the concrete war is being built around it to keep people in ironically construction is being financed by the united nations' migration agency. and that was the w.'s funny funny reporting there you are watching the w. news up next we've got a documentary for you all extreme tourism or talking war zones and disaster areas and stuff that you can get all the latest news information on our web site at g.w. dot com i'm terry martin thanks for watching. trenchard's. they love flushing wades and glitter glitter glitter they're fighting against prejudice i got called playboy and recognition of the little stores on the big stage. jade's

stores may 17th on t.w. . in recent years a niche shakti has been developing in the leisure industry. a far cry from luxury all included package holidays extreme tourism has dried up volcano and tornado hunters adventurers in crisis areas and extreme athletes have all sought the ultimate adrenaline kick in some of the most dangerous places in the world. we are in little masochistic we want to take a listen to the ads. for tourism nuclear tourism disaster tourism the thrill can become addictive. 160 kilometers east of jakarta the ball. can

a corruption of krakatoa as in full flow. the group has already traversed the forest at any moment it could be hit by lava rocks. rainbows get believe it's wrong because split into 2 pots creates a guess here. and the impact left quite the crater. they all the other related just landed. resisted these wrongs can weigh 2 to 3 times. $2.00 to $3.00 tons hurtling through the air at over 200 kilometers per hour some of them have landed just a few meters away from the group. oh. well . or less than that it is at the moment we can still go higher yeah well i think if the eruptions become stronger

the rocks closer we'll have to remember. everyone is in agreement nobody wants to turn back. this in fact i am all jittery. in that this is really a crazy thing to do if. you want to freight cars and you put that on the little bit but with a key i feel safe he knows when to stop and. the rich here is only a few meters from the crater. about 30 meters away at the lava hits you know it's over with and. yeah maybe ok. this crackling sound is the lava rock hitting the ground just meters away from the.

group but the group remains calm if. it will be a really bad luck if a boulder were to land here of all places where do all the. seconds later a new eruption begins. a shower of stones falls near the group sophie just manages to jump aside. the rock shoot out of the crater over 600 degree celsius but the cool down quickly . so if you want to the piece that just mr. don't like a souvenir from me that was so close. to that. well that's everybody here sophie yes i'm here. i felt the shock wave is it true that they when the white hot rocks landed next to me i thought.

fortunately it's not my time just yet. he isn't turning back just yet. but we're very close will wait for another eruption and then go back. you know why we still waiting for the next one. and she want to wait oh yes we. talk and you nothing ventured nothing gained. high on adrenaline the group opts to stay just a bit longer. one last one. here and comes. the next shower a fiery lava rocks pours down.

the ball but you're right. the group is surrounded by glowing rocks. the priestess camera almost took a direct hit. and miss johnny. i must admit i was scared i know you've been nominated that we're laughing now but tomorrow we'll probably realize how close a cool but was all i can think of but it just was. getting so close just getting quite dangerous. that's enough for the adventures today. krakatoa that was great to crack. thank you. if. the agency requires customers to have special insurance for one of these expeditions only

regular customers who are aware of the risks are allowed on the trip. extreme tourists are on the lookout for scary situations so what better than to travel to a war zone. kabul the capital of afghanistan one of the most dangerous cities in the world. the taliban regularly carry out assassinations as they try to regain power. and 2018 nearly 4000 civilians died in afghanistan. the targets are afghan institutions and diplomatic missions especially western ones . taking a vacation here borders on insanity. 52 year old ellen loves taking risks. the american has already attempted to conquer mount everest 3 times. a few hours before departure to kabul she sends a video this is the 1st time i got k.-r.

