based on what he said he likes, he legit could like Paris lmao Its super walkable, the architecture is very pretty especially at night, public transport is really good, its hot af in summer, there's pretty good food, using the RER you can go to natural parks, there's like a billion activities and basically everyone you'll meet going out at night speaks english + all the major cities are interconnected with TGV service so he could visit a bunch of french cities in a week *this is all assuming the people are not once again revolting against another bad law forced on them by the government
As an Estonian, I'm surprised how someone can prefer >30C weather. I personally like my cool breeze in the summer and not becoming a sweaty mess hahah. So I suppose you wouldn't like it here very much, although we do have great clean public transport and beautiful green scenery everywhere :,)
I was surprised Florence was that low, when I went I loved it. Also Naples itself isn’t great but the surrounding areas are great. But Rome is def too high, that place way overhyped 😬
Bangkok is easily my favourite city too. I've spent about 6 months in Thailand and there is something about that city that words can't really sum up and I'd absolutely love to see more of your perspective of the place. A good video suggestion: There's a district of BKK called Pradiphat; it's to the north of the city and it is totally off of the tourist trail. Most of central BKK is alive at all hours but Pradiphat Rd turns into a ghost town late at night, and I mean utterly dead. Almost to the point of apocalyptic. It's so eerie in contrast to the rest of the city and I only recently discovered why; it's because the Thais are convinced that it's haunted and they're too scared to go there at night. I'm pretty confident a video titled "Geoguessr player explores Bangkok's most haunted neighbourhood at night" would get a ton of clicks.
@@Emwo It really is eerie isn't it. I literally only found out why the other day. My wife and I would always stay in that part of Bangkok and we loved how you get the place to yourself after dark. At no point did we ever feel unsafe though. Even Bangkoks darkest, most forboding street has a safe, friendly feel it seems.
Thai here and live in Pradiphat myself. I would say 90% of BKK areas are ‘haunted’ at night or pass 8pm. only the tourist area like Siam, Silom or Sukhumvit area are alive all hours. And Pradiphat is not that dead 😂 there are many street food vendors at the main road especially near the train station.
@@pats.5941 @pats.5941 Neither did I, but I saw a RU-vidr called Bangkok Pat mention that it was why the area was so quiet at night. It kind of made sense to me as I based myself in that area for about 2 months back in 2009, and it was incredibly quiet for a main thoroughfare. Maybe it's BS though.
On my knees begging for you to upload the unreleased vlogs, I love how respectful and lowkey you are in them :) Bro crying rn you said one good thing about the UK my life is complete thank you brother 🙏
I'm an American that lived in Chiang Mai, then NYC, then finally visited Bangkok and it is now my life goal to move there too :) Trying to describe the magic of Bangkok is difficult. I like to tell people imagine a mega metropolis in the heart of the jungle. Vibrant light and heat and color and sounds and smells, incredible street food/vendor culture, a perfect and clean train system buzzing you from place to place, ancient and modern side by side, it just feels so alive.
From what I've gathered, whenever you feel like visiting Malaysia again (since we're next to Thailand anyway), based on evertything you've said in this video, you'll love the smaller cities and villages in Malaysia like Penang, Malacca, Ipoh, Terengganu, Kundasang (Malaysia's switzerland on Borneo), since they have most of the developed infrastructure and amenities you'd expect to get from KL but have way more of our identity and culture. Eventhough I've lived most of my life in KL, I'd tend to agree on yourperspective there, our 'real' identity & culture are usually found in hidden spots in KL, especially nowadays, and tbf KL never had much Malay history and culture anyway since it's relatively new city and was a (British) colonially crafted city. You'd find more culture outside of KL unfortunately, even most of our centuries old royalty centres aren't in KL, especially compared to say Bangkok, where the magnificent old royal palace is right in the city centre. But hey, at least our food is still the best and you seem to agree on that hehe. You're always welcome to come back :3 I'd even bring you around Malaysia if you don't find that weird lol. I'm just a huge geography nerd and would love to show people Malaysian hospitality :D
Can't agree more. To experience Malaysia true local culture, places like Penang, Malacca, Terengganu (the island) & Langkawi will be a great shout. The food is S tier, but public transport isn't that great tbh. Another thing is, how is Thailand so popular among the westerners is beyond me, while we have the same quality in food, modern infrastructure. We should learn from them
@@pear4576 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ selamat datang ke Malaysia and glad that you're enjoying your time here! I've been to the Netherlands a few times, great atmosphere, infrastructure, & friendly people! I looove stroopwafels, but your winds during winter be crazy man 😂🌀
@@MikhaelHld Terima Kasih! Wow that's awesome :) glad you liked my country too haha. But yeah winter must really suck for someone used to high temperatures. I'm also learning Malay at the moment, started a few weeks ago :p, quite an easy language.
