did you talk to him? No, I don't talk to him. I just see him buying the ticket. So, I left him there. So, I go now? No, no, no. You just join this car. Will you show me? Hmm? Will you show me the way? Yeah, yeah, okay. So, you can see just out the window there. I don't know how much you can make out. I'm trying to be discreet here, obviously. But now, the freelance agent that was helping us, the cops, get in. We go? Yeah, let's go, let's go. Just go. Go? Just go, yeah. My friend get in? Hold on a second. Let's go, let's go. Open the door. Yeah. Jump in there. Jump in. Okay, okay. Jump in quick. Jump in, alright. So, just go. Just join this car. Just go. What about this guy? Yeah. Just go, go, go. I have a space there. Just go like this. Let's go. Just go, go, go. Go to this place. Let's go. Let's go, let's go. Straight? Go, go, go. I'm going, I'm going. Let's go. Let's go, dude. The place is here. Here? Just go. I can't drive into the car. That car. Here? Join this car. Join here. I'm joining? Yeah, join here. Yeah, join it. Stand up here. My boss is here. Ah, it's okay. So now, you can easily go inside. Thank you. Now, we just help you, me, for me. Yeah. We just see what you got. Move, move. Let's go. Can you give us, have you got a note, dude, for this guy? Yeah. Just something medium. It's okay, it's okay. Dude, is that camera rolling? Yeah. Can you film it? Dude, I have never seen this much corruption in plain sight ever. And, you know, I've been to a few countries around the world, and, like, this is... I've never seen so much in plain sight corruption. Like, man, this is, like, mind-blowing, you know? Like, I've been to a lot of African countries, right? And Latin American, Asian. This is intense. Like, everybody's coming at you, you know? What do you think of it, mate? What do you think of it, Biggie? Yeah, it's a crazy situation. I'm overwhelmed now. You are overwhelmed? Yeah. Because every meter, some people want to get something from you, you know? Yeah. Dude, the cop jumped in the car. Yeah, you see? This guy's actually quite the legend. He's helping us out. Yeah, you don't have to. You're helping us out. Thank you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, you have to... You have to be ready. Yeah, yeah. So, like, people just snake the line. So, people just come out and push you out. And this car stalled. And so, like, three cars got ahead of us. So, when you are normally not in your car even... Yeah. You are out. Yeah. Right, right. You got to stay ready, right? Yeah. Ready to kill. All right, guys. It's getting dark now. Still in the line for the ferry. Our friend that you just saw, that guy is actually extremely helpful. I mean, he's hustling. He's doing his thing. But you got to respect it, you know? Like, he's out here. He's given heaps of useful information to us. He's hanging by us. He's showing us where everything is. Like, if we want a tea, if we want that, this or that. They've gone to grab a beer right now while I stay with the car. Biggie and the fixer guy that we just met. So, you got to respect the hustle. But yeah, he just told us that we might not get on this ferry. But then there's another ferry and hopefully we make the last ferry. Otherwise, if we don't make the last ferry, which is at 10, it's now after 7, then we'll have to stay somewhere around here. In the middle of nowhere, Gambia. Police everywhere. The police station is right there. Our fixer says, like, if you're a foreigner in a car, they look at you differently than a foreigner in a bus. I know that sounds stupid. Obviously, it's very clear. But just to make things crystal clear, if you're a foreigner in a car, they'll target you. Because they're like, oh, they've got a little bit more money than like the backpackers, right? If they can rent a car, then, you know, like that's the mindset, right? So, I'm just a walking dollar sign with this rented car and all this hassle. Let's hope we get on that ferry tonight, get to the hotel, pass out. We've been sitting here for like one to two hours. You see there's a car here next to me. So, what they do is they're pulling up so that if there's enough space, they'll just cut in. So, you got to be like eagle eyes. I'm just sitting here with the car on, ready for anybody. They pull up on the sides. They're trying to get in here, you know. This is like... This is rampant. This is... I'm losing it. These cars are coming down from the ferry. The ferry's arrived, right? And they're coming off. Yeah. So, now we have to get ready because... Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sneaky people. That's why this guy comes here, trying to join himself. Right. This car. And we have to ram him off the road. Yeah. So, you don't have to give him a little space to get in. All right. Yeah. It's in drive. I'm ready. So glad I got full insurance. This guy's just smashing his door against my car. And then a car hit the back of us before. The traffic's moving and this guy is trying to get in. This is crazy. Going around. This guy is trying to get in so hard, like I had to push him with my car. It's crazy. Now we wait. Everyone's lining up here. This seems a bit more calm and organized. There's official organizing it. But it's a mad scramble just to get to this point. But now we wait. Hopefully, then we get on and we cross. And we go to the hotel. Fingers crossed. The line goes way down to the end. And there's like a ferry dock there. And we're just waiting here. Hopefully, we get on. There's a chance that we don't. And this is the last ferry for the night. So, pray to God for us that we're gonna make it across. Otherwise, I don't know what happens. We go back into that town with all those corrupt cops and try and find some sketchy hotel or something. Wish us luck because this is... I mean, you know. Been waiting here for like another 40 minutes. And it's gonna take another hour maybe. Big day. So, here we are waiting. Walk to the front of the line. Here we are. Hopefully, the ferry comes. See, the ambulances get to the front. So, at least there's some kind of a system for emergencies. It was reassuring. It's kind of cool though because we met this guy who's in like a nicer car. And he's obviously been targeted as well. Senegalese guy. But he's traveling all the way down like through Gambia and then re-entering into Senegal because Gambia straddles Senegal. Funny that he says that the cops kept trying to get money out of him and stuff as well. So, if you got an okay or a bit above average car, you're just a target. Comradery always helps. I found this website where we can actually track the ferry. So, you can see it's coming. We're on the side that it's furthest away from on the right. The middle to the left there is where we're hoping to go. We're waiting on you, ferry. You can do this. The ferry has arrived. One step closer. Update. 