Spinning The Globe And Flying Wherever It Lands

3, 2, 1... OH MY GOD! When I was a kid, I had a globe on my desk. And I used to love spinning it. Close my eyes, point my fingers somewhere random, and then open them up to see where I landed. Letting my imagination run free about what that country would be like and if I'd ever get to visit it. And the answer was almost always that I'd probably never get to. But 15 years have passed, and I've realized how life-changing of an experience seeing other parts of the world and experiencing new cultures truly is. So today, to leave it up to chance and throw ourselves into an unknown country, we've decided to live out this childhood fantasy. To make the spin more specific, we've decided to rely on Google Maps' I'm Peeling Lucky feature, which spins the globe and truly sends you somewhere random. But also somewhere very specific, unlike a finger on a globe would. Matt and I are the ones going on this adventure because Ammar's Egyptian passport requires him to have a visa for most countries, so unfortunately, a last-minute trip is impossible for him. And given that Matt hasn't been able to travel for months because of his Ironman training, the hype to go on this trip was high. The moment has come! Thomas and I are going to go spin the globe and go wherever it leads! Oh my god! This is the ultimate, I feel like, travel dream. Just fully chance to decide where you go anywhere in the world. You know when you're a kid, you dream of doing that? Like, now we're actually gonna get to fly there. Let's do it! Alright. Oh my god! I am feeling lucky right here. Whoa! The powers in my hand! Wait, so we're only doing one click and then we just fly there? I think so, my friend. I think so. Oh boy, this is actually shockingly nerve-wracking. Three, two... Wow! Oh my god! Australia is so far, man! We're going to the Great Barrier Reef. We've never been. No, I know, we've never been. We're going to go forever. I'm aware, I'm aware. This is like a dream of mine. I've wanted to go so bad to Australia. Oh, this is gonna be so fun! Yes! This could have literally sent us anywhere and we're ending up in freaking Australia. Time to reveal to the boys where we're going. We have an exciting announcement to make. We will be leaving town. Oh, thank god. So funny. We are going to the Great Barrier Reef. Hey! The homeland! I don't know if it sounds dope, but you're gonna love it. Cam, what do we have to expect? Wild animals, crocodiles, mosquitoes the size of your face. We are booking the flights to Brisbane right now and here is a little secret for all you people who want to travel. We have a website, testtheory.com. On that website, there is a tab called Book an Adventure. If you click this, it is freaking crazy what it does. We are saving $400 because our friend Guillaume, who's a travel hacker, set up this plug-in on our website to find the cheapest flights. I have not found anything cheaper than what is on yestheory.com. Where are we going? We're going to one of the most incredible places on the freaking planet. But to make this more interesting, we've added a twist to it, but we'll explain at the airport. Vamos! It says Brisbane. I still can't believe it. Thank you. We have decided that once we arrive in Brisbane, it's a two and a half hour flight to get to the actual Great Barrier Reef. We are going to find two very, very lucky strangers who have never been to the Great Barrier Reef and who are from Australia and we're going to ask them if they want to join us. If we're going to go to the most iconic place of a certain continent, we've got to pick people who have never been, who live in that continent. It's always so interesting in these moments, somebody that's waking up today in Brisbane, Australia, who has no idea that we're about to encounter them and take them on this adventure. Their life is about to go like, completely. All right, we're in the central of the city. It just got real, real fast. Yeah, there's like nobody here right now. It's Saturday morning. Hello, I have a quick question. Have you ever been to the Great Barrier Reef by any chance? No, not really. We just got in this morning and we spun a globe to decide where it would take us. So I picked the Great Barrier Reef. We decided that we'd come to Brisbane and find somebody to come with us. Join us in the Great Barrier Reef. That's the best idea I've ever heard. I would, but I actually have to meet up right now. That's great. That was a good first interaction. They're very sweet people. Hey guys, can I ask you a quick question? We just arrived in L.A. We spun the globe. In L.A.? In L.A. Sorry, I'm trying to find people to come with us from Brisbane to go up to the Great Barrier Reef that have