Solo Overland Travel - Offshore

The Real World We Travel In - South America : Asia : Africa : Middle East

All Images By Rick Hemi

A selection of street images captured through the continents spanning four decades. I've literally taken thousands of similar images like those shown below. This quick selection is more than enough to get the point across. Countries and locations have no importance here. It's about the Real World we travel and visualize. Images like these will rarely be seen, or have status in blissful travel blogger websites. The narrative is wrong. Images that show negative outlook between fantasy and reality have no place in fluffy travel websites. Everything must be presented as wonderful, beautiful, and awe inspiring to create the perfect online click bait increasing online traffic flow Aka - income. Airline inflight magazines including government tourism promotional advertising follow the same painted rainbow. Travel websites like my own, which are far and few, receive very low Google ranking and ratings for obvious reasons. Do I really care? Not at all, this website reflects both sides of offshore travel. The real world of everyday living and survival out there, is mostly ignored on purpose. Believing everything is just wonderful is fake fantasy.
Trendy travel sites promoting offshore fluff avoid linking websites like this to their own, because the subject matter is against the grain of what should be promoted - It must have that wow fantasy blissful effect - Follow the money.
Although I'm 100% sure, many do extract certain data and info off this website, churn, spin, recycling it to their own advantage claiming it's their own original work receiving some fake fame. I wouldn't expect anything less.  

Offshore overland travel isn't just about travel, it becomes educational, if one pursues it. Most foreign tourists stick to tacky island getaways partying hard out ignoring what they visualize en-route. They are more interested in capturing selfie snaps for social media likes. You don't require to look far, a quick walk around the block, up the street, or through lane ways capture images like this close to where foreign tourists congregate. The increase of poverty offshore is at all time highs, crime is at all time highs. Tourism must go on at all costs. Google, the airline industry and international travel bloggers all share and use common themes. It's about making and creating money flow using the butterfly perspective presented to their audience that everything is wonderful.

When your stomach growls because of hunger pains, you'll eat anything — even bugs, fake lab meat and cockroach milk. The offer of cats, dogs and donkey meat maybe off Western menus for the moment, but for how long, is anyone's guess. Only those who've been observing the diminishing food supply chain throughout the planet understands what's coming down the pipeline — controlled depopulation by slow kill starvation. Venezuela should have rung alarm bells, but was ignored. The ongoing killing of South African farmers isn't just about white skin. It's the reminder of what happened to Zimbabwe farmland and crops. Dutch farmers are now being pushed off their land. Fertilizer production, poultry and meat plants are self-destroying, all in lockstep. Outbreaks of massive wildfires in tandem isn't by coincidence — Global boiling agenda must be enforced by any means necessary. Fast forwarding to 2027, the planet will have no private farming or meat trade — all by design. WEF globalists have already forewarned their initiative goal plan on global populations — submissive draconian apocalyptic end time control on all creeds. If the globalists have it their way, consuming healthy meat will soon become a dirty habit and outlawed. Growing your own vege gardens, and owning ground water will be banned. Owning pets will be a thing of the past. Other's with empty stomachs would have already consumed them.
But in the meantime, Westerners will be soaking up the sun relaxing on getaway paradise islands without a care in the world. They will gladly reside in 15 minute smart cities (self-sustaining concentration camps) with controlled AI security, and never be happier. Cash would of already been replaced with CBDC. Everyone during this time period will constantly be loaded up with vaccine and booster jabs. They will also accept using advanced under the skin technology on their right hand or foreheads to buy and sell, welcoming the NWO beast system.
For reference — chip one : chip two : chip three : chip four : chip five : chip six : chip seven : chip eight : chip nine : chip ten : chip eleven 

I watched the local above coming around the corner at full speed. She was busily counting her cash stash while glancing down at the elderly woman. She continued walking past her without handing a peso. Maybe she had already handed money the previous day, or hours earlier before taking this shot, who knows. It's not unusual for elderly street beggars using the same location for years.  

Older people, the elderly offshore have zero government handouts, not like in western countries. They require to beg for survival, or use whatever musical instrument they can play, and hopefully collect enough donations for food. Next time you spot street beggars, or local buskers, at least spend some of your precious travel time interacting with them. Asking how long they've been busking, if they've come from a different region, buying a drink, a snack, or offering a donation may sound unworthy to some, but in their eyes everyday survival is their reality.

An image that triggers certain western tourists while eating at sidewalk tables. Western travel bloggers, travel influencers and tourism industry are the worst culprits. They avoid posting real time images like above on their websites — it doesn't make good clickbait income. Everything must be enabled with the WOW factor. Everything is about "Living The Dream"  

It's normal occurrence spotting children carrying stacks of firewood through streets in south and central Asia, the African heartland, and the Andean block. The above stacks of wood are delivery orders by children resold for profit earning small profit gain upon each delivery.   

These street images were captured through different timelines dating back to the '80s. They show the Real World out there, that nothing has changed. There's no escape of hard work earning an income. Any cash coming for free doesn't exist through the continents, unless it's stolen from others or handed down through deceased family estates.

Survival in the Real World is harsh, unfair, at times unbearable. It's something citizens in western nations could never believe would happen in their own countries, but now feeling the same pain. The vicious breakdown of the planet by globalists is ongoing, the extermination of useless eaters, the control of fossil fuels, the control of surveillance monitoring of your every move, of what you say, and how you think is where it's at in 2022. Agenda 2030 in the Real World is real to.

Street sweepers have their own designated areas to maintain. They receive the most basic income to survive from week to week. The image above was captured during the mid '80s, nothing much has changed with street sweepers, they're in constant demand spotted in sprawling urban neighborhoods.

Early morning shift, an urban big city street sweeper going about her daily work routine cleaning up litter from the previous night's onslaught from party-goers.  

Top left. school snap real world 1980s : Top right, school snap real world 2020s

Images captured spanning 36+ years between them. Education is only good as the person doing the educating. The Western world has fallen off the way side in recent years introducing woke genderism, sexual perversion and LGBTQ into classrooms of young primary students. As the saying goes, indoctrinate children at the youngest age possible. This is where parents require a firm hand over what is being educated (indoctrinated) into their children's minds. In the Real World, children are taught the basic standards of human procreation i.e. mother, female, woman, father, male, man, girl, boy etc. Anything else is recognized and influenced from adolescent age within different lifestyle circles.        

Women in the Real World are tough hardened. They know nothing better than how to survive, how to live on basic staple food diets with minimal income without questioning it. I can't imagine western females rolling 44 gallon drums around for a living, they wouldn't have a clue how to, or careless, because their typical daily reality, is all about makeup, finger nail polish, designer bags and how many likes they've got from their latest selfies posted on social media. It's images like this that travel bloggers ignore, avoid, and stay clear of because their travel narrative is about selling wonderful, blissful, romantic travel, even though the above image is within walking distance from a well known UNESCO heritage site.       

I've had a habit through continents since the '80's of strolling to the outskirts of cities and towns. It's here where one meets and is greeted by all different kinds of locals. It's also one of the best locations experiencing the Real World of poverty, despair and hardship. The vibe is completely the opposite of inner central city hustle and bustle. The local above was waving, inviting me to join him sharing a pot of tea brew, which I did, and believe it or not, it tasted better than those up market waiter served drinks in town. This image was taken during full scale war in the Middle East.    

Slogging uphill carrying 40+ kilos of stone pebbles on your back earning a daily wage is no joke. Most westerners, including myself probably wouldn't last five minutes let alone all day non-stop six days a week. Welcome to the Real World.

Laboring for a daily wage carrying loads of bricks is as hardcore as it gets. Welcome to the Real World of survival. Did I interact with this local before taking the shot? Yes, it's one of the many priorities of street photography that I had learnt back in the '80s. Without interacting with subjects first, two negative things can result. One is direct verbal abuse with no remorse, the second is a smashed camera lens. Have I ever experienced a smashed DSLR camera lens? No, not once. It's about analyzing your subject first, who it is, including the location which plays an important role. Learning the art of interacting with total strangers no matter the country requires different interaction skills towards each individual person. 

Women laborers at a construction site manually loading 8 bricks at a time walking back and forth non-stop earning a daily wage. This type of employment for woman is common practice for low income earners through Asia and Africa.   

These are Muslim woman. They're carrying heavy payloads of flour, sugar and rice back to their respected villages, sometimes 10-20 kilometers walking distance. These people are tough, hard as nails, and put most western woman to shame in regards to survival. Images like this are captured within the central heartland of Africa, especially throughout the Sahel region across to Somalia. Foreign males taking random closeup street portraits of Muslim women should be consented to do so prior before pointing cameras at them. Those who fail to so will find out the hard way of what can abruptly happen without warning. Respect is only learnt by self-respecting yourself first. 

