I HATED THE MALDIVES 🇲🇻

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  • Опубликовано: 7 апр 2023
  • Don't get me wrong, the Maldives is absolute paradise with it's white sand beaches, crystal clear waters, amazing sea life, and 5-star resorts. However, that's not really the Maldives and you'll hardly even see that many Maldivian people, culture, or food when you go straight from the airport onto your sea plane or speedboat straight to your international resort. In this video, we go to Maldive's new "gigabit city" which is still under construction but is already a disaster.
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  • @CallieMasters5000
    @CallieMasters5000 Год назад +118

    At this point, there's not too many places left on earth that Johnny likes except for coffee shops and restaurants.

    • @fortnitedaddy7266
      @fortnitedaddy7266 Год назад +34

      All Johnny does is complain this should be renamed The Johnny Complaining Channel 😂😂 My wife complains less and that's saying something

    • @tristanrussell2165
      @tristanrussell2165 Год назад +7

      🤣🤣But only if the coffee shop has good internet

  • @fluidice1656
    @fluidice1656 Год назад +72

    In this exciting episode: Johnny ignores the recommendations of other travelers and visits an island of Male. Expecting to have a fast internet available he soon finds out, to his horror, that it's pretty slow! This discovery prompts him to engage in an in-depth investigation of the corruption issues that this country suffers. Later in the episode: Johnny runs into a couple of plastic bottles polluting a random street, which breaks his heart. Traffic is insanely dangerous, almost like in Southeast Asian countries! This terrifying episode is not for the faint hearted.

    • @leahpeah123ya
      @leahpeah123ya Год назад +15

      You forgot the mouth breathing 😬

    • @bazlur-Vancouver
      @bazlur-Vancouver Год назад +2

      @extremeindependence In case of corruption Maldives and India in the same rankings . But Brazil, Argentina and some east European countries are more corrupt

  • @Rblock777
    @Rblock777 Год назад +67

    Johnny is everything ok? you ate only 5 times in this video

  • @lordy1952
    @lordy1952 Год назад +7

    Should change chanel to johnny complain about everything

  • @d2.deetwo
    @d2.deetwo Год назад +6

    im from the maldives and i get 100mbps internet with fiber for about 1,400MVR a month (90USD a month). the hotels and coffee places you went to probably had their internet throttled, which is a way our ISP's cap our internet usage. they give us a certain amount of gb allowance per package, my 100mbps package has about 900gb allowance. after the allowance runs out the internet throttles to 5mbps on all packages. the hotels and coffee places usually have alot of people using up the internet resulting in internet throttle. which is likely why you were getting slower speeds.

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад

      That[s the problem. Other countries haven't had Throttled Wifi since 2004. 😂

    • @zenon4383
      @zenon4383 Год назад

      @@JohnnyFD the question is how the maledives are connected to the rest of the world? I think it must be over expensive satelitte Internet, maybe it will change with Starlink

  • @raspberryjellydoughnut5727
    @raspberryjellydoughnut5727 Год назад +5

    Johnny FD a Teacher & or Purveyor & or Merchant of Hate? For all things Maldives 🇲🇻 of all your travels you have failed to gain any bounding great wisdom “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”

  • @Kotiara123
    @Kotiara123 Год назад +9

    Can you mention gigabit internet access one more time? I'm a little slow in the morning so the first 10 times you mentioned it, i didn't really get your point and why it's even important for a one night stay in the city

    • @TheManuel012009
      @TheManuel012009 Год назад

      Because Maldives is expensive and that is the selling point so they don’t deliver what they promise. No one is going to there and waste their money if they get this experience

  • @Blarm
    @Blarm Год назад +3

    isn't this guy from San Frasnisco? And he complains about garbage and pollution? Right. I mean at the Cafes probably have wiki in SF, but I don't think you can really complain for the entire 20 minute video when you're in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

  • @jdm_905
    @jdm_905 Год назад +64

    Johnny would complain there's no wifi in prison

    • @jepolch
      @jepolch Год назад

    • @pwouters666
      @pwouters666 Год назад +7

      He'd complain not having the key of the front door

    • @jdm_905
      @jdm_905 Год назад +5

      @@pwouters666 he actually did complain about that during the war lol

    • @TheManuel012009
      @TheManuel012009 Год назад +1

      If you’re paying Maldives prices you expect standards to be world class 🤪🤪

  • @CallieMasters5000
    @CallieMasters5000 Год назад +26

    We've already seen the videos where he goes home to his family to complain nonstop about life in San Francisco. I'd like to see him do some videos from Taiwan to visit his extended family and see how much he hates it there too.