@@pear4576 oh even though I've lived most of my life in Malaysia, I much prefer 4 seasons tbh, even winter, it's just that the winds when I was Amsterdam were crazy, felt like flying off 😂 Malaysia is so hot and super humid, being sweaty is just uncomfortable and I'd love to not sweat almost instantly everytime i go out 🙈 And yeah, yes I'm native, but having learned (attempts) many different languages, I'd say Malay is one of the easiest to learn, fhe formal language at least (spoken is a bit different as you might've known by now haha). That's why it's a bit disappointing to see how some foreigners (expats/immigrants) don't bother to learn and even certain groups of local citizens still don't bother to learn more/speak it even after 65 years of independence... Glad you're interested in immersing yourself in the Malaysian culture hehe, feel free to ask me any questions :)
thai here, so glad and very happy you enjoyed your time in thailand!! i was surprised to see bangkok at the highest as i've seen many foreigners prefer other thai cities over the capital, because it was very "noisy and humid" in bangkok, or something like that lol. either way, so happy you had a great time. best of luck to you if you are going to take thai classes. i find pronunciation kind of tough lol
Napoli is rough and chaotic, but for its size it has a lot to offer in terms of historic sites. It's also surrounded by beautiful places like the islands of Ischia and Procida, and The Sunken City of Baiae from Ancient Roman times. Venice is an architectural wonder, a magical place of rich history and culture. What ruins the enjoyment of visiting these places is the overflowing of tourists. Peak season is almost anxiety-inducing. During low season, Venice is a totally different place. The city at night/dawn is unreal, feels like being in a dream (especially when it's foggy). Florence is an open air museum. Absolutely beautiful. Of course, during peak season you can't see ten feet in front of you. Rome is an another open air museum. Its historic centre alone, which is only a tiny part of the city, includes no less than 25000 points of environmental and archeological interest.
pro tip: Just wake up at 5 and you'll have everything just to yourself for a couple of hours. Especially in Venice it's almost the only way to enjoy being there
As a Thai, im really happy that my home country gets such high rankings. I encourage you to learn the language and visit more places. Thailand will always welcome you!
I've been skipping Bangkok for a decade cause something about being so popular and touristy and hot and humid just didn't go well in my mind lol But I finally went last April with my cousins, and I cannot believe it took me a decade to experience Bangkok. OMG I freaking loved BKK. Something about the city, the energy, the people, the vibes, the food, the things to see and do, etc., that makes me wanna go back again and again. I'm already planning to visit for 2 weeks next January. April was just too damn hot and humid, I felt like I was melting, and probably lost so much water weight from all the sweating lol Hopefully January isn't too bad. Just wanted to add. I also decided to visit the Philippines after my trip in Thailand, and I highly recommend it too!!! Awesome people, pretty good food, very easy to communicate since most have a high command of the English language(some do struggle but they 100% understand you), and it's not as humid compared to Thailand lol
Bangkok at an S and Sevilla in A is a goated take. Based on your rankings, you gotta check out Taipei and/or Kaoshiung. Great food, lots of history, mountains on one side, beach on the other. Great public transit
Italian slander made me sad. but, judging by the other placements, you seem to bo into chiller locations and those big cities can feel a bit oppressive; as you said yourself by mentioning Sicily, somewhere in the south would be more enjoyable (especially for the food damn)
To be fair, I totally get where he's coming from. Naples and Venice are terrible imo. Rome isn't special - Milan is actually nice. I also agree with his arguments on KL. It's suuuuch a "modernized" city due to corruption that all you get is a very international concrete jungle. It's too hot and humid to be walkable and public transport is terrible and/or lacks AC most of the time. I love KL - one of my closests friends lives there. But I wouldn't wanna live there long term.