11 p.m. We're this close to getting on the ferry. We've been sitting in this car for hours. I stopped filming. I didn't know what to say. We're still in the car. Nothing's changed. We've moved about 20 meters. And the ferry just left. The guy behind us has been sent away because he said that there's no way he's going to make it. Every layer is crushing. All these guys came out of nowhere. They're like, we're waiting for somebody. There was space and then like all these cars come through like the guy's mates or something. Now, they're putting up barricades. Is he sure that there's going to be one more? That's what he said. I can ask again also to make sure. Look how close we were. Apparently, that was the last ferry but now we're being told that it's not the last ferry. I seem delirious. I am. I've booked a hotel but I don't know. The lights are on but there's nobody home. First, we have to make it but I don't know if they have a reception open all night because we're not going to get there until like 3 in the morning or something. I'm lying here and there's mosquitoes buzzing around inside this car. Please, no malaria tonight. You know, at times like this, you can lose your mind or you can find it funny. Try opening and closing. We made it. We're on the ferry and the guy that was... He kept coming back to us. He's like, wait a second, where's my dinner? We gave him some lunch money, some midnight snack money because it's after midnight right now. It's not over yet though. I have to cross. It takes like half an hour at least. Got to drive through the capital city of Gambia to the hotel. Big people sleeping there. It's quarter past 1 in the morning. Oh, there's cops up here. Going for the camera man. Just got pulled over at another checkpoint but the guy was an absolute angel. Gambian police officer. Credit where credit is due. This guy was great. So, so far on this side of the ferry, it's been good so far. So, almost at the hotel. Almost there. It's locked. Bonjour. How are you? Good man, I have a reservation. Oh, okay. Yeah. How are you? Big day. 17 hours. So, so, you must be tired. Yeah, exhausted. Hey bro, how are you? Thank you, sir. Cheers. Wow. Okay. Thank you. It's actually two days later. Yesterday was a ride off. It's absolutely exhaustive. I'm going to talk directly to the Gambian government right now. You have a big problem, I would say. Something to address. It's not a good look when tourists arrive in your country and when they see a police officer, they feel unsafe. I was taken into back rooms and intimidated. It wasn't necessarily too scary as this has happened to me in much more dangerous countries. I've been interrogated in countries like Haiti and Libya by secret police and things. So, you know, it is always a bit unnerving to get taken into a back room by a police officer but at the end of the day, I knew everything would be okay and I knew what he wanted. But if a tourist comes here who hasn't traveled to countries and been taken into back rooms by a police, which is the more common eventuality, then what kind of a message are you sending about your tourism? Because I've seen online you talking about tourism and you want to attract a higher caliber of tourists because you have publicly stated that sex tourism is a problem in this country. But when you're treating tourists like this, what kind of people do you think you're going to attract? You know, do you think that people that get stopped by police officers and when they see a police officer they feel unsafe and when they deal with locals and locals give you tips about the police? You've got a big problem. If you want your tourism sector to boom and not fall into disrepair, sort it out. Like, honestly, I'm not normally this matter-of-fact about, you know, things towards governments but this is just like, it's inexcusable and there's no argument you could possibly make as to how every single police officer that we came along within five kilometers of the border either asked for a bribe and when we turned them down they said okay or basically forced a bribe out of us. Send this video to the Gambian government or post it somewhere so they can see it and let's try and cut back on this. At least pay the police officers or something because if they're that desperate for money, you know, easy for me a foreigner to come in here and speak on it. You know, I know that these people are facing hardships and they got to do what they got to do to feed their family but it seems like it's a systemic problem because I saw police officers sending out other people to get bribes and then bringing it back and literally handing it to the supervisor of the police. So this is a systemic rigged bribing empire. I'll leave the video there and in case I don't see you, good afternoon, good evening and good night and check in for the next video because I'll show you a bit about this beautiful country of Gambia that I've been extremely impressed about. We'll talk more about that, the good sides of it. But then we also have to drive all the way back to Senegal. And have you seen what happened in this video? Who knows what's gonna happen. Alright guys, see ya.