edit #1: the postcard thing is still happening, I didn't record the part where I pick someone to receive postcard from me. I'll double that in the next video! edit #2: of course Toyota is Japanese 😅 This is the longest video on my channel so far. Thank you for your support! 🙏 Expect the next video on this weekend, it's going to be an episode from my short trip to Thailand. ps. I messed up with the audio in the second half of the video; I lost the microphone recordings and had to rely on the built-in mic on my phone/camera, which turned out to be quite noisy. Sorry for that.
Hey Niki, I lived 3 years in Yangon (from 2018 until the coup in 2021), so happy to see you visiting. It's one of the most amazing countries in the world and doomed with the worst political problems in the world. Always keep Burmese people in my heart.
@NikiProshin The culture looks amazing. It makes one want to go there. And then because it is too scary to go there, it keeps people away, and therefor the culture looks amazing.
The Burmese are some of the sweetest, kindest and warmest people I've ever met. How I wish they could overcome the political situation they are living in now. They deserve to be happy. Always in my heart.
First of all ,Thank you for visiting Myanmar and show our cultures to the world . 🙏🏻 I'm a Myanmar citizen who lives in Bangkok now.Actually Myanmar is in its worst condition right now , you wont notice that much in central aeras but in northern, Eastern , western parts of myanmar are at war . Recently in northern part of Myanmar the communications are being cut off , no phone line no internet worst of all , transportations are all blocked too. We have no way to communicate with our families. 😔
I am so glad you featured Myanmar! I was there in March 2024 for work after not traveling there since February 2020. The many ethnic groups in Myanmar are all lovely people and I am praying for peace to come soon.
I love how culturally intelligent people like you Niki are changing perceptions and educating people about less known countries. The mainstream media often depicts these places unfairly that mainly focuses on bad stuff rather than lovely and enchanting people you showcase.
I am Burmese and I was honestly scared of clicking on this video because a lot of tourists and foreigners tend to either dramatize things, or be condescending/display savior complex. But this video was really nice actually, and gave me a perspective I haven't seen of my own hometown. Thanks for being curious and respectful and glad you had a good time :)
Yeah the white savior complex is very funny and exhausting. Some will come to tell you the best way to put on your shoes. But this video was not that -- very well done and I'm surprised he was able to film without being told not to film.
The current situation in Myanmar is indeed sad and heart breaking. Having experienced freedom and democracy for awhile and then having it taken away and now under military rule, the hardships and sufferings for the people must be immense. The violence and atrocities committed against those who oppose the junta is one of great concern. While the world watches, at the end, its the Myanmese people who must decide their fate. Only they and they alone can change the course of history and decide if freedom is worth fighting for. I hope peace shall reign for the people of Myanmar.
Some years ago, I was sponsoring a child from Myanmar through Plan Internation. But after a while, Plan notified me that the government would not allow Plan to operate in their country. So, I was switched to a child in another country. Thanks so much for your continually awesome videos.
Hello, I'm from Myanmar. As a Myanmar Citizen, I enjoy your vlog. The content in your video is different from others and I think most of the foreigners will be interested about that. I'm glad to know that you had a great time in Myanmar.
So happy to see more and more people traveling to Myanmar. The people in Myanmar are literally the kindest people I've ever met on earth, and they absolutely deserve peace and happiness. Your new friend, Chan, is so precious. May God bless her and the people of this country.
Yes that's what keeps me and Jochen living and working here - the people. Glad I could introduce Niki to Chan. She is now in Poland and I may visit some time.
Also very very well known around the world... I known this since I was 8. Also grew up in Yangon... looks like it hasn't change much in over 35 years 😅
I really enjoy your videos travelling to many different countries. I hope that many Russian men would watch your videos so that they can peacefully learn to respect other peoples, cultures and countries. There is enough space on our beautiful world for every people living side by side peacefully.
@@ardi08 In Spain and Greece, it's the Brits who behave like that and worse. So badly in fact, that there have been large scale protests in Spain recently against tourists from the UK!
For me, Nikki this has been one of the most interesting videos I have seen from you. Thanks for sharing this experience. I for one, am very happy with it.
The 102 year old Burmese lady in his video was much better off, as she was able to still live in her house, talk to visitors and offer to cook chicken for Niki and his newfound friends! And the fact that the whole village looked after her was the most wonderful part.
Niki, you look good in thanaka. Chan is a famous Vlogger in Myanmar and I love her content. I miss my country. Thank you for sharing your amazing visit to Myanmar.
Hey, I just found out your channel on TH-cam. As a Myanmar citizen, I'm a lot appreciated to be highlighted by influencers like you. Because many medias in the world only describe the powerful countries and people rarely know that civil war is happening and locals are suffering from war. Thanks again for letting the world know.
The people were amazing but I was also impressed with how clean it was it's obvious that the community cares about eachother and the environment they live in. I won't name names but so many places I see on travel videos look like a terrible place to live almost as if the people who live there have just stopped caring and some of these places are richer and have no civil war to contend with. Myanmar you are beautiful as are your people.
