PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RIO ARE SAYING THAT IS THAT ñ IT IS
THE CLEAREST THING TO DETERMINE WHO IS A TOURIST THERE OR NOT.
OF COURSE THERE ARE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COUNTRIES,
BUT THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN RIO ARE SO UNIQUE THAT I
FEEL LIKE MOST PEOPLE WOULD STAND OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB.
I WANTED TO SHARE THESE DETAILS WITH YOU GUYS.
"MOST FOREIGNERS PICK UP THE TRASH INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT
STREWN IN THE SAND.
THE WOMEN HIDE BEHIND TOWELS AND AWKWARDLY SHIMMY OUT OF
THEIR BULKY UNDERCLOTHES.
AND THE VAST BOTTOM HALF OF THE TOURIST SWIMSUIT ALWAYS
COMES AS A SHOCKER."
IN FACT, ONE INDIVIDUAL SAID, "THEIR BIKINIS LOOK LIKE
UNDERPANTS."
IT'S HILARIOUS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE
UNITED STATES, THE RETRO BIKINI IS BACK IN STYLE, WHICH I'M
VERY GRATEFUL FOR BY THE WAY.
AND IT'S LIKE, HIGH WASTED, YOU KNOW, LIKE MARILYN MONROE STYLE.
YOU WITH THAT IN BRAZIL AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHY ARE
YOU WEARING DIAPERS?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
THEY THINK YOU ARE WEARING A BURKINI.
YEAH, LIKE WHY IS SHE SO COVERED UP?
ANOTHER PERSON SAYS, "THEY DRINK.
A LOT."
THE TOURISTS DO?
THE TOURISTS DO, AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING.
THEY ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN
TOURISTS, ALTHOUGH AMERICAN TOURISTS ARE OF COURSE
INCLUDED IN THIS CONVERSATION.
THEY ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT EUROPEANS.
SO THEY ARE LIKE, WHAT'S UP WITH THEM SHOWING UP TO THE
BEACH WITH THEIR TOWELS?
YOU GET SAND ALL OVER IT, IT GETS WEIRD ñ THAT'S WEIRD.
WHEN YOU SHOW UP IN A SARONG?
YOU CAN WEAR IT, AND LAID DOWN ON THE SAND AND IS
COMFORTABLE AND YOU CAN ENJOY IT.
EVEN ON NBC WHERE THEY WANT TO BE SUPER SAFE AS THEY ARE SHOWING
THE OLYMPICS, ANYTIME THEY DO THE BEACH SHOTS, YOU SEE
EVERYONE'S ASSES, BECAUSE 89%
OF PEOPLE ARE WEARING A THONG IS THERE BIKINI.
AND NBC IS ALWAYS LIKE --
SO I'M AMAZED THAT THEY THINK WE ARE PRUDES, BUT WE LIKE TO
DRINK, AND WEIRDLY PICK UP OUR TRASH BEHIND US.
THIS IS WHY THIS STORY RESONATED WITH ME SO MUCH.
I FEEL LIKE WHEN I TRAVEL I DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF LIKE,
NOT STICKING OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB.
BUT THEIR UNSPOKEN RULES ARE SO UNEXPECTED TO ME THAT I
WOULD DEFINITELY STICK OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB.
MOST PEOPLE WOULD, LET ME GIVE YOU MORE EXAMPLES.
REAL RESIDENCE CAN OFTEN BE SPOTTED WITH THEIR BEACH
CHAIRS MOVING LIKE SUNDIALS, SLOWLY ROTATING THROUGHOUT
THE DAY TO ñ TO CATCH DIRECT RAYS.
WHAT THEY THINK IS WEIRD IS THAT "GRINGOS ALWAYS SIT FACING
THE OCEAN."
WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO?
I'M AT THE BEACH, I WANT TO LOOK AT THE OCEAN.
THEY CARE MORE ABOUT THE TANNING, SO WHICHEVER
DIRECTION IS MORE RIGHT FOR THE SUN.
I'M WITH YOU, I'M A GRANDMA, I GO TO THE OCEAN FOR THE VIEW.
I DO WANT TO TOUCH THE SAND, ALL I CARE ABOUT IS LOOKING AT
THE BEAUTIFUL OCEAN.
AND THONGS.
ANOTHER PERSON SAYS, "THEY BRING CAMERAS ALL THE TIME.
WE JUST FEEL SORRY FOR THEM WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR CAMERAS OR
CELL PHONES."
THAT I AGREE WITH, DON'T BRING YOUR CAMERA TO THE BEACH.
IT'S COOL TO TAKE PHOTOS BUT UNLESS YOU WANT TO SIT
THERE AND HE WAS HER CAMERA LITERALLY THE WHOLE TIME,
DON'T TAKE YOUR CAMERA WITH YOU.
THE ASIANS LOVE TO BRING THEIR CAMERAS TO THE BEACH.
AM I NOT ALLOWED TO SAY THAT?
I'VE BEEN TO TAIWAN.
THERE WAS THIS PLACE WE RECENTLY WENT TO IN TAIWAN AND IT WAS
LIKE REALLY STEEP STAIRS, AND EVERYONE IS TAKING A PICTURE OF
THE REALLY STEEP STAIRS WHILE THEY ARE ON IT AND THEY ARE LIKE
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AND I'M LIKE, DON'T GO, I WANTED TO CATCH EVERYONE.
