The weird edge of Australian YouTube trip to Iran; Lucky luck or unfortunate?

Note | In recent weeks, the videos of an Australian YouTube, Luke Damant, from his trip to Iran, have been hand -held in cyberspace. This Australian YouTube is traveling to Asian countries, including India, Afghanistan, Malaysia, etc., and is likely to have a short trip to Iran in the winter of last year, and now has been publishing its videos for some time.

An important feature of Luke’s videos is the non -intermediary and censorship of the events of his trips, and perhaps he has been present in Iran without a local guide to get a more realistic and first -hand image of Iran. Although no guides do not necessarily lead to the correct image of Iran, the presence of an intermediary among Iranians certainly gives this Australian YouTube a better understanding of Iran.

However, cuts from these videos over the past few days on the Iranian virtual pages have been the achievement of attacking people. Cutting videos that is more indicative of expensive with a tourist or trying to scam. Some of these days are trying to extend the scam of foreign tourists with the burning and burning narratives on these cuts. These video cuts are, of course, incomplete reading of the story and an orientation and unfair look.

What Luke has experienced in Iran is neither exception nor strange! All over the world, when tourism is unfamiliar with language and information to the streets of a city, there is both a chance of seeing and being a chance to deceive; The two are always together. Such behaviors are common around the world with tourists. In Istanbul, taxis at fictitious rates are making tourists. In Egypt and around the Pyramids of Thales, forced or imposed sale to tourists is a common event. In Barcelona, ​​pockets in tourist areas are so widespread that even some travel companies recommend that you do not have identification documents. In Paris or Athens, there are restaurants that have a different menu for tourists and prices are doubled; An event that has been reported in recent years in Istanbul, Türkiye, has been reported many times.

Luke also consciously enters the various countries and considers the possibility of such events; From the moment of his arrival at Imam Airport, when a person is trying to buy his dollars at the price of $ 4 per dollar, Luke shows that he has sufficient information before traveling. However, efforts to buy the dollar at this price have long been going on at Imam Airport, and the management of the Ministry of Roads is also unable to counter the airport’s fraudsters as they are unable to control the airport and the airport’s customs harassment.

However, sometimes, such as when buying a SIM card, it is used because of being unaware of prices, and this occurs several times in its videos or signs.

Luke is hit by a motor in Tehran that offers him a $ 5 for a short route and he refuses to accept it. This video cut has been repeatedly repaired on social networks; But the ignorance part is another motor that refuses when Luke gives him more money and explains to Luke that this is a lot. However, Luke behaves in this journey with the price of the dollar; But it is overwhelmed to avoid fraud.

In another part of his trip to Qeshm Island, he misunderstood the fare in English because of the unfamiliarity of the taxi driver in English; While the driver has given him $ 4,000, Luke prefers to find a taxi because of the mistake he has missed; However, the Australian YouTube heard his mistake at the time of the film’s release and apologizes to the taxi driver Hassan on Qeshm Island.

Elsewhere, he plays a fraud in the entrance of Hormuz Island, and by the way, he realizes the second attempt, and he repeatedly tells the camera that this is a scam; However, he prefers to continue the game and enjoy his experience and efforts to defeat the hidden technique in the game.

On the island of Hormuz, when the woman gives more money, the woman refuses to do so, and when a person in Farsi explains to the seller to consider the extra money, the seller gives the other two falafel to Luk. Different sellers repeatedly refuse to get more than Luke. Some bring him extra money, and some try to make up for it to the point where Luke says in one of his videos that Iranians are not used to getting a “renovation” and trying to give him something more instead.

In the meantime, one interesting and less thing about Iran is the overwhelming hospitality that has become a challenge in the tourism industry in recent years. It has been repeatedly that foreign tourists, especially those who travel individually, were invited to the house by citizens on the streets or paid for the cost of food and transportation. Tourist experts have also warned of this for many years; That this behavior, though kind of kindness, can cause some tourists to expect a misconception. Later, some tourists were practically planning to exploit extremist hospitality. In fact, as much as a few immorality can ruin the face of a society, the goodness of the border can also be used.

Luke’s journey, like many other travel experiences, a dual narrative; Full of moments of humanity and kindness alongside situations that could be deceived, damaged or unjustly paid; But it is important to see all of this; Not just the cuts that make one -sided image; In a fair perspective, the Iranian hospitality balance is still heavier.