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад +4

      Here's my video from Taiwan: ruclips.net/video/t11ETz0U3ds/видео.html

    • @giovanni-ed7zq
      @giovanni-ed7zq Год назад +4

      @@JohnnyFD are you gonna spend orthodox easter in ukraine and show us what orthodox easter is like?

    • @giovanni-ed7zq
      @giovanni-ed7zq Год назад +1

      also if you go to romania, you should go to the area where they found romanian pyramids older thatn egyptian pyramids and do a show there. I believe they found the romania pyramids in 2003 or so.

    • @fluidice1656
      @fluidice1656 Год назад +1

      @@JohnnyFD OMG, that's such a cool video - both parts. I actually had xiao long bao in the same restaurant.

    • @Smashingbonejuices
      @Smashingbonejuices Год назад

      ​@@giovanni-ed7zq haha, that's hilarious

  • @alistair4912
    @alistair4912 Год назад +12

    Johnny the professional moaner!

    • @TheManuel012009
      @TheManuel012009 Год назад

      Better than a pathetic yes person that sells you overpriced resorts. Later you want a refund and you never get it.

  • @louisep4805
    @louisep4805 Год назад +5

    Incredible engineering. Amazing how trees can grow there must be a deep layer of soil on top of the sand/concrete. Thanks for sharing Johnny 💎🙏💙

  • @gab363
    @gab363 Год назад +7

    Forget about internet and enjoy amazing nature lol

    • @adventuresofgaming3414
      @adventuresofgaming3414 11 месяцев назад

      So true that’s what the Maldives is about not only internet

  • @juiced9432
    @juiced9432 Год назад +15

    I can't wait to come back to the comments on this one later

  • @Nark212
    @Nark212 Год назад +8

    Doesn’t matter where he goes he’ll bitch about it 🤷‍♀️

  • @juiced9432
    @juiced9432 Год назад +14

    When you said the internet is not even half a megabyte, it's actually not even half of a megabit, which is 1/8th of a megabyte. so basically the speed was not even 1/16th of a megabyte per second

  • @Felixxxxxxxxx
    @Felixxxxxxxxx Год назад +8

    I salute you for being one of the few RUclipsrs who do not struggle with toxic positivity. I do agree with the people who think that you seemed a bit too negative, but again I love the fact that you stated your opinion, rather than only focusing on the positives like most people on Social media do.

  • @farmerboy8659
    @farmerboy8659 Год назад +7

    Wow , Johnny , the whole world is a critic . The islands around Miami are man made , too . Places that are big tourist destination are places I tend to avoid . Corruption is a world wide disease with some places worst than others . The more that gets stolen the poorer the population becomes . Thanks Johnny , good reporting .

  • @walkforgiven
    @walkforgiven Год назад +2

    'Flatcap man walking through, flat cap man walking through!' xD

  • @DougPoulton
    @DougPoulton Год назад +3

    You should have checked the Michelin Guide before wasting your time on that place. Most of the government officials don't live there. They take the money and live in Singapore.

  • @yuriythebest
    @yuriythebest Год назад +4

    it's so weird that the main selling point was "gigabit internet" when they don't even have it. I'm in a rural Ukrainian town of around 7000 people and it has gigabit fiberoptic internet and also mobile LTE

    • @aRedFrog
      @aRedFrog Год назад

      Some war

    • @jax1670
      @jax1670 11 месяцев назад

      we do have Gigabit capable internet, our ISPs are still in the transition phase

  • @a.h.k4577
    @a.h.k4577 Год назад +10

    Just hush and stop complaining… 🙄 you are leaving anyways minus well enjoy the time you have left there instead of nagging about everything… that would irritate me being around such a person especially when no one asked you to extend your holiday.

  • @dannorth3138
    @dannorth3138 Год назад +2

    Just think Johnny is dissatisfied with everything as Mr Bald has a new f**kboy

    • @TheManuel012009
      @TheManuel012009 Год назад

      Don’t have to watch him. Take your useless rubbish comments somewhere else.

  • @ukraine_tbic
    @ukraine_tbic Год назад +13

    Come live with me Johnny! I’ve got a fold out cot in a med storage room and I can get one for you! Starlink has up to 3mbps upload speed. We have borscht and real smetana most of the time!

    • @Tedagens7168
      @Tedagens7168 Год назад

      awesome. Maybe no closer to Zero Line than Kramatorsk though?

