(success)
- Your life, is like a movie.
So why not make it the greatest
movie you've ever seen?
 
Yeah, I used to be just like you,
but then, I hit a million on YouTube.
 
I used to ask for tap water
but now, I drink sparkling.
I don't say this to flex, I say this
'cause I have a million subscribers.
(waves crashing)
They say money doesn't make you happy
but, maybe, they just
don't have any money.
When I get offered a 30-day free trial,
I go straight to Buy Now.
(motorbike engine roaring)
What are my plans now that I'm a hot shot?
Well, I'll probably move
to the Hollywood Hills,
drive a sports car fast,
I'm talking real fast.
(McLaren engine revving)
 
Alright, here we are
in a very messy office,
it's currently 1:00 a.m. and originally,
I thought to myself, big video,
I better be ready for it, I'm
gonna wait until the morning,
I'm gonna clean everything,
have my morning coffee
but then it occurred to me that there's
literally no more natural way to
film this video here today.
This is the real Lost LeBlog.
Today, I have had like an
emotional rollercoaster.
I have been cutting
through what is now about
3 1/2 years worth of videos.
I literally dragged in about 20 hours
into my final cut timeline
and I wanted to make a video
that means a lot to me.
It's a video that shows some
of the funniest moments,
some of the most beautiful
and breathtaking moments I've
had through all my travels.
Guys, I have to say, if
you're going traveling,
my number one piece of advice,
I don't care if you're not a camera guy.
Film something, take photos.
I forgot about so many
of these amazing moments
that, otherwise, I'd probably
would never be able to relive
and, when I started to go through it all,
I relived these moments and it honestly
brought me back these emotions
whether they'll be good
or bad, it was a
beautiful, beautiful thing
to be able to re-experience, life.
If you're one of those people who
have been around since 1,000 subscribers
or whether you're brand
new to the channel,
I wanna share with you some of
the most important moments of my life,
the moments that made me
smile, that made me cry,
the moments that gave me awe
and the moments that
inspired me to wanna travel.
And, ultimately, have made my
life over the past 3 1/2 years
the best life I could have ever asked for.
One thing I need to say before
we dive into nostalgia center
is thank you.
Thank you so much.
We're at one million subscribers.
Hand in hand, step in step,
we were together through all of this.
You guys literally mean the world to me.
This is my greatest passion
and I somehow get to call playing around
with a camera all day, going on a mission
to climb a mountain, getting
to see the Northern Lights,
I get to call that my job
and it's truly a blessing.
With that being said, I wanna
be able to give back to you.
That was so hot!
And that's why I have some of these
expired Amazon gift cards.
Go and get the codes, they're
expired but just kidding,
I actually have something nice to give.
I would like to take one of you on a trip.
I don't know where it's gonna be yet.
It might be here in Bali,
maybe it's somewhere in
Europe or North America,
I don't know.
I will take care of all the planning,
all the expenses whether it be flights,
visas, everything.
The only disclaimer is
you must be 18 years old.
I can't take anyone under that age
so I hope you understand that.
I wanna hear from you in 30 seconds
or less via an Instagram story,
just tag me at LostLeBlanc.
What is it that makes
you the most deserving,
whether it be that you've been around
since 1,000 subscribers?
Whether it be that you've never
had the resources to travel
or you've always been too scared.
Any of these reasons, it's up to you.
I'm gonna put a closed
date down below here.
So as long as you do
that before that date,
you are totally eligible
as long as you're over 18.
One of the things that I enjoyed
to see the most out of
watching my old videos
was that feeling of progress, I mean,
I go back to the old
videos and, obviously,
they were designed for
a different purpose.
They were never made to be
entertaining a large audience,
they were just a guy that was traveling
and had a GoPro with him.
You know, I didn't have
a single photography
bone in my body.
I literally had no idea what aperture was.
I didn't know any of this
because it was never
really a part of my realm.
