Recently, the Korean girl Potato Turtle's solo trip to India has attracted the attention of many netizens. With her daring, powerful and "cool" experiences, along with "laugh-out-loud" situations, Potato Turtle's journey quickly went viral on social networks.
In early 2025, Potato Turtle, whose real name is Song Ji Yoon (also known as Bell), took a solo trip to India, a country known for its chaotic lifestyle and many concerns about the safety of women traveling alone. However, instead of being afraid or hiding her unpleasant experiences, Bell candidly recorded the entire journey with a spirit that was both brave and humorous, making it impossible for viewers to take their eyes off.
Song Ji-yoon, from South Korea, famous for her YouTube channel Potato Turtle, shares her exciting journey of exploring the world alone and her efforts to fulfill her list of 100 things she wants to do in her life.
From wandering alone on the streets late at night to taking a train overnight with a compartment full of strange men, the young girl does not hesitate to put herself in situations that make many people "sweat" just by looking at it.
Young girl with confident, brave, humorous and authentic moments during her trip to India in early 2025
One of the most haunting moments was when Bell was followed by a group of men on the street. Despite her efforts to stay calm and say clearly: "Don't follow me anymore. No! What are you taking pictures for?", the group still did not let go, even behaving indecently. The scene was recorded so realistically that viewers were both worried and admired the girl's strong spirit.
Not only that, on a night train, Potato Turtle was suddenly stuck in the free ticket compartment (not the one she booked) in the middle of a crowded space, full of men lying around. She exclaimed in panic: "Oh this place... What the hell! I'm in trouble." But instead of complaining or giving up, Bell chose to "play it all out": having a mini birthday party in the middle of the train car, sharing cake with everyone, then singing Happy Birthday with strangers. Everyone was surprised, even a little embarrassed and responded not too enthusiastically, but still nodded along to the song. A moment that was both funny and adorable, and showed the young girl's super flexible spirit.
Many of her funny moments went viral around the world.
Another experience was learning Indian yoga. She said that to relieve all the anger during the trip, she turned to yoga. But the yoga practiced in India and the yoga that Potato Turtle knew had very different movements such as everyone sticking out their tongues together, laughing out loud, etc. “The highlight of the class was laughing out loud. I was healed by laughter. Isn't it interesting? Stress disappeared,” the female Youtuber shared.
Potato Turtle, whose real name is Song Ji Yoon (nickname Bell), was already famous on Instagram with the account @potatoturtleee thanks to her humorous, individualistic and fearless sharing style. In early 2025, she expanded her activities to YouTube with the channel "Potato Turtle", where she made a "bucket list" of 100 things she wanted to do in her life, from daring experiences like taking photos with polar bears, finding a doppelganger, to hunting for the best bakery in France...
Her journey to India alone attracted a large number of views on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok... Currently, Song Ji-yoon's new YouTube channel opened in February 2025 has more than 207,000 followers.
Her strong personality, witty storytelling, natural camera angles, and the spirit of "not afraid of being ugly, only afraid of not being happy" have helped her become an inspiration for millions of young people to dare to step out of their comfort zone. Without elaborate scripts or polished images, each of Bell's trips is so real that... the audience feels like they are experiencing it with her.
She is still continuing to pursue her dream and share it with friends around the world.
Her solo journey to India not only attracted a large number of views on YouTube, but also went viral across platforms from Instagram, TikTok to international press. In Vietnam, her videos were shared at a dizzying rate, with thousands of comments expressing admiration, sympathy and even… tears of laughter because they were so "crazy".
