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One difference between Hong Kong and Macau is also that Macao you may see some Portuguese words along with English and Chinese. Macao was a Portuguese colony whereas Hong Kong was a British colony. The Pakistani baggy pants are called Shalwars. Yes they are distinctively Pakistani (though you may see a few in Northern India). I find it amusing that the Shalwar is how you recognize Pakistan :) Pakistani language is Urdu which follows the Arabic script. Northern India and Bangladesh also follow the same script Sanskrit with a line on top.
Wow useful tips for beginners! - I’d like to provide a tip for Taiwan. Some people might already know that you can find a sign showing a road type and a road number to approach your location. But whether the number is in even or odd makes difference. An even number road typically goes west to east, and an odd number road typically goes north to south.
Hindi is the most written and Spoken language in India, which comes from the Devengari script. I've been learning Hindi since last year and think it's a really interesting language
@@GeoPeter It's quite hard, but since I got a lot of friends from India, a few have taught me to speak the language as I plan to go out there soon to meet up with then
This will be useful if you're thrown in the middle of nowhere in rural Philippines. Best hint is the landscape is filled with coconut trees, even mountains. At least the southern part is filled with it since coconut isn't common in northern part of the the country due to being easily uprooted by typhoons. Coconuts also exist in neighboring countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, etc. But not as all over the place like in the Philippines. If the game throws you in the middle of the rice fields, if it's Philippines then you're most likely see a mountain/mountain range at the horizon. In Indo and Malay, you're more likely to see a flat rice field without seeing any interesting land form at the horizon. If in the middle of an expressway or tollway: Indonesia have red guard rail reflectors. Malaysia usually have none. Philippines use yellow
Great tips!! Telling Indonesia apart from Malaysia was once a major struggle for me. Here are a few tips off the top of my head for anyone also struggling. Malaysia - The official language is Malay (Bahasa Malaysia). This language is mostly written in Latin script; however, there's also an Arabic script that was developed for writing Malay and several other languages in Southeast Asia - Jawi (بهاس ملايو). While Jawi isn't widely used anymore in Malaysia, it can still be found in some parts of the country. To give an example, in the state of Kelantan, signboards and road signs feature both the Latin script and Jawi. It can also be seen on street signs in the state of Johor. - Another language that can often be seen in Malaysia is Standard Chinese (Mandarin, but also a few other forms of Chinese dialects). Simplified Chinese characters (简化字) are used. - Tamil (தமிழ்), one of the official languages of Singapore and Sri Lanka, can also be spotted in Malaysia. Tamil is natively spoken by Tamil people of South Asia. - Malaysia is a federation of 13 states (Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Terengganu) and 3 federal territories (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Putrajaya). It's actually not a bad idea to keep that in mind because more often than not you can spot these state names on signs and billboards. Also, it might be a good idea to familiarize yourself with the state flags because they can be seen around quite often. - Awas means look out/caution. Another one seen often is hati-hati which is also a warning. (same in Indonesia) - The stop signs are octagon and say BERHENTI. In Indonesia they say STOP. - Currency: The Malaysian ringgit. Symbol: RM - If you come across paddy fields in Malaysia, it's quite likely that you're in one of the northern peninsular states, such as Kedah. Northern Peninsular of Malaysia is known as the "Rice Bowl" of the nation. Indonesia - It can be quite tricky to nail down the exact location in Indonesia. There's a major lack of road/street signs (especially in rural areas), not to mention that quite often streets/villages/towns don't even show up on Google maps. - The official language is a standardized variety of Malay, Bahasa Indonesia, so telling Malaysia and Indonesia apart simply by the Malay language is very difficult (if you don't speak either one). I recommend looking up some commonly used words in both languages. (e.g. polisi - police in BI, polis - police in BM) - Here's what to look for on storefronts/billboards/road signs (a lot of these also apply to Malaysia) Provinsi, daerah istimewa - province (Indonesia has 34 subdivisions. Provinces are the highest tier of the local government) Kabupaten (kab.) - regency, municipality (A regency is a second-level administrative division, directly administrated under a province) Kota, bandar - city (bandar - a coastal city, port, or a water channel in Indonesian. City in Malaysian) Jalan (Jl. in Indonesia, Jln. in Malaysia) - street (Jl. Kapuk - Kapuk street; Jl. Waru - Waru street) Gang (Gg.) - alley, lane (Gang Lobster... this one makes me laugh :'D Lobster Alley) Jalan Tol (Jl. Tol, Tol) - toll road (Jl. Tol Jakarta - Cikampek ... A little note here. Roads are often named after cities and/or towns they are connecting) Jalan Raya (Jl. Raya) - highway (Jl. Raya Barat Brujul Kulon) Lebuhraya - highway in Malaysian (Lebuhraya Kota Bharu - Gua Musang - highway from Kota Bharu to Gua Musang) - Currency: Indonesian rupiah. Symbol: Rp - To add to the license plates. These can also come in handy: "Black on yellow: Commercial vehicle or public transportation, such as buses, taxis, angkot, auto rickshaws and trucks" The yellow plates have won me a few rounds in Battle Royale. "White on red: Government-owned vehicles" - Compared to Malaysia Indonesia has much more street vendors. And a ton of tobacco ads. Sorry for such a long comment!
Awesome tips!!, I'm half Indonesian-half Japanese so since both Indonesia and Japan are quite a big island I think I might have some tips that going to be useful to maximize your score in distance-based games. Indonesia is such a big country, from east to west is the same as Dublin to Baku, Azerbaijan, so I might have a few tips to get better at guessing location or which island you're on in Indonesia. - If you see houses with clay-based roof tiles (We called it as "Genteng/Genting", and usually brown, orange, or reds coloured) then you're in Java, the same island as Jakarta, the country's capital. But if you find the majority of the houses use tin metal roofing (We called it as "Seng/Atap Seng") with some part rusted, then you're on another island. You might find some houses with clay roof tiles in big cities on another island, especially in Sumatra (the one that sits next to mainland Malaysia) but it's going to be very rare. - If you find yourself at palm oil plantation (Kebun Kelapa Sawit) then you're at Sumatra or Borneo island. Sumatra is going to be a bit hilly, and. Borneo is going to be very flat. - And the last one, if the area doesn't look too advanced, then you're most likely not on the island of Java. Japan - You can easily distinguish which prefecture you're in with phone number....if you find one :D. Generally speaking, a phone number that starts with 01x means you're at Hokkaido the northernmost island and prefecture, 03x/04x for Greater Tokyo Area, 07x Osaka/Kyoto (This one is easily distinguishable with the lack of blue line or dash blue line on the road), and finally 09x is for Kyushu island the southernmost part of the main chain island of Japan.
Stumbled across your channel after seeing you in a battle royal video on Geowizard's channel. So glad I did, your content is fantastic and the tips videos are beyond helpful!
Philippines will have some Spanish in it as well, or anything with Spanish influence, by virtue of being a former Spanish colony. Spanish names will be very common there.
I watched this and I tried, but I couldn't remember half of these! By the way, congrats on 10k, continue with this content and I can see you growing fast fast
I was browsing google maps for fun yesterday and found out that near general santos city in south Philippines, the road that tugs saragani bay and extends to mount busa in the west and the saragani strait in the east has a black google car with the roof rack/bars
4:42 The script you saw at Ludhiana is Hindi(northern india), language on top of Gulbarga is Kannada(state of Karnataka). In addition, there is Telugu, spoken in Andhra Pradesh(తెలుగు - వికీపీడియా), and Tamil, spoken in Tamil Naadu(தமிழ்).
Hi from Korea~ Of course langauge is the dead giveaway, you will also see the romanized names below the hangul on street signs plus there is lots of English around. For plates there is a lot of variation. Commercial vehicles have yellow plates (small or long). For regular cars it's based on age; small green (oldest), small white (old), long white (newer), long white with a blue box on the left (newest). 화이팅!