It was never part of my life
but with time, it grew on me
and it grew on me really quickly.
I became insanely obsessed with getting
the best visual quality
but when I go back there
and I look at where the videos started,
where they progressed as
I started to invest myself
in videography, in better
equipment, investing time
and money into getting better results.
It's one of the things
that I'm proudest about
here on this channel, the
thing that makes this job fun.
Always trying to be better,
always trying to be bigger,
badder and dadder.
Now, progress wasn't just seen in the
form of the way I shot my videos.
It was also the branding.
I wanna show you guys where
the LostLeBlanc channel,
formally known as Christian's
Travel Vlog, started.
99% of you will be like, what is that?
Here I am in university
thinking to myself,
what best represents what I am?
It was being a pioneer,
it was going out there
and doing the thing that
very few others were doing.
And so this bicycle is actually one
of the first ever bicycles created
and I thought that it looked pretty cool
so, for me, that was a good enough reason.
That lasted for all of, I
don't know, maybe a month.
(laughs) It didn't last very long.
Part of the progress story.
From there, I worked with my good friend,
Carly Fairbank, and then
she designed this one,
this is the Christian LeBlanc
LostLeBlanc-esque logo
and this was the intro slide
to so many of my videos
back in, I believe, 2016.
At the time, my Instagram,
my Twitter, my Facebook
and my YouTube all had different usernames
because Christian LeBlanc
was not available across
all of them and so, I
start telling myself,
I can't have four
different social media tags
if I wanna grow this into a business.
And so, that's when I
started to crack down
on what would be the
future of this channel.
Like, I literally sat on this
question for about two months.
I was working with the
ideas of Nomad LeBlanc,
Vagabond LeBlanc, when
the word lost came to me,
it was immediate, Lost LeBlanc.
(cheers) And then
eventually, I got it animated
by somebody else that
volunteered to do that.
From day one has been
supported by the community,
people doing things for
free, people helping out
to get a very broke
backpacker on the road.
It's just incredible, the progress
that's been made in film, in branding.
All of you guys know
the LostLeBlanc channel
as the place to go for
beautiful drone shots.
And, with that, we have had some mmm mmm.
(deep electronic music)
Beautiful drone shots all over the world.
If I had the time, I would just like
compile it all and make a beautiful video.
If you wanna see that, comment down below.
Maybe I'll do that.
As you guys know, on this channel,
one of my favorite things is laughing.
I love to laugh, it's probably
the thing I live for the most.
And, on these travels, in these videos,
I have always found a way to laugh.
Whether it be laughing with somebody,
sometimes laughing at
somebody else's expense,
especially used to do that a lot more,
but as the channel grew, I kinda
stopped doing that a little bit.
But there's still been some absolutely
incredible moments that I have found
in all my old videos and these are
some of the moments I wanted to highlight.
What is this?
Look at this guy!
Oh, I ran him over!
(cockerel cooing)
This a fighter right?
One day he will fight in the glorious
battle to the death.
(cockerels squawking)
Be very careful with Clarence.
He's a delicate being, oh. (laughs)
I'm sorry, Clarence, you're on your own.
Oh my gosh, they're making the leg hurt.
It looks like he's making a move.
She says, take me to dinner first.
Looks like there's gonna be no dinners.
Uh oh, I'm not that kind
of pigeon. (giggles)
Alright, time to leave the temple.
2016 ADDAs.
Guaranteed to get you
where you need to be.
(girls cheering)
If you come to Big C, maybe just specify
you don't necessarily want
chicken feet in your soup.
Unless you're into that kind
of thing, then ask for it.
This is insane!
We gotta get down.
I think we've got about five
minutes to sunlight, oh my god.
(thunder crashes)
Oh shit, oh (bleep).
Holy crap, we gotta get down, dude.
I can't stop.
That was the closest I've
ever been to lightning.
Alright guys, gee dang it.