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад +5

      That frontline starlink is 600% faster than my hotel in the capital of Maldives. 😂

  • @raemongill19
    @raemongill19 Год назад +55

    I literally can’t imagine someone so lucky to travel the world year round but still chooses to complain and whine every step of the way. You always brag about choosing cheap/normal travel options but then hate when things aren’t up to standard. You get what you pay for

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад +7

      Maldives wasn't cheap, their standards and infastructure were just shit.

    • @TheManuel012009
      @TheManuel012009 Год назад +1

      Great response to this ignorant remark Johnny keep up the good work. 👏👏

    • @raemongill19
      @raemongill19 Год назад +10

      @@TheManuel012009 he’s not going to sleep with you dude.

    • @TheManuel012009
      @TheManuel012009 Год назад

      @@raemongill19 think before you attack a RUclipsr that’s actually taking chances not an armchair critic like yourself.

    • @adventuresofgaming3414
      @adventuresofgaming3414 11 месяцев назад

      @@JohnnyFDwdym?? Maldives can be cheap and good if u go to the local islands except male’ and Hullhumale’ cuz there just developing cities 😊

  • @BloggingFromParadise
    @BloggingFromParadise Год назад

    Bold move keeping the car running while shopping.....In the city where I grew up in Northern NJ that would be called "A new car!" (Price Is Right gameshow host voice.)
    In all seriousness though, that beach in Male is drop dead gorgeous. Amazing to see water like that beside a city.
    As for the country and its main city, there seems to be decisions in certain nations or cities to make it easy to attract tourists for the long haul.....or not. Plus, most of us digital nomads have the contrast of Chiang Mai, an almost unreal mix of low cost of living and high quality of life. It really is Easy Street. Or on an even different level, my current location of Prague, which is likely the best city on earth for so many reasons.
    Any time you travel somewhere not boasting the same level of mindfulness when it comes to various aspects of the country, or city, for locals and tourists alike.....it is something we may notice..
    Hopefully, everything keeps growing to benefit all in that country.

  • @hypatiatv421
    @hypatiatv421 Год назад +1

    24:38 Philipino people are everywhere. Dubai, Jeddah, Oman, Maldives, Doha, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York.

  • @rickdj
    @rickdj Год назад +2

    I was doing a Google Search and came across a lot of information in regards to the Maldives and there's many other people that are giving a really wonderful Kudos. Was there something about the particular area that you did not like versus some of the other locations? Please share details I'm very curious. Thank you.

    • @jdm_905
      @jdm_905 Год назад +7

      It's only bc of the wifi or he'd be saying it was beautiful

    • @rickdj
      @rickdj Год назад

      @@jdm_905 So no matter where you are in the Maldives it's that way As far as crappy Wi-Fi? Even in these incredible five-star resorts?

    • @jdm_905
      @jdm_905 Год назад +7

      @@rickdj hey it's not me Johnny complains about everything when I'm on vacation I don't want wifi or phones laptops etc that's the whole point of a vacation to get away from that but Johnny is a RUclipsr needs to make money from his vacation

    • @jdm_905
      @jdm_905 Год назад +1

      @@rickdj if you watch when he first got there he was saying how beautiful it was the boat and the diving only once he went to malé and no wifi suddenly he doesn't like it

    • @rickdj
      @rickdj Год назад

      @@jdm_905 Yes I remember that part when he said about the Wi-Fi in the beginning of the video.
      I agree with you. Vacation time is vacation time :-)
      The only reason I'm questioning it is because even though I would be away, I would still need to be in touch with what would be happening with my business back in the USA.
      So my concern was if I needed to do a VoIP call or anything along those lines or use the internet realistically how much bandwidth there would be.
      The way he was describing it and showing in the video that it is barely there.
      The other part of my question was just trying to clarify if some of the bigger and more expensive resorts have any type of faster Wi-Fi, or is the Wi-Fi speed used by people extremely limited based on your video?

  • @JustinVenture-
    @JustinVenture- Год назад +32

    It's not a Johnny FD video without constant complaining! He needs to take psychedelics and experience ego death or at least microdose mushrooms or something.. If he did he would appreciate life so much more and have a such a greater appreciation of everything he takes advantage of... Just a thought..

    • @jonathancurtis5122
      @jonathancurtis5122 Год назад +1

      Microdose my micropeen

    • @YuriZpUa
      @YuriZpUa Год назад

      @@casio007 He complains only because some very important for him things (Internet, food, coffee) in a "disastrous country" are much better (and cheaper) than in "paradise on earth". I would also complain.

