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This is the first out of five Episodes about a trip to SouthEast Asia in Fall 2010. Stefan, Clemens and I were travelling in a Landrover through Malaysia, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia for 2 months. Of course, we brought our little DSLRs to capture every great moment of this memorable journey.
Watch the trailer here: vimeo.com/22714098
Watch Episode 2 - THAILAND here: vimeo.com/32269712
Watch Episode 3 - LAOS here: vimeo.com/33352753
Watch Episode 4 - CAMBODIA here: vimeo.com/34551465
Watch Episode 5 - THAILAND / REPRISE here: vimeo.com/34895829

Filmed by Vincent Urban & Clemens Krüger
Shot with Canon 7D
Edited by Vincent Urban
Music by:
Uzi & Ari - "Mountain / Molehill"
The Travelling Band - "Sundial"

Episode 1 Info:
0:43 - Kuala Lumpur
The city is an interesting clash of cultures, with the Muslim people, the Chinese traders, colonial buildings and a huge modern western influence. If you get a chance to go there, don't miss to eat and drink at Bukit Bintang (2:11), our most favorite place in the city.

2:48 - Port Klang
After 5 days waiting and organizing the handling at the port, we could pick up our Landrover at the harbor. We just bought some supplies before heading North the same day (check out the map below)

4:02 - Cameron Highlands
Already on the next day of driving, we realized that something was wrong with one of the bearings. We had extra parts for the car, however, we couldn't change it on our own. But because of the old colonial days, a majority of those people here in the mountains were driving Landrovers. Those cars were basically everywhere so it didn't take long to find some people that were able to help us. Those friendly locals took us to their house where they had some old-school tools and fixed the bearing. All they wanted in return is to drink some beer with us at a campfire at their house. Good people!

5:18 - Offroad
Our Landrover-friends told us about some "nice little offroad" the next day. And this turned out to be a road that hasn't been used for years. We needed to get dead trees out the way and watch for ditches really carefully. It took us the whole day to get through and in the end, when it got dark we actually managed to slip into a ditch with one wheel. Our trip was almost over already at that time, it was a matter of inches for the car to fall down. I couldn't film this as I was pretty shocked and, of course, we needed work and pull out the car with the winch. But we were lucky enough to get it out and the trip continued.

6:02 - Road North
After the Highlands, we quickly drove all the way North to Thailand, with a little stop-over at Georgetown.
  • Stephan Mühlau 4 months ago
    Hammer gut!!!
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  • gabriel borda plus 4 months ago
    I like the song... Really nice mood.
    What lenses did you use?

    Awesome video. Congratulations!
  • Vincent Urban plus 4 months ago
    mostly the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8, but there are some shots with a EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 and a Tamron wide-angle (think it's 11-14)
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  • Zach B plus 4 months ago
    I love the use of typography.
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  • Sinnematic plus 4 months ago
    Respect.
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  • Czu 4 months ago
    Malaysia looks so nice here :)
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  • The Film Artist plus 4 months ago
    Wow what an adventure and superb video diary! :) [TFA30]
    vimeo.com/channels/worldhd
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  • marcelnaumann 4 months ago
    respect!! awesome vid that looks like an awesome time spent there :))
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  • Nigel Sia plus 4 months ago
    Love this. How was it like driving left on the left side of the road? :)
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  • tmw prod 4 months ago
    keep it up man
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  • yusri amri bin bakar 4 months ago
    welcome bro!
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  • Patana Phanmalai 3 months ago
    dude, I just signed up so I could express how awesome this is haha the branch blocking the road- that's gangsta! this is epic shizzle!
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  • Ridzwan Nazari 3 months ago
    malaysia truly asia, epic videos. wunderbar bruder.
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  • RyonChan 3 months ago
    i m malaysian.. i watch . i touched .. i cried~ hahhaa nice work~
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  • adisonz 3 months ago
    oh .. you miss out Malacca
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  • B 3 months ago
    Defender is the way to go!
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  • B 3 months ago
    The last 10 seconds, was that Hat Yao Beach in Southern Thailand?!!!!!!!!!
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  • Iqbal Putra 3 months ago
    damn ... we could have done this together ... good job!
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  • Pedro Fernandez 3 months ago
    Envy is the word, guys... Unbelievable trip and beautiful editing.
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  • Alex Lenz 3 months ago
    Wie lange hat die Verschiffung des Landrovers gedauert?
    How long did the Landrover take for shipping?
  • Vincent Urban plus 3 months ago
    etwa einen monat.
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  • Luke Floorwalker 3 months ago
    Lots of respect for editing, journey, open mind and hearts. Keep on rolling, yes, and land-rovers are indestructible.
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  • Rick Macomber plus 3 months ago
    love ur work man. Added to HD Far East Channel.
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  • Michael Cotroneo 3 months ago
    This is awesome, I just got back from SE Asia. Headed back to Malaysia in Jan!! Good... no, Great job!
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  • paul wex plus 3 months ago
    Toll!
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  • wayne chu weng fatt 3 months ago
    awesome vids, you make me wanna have a vacation in my own city :D
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  • Timm Junoesky 3 months ago
    hey you promised us 5 episodes. i'm still waiting for another 3. :D
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  • Nick Staib 2 months ago
    Very, very, beautifully filmed...
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  • THOMAS RING 2 months ago
    A true adventure!
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  • MiLK Haw 2 months ago
    that is wonderful, thts my country! and u guys are awesome making it beautiful, love it!
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  • Stefania Robu 2 months ago
    Thank you of offering to others the opportunity to 'travel' with you guys in that amazing land. And your perspectives of filming..it's funny but most of them are exactly the beautiful, small,non-touristic and yet best defining of the place - things which i choose to see when travelling...thus making the watching of the videos more pleasant :)
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  • Prince Boogie plus 2 months ago
    Ich will auch mal einen Defender verschiffen, geil! :)
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  • James Lee plus 2 months ago
    i m from malaysia, miss KL and Klang so much, thx for sharing
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  • andry you 2 months ago
    awesome.. u should go to INDONESIA bro.. it's BALI, WAKATOBI or RAJA AMPAT, etc. come and prove, how beautiful they are..
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  • Muhammad Rashidi 2 months ago
    great stuff
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  • Jeff Dollente 2 months ago
    what picture style did you use on this one? or I guess on all of them ;) they look cool :)
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  • blosmi 1 month ago
    High Vince,hab gerade mit Julian ( Theater )
    den ersten Teil gesehen !!!
    Gefällt mir mächtig gut-ich hoffe,Du verbringst eine schöne Zeit in Südamerika...

    Herzliche Grüße Andi
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  • Adrien Giraud 1 month ago
    Great stuff very creative shooting & editing.

    How did you get the stable shots when moving (ex : while riding the car, on the boats on tramway or train ?

    Did you use steadycam ?

    And great music btw
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  • Jaco Crafford 1 month ago
    Hi Vincent,

    This is an absolutely awesome series, I love it!! So inspiring! Do you have a blog or a more detailed write-up about the trip somewhere? Gear, shooting, stabilizing, editing, shipping, permits & visas.. stories.. I'm sure many people here share my curiosity :-)

    Well done mate!
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  • Untold Roads 1 month ago
    Hi,

    We are launching a new travel website/community on the 25th of February and we managed to get an interview with Vincent before he headed off on his next adventure. To find out more keep an eye on our Facebook page: facebook.com/UntoldRoads

    Seán
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