I Took The World's LONGEST Bus Route. It was BRUTAL.

I spent 6 days on the Transoceanica, the world's longest bus route - covering 4000 miles, 2 countries and 6 days on a grueling journey from Lima, Peru to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

[jackwalbyoff]

Roadside fried chicken on a 6 day coach trip with 1 toilet was very brave!

[j.l]

As a Brazilian I can tell you that you did EXTREMELY well. I would never, ever in my life get anywhere close to doing that. Well done. Really!

[Lloyd]

I think this video has cured my fear of flying

[shahirrahman]

Here is a tip for the future. A timer tracking the hours since departure by the corner of the video would be nice. 😊

[Quicksplinty]

"If you're not careful...criminals will stop the busses"

I'm trying to figure out how being "careful" could ever prevent that haha

[SSofIreland]

That pretending to be Russian as a diversion tactic was pretty damn slick, ngl

[Itchyknee]

"A Smart Water Bottle"... that has got to be one of the most over-engineered things i have ever seen in my life 😂

[mintismymeme]

Leaving your passport on the bus and it drives off without you and you don't know if it would come back? Straight out of a nightmare for me. PLEASE keep it with you at all times, Noel! You never know what might happen!

[CavaleraVi]

As a Brazilian that travels 8 hours by train, once a month between Vitoria and Governador Valadares I agree: phones with loudspeakers should be prohibited in Brasil. Some people dont know how to behave in public transportations.

[NickBurman]

Buses in Brazil are limited to 90kph (50mph) by law. This is strictly enforced, both by bus companies and the police through the use of speed recorders - bus companies read the recorder every time the bus pulls in for servicing, and the police can ask the driver to surrender the recorder disks if they suspect any speeding. Add the fact that piloting a juggernaut of a double-decker down undermaintained single carriageway roads is not a task for the faint hearted and you'll soon appreciate why speeds aren't something to write home about. This is a journey better don in stages, bus schedules permitting.

[jasonmw]

Did you know that between 1957 and 1976, there was a regular bus service between London and Calcutta, India? This 32, 000 km, 50-day round trip was the longest bus route in the world. The bus featured sleeping bunks and even a kitchen! For just £145, passengers received food and accommodation.

[rafaelvaliati]

Hi Noel! Glad you came to Brazil! Just one thing: around 34:00 you said that you were still in the Amazon, after going through Cuiabá, but that's not really the case. The southern part of Mato Grosso is well within the "Cerrado" biome, which is a savanna-type ecosystem, that actually needs some fires to prosper, although it has been getting out of control lately. Cuiabá is one of the hottest places in Brazil, and is routinely impacted by smoke plumes unfortunately.

[nowacurmudgeon]

You NEVER leave a transportation vehicle without your documents.

[roundgarage]

Back in the day, you just had to look in the bottle to see how much you had drank.🤣😂

[rodyk]

A Brazilian yt channel did this trip too from Rio to Lima. Funny thing about that video and this is that the Brazilian guy made a point to highlight each stop that you could take a shower. We Brazilians take many showers. Very different from an European centric view like this video where taking a shower is a sacrilege hahahaa

[jbeeee]

As someone who is starving every 3 hours, ALWAYS has emergency snacks on hand, and has GI issues, I am constantly in awe of your ability to go stretches without food or the bathroom!! Also, listening to TikToks without headphones is psychological warfare.

[asiamommi]

Frankly, I'm a little surprised you left your passport and other belongings on that bus.

[Acturust]

I love how he touches his foot from the pacific ocean to atlantic ocean in the beginning and the end. Truly a dedicated traveler, what a legend.

[JOSEPHRIDER]

The 1-2hr break is not for you, it's for the driver

[cesarvaldivia]

Hey Noel, Peruvian here. Thanks for visiting!! Just wanted to point out a few insights:
- For ease of pronunciation, you might find helpful to pronounce "Ica" as "e-ka", similar to ebook or email.
- Dry paw is an absolutely disastrous translation. "Seco" literally means dry, but in Peru that word is used to describe a sort of stew. "Pata" might be translated as paw in some context, but in this case just means the meat of the leg of an animal. You wouldn't have gotten an actual paw, with claws and everything. The correct translation would have been "X-leg stew" (depending on the animal).
- The use of headphones is also a very frustrating problem, even in everyday public transport. Many people don't actually mind that people around them are entitled to not be disturbed. I feel you bro

Btw, pretending to speak Russian to avoid scammers is a pro-gamer move. Couldn't have done it better