    • @iso20022.
      @iso20022. Год назад

      Or smoke some DMT

  • @anthonypiligno7618
    @anthonypiligno7618 Год назад +2

    😮🎉Thank you for the video bro... I will check that stolen Paradise stuff out...😮🎉..JJ..

  • @chrisdymyd2669
    @chrisdymyd2669 Год назад +5

    Next Johnny will stay at the Hotel Bakhmut!

    • @Tedagens7168
      @Tedagens7168 Год назад +4

      and complain about the noise? The wifi is said to be really good there though :)

    • @chrisdymyd2669
      @chrisdymyd2669 Год назад +4

      Yea the WiFi is good But it is a bit noisy this time of the year during spring break.

    • @Tedagens7168
      @Tedagens7168 Год назад

      @@chrisdymyd2669

  • @raspberryjellydoughnut5727
    @raspberryjellydoughnut5727 Год назад +2

    Build a city out of Sand? Anyone ever hear of Liquefaction there? Such a city may sink if the building code doesn't demand height & balance adjustable foundations to be engineered

  • @jdm_905
    @jdm_905 Год назад +25

    Johnny goes camping complains there's no wifi or showers

    • @TheManuel012009
      @TheManuel012009 Год назад

      It’s not camping prices though I would use my brain before posting a useless meaningless comment 🤪🤪🤪

  • @pwouters666
    @pwouters666 Год назад +28

    Johnny found a country worse than the UK 😅

    • @lifetruthseeking5808
      @lifetruthseeking5808 Год назад +2

      At least he liked Brighton

    • @paulrobinson165
      @paulrobinson165 Год назад +7

      Not enough tea shops in Maldives for Johnny 'top of the morning mate' FD

    • @whittakerwinstanleyiii4051
      @whittakerwinstanleyiii4051 Год назад +1

      @@paulrobinson165😂

    • @Tedagens7168
      @Tedagens7168 Год назад +3

      @@paulrobinson165 in the UK with Bald, did you notice the unspoken cringe that Bald had whenever Johnny "spoke British" ? :)

    • @paulrobinson165
      @paulrobinson165 Год назад +2

      @@Tedagens7168 Totally. Johnny had very old fashioned and stereotypical ideas about Britain. I'm surprised he didn't trot out the rotten teeth and bowler hat jokes. It was so obvious on his trip to London he had done no research...in fact he made Gabriel Traveler look prepared and organised in comparison.

  • @DougPoulton
    @DougPoulton Год назад +2

    You don't need speedtest @ 16:58. You can measure the download speed with a sundial.

  • @Islanderlife
    @Islanderlife Год назад +1

    I'm living in Hulhumale' and i have pretty good internet speed. But in your case, hotel does not have the speed/ specific package.. If the country has Giga internet, does it meen everyone has to have the Giga speed internet. Where you living in the world man?

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад +1

      We went to 5-6 different places in Humhumale, including coffee shops, cafes, restaurants, hotels, none of them had working WiFi.

    • @Islanderlife
      @Islanderlife Год назад

      @@JohnnyFD sorry you had a bad experience from internet. But please factor that there more than 1200 islands scatter and putting infrastructure through islands are expensive and huge amounts of work. And I believe the resorts you were stayed had good internet. And if the resorts had good internet why capital city doesn’t. This is due to data is expensive in Maldives and resorts can afford it, but small places in city can’t afford all the luxury packages. However almost all the apartments has fiber connection and my internet speed is 100mbps. And please give credits to the county who does not have anything but ocean around them. Maldives have only limited resources due to all covered by sea and yet they able to reclaim an entire islands just to benefit for public. Also here only 2 telecommunication operators due to high infrastructure cost. Hope you have a good day

  • @mjasoedovoleksii
    @mjasoedovoleksii Год назад +2

    You never know that you have until you will travel somewhere.

  • @Isaiah71
    @Isaiah71 Год назад +3

    I mean I can't argue with you, I hate living in Male as well. it's too overcrowded and I cannot wait to move

  • @echan275
    @echan275 Год назад +1

    Johnny, have you been home to San Francisco?