No, the above image isn't from the 1920s, it's from the 2020s. Hot tar being hand poured on fresh laid gravel  on a stretch of open highway. Road workers in the Real World earn low basic wages and minimal protection gear. This old fashioned technique of road repair is seen through Asia and cantral Africa.

Using ruff thick sack cloth to keep warm is better than freezing to death. Did you know plain dry newspaper is an alternative to keep warm? How do I know? I've tried it. Survival in the Real World is no joke. I didn't photograph this subject for ridicule. I photographed this image to remind myself how fortunate enough I've been.  

The strength of one random street still image reflects Real World living. This elderly local is probably hitting 90, and still has the energy to get out and about collecting essential food supplies.

Collecting fresh droppings of dung is an age old habit dating back thousands of years. This local, like other young children throughout Africa, Asia, and Mid East, collect and prepare dung patties selling them off in bundles once they've been dried. I can imagine this eventuating through many western nations by 2030. Shutting down fossil fuel production is an evil agenda, a plan of control over populations. You can thank the rich Globalists, the WEF, the UN, WHO and other global institutions cutting off fossil fuel making all forms of fuel totally unaffordable.

Climate change is real, it's a political agenda to create endless billions in profit and power control. Reality Fact Check...
: Al Gore purchased an $8.9 million dollar ocean front villa in Montecito, California in 2009.
: The global banking industry is still selling 30 year mortgage beach front properties in the 2020s.
: Bernie Sanders resides in a $3 million dollar beach front property.
: Met Zucherberg paid $49.6 million for 350 acres at Pila beach, and $53 million for 600 acres at Larsens Beach.
: Trump owns multi-million beach front resorts in Florida.
: Dicaprio owns multi-million dollar beach front properties in Malibu and owns Blackdore Caye Island in Belize.
: John Kerry owns an $11 million dollar beach front property at Marthas Vineyard.
: Bill & Melinda Gates purchased a $43 million dollar beach front property in 2020 at Del Mar near San Diego.
: Obama resides on a $14 million dollar beach front property at Marthas Vineyard, and another $8.7 million dollar beach front investment located at Oahu coast, Hawaii.  

Throughout the Real World, it's still typical to see locals like above using basic transportation getting from A to B. The above snap was recently taken, so there's no dispute this type of ancient transport had suddenly disappeared in the last century. We in the West have taken most things for granted, and are led to believe EV will become the next global hit. When one really digs deep down into EV power, how useless EV power is outside from urban living, one quickly acknowledges how EV is useless. EV is far from clean energy especially those who've been pro EV indoctrinated over the last decade. EV is actually operated by dirty energy i.e. coal and gas energy charging electric vehicle stations, and child labor extracting cobalt from the ground in Real World countries. Imagine how much dirty energy will be required to globalize the entire planet with charging EV stations. Do your homework!

Image captures like above are worth more than a thousand words. I captured i00's of similar compositions having the same result - The Real World we travel and live in. Western nations weep and cry for cleaner environments, but Western nations have a habit of sending all their used ship junk to third world nations for demolition. What irony - Yes? Meanwhile, just a stone throw away from this location, foreign tourists flock to island getaways sunning, bathing and chilling out without a care in the world. International travel bloggers promote their wonderful clickbait experiences near this location with stunning selfies, but you will never see them, not one, promoting images like above in their websites. It's the wrong narrative, it doesn't sell well or make profit.    

Drug addiction is everywhere, there's nothing worse than cultivating narcotics for profit and then becoming addicted to your own supply. This is seen in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. Opium, heroin and cocaine has no enemies for those who use it. The world of drug profiteering whether legal or illegal has one positive - It makes billions in revenue for those producing it. Follow the money, greed has no boundaries, big pharma has you covered, there is no escape for the little man.   

In '78, when first leaving my own country, I was young and fresh all ready to explore and travel, to discover and learn new things. Quickly looking back through the decades, using drugs (narcotics) was never one of those options. Turning down offers of cocaine, opium, heroin, and ice from locals and other travelers through the continents wasn't an issue. Becoming a transient offshore drug mule was right out of the equation. I've kept clean avoiding all forms of narcotics, something that many find difficult to resist. Occasionally, I do photograph people using recreational drugs for reference like the above images. It is said "Life is what you make it", which has more substance and meaning than becoming addicted to drugs.

Collecting safe drinking water from rivers in western nations is a bygone era. Drinking tap water is even worse with the added amounts of toxic fluoride added in the mix. It's said that, who ever controls the food chain and water supply has complete control over their populations. The above image, captured in the central heartland of Africa, shows a different perspective of daily living compared to the West. It's the Real World we travel and live in. Rural Africans can survive on basic necessities like river water for bathing, cooking and drinking. They've been doing it for centuries. You won't see bottled water here for sale, because the river is the supply.           

No washing machines, dryers or showers here. Locals congregating at a stream, hand washing and bathing — The Real World

A random street image I had captured during the '80s in South America. The subject in the image to most will presume she is a local prostitute. Maybe she was, maybe she wasn't, that's something that's not needed to reveal here. Most street photographers will acknowledge the composition was captured at street level with an SLR tele lens.

Locals enjoying their daily homemade mix of herb tobacco. This couple are well over 75 years old. They showed me their documents proving it. This image is not about promoting smoking, it's about daily lifestyle habits in the Real World. Westerner hate smokers out there I've met through the continents since '82 usually usually ask the same questions debating smoking. I get the same answers back - Silence. i.e. "do you smoke weed, meth opium, cocaine or drop pills to get high", "do you use bongs, glass tubes or chillum pipes to smoke hashish" there you go, end of story. Self-indoctrinated hypocrites are many, you bump into them everyday.

Using children for street begging is nothing new. This is commonly seen throughout Asia and Africa. Depending the location, street mafia charge daily tariffs on people using child beggars within their turf. There's no escape, every man and his dog makes a profit. There are no free handouts in the Real World. Survival by any means necessary isn't blissfulness as travel bloggers make out. Like mentioned elsewhere in this website, the average fluffy travel blogger only paints half the picture leaving all the negative ingredients out i.e. tourism within impoverished nations, getting mugged robbed and raped offshore, scammed of cash, addicted drug induced full moon beach parties, fossil fuel getting there, spiked food and drinks, road bandit holdups, razor wire 24 hour night security etc etc.   

Women laborers work their bone off non-stop 8 hours daily 6 days a week for a minimal wage. They mix cement, carry loaded buckets of cement, and know who to use the most basic hand tools to get the job done. And that's a daily routine without gloves and bare foot, The saying "being bare foot and pregnant behind a hot stove" has no equal to what you actually see within the Real World. The above image is one from a series of images captured on this construction site.

In the West, the burning of firewood is almost banned for good never to return. Your government says burning wood to keep warm, and to heat household water pollutes the atmosphere creating climate change. Try implementing the same regulations in the the Real World and see what happens. Without firewood, half of Asia, Africa, South America and portions of the Mid East wouldn't survive. They require wood to cook food and boil water, Western governments of late have the lost the plot and gone totally mad. They plan and create new taxes, new code laws with heavy regulations and penalties on their populations, just for keeping household dwellings warm and mold free.
Maybe, just maybe, a focused travel blogger or vlogger out there will one day wake up from dream state from all those wonderful chilled clickbait R&R videos they promote sitting at campfires and open ovens offshore. Where offshore? you guessed it - within the Real World.      

A recent street image, it shows you how people survive within the Real World outside Western civilization. Earning a daily amount of cash, enough to purchase food, feed families, and educate their kids is what counts. Not selfies, not facial makeup, and definitely not drinking toxic Starbucks coffee to look and feel good. It's where Western travel bloggers escape to, out from their own environment in search within the Real World for something worthwhile to blog about as click bait materiel. Let's see now, third world food blog, offshore clothe shopping blog, picturesque seashore blog, island getaway blog, cheap hotel blog, train journey blog, nightclub blog, airline flight blog etc etc.

Clogged up streams and rivers with garbage waste, human waste and byproducts is something foreign tourists commonly ignore. These type of graphic images are normally seen through the Asian and African continents situated on the outskirts of towns and cities. This particular location was only a stones throw away from a trendy bustling tourist hub.    

We all enjoy looking at beautiful images of bird and wildlife. How about the above snap? It has zero chance as a full spread inside glossy getaway travel magazines. It won't sell well, it's the opposite of what makes money. These raptors exist surviving in the Real World where tourism is heavily promoted.

The other side of blissfulness offshore is everywhere around you. Just open your eyes and look beyond your cell phone. Images like above would never make it on the cover of National Geographic or used as a middle page spread inside airline flight magazines. It's to real, it's to graphic and must be ignored and hidden. We can't have Marabou scrounging through scattered human garbage because it won't promote tourist dollars. The Google looking glass is all about fantasy fake travel promoting and controlling the happy narrative in the Real World. Using biased tourism promotion via search engines generating clickbait income. If you're not on board, or don't follow the travel blogger, the influencer crowd, you're toast. 

