All right guys, I have a confession to make.
I don't think I have ever played a video game in my entire life.
There's no memories I have of picking up any kind of controller or downloading a game on my phone or playing one on my laptop.
Nothing at all.
This is definitely outside of my digital comfort zone.
It's not something that I do very often, but I have been hearing some recommendations to check out this game called GeoGuessr and it Literally feels like this game was designed for someone like me who loves travel.
Basically, the game will drop you on any random part of Google Maps and you have to figure out exactly where you are in the least amount of time and with the most accuracy possible.
So I thought it'd be so fun to play this game with you guys and put my travel knowledge to the test.
I have traveled to every country, but I still feel like I've barely scratched the surface of how much is out there, and I'm excited to see how this game tests how much I know about where I am in the world.
Let's get started.
Okay, so we're about to start the game.
I've been debating whether or not to do the world map first or the map of famous places.
I feel like starting with famous places might be more fun.
So let's get started.
Where are we?
Ah okay well, this one's immediately obvious.
This is big ben in london.
So, all right yep, there's big ben right here.
We're off to a pretty straightforward start.
So far didn't have to look at that at all.
We're on this side of the bridge.
Looks like we're about in the middle of the road, right about there.
Yay, only six meters away from the location.
That's probably just a lucky start.
Let's see what this next one is.
Okay, I'm getting some Croatia vibes from this place, this white.
You know, white kind of sandstone looking.
Yeah, okay.
Okay, this could be split, but it could potentially also be Dubrovnik.
Ooh, this is gonna be a hard one.
Okay.
Oh, okay, we got a map on the wall.
How perfect is that?
What does that say?
Lokrum.
I don't know what Lokrum is.
Let's see if we can find it on the map of Croatia because I'm pretty certain that's where we are.
See, we got Split right there.
Lokrum is what we're looking for.
Dubrovnik is down here.
Let's just scan the coast to see what area we got going here.
Loughrum.
Loughrum.
Ooh, but are we on the island or are we not?
Okay, so we found this island.
There's the map of it.
Does it say like you are here or something?
This is hard because it could be a map of the island that you're on or it could be a tour that one of these boats do.
So I'll take a little bit more of a look around only with Dubrovnik.
So this must be Dubrovnik.
Yeah, okay.
Okay, so it is Dubrovnik, which is just right up here.
We're on a marina.
I feel like it's over here because this is obviously a boat marina.
Let's see where did I start off.
Start off with some on the street a little bit farther in from the marina.
I'm gonna guess right around here, 54 meters from the correct location.
All right, i'll take it not too bad.
The Fritz Bentley.
All right, this looks sunny.
This kind of has some Miami vibes.
I see there's a TGA Fridays right there.
Is this South Beach, Miami?
Fifth Street.
Following my instinct.
Let's see what's going on on South Beach.
Okay yeah yeah, i think we are.
Yeah, here's fifth street, there's the tgi fridays okay, so then where did we start off?
Here we're across the street from the tgi fridays so wow okay, i think we're right about there.
Eight meters, all right.
Getting closer, getting closer every time.
Wow, this is a winning streak right now for this game.
No super obvious hints here.
I feel like this color kind of looks like San Francisco.
I'm gonna need some more details though.
Alcatraz?
I think this is Alcatraz in San Francisco.
It is.
Okay.
It is Alcatraz.
Okay.
Main prison cell house.
Wow.
What are the chances?
Could recognize the sky in San Francisco.
It's definitely got a very distinct color to it.
Alrighty.
Getting close.
But what angle of Alcatraz is this.
The main cell house.
But we started off by the water.
There's that island that could possibly be Angel Island, so must be down here.
All right, let's see ah, 111 meters away.
But you know what I will take it?
I will take it on a on a streak here.
One last uh round on this one.
Let's see getting london vibes from this place, charling cross.
Okay, so let's move on over back to uh, back down to london.
I don't know London very well, so this is hard.
Charing Cross.
City of Westminster.
Okay.
So we're in Westminster.
Okay, cool, there's Westminster.
Kind of looks like this is a giant roundabout, so I'm also looking for a roundabout.
Okay, here's one.
That is a roundabout in Westminster.
Is it the roundabout is the question.
Getting a little impatient looking around Westminster.
Might just guess that roundabout.
It's looking so good, but I feel like it might not be right.
I guess I'm going to guess there.
Where's my starting point?
It's in the middle of the roundabout.
We're going to go, boom, right there.
Dang it.
That was my farthest one.
I think so far but 1.3 kilometers still not bad.
Whoa.
Okay, so got twenty four thousand nine hundred and forty four points on that one.
That is probably as close as I'm ever gonna get to a perfect score.
I should probably just quit now because ah, that went way too way too well.
But it was a little bit easier because it was famous places and i do know the significant places in each country pretty well.
But uh, you know, maybe i should try.
Maybe i should try the world map, all right?
All right, i'll do it.
Okay Alright, it's time to test my luck.
Since that last round went a little too smoothly, I'm gonna try the world map and see how much more difficult it is.
I know this one can get really tough because you can get dropped off so deeply in the middle of nowhere.
So No expectations.
Let's see.
Let's see how this one goes.
Oh Okay, looking green, looking lush.
Ground is in English, but it kind of looks European.
All right, let's get some clues.
How random would it be to look at one of these games and then realize you're in your own hometown or something.
I wonder if that's ever happened to anyone who is playing this.
Okay, what does that sign say?
Victoria Village.
Maybe this is England, because our US highways don't necessarily have this B letter in front of them in the US, so i guess we're in england somewhere.
Gonna have to keep keep looking.
I i doubt there's just gonna be a victoria village somewhere on this map.
All right, let's keep.
Let's keep looking.