insurance which stands for kidnap and ransom insurance so i've learned that i am now worth a $1000000.00 a colleague who knows i'm going on this trip and he said ellen you need to be more worried about this. at the airport ellen is picked up by an agency specializing in war tourism. i mean i think i'd be lying if i said. this is the 1st one where really. actually. charging $2600.00 for 10 days the organizer provides transportation and accommodation. with the hotel is behind an inconsiderate us but armored door. no sign no advertising. barbed wire and guard dogs. ellen's travel group also includes william from new york and 22 year old ingo from norway. the 2 men have already had their 1st scare. with

this stuff but it really does feel real a you just got nervous when the military stuff like does he like raising his voice and getting more and more and i agree. i don't know what's going to happen. while welcoming the guests there guide karzai who signing gives his clients a warning. the mid probability is true is this is right or if you know this is so good this you don't know if you should tell me you are pressing the button of the bomb so the business people of this would be a way staying in the. mainstream like i provided it goes so. if you take over the of us route and they trust. us are as provided local clothing for the tourists. any refund refund or no. he's.

dressed for adventure the group is ready to tour a couple. a city destroyed by constant war. for. the afghan conflict has been raging since 1988 with the taliban seizing power in the 1980 s. from the soviet union. since their subsequent defeat by the us they've continued to fight for power. decades of struggle have left their mark everywhere. this is the simple if it was simple you have the numerous shooting people. going there i can tell you not in front of the camera. because it's political things but . even though the american military is stationed here the i.s.i. qaeda still present a threat to the travelers. coming

going particular is quite nervous about the looks the locals are giving. this theory to so much and they did a look afterward to see. i mean it's mostly angry stares you find. someone. you don't feel like you belong here that's for sure i don't want us there for too long. ellen on the other hand doesn't feel threatened and wanders away from the group. you. guys. are travelling companions are becoming impatient i don't know you well and do you have to go through ok i'm sorry thank you very proud of her thank you.

despite the poverty there are children's balloons and carousels helen is thrilled. going to ask her to. write me these are good. and her. and express tour through a city scarred by poverty. at dawn the tour group leaves couple. next destination the mountains near by me on. this. since 2011 in any will ski race has been held there and the extreme tourists want in on the action.

of the capital of ukraine. the whole mall and divvied are in their early twenty's their passion urban acts urban exploration exploring cities and abandon places away from the typical tourist sites . the 2 students wait in their hotel until it gets dark. at midnight they set off. i think we have everything. we started out way too much. to celebrate having passed their exams they're not heading to the beach or contemplating clubbing their destination is more radioactive the forbidden zone of chernobyl the side of the worst nuclear disaster accident in history. on april 26th 1906 unit 4 of the power plant exploded releasing

a huge radioactive cloud all over europe. over 9000 people died and 200000 people had to be evacuated. the area is still dangerous and as a military exclusion zone. the 2 frenchmen set out at night to avoid police checks. the man in the military outfit as their tour guide igor who leads tourists into the forbidden zone for 300 euros. the area is a 2 hour drive north of here a journey into the unknown. to you i'm getting nervous i'm excited we'll see. you. under the light of the full moon they make good progress.

for their own group. the military exclusion zone has a radius of 30 kilometers. but it all mom and aviv have a problem. and justice. just. he's sky. sky i speak snow french and only a little english which makes communication complicated. finally they march through the darkness. because we're in survival mode we're not thinking about eating hooting drinking water or being tired. after 3 hours of walking the sun rises from here on out in the group could be discovered at any time and arrested by a police patrol on. the

way. and if that happens they'll be fine and have to leave ukraine immediately. cautiously walked all night it's dawn now and we're trying to be quiet and there are some dogs somewhere in the decisions. communication with igor it does not get easier this is this is. this can you share this and use their weapons what did he say i don't know much about and trying to in the middle of the forest they find traces of a soviet era hastily abandoned houses. and nothing has changed here for 33 years. old breaking into the restricted zone is risky but for these 2 friends that's the

fun of urban exploration 60 yes this is illegal but it's better it wouldn't be chernobyl otherwise it is you have to lie taking rests on noise because the police almost caught us a couple of times we're lucky. they're more it's like being in a deserted disneyland was on the front on this little newsy the. the other risk here is an invisible one. radioactivity. the trees here will be contaminated for at least the next 20000 years. contrary to all expectations many animals have reclaimed the exclusion zone over the last 34 years which has become a refuge for biodiversity. they set up a camp at 8 in the morning. palmo measures the radiation with a geiger counter. was also here a point 273 times higher than with parents. residuals 3 times more chance of

getting cancer. gone mondavi planned to spend the next 3 days in the tribal forest. meanwhile back in indonesia things are a little calmer on krakatoa. the adventurers emerge after the dangerous night. today the group isn't feeling quite so radical. normally the crater should not be approached during the day as it's difficult to see the glowing boulders in daylight but one person is less prudent. on time a young russian covered in ash beams with excitement he almost climbed to the top of the volcano. kinds of flying everywhere i think you're right it. makes me to that was an amazing experience i love adrenaline stuff like that this was my 1st time on a volcano gonna. be careful. their level those areas but they're like.