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад

      Yup here: ruclips.net/video/Lbgpha6YZlA/видео.html

  • @ElBrandenBrazil
    @ElBrandenBrazil Год назад +16

    Whining and whinging his way around the world…

  • @Tedagens7168
    @Tedagens7168 Год назад +5

    I "love" how some here are criticizing those of us who think that this entire trip by Johnny is just at the wrong time. After he not long ago, just received his permanent Residence Card for Ukraine, said its his new home, threw a big party for it, then he left. How can others see that this is, maybe not wrong, but definitely not right? I would say that those of you here making positive comments about this trip ARE THE Russian Trolls! Why? Because the longer he is out of Ukraine, the less he can do for Ukraine and all of those, his new fellow countrymen, who CANNOT LEAVE.
    Oh and Johnny Brandon and Roman are still alive. Roman has been able to leave the front lines for a few days, visiting his sister. In case you actually care beyond using them to make videos to get likes and views, that is.

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад

      Hi Ted, where in Ukraine are you now, and what are you doing to help?

    • @Tedagens7168
      @Tedagens7168 Год назад +1

      @@JohnnyFD you misunderstand, I cannot speak for others here, but it seems pretty clear, our comments are directed at your content, not you. The only issue I have with you is something I don't expect you to understand, not being military or a Vet; its one of commitment. You literally just got done, what about month and half ago, making videos and bragging about "being Ukrainian now", and I was pleased for you. Seeing you achieve a goal and making a choice to stay in UKR despite all of its problems and the war. Brandon understands commitment, that military people have to achieve a mission and a goal. Then to just see you say "That's it, I am out... its too cold", just pretty much made all of your previous statements pretty damned hollow.
      as for your vacay content, think about why me and others are saying what we are; its an entire brand change. I have been watching you since you were Bald's "Mongolian Body Guard" when the two of you travelled through Ukraine. I have been FINELY TUNED to the war in Ukraine since VICE news on YT and their day by day posts on the Russian takeover over Crimea. You changing content, for me and I think others is a bit like if MacDonalds ditched their menu overnight and started selling veggie sticks and crunchy tofu tomorrow
      last, the Western Public awareness of Ukraine, given Western short attn spans, is ERODING SUPPORT for Ukr as well. Each time a Creator makes fewer and fewer videos on the situation, or just jets out of the country, is kind of aiding that awareness and support.
      any how safe travels and hoe to see you bac making GREAT content in Ukraine soon.

    • @Tedagens7168
      @Tedagens7168 Год назад

      @@JohnnyFD and BTW as someone else in these comments asked, have you taken down the James Vasquez video yet? Hopefully your video didn't make him too much money. thanks

  • @ladysparkymartin
    @ladysparkymartin Год назад +2

    Welcome to Irvine and Jamboree Road!!!! 😅😂 I get the joke 🎉

  • @annehersey9895
    @annehersey9895 Год назад +2

    It does look JUST like Irvine, Ca!!!

  • @YorkshirePirate
    @YorkshirePirate Год назад +17

    Hi Johnny. Apologies if this is a bit personal or if you've answered elsewhere, I don't mean to offend, but I'm sure a lot of your fans might be interested in how you reconcile diving in the Maldives while your new country of permanent residence is fighting a war for it's existence?

    • @jipikayej
      @jipikayej Год назад +11

      Because Johhny did 1 year of huge amount of work with volunteer organisations, donated directly to people in need and to people in front line, plus supported the businesses like restaurants by just staying in Ukraine. He was there in black winter when Russia constantly tried to mess with civilians psyche by bombing power stations in big cities. He might have needed a mental break , nothing wrong in that. I think we underestimate the complexity of this war. Many parts of Ukraine is "working" though it is still huge threat. And people cant sit and cry over 1 year, they had yo find normality, even able to go on vacation. Just to cope. Then they go back and continue. This is a marathon for them, and they might have to drink water. And we cant blame them. Im not interested in vacationing videoseither, but think is good if anyone needs recharge.

    • @jdm_905
      @jdm_905 Год назад +1

      He's too fat for the army he has 0 training and they'd have to feed him 10 meals a day he'd be busy checking the wifi

    • @Tedagens7168
      @Tedagens7168 Год назад +4

      @@jipikayej as a retired US Soldier of 20 years, who has been deployed to combat several times, yeah NICE TRY! Yes, those of us who have been following and enjoying Johnny's vids since BEFORE last February KNOW full well what he does. Even if he doesn't advertise it, we know from other people, like Brandon Mitchell, about all that Johnny has done for Ukrainians. But they cannot leave UKR now ,can they? Either for lack of money, or they are men 18-60 and not allowed to leave, NO vacays for them! It will be very interesting to see how he is received when he gets back to Ukraine. Hopefully he doesn't edit out any negative encounters there

    • @Tedagens7168
      @Tedagens7168 Год назад +3

      you are precisely, SPOT ON correct my friend! Wonder what Starsky, Brandon (who has just left Ukraine because he had to, something about going back home for "government paperwork" probably passport or visa he didn't want to leave) and Roman Trostynets think about his vacay?