I’m trying to wrap my head around this. Lots of us have been watching you to see where you go and what you do, but mostly out of an overwhelming concern for your well-being. We were very afraid as you left your home because of war and conflict. Still can’t understand why you would then go someplace in the midst of the Civil War. Good luck.
There are areas in Myanmar where I wouldn't go, and where it's actually not possible to go for a foreigner. But I think you overestimate the amount of danger for visiting Yangon. I had my concerns at first but it disappeared after I have a few conventions with people who live there. I wouldn't go somewhere actually dangerous.
You really make very high quality travel vlogs, you put a lot of work in the visual part I noticed. It is a good idea to give an insight into the life of locals like Chen, I liked that part a lot.
Hello Niki. This video is so interesting. While I have heard of Myanmar, I have never seen any pictures, or even read anything about this country. Thank you for sharing this with us.
What a wonderful video! Wow! Niki, you are very talented! I think this is one of your very best video's! Excellent job of showing the sights and sound's of Myanmar. I enjoyed meeting all of your kind friend's as well. I enjoy learning all about different countries and their cultures. That is exactly what you did showing us all around Myanmar. The people, the different place's and different food's. Well done! I really enjoyed watching! A+! Thank you so much for sharing all of your adventures! Take care and stay safe. See you next time. I will share this video!❤❤❤😊
Thank you Lori! I had great time filming this video, and enjoyed editing too. That was a nice coincidence to have such great guides to show me around too 😊
Wonderful video, Nikki. It was great to see you meet up with people who could show you around and answer your questions. I LOVE Chen. She should become a TH-camr, too. She could come to visit you in Vietnam and you could help promote her channel. Thanks and I look forward to seeing your Cambodia vlog.
I found this one of your most gentle, caring video. Enjoyed it a lot. It broke my heart because Myanmar had always been a culturally advanced country which is rich in natural resources. To see it being decimated because of politics (even though it is termed as civil unrest) and public suffering - I'm deeply saddened. Your video though sparked an interest in visiting it. So thank you for it. I hope you'll consider creating more such videos about places you visit.
One of the quirks in Myanmar traffic is that while the driving is at right hand side the vehicles mostly are set up for left hand side, that is driver sitting on the right side as well (there’s a historical reason for it which you can search out).That’s a significant factor in traffic accidents as it reduces visibility from overtaking vehicles.
Yes, that's what I noticed once I arrived! We had the same thing in Russia somewhat 20 years ago (probably half of the cars, I can't remember well) but now the driver's seat is on the left side always.
My heart aches for the people of Mynmar. I hope the country can become what the people want and peace returns. This video is wonderful ! I live in Thailand and have been to Myanmar many times before the uprising. The people are special. Those in your video are doing important things. All the best to you and them
Hi, I am a buremse citizen from Myanmar. Thank you for visiting our country, I am also an aviation enthusiast from the country. You should learn more about Myanmar's culture, it's very nice. Love from Yangon
i am loving this video Niki! I paused it to write this comment. I too love to see how people live in their country. Take care! Oh, it was nice seeing you on @Sanctioned Ivan channel. ❤
Thanks Niki for sharing this with me 🤗 you always do great videos i really enjoy them please keep up with the amazing work you do for us 💯🤗 i like a post card it be cool to get you take care of yourself and be safe my friend 🙏🤗✌️❤️
From your first “Live” walk in St. Petersburg (which I happened to catch live!) until now, your natural affinity for storytelling is clear. Thank you for showing us this place that most of us will never visit. Paca!
This was fascinating. I was on Twitter when people started posting calls for help during the coup. I got to interview some Burmese refugees in the refugee resettlement program in Tampa, Florida, USA. They talked about scary escapes in the quest for education.
Hi Niki, my wife is Burmese and I've been there twice. I was surprised to hear about the lack of scooters/motorcycles, they were everywhere in 2019. They don't use chopsticks and use the fork and spoon because of the British. Try Tea Leaf Salad, Ohn-No-Kauk-Swe and their fried rice. If you have time and if it's safe, go to Kyaik Htee Yoe Pagoda.
The scooters part is only about Yangon, the rest of the country has scooters all around! I tried the Tea Leaf Salad, I wasn't filming that time but that tasted great!
@@archiebald4717 They were using their hands to eat before the British. After the British came they introduced the fork and spoon. This is from my 93 old father-in-law who grew up in Burma.
Wow, that was one of the most interesting videos I've seen in a very long time! Thank you for all of the hard work it takes to put these together. They are so interesting! Thank you for taking us on your journeys, and godspeed to you!