THERE WAS LIKE NEARLY 17
ACCIDENTS IN THAT THREE MINUTES I WAS IN THAT STAIRCASE.
THAT'S HILARIOUS.
THE FINAL THING I WANTED TO BRING UP, WHICH I DON'T
AGREE WITH AT ALL AND I THINK BRAZILIANS ARE DOING IT
WRONG IS, THEY SAY, "IT'S A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE BEACH
TO STAY ON YOUR FEET TALKING, NOT LAYING DOWN SUNBATHING
LIKE THE EUROPEANS."
IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO THE BEACH TO LAY DOWN AND ENJOY
YOURSELF, WHY DID YOU GO TO THE BEACH?
I DON'T WANT TO STAND AROUND.
I DON'T WANT TO DO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, I LIKE TO DO
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON MY OWN AS SOMETHING I HAVE TO DO AND
I'M FORCED TO DO.
THERE I HAVE NO OPINION.
I'M A LEADER ñ I MAINLY THERE FOR THE THONGS IN THE OCEAN.
THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL CENK THAT YOU WOULD EVER GO TO
THE BEACH TO BE ACTIVE.
NO, ONE OF THE BEST SOCCER MATCHES I EVER HAD WAS ON
THE BEACH IN HONDURAS.
LOOK AT ME ALL COSMOPOLITAN AND STUFF.
NOT BUYING IT.
NO NO, IT'S TRUE, I'VE PLAYED FOOTBALL IN THE BEACH.
I'M AN ACTIVE GUY.
WHAT CAN YOU LAY AND TALK?
THE FACT YOU HAVE TO STAND AND TALK IS WEIRD TO ME.
OKAY FINE, I VOTE AGAINST THE BRAZILIANS IN THAT RARE
INSTANCE.
THANK YOU.
THEIR FOOD IS FANTASTIC.
AND FINALLY, I DON'T CARE ABOUT STANDING OUT AS A TOURIST.
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE ñ
LIKE OKAY, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T STAND OUT.
WHY?
WHO AM I KIDDING?
I'M NOT FROM TAIWAN.
I'M AN AMERICAN.
I STARTED TURKEY WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I'D WEAR AMERICAN
CLOTHES.
I'D WEAR LIKE, A PINK SHIRT.
AND I WAS ALWAYS KIND OF A BIG GUY IN A RIVER ONE GUY SAYS TO
HIS FRIEND AS I'M WALKING BY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE GAY GUY
ñ LOOK AT THE GAY AMERICAN AND THE PINK T-SHIRT.
AND I TURNED AROUND AND SAID TO HIM IN TURKISH, YOU'RE
PROBABLY NOT TALKING ABOUT ME RIGHT?
HE'S LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW!
I DIDN'T KNOW!
I'M SO SORRY!
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF YOU SPEAK TO ñ
IF YOU COULD SPEAK TURKISH THAT MEANS ARE DEFINITELY NOT GAY.
NO, NO, I JUST LIKED BUSTING HIM.
YEAH, THAT'S AWESOME, THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME SO MANY
TIMES WITH ARMENIANS.
THEY NEVER THINK I'M ARMENIAN.
ONE TIME I WAS AT A CLUB AND IT WASN'T DRESSED NICELY
ENOUGH FOR THE CLUB APPARENTLY, AND A GROUP OF GIRLS WERE
TALKING ABOUT WHAT I WAS WEARING.
AND IT WASN'T AS NICE, I SPOKE TO THEM IN ARMENIAN BUT I
SAID HARSHER THINGS.
BUT OVERALL THOUGH, IF THEY KNOW YOU'RE FROM AMERICA, SO WHAT?
YOU ARE FROM AMERICA.
I DON'T KNOW, I WANT TO BE LIKE PART OF THE COMMUNITY YOU KNOW?
I WANT TO MIX IN.
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TOURISTS.
LIKE, I DON'T LIKE TOURISTS.
WHEN I'M ON HOLLYWOOD AND HIGHLAND AND YOU SEE PEOPLE
LIKE, STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF REALLY HEAVY FOOT TRAFFIC
TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE STUPID HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME IT
DRIVES ME CRAZY.
WHY ñ
WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO DO THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME?
WHO?
I WANT TO KNOW.
OBVIOUSLY SOMEBODY SMART BECAUSE IT DREW ALL THAT TOURISM
AND THEY MADE ALL THAT MONEY.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MAY TIMES I'VE RUN INTO SOMEONE BECAUSE I
WILL BE WALKING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF NOWHERE THEY
WOULD JUST LITERALLY STOP TAKE A PICTURE?
I HEAR YOU, BUT MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET USED TO THAT ON THAT
PARTICULAR STREET.
AND THEN SUPER FINALLY, I WILL SAY I HAVE THE ANSWER TO
LIKES TOURISTS.
ME.
WHEN I WAS SINGLE, OH, TOURISTS WHO CAME TO MIAMI, COME AND SEE.
I THINK A LOT OF GUYS FEEL THAT WAY.
OH ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
YOUNG TURKISH GUYS ALONG THE WATER?
WHEN THE EUROPEAN TOURISTS COME.
OH OH, COME TO PAPA, COME TO PAPA.