    • @jipikayej
      @jipikayej Год назад

      ​@@Tedagens7168 I respect your background and how you feel. We all are entitled to an opinion right. For me, I didnt see myself going to Ukraine in wartimeto support businesses and open volunteer accounts myself, so I dont think I have much say to shame anyone else for their actions or what they go through or how much they donate. It is easy for us online to judge what is Heroism and what is Not and Who is more Deserving of What. Yes, Johnny COULD leave Ukraine for vacation, so he did, and Ukranian men cant and it is horrible. And other fact: Ukraine war is raging. But the horrors in Ethiopia that happened, that doesnt get no attention, or the fact other conflicts rages on in the world that we dont even talk or read about. Things are more complex and nothing or no man is perfect.

  • @wtkwtk4689
    @wtkwtk4689 Год назад +3

    Hi Johnny,
    Appreciate your effort in sharing your views. It broadens the horizon by personal experiment of the local lifestyle of various locations.
    Wtk

  • @Michael-ry7rz
    @Michael-ry7rz Год назад +8

    You literally hate everywhere lol strange

  • @antoniobranch
    @antoniobranch Год назад +1

    I'm pretty sure you felt like that frog in the video game "Frogger."

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад +1

      Yup, crossing traffic there is a life and death game everyday.

  • @benzinapaul7416
    @benzinapaul7416 Год назад +1

    Unlike the self sustaining middle east oil states these other asian states have no chance of competing if they are funded by china

  • @master_razmut
    @master_razmut Год назад +5

    Cheap and fast internet in Ukraine :)

  • @thecruz1407
    @thecruz1407 Год назад +7

    Your done negativity to the max

  • @jkjobies
    @jkjobies Год назад

    Great video the colour of the sea is enough to brighten my day! Looking forward to your next trip.

  • @johnf8122
    @johnf8122 Год назад +1

    Glad you are having fun Johnny but more dramatic tension (I know.....dangerous too) in Ukraine for the videos.

  • @jipikayej
    @jipikayej Год назад

    I think Johnny is making us aware of huge corruption issues on the infrastructure in Maldives; nothing wrong with that!

  • @azdbuk
    @azdbuk Год назад +8

    Read a book.

  • @jerry50bmg65
    @jerry50bmg65 Год назад +1

    Diesel powered electric grid. Deal with it

  • @marguisil
    @marguisil Год назад +4

    Ps. Video is just about Jonny telling how the internet sucks 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @adventuresofgaming3414
      @adventuresofgaming3414 11 месяцев назад

      True even u can live in Maldives without internet like it’s that ez

  • @bazlur-Vancouver
    @bazlur-Vancouver Год назад +9

    The Maldives are not for the cheap youtubers and backpackers. The same for Bhutan- they don't want cheap Westerners or other backpackers. They are just building the city and you are expecting a free or cheap paradise. There was/are political instability and a coup d'etat in Maldives. btw, Mobile phone for 100 people- USA-107, Maldives 135, Bangladesh-107, Canada 86, India-82

  • @monsieurmike2072
    @monsieurmike2072 Год назад

    Nice

  • @ReonKad3
    @ReonKad3 Год назад +8

    I actually like that Johnny is critical of things. Literally all other traveler channels are so overly positive all the time. This guy actually tells it like it is. No fucks given. Life isnt always sunshine and rainbows. Why would he lie causing others to go there and end up disappointed aswell.

    • @vitaliylyakh
      @vitaliylyakh Год назад +2

      Exactly. That why I like Johnny

  • @tomlindstrom5892
    @tomlindstrom5892 Год назад +1

    Thank you John i will never go to Maldives:).

  • @TheManuel012009
    @TheManuel012009 Год назад +3

    I love your honesty and not trying sell us a resort that’s not worth going to. Take Lisbon Portugal right now it’s overpriced tourist trap but that wasn’t the case 5 or more years ago. 👍👍👍👍

  • @GB-wifi
    @GB-wifi Год назад +17

    We have fast Internet in maldives. The reason why u are experiencing slow Internet is because of hotles and cafe takes cheapest Internet packege available. Better to get correct informationbefore posting video.

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад

      If the hotels and coffee shops have bad internet, that equals Maldives has bad internet...

    • @GB-wifi
      @GB-wifi Год назад +5

      @@JohnnyFD what kind of logic is that.

  • @alfredg4044
    @alfredg4044 Год назад

    Red, green, blue street lights? Where do they have street lights that are blue?