This was a truly wonderful video Niki! I live in Minnesota, in the USA, and we know almost nothing of Myanmar. Thank you for sharing your experience! I've been watching you since you were doing grocery shopping videos in St Petersburg. Your perspective on the world is a refreshing viewpoint compared with what I am used to encountering. Keep up the good work, as we (people of the world) need to learn about the good people in far away places in honest ways, not as media, or propagandists would portray them. I would love a postcard, but I forgot how to enter your drawing. Also, we have an old saying here that applies to your friend from the video. "She's as bright as a shiny new penny " . I mean that in only a complimentary way.
It's much more obvious when you get outside of Yangon. I'm filming stories in Shan State now. So many from the North moving down. The situation changes constantly here. I love my life in Myanmar but it is not for those that can not deal with uncertainty
Loved Myanmar. Went there 2016. People were very friendly. Only problem I had was it’s hard being a vegetarian there. Ended up going to Indian places or the one vegetarian place in Yangon when was there. Veggie food is very limited.
Hard to believe they don't sell fruits and vegetables at the markets. What do people cook??? If you're a vegetarian, all you need is rice and vegetables to make an infinity of yummy dishes, not to mention salads. What about nuts, what about salads??? I'm confused.
You forget the country is under military control and in the middle of civil war. What we are used th in so called "normal" daily life- ie easily accessible fresh produce, fruit and other things we take for granted, simply aren't available for the people of Myanmar. Only the authorities get to eat and drink the good stuff. The populace suffers. That's what authoritarian control looks like.
Cuba has those little ropes too! I found a place in Havana that sold pizza slices from the rope, you just put the money in the basket and they take it up and send down pizza! Pretty cool.
Bro. Your English is amazing now. 👏 👏. My parents are friends Mexico and I’m USA but speak Spanish as second language and your English is better than my Spanish! It’s tough to learn a second language but you already seem to be at the point where you can have long conversations in English without any big mess ups. My Spanish is only at partial full convo so I get stuck every three sentences trying to express some thought without using English words. I often have to pause and say “I think the word is X”.
Hi Niki. I've been following you since you were posting daily life videos of your life in Russia. It's been amazing seeing all your travels and changes you have been through. Greetings from Salem, Massachusetts, USA.
I taught English there for a couple of months in 2015. It was very worthwhile traveling there, but.. I started calling it the 'shock an hour' country, because I constantly heard, saw or experienced things that shocked me due to their extreme difference for anything I would have ever expected. Traveling there IS an adventure!
What a lovely video Niki. thank you for always improving your filming techniques, editing etc, because it feels almost as if I am walking beside you! I love seeing all these out-of-the-way places. The food, the people, and the culture. I really enjoy it all. You also look great in the traditional men's sarong! Thank you for sharing and safe travels.
I really love how you show the prices at the supermarket. If only other vloggers were as good as you with the prices & it would’ve been nice to do some three minute interviews with some locals
Thanakha is the best, I brought some paste from the airport and a piece of bark from a roadside vendor somewhere in bhavan. It’s very good for preventing sun burn and also cooling and soothing after sun burn. It reduces acne for me. I wish I had bought some more than 2 tubs from there😢
Thank you for vlogging around the downtown area of Yangon as I lived there for 7 years from 2013-2020. I really miss my home country a lot and hope one day I could go there and visit the places I used to go and eat the foods that I used to eat with my old friends. I was literally tearing up as I watched the first parts of the video missing home. Right now, I am in the States living the brand new life, but I still miss the old life that I had before... Thank you Niki
Really enjoyed this video Nicki. Your editing and music use is much more professional now so easy to watch. Strange place to go, when in a conflict, but you seemed to get on OK with the people who showed you around. Keep up the high standards of video quality.
Hello Niki Mingalarbar! Thank you so much for your visit to Yangon and sharing your positive thinking to people and our country. Welcome back when ever ok. See you ❤
I’m really appreciate your video and it’s really show our Burmese people clearly and you make me to miss my country so much. Surely our Burmese people are very kind and they love tourists and welcome to help everytime. Hope you also love our people and our places. You should visit more places like Bagan and other provinces region. You’ll definitely love. Thank you for let see people our Country and people. By the way you’re cute with Thanakha. ❤
I will go in November this year to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam when the rainy season is over. I am happy and can't wait for the day boarding the plain
What a fantastic video! Thank you. I e always wanted to visit Myanmar and tried to go in 1989 but we couldn’t get there because of troubles. As a result we went to china and having avoided trouble in then Burma, we ended up right in the centre or Tiananmen Square instead when the troubles kicked off. Climbing under the troop trucks the evening it started as well as all the tanks is something i’ll never forget. So sad. One day I hope to get to Myanmar. Thanks again for such a great vid.
That fresh meat in the supermarket was so expensive, because I assume their salaries are very low. $3-5 for fresh meat that in the UK would only be a little more expensive, wow. And yet that $5 meal in the hotel seemed like great value for money! I guess I'd just eat out all the time if I was in Burma.
Myanmar people are the kindest, most generous, brave, hospitable, simple, and lovely people you may meet. I hope the dawn of peace and liberty will come soon.