never been there before. We've been there before. Oh, you've been there? Yeah, yeah. Did you guys have a good one? We've got to find somebody that has never been there before us. That's the goal. Should we ask this guy? How's it going, man? How are you guys? How are you? What are you doing? Luke, where are you from? Nice to meet you, bro. Los Angeles. We just flew in this morning. Really? Yeah. F***ing hell. You happy? You liking it? I mean, we've been here for two hours, but so far everybody's been so nice. Nice to meet you, bro. Would you like to get a photo? Or is he a traffic controller? Luke, I've got a question for you. Yeah? So the reason we're actually here is because we spun a globe through Google's I'm Feeling Lucky, and it said the Great Barrier Reef. So we're going to go up to Cairns tonight. Really? Yeah. And we don't want to just go as two, because we've done a bunch of these adventures before, and each time we bring strangers with us, and it's always amazing. So if any chance, you'd be down. Have you ever been in the Great Barrier Reef? Nah. You've never been? If you want to go, yeah. Would you be down to come? Yeah, probably. Do you want to hear how much it is? Well, we would cover it. Yeah? Yeah, it's pretty good. F***ing why not? Wait. How often do you get to travel? No, never. Do you have like a friend or somebody that you'd want to bring two? Yeah, yeah. He's actually been serious. Yeah, yeah. This is what we do for a living. Oh, really? F***. Alright, you just have to cross the road there. Yeah. That's right, baby. Tell him. Yeah. Gotta give him a call. Dude. Immediately great vibes. I'll give you a call when I'm finished. Okay. Sounds good. Alright. See you soon. Cheers. What? What just happened? He's the perfect yes man. Yeah. He's like, oh, bro. Yeah. It's not a very difficult yes to do it. It's more of like trusting us and making the commitment of like potentially missing work. He didn't hesitate. Yeah. He just doesn't know if we're being serious. We're like, no, Luke, we're being so serious. What's up, dudes? Hey, guys. Hey, dude, man. Travis, nice to meet you, man. What's up, brother? How you going, Luke? Good to see you, dude. Nice to meet you, bro. Welcome, dudes. Oh, my God. You guys ready for this or what? He just called me at work and said, do you want to go to Great Barrier Reef tomorrow? I was like, what the hell? What are you doing? I'm meant to be at my cousin's birthday. I told her and she goes, no, don't go. Don't go. You're going to get kidnapped. And I was like, I was kind of thinking I might, but then I was like, nah. See you soon. All right. Let's do this. We're going to camp on Barrier Reef tomorrow with these guys. Yeah, I know. Yeah. You there? Yeah, I'm here. Hey. Where are you off to? Go scuba diving in the Great Barrier Reef. Scuba diving? Yeah. Hi, mate. Taxi. Come to my house. I'm just near the airport. I was at work and they said, do you want to come to the Great Barrier Reef? And I said, yeah, why not? Yeah. Woo. Good night, boys. 6.30? 6.30. All right. I'm going to pass out, waking up at 6.30 to head out on our boat excursion. The next day, as we were getting ready to head out to the reef, Luke decided to tell us a bit about his past. All right, Luke. We're ready to hear it. How you going? My name's Luke. I had a skateboarding accident in 2013. Going down a hill, you know what I mean? No helmet on. Fell off, hit my head. Ended up in a coma for five weeks and, yeah, hospital for six and a half months. I was given a 3% chance to live. Well, they said if I woke up from my coma, I was going to be completely brain dead and in a wheelchair for the rest of my life. My family was coming up to say, they were coming up to say goodbye to me when I woke up. When I woke up. Yeah. I get emotional, sorry. But the three side effects from the injury is I have short-term memory, which is like you forget the stuff you did the day before yesterday kind of thing. I lost my sense of smell because I hit it in that spot. I hit my right side of my head, so it damages the left side of your body. So my left arm is damaged. My leg is damaged. I can move it, but it's getting better. Like, it used to be all the way up there. So I'm always positive about things. Do you remember anything before the accident? No, I lost complete memory. Like, it was wiped. When I was in hospital, like, I had a heart monitor on. And when my family members and my friends would come in, it was going like that. Like, it would just go straight. And then as soon as they come in, it would go up. That's why I'm here. Because I had so much support around me, like, all my family. My dad would come up every day to the Gold Coast. Sam was my family. I just knew my dad. Every time I was in