A British tourist who makes it his mission to visit the 'most dangerous' countries in the world including Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq and says meeting the Taliban was 'one of the scariest moments' of his life. Ben Frier, 29, purposely goes to 'places people don't want to go' and shares his travels with his 180k subscribers on his YouTube channel.
He caught the travel bug in 2016, when he took a year out to travel around South East Asia and lived in Australia for six months. Since then, his destinations have become increasingly unusual - from a solo trip to Iraq in July this year, to a run in with the Taliban in Afghanistan last month.
Whilst his friends and family back home in Plymouth think Ben is an 'idiot' for visiting dangerous places, Ben says '99 percent of the people are lovely,' and says places like Syria are the 'most beautiful on earth'. Ben, a content creator, said: "I've been travelling full time since 2018, with the exception of when Covid hit, but it wasn't until a year and a half ago that I figured I'd go to countries people don't go.
