[Music] cargo ships transport the world but why do I know absolutely nothing about them as I sometimes ponder about how our world truly functions I wonder who are the people who choose to live on these floating cities how unusual is life truly like on board and more importantly for our story today is it even possible for a civilian like myself to get onto wow with over 90 000 active ships around the globe the cargo shipping industry is responsible for the Import and Export of almost all of the goods and materials we use in everyday life and with these 90 000 ships constantly sailing back and forth with millions of products on board my logic was what difference would it make if a couple of guys tagged along now yes this did seem like a ridiculous idea but the thing about ridiculous ideas is that most people don't even think to ask so I guess let's find the answers to all of these questions by attempting to yes hitchhike one of these ships to wherever they are going we have rolled up to the biggest port in Europe here in Denmark to try and talk to some people and see if we can hitchhike a cargo ship no there's a big sign that says no people okay this is an office uh we have a YouTube channel and we have this idea of trying to hitchhike a cargo ship to wherever it's going do you think we can come in for a second okay hello how are you guys you guys work for like a cargo related company if you do okay so we're trying to hitchhike the cargo ship [Music] and as you see all the trucks is going by all the time okay maybe you want to get this room just get in okay just feeling like sketchy now I feel like I feel sketchy let's try to just walk through wait that's security you're just gonna press security without a card press that maybe oh oh wow uh okay you just press a button and the door opens uh that was easy I can't believe we are sneaking around this freaking Port right now a lot of people with yellow vests yellow vs would have been would have been great should we like try and talk to those guys down there what if they kick us out though yeah that's what I'm worried about I we have an absurd question but we're trying to see if it would be possible to hitchhike a cargo ship to two companies allow this I think dfds is your best possibility I also sell Merchant ships myself and I try to get a friend on board and they said no no civilians on board yeah so dfds is my best I guess for you guys we are a six minute bike ride away from the headquarters of dfds let's see if we can talk them into letting us onto their cargo ship I guess as we stepped into their office our microphones completely abandon us leaving us with this sound [Music] while going through the footage we thought we'd lost this entire crucial moment until for whatever reason we can't explain it came back on basically what we're trying to do is hitchhike a cargo ship so capture the experience of getting onto a cargo ship and joining them this is something that you want to do today or is it in the future not today in the future um this is something I need to look into I haven't had but we do have a lot of ships so uh so maybe we can make it happen but wow this is the fact that you guys are even listening to this is awesome awesome thank you so much thank you have a great rest of your day bye-bye after a few days of emailing back and forth the Danish cargo Shipping Company dfds seemed very laid back and open-minded about our entire request and answered us back basically right away here read this hi Thomas our captain is open to the idea let me know if you have any questions dude all they asked us in return was to send them some of the b-roll with capture of their ship given that their routes leaving from Denmark are usually less than a day they let us choose any of their routes in Europe and we opted for the best we could think of the three-day Journey from Istanbul Turkey all the way to Trieste Italy let's go oh my God I gotta answer this let's go we thought this would be impossible to get turned out it is the most possible things ever yeah well Istanbul here we are and since Eric never checks his emails he had no idea that we'd been asked to embark on the boat as soon as we landed at one in the morning do you know where we're going right now oh no we're barking the ship right now no we're not we're not going to the hotel we're going straight no we're not because it leaves at 6 a.m so we're sleeping on the boat tonight that's so crazy [Music] yes yeah that's it oh my God thank you oh wait oh what is happening there's just only trucks going in and it is like 1am right now so where do we we just walk in here hello I wish where the cruises are we're going to to the dfds ship dfts yes yeah okay hello uh we're going on the dfds ship hello oh amazing perfect thank you is going on is she like the concierge like this is the most blind I've ever gone into an episode I was I thought we were going to be at a hotel right now and now we're gonna be sleeping at a vessel looks like we're going on like a two-month trip [Music] oh my god dude what is happening wow oh my God what the oh thank you thank you nice to meet you Thomas nice to meet you nice to meet you I think this is an event for everyone they're like the tourists are here let's go wait I believe we're gonna be living here for the next three days hello how are you hello how are you thank you wow whoa breakfast buffet voucher the shows the casino [Laughter] I think everyone's been briefed that the first cargo hitchhikers are going to be joining them on this journey it feels like we are inside a space shuttle there's an elevator oh my God there's 10 floors yeah okay oh my god dude wow this is how the world moves oh amazing oh there's snacks bye good night dog you're just gonna sit here and watch me sleep yeah good night good night sleep that's a long life I'm moving do you feel that where are we going Italy oh my God [Music] foreign get this view we are basically on a freaking Mediterranean crew nice to meet you our Master would like to welcome to is on the bridge now old deck and the cool deck I told you there was gonna be a pool I manifest surprise for you tomorrow what oh my God that's not a pain oh my God I told you we were going swimming did I not tell you we were going swimming I made fun of you I won't lie I was laughing at you of course welcome wow your mustard wow hello master [Music] nice to meet you this is crazy I feel like I'm in a spaceship like how long have you been a captain uh since 2013 2013 yes he was nuts very cool this is totally new for us I mean I don't think a lot of regular just civilians get to come into a place like this and see what it's like within minutes so many of my questions were answered and so many new ones were born well how many of these trucks could this ship fit for 400 for this health 437 trucks that makes no sense he was saying like being on a ship you have to find your hobbies right yeah exactly it's like there's so much time I like drawing and taking shots and making some sports you play sports here yeah there's a gym yeah yeah dude we got it yeah playing basketball oh there's a basketball hoop we can make a match let's totally do that as we could sense that a bromance with the captain was brewing we realized to our surprise that there was a lot for us to do on this ship and our day tomorrow was about to get really interesting tomorrow will be a good day yes Eric oh there he is Eric who's this Eric Eric [Music] it's me it's Thomas what's going on bro how