My hairdresser who I've been friends with for a very long time is from Myanmar and it's very rare to meet anyone from there here, so it's quite cool to see what it's like from someone who actually goes out to travel around rather than just staying in a hotel or something
Hi Niki! This is my first time to watch your video on TH-cam! I originally from Shan State but grown up in Yongon and left Myanmar since 2004 and hasn’t got back home yet and living in Australia now! I really appreciated and thanks for your video!! All the best Niki! Khun!! Cheers bro!!!
As someone who grew up in village side where motorcycle is used for transportation and barley cars, I'm thrilled that the center of Myanmar is not so bad as I imagined!!thank you and your friends for raising funds for the children hope you have wonderful experience!
We went to Myanmar for a holiday trip in 2012 during a short time where it was safe to travel. Was an amazing experience - the golden temples, the valley of temples, the very orignal food (totally different from other asian food - getting the table filled with unknown bits and pieces in small cups), the huge bag of cash money we got from the money exchange shop, the Thanaka of course... Oh, and a fun/notfun fact: we sent about 12 postcards and none of them ever arrived...
When you said they prohibited motorbikes because of safety, after just seeing a city that's crumbling around the people, I was shocked a bit. but later you state its not really safety. God bless those people
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edit #1: the postcard thing is still happening, I didn't record the part where I pick someone to receive postcard from me. I'll double that in the next video!
edit #2: of course Toyota is Japanese 😅
This is the longest video on my channel so far. Thank you for your support! 🙏 Expect the next video on this weekend, it's going to be an episode from my short trip to Thailand.
ps. I messed up with the audio in the second half of the video; I lost the microphone recordings and had to rely on the built-in mic on my phone/camera, which turned out to be quite noisy. Sorry for that.
Respectfully, I think that Toyota is a Japanese company. Great Video! In another life, I'd see more of the world!
@@NikiProshin Toyota is Japanese car. Thank you.
That so-called make up on many Burmese faces are called tanaka. A kind of grinded tree powder.
A beautiful country with beautiful people. Thankyou for showing us.
@@aaronmicalowethey didn't show and tell u brutal civil war..mass murders...burnt down whole villages and coupd'tat by tatmadaw😅
Hey Niki, I lived 3 years in Yangon (from 2018 until the coup in 2021), so happy to see you visiting. It's one of the most amazing countries in the world and doomed with the worst political problems in the world. Always keep Burmese people in my heart.
I think I might've stayed in Myanmar much longer if I visited before 2021
You’re right. I love Birmania.
It is still communist til today.
@NikiProshin The culture looks amazing. It makes one want to go there. And then because it is too scary to go there, it keeps people away, and therefor the culture looks amazing.
Thank you on behalf of Myanmar😢🎉
The Burmese are some of the sweetest, kindest and warmest people I've ever met. How I wish they could overcome the political situation they are living in now. They deserve to be happy. Always in my heart.
Thank you. 🥰
Do agree!!
Thank you 🙏🏻
Look at how they treat Rohingyas.
@@mtha7796 your papa military did
First of all ,Thank you for visiting Myanmar and show our cultures to the world . 🙏🏻 I'm a Myanmar citizen who lives in Bangkok now.Actually Myanmar is in its worst condition right now , you wont notice that much in central aeras but in northern, Eastern , western parts of myanmar are at war . Recently in northern part of Myanmar the communications are being cut off , no phone line no internet worst of all , transportations are all blocked too. We have no way to communicate with our families. 😔
I'm too
I am so glad you featured Myanmar! I was there in March 2024 for work after not traveling there since February 2020. The many ethnic groups in Myanmar are all lovely people and I am praying for peace to come soon.
I’m in Shan state now with the tribes filming content
Pretty people.
I love how culturally intelligent people like you Niki are changing perceptions and educating people about less known countries. The mainstream media often depicts these places unfairly that mainly focuses on bad stuff rather than lovely and enchanting people you showcase.
I am Burmese and I was honestly scared of clicking on this video because a lot of tourists and foreigners tend to either dramatize things, or be condescending/display savior complex. But this video was really nice actually, and gave me a perspective I haven't seen of my own hometown. Thanks for being curious and respectful and glad you had a good time :)
Yeah the white savior complex is very funny and exhausting. Some will come to tell you the best way to put on your shoes. But this video was not that -- very well done and I'm surprised he was able to film without being told not to film.
The current situation in Myanmar is indeed sad and heart breaking. Having experienced freedom and democracy for awhile and then having it taken away and now under military rule, the hardships and sufferings for the people must be immense. The violence and atrocities committed against those who oppose the junta is one of great concern. While the world watches, at the end, its the Myanmese people who must decide their fate. Only they and they alone can change the course of history and decide if freedom is worth fighting for. I hope peace shall reign for the people of Myanmar.