All this kid was worried about was losing his kite. He wasn't worried about the traffic flow heading towards him, or that he was bare feet and probably had more stubbed toes than we can imagine. So let's look at the image at another angle. The boy is content, he has been using his pastime for years flying kites on the same stretch of one way road. Bus drivers using this route are familiar with his moves.

As a Western foreigner where things are heavily controlled for the better of humanity, this street scene probably looks outright dangerous, but in reality is it? It's a deceptive view point how we assume that anything outside Western civilization is deemed risky. Welcome to the Real World where kids flying kites on busy roads has been a pastime for generations.

If you haven't taken a moving transit snap from on top of another moving truck you haven't experienced overland travel in the Real World. This is the difference between fluffy travel bloggers and those who actually travel the hard yards getting somewhere. Bouncing around for a few days with clouds of dust constantly in your face really sorts out hardcore travelers and travel flight babies. Locals use this mode of transport because it's either a cheap mode of transportation, or there is no other transportation. Finding truck lifts like this hauling along dirt highways is found through the Sahel region. Toughen up - Try it! It will be one of those epic solo overland journeys that are never forgotten. 

Humble abodes like above are seen in regions well away from tourist ghettos. This family lives and survives with the most basic lifestyle. Food source is what is caught in the ocean, and from local community supplies of rice, potatoes, fruit and chickens. The dwelling inside is a single floor space with no electricity. You can't get get more Real World than this.  

In the Real World, people are used to simple basic living - Westerners are not. 

Westerners have had no right to complain through the last seven decades. I know, I'm one of them. We've been  fortunate enough to live in comfy lifestyles, driving fancy cars and travel offshore to wherever we please. There's coming a rude awakening to Western nations. It's being implemented by our own WEF controlled Governments. It's called Agenda 2030. The draconian regulation measures with Covid since 2020, is nothing more than Beta-testing populations into submission. One should be aware, alert of what's coming down the pipeline initiated by the UN-WEF-WHO. The next major move throughout the planet, is to eradicate all forms of cash by any means necessary. By eliminating cash, surveillance control over people becomes much easier. Have you ever watched a flock of sheep being rounded up? They passively follow each other without questioning why they're actually following one another in the same direction. People are like sheep today, they use group think rather than self-critical thinking. They celebrate in joy when their leaders say "We are your single source of truth" (Jacinda Ardern). People become submissive creatures when in fact there's no reason to do so. when The total dependency of relying on Government, is exactly what Government had planned in the first place for their populations. Now with full supported WEF Governments controlling Western nations, the decline of comfy lifestyles, driving fancy cars, eating T-bone steaks and lamb roasts, and happily traveling offshore will be replaced with EV using Chinese batteries, eating bugs, lots of bugs, under the skin technology to buy and sell, and becoming flocks of sheep snitches on one another for bonus rewards. And all this by the 2030 deadline.        

No matter the climate change propaganda we've all being indoctrinated and constantly bombarded with by MSM, WEF-UN (Agenda 2030), coal will continue to be a source of survival as it has done through the centuries within the Real World. These red hot coals above cooked my food, boiled my water and produced warmth through the night. When there's no supply of gas bottles, electricity and wood, coal does the job.

A street image of a retail coal supplier situated in the center of a bustling city - DSLR D3 prime lens snap. The great anti-fossil fuel propaganda in Western countries is a joke. They cripple their own countries, but manufacture and import from China, who just approved another coal project in inner Mongolia autonomous region - July 2022   

Women high altitude road maintenance laborers using hand picks chiseling snow and frozen ice @ 4000+ meters minus -14C.  Capturing images like this is only accomplished in midwinter. After dark subzero temperatures rapidly plummet to minus -35C (-31F). That's as extreme as it gets for any highway around the planet, surpassing anything in South America, Africa, Europe, the Hindu Kush, and even Tibet, which I've also traveled solo in midwinter hitching random lifts through the region before it was banned. This is the Real World, where you see locals working their bone off in extreme environments earning a minimal wage. 

A Pashtun working in 40 degree Celsius bare foot pounding the road using a hand held pick tool in the Real World    

Hunters and gatherers is what the Real World is used to. Only those who know how to survive living with basic items, and knowing how to hunt for food, and cook food without electricity, without trendy ovens is what's coming to the West. By 2030, if the Globalists get their way (Agenda 2030) Western world population living in big cities will become nightmarish.   

Manually plowing fields using hand tools in rural Asia and Africa is an age old tradition. Manually tilling land keeps you fit, you share time with neighbors, and learn how to cultivate and plant crops using your owned hard earned sweat. This is a part of the the Real World, something that was lost in Western civilization created by giant mafia food corporations, who have slowly hijacked control of food crop surpluses. By 2030, the Western world will probably be consuming more bugs than meat, and drinking human waste water because WEF administered governments told you it's for the greater good of humanity. This has been a planned out process to weaken people's immunity, to create weaker males, to transform the strong into human pussycats. Big pharma meds, continuous chemtrial spraying, and Monsanto GMO seeds already have you covered no matter what direction one pursues. Human kill-off by power hungry rich globalists is an Agenda 2030 program. Do your own research.   

In general, stocking up on food supplies is done by purchasing at local food suppliers. Within isolated regions in the Real World, food stocks are routinely transported in by cargo ship. Goods are off-loaded in deep water onto smaller craft reaching villages. Without fossil fuel, cargo ships will no longer be operable.        

Local pickup boats that have been used over the decades connecting cargo and passengers to larger vessels.

A local female topping up gasoline in the tank to reach home base further downstream. I watched this local loading her longboat with supplies, filling the tank, cranking up the engine, and disappearing at full throttle under a minute. What do you learn from this? Figure it it.

An old timer chewing on a piece of bread. She made it past the age of 85 and still has plenty of juice left. Most old folks within the Real World normally have family members taking care of them. There are no old folk homes like in the West. Even though the local above looks more on the rag tag side wearing worn out clothing, older people become more attached to what they prefer wearing. I just look at my own handmade leather vest. I've been wearing that vest since the mid 1990s. It could easily write it's own overland travel history log around the planet. 

Real World street living is of no concern for anyone until falling into that kind of predicament experiencing it. Traveling through the Real World opens your eyes. One begins to appreciate the little things in life i.e. a roof over your head, water supply, electricity, and a full stomach.

Electric dryers through the Real World is Sunlight. The above image was taken in midwinter within the Andean region.

A local resident living directly below and beside toxic cell towers receiving full doses of microwave frequencies. 

Older generations throughout the Real World are accustomed living with only the basic necessities.This 85 year mama has seen and experienced it all. She still resides in a rough sawn dwelling showing smiles of content. Conversation over a hot tea brew and a bowel of fish and rice, we agreed together material items are of no value when it comes to survival. Knowing how to grow your own veges, catch fish and hunt, and having zero debt is something younger generations are not taught. The last generation is the most lost generation of all time in human history - the entitlement generation.      

Manually moving heavy stuff through city traffic within the Real world earning a basic wage is common practice. Images like above are seen in various regions from Lagos to Mogadishu, central and south east Asia.

Crippled, but still motivated. This is how it is, you either start from where you left off, or slowly wither away from mental health issues. This local lost his leg in a boat accident. It didn't stop him from working a daily wage. There are no disabled monthly cash benefits in the Real World. You're on your own with whatever family and friends one has for support.

An Afghan Pashtun showing off vintage hardware. The image was taken during the time of the Russian invasion. American military supply chains were busily mobilizing at various locations along the the Afghan-Pakistan border. During the 1980s, I had traveled through different war conflicts. Coming out the other side, one can easily be deceived from manipulated MSM propaganda news feeds ringing in your ears 24/7. As it is said, the more one hears it, and the louder it gets, the easier it becomes believing fake narrative lies. Main stream media can't help themselves cloaking and gas lighting their agendas. Someone behind the curtains controls all of them. Today, if one ignores to thoroughly research current news affairs, question narratives, and where, who created the news sources, one only has themselves to blame of being misled. Self-critical think by using your brain, if you still have one left.

n the West, people head to MacDonalds, Burger King and Denny's for fast food fetishes. In the Real World, locals purchase fresh food in markets. This includes delicacies like turtle meat, commonly for sale through the Amazon (image above), east Africa, and central America. Food is food when you're hungry, although turtle meat would be much more healthier to eat than chowing down junky fast food.

Locals dragging in sea turtles ready to be culled, sold and consumed. I could of easily submitted and published a selection of graphic images with a story line that were taken at this location to various magazines. Why didn't I do that? Because turtle meat has been a source of food along this particular coastline for decades. Chinese eat cats and dogs with no questions asked. The Arab world have  been consuming donkeys, goat, sheep and camel meat for centuries, Greenland's indigenous eat seals, birds and other wildlife. Tell me, which animal species has more importance over other animals and reptiles?   