a. 100 times nonchalance shocks the french adventures in the group. of this i think the video will end up on you tube or something. maybe he wants to take pictures to post them online it's just about views on you tube until something goes wrong. unlike the russian there waiting for the light to fade. well until their impatience takes over before nightfall the group has already crossed the forest a careful from here on as soon as eruption starts stand still and be aware. but this time the mood is different. maybe it's not safe you guys. the 1st adventurers remain behind.

i'm not going up there i'm not feeling it i don't trust it at all it's way more active than yesterday. half of the group decides to halt if if if we're separating i don't trust it yells again then is going to yesterday we had a lot of fun and we were lucky but i prefer to remain here where it's safe for people is for me to. be had promised not to go to the ridge again. but the tour guide is of the same spot as the day before. he has been on volcanoes for 58 years and several times has experienced burnt feet from molten lava and barely escaped after. everyone is relieved when he returns to her room and back. and that we forgive you this time. though you can see lots of emotions of lowing here so she's it's quite

nice. through this brief i explained to you this morning that there is a certain risk they're all. don't give you a right to stay here all day why did i go on. but i don't. see it's as if i'm on the view in such moments. i'm grabbing something from life something powerful this was before. despite his 80 years passion for volcano is undiminished. he's almost one in friends of mine have died in volcanic eruptions. dying here is very realistic is usually. but i'd rather die like this that slowly wasting away in a hospital or. a labor volcanoes give me so much happiness and so much joy. if one day they ask for something in return while there's nothing wrong with that a. virtual image from will give us where i didn't go today you need to tweak i know

my limits and you learn as you go along with. it because they do it well you have a child and a wife at home as if you just got in aren't. exactly and last night as i was falling asleep i thought of my daughter but. another scary day for the volcano adventurers but that peers what they came here for. yet because i had lots of energy from the volcano but i'm relaxed now. before a slightly traumatized one but it was so enjoyable and we want more or less we are certainly a bit masochistic but we want it that way. we want to scare ourselves. to

. the adventurous plan to return again soon but crack atoll will soon never be the same again. a natural disaster will change the region's geography forever. or to a disaster changed everything for noble. but these days it's become a lucrative business. tour operators are permitted to offer bus tours with strict conditions will get through a simple day tour costs about 100 euros. the tourists are allowed to stay in the disaster area for up to 3 days. we cannot eat outside just outside e.u. responsibility to small somebody bills eat they travel into it i don't want your belongings on the ground and don't feed it anywhere because in your things are going to many of the way back we will need to lay down in the city which are normal

as one of the most popular tourist sites in the ukraine. it's hard to say the numbers but now for example it's around 50600 peoples every weekday on weekends it's up 21001500 people future. the tourist group wants to see the remains of a natural disaster for themselves. they're all aware of the scale of the tragedy. when mankind isn't there anymore it would probably. just. the houses were evacuated at night at the time residents thought they could return after a few days but most of them didn't survive. it's estimated that 9000 people died as

a direct result of the disaster. let it serve very significant place. it's like everyone should at least once in their lifetime with it. no bill and the concentration camps and just the week human tragedies i'm here we can see here. all the destruction that mankind and the. what the risks are still there and measuring the radiation levels a popular activity. level is particularly dangerous. 89 feet to the limit for ukrainians i know there is you know when. it means that we should not spend so much time. yet another way to get that adrenaline kick. like you terrifies.