Some years ago, I was sponsoring a child from Myanmar through Plan Internation. But after a while, Plan notified me that the government would not allow Plan to operate in their country. So, I was switched to a child in another country. Thanks so much for your continually awesome videos.
you're so kind, if you continue to support Myanmar children there're ways to do so. May God bless you
Thank you for a great video! You always show that no matter where you are, there are good, kind people.
That’s why I’m so happy Niki agreed to come here and help me smash wrong ideas
Hello, I'm from Myanmar. As a Myanmar Citizen, I enjoy your vlog. The content in your video is different from others and I think most of the foreigners will be interested about that. I'm glad to know that you had a great time in Myanmar.
So happy to see more and more people traveling to Myanmar. The people in Myanmar are literally the kindest people I've ever met on earth, and they absolutely deserve peace and happiness. Your new friend, Chan, is so precious. May God bless her and the people of this country.
I really loved the people I met in Myanmar. Btw great food videos!
@@NikiProshin Thanks for checking out mine! Enjoy your travel. I hope see more. :)
Yes that's what keeps me and Jochen living and working here - the people. Glad I could introduce Niki to Chan. She is now in Poland and I may visit some time.
Thank you for showing me around Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). You are an ambassador wherever you go.
Toyota is Japanese, not Korean.
Omg yes, my mistake
Also very very well known around the world... I known this since I was 8.
Also grew up in Yangon... looks like it hasn't change much in over 35 years 😅
Except in the uk. The uk is one of the few countries that makes all its Toyota in the uk and doesn't import them
@@cyberash3000 Still Japanese 🤦♂️
@@NikiProshin I love the honesty and in reality in extreme warm weather my mind checks out from time to time. Giggling.
That 102 year old grandma is amazing! Especially considering her humble environment. And I loved the young girl, so bright and cute
My video on her drops this Saturday night
A lot of these very old people in poor countries actually don't really know how old they are...
I really enjoy your videos travelling to many different countries. I hope that many Russian men would watch your videos so that they can peacefully learn to respect other peoples, cultures and countries. There is enough space on our beautiful world for every people living side by side peacefully.
Sure...many Russians here in Indonesia they made their own localization zone only for them or made fights with locals...😟
@@ardi08 In Spain and Greece, it's the Brits who behave like that and worse. So badly in fact, that there have been large scale protests in Spain recently against tourists from the UK!
For me, Nikki this has been one of the most interesting videos I have seen from you. Thanks for sharing this experience. I for one, am very happy with it.
Thank you very much, Bob!
Thank you,Niki,for publishing this long,very interesting video about Myanmar!
Thank you for watching, Gerhard!
Great video Nikki! I can see the hard work you put in it - well edited! I am really impressed. I love your videos ❤
Oldest person I ever met was 108. I cared for her in a nursing home.
The 102 year old Burmese lady in his video was much better off, as she was able to still live in her house, talk to visitors and offer to cook chicken for Niki and his newfound friends! And the fact that the whole village looked after her was the most wonderful part.
Niki, glad you're back and making content! Your perspective is very unique and hope these videos are fulfilling for you
Thank you for visiting Myanmar and showing us about Yangon, Niki. I hope you enjoy it there.
I admire your courage to travel to different countries by yourself. You have a talent for meeting local people and having them help you.
Niki, you look good in thanaka. Chan is a famous Vlogger in Myanmar and I love her content. I miss my country. Thank you for sharing your amazing visit to Myanmar.
Hey, I just found out your channel on TH-cam. As a Myanmar citizen, I'm a lot appreciated to be highlighted by influencers like you. Because many medias in the world only describe the powerful countries and people rarely know that civil war is happening and locals are suffering from war. Thanks again for letting the world know.
Bravo Nikki. Well done! I really enjoyed meeting everyone. I learned a lot.
The people were amazing but I was also impressed with how clean it was it's obvious that the community cares about eachother and the environment they live in. I won't name names but so many places I see on travel videos look like a terrible place to live almost as if the people who live there have just stopped caring and some of these places are richer and have no civil war to contend with.
Myanmar you are beautiful as are your people.
Great adventure! Thanks for the grocery store! The $5 lunch at the nice restaurant looked delicious. Thanks for showing us around! Postcard
I’m trying to wrap my head around this. Lots of us have been watching you to see where you go and what you do, but mostly out of an overwhelming concern for your well-being. We were very afraid as you left your home because of war and conflict. Still can’t understand why you would then go someplace in the midst of the Civil War. Good luck.
You live in some parallel dimension?
I follow someone who has been to Ukraine 4x since the war started. BUT he's ex military doing charity work.
There are areas in Myanmar where I wouldn't go, and where it's actually not possible to go for a foreigner. But I think you overestimate the amount of danger for visiting Yangon. I had my concerns at first but it disappeared after I have a few conventions with people who live there. I wouldn't go somewhere actually dangerous.
I follow a lot of people who go to Ukraine 🇺🇦 or have moved there and go very near if not at the frontline.