There's still no dolphins
but let me try a quick,
little dolphin call.
(mimics dolphin squeaks)
- Alright.
- Back where I belong.
- My spine hurts, get in the back.
- Uh yeah, that's better.
- Oh, what is.
- [Female] One, go!
- Whoa, no.
- I feel like I was, like,
showering with sand paper.
- Have this young, strapping lad
of Geneosoa here about to jump.
Oh, look what you did, look what you did!
- (laughing) I'm sorry!
(Christian laughing)
- Woo hoo, my god!
It's very high, my god!
- This early, oh (cries) oh no.
- (coughing) I almost threw up.
- Have you ever been bitten?
- Just once.
- Did it hurt?
(tour guide exhales)
- Oh my god, look at that ant, it's huge!
(Christian singing)
- (gasping) Ah, my leg, it took my leg.
Well, least I've still got my three limbs.
(singing) Yah!
Jamie, put the camera down.
Would you help me?
Don't get me wrong, I'm
a chump for wild life
but there's something
real special here today,
and that is we've just come
across a wild Duracell.
Oh my gosh, I didn't
know they came out here.
- Please God, forgive him or take him.
- Can you believe it?
We just saw a double A all the
way out here in the Amazon?
Next thing you'll start
seeing is triple As.
Ah, it's a good one.
- Oh my god.
- [Crew] Holy!
- No, I do not like that.
(crew member shrieks)
(little boy laughs)
Secret passage here.
My friend, Nicolas Cage, told
me all about this one here,
there's a secret entrance somewhere here.
There it is.
So the legends were true.
Surely, it won't be long
'til I find the Lost Ark.
We found it.
You gotta be kidding me, come on!
So yesterday, Ronnie broke his drone.
Today, Ronnie dropped his
phone whilst scootering up.
I lost my Mavik and,
now, my bike won't start.
But on the bright side.
- That's the tree that killed my drone!
It's officially broken.
- No way!
- It is, it is!
- No way!
- Oh, shhh.
(boys laughing)
- So, my brother got jumped.
- Still got it.
- Alright mate, today we're going to be
exploring the world's
most aggressive animal.
Now, you're gonna have to be careful.
Do not try this at home, kids.
We're gonna have to be very quiet
to approach this beast.
It can hear you from over 3 miles away
and if it does, it will attack.
You wanna get low to the ground
because if they see you, they will attack.
I'm warning you guys,
this could get real graphic real quick.
Sulliman, you, Sulliman, I'm tryna.
Like I said before, this
could be real dangerous.
Damn, I've been spotted.
I've been spammed by the beast!
No, please spare me!
This water here is just so blue.
Like it's probably the most (beep).
Boop, boop!
- [girl] Abula!
- [Christian] Abula!
For hello, sir,
please let me out!
I'm stuck inside the ATM machine.
- [Man] You're a sick man, Christian.
- [Christian] It's not a
burn, dude, it's just a tan.
Is that what you said, right?
- Something like that.
- This is behind the
scenes, behind the scenes.
- Put the camera down!
- Whoa, Will's there killing me.
- We started running in
quick sand, quick dry.
This travel blog will now
be filmed from down here.
Right now, we are heading
to Knot Plum Beach.
Hey guys, we're now out of the hotel room.
(ice-cream truck music)
I scream for ice cream!
See you later!
He looks like he's just woke
up and realized it was Monday
and he's like, I hate my job.
(upbeat music)
I hate cockroaches, like I
don't get scared by much.
Go, there he is, there he is!
Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, there he is!
There he is, you disgusting.
Oh god, he's coming! (cries)
My heart is racing.
Oh god, oh god!
Absolutely, no free.
- [Crowd] Cheese!
- Cheese!
Now, I don't wanna get sappy with this
but, honestly, this would not be the same
without the friends that
came along on this journey.
Some of them close,
some of them just quick
acquaintances that left a lasting impact.
