[0:04]Pakistan, Iran, India. These are places that people will always tell women that they can't go. It's dangerous for a lady. You know, you might get raped. It's not safe. There are terrorists there. But this woman showed us that we can. Meet Juvena. She travelled all the way from Singapore to Europe on my scooter! When you see Juvena now, she looks like the brave, adventurous woman that we all want to be. But she started out just like any of us. Over and over, Juvena was told that she can't. And for a long time, she believed it. She doubted herself and delayed her dreams. Waited and waited for the right time to come. Until one day, tragedy struck. Her friend died unexpectedly on a normal day, on a normal drive to work. Suddenly, her priorities changed. For the next three years, she worked hard, saved money, and finally, got on her scooter and left. On a trip to visit the exact countries she was warned not to. Pakistan, India, Iran. And people were right. In Pakistan, I was held hostage. Locals fed me so much I couldn't leave. In Iran, she was kidnapped by all the friendly locals who wanted to host me. And when she got lost, she saw this, this, and this. But her two years of riding through some of the most remote parts of the world weren't perfect. She had problems with corruption, harassment. Stop! Don't touch me! Bike breakdowns, digestion issues. And despite all of this, I would do it all over again. While on her trip, Juvena learned important life lessons that we can all learn from. I've learned that most people in the world are good and we shouldn't let the politics of a nation shape how we think about its people. Juvena was happy and surprised to see that the world is much safer than she thought it was. This is just one trip that did happen. But there are millions of others that never will. Because people think they can't. When we stop telling women that they can't, that's when they'll realise we can. Adios, me gusta! Woooo! Bye!
[2:43]Thank you. Yeah. Thank you so much.
[2:50]Juvena is a great example to women around the world as someone who followed her dreams despite what everyone else said. Here are some clips from an interview we did that didn't fit into the video. I hope they inspired you just as much as they inspired me. We shouldn't paint a diverse country with a single paint brush. I think borders are really superficial. You are judged by the passport you hold and not by the person you are. You can be a good person holding the wrong passport and you are not allowed into a country. And you can be a bad person holding the right passport and be allowed in a country.