@@NikiProshin we're very protective of you. We're traveling vicariously 💙
You really make very high quality travel vlogs, you put a lot of work in the visual part I noticed. It is a good idea to give an insight into the life of locals like Chen, I liked that part a lot.
I glad you enjoyed it, thank you very much!
Hello Niki. This video is so interesting. While I have heard of Myanmar, I have never seen any pictures, or even read anything about this country. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Thank you Deborah, glad you enjoyed watching this video
Great video! The people you met in Myanmar are lovely. Safe travels and thank you!
Such an amazing video! Thank you for visiting Myanmar and taking us with you. I’ve learned so much from your videos. Thanks again. ❤
Jen was super nice. I'm glad you're back filming. Your videos are prime time watching.
Thank you, Hugo!
What a wonderful video! Wow! Niki, you are very talented! I think this is one of your very best video's! Excellent job of showing the sights and sound's of Myanmar. I enjoyed meeting all of your kind friend's as well. I enjoy learning all about different countries and their cultures. That is exactly what you did showing us all around Myanmar. The people, the different place's and different food's. Well done! I really enjoyed watching! A+! Thank you so much for sharing all of your adventures! Take care and stay safe. See you next time. I will share this video!❤❤❤😊
Thank you Lori! I had great time filming this video, and enjoyed editing too. That was a nice coincidence to have such great guides to show me around too 😊
@@NikiProshin ❤️❤️❤️☺️
Hi Niki - thanks for a super interesting video - love the music too! Take care ❤❤❤
Wonderful video, Nikki. It was great to see you meet up with people who could show you around and answer your questions. I LOVE Chen. She should become a TH-camr, too. She could come to visit you in Vietnam and you could help promote her channel. Thanks and I look forward to seeing your Cambodia vlog.
I found this one of your most gentle, caring video. Enjoyed it a lot.
It broke my heart because Myanmar had always been a culturally advanced country which is rich in natural resources. To see it being decimated because of politics (even though it is termed as civil unrest) and public suffering - I'm deeply saddened.
Your video though sparked an interest in visiting it. So thank you for it. I hope you'll consider creating more such videos about places you visit.
Glad you're having a safe trip!
One of the quirks in Myanmar traffic is that while the driving is at right hand side the vehicles mostly are set up for left hand side, that is driver sitting on the right side as well (there’s a historical reason for it which you can search out).That’s a significant factor in traffic accidents as it reduces visibility from overtaking vehicles.
Yes, that's what I noticed once I arrived! We had the same thing in Russia somewhat 20 years ago (probably half of the cars, I can't remember well) but now the driver's seat is on the left side always.
My heart aches for the people of Mynmar. I hope the country can become what the people want and peace returns.
This video is wonderful ! I live in Thailand and have been to Myanmar many times before the uprising. The people are special.
Those in your video are doing important things. All the best to you and them
Love u for making this video,man.Also love Jochen tattoo
❤Love the Video! Looking forward to the Thailand Trip video! Thanks again Niki!😊
Yes, thank you!
Very very interesting . Just a beautiful video. It is so much fun to compare the prices with the US prices. OMG, these people are so nice.
Burmese people are true gems
I laughed out loud at your insertion of Pirates of the Caribbean music for the boat ride!!
Hi, I am a buremse citizen from Myanmar.
Thank you for visiting our country, I am also an aviation enthusiast from the country.
You should learn more about Myanmar's culture, it's very nice.
Love from Yangon
Hi and welcome to the channel! I'm definitely learning more about Myanmar and Burmese culture. People I've met there are amazing
@@NikiProshin Alrighty!
Great video... some commentary and some exploring and showing the authentic travel experience. Great mix of everything!!!!!
This is really a great travelogue. I feel I really learned a lot about Myanmar! Your guides, especially Chen, were such lovely people.
i am loving this video Niki! I paused it to write this comment. I too love to see how people live in their country. Take care! Oh, it was nice seeing you on @Sanctioned Ivan channel. ❤
Thank you Stella!
Thank you for visiting Yangon. Enjoy your holiday with great food and drinks ❤
Thanks Niki for sharing this with me 🤗 you always do great videos i really enjoy them please keep up with the amazing work you do for us 💯🤗 i like a post card it be cool to get you take care of yourself and be safe my friend 🙏🤗✌️❤️
Thank you very much, Scott! Glad you enjoy watching my videos ;)
@@scottnesbitt956 Scott you may want to correct the spelling of Post Card so the program Nikki uses picks up the comment 👍❤️
@@JUSTTERRY0 Thanks so much didn't see it 🤗✌️❤️
You traveled to Myanmar?? Can't wait for the video
Here we go!
From your first “Live” walk in St. Petersburg (which I happened to catch live!) until now, your natural affinity for storytelling is clear. Thank you for showing us this place that most of us will never visit. Paca!
Thank you very much for watching!
What a fun and interesting video. You look like you’re having a good time. Now you’re making me hungry 🌶️🥥 .