A highways leading through most of the country.
All of these highway names are starting with a.
God would be over in Ireland, possibly because Ireland's looking like N and a.
It's probably not the best way to go about it.
It's definitely could be Ireland too, I suppose.
Go around the bend, hopefully see Some kind of civilization out here soon.
We've come to a fork in the road.
They both look tiny, so I'm not sure.
Might just stick on this main road.
We are firmly in the middle of nowhere, guys.
Darrell, okay.
I have no idea where Darrell is, to be quite honest with you guys.
So, so far we've got the name Durell.
We've got that it's on a B46 highway somewhere.
I'm getting a little impatient.
It's definitely not as much instant gratification with this version of the game.
And this is the thing with video games is I get super impatient and I don't.
I just want to guess.
Please excuse my neighbors screaming at each other down below.
They typically do that every day.
I might just guess.
I'm doing it.
I'm doing a random guess.
So far off.
Where was this place really?
Oh, wow.
There's no way I would have ever guessed that.
I was 600 kilometers off, but I've never even... Are those islands English?
Because they look like they should be French.
All right, I'll take it.
I'll take it.
Close enough.
Oh wow, very distinctive landscape.
All right, let's get down the road, see what we can find.
I feel like the Netherlands has big, just super flat places like this.
I need a hint with the language on the sign.
I haven't seen any signs yet.
We're coming upon a small village.
I wonder, this could potentially be Eastern Europe as well.
A lot of distance between points of interest.
What language is that?
Oh no.
I have no idea what language that is, dang.
That's not helpful.
Zdroa?
Were we just in the city?
Zdoa and Colbaby.
Still not ringing any bells.
Kinda looks like it could be Slovakia.
That's it, I'm going for a random guess in Slovakia.
We're just gonna throw it out there and hope for the best.
Let's see.
Hey, actually, 197 kilometers for not knowing at all where that was is honestly not that bad.
I will definitely take that.
All right, we're on a little bit of a roll, I guess, vaguely.
Round three could again be anywhere.
Kind of feels like the US, little mailboxes.
Our signs look like that.
Goodman Ave.
I think we're in the good old USA right now.
No hunting.
All right, so we're somewhere where that's a thought.
A lot of big trucks.
Oh, we got some kayaks.
Okay, we got a lake.
Got a lake here.
Does this lake have a name?
What's the name of this lake?
I, to be completely honest, have not seen a lot of the US.
All right, we're back on the road.
Washington, okay.
Washington, we're in the US.
Yes, I love getting like a good clue that puts us back on the right track.
It's getting a little discouraged there.
So Washington Lake Gig Harbor, Washington.
Should I hold off to find the exact place or should I get impatient? and ballpark it.
I feel like looking around manually like this might... Geek Harbor!
Oh my god, there it is!
Ah!
That's it!
That's Geek Harbor!
Oh, this one's gonna be pretty spot on.
Okay, so there's the boat ramp right there.
Don't know where that accent came from.
So back to starting point.
We're up this little hill.
What street was this again?
We're on Peacock.
Peacock Hill.
We got Hill Avenue right there.
Peacock Hill Avenue.
Peacock Hill Avenue, there it is.
Verhardsen.
Verhardsen.
So we're on this corner right here and we're up the hill a bit.
It's gonna be so close.
Okay, I'm gonna guess right.
Right there.
Yes!
97 meters away!
We nailed that one to the T. To the T on that one.
Wow.
I'm proud.
I'm so proud.
Okay.
International Community School Singapore.
We're off to a good start with this one.
We're in Singapore.
We're not in part of the city that i think i've been to before international school, singapore see if that'll pop up on the old, the old map ski for singapore.
Look at that teeny, tiny little country that is completely sovereign.
Gardens by the bay, singapore one of the most amazing things i've ever seen in my life.
Not seeing the International School anywhere.
Looking for some more signage, people.
West Coast Highway, but it's West Coast Road.
We are... We are close.
I wanna go back to the start.
God, I have not looked at a map this intensely in so long.
It's gotta be right here.
There's so many schools.
That's it.
Alright, I'm gonna just guess that we are... I guess we're right here.
1.2 kilometers away.
Oh, it's just down the street.
That was a close one.
That was super close, but Not bad.
Not bad.
All right getting uh grown this game's growing on me one last round, okay, so It is green.
That is a really crazy looking hedge over there.
Wow.
It's green.
Do we got a language on that map?
No.
Let's go for a stroll.
Huge lack of road signs here.
Okay, we got a sign here.
What language are we speaking?
Ooh.
That was not the language I was expecting.
Let's say that is... I'm so bad with languages.
Who's that?
I can't recognize that president or person of interest.
I haven't seen a single house or anything out here.
For some reason that feels like it should be in Bolivia, but...
I don't remember going to any part of Bolivia that looks like this, but it's a very diverse country.
So I feel like going with your initial gut feeling on this stuff is usually a good idea.
But wow, this is like never ending.
No hints at all.
Oh, they really saved the hardest for last.
I'm getting impatient because I'm really hungry.
Oh God.
I might just have to take the L. What is going on?
This is so bad.
I've been scrolling for so long.
I'm just gonna have to guess.
I am gonna guess somewhere in Bolivia.
But I have no idea.
I'm going, you know, close my eyes and completely guess.
Not great.
1800 kilometers away.
That was Brazil.
That was Brazil.
We've never known that.
But, all right, game's finished.
19,151 points.
That last one was by far the worst one.
And, you know, I'll take it.
I apparently play video games now.
So, alright guys, that's it for this video.
I am happy I did pretty, pretty okay with GeoGuessr.
Let me know if you guys want to see me play more of this game or any others in the future.
Don't forget to subscribe to my channel and I will catch you next week.