hospital, he'd say, don't stop. Never give up. Get stronger. How did your outlook on life change after? Well, it's just I take each day as it comes now. Like, I don't worry about anything. Look, I come to the Great Barrier Reef with half an hour's notice. Like, you know, like, you're never going to get this opportunity again. I'm not one to let opportunities pass up. Thank you so much for sharing, dude. No worries, man. Love you, buddy. Yeah, love you, man. Thank you. The morning has come. We are officially going to the Great Barrier Reef with these two gentlemen. You boys ready? Hey. How are you? In line, checking in for our tour. Damn, we're going diving. What's your Joe? Oh, f**k. Who's Joe? Joe Mama. Oh, s**t, s**t. You guys boys ready? We are not boys. These are men. These are men ready for diving. Sea sickness is going to be real out here. My God. We have arrived at the Great Barrier Reef. Nice little cuddle session over here. You're the only one. For his first dive ever. This is the spot on the map. Right here. Yesterday, I was at work. Now, I'm at the Great Barrier Reef. What the hell, man. Ready to look in the water, buddy? Okay. All right, off they go. How we doing, fellas? Hey, how you going? Oh, man, that was so good. Like, you don't understand. Like, I had the best time of my life ever. I'm taking off my top. I'm going back in. With a body like that, why are you even wearing a shirt? I just want to thank you and Tomo for bringing us out here. Doing something me and Luke would have never done before if it wasn't for you. Thanks for coming, dude. Thanks for paying, man. I was broke as **** before coming here. Like, nearly zero in my bank account. But I'll come. Same as him, too. Yeah. You guys are two of the happiest fellas I've ever met, so. Yeah, we stay pretty positive. Give off positive energy. Positive energy comes back to you. That's what Luke believes, anyway. It's obviously worked for him. Look at him. How you going, mate? Nice to meet you, Luke. Cheers. Best of things, people. Seriously. Oh, man. It was unreal. Like, literally. It was awesome. Just to go with you two fellas. Yeah, you two. You two are like the coolest folks we've ever met. Literally. Just down to earth. Chilled out blokes. As our journey to the Great Barrier Reef came to an end, we were supposed to part ways the next day. This is the most amazing thing I've ever seen. But after having had such an amazing time with Luke and Travis, Luke decided to stay with us to explore the area, its rainforest, and massive waterfalls. Ah, yous are legends. I love you, dude. I love you, too, man. That was an awesome interview. Thank you. Seriously, man. Best thing that's happened to me in my life. Literally, you've changed my life, man. Like, ah. Dude, don't start. You're going to make people mad. High five. Oh, no. I'm so happy we met you, dude. Like, ****, man. Like, ****. You put faith back in my life. You know what I mean? Like, I wasn't very happy. I was happy, but I wasn't. Yous are legends. Like, dead set legends. Like, literally, you should be freaking prime minister. Like, dead set. You should be, like, kings. I'm with you. Friends for life. Yeah. Ah, ----. I'm going to go for a cocktail. Thank you. I love you guys. Ah. ****. Love you, buddy. When we first arrived in Australia, we truly had no idea what our adventure would look like. We're honestly quite nervous when we start these trips because of that. But then we stumbled onto Luke, having no idea what he'd gone through, which gave us such an eye-opening perspective that we never know what the people we walk past on the street every single day are going through. And that it's so easy to forget that every human we cross is somebody totally different from us, dealing with all of their own problems. So next time you pass someone on the street and make eye contact, I think we should all be a little bit more like Luke and give them a smile and a hello. Because at the end of the day, you never know how far that can take you. And before we go, we want to mention that from now on, we're going to be offsetting our carbon footprints by donating to TerraPass, which provides funds to green projects like wind farms and landfill gas capture. We also want to take this time to thank our sponsor for helping us make this week's episode happen, SeatGeek, and for potentially giving one of you a free ticket anywhere around the world. SeatGeek is an app that allows you to buy and sell tickets in the easiest way possible by putting all the tickets in one place. So you can focus on what matters most, the live experience. Plus, if you use the promo code YESTHEORY, all in one word, you get $20 off your first purchase. 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