This was fascinating. I was on Twitter when people started posting calls for help during the coup. I got to interview some Burmese refugees in the refugee resettlement program in Tampa, Florida, USA. They talked about scary escapes in the quest for education.
This is one of your best videos! Magical experiences.
Hi Niki, my wife is Burmese and I've been there twice. I was surprised to hear about the lack of scooters/motorcycles, they were everywhere in 2019. They don't use chopsticks and use the fork and spoon because of the British. Try Tea Leaf Salad, Ohn-No-Kauk-Swe and their fried rice. If you have time and if it's safe, go to Kyaik Htee Yoe Pagoda.
Thai also use spoon and fork but I guess it's not directly because of the British.
The scooters part is only about Yangon, the rest of the country has scooters all around! I tried the Tea Leaf Salad, I wasn't filming that time but that tasted great!
There was a ban on motorbikes in Rangoon for many years before 2019.
Spoons and forks have nothing to do with the British!
@@archiebald4717 They were using their hands to eat before the British. After the British came they introduced the fork and spoon. This is from my 93 old father-in-law who grew up in Burma.
Wow, that was one of the most interesting videos I've seen in a very long time! Thank you for all of the hard work it takes to put these together. They are so interesting! Thank you for taking us on your journeys, and godspeed to you!
This was a truly wonderful video Niki! I live in Minnesota, in the USA, and we know almost nothing of Myanmar. Thank you for sharing your experience! I've been watching you since you were doing grocery shopping videos in St Petersburg. Your perspective on the world is a refreshing viewpoint compared with what I am used to encountering. Keep up the good work, as we (people of the world) need to learn about the good people in far away places in honest ways, not as media, or propagandists would portray them. I would love a postcard, but I forgot how to enter your drawing. Also, we have an old saying here that applies to your friend from the video. "She's as bright as a shiny new penny " . I mean that in only a complimentary way.
Really great vlog, love to see local people, food store, amazing you found postcards! 🤩
many thanks for visiting our country Myanmar 🇲🇲 I feel proud because of your vlog about our country ✨ and I also know Chan, she is my Idol🌼
Love this vlog Nikki, so interesting to see how other people live. Looks like you had a brilliant holiday. Hope you send me a postcard from Myanmar 😉
Heart breaking to see the empty airport... and how tough things gave gotten without tourist 😢
Yes it only hurts the people. I’m in Shan state now filming. Sometimes I cry with the people 😭😭😭
It's much more obvious when you get outside of Yangon. I'm filming stories in Shan State now. So many from the North moving down. The situation changes constantly here. I love my life in Myanmar but it is not for those that can not deal with uncertainty
Loved Myanmar. Went there 2016. People were very friendly. Only problem I had was it’s hard being a vegetarian there. Ended up going to Indian places or the one vegetarian place in Yangon when was there. Veggie food is very limited.
I can't recall seeing any vegetarian places there, while I see a lot of vegan/vegetarian cafes in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, etc
Hard to believe they don't sell fruits and vegetables at the markets. What do people cook??? If you're a vegetarian, all you need is rice and vegetables to make an infinity of yummy dishes, not to mention salads. What about nuts, what about salads??? I'm confused.
You forget the country is under military control and in the middle of civil war. What we are used th in so called "normal" daily life- ie easily accessible fresh produce, fruit and other things we take for granted, simply aren't available for the people of Myanmar. Only the authorities get to eat and drink the good stuff. The populace suffers. That's what authoritarian control looks like.
@@m.dewylde5287 oh uhhh, money inflation. Gotta love it.
Cuba has those little ropes too! I found a place in Havana that sold pizza slices from the rope, you just put the money in the basket and they take it up and send down pizza! Pretty cool.
Wow that's smart! I'd definitely get a slice of rope pizza 😁
Also in Lebanon and several other countries
Bro. Your English is amazing now. 👏 👏. My parents are friends Mexico and I’m USA but speak Spanish as second language and your English is better than my Spanish! It’s tough to learn a second language but you already seem to be at the point where you can have long conversations in English without any big mess ups. My Spanish is only at partial full convo so I get stuck every three sentences trying to express some thought without using English words. I often have to pause and say “I think the word is X”.
Hi Niki. I've been following you since you were posting daily life videos of your life in Russia. It's been amazing seeing all your travels and changes you have been through. Greetings from Salem, Massachusetts, USA.
Thank you and greetings from Asia!
Thank you for taking us here, this is a place I really wanted to see.☺️
Myanmar is the most underrated country in Southeast Asia
I taught English there for a couple of months in 2015. It was very worthwhile traveling there, but.. I started calling it the 'shock an hour' country, because I constantly heard, saw or experienced things that shocked me due to their extreme difference for anything I would have ever expected. Traveling there IS an adventure!
Your videos are amazing. I am 62 years old a d learning about people and various cultures from you. Please send me a postcard in New jersey, USA.