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад +1

      Not Maldives, they don't even have Red and Green.

    • @adventuresofgaming3414
      @adventuresofgaming3414 11 месяцев назад

      They’re gonna add street lights at Hullhumale in the future trust me u would love it 😊

  • @naabithismailshifan
    @naabithismailshifan 5 месяцев назад

    22:30 thats phase one that area was built in 1997 that was not 5 years ago

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  5 месяцев назад

      It's been 20 years and they still haven't gotten the WIFI to work? 😂

    • @naabithismailshifan
      @naabithismailshifan 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@JohnnyFD that's true the wifi is terrible here 😂 I got to agree with that

  • @Smashingbonejuices
    @Smashingbonejuices Год назад +3

    Johny, you should just hire someone to carry around a starlink receiver for you

  • @mwcinci
    @mwcinci Год назад

    I am right with you Mr fd. False advertising wears you out

  • @TeakBumblebee27
    @TeakBumblebee27 9 месяцев назад +1

    Sorry we arent the same as the resorts or America, smh

  • @mikemayers8672
    @mikemayers8672 Год назад

    Bad slow internet is a form of censorship and you're in the part of the world that this is not unexpected.

  • @davidhasselhoff5010
    @davidhasselhoff5010 Год назад +15

    Feels like another Chinese Real Estate scheme …

  • @rangikakelum2804
    @rangikakelum2804 Год назад +1

    Jonny..come back to sri lanka 🇱🇰

  • @rebeccar4312
    @rebeccar4312 Год назад

    Johnny how old are you & when is your birthday?

  • @cannondale514
    @cannondale514 Год назад

    In that video on Taiwan which you told a subscriber (maybe she wasn't a subscriber) to watch, you sounded more American than now; I guess spending long periods of time abroad dilutes your initial accent somewhat.

  • @danielnguyen7713
    @danielnguyen7713 Год назад

    Where is Bold??

  • @Vbluevital
    @Vbluevital Год назад

    Im wondering where the citizens were displaced to desecrating the land to build this at sea level monstrosity.

  • @DEVINdevdev
    @DEVINdevdev Год назад +1

    I wonder how is his ukrainain apartment doing ? dude bought it with like 200k+, I told this is not worth the money, they played him, now war played him second time. it's funny how muscular westerners get played like softest violin in eastern europe.

  • @rimasmeleshyus9486
    @rimasmeleshyus9486 Год назад +3

    Maldives 🇲🇻 Male one of the most beautiful places to be , many sailors sailing around the world ⛵️ 🌎 and Male great place be ,very safety and nice friendly people.

    • @qdwj
      @qdwj Год назад +1

      As a Maldivian, I don't agree those all thing

  • @j.p.h.8126
    @j.p.h.8126 Год назад +3

    Johnny get a starlink and jam it to your backpack. 😁Or just forget about the internet and enjoy the view.🙂

  • @ZuhaanAbdulSameeu-qr4up
    @ZuhaanAbdulSameeu-qr4up Год назад +1

    Maldives is the best

  • @alexandrecouture2462
    @alexandrecouture2462 Год назад +5

    Still the beach looks 100% better than the ones bal and bankrupt presented in Venezuela!

    • @imsbvs
      @imsbvs Год назад +3

      Yes, but there are women about in Venezuela, and not just looking after children.

    • @Poetry4Us
      @Poetry4Us Год назад +1

      that country is finished , monopoly game money is worth more than there currency

    • @Tedagens7168
      @Tedagens7168 Год назад +1

      question, do you think Bald watches Johnny's videos? If yes, what do you think Bald thinks about his protégé?

    • @alexandrecouture2462
      @alexandrecouture2462 Год назад

      @@Tedagens7168 Hi! I don't know.

  • @raspberryjellydoughnut5727
    @raspberryjellydoughnut5727 Год назад +1

    Hate is a strong word to use gheezus Louizhuss what did the Maldives 🇲🇻 ever do to offend you? May want to use don't Like or didn't Like

  • @chamilananda1446
    @chamilananda1446 Год назад

    hey brother come back to SL

  • @User-45456-hurtfh
    @User-45456-hurtfh 6 месяцев назад +1

    The amount of people rattled in the comments 😂

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  6 месяцев назад

      "But...but, Maldives is my dream, I'll get soooo many IG likes if I go there and make everyone jealous!"