@@b0ne91 how is Rome not special? it's an open air museum with the highest density of historical, archaeological and architectural heritage in the world. it's got everything: art and architectural wonders from all eras (Ancient Rome, Renaissance, Baroque, etc), lots of green spaces (Villa Borghese, Villa Ada, the Appia Antica Park, which is the largest urban green area are in Europe, etc), great food (if you know where to eat, like a local), lots of hidden gems that even the locals don't know about. you discover something new every day. Milan is nice, modern, efficient, but it pales in comparison to Rome.
@@avantgarde4158 Yes, but the argument was clearly for longterm living. Which Rome is absolutely not interesting for at all. It's an expensive city, very touristy. Nice to visit but not worth living in imho. Doesn't appeal to me at all.
@@b0ne91Very touristy? Rome felt more authentic than other Italian cities, to me, for instance Florence which ranks above Rome here. Florence was littered with Americans everywhere. Rome had better food than anywhere else I have been and is stunning architecture wise.
@@b0ne91milan is way more expensive than Rome. I'm Italian and I'm biased, I would never leave Italy for any other country in the world, but I can see what is his argument. Big Italian city arent really good for living, due to tourism.
yoo trevor release them vlogs, I swear to god your vlogs about bangkok were so entertaining, interesting and relaxing to watch I am also curious about your story on that laotian road, would be really cool if we could see a video about that too
Judging from what you said in the video. I think China could be the interesting location for you. Public transportation is good, extremely convenient lifestyle, good food, kind people, very diverse country, magnificent nature and culturally rich. It's easier for someone who dont speak chinese to go to shanghai or beijing, but guangzhou(some said it is food capital of china) will have more SEA vibe or Xi'an for pretty interesting sights, but it does not appear in geoguessr so... Reply
@@georainbolt just came back from china, and am an abc, and I can confirm that I think you'd like China. I would suggest you visit some smaller cities too. Guangzhou is huge. And "smaller cities" in china are like still really big.
Vienna is often rated one of the most liveable cities on earth- it's also quite warm in summer. If you want to see the alps, you might wanna consider some Swiss / Austrian / Northern Italian Cities. Another one I can really recommend is some Greek island, if you wanna chill out for a bit.
Totally get you on Thailand. Such a beautiful country. Love the people, the historical architecture (incredible temples), the greenery/nature, and the food is so so good. Check out Siem Reap/Angkor Wat next time you're in SE Asia though - it's an amazing place.
Like a lot of people in the comments here, I want to move there. BKK was one of my least favorite. Phuket/Patong would be my choice. The beaches are so nice there. Chaing Mai/Rai are really nice. Also went to some non tourist cities like Buriram and Surin. I loved Siem Reap. The entire complex is awesome, I liked some of the other temples like Pre Rup better than Angkor Wat but they are all amazing. Did you by chance go anywhere else in Cambodia? I visited Anlong Veng and the memorial where Ta Mok had his compound. Not a happy place but very sobering.
Unironically if you ever come to brazil im here for a tour. I work remotely and I've travelled to 10 brazilian states already, still trying to visit all of 'em. Skipping favelas, Brazil should be as safe as anywhere else.
