Eva zu Beck (born Ewa Zubek; 26 April 1991) is a Polish travel blogger and vlogger. She hosted

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's show, ''A Place Called Pakistan'', and presented a

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YouTube miniseries called ''Rerouted: The Balkans''. She has travelled to 60 countries including Pakistan, where she lived for over a year, Afghanistan, Yemen and Iraq. She went viral after a controversial dance video in 2018 that was believed to have disgraced the national flag of Pakistan. Also, she joined BBC's ''

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'' as a presenter, reporting on the clean-up of the Mexican wetlands from the canals of

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and a 450 dog-sled race in

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in Canada marking the 125th anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush. In early 2022 she began a road trip of the Americas while living in a converted

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that she named Odyssey which she shipped from Germany to Mexico. Her goal was to drive to the northern tip of Alaska and then to the southern tip of South America. While her truck was en route to Mexico, zu Beck flew to Antarctica in early February, 2022 where she was a among a group that climbed to the summit of

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, the Antarctic's tallest peak. In the fall of 2022, with Vilk, her

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puppy, she reached the northern tip of Alaska and briefly swam in the frigid waters of the

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. She then drove south through the US again and re-entered Mexico. While still in Mexico, in March of 2023, she announced on her YouTube channel that she had abandoned her goal of driving to the southern tip of South America and would be taking a break from vlogging and therefore had no immediate plans to post any more videos. zu Beck said in a YouTube video posted June 10, 2023 that her new plan was to establish a home in the US and would be driving through the country from west to east with her dog to find a place to live.

American border detention

In late May, 2022, zu Beck attempted to legally enter the US from

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, at the

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border. To her surprise, zu Beck said she was interrogated, handcuffed and placed in a holding cell while US Border Patrol officials searched her truck. Afterwards, she was permitted to enter the country. She later described the experience as "terrifying" in a

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video. She said border officials never offered an explanation for their unexpectedly rough treatment of her.

Personal life

zu Beck was born on 26 April 1991 in Poland. In early childhood, she moved to England. She studied German and French languages at

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. According to her Instagram account, zu Beck fell in love with a man in Pakistan and remained there for a year. During that time, she also came to love Pakistan and returned for a short trip in 2022. In early 2023 she jokingly stated in a YouTube video that she would like to move to the United States permanently and therefore was looking for an American man to date and marry.

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