In the Real World nothing goes to waste for human consumption. Food processing methods can be more than basic compared to Western processing. Factory health certificates are unheard of. The above chicken processing location has been in operation for decades with no reported outbreaks of bird flu or other related strains.

I've passed the above location during the '80s and '90s, and again just recently. It still has the same ambience with little change with dogs, cats, and hawks sharing the scraps. There's nothing better than cooking up fresh goat meat for dinner. Open stall meat sellers (butchers) are still present through Asia, Africa, South America and Mid East.     

Through decades of travel, I've seen plenty of rough urban sprawl like above, and even worse. The astonishing thing, is how locals adapt to these kinds of living standards existing well below the poverty line. The super stench of open sewers is ignored while roaming dogs scavenging around devouring human feces. The fast decay of street squalor is now apparent in liberal governed states in USA. What happened and what has caused this? The richest country in the world fast falling apart from within. It began decades ago, the climax is just around the corner. The endless roll on abuse of cocaine, heroin, meth and fentanyl of any country's population leads to disaster. The sad fact of America heading rapidly downhill with no brakes is a late warning to other Western countries. A drugged out nation is a dead nation - follow the money, the greed of profit. All those zombie Netflix movies weren't created for nothing - It's telling you the future.

Above, a typical run down decaying street scene only a few minutes walk to sandy beaches and crystal waters. Trendy travel bloggers don't advertise images like this, they avoid them because it won't sell well. They require to show their audience the fantasy travel dream.

Young women laborers carrying full bucket loads of fresh mixed cement at a construction site. They work for a daily minimum wage, which is has just enough purchasing power for food supplies lasting a few days. In the West, this would be termed as female slave labor echoing from the rooftops by feminist groups. In the Real World, it's all about everyday survival. Dole payments, and free cash handouts don't exist - there are none. One things for sure, these women laborers are fit, they are healthy and strong, and would probably put most spoiled brats of the same age group to shame. 

Have you ever tried polishing stuff? Most have probably not. The above image shows a typical working day of locals slogging it out polishing product bound for the West. I also owned 3 phase polishers. They were used to buff T-6061 alloy parts I designed to mirror finish. Everything you see on this page with a shine was polished by me.

A women in motion carrying a stack of firewood with onlooker wandering why I would capture such a shot. She's probably been passing through this same location for years strap laden with firewood. So most locals residing in the area either know her personally, or have seen her floating quietly past on many occasions.

Customer service with a smile, I had actually passed this location several times, and finally captured a closeup snap of this happy outgoing local. Bare feet loading 20Kg bags of cement all day is pretty tough going for most - Welcome to the Real World.

A classic street snap captured during the mid '80s. Why I didn't take more snaps of this subject beats me, probably tight on roll film. One things for sure, this baby is snug warm packed inside sackcloth with rope harness securely strapped.

Malnutrition is avoided by eating a healthy balance of natural vitamin and minerals. The globalists today want all of us to eat bugs and grasshoppers rather than red meat, and drink less milk. Eradicating the meat supply is a global agenda. One reason for doing this, is to create a planet of weaker males. By doing this, it would only take a decade or so, to have a planet full of pansy flimsy weak males with zero strength to stand against tyranny. Bill Gates, the UN, WHO, WEF, and other associated global cabal are together in top gear in lockstep to eradicate meat consumption - AKA climate change.      

Within the Real World women use their breasts for what they were designed for - to feed their babies. In the West, female breasts are nothing more than a fashion accessory.   

Breast feeding in public is common practice throughout the Real World. No one winks an eyelid, it's more logic and far more healthier for babies to feed on mother's natural milk. One things for sure, If I were a mother, I would steer clear from all baby formula as far as you can throw it, especially Chinese and Bill Gates affiliated baby formula brands.     

Mother and child portrait rural Asia. The image was captured with a DSLR D800 and 28mm prime lens.

In the Real World elderly people know how to survive. They have no choice and are brought up through their lives survival hardened. They know how to gather wood, light fires, fetch water and live without electricity. The Western world are totally the opposite with most happily government dependent.

Preparing and cooking food in the Western world is simple. Just turn on the oven and go for it. This isn't so within the real world. Although, people within the Real World will no doubt have accumulated years of experience more than most Westerners living on next to nothing for survival.   

Selling bananas to provide some form of income is better than nothing. Westerner's offshore complain when there's no wifi, or no salt or overcooked fried eggs while dinning at trendy side street tables. Maybe when bananas become unaffordable in their own countries, local street sellers like above will get the last laugh.

Gun shops are found everywhere. Within some regions of central Asia, there are more guns shops than bread shops. I've been to several different locations where gun shops have flourished for decades. Yuppie travel bloggers, who actually do reach and blog about these isolated locations are more than embarrassing. Guys, you're 35 years late, it's all been written, published and sold well before you were born.  

One of numerous still shots captured with red zone regions. These locations are as Real World as it gets, image by Rick Hemi

Coal, wait a minute Climate Change. We must eradicate all forms of fossil coal usage. What a joke, it's pure propaganda, just like controlling gasoline, diesel, LPG, NPG and kerosene supplies. The global agenda here, is to destroy the entire fossil fuel production around the planet, and then rebuild from the ashes with those in control who actually destroyed it in the first place. Millions of employed people around the planet working in the automotive industry will become unemployed causing total chaos. The globalists already know this will happen. Solar energy is useless, it is unsustainable - Greenpeace 

The plan, shutting down all types of fossil fuel energy proposed by the Globalist elite  i.e. WEF, UN, Club of Rome, Bilderberg, Trilateral Commission, CFR, World Bank, International Bank of Settlements, Western Government, and Big Tech Corporations aka Climate Change agenda 2030. This won't go down well throughout the underdeveloped world. It will cause starvation, poverty and mass migration into the developed world. This is Agenda 2030, to cripple the entire planet using climate change and other planned agendas to create the false illusion that the elites have self created, and then from the ashes rebuild back better with the same  greedy powerful elites in control aka NWO.         

Coal powered stoves like above are still used through regions of Asia and the central heartland of Africa. Just head on into isolated regions in DRC, and DRC's neighboring countries, Nepal Pakistan, Iran, and India, Coal energy usage dates back to 1000 BC. and will continue onward whether liked or not. It's called survival in the Real World by any means necessary to cook food.  

Violent protests have the tendency to inflict serious injury with no mercy at anyone who stands in the way. Don't ask what happened here of the final outcome. I left the location before it erupted, Becoming a statistic offshore is avoided by using your own brain. Self-awareness is critical at any location, it can change the outcome of being injured or assaulted i.e. walking after dark solo on a Lagos beach, hitching random lifts with drugged out drivers, hiring vehicles without test driving them first, diving off the top of waterfalls without knowing the water depth below, climbing up hillside mountain tops during lightning strikes, ignoring fresh up to date warning advice from locals, swimming at isolated shorelines without checking undertow currents etc.     

You will never see images like above promoted by international travel bloggers, because it doesn't fit their narrative to earn an income. This is one of the reasons why I had no interest becoming a trendy travel blogger filling the minds of people showing trashy images of fake travel blissfulness. The majority of fluff puff flight baby travel bloggers ignore the hardship of surviving in the Real World. Their main focus, is to generate as much traffic click bait material that makes them profit. 

Real world street images of everyday living and survival that are rarely seen through the travel influencer blogging world. They instead promote wonderful experiences offshore showing off food fetishes, shopping sprees, and pristine beach shorelines. The average Western travel blogger only think of themselves first. They tend to ignore anything that's negative, because it impacts the wrong narrative of what they're trying to promote for income. i.e. crime stats, mugging stats, assault stats, robbing stats, rape stats, poverty, begging, homelessness, squalor, banditry, gangland wars, narco sellers, drug addicts etc. By 2030, Western travel bloggers offshore will find it difficult to avoid the above negative issues through the continents, and even more within their own countries i.e. USA, Canada, UK, Aussie, NZ, and EU, excludes tacky cruise ship holidays and island getaways.

Already in the early 2020s Western world food banks for the needy are overflowing at maximum levels. This is what happens when governments turn to Socialist Globalization agendas. The West has lost the plot, people will suffer greatly, exactly what governments want to happen. It's all about forcing populations to become more and more dependent on government. When cash has been eradicated, expect a massive rush to digital cash. Most will have no choice anyway, especially in big cities. Global central banks will own you, control you, and if need be, eradicated you off their system.      

A cobbler using worn out automotive tires for basic footwear. Ruff as guts made footwear maybe frowned upon in the West, but people living and existing on almost nothing in the Real World have no choice.    

The street image above doesn't require any explanation. Its the Real World where people survive earning weekly incomes doing what they're good at with zero government handouts or benefits. The majority of Westerners wouldn't be able to handle this type of living, because of their individual debt burdens they owe to banks i.e. slaves to debt.  