Another thing that you forgot to mention is that Macau's co-official language is Portuguese, since they were under Portuguese rule for some time, so I am not sure if Portuguese language comes into play at all in a Macau round?
The country you forgot having these concrete blocks is North Korea :p More helpful perhaps is that Thai and Khmer can be told apart from the height of the letters as the Thai ones are all the same while Khmer ones can vary
Regarding Cambodia: Look for signs of the Cambodia Peoples Party, they are essentially in every street and every village, no matter how remote. General rule: If you can't see either a beer add or a sign of the CPP, it's probably not Cambodia. Also while other southeast asian countries usually have just the classic one-piece tuktuks, cambodia has those, but also bigger ones, that are are motor bike carrying a passenger wagon. Regarding the Philippines: Other than that jeep-ish car, trikes (a motorbike with a passenger wagon on the side)are pretty much unique to the Philippines.
i live in israel and i just wanted to say that all the foutage is from 2011 due to security stuff. the country has evolved so much since and looks much better. my city looks completly different in just 10 years.
@@constructxve China blocks Google, I'm sure you know about the CCP and all that so they have their (controversial) reasoning I'd imagine. I believe they have their own form of streetview coverage from another company though
@@jessewhite1698 I don't really call them country unless they become member of the UN but that won't happen anytime soon because China can simply veto it
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Timestamps:
Israel 0:11
Jordan 0:52
UAE 1:19
Kyrgyzstan 1:45
Mongolia 2:23
Pakistan/India 3:36
Sri Lanka 4:54
Bangladesh 5:46
Bhutan 6:22
Thailand 6:48
Cambodia 7:40
Laos 8:34
Vietnam 9:34
Malaysia 9:59
Indonesia 10:45
Singapore 11:30
Philippines 12:09
Macao 13:03
Hong Kong 14:09
Taiwan 14:59
South Korea 15:51
Japan 16:41
thank you
One difference between Hong Kong and Macau is also that Macao you may see some Portuguese words along with English and Chinese. Macao was a Portuguese colony whereas Hong Kong was a British colony.
The Pakistani baggy pants are called Shalwars. Yes they are distinctively Pakistani (though you may see a few in Northern India). I find it amusing that the Shalwar is how you recognize Pakistan :)
Pakistani language is Urdu which follows the Arabic script. Northern India and Bangladesh also follow the same script Sanskrit with a line on top.
Thank you for the tips! ^^
Bhutan is one of the easiest contries to teleport? That's pretty cool! ;)
Wow useful tips for beginners!
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I’d like to provide a tip for Taiwan. Some people might already know that you can find a sign showing a road type and a road number to approach your location. But whether the number is in even or odd makes difference. An even number road typically goes west to east, and an odd number road typically goes north to south.
Thank you for the tip! I didn't know that! :)
Awesome content man! I play a lot of GeoGuessr and you help me :)
Glad to hear it! I love your videos as well! ^^
Didn’t think I’d see you here lol
Ah I see Zimbax is a man of culture too
hi
Well done on 10k subs. I can’t stop watching you at the moment
Thanks! Glad you enjoy my videos!
Congratulations on 10k, my favourite channel atm!
Yay, thank you!
Hindi is the most written and Spoken language in India, which comes from the Devengari script. I've been learning Hindi since last year and think it's a really interesting language
Oo, that's cool! It looks very complex.
@@GeoPeter It's quite hard, but since I got a lot of friends from India, a few have taught me to speak the language as I plan to go out there soon to meet up with then
@@Punisher_0911 I'm from England 😄
This will be useful if you're thrown in the middle of nowhere in rural Philippines. Best hint is the landscape is filled with coconut trees, even mountains. At least the southern part is filled with it since coconut isn't common in northern part of the the country due to being easily uprooted by typhoons. Coconuts also exist in neighboring countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, etc. But not as all over the place like in the Philippines.
If the game throws you in the middle of the rice fields, if it's Philippines then you're most likely see a mountain/mountain range at the horizon. In Indo and Malay, you're more likely to see a flat rice field without seeing any interesting land form at the horizon.
