Getting High with Locals in Myanmar 🇲🇲

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Getting High with Locals in Myanmar 🇲🇲

[SmallBrainedAmerican]

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[Official-OpenAI]

I usually don't care about having guides because many of them could just be pretty annoying, but I wouldn't mind having this guy by my side if I were traveling alone. He seems chill, and he speaks/understands enough English which is probably most helpful.

[patriciajin]

When the tour dude start randomly speaking japanese, I almost died😂

[BratBrat]

Michael! He is my regular help for all what i need around Bogoyoke market when im in Yangon. Great guy

[garnell]

when the kids were begging for money and immediately after the patreon donations started showing up on the screen lmfaoo

[garysimms]

This brings back so many memories! Me and a friend went to Myanmar almost 20 years ago now. It was just 'opening up' a little and relatively peaceful times. Traveling was very difficult. Everyone would just keep saying, "You, meaning westerners, can't go there" haha. There were no phones or banks. Lucky a friend of ours gave us some tips. Bring small denomination US currency. Everyone would take US money and it's hard to make change. We did end up finding and buying some Myanmar money in a back alley, from under a blanket of nick nacks. We ended up with a "tour guide" as well. For a whole day he drove us around in a Cushman cart thing and took us to all the temples, etc. We ate lunch somewhere he knew and we didn't spend any money all day. In the end we gave him $20 US for the day, which was more than he asked. As for the kids, we bought little matchbox like cars and stuff like that. So always had something to give them that wasn't money. I think it helped with adults too, seeing us being nice to the kids. I think he was practicing his English, during his little speech. Everyone that would talk to us would do the same thing. "HI, my name is, I have 2 Sisters, Do you like it here in my country.." So many stories! Last quick one. We too rode some bus for 20 hours to another city. It was like a movie with so many people, smells, livestock, haha. There are no bathrooms on the bus and we didn't think of bottles. So about the time I was about to pee myself I walked up to the driver and made the international sign I have to pee. He just stopped in the middle of the dirt road, said something out loud and most of the bus started getting off to pee, or more on the side of the road in the field. From then on, I was the "pee guy". When I couldn't hold it anymore I'd get up and walk to towards the door. He'd stop the bus in the middle of the road and everyone would handle business. haha. The whole trip was like being in a movie!

[Johmatri]

Obviously he asked you for money. He showed you around for the whole day, even paid for some things while probably barely surviving

[brandonGCHACHU]

I know you had to ditch Mike but he really did deserve some compensation for his time. He didn't seem like a bad guy

[GeorgeGlass]

I can't even imagine people coming to the US and just wandering around not even speaking the language following locals lol.

[kuzoh]

The disappointment in the tour guides' "OK" after you played football with the locals had me dying😂😂😂

[MaGmaRinE]

I hope you at least treat him to some food, dude walked with you for the whole day

[karenharrison]

I went to Myanmar in 1995. The country opened up in December 1994 to foreign independent travellers. The only building where I could phone home was the Strand Hotel. There was no internet, mobile phones and just state tv, though BBC was available. I was looked at in disbelief. People touched my skin. The sights still look familiar, but I was being watched. The standard of english was incredibly high as they were desperate for overseas influence. I saw Aun Sang Su Chi, but later formed my own opinion. British made buses plied the streets all brightly coloured and you could take a bottle of whisky and sell it at the market to pay for a month there.
I was 30 years old, white and female from Australia, travelling alone.

[baurjan]

Small Brain I was rolling your videos, but your cheapness turned me off. $10 for this guy would have gone long way. Dude had an open heart ♥️

[TunTun-xeiv]

He's not scamming he just lazy to walk😂

[jan-jans]

give the guy a little tip bro, he's fine compared to other people out there. it's not that he's scamming you.. he's hungry that's for sure. i even clicked on this video because of him.

[tkilla]

Nice video.

Don't expect to make friends as a tourist man, people are hungry and poor, and you're a tourist. Mike was a decent tour guide and you should have tipped him for his time. He might have made a dollar or two from your longi, but how much do you want to make from YT for this.

Without the people, you have no content.

Take a few leaves out of Harald Baldrs book, he's got it spot on.

Not a rant against you brother, just a bit of constructive criticism from someone who's been on this side of the world for the last few decades.

[ralphholden]

Interesting that you are asking for donations yet refuse to part with any money to your guide.... He was polite and probably prevented you from being hustled by other Why do you feel scammed by someone asking for what is probably only a meagre amount of money for his time spent seeing to your needs?

[windows_de]

You shouldve given him some money.. its not scamming. He showed you around

[Cactuspractice]

Michael is such a character, love him

[ayekyithant]

I'm really fking amazed by the tour guide dude. He's AMAZING. He's a fking hidden gem, speaking multiple languages