You know when you're traveling in the Real World. It's images like this one visualizes in real time passing through the continents. Basic living and bare essentials with leaky roofs accounts for tens of millions of people. I've personally lived in the most basic dwelling with a family in the middle of a bustling city in South America for some months. Preparing food was outdoors, cooking was done with a single hand pump kerosene burner, water was collected from a nearby public street tap, there was no toilet, only public amenities a block away, sleeping space was tight, and when it rained, pots, pans and buckets collected most of the water leaking through the roof. I recommend to others from the Western world to at least experience this type of basic living for a month or two to comprehend how fortunate we are in the West.     

Basic rural dwellings in the middle of nowhere. Life is simple, life is basic. Westerners are resorting to this type of lifestyle in their own countries without choice due to increasing living costs. The WEF-UN 2030 reset aka climate change agenda program, is to reverse this type of living well away out from rural regions. It will be implemented and administered by pro-globalist governments by any means necessary. A large part of the 2030 Agenda, is to force rural populations globally to squander their freedoms and their land.

The round up of people into urban centers is an Orwellian nightmare that has already begun i.e. shutting down all types of fossil fuel energy, shutting down sheep and cattle breeding, controlling fertilizer production, manipulating power energy supplies, and controlling water supplies, crops, and food distribution. The full onslaught of the 2030 Agenda will most probably reach maximum levels of global chaos by 2027. Rising out of the ashes in or around 2030 will surface a new global body aka NWO. This has been a well advanced pre-planned scheme in the works since the creation of the League of Nations. Out of WW1 came the League of Nations, WW2 created the UN. The next major globalist event, is to place everyone back to the pre-industrialized world. The Globalist Dream, is to own and control all the land, all the infrastructure, all the food and fresh water resources, and eradicating 70% of global population by using different methods and techniques i.e. promoting abortions, old and newly created viruses, airborne sprayed diseases, weather warfare, full on scale warfare, controlled starvation and hunger. Whoever controls the food and energy controls the population.                    

Portable toilets and lose roofing iron held down with rocks is the difference between the Real World and the Western world. In the West, we take everything for granted, as though it will never end lasting forever. Maybe for the super rich and those with zero debt, but for those who live with mountains of debt will soon need to change their living lifestyles well before the 2030 agenda takes full effect. By 2027, fossil fuel, food and electricity will become unaffordable for many. Survival, learning how to grow your own vegetables living off the grid well away from cities is a good start.    

Above, this dwelling was probably built in the 1950s. The rough clad timber planks have survived through decades of tropical weather. The owners are used to surviving with bare essentials. This is Real World living.

Smoking is looked and frowned upon as a bad health habit in most Western countries. If obesity was placed in the same category, obesity would outrank more health issues than smoking. Imagine airlines charging excessive body weight, they'd make a killing on it. You won't see an image like above advertised for tourism promotion, it has a negative bounce rate even though smoking in tribal regions is a normal daily occurrence without hindrance.     

Manually hand washing clothes in cut down 44 gallon drums has its positives. You don't require electricity, no service parts, and guaranteed to last for years and gives a free workout. Local communities share washing drums within their neighborhoods. It's called living and surviving in the Real World.

A random morning street shot of a happy local washing clothes using cut down 44 gallon drums.

Posing for a quick snap, a husband aiding his wife sip down hot tea. Low income earners and the elderly becoming sick or disabled within the Real World is the exact opposite of the Western world. There are minimal healthcare allowances if any, this placing the burden of daily survival in the hands of family members. 

A well used lister pump at full revs sucking water from the White Nile for irrigating nearby land crops. In the Real World nothing is more important than water and food supplies. Meanwhile, in the Western world, food and water is under the control of mafia food corporations and government. Who ever controls food controls the population.
Before 2030, the cost of living will rapidly increase for those residing in the West. Power, food, fuel and rent will become 90% of income. Best advice, downsize, learn how to grow your own food, avoid joining the upcoming digital cashless system, get rid of all debt, move out of big cities, reach out to other people within small communities using cash and barter trade - act now don't delay.

We turn the tap on and out pours water. This is not so in many regions through the Real World. Manual street hand pumps for water supplies are still being used through regions of Asia, and Africa. I've used them myself on many occasions guzzling down water and cooling off. Pump water is artesian, it's drinkable and it's free. All you need to do is manually pump it out of the ground. 

Africa is one of four continents regarded as the Real World. They have more things to worry about rather than gender and wokeness Western propaganda. It's all about the basics of living and surviving each day with a full stomach. Selling lemons up and down bustling streets is unheard of in the West. Although by 2030, lemons will become so expensive, or impossible to source in the West. Meat will vanish, fossil fuel will become heavily controlled, and indoctrinated Westerners will automatically submit to their NWO puppet master governments.

People within the real world have more vigor surviving with next to nothing. The majority of Westerners don't stand a chance. They will fold by their own weakness bowing to government dependency. The 2021-22 mask wearing and clot jabs are prime examples of using fear psychosis submission tactics. As most know, Africa had limited SARS-CoV-2 deaths, not like in the West. Africans were already accustomed taking Ivermactin for malaria for years, well before the planned plandemic was unleashed around the planet. The majority of Western countries banned Ivermectin - For what reason? Anyone with brains, and uses self-critical thinking will understand their own governments were in lockstep with big pharma, aka an arm of the NWO, aka Climate change, aka Agenda 2030. The Western liberal woke mindset took decades to create. They are nothing more than fodder waste for the upcoming global order.

Above, a local taking a morning facial wash with water from a storage vat Think about it, without water humans are dead meat. Having an adequate water supply is essential for survival.

Coal supply through Africa is booming. It can't be stopped, because coal demand exceeds supply. I've literally seen truck loads of coal hauling en-route along highways, in isolated zones, including coal supplies crossing international borders.    

A retail coal supplier busy with a customer hand shoveling a fresh load of coal. By looking at this coal dump, it's probably been here for countless decades, including the owner, and will remain here selling sacks of coal for decades to come.   

Women laborers breaking bricks for a daily wage. That woman's upper arm muscle shows she's physically fit and not to be toyed around with by anyone. Survival in the the Real World has little place for feminist views, It's about putting food in your stomach, feeding the kids, if any, and remaining fit and healthy.

Real World survival doesn't question how one looks or dresses. This woman and child come from the rural highlands in the middle of nowhere. This is how they're normally dressed at home base, and also when heading on foot to markets for food supplies. The above image also shows how tough, how strong rural women are carrying their young ones on their back walking for kilometers.    

I captured the above snap not so long ago. It reveals transistor radios are still being used within the Real World. I could hear the radio blaring from distance at full volume. Whatever these locals were listening to had them glued in the same spot for a while,  probably breaking news and sport.

A side street machinists using a non-electrical sewing machine. Using basic machinery in the Real World in the 2020s.  

Distilling home made bootleg alcohol is an art. The above image was taken within a very isolated region where alcohol is prohibited and banned. The brewing setup looked as if it's been in use for quite some time. I've seen similar bootleg distillers through the continents. No tax makes bootleg alcohol taste even better. 

There's not much out there online that can match the above Real World image. One requires to be at a location exactly at the right time to capture such an image. Drought, famine and despair destroys human habitat without remorse. People suffer, people starve and people die. East Africa, South East Asia and the Middle East are the noted regions where repeat impacts of drought eventuates. This is nothing new, it solely depends on developing sun cycle activity which is now increasing at accelerated levels onward through to 2030. Climate change propaganda isn't about climate change, it's all about full control over mankind, that humans are the problem, mankind is the virus. One only requires to research Bill Gates, the WEF, UN, Club of Rome, Trilateral Commission, Bank of international settlements and globalists in power to verify their evil agenda program against freedom and humanity.     

In past overland travel journeys, I've witnessed some pretty hardcore stuff through the Real World. The above image is one of them, including human remains in arid deserts, and human skulls in bush land. I certainly didn't hang around asking questions, actually there wasn't anyone within those isolated regions to ask questions, which was a good thing. As a foreigner, asking the wrong locals too many questions is something one avoids. Overland travel in the Real World compared to the fantasy world of travel bloggers isn't fake make believe. The Real World is cruel, harsh and uncompromising. It's all about survival living and existing on next to nothing.       