the forests are also contaminated to varying degrees. a few kilometers away the 2 frenchmen call and continue to battle on once. they've been going nonstop for 15 hours. as i shouldn't take off that stupid of me. but their journey is becoming more and more arduous. we don't have any water like for 3 months we won't make it back without water. they're in the middle of the chernobyl forbidden zone still kilometers away from their goal. back of krakatoa 3 weeks after geese tour on december 22nd 2018 an extremely rare geological event took place. a powerful eruption led to the collapse

of the volcano which triggered a tsunami more than $400.00 people died tens of thousands lost their homes and had to be evacuated. in the days that followed the eruptions continue sending up huge clouds of ash into the sky. he is back at it right away he wants to see the collapsed volcano and at the airport he meets his regular customers. it's a hell of a deal but. i poked 2 boats and let them know where we are really a little higher than. the indonesian government has imposed an exclusion zone around the volcano with a 5 kilometer radius. the group doesn't know if they'll be able to reach their destination. ignoring the deteriorating weather they rush across the sea and whilst some start feeling queasy the crew have bad news.

little there's a leak. and the engines broken down but that will tail. with the damage repaired the tourists are soaked but still in high spirits. after 5 hours they reach krakatoa which is now almost unrecognizable. new to full. as the ins high a forest has disappeared from. the volcano has shrunk. from 380 meters tall to 120 meters tall. a huge water filled craters formed. the beach and all the vegetation disappeared. and they have a good name i never thought i would see kakao like this but he is keen to get going

as you will all be so excited that. he wanted to be the 1st on the still hot earth and they were all willing to ignore the restrictions to do so. people and made it go. for the. they were the 1st people to walk on the new. ok no. they don't like the 1st steps on the moon could be and this is they always dreamed of something like this. after 56 years of traveling into active volcanoes the mayor says the 1st time i've seen anything like it was that. although the eruption was only 5 days ago the tourists still want to climb the

volcano. the newly formed terrain created by the cool lava flow is challenging and of course nobody knows the way. at the summit he is deeply touched. off. you don't know how i feel. like the 1st time i made a lot of. it was the same thing that same happiness. for the rest of us i mean both of which are the problem is i look at this and i get such a feeling inside of me i feel it right down in my stomach or you know like. cheers

to you and to cry cock. eruption. and. the group relaxes but key remains vigilant. it's all right everything is fine right now be ok let it go blow again at any moment. say yes thank him wait yes we're yes we're yes as you should because i'm not a lover. then he changes his mind. and ventures a little further down towards the crater the others follow in. effect the sea voyage i wasn't sure at 1st if i should go alone going off it when he went off i couldn't stop. the city bus so yeah it's clear to all of us that if the volcano erupts now we'll die of the slow. and you find that amusing most of the belief yes a little bit. of it let's hope we survive

a couple of the of the awful he knows exactly how risky this all is. well all crazy this is madness. 100 meters from the crater lake the group settles down he's adrenaline addiction has won yet again. sometimes i ask myself what i'm doing and then i think i should stop for good but somehow i can't. for the tourists this is a unique and uniquely dangerous opportunity. just 50 kilometers away the tsunami caused by the eruption wiped out entire families in the fishing village of carita. on returning to the coast the adrenaline junkies are confronted with a harsh local reality. so face you get his

son died. it was standing outside the house holding him in the way and just tore him out of his arms and swept him away. it's only now that the groups start realizing the scale of the tragedy. yeah. yeah just to sit down and say this lady came up to me and started to. cry showing me where her house was. we've just seen something truly wonderful and then just hours later way here standing in a disaster area because of this. but i wasn't expecting this stuff that would fit you. know you know what the villagers won't receive any i was. very afraid of this volcano i am afraid that it will happen again i am traumatized

and scared. and i. think. oh yeah we have little in the water to account. to that we're not faced with the scale of the destruction he is mortifies. our company will start a fund raising campaign and send money. we discussed it before but honestly until you experience it yourself as the tragedy. you can not be moved by it. we have to do something. again as friends were the 1st to set foot on the new volcano but their adventure has caused a scandal which of course comes with consequences. they've been banned from future travel in the region.