What a lovely video Niki. thank you for always improving your filming techniques, editing etc, because it feels almost as if I am walking beside you! I love seeing all these out-of-the-way places. The food, the people, and the culture. I really enjoy it all. You also look great in the traditional men's sarong! Thank you for sharing and safe travels.
I really love how you show the prices at the supermarket. If only other vloggers were as good as you with the prices & it would’ve been nice to do some three minute interviews with some locals
Nice to see you again, Niki! Always so interesting!
NIKI: I like all your observations about life in Burma....and about the costs of foods and restaurants....thanks.
Thanakha is the best, I brought some paste from the airport and a piece of bark from a roadside vendor somewhere in bhavan. It’s very good for preventing sun burn and also cooling and soothing after sun burn. It reduces acne for me. I wish I had bought some more than 2 tubs from there😢
Thank you for vlogging around the downtown area of Yangon as I lived there for 7 years from 2013-2020. I really miss my home country a lot and hope one day I could go there and visit the places I used to go and eat the foods that I used to eat with my old friends. I was literally tearing up as I watched the first parts of the video missing home. Right now, I am in the States living the brand new life, but I still miss the old life that I had before... Thank you Niki
Hello. I was born there 70 years ago. Soooo good to have found this. Thank you 🙏
Really enjoyed this video Nicki. Your editing and music use is much more professional now so easy to watch. Strange place to go, when in a conflict, but you seemed to get on OK with the people who showed you around. Keep up the high standards of video quality.
Do more of this video, I think Myanmar chance of survival in the future is Tourism. Hope people are kind and friendly
Hello Niki Mingalarbar!
Thank you so much for your visit to Yangon and sharing your positive thinking to people and our country.
Welcome back when ever ok.
See you ❤
nice video
I’m really appreciate your video and it’s really show our Burmese people clearly and you make me to miss my country so much. Surely our Burmese people are very kind and they love tourists and welcome to help everytime. Hope you also love our people and our places. You should visit more places like Bagan and other provinces region. You’ll definitely love. Thank you for let see people our Country and people. By the way you’re cute with Thanakha. ❤
This was just exceptional!!!
You make wonderful videos.
Thanks for sharing your work.
Best regards 🙏🏼
I will go in November this year to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam when the rainy season is over. I am happy and can't wait for the day boarding the plain
That's gonna be a great journey!
Love to watch your adventures. I would love to receive a postcard. Best wishes.
What a fantastic video! Thank you. I e always wanted to visit Myanmar and tried to go in 1989 but we couldn’t get there because of troubles. As a result we went to china and having avoided trouble in then Burma, we ended up right in the centre or Tiananmen Square instead when the troubles kicked off. Climbing under the troop trucks the evening it started as well as all the tanks is something i’ll never forget. So sad.
One day I hope to get to Myanmar.
Thanks again for such a great vid.
Great video. My father bought my birthday necklace, garnet 76 years ago there. Beautiful country, beautiful people.
That fresh meat in the supermarket was so expensive, because I assume their salaries are very low. $3-5 for fresh meat that in the UK would only be a little more expensive, wow. And yet that $5 meal in the hotel seemed like great value for money! I guess I'd just eat out all the time if I was in Burma.
Exactly, that's expensive there
I do
34:30 - City Mart provides only local products and sells international imports at Market Place by City Mart.
Good to know, I've seen one Market Place at a mall but didn't enter to see what's inside
I'm lovin' your content, Niki! Wishing you continued good travels and good health!
Myanmar people are the kindest, most generous, brave, hospitable, simple, and lovely people you may meet.
I hope the dawn of peace and liberty will come soon.
My hairdresser who I've been friends with for a very long time is from Myanmar and it's very rare to meet anyone from there here, so it's quite cool to see what it's like from someone who actually goes out to travel around rather than just staying in a hotel or something
How about from people who live and work here?
@@MissLizaYangonMyanmar sure! I'll check out your channel. Sounds interesting
Hi Niki! This is my first time to watch your video on TH-cam! I originally from Shan State but grown up in Yongon and left Myanmar since 2004 and hasn’t got back home yet and living in Australia now! I really appreciated and thanks for your video!! All the best Niki! Khun!! Cheers bro!!!
This was a wonderful upload. It was very informative. Stay safe.
As someone who grew up in village side where motorcycle is used for transportation and barley cars, I'm thrilled that the center of Myanmar is not so bad as I imagined!!thank you and your friends for raising funds for the children hope you have wonderful experience!
We went to Myanmar for a holiday trip in 2012 during a short time where it was safe to travel. Was an amazing experience - the golden temples, the valley of temples, the very orignal food (totally different from other asian food - getting the table filled with unknown bits and pieces in small cups), the huge bag of cash money we got from the money exchange shop, the Thanaka of course... Oh, and a fun/notfun fact: we sent about 12 postcards and none of them ever arrived...
When you said they prohibited motorbikes because of safety, after just seeing a city that's crumbling around the people, I was shocked a bit. but later you state its not really safety. God bless those people
A very interesting video, I loved it. Thank you!