If in the middle of an expressway or tollway: Indonesia have red guard rail reflectors. Malaysia usually have none. Philippines use yellow
Thanks for the tips! 😊
One useful tip for Macao: One of their languages are Portuguese, so if you see portuguese writing you are most definitely in Macao and not hong kong.
Great tip! :)
0:18 I thought those signs in Israel were just for a quick "high five" as you drive past.
Hmm, maybe :D
Great tips!! Telling Indonesia apart from Malaysia was once a major struggle for me. Here are a few tips off the top of my head for anyone also struggling.
Malaysia
- The official language is Malay (Bahasa Malaysia). This language is mostly written in Latin script; however, there's also an Arabic script that was developed for writing Malay and several other languages in Southeast Asia - Jawi (بهاس ملايو). While Jawi isn't widely used anymore in Malaysia, it can still be found in some parts of the country. To give an example, in the state of Kelantan, signboards and road signs feature both the Latin script and Jawi. It can also be seen on street signs in the state of Johor.
- Another language that can often be seen in Malaysia is Standard Chinese (Mandarin, but also a few other forms of Chinese dialects). Simplified Chinese characters (简化字) are used.
- Tamil (தமிழ்), one of the official languages of Singapore and Sri Lanka, can also be spotted in Malaysia. Tamil is natively spoken by Tamil people of South Asia.
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states (Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, Terengganu) and 3 federal territories (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan, Putrajaya). It's actually not a bad idea to keep that in mind because more often than not you can spot these state names on signs and billboards. Also, it might be a good idea to familiarize yourself with the state flags because they can be seen around quite often.
- Awas means look out/caution. Another one seen often is hati-hati which is also a warning. (same in Indonesia)
- The stop signs are octagon and say BERHENTI. In Indonesia they say STOP.
- Currency: The Malaysian ringgit. Symbol: RM
- If you come across paddy fields in Malaysia, it's quite likely that you're in one of the northern peninsular states, such as Kedah. Northern Peninsular of Malaysia is known as the "Rice Bowl" of the nation.
Indonesia
- It can be quite tricky to nail down the exact location in Indonesia. There's a major lack of road/street signs (especially in rural areas), not to mention that quite often streets/villages/towns don't even show up on Google maps.
- The official language is a standardized variety of Malay, Bahasa Indonesia, so telling Malaysia and Indonesia apart simply by the Malay language is very difficult (if you don't speak either one). I recommend looking up some commonly used words in both languages. (e.g. polisi - police in BI, polis - police in BM)
- Here's what to look for on storefronts/billboards/road signs (a lot of these also apply to Malaysia)
Provinsi, daerah istimewa - province (Indonesia has 34 subdivisions. Provinces are the highest tier of the local government)
Kabupaten (kab.) - regency, municipality (A regency is a second-level administrative division, directly administrated under a province)
Kota, bandar - city (bandar - a coastal city, port, or a water channel in Indonesian. City in Malaysian)
Jalan (Jl. in Indonesia, Jln. in Malaysia) - street (Jl. Kapuk - Kapuk street; Jl. Waru - Waru street)
Gang (Gg.) - alley, lane (Gang Lobster... this one makes me laugh :'D Lobster Alley)
Jalan Tol (Jl. Tol, Tol) - toll road (Jl. Tol Jakarta - Cikampek ... A little note here. Roads are often named after cities and/or towns they are connecting)
Jalan Raya (Jl. Raya) - highway (Jl. Raya Barat Brujul Kulon)
Lebuhraya - highway in Malaysian (Lebuhraya Kota Bharu - Gua Musang - highway from Kota Bharu to Gua Musang)
- Currency: Indonesian rupiah. Symbol: Rp
- To add to the license plates. These can also come in handy:
"Black on yellow: Commercial vehicle or public transportation, such as buses, taxis, angkot, auto rickshaws and trucks" The yellow plates have won me a few rounds in Battle Royale.
"White on red: Government-owned vehicles"
- Compared to Malaysia Indonesia has much more street vendors. And a ton of tobacco ads.