Within wilderness regions, it's been survival of the fittest since the dawn of time. City dwelling humans especially in Western countries have zero chance living in such environments. They have relied on supermarkets, they're picky on what they eat and consume. They have no idea how to produce their own food. Most urban people wouldn't know how to use spades planting their own potato crops and vegetables. They would also struggle hunting wildlife and catching fish. Those reliant on supermarkets for weekly food supplies will eventually become hard hit with escalating food costs as the planet approaches 2030. Eating bugs instead of red meat has already been introduced - all by design from WEF/UN globalists and WEF controlled governments.
Those out there residing in big city sprawl have two options. Either bow accepting their agenda initiatives on offer, or move well away from city living. People living within the Real World already know how to survive on next to nothing. Above image, food source is survival, without it death is imminent - long shot snap Nikkor 800 5.6 AIS      

The goat above was culled and sold to a makeshift eatery near a busy international border crossing. What's the positives of this image? The blood was totally drained. The goat meat dished out to customers is as fresh as it gets. People don't go hungry, and consume healthy food loaded with nutrients, including iron. B12, potassium and zinc.
Imagine trying to sell bugs and insects at this location, something now being indoctrinated into the Western world. Only those who are dumb down enough and led to believe the bug propaganda will eat bugs. Like the mask wearing, the clot jabs which after 4 jabs does more damage to humans than Covid itself. The great reset using climate change is in full swing aka Agenda 2030 aka, the upcoming NWO i.e. first create the false global narratives and pre-planned events, and then follow through creating all the solutions to gain full control over the planet - all by design. (WW1 league of nations, WW2 united nations, WW3 NWO full control). Those with debt burden should get rid of all debt ASAP well before things turn dire. People in the  Real World have more chance of survival than people in the West.
They already have little to nothing to gain, where people in the West are loaded with materialism, and will suffer the pain losing all of it. The most important survival commodity today is food. No food you die. Living in big cities will become like prison ghettos. Netflix junkies, porn and social media addicts will eventually find out their fake reality lifestyles will be of less value than a can of baked beans. Rereading this in 2027-29 will no doubt confirm the above correct, that's if the internet still exists and freely available.

Random street snaps of locals on the move delivering automotive parts manually through towns and big cities. Physical fitness comes for free together with hard work in the real world to earn a basic daily wage.    

There's no question - Africans are a tough breed. Low class living Africans know how to exist on nothing. They have no choice anyway, there are no unemployment handouts, no sickness benefits, and no pension fund payouts. Above, a local on the move delivering engines by wheelbarrow through town. This is seen through streets on both sides of the continent.     

Manual irrigation is a thing of the past, although sometimes necessary when diesel pumps fail or when fuel supplies are running on empty. The globalists ball wrecking the planet, now in all directions can easily create this type of ancient irrigation process to start up once again, Time will tell leading towards the 2030 globalist agenda timeline.    

Above, a healthy fit female manually shifting water from one rice field to another - This is the Real World. 

There are other images of this particular truck elsewhere through the website. The exploitation of Amazonian native trees being chopped down for lumber is for one thing only - Profit. The driver may or may not own the truck, but that's his job, an employed driver earning an income to put food on the table for his family. Other forms of employment receiving the same wage doesn't exist in this region. A positive solution to shut down Amazon tree culling, is for Western countries to stop purchasing imported hardwood from the Andean block and Amazon regions i.e. wide plank floorboards, outdoor indoor dining tables, exposed ceiling beams etc.

Low income earners in the Real World have no choice to do manual labor to earn a wage. Carrying heavy product on your head all day and everyday is no joke. This is widely seen through Asia and Africa at isolated sea ports, truck transit depots, and drop off points on the outskirts of major cities and markets. Forklifts are rare, almost non-existent, which is a good thing for survival for people to work an income. In the mid-70s as a teenager in the West, I was loading product manually into freight train wagons for an income earning $100 bucks a week.    

An elderly woman 80+ taking her daily stroll through town. Her hand grip holding the walking stick shows she's still physically strong. Locals probably know this woman, and have seen her through the years out and about. Being bare foot is not a sign of poverty for this particular person. She feels safer walking without footwear eliminating slipping  and sliding.    

Those who travel a lot will know where this location is without the need of mentioning it. The image was captured just before additional higher safety fences were put in place to stop locals committing suicide jumps. It is now a rare image capture without additional fences showing the daily routine of low income laborers manually carting and delivering product. This is survival in the Real World. Most Westerners wouldn't last an hour doing this line of work, they have become addicted fast food eaters, obese, and wouldn't have a clue how to survive outside their comfy zone.   

The image snap above shows how tourism dependency places a bad taste in your mouth. The arrival of a van to a remote location with only two Chinese tourists is beyond insane. These locals never approached me in the same way. It's because they already know the difference between plastic tourists and foreign travelers. Did the Chinese couple purchase any trinkets or memorabilia from any of these locals during their quick visit? No, but they did take selfies before moving on to their next location.   

The above image is the Real Africa, the central heartland region where western flight baby travel bloggers are non existent. One reason they avoid such places, is they are unable to promote "wonderful" or "how beautiful" it is. Promoting children playing sport and other activities stark naked in public wouldn't go down well. The second reason, yuppie flight babies struggle to handle traveling on basic rough as guts transport overland for long time periods i.e. west coast to the east coast from Nigeria to Somalia. Instead, fluffy travel bloggers prefer to hang out blogging on the shorelines of Zanzibar, or Essaouira, Morocco. The Real World is out there, but reaching these locations takes time, a lot of time, patience, and stamina. This is the difference between overland travelers and wannabe travelers.     

Manually plowing fields with antique tooling using cows as horsepower is still used today within the Real World. This age old form of tilling land can be seen in isolated locations through the African heartland and Asia. Even the hay stacks in the background of this image were manually harvested. 

Rural breed chickens on their way to market for culling. When I was based in Peru, I'd purchase the odd chicken from local markets. The procedure by sellers to have chickens fully de-plucked and de-feathered, guttered and ready for the oven took under two minutes. In the Real World, purchasing fresh fish, red meat and poultry is more than simple enough. One only requires to go to any bustling food market preferably as early as possible.

Above, organic chickens being tied down ready for a transit journey of a lifetime. This is normal procedure transporting chickens through the heartland of Africa. I've seen the same technique used on both sides of the continent.

Chickens on their way to market. Imagine this same procedure being used in the Western world. There would be an uproar, a front page exclusive on the rights of chickens. But what's more insane, is how Western countries breed their own poultry farms, their pig farms, and dairy farms. It's not a pretty sight, far from it, especially what junk is being fed to them.

Since the early 1980's, I've solo over-landed through the Real World passing through international border crossings like above. Some border crossing locations are always remembered, some ruff as guts with no apparent order. The above roosters were getting a free 900 km journey through the central African heartland. No one in this region winks an eyelid, no one debates about chicken rights, welcome to the Real World.       

Living and existing in the Real World is harsh. There are no government supports, only local community funded schemes that help out assisting those in need. The above image was captured in the roll film days, it shows a location where locals hand wash clothes, use wood for cooking, and live in run down worn out shacks.

A random street portrait of a subject showing symptoms of mental imbalance. She may have been born with this deficiency. I didn't ask other locals of her condition. The sad fact, there are multitudes just like this having various forms of cognitive impairment throughout the Real World. The above subject was more than happy to pose for this shot, probably because it's the first time someone had interest photographing her.    

Old style heating for boiling and cooking food in the Real World is with wood and coal. The great solar power energy experiment through the Western world has had issues as a reliable heating source from the beginning. I know, I myself have used it. Most people in the West haven't a clue, or give any time to research the  fake data of solar energy. One things for sure, when the power goes out, and LPG gas is unavailable, coal will still be boiling water and cooking food.    

Using open fires cooking food in the west is related to the great outdoors when camping. Burning wood in homes to keep warm in the west will become totally banned by 2030. Within the Real World, open fire ovens using wood, dung and coal is a necessity for survival. By 2030, electricity will become so expensive beyond the means of most westerners. Gas ovens will become useless due to gas control regulations. The 2030 UN WEF Agenda is all about destroying the Western industrialized civilization back into the pre-industrialized era. Controlled smart city cashless living begins. Meanwhile, people within the Real World will have more freedom using basic living standards like they've been accustomed to for generations.    

Socialism, the breeding incubator into full blown Communism. Like all socialist agendas, they begin at grassroots level before expanding into total control over populations. Freedom of expression, freedom of opinion, freedom of civil rights are slowly washed down the toilet. Everyone must agree, and do what they're told or be punished by the regime.

The infiltration of Socialist agendas into the Western world are no different. Western Big Tech, Social media platforms and Government are all in this together. They have rolled out the same principals and protocols based on the Chinese model. By 2030, Western world values as they are today will vanish into thin air. The capitalist system of life will disappear. The ongoing embezzlement, the laundering of trillions of trillions of cash,and land grabs by powerful hidden elites inside Blackrock and Vanguard, along with their minions, the UN, Gates, WEF, CFR, Club of Rome, Bilderberg, FED, World Bank, is to demolish the entire global system of individual prosperity with zero freedom tolerance. Their agenda is beyond evil. Their planned upcoming economic collapse must happen. Cash will be no longer by 2027.

One of many classic photojournalist images scattered through the website all captured by the website owner.

The draining of invisible money into wealth has succeeded beyond expectations. It allows global domination control from the ashes, a globalist NWO pipeline dream. The elites, the global cabal already own all the riches and most governments around the planet. Culling a few billion people here and there, creating new fake wars, and new viruses is what happens when greed and power have no limitations. Welcome to the Real World.      