long have we been on this floating Rock like eight hours maybe like nine hours we've been on here for 10 years I have an idea I want to build a website and that that makes it a seamless process for you to start online businesses are you talking about Shopify right now it's a great name yeah Shopify Shopify is a website that exists and actually is sponsoring this video and is doing exactly what you're describing exactly basically Shopify is the place where we launched seat discover oh clothing brand I'm wearing it right now okay it made it super easy I had no prior uh e-commerce experience it allowed me to open the shop basically it takes all of the different technical steps away and basically an opportunity for entrepreneurs all around the world to be able to build their businesses I don't want to discourage you from starting a great business but it's just you're a planet no I'm not I'm not a part of this it's an inside job in the meantime Eric's plan already exists and there's actually a link to it for a 14 day free trial in the description if you would like to pick them apart from the entrepreneurial community and launch your Ecommerce platform whether as a side hustle or as your main business this really Bridges the Gap and allows you to do it with whatever technical skill set you have in the meantime yeah you can take a shower do I do I smell or something um for our second day of the trip our plan was to follow the crew on some of their regular day-to-day tasks while they're on a voyage and so I guess that leads us to the next segment cargo ship routine much happier morning captain oh yeah baby oh damn [Music] foreign [Music] make sure everything's going good you know engine is doing the engine stuff whoa [Music] as Eric pretended like he had any clue of what he was looking at I have a journal as well we were about to get a very rare look into the engine room okay that's for you whoa ow I'm ready dude I'm ready too I'm ready too it's really nice not to have to hear your voice for a second what [Music] how far are we going oh my God we are deep inside the engine now this is the shack it's a 50 meter long shaft and that's not above average that is a very big shaft oh are at the very tip of the shaft right now doing a fire drill right now I don't know if anyone here knows that it's not real yo these guys are taking me seriously holy can't see anything in here yes how was that finish though that's amazing maybe we should tell them it was just the smoke machine yeah yeah okay now we can go into the next scenario oh really next scenario abundance damn I still have my computer in my room I went out getting into the safety boat look at that it's right over the water this thing is at a 65 degree angle it's for 40 people you're gonna have to stay behind we're 41. just like send me the footage wow that's where you control this whole boat from whoa holy crap my God works well we're gonna be safe holy that is insane now crank the pool Eric what are we doing right now a little one-on-one game against the captain [Music] we're in the middle of the ocean right now and he he's the captain who's steering that all right almost went over wow [Applause] well Captain destroyed yesterday in Baltimore that's the job full time yeah let's do it this is the only one on their Fleet that has a pool and you said there would be a pool and I was annoyed and then there's a pool oh it's sea water what it's ocean water [Music] hello [Music] foreign it's crazy like just swimming playing basketball in the middle of the Greek ocean I honestly can't believe this is even half still yeah we're closer and closer to the crew and right before Eric had agreed to get a haircut by one of their lead Engineers who had barely ever done it before how many times have you done this this is my like six or seven times nice I thought he was gonna say I've been doing this for years we wanted to talk to them about what life on the boat for longer periods of time was truly like so what's do you hate the most about Eric [Laughter] and I am the captain of The Vessel that's pretty cool to say that huh yeah a little bit his watch is from 4 P.M to 8 00 p.m and then from 4 AM to 8 A.M 4 a.m is that difficult is a very hard to wake up our system is actually very cool eight weeks in a row we are on board and the other four weeks I'm on vacation so it's eight weeks on and then four weeks off that's correct that's correct but what's the best part and the worst part about working on a on a cargo ship the worst part is being miles away from our family friends sometimes we come back to home we could realize many things change it's a little hard to deal with it it's got to be hard with family like having a family it's not like a job like any other it's a it's a cool job yeah but you know sometimes it's challenging yeah this is the one of the most difficult things yeah I have ever experienced and when I need to close my house door I am separated from three persons it's hard when my daughter was around two two years old we were making some phone calls you know and she was trying to get inside the phone to come here yeah you know it's it's hard I know my son look who's here he beat us he beat us in basketball and every sport yeah yeah very athletic guy we've had such a good time hi [Music] when I was a boy I always dreamed not to be working stable place my working area always moving forward always changing location it makes me feel good are you happy now being a captain you can do yeah you choose the group yeah so that's why this crew is so cool because you're cool so you've assembled a good crew yeah yeah you're right yeah I love you guys to my family I love you man this has been so awesome thank you haircut time what's happening the most Brave person in the world what kind of hairstyle you want Johnny Depp Leonardo DiCaprio what did you put on your head what is it oh you actually look really good really wow cutting for an hour oh my God we see land we see Land good morning it's so fun traveling with you yeah I'm sad about it where's that too actually yeah you know from this place you became a member of us oh that's so sweet oh so great we have to give you some seat discomfort yeah I'm so sad me too this is my least favorite part of the videos yeah that was one of my best wishes oh that's so sweet come back again soon yeah okay I miss you guys I'm gonna miss you too and this is the bittersweet Part of these experiences to connect with people in such a short period of time and then having to say goodbye I always hope I'll get to see the people we cross paths with again at some point in my life but I also understand that that's not always a given in many ways however I think that it is the impermanence of these moments that also make them so magical it is the knowledge of our limited time on this ship that made us want to befriend as much of the crew as possible ask them as many questions about their lives and experience the different aspects of life on a cargo ship we didn't want to take any of it for granted I feel that when we treat life with the same amount of awareness of our impermanence that we are able to tap into the best most curious and open-minded parts of who we are we approach life more spontaneously and cherish the present moment while we have it when I start to take things around me a little too seriously I try to remind myself of just that we're excited to be back for another season of posting we'll see you in two weeks for a very exciting announcement