Sorry for such a long comment!
Very useful tips! Thanks for sharing!
yes! these are true :D
Awesome tips!!, I'm half Indonesian-half Japanese so since both Indonesia and Japan are quite a big island I think I might have some tips that going to be useful to maximize your score in distance-based games.
Indonesia is such a big country, from east to west is the same as Dublin to Baku, Azerbaijan, so I might have a few tips to get better at guessing location or which island you're on in Indonesia.
- If you see houses with clay-based roof tiles (We called it as "Genteng/Genting", and usually brown, orange, or reds coloured) then you're in Java, the same island as Jakarta, the country's capital. But if you find the majority of the houses use tin metal roofing (We called it as "Seng/Atap Seng") with some part rusted, then you're on another island. You might find some houses with clay roof tiles in big cities on another island, especially in Sumatra (the one that sits next to mainland Malaysia) but it's going to be very rare.
- If you find yourself at palm oil plantation (Kebun Kelapa Sawit) then you're at Sumatra or Borneo island. Sumatra is going to be a bit hilly, and. Borneo is going to be very flat.
- And the last one, if the area doesn't look too advanced, then you're most likely not on the island of Java.
Japan
- You can easily distinguish which prefecture you're in with phone number....if you find one :D. Generally speaking, a phone number that starts with 01x means you're at Hokkaido the northernmost island and prefecture, 03x/04x for Greater Tokyo Area, 07x Osaka/Kyoto (This one is easily distinguishable with the lack of blue line or dash blue line on the road), and finally 09x is for Kyushu island the southernmost part of the main chain island of Japan.
Thank you for your tips! Very helpful!
Stumbled across your channel after seeing you in a battle royal video on Geowizard's channel. So glad I did, your content is fantastic and the tips videos are beyond helpful!
Awesome, thank you! ^^
Jordan has these unique taxis which are green and yellow, usually these do the trick for me when it comes to that country
Thanks for the tip!
Philippines will have some Spanish in it as well, or anything with Spanish influence, by virtue of being a former Spanish colony. Spanish names will be very common there.
Thank you Peter for all your efforts in making these videos. These videos are really helpful.
Thank you! I'm glad you find them useful! :)
Thank you for the tips!! It's very hard for me to distinguish Indonesia and Malaysia and Thailand and Laos. This really helps!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much, you helped me a lot! Now it's time for me to overshadow some country battle royale players with my new knowledge hehehehehe 😈
Good luck! 😄
The way he explains it makes it feel like he is making everything up
Haha, maybe I am :D
Yeah, I can see that. Although, I feel like he would make a great tour guide. He knows way too many random facts!
I watched this and I tried, but I couldn't remember half of these!
By the way, congrats on 10k, continue with this content and I can see you growing fast fast
Thanks! It definitely takes some practice to remember all of the tips :)
@@GeoPeter I'll learn eventually because of you
10k!! Good job keep doing that it is really impressive!
Thanks! Will do! ^^
I was browsing google maps for fun yesterday and found out that near general santos city in south Philippines, the road that tugs saragani bay and extends to mount busa in the west and the saragani strait in the east has a black google car with the roof rack/bars
I think I've seen it a few times. It's very rare though.
1:27 UAE usually presents arabic and english texts.
4:42 The script you saw at Ludhiana is Hindi(northern india), language on top of Gulbarga is Kannada(state of Karnataka). In addition, there is Telugu, spoken in Andhra Pradesh(తెలుగు - వికీపీడియా), and Tamil, spoken in Tamil Naadu(தமிழ்).
5:44 And the script you saw on the poster is Sinhalese. In Sri Lanka you may also find Tamil(^), these are the main languages.
11:52 Singapore(where I live) has 4 official languages, English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil
Thank you for the information! :)
Congratulations on 10k!
Thank you so much! 😀
Hi from Korea~ Of course langauge is the dead giveaway, you will also see the romanized names below the hangul on street signs plus there is lots of English around. For plates there is a lot of variation. Commercial vehicles have yellow plates (small or long). For regular cars it's based on age; small green (oldest), small white (old), long white (newer), long white with a blue box on the left (newest). 화이팅!