I'm so grateful that you want to learn Thai! considering that a lot of foreigners who live in Thailand barely understand or speak Thai. But It's alright, Thai is pretty hard to learn. Until I found out that Blinky can read province names in Thai, maybe I was wrong 😅
So great to hear your unique travel perspectives! I hope your SE Asian travels take you to Philly at some point for some island hopping (Siargao, Cebu, Palawan, for example). Stunning nature, beach vibes are both chill and adventurous, and such nice, happy people.
I have no idea of the context of this, but why do you hate on the English/ England exactly? I’m an American, now living in the English countryside, and I love England! The rich fascinating history + historic architecture alone does it for me (I’m currently renovating a cottage from the early 1400s), but also because I share a lot of non-American ideals with you such as walkability. I think it’s a shame that there’s so much animosity between Europeans and Americans these days… Anyway, it’s good that you liked London, but for me, the best places to explore in England would be the smaller historic cities (e.g. Bath, York, Oxford, Cambridge, Canterbury, Chester, Salisbury, Durham, Wells, Brighton, Winchester, Ely, Lincoln, Norwich, Windsor etc…), and of course the hundreds upon hundreds of beautiful and historic villages and market towns across the English countryside (for a first time visitor the famous Cotswolds region is very tourist friendly place to start). In general, I think the smaller traditional places are the best in each European nation.
Southeast Asia is a popular tourist area. However, I think people underrated Taiwan. As a Taiwanese, I will say this little island contains a lot of culture and places to visit, also street food!!!!!
You may like Vancouver; big enough city to have tons to do, skytrain is great for getting around, and has the mountains right nearby as well. I know Canada wouldn't be very exotic for you but I still think it's worth checking it out
No. he would most definitely not like vancouver, what are you talking about? If his favourite city is Bangkok then he would hate vancouver. He said he loves warm climate year round, vancouver just rains all the time and gets really cold and snowy in the winter. also the food, culture, people, places, sights, activities in bangkok are all 100x better than vancouver, so how would he possibly like it? Not to mention its one of the most expensive cities in the world lol.
Vancouver is your typical North American city, only that it is surrounded by beautiful mountains. The city itself though feels kind of soulless and bland. If you don't care much for natural landscapes I would recommend driving 2 hours south of the border and visiting Seattle instead. American cities in general appear to have far more character than their Canadian counterparts for some reason.
Trevor, I've been a big fan and follower of your content for some time now, I would like to recommend that you visit Guatemala. Antigua is my favourite city I've ever been to, encircled by 3 volcanoes (one of which is very active, and you can hike to the top and watch it erupt) fantastic food, old world colonial style design with cobblestone streets, super friendly locals, incredible coffee, chocolate making lessons, and to top it all off it's close to the US! Tons of other amazing places to visit in guatemala as well like semuc champey and tikal. would love to see your take on it!
For places to visit I would highly recommend Argentina after having been there myself. Buenos Aires has that megacity feel to it with great walkability and decent transit and also has some amazing food options (especially the shawarma/middle eastern street food). Then there’s so many amazing destinations outside of the city with beautiful nature and unique wildlife, from the deserts and salt flats and volcanoes in the north to the glaciers and arctic mountains near the southern tip of the continent. I personally got to see llamas and capybaras and wild guinea pigs and ostriches that aren’t actually ostriches, even penguins at the very southern tip as well. Overall an amazing country with great people and beautiful scenery that’s also pretty cheap to visit and exist in as a foreigner
@@Nicolas.1234 Really? They were pretty common in most of the neighborhoods I went to, particularly in the city center and close by areas like Retiro or Recoleta
I am Argentine of Italian descent. It is normal that when you go to Europe you do several countries since everything is close but we decided to only do Italy. I toured the center and north. And without a doubt what I enjoy the most is the north, especially cities like Rapallo, Verona, and without a doubt the best is the Dolomites. What I liked least was Rome and Florence. The only very touristy city that I enjoy is Venice, but I wouldn't go back since it's to stay 2 or 3 days maximum. My recommendation is to go to the north, without a doubt the most beautiful.