Don't you just love Socialism, it's certainly not been the answer for most countries that took that path. Cuba, Peru, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela are all examples of failed Socialism agendas. If Socialism ideology promised what it preached, what it had promised to their populations, then why are the above mentioned countries having an endless exit out from their own borders with a continuous flow into non Socialist USA? But the USA is a racist nation No? The US is actually the last country for pro-Socialists to migrate to Yes? There you go, Socialism has always failed, it doesn't unite, it doesn't promote individual prosperity. Socialism creates the total opposite to freedom values - Oppression and control.

Tribal living is as hardcore as it gets. I've visited countless isolated tribal regions around the planet through the decades. They all have one thing in common - surviving as a group community with the most basic living standards. Dwellings are simple, electricity if any is minimal, and food supplies are what is grown, harvested, fished and hunted. Isolated tribal groups understand the meaning of the Real World, they're a part of the Real World, and able to live with next to nothing without complaining.

Western influence has rapidly penetrated into the younger generations of many tribal groups. They assume wearing trendy designer clothing and holding smart phones in their hands is cool and hip. Most Westerners wouldn't survive a month living in the same environment. Unfortunately, the majority of Gen Z Westerners live inside the make believe world of fantasy and are heavily indoctrinated with entitlement syndrome. Image full frame Nikon DSLR.

When traveling through different regions in the Real World, one encounters isolated locations where inhabitants roam semi-naked and congregate bathing and washing naked. This notably witnessed in the African heartland where various tribal groups exist. Although in most cases there is minimal issues to photograph semi-naked adults within their tribal communities - Don't cross the grey area and refrain capturing naked images of children. Riverside locations are normally hectic and busy with naked children running around wild in all directions. The above image is solely posted here for reference only for maximum impact - Avoid exploiting children naked or clothed.
1 Voluntourism : 2 Child photo props : 3 UK Crown law : 4 Banned naked child photo exhibit Sydney : 5 Child tourism

Toothpaste is something most use with some brands toxic as hell full of unhealthy chemicals slowly destroying a persons health. The above image shows a local using a fresh Neem stick to clean tooth plaque instead of toothpaste. Neem has a wide range of health benefits  

Now and then you notice public billboards plastered with all types of prohibited activities within certain areas. The above signage is missing the most important warning activity happening at this location - Mugging and robbing peoples stuff.

Washing clothes down at rivers are great locations capturing snaps of locals. The negative impact washing clothes in rivers is the continuous runoff from dyes and soap. The end result is fish kill off, and the consuming of water and contaminated fish further down stream. Washing machines and non-chemical soap are luxury in the Real World.

An image that had no real importance taken decades ago, a Tibetan washing clothes on the outskirts of Lhasa.

It doesn't matter how one projects an image to make it look good. Color or in black and white, basic living and survival in the Real World looks the same. In the near future, the decline of Western lifestyle will make this humble abode more appreciative to look at. Only those with common sense have the insight to get rid of all debt taking a step backward acknowledging what is approaching. The conditioning and programming has already begun to eat bugs, and live the fake EV dream, and be happy about it. I can guarantee Hollywood actresses like Nicole Kidman, and her globalist minions will still be eating juicy T-bone steaks, and flying on kerosene fossil fueled lear jets around the planet.        

There's no escape, the writings on the wall, the future is what globalists have planned for decades of total control. Planned plandemics, new viruses, foot and mouth, bird flue, disease x, chemical atmospheric seed spraying, the eradication of all cash, bankster funded wars, to eliminate depopulate 70% of global population. The secrecy of members inside Vanguard and Blackrock expose their diabolic reach of power and control, over all countries and nations. By 2035, the common man will no longer own land, own private businesses, banned to eat meat, or drive combustion fueled vehicles. Dependency will be submission to a NWO establishment. Those rebelling against the establishment will become the hunted, the enemy of established tyranny. The soon coming power regime will make the Roman Empire legacy look like a menu side dish.

You'll be hard pressed seeing images, like above, used for promotional advertising purposes within the offshore tourism trade. It doesn't fit that happy wonderful travel vibe requiring the opposite vision — paradise bliss, even though underage labor, is rampant through numerous continents. This image is here, because it's the Real World we live and travel in. 

A mid 80s SLR roll film snap of a local washing down at the river. I returned to the same location 30 years later with nothing much changed. Locals still bath, bathe and wash clothes down at rivers. The Real World of overland travel in the 2020s may have more sophisticated camera gear, but personally, reliability is what counts. Yuppie trendy travel bloggers assume no one was around traveling overland visiting exotic places and locations before they were born. Sorry guys, this website is a reality check that puts most of you to shame.   

The above image could of been taken in numerous places scattered through Africa or central Asia. Let's just say it was captured in the Middle East. You can't get more Real World living than this. Even water supplies are brought in by donkey.

Overland travel through countries across continents using basic transportation is something the website owner has been familiar with for decades. There's no transport better than basic transport. It's the closest reality experiencing daily travel from A to B with locals. Squashed in packed out transport maybe slow, rough with odd breakdowns, but this is how the majority of Real World populations travel. I'm not alone, there's other Westerners out there who also know the value of grabbing lifts on board basic transport. These are the overland journeys always remembered.    

Above, typical transportation lifts on the back of trucks is common practice throughout the Real World.

Real World overland transit is all about getting there no matter how it's done. Jump on board, find a place and go for it. 

A smile does go a long way. This elderly woman was wondering about through a busy street without a care in the world. She was loaded up with a sack of animal feed heading home. It didn't require to much interaction to capture this shot. What was intrusive, was a group of rude street photographers who pounced in like vultures without asking, or being polite enough to wait until I had finished with the above subject. Welcome to the Real World.   

What and where is the Real World? Any country, any region well away from Western lifestyle living with zero government handouts, existing on your own sweat earning a basic wage. The Real World has no time for wokeness or insane gender fluidity. The Real World is all about survival by any means necessary no matter what circumstances evolve.

Seasoned overland travel street photographers know what a good image is, even before pulling out cameras to get the shot. The above snap reveals the ongoing disappearance of missing girls through the continents. Anyone during their journeys noticing strange happenings with young girls together with older males should contact local authorities without hesitation. 

Road maintenance and construction workers in the Real World normally use woven baskets to carry loads of rocks. These women above were flat out busy through the heat of the day earning a basic daily wage. Over the last decade or so, Western world countries have increased their input of cheap labor from Real World nations because their own citizens would rather collect unemployment and sickness benefits rather than doing low income work.  

China on the other hand, uses their own cheap labor force offshore constructing belt and road highways around the planet. You will be hard scratched to find travel bloggers blogging on this subject. It doesn't fit their blissful travel narratives, the negative impact of Real World survival won't sell well.     

How many pairs of different shoes do you have stored in cupboards? How many out there go on overseas shopping sprees purchasing the latest fashion shoes? Most of us take footwear for granted. In the Real World, people wear the same pair of footwear for years until totally falling apart. Others, like above within isolated regions live and survive in dwellings with mud floors and no footwear.       

In the Real World there are no handouts. Survival is by any means necessary. In the West, when people lose their jobs, they're paid unemployment benefits, if injured from work related incidents, they're paid accident compensation, if sick, they're paid sickness leave. This is the difference between the Real World survival living compared to comfortable lifestyles. Westerners have taken trendy lifestyle living for granted since the 1980s. Now fast forwarding to the 2020s, Western nations have become the prime target by their own governments to all buckle up. This depends how much power control passive populations have allowed themselves to give away without a whimper.

Originally a Kiwi, I don't live in NZ, but the sad fact looking at my own country from offshore, is an embarrassing example of submission. Kiwis have become so dumb down, they can't even see what's happening right in front of their eyes, even if you show them. NZ has become a WEF Socialist controlled nanny state with China operating through the front door. It tells you, warning what's up ahead, gloom, increased poverty, unaffordable housing, soaring food prices, fuel and heating costs, and the quick disappearing of the middle class. Zimbabwe and Venezuela are good examples of countries that were fully self-sustainable, now complete impoverished to the point of no return. Going back to the 1960s, if NZ would of kept all its industry, and just progressed with affordable housing, the country would be in better shape today. Instead, like other countries, NZ has been completely sold out by government, greedy exporters, and given into the hands of globalist controllers on a platter. The average Kiwi on the street can scream and shout as loud as they wish, it's all in vain, it's too late no matter what government runs the country. The population is in for a rude awakening. The comfortable 10% will continue lavish lifestyles on the backs of the other 90% trapped in their slave debt.

