Sri Lankan Road: Drive at Your Own Risk! 🇱🇰

I have to move whoa you're winning check this out fuck slash-and-burn agriculture i presume the heat air is insane I don't think I'm gonna very hot huh you see it's even even catching on over here yeah can't stand here for long because the heat is unbearable but I really wonder how they control these things I mean you can see here it's catching on over here now and it's glowing I mean if I stay here much longer my motorbike is gonna catcon I'm gonna do a u-turn Wow that is unbearable but I'm actually going in the other direction so we're gonna have to do a little turn around and then we'll see you can see its eyes coming out into the road now oh hello is this your fire it is your fire look now it's now it's already arrived to where I was standing with my motorbike one second ago Wow it's even cross the road the fire and in there they quotes my motorbike whoo check that out I just have to check that my bike isn't on fire hi let's stop here for a second and just lo and behold so you can see there now it crossed the road on its own and I really wonder how the hell they control these things austere helmets bro that's why I wanted to stick around for a little bit because I knew it would it would spread like wildfire wow it's moving fast let's hope it doesn't that's the problem as you see there on the road now I mean it's it's really catching on so this is where I was with my bike just a couple of a minute ago are there to come ha ha the fire department oh no it's really catching on look are you gonna stop that Jesus Christ isn't there a house right there it's your fire yeah I don't think they planned this one properly make that out well I don't know where to stand I guess here it's the safest Wow Jesus Christ Bracey yeah I guess that's that's the fire he's panicking about because his house is right there [Music] thank you sir let's go down here and check sex is too too much smoke I can't go there Wow I have to move whoa whoa dangerous smoke inhalation Wow too much smoke to be there as soon as it let me take the key as soon as it dies down right here then we can go and see what's happening over there but he's running around with a little bucket of water trying to stop it and a smoking heats the problem can't go closer well it's a lot of spectators the locals are wisely standing on you know far away from where this is happening here too though I don't [Music] really curious as to how they're going to stop this because this is going to burn right through yeah you see it's catching on that sweets gonna go up in flames and I'm gonna be here to document it by the way here there let's do a little investigation here here they are running around with water buckets I just worry about my bike because when this goes up and my bike is right here let's move the bike further up the road and then we come back he's getting seriously hooked and smokey here too now Oh here we'll be safe I think hello guys this is your fire it's your fire no but this is your house no don't you think the fire is gonna come here yes to the house no no it will stop here but the other side it's already burning don't you worry about your house next night kiss over there with the water yeah all right I'll go and have a look that little bucket of water that he threw there actually had a big effect check it out one bucket and he killed that fire the man in in this house let's [Music] I want to see how how they're containing this fire over here well this looks like a wasteland now [Applause] hey yo beating the fire oh you're winning take this out very effective crazy where's he getting the water from Carol investigates the water from here let's see hello there are you a firefighter too did you stop it I think you did us from here [Music] oh it's unreal the smoke in this whole area yes their houses - I mean this one's made from what the toilet is made from stone this one is made from mud always catch it on this your home that's your home ah well ok let's see yeah but no fire anymore you stop it already I think here I was thinking that they would not be able to contain this but they are with just a couple of small water pockets they beat it up here just to show my eyes whoa oh you mean the women are fighting hello you defeated the fire Oh you stopped it finish oh are you a firefighter to the old family is here oh now it stopped over there too awesome good job high five bye bye ah here we go you win awesome this but who what do you grow here rice yes Raisa hello al about old man no English no English so that's English all right good luck good luck oh yes it's time to uh I am on a pretty long road trip today it's another three and a half hour drive and now I don't know how much time I have well I haven't wasted time here this was interesting but it's just been I can't believe it's just been 13 minutes since I started filming and it feels like half an hour but I guess this thing this the fire burnt out them rather quickly and I guess they they plant new crops there at some stage Germany Germany yes Deutschland you know Germany Europe yeah this your home ah you stay here all right nice nice village good luck guys good luck [Music] oh it's still going though still going strong what to do throw some more water no water I know it's not coming it's stuffing okay awesome alright guys I'm gonna be on my way by bhai I'm from Germany man smugly oh I'm going Germany's that way I'm documenting my travels through Sri Lanka nice to meet you guys good luck bye bye okay I don't know wow this house is look win and I don't really know what kind of episode this is if it's a roadtrip episode or or what but anyway I'm mighty hungry now so I'm gonna continue and soldier on what's that are you talk to your friend your friend my friend no he's not my friend why can't you be my friend too okay guys good luck bye bye I love this this little conversation is my friend is my friend yes you see my friend yes oh man uh nice motorbike huh it's a thousand CC oh but sometimes it's rather rough to start let's see alright we're good to go bye bye alright that was it for this episode of Howell investigates sri lankan forest fire see you at whatever pitstop I will make when I finally find a city

Channel: Harald Baldr

Views: 383,143

Rating: 4.8162255 out of 5

Keywords: Sri Lanka village, Sri Lankan Villagers

Id: wqjJFl9XRM8

Length: 16min 5sec (965 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 12 2019