Based on what you said I suggest u to do a tour of the south also, but of some places that are not so much tourstic, like Palermo, Lecce... it's very authentic and I sense that your problem with the cities that you didn't like a lot are the too many tourists that are my issue also
despite not having visited most of the cities you've mentioned, it is a fresh take and a good way for me to learn about each city i can plan to go to in the future. the choices you've made so far sound pretty good to me and very good at being fairly objective with your reasonings with why you do or dont like places as much. nothing rated overly extreme either. i realise it probably is because i think i also have similar values in what i want to experience.
As a Thai who live in Bangkok, I'm genuinely glad you like it here. But it's just so so hard to agree that BKK has good public transport, for a certain parts maybe. I'm really interesting in your journey of learning Thai though.
I live in Chiangmai and it’s incredible to see how you put Thailand so high on the list. I totally get it it’s so chill and cool here and I find it amazing how you find where I live fun.
if you make your way over to Switzerland this or next month, you‘d be able to enjoy the gorgeous scenery at a warm temperature! I‘d have so so many recommendations for hidden gems
im surprised you thought Malaysian food was spicy. Thailand has much stronger flavors than Malaysia. When I went from Thailand to Malaysia the food just became so bland because thai food was so flavorful
I lived in Venice for a year during my degree and I completely agree on your assessment of it being too touristy - from that perspective, definitely D tier HOWEVER, it is one of my favourite places ever and feels like a home from home specifically because I experienced it as a resident, not as a tourist! If you don't hang around San Marco or the Rialto Bridge, you can avoid 80% of the tourists, and the rest of the city is full of hidden gems and wonderful people - S tier come un Veneziano :))
I would be sooooo curious how you would find Berlin in Summer. It's a hot mess of a city and no one is friendly, but it's very walkable and everyone speaks english.
As SEA I would still recommend the Philippines, but of course just don't stay too long in Manila since it has that mix of Modern and third-world country into it. I haven't travelled too much but do recommend go south since we have alot of great beaches to offer. Boracay, Palawan, Mt. Mayon, Cebu, Davao just to name a few. You would be surprised but not at the same time that culture here switches like immediately if you visit one province to another. But traveling here is bus, plane and car dependant we still don't have a long train system that will accommodate this issue. Going North is going to San Fernando, Dagupan, Vigan, and Laoag overall. You will not enjoy Bagiuo because it's has some what you despised in a city.
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Ay, man. Go for detailing your Bangkok(Thailand) experiences and thoughts on the culture. If that's a short or dull video for you, combine some 5 highlights or so... Love the channel. Peace ;
i doubt it has changed much since i was in bangkok but it was easily the worse city ive ever been in. the smog was suffocating, insanely hot, smells like garbage because there is garbage everywhere. i cant see it being s tier non ironically.
If you enjoy mountains then you can consider giving Nepal a try. It has majestic himalayas running through the entire upper half of the country and there are many places from where you can admire it and if you are feeling adventurous, you can also take the trekking routes to EBC(everest base camp), ABC (annapurna base camp), mardi himal trek, etc.
if you liked Sevilla, Madrid is great in spring (this year was too rainy but if you catch a sunny streak it's great), the cities in the north of Spain are great in summer, but maybe a bit too cold for your taste, Barcelona has a lot of good stuff but IMO the people can be very hit or miss and it's definitely touristy. Valencia is a great beach city, it gets crowded in the summer but in other seasons it's a really nice place and probably "underrated" in terms of tourism. And if you don't mind the heat, I mean, Tokyo has a lot of the good you mention about Bangkok.
Been in Thailand 18 years now. I can confirm. Thailand is the best city. As a foreigner you can live a normal life in Bangkok and people accept you as a person and not a tourist. Traffic gets a D though 🤣 but it's a price worth paying + grap and metro and BTS can help with it.
based on your opinions i think you would love to visit the northeast of brazil, maybe chapada diamantina or lençois maranhenses! and definitely come to Alagoas (state), we have the best beaches!
