Harald Baldr

PYRENEES, FRANCE: After driving the length of Italy and the French riviera in just 36 hours I arrived in my favorite region of France; the Pyrenees. This was the site of the Albigensian Crusades there the Catholic church in cahoots with the French king sought to subdue or slaughter the Cathars. The Cathars were a christian sect whom the pope viewed as heretical, quite possibly due to there refusal to pay tithe, or a tenth of ones' earnings to the church. This whole region is littered with a ridiculously high number of epic hilltop castle ruins, many of whom were used by the Cathars to hide from the onslaught of the Frankish crusaders. The biggest of all these structures still standing today is the Castle Peyrepertuse. To get to the castle itself one must first drive up half a mountain, then treck through a forest and up towards the top of the peak. Sounds easy right? Well how about doing all this in utter darkness before the sun is up. Did I succeed? This and more in my night siege of Castle Peyrepertuse.

MUMBAI, INDIA: Dharavi, India's biggest slum, isn't exactly known for being a place where you can mingle with the locals over a couple of cold ones. But I'm not one to shy away from a challenge. I therefore took it upon myself to find a watering hole in Mumbai's roughest neighborhood so I could meet some local residents and hear their stories. Did I succeed or was this one Indian adventure even beyond the scope of this intrepid Northman? Find out in this episode where I go exploring and meeting the people of Dharavi.

INDIA, NEW DELHI: First night out in India and already fell for a scam. Karl Rock never warned me about this one! Is he colluding with these Indian scammers? ???? If any of you do watch Karl Rock's scam videos make sure to inquire as to why he doesn't cover this most sinister of all beer crimes. After failing to find a street stall to drink at we enlisted a rickshaw driver to take us to one. He dropped us off in a surreal area where we spotted a street stall with goats tethered to a railing. The owner waved us in and his customers encouraged us to join them. Awesome we thought and sat down. After a minute however we quickly realized that all wasn’t as it seemed. . . We’d been scammed by the Indian merchant. But how?

INDIA, NEW DELHI: I had mixed feelings about leaving Delhi and heading towards Rajasthan. I was truly excited to discover and explore a new state full of new colors and exotic foods but I wasn’t looking forward to the bus ride there. Indian buses are horrible I’ve been lead to believe and I honestly thought the journey was going to be a true nightmare. Oh boy how wrong I was. What ensued was one of the most entertaining yet comfortable bus journeys I’ve ever been on. So would you dare ride on this Indian bus? And what would you've done with the cookie? Let me hear it in the comment section. Also major props to the nice gentleman who was responsible for bringing the cookies. What a generous man. Since this video was taped I've had many bus journeys throughout India and they haven't all been as fun and comfortable as this one. Still, for anyone considering traveling from one Indian city to another, using the sleeper bus are generally a quite comfortable undertaking.

INDIA, NEW DELHI: I arrived in India with a fairly open mind, hell bent on creating the most entertaining videos YouTube has ever seen from the country. In that process I naturally had to put myself in a lot of uncomfortable situations. The video you're about to see which was shot at a New Delhi festival near the Red Fort was such a situation, In fact it was such a mistake, such a horrible experience that I felt like the Grim Reaper was upon me. So what went down and how did I get into this incredibly uncomfortable situation?

UDAIPUR, INDIA: Traveling in India had been a a pleasure up until this stage. Despite friends who've previously been to the country and you guys in the YouTube comment sections begging us to not travel on private sleep er buses we'd never been on a bad one. Leaving Udaipur for Ahmedabad though that was all about to change....

INDIA, RAJASTHAN: After finding a Royal Enfield to rent for a few days we set out from Udaipur in the direction of Kumbhalgarh fort. The journey began at 5:00 AM in pitch black darkness and in freezing temperatures. We were ill prepared. As the hours went on though it was clear that this was about to become one of the greatest days not only of my India adventure, but in my whole world travel career.

INDIA, UDAIPUR: Not all hotel hunts end well. Case in point, this one. After wandering the streets of Udaipur looking for a hotel that wasn't fully booked we found ourselves down by the lake where one of India's most famous 5 star hotels is located. The Taj Lake Palace of Udaipur is famous as it was featured in the James Bond movie Octopussy. Thinking we could do with a night of reveling in luxury after all the traveling, we decided to break our budget and spend the night at this epic looking island hotel. But the hotel itself had other plans....

INDIA, JAIPUR: This was a journey that kept giving. Scams, liquor store pit-stops, failed approaches and action from start to finish. All I can say is that traveling in India is something else and downtown Jaipur is no exception to this rule.

INDIA, JAIPUR: The bus journey through Hindustan continues. After leaving Jaipur in the direction of Jodhpur I decided to stick my head outside the bus window. There I saw a familiar character. Enjoying the fresh breeze in my long luscious locks I decided to continue hanging out the window and it was then that I noticed to my shock and horror...... the baddest biggest thug in all of Hindustan.

INDIA, JAIPUR: Having ridden motorbikes extensively throughout Asia and Europe I was mighty excited about my first journey in India. But first we had to find one to rent. Then we had to find out where to go. Luckily in Rajasthan there's an epic adventure lurking behind every corner and we didn't have to drive very far before we encountered some things you will never see anywhere else but in India.

INDIA, NEW DELHI: Finding a place to drink can be hard in New Delhi. It's even harder to find a place to do so in the streets of India's capital. So what to do? Find the nearest supermarket, make your own little watering hole and strike up some conversations with the locals.