and. back in afghanistan extreme tourists are preparing for the afghan ski challenge. from the word go there are already difficulties. and the vehicles get stuck in the snow and everyone has to continue on foot in the new. paper see how this guy. oh yes it's fair because everyone is stuck down here so everyone has to offer. so it's a fair deal. this is afghanistan great yes afghanistan i didn't expect any less. the situation is challenging. but the race is important for the afghans. the 44 local participants have trained for months and want to beat the visiting foreigners. in the winter receives $10000.00 afghani about 110 year olds more than twice the average monthly salary in

afghanistan. says the locals have a clear advantage effortlessly running through the deep snow. the tourists can't keep up with. the 350 meter climate 4000 meters above sea level is difficult enough but the weather is also closing in. one of the foreign participants are used to such harsh conditions. as they struggle to the top the 1st afghan sets down the mountain.

the 21000 afghan ski champion finishes the race in just 26 minutes. meanwhile at the summit despite the vicious glacier when the 1st tourists start preparing for the descent. the norwegian has fallen behind. the for. the for. just you know you try to put a voice to the stars but also from underneath your. suddenly collapses unable to get up.

is in a lot of pain the american ellen reaches the group. she's a doctor and is able to setting a shoulder again. to me. the norwegian now needs to somehow master the downhill unaided. the afghan competitors reach the finish line. the travelers were unable to keep up with such speed. the 1st tourists arriving 14th and 15th place. more harm. then we did it. you know us kids get challenged yeah.

15 minutes later an exhausted in go also arrives. it's chaos getting out there wasn't a focus on a freak everyone would be out of iraq someone asked why it had to go but not everybody at the local. deserved victory. but the extreme tourists have also earned their moment of glory their presence giving hope to the struggling region of army on. despite the country's instability by miyan plans to expand tourism in the coming years. back near chernobyl and home all continue to fight their way through the exclusion zone. after more than 15 hours on foot they're completely exhausted when they reach the next stage to go won. the cold war era missile tracking facility

was abandoned after the turn noble explosion. some little reward for the 40 kilometer not very special place. igor doesn't want to go any further. he suggests the extreme tourist should go on alone. so you could be seen to be yes sure local station there are still 20 kilometers to go when it's too dangerous to go alone. what you are not going to the village just you know it's too difficult there was so far it's all since we hardly have any water that. we don't you manage half the

distance with what we have and. the 2 friends decide to give up on their goal to make it to prepare. their chernobyl adventure ends here and do go on. but for the guided tour noble tour of the trip is far from over and this soviet radar facility is just a stopover. very definitely not. under the radar you might say. and it's not my view and i felt. they continue want to the city of prepared only 20 minutes away with a guided tour takes them to a cinema. a gymnasium. and a fairground that was originally planned to open just 4 days after the explosion. it was once the showcase city of the soviet union

a prime example of soviet architecture since the disaster it's become a ghost town. so we enter in quite a big city and there's not a sound just the birds. the highlight of the tourist to get as close as possible to the scene of the accident reactor unit 4 at the nuclear power plant. since 1906 the power plant has been surrounded by a huge protective shell called the sarcophagus and in 2016 a 2nd protective layer was added a lot more than flying in. a souvenir photo in front of the old town sign. oh well. before leaving the site each visitor has to pass through a security gate with detectors that measure radioactivity.

almost $100000.00 visitors come to turn normal every year it has become the epitome of disaster tourism. but one extreme trip could top this. one already planned destination that's out of this world. a space station. climate change was the spark that made her take action. cloudy augustine no from portugal is suing 33 european countries for forest fires in her homeland for far too common. with a group of other young people she's heading to the european court of human rights.

with success. some kids from europe. 90 minutes on d w. humans love interaction and sometimes you don't have a hero bot will provided that's great they're going to replace people and manufacturing they're going to replace doctors and lawyers they're going to replace people in jobs you wouldn't think they can do all the work is being done by machines what do you mr they try and keep getting better and better education and taking more and more advanced jobs or do they end up doing other things making art having social interactions with each other are we going to have enough humanity to make it powerful for everyone or some people are going to say i want everything and the rest you guys have to be poor and die that allows individuals to discover their humanity they have to learn a new meaning for life and new things to do that's a social revolution and hopefully we can move too slowly.

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