I’m dutch and I’m moving to Italy. I love italian cities 😂 Quite interesting how we have totally different opinions. I just love the culture behind italian cities. I followed a language course in Florence, where I made some of the best memories in my life! And the food is awesome in Italy, wine is cheap.. I don’t know. The Netherlands just doesn’t do that for me. Very modern and I don’t feel the culture. Love our bikes though.. :)
Spiritual Dutch here, never been to Europe but 🇳🇱 is my favorite country on earth. Walk through it in google maps many times and each frame is beautiful
I’ve never seen someone that fucks with hot ass 90 degree temps that’s crazy. I legit get happy if it’s cold and cloudy so I would love Düsseldorf I believe.
Interesting that you put KL so low, when I went there I loved it. It's walkable has good public transport (in the areas I went to) unlike other south east Asian cities like Canggu which was higher on the list . I was only their in KL for a day or two so maybe my opinion will change if i spend a bit more time there. But I do agree that it feels very modern and I guess it's just a matter of personal taste. I personally dislike the chaos of being surrounded by 100 scooters with 50 horns beeping at the same time that many major south east Asian cities have. Not to mention the lack of walkability in many places. When it comes to looking for somewhere to live no amount of culture will make up the absolute chaos and car centricity of most big south east Asian cities. But that's just my opinion.
I did not expect to see my hometown in the S tier. Even though I agree with you that the food here is the best. I used to live in Seoul. I also have traveled to plenty of cities, and all of them have better public transportation than Bangkok. I came back to Bangkok now, and I am so struggling with public transportation here. It's my worst reversed culture shock. I was back in Bangkok since the pandemic, and I am still struggling with this reversed culture shock like on day 1. BTS & MRT reach almost every major place, but the problem is they do not reach suburbs, which is where local middle-class people usually live. So if you stay in a hotel in an urban area, the public transportation in your POV is probably great. But as a local, it is not. We cursed our politicians a lot for not making public transportation better. The traffic jam here is also very bad. Also, it recently become a much better place since changing of the mayor a year ago. At least walking on the pathway is not a real-life minesweeper anymore. Anyway, if you want to experience an e-tier city, I'd recommended visiting Lopburi. It has a great history, but wild monkeys there are insane. PS. I really hope to accidentally meet you and take a pic with you here in Bangkok.
He's from the US, any kind of public transport is better than anything they have there. Curious what he would say about Prague's public transport, for instance.
I agree with most of the things you said, but let me add something. The metro doesn't even cover a huge chunk of downtown core (especially the more historical zones). If you take a look at the metro map, you will see that there's a large hole in the middle of the city (bounded by MRT in the north, west, and south, and BTS in the east) (which is about to be more covered with the orange and purple lines). You can notice this as a tourist when you want to go to more historical places, you often need to take a taxi for that last miles gaps. The buses here are also horrible. It's improved a lot from 10 years ago, but still HALF of them are those old metallic buses (some of them from 1991!) with no A/C (in a hot af city like Bangkok!) that some don't even have doors! I still haven't talked about the prices and joint ticket! It's astonishing that westerners come here and take cheap taxis (in relation to their home cities and cost of living standards) and say our public transport is good. 😂
as a thai who lives in a less populated province where it is very rural and i will agree when people say bangkok is so much better than where i live i will fully agree (bangkok is good but like if u cant speak thai u might have trouble if u live there for a while also thai people are GREAT with tourist)(i also love when people talk about thailand because i will instantly go to the comments)
I've also been to Venice and I can agree with you reasoning. I still liked it, I had probably the best pizza I've tried so far there, but it was just too touristy, if it weren't just a massive tourist destination I would have really loved it.
As someone who has also been to Naples, Rome, and Florence the only correct ranking is Florence > Rome > Naples so it seems like you got that one correct
I felt EXACTLY the same in KL. It's nice they keep it so clean, but coming from Bangkok this city felt a bit boring. Interesting experience. I absolutely love Bangkok too like Rainbolt.
