Brit visits 'craziest' place in the world and people shocked by detail | Asia

An experienced British traveler has revealed the location of the “craziest place” he has ever visited, taking to TikTok to show off his latest adventure.

Louie Carabott (@louiecarabott_) spent time in Brazil, Colombia and Thailand in recent weeks and is now in India, where he is documenting his trip. With the sun shining down on him, he swore, “This has got to be the dirtiest place I’ve ever been in my life.”

Panning his camera around a neighborhood he was passing through, the travel enthusiast was left in shock at the state of the streets. “Apparently, everything in Mumbai is full of rubbish – this used to be a river,” he explained, looking from a bridge at an area full of rubbish.

“Let me show you these streets,” he continued. “They are absolutely crazy. This place might be too much for me.” Continuing his adventure past street traders and food stalls, Louie added: “Business is good, but other than the heat and everyone trying to sell you stuff… it’s busy – there’s no other place in Asia like it.”

Detailing other trash problems, Louie recorded footage of streets being swept with the deafening sounds of car horns blaring all around him. “There are literally people everywhere – people honking their horns… this place is crazy.”

“Without you saying the name of the place, I knew it was Mumbai,” replied one of Louie’s 158,000 followers, speaking from experience. “I would get out of there on a plane as quickly as possible!” wrote a second in shock.

A third added: “Unbelievable. I couldn’t do it. You’re brave.” While a fourth confessed: “I really wanted to go. My husband went to work and now he refuses to take me because he said it is too dirty.”

Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is India’s financial capital and most populous city, with an estimated population of 12.5 million residents.

According to the Hindustan Times, over the past century, land has swelled with city trash, forming “mountains” of waste almost as tall as 18-story buildings. Spread over more than 300 acres, it is a township that is home to the belongings, illnesses and people of the Mumbai castaways.

The website adds that Deonar – a suburb of Mumbai – is one of the largest garbage dumps in Asia and probably also the oldest. “This reflects the dizzying growth and evolving desires of a city,” adds the Hindustan Times. “The landfill currently contains between 13 million and 16 million tons of trash, with at least 2,000 metric tons (MT) added daily.

“Some of the most common illnesses found among residents here include asthma, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, cuts, bruises and eye disorders.”