Thanks for the info! 😊
Another thing that you forgot to mention is that Macau's co-official language is Portuguese, since they were under Portuguese rule for some time, so I am not sure if Portuguese language comes into play at all in a Macau round?
Haven't noticed but there might be some texts in Portuguese :)
I've had Portuguese in every of my Macau rounds. It's everywhere. Shops, signs, etc.
also, 450 years is a bit more than "some time" :)
@@ruimarques7625 Awesome! It's not often I have Macau though, usually it's Hong Kong.
I have been watching for 2 weeks now! Congrats on 10K subs (i just subbed as well). I hope i play with you one day
Thanks a lot! I hope so, too! 😊
The country you forgot having these concrete blocks is North Korea :p
More helpful perhaps is that Thai and Khmer can be told apart from the height of the letters as the Thai ones are all the same while Khmer ones can vary
Oh, that's a good tip! Thanks!
3:37 I'm surprised that this is official coverage.
ayy 10k subs and well deserved! 100k next??
Thank you! Hope so!
I cannot wait to play against you on Distance Battle Royale!
I hope we meet in a game some time! ^^
Very useful!
Thanks! Glad to hear that! :)
Another video, yay!
Hope you enjoyed it!
I love your channel
Thanks a lot! 😊
banger vid as per usual! 😎
Appreciate it!
Aren’t there also red strip on Abu Dhabi license plate
You are right, Abu Dhabi has a red strip but there is almost no official coverage there :)
You’re my favourite youtuber, and look how old my account is🙂
Thanks a lot! I'm happy to hear that!
You also won't get Taiwan in Battle Royale/Country Streak
That's true. :)
is it normal that i never got laos/vietnam in my life
They added them to Battle Royale today! I just made a community post about it! :)
Regarding Cambodia: Look for signs of the Cambodia Peoples Party, they are essentially in every street and every village, no matter how remote. General rule: If you can't see either a beer add or a sign of the CPP, it's probably not Cambodia. Also while other southeast asian countries usually have just the classic one-piece tuktuks, cambodia has those, but also bigger ones, that are are motor bike carrying a passenger wagon.
Regarding the Philippines: Other than that jeep-ish car, trikes (a motorbike with a passenger wagon on the side)are pretty much unique to the Philippines.
Thanks for the tips! ^^
Jeepny? surely you mean party bus? :)
4:46
i live in israel and i just wanted to say that all the foutage is from 2011 due to security stuff. the country has evolved so much since and looks much better. my city looks completly different in just 10 years.
16:24 sus symbol
Legend
Thank you! ^^
remember me when 10k turns into 100k 👍🏼
I will!
Verry interresesting :)
Glad you think so! ^^
nice vid
Thanks! :)
Does China not have coverage?
It doesnt
@@jove3892 why?
@@constructxve China blocks Google, I'm sure you know about the CCP and all that so they have their (controversial) reasoning I'd imagine. I believe they have their own form of streetview coverage from another company though
There are some very few locations in some museums but generally no coverage.
what about iran and saudi arabia
???
They don't have official coverage
@@GeoPeter ok tnx btw i subbed mare than 4 months ago
@@saldinho813 Thanks! 😊
I like this Chanel
Thank you! Glad you enjoy my content!
@@GeoPeter ok
4 hours late 😔 I was at the stream tho :)
Thanks for watching and commenting!
U forgot my home countryyy North Korea 🇰🇵
you forgot north korea
North Korea has no coverage
@@GeoPeter oh
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau aren’t countries fyi
But they have a Google car coverage so he needs to cover them to avoid confusion with each other
@@micocalimlim6339 Ok cool but refer to them as regions or entities, somewhere along the lines, not country.
@@jessewhite1698 I don't really call them country unless they become member of the UN but that won't happen anytime soon because China can simply veto it
First country is called Palestine
Road 40 doesn't cross any Palestinian territories :)