Locals within an open market skinning a freshly culled goat. A normal scene witnessed throughout most of the Real World. The open slaughter and sale of animal meat like above has been prohibited in the West for decades. Health and hygiene regulations don't exist through the continents. Piles of paper work, permits and certificates just to sell coffee in public is the Western way. Personally, I've had zero health issues consuming market meat dating back to the 80's. I'm actually eating goat meat right now from a local street market. A few locations to mention where I've purchased Real World market meat - beef meat Peru, beef meat Argentina, goat and beef meat India, lamb meat Colombia, goat meat Syria, beef meat Kenya, goat meat Somalia, beef meat South Africa, beef meat Guatemala, goat meat Zanzibar, yak meat Tibet, lamb and goat meat Israel. 

The above street image was captured during a 1st solo overland journey through Tibet during the mid-1980s before travel permit restrictions were enforced to all foreigners. By 1989, solo travel through Tibet was banned. This stopped real news of what was really happening in Tibet. China had successfully created the false illusion to the entire world, Tibet was always their territory, their land mass and their right to control and administer Chinese rule over Tibetans. This is far from the truth when one researches historical records of data.

The world of foreign travel bloggers blogging on Tibet all create the common click bait theme i.e. the butterfly effect "So Wonderful, How Amazing, Shringi La Paradise" etc. To earn travel blogger profit, travel bloggers and travel influencers require to write, to advertise and promote all their false fake narratives on Tibet as though Tibetans in Tibet are smiling happy Buddhists as they were pre-1950 before the Chinese invasion of Tibet. You will be hard pressed to see global travel bloggers mentioning anything negative of Tibet upsetting their Beijing counterparts i.e. expansion, aggression, and oppression of an entire religious population in a foreign land.
Not a mention, not a whisper Tibet has been a prime Chinese nuclear waste dumping ground, or certainly no mention of the torture and disappearance of healthy male Tibetans who've vanished into thin air over the last six decades. The real Tibet is never mentioned because the real Tibet and the majority of its original people have slowly diminished since 1950.

Above, an official 1948 Tibetan travel document. The following is an exact extract from the above 1948 document. Some may have to reread it a few times to let it sink in. Tibet was an independent country before China began its invasion of Tibet in 1950. Tbe above document was probably one of many reasons Communist China put the brakes on Tibetan self-rule advancement with Western influences. The rest is history of Chinese crackdown and control of Tibet and Tibetans in 1959.
"The bearer of this letter - Tsepon Shakabpa - Chief of the Finance Department of Tibet is hereby sent to Chine, the United States of America, the United Kingdom and other countries to explore and review trade possibilities between these countries and Tibet. We shall therefore be grateful if the Governments concerned on his route would kindly give due recognition as such, grant necessary passport , visa, etc, without any hindrance and render assistance in all possible ways to him. Seal of the KASHAG (Cabinet of Tibet), Lhasa. Dated this 26th day of the 5th month of FIRE-PIG Year (Tibetan)."

In the Western world, everything must be new, trendy and fashionable, old stuff must be replaced. It's the total opposite in the Real World. Everything is used until it can no longer be used. This worn out kettle, if it could talk would probably tell a thousand conversations during its life span. It still has a few years left in it yet. There's no escape within the Real World from manual hard work. It's all about survival, preparing your own land, planting crops each year to put food on the table to feed your family. This was how it was in the West - What happened?  As the saying goes - You reap what you sow.

Western World - Living In Debt Up To Your Neck!

How many people out there in the Western World who live beyond their financial means is unknown. What is known, is the percentage of overall debt accumulated by individuals and family, is exceedingly great. Having any forms of unpaid debt, and living beyond the means of that debt, is modern slavery. People are responsible for their own debt - no one else. Those who've woken up jumping ship from debt burden are usually those who downsize their lifestyles, their daily living habits, their outlook on life, of what is affordable without the need of borrowing a dime.
As the saying goes "you can falsely look and feel good even with mountains of debt hanging around your neck." It's certainly not the time or place for that mindset in the 2020s. Getting rid of all personal debt, even if it's painful downsizing to affordable living shouldn't be delayed. Only you can decide to continue being a slave to debt or walking away from it. Above, a livable shack in the middle of nowhere in the Real World. The US dollar & fiat money debt collapse — The cause of all our problems, one must go back in time 3 hour documentary.

Group think — No  :  Hive mind — No  :  Meta mind — No  :  Controlled mind — No  :  Indoctrinated mind — No

Being preyed upon happens to those allowing themselves to become victims. In the Real World there is little or no compassion, it has always been dog eat dog for survival. There is no free lunch, humans throughout history have had a tendency walking over one another, to control, to manipulate vulnerable minds. By the mid-late 2020s, it's going to get dire, almost unbearable for some, especially in the West, because everything they have gained will probably end up losing it. Many residing in big cities will have no choice becoming predators, like scavengers hunting for food. Those in power will be exempt lining their pockets with greed sipping expensive wine, consuming juicy T-bone steaks. Like in most cases, the weak perish, subdued and trampled upon without regret. Self critical thinking, is required more than ever in today's world of globalist takeover control. Almost every form to live freely, to think clearly is vanishing at accelerated speed. Forget wokeness and group think. This will only add more decay to brain damage accumulated through life. Instead, use your own self-intellect to decide what's good for yourself - not by others. Becoming exhausted with life usually points to people one associates themselves with. One has two choices, either follow your own instinct doing what's in the best interest for yourself, or be wrongly influenced by others.

In the Real World, it's always been about survival, not fantasy. Nothing is golden rosy as it's made out to be. For many, the 2020s will become the most devastating decade in modern history. Best advice — get rid of all debt, move out from cities, grow your own food supply. 

Overland Travel - 1980s Onward

The custom bag above had carried two Nikon F2AS bodies, MD2 motor drive, five prime lenses, 50-300 ED-IF Zoom lens, C330 Mamiya and 3 lenses, including other required accessories. The tripod, an alloy Manfrotto was wrapped in cloth on top during overland transit journeys.
My own history of overland travel dates back to the early eighties. That's 40+ years, four plus decades of collective offshore overland travel. Some may return to the same continent twice, or even three times or more, if they're fortunate enough through their lifetime. My early years of overland travel consisted with the same outlook, like anyone else. To constantly travel, to explore, and to photograph. It didn't matter what caught my eye, street portraiture, random candid snaps, landscape, transit snaps, archaeological, etc. People shots were a favorite from start go, since '82. This still remains the same in the 2020s.

The SLR roll film days, one of thousands of images captured through the 1980 - 1990s timeline period

Have I publish some of my photographic work? You betcha, I had successfully published different articles in Japan, Europe and New Zealand. Some were full single page spreads, double spreads, and others full on six+ page spreads in glossy magazines. Like others, I've traveled overland with some pretty serious camera gear during the eighties and nineties timeline. I quickly learnt the ropes of overland travel traveling with photo gear stuff in those early years. Keeping gear safe, where one stays, recognizing local snitches and knowing what's up ahead were priorities. Many foreign nationals I had met en-route back then, especially through Africa and South America, were robbed of their stuff, because of their own mistakes. Today is no different, actually today is as dangerous traveling with baggage and photo gear. Local snitches working together with street thieves and bandits are your worst enemy, and applies in any country.

Location South America late '80s : Nikon F2AS  DS-12 EE AC : Nikkor 50-300 f/4.5 ED-IF AIS : Manfrotto tripod

 Even today, I still use some of those classic manual focus AI/AIS lenses with DSLR full frame bodies. Personally, offshore street photography from the very beginning has been part and parcel of any overland travel journey. Without photo gear, this website wouldn't exist.

I'm certainly not a photographic couch potato yapping online discussing trivial matter on megapixels, camera brand debating, or about DSLR versus mirrorless and smart phone junk. It's a waste of time. It reminds me of my V8 days, when we would debate on Ford versus Chevrolet, Dodge versus AMC, big block versus small block etc. Instead, it's about getting out there within the real world, clocking up endless overland mileage through continents with photo gear trusted to do the job.

The 2007 Nikon D3, a favorite go to DSLR body used for daylight street still photography.

Fresh overland travelers normally choose basic lightweight camera gear, if any, or solely rely on smart phone junk capturing shots and video. Others, like myself prefer traveling with camera gear with proven reliability used on previous journeys, and have plenty of legs left for future journeys. As a long time Nikon user, Nikon's full frame DSLR bodies from 2007-2017 are hard to beat. Some are built like tanks made to last well over their use by date i.e. the D3, D3S, D700. Old as they may seem, I can capture perfect random still shots using almost any lens on these bodies. They can handle punishment crossing through countries across continents. I know that because I've done it. As for the D780, Nikon covered all bases with this model. The D780 captures great stills and video, but personally I prefer Nikon's older full frame DSLRs, because I know I can trust them out in the field. The DF and D4S and D850 are other quality full frame options. I take stills, not video, I don't need updated designed integrated "user friendly" options. I only require a camera body that can manage what it was designed for without all the fuss to capture still images — simple not over complicated. Below, overland traveling 4600 kilometers self-tracking self spotting photographing snow leopards in the wilderness. Was it worth it? Let's just say I'll do it again without hesitation.