That is one of the amazing
things about travel
is that, no matter where
you are in the world,
you find people that are like-minded
or that are differently minded but somehow
bring value into your life,
that challenge your viewpoint
and leave you better off because of it.
I've been able to meet so
many incredible people,
to all my friends, family,
anyone's been a part of this journey.
You know exactly who you are
and I owe so much to these
people on this journey.
- Bulldog.
- You're a bulldog.
- Bulldog.
(barks)
- Aw, it's recording right now, hello!
- Hello, welcome to the
vlog, what's your name?
- My name is Francisco and I want alcohol.
- (laughs) Good luck, Francisco!
- Hey, we want ya to have a party!
- Hello!
- Yah!
- Hello, hello!
- (laughs) Whoa!
- Ya, I'm a fan dude like how long
have I been trying to hide it?
- And let's get Oz.
(Oz yells)
I'm not going to lie,
cutting through this footage,
there's certain shots, certain moments
that bring so much joy.
There's other moments that
kinda cut you like a knife.
For me, the feeling that some of
these most beautiful sunsets,
most beautiful travel experiences,
beautiful people that you've
come across in your life,
you know, life is only lived once.
But, to know that you can't go back
and experience those things, sometimes,
it also brings a form of sadness
but the fact that I can go back
and relive these moments is so beautiful.
I can't believe that 21 year old me
decided to buy a GoPro
with no film experience
and just start filming.
I actually don't know where
that rationale came from.
I had never watched a
travel blog in my life.
I didn't know YouTube could
even be good for that.
Just thought of it as
a place for cat videos,
and it has been one of the most important
things I ever did in my life.
It was the best decision I ever made in
my life was buying that GoPro.
Okay, this was the moment that kinda made
me sad actually, the
death of my first drone.
I like to think he's still flying around
the Philippines somewhere and I say first
because I did lose a couple
more throughout my career.
- I wanna give a commemoration
to all the beautiful animals
from puppies to doggos,
to puppers to sub-woofers.
Can he get, oh.
(upbeat music)
- Enjoy your crem.
- Very fat.
- [Female] Yeah.
(woman laughs)
- Let me, no I'm being humped.
- The fans, Peppers, ow!
This is Peppers.
- Look at him, oh my gosh!
How do you get your
coat to be so beautiful?
♪ It's like you're my mirror ♪
♪ I can see the other half of me, whoa ♪
♪ You're so beautiful ♪
♪ You're the most
beautiful cow in the room ♪
No no no, thank you!
- [Man] This thing is
absolutely beautiful.
(raccoons screeching)
- [Christian] Oh.
Why are you so small?
♪ What makes you beautiful ♪
Gosh, you're social.
I've never pet a goat before.
- Lucky for you, you guys
don't taste very good.
Nobody eats you!
Guys, all of you beautiful
four-legged creatures,
you bring so much love to me
and I wanna give it right back to you.
We're now at one million,
Team Get Lost is getting
stronger by the day
but for me again I wanna say
it, it's not about the number,
it's about the strength behind the number
and you guys are more than enough for me.
I am so, so what's the word?
I'm in debted, I am forever
grateful to the meaning
and the purpose that
you've brought to my life.
I love every single day whether it means
I'm stuck on a computer
or whether it means
I'm on a flight that got delayed
and they lost my luggage,
it doesn't matter
because at the end of the day,
I get to call something that I absolutely
love my job and I
couldn't thank you enough
for that because you guys are the ones
who have afforded me this opportunity
and I can not wait to work even harder
to bring you even better videos,
to make sure that you
guys can be experiencing
the world for yourselves.
You only hit one million once
and today is an incredible
day for all of us.
I am so, so grateful and so
excited for what's to come.
Team Get Lost, we're just getting started
and guys, I can't wait to find out
who's gonna be joining me on that trip.
You know the drill, I'll
see you next Saturday
and guys, let's get lost
again in the next one.