  • @andrewmandrivnyk
    @andrewmandrivnyk Год назад +2

    You go to the most smallest remotest villages in Ukraine and you have the highest internet 🙄 it should called Khuylo Male 🙄😂

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад +1

      I was surprised at first when a little village in Ukraine had fiber and blazing fast 4G, but now I''m just used to it everywhere.

  • @HeshanWijegunaratne84
    @HeshanWijegunaratne84 Год назад +2

    Looks like Jamboree Road! LOL. So true Johnny! I went to the University of California in Irvine...it's one of the most well-planned cities in the U.S. for those that didn't know ;D

    • @ladysparkymartin
      @ladysparkymartin Год назад

      Yes and UCI students would migrate to Newport or Huntington for r&r summers or maybe sort of school dorm life. Idk. For 20 or so years my family (huge) rented houses (plural) every summer in Newport. It was clear kids had occupied them before! 😩 I went to UCSB but I had a friend at Irvine so visited her beach rental once. Good gosh, that was 30+ yrs ago. So none of this is relevant! 😂

  • @zlukabober8366
    @zlukabober8366 Год назад +1

    can't buy alcohol? What is it connected with?

    • @imsbvs
      @imsbvs Год назад +3

      Islamic country, no alcohol for locals, only in international resorts for foreigners

    • @Tedagens7168
      @Tedagens7168 Год назад +1

      hmmm.. what is it? what could it be? OH YEAH! Observant Islamic nation

  • @somelikeithot444
    @somelikeithot444 Год назад +5

    Hello Johnny. Beautiful day here in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦. Happy Easter .

    • @jdm_905
      @jdm_905 Год назад

      No it's not it's freezing 6°

    • @Poetry4Us
      @Poetry4Us Год назад

      its never a good day paying 3k a month to work like a slave and have 6 months freezing ur balls nice try tho

  • @alexlee2765
    @alexlee2765 Год назад +2

    Perhaps you can't get the idea of what makes up the Maldives without actually getting there. The postcard perfect 'seacenery' and stunning resorts are just one of the few hundreds of mostly single resort islands.
    The main island which is where the majority of Maldivians lives is Male, the capital which is a horrible, overcrowded muslim city with no places of interests, skip it unless you have half day to kill like I did and curious to find out but totally not worth it.
    Not all beaches are created equal, the closer your resort island to the airport (Hulhumale) or Male, the poorer the beach and marine life.
    The Hulhumale island that the host is talking about is an artificial island that has been reclaimed to house the airport (yes, you used to have to take a speedboat or ferry to go to Male) and now has become bigger than Male. It was still a horrible island when I was there a few years ago with dirty beaches and lousy local hotels which are mostly airport hotels or accommodation for those who wanted to experience Maldives with limited budget.
    Being a strict muslim country, you can only get alcohol and non halal food (pork or western deli) in the resort islands itself, not in Male or Hulhumale or the airport (duty free liquor will be confiscated), so I won't recommend you to go to the Maldives for holiday unless you can afford a nice resort to relax and do nothing. Otherwise, it is boring as hell unless you pay for expensive island hopping or out of resort day trips.

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад +1

      Agreed.

    • @Muslim78628
      @Muslim78628 24 дня назад

      Not sure why you keep mentioning that its a muslim country, its none of your business. The maldives is literally advertised for rich tourists who want to come here to do nothing. The local islands are Not made for the enjoyment of tourists...tourists were banned from places like hulhumale and malé until a few years ago so its definitely Not made for your enjoyment. These are places where normal people live their lives. The country was not made to impress you, the resorts have alcohol because thats where tourists are suppored to stay. I didnt know some people thought the country was made to please them. Its our Country there is no reason to get involved in the politics of the country. You cant come to local islands expecting to get alcohol as if its made for you go to places that actually accomodates tourists or if you cant afford it stay out...its not made for people who can barely afford food.

  • @danleal9711
    @danleal9711 Год назад +1

    Still better than Moscow!

  • @mattzza6665
    @mattzza6665 Год назад +1

    You always find the. 🐈🐈🐈.Stay safe brother. 👍

    • @luap661
      @luap661 Год назад

      don't you mean the🐈🐈🐈🐈always find the rat

  • @marksaar9698
    @marksaar9698 Год назад +1

    You hate almost everything where you travel that very sad😮

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад +1

      Watch my videos from Thailand, things actually work there. =)

  • @Maldives2025
    @Maldives2025 Год назад +2

    that cool, ill swap ya? you can work my job and ill go to the maldives.

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад

      If Maldives had fast WiFi, you could go anytime you wanted to and work remotely from there for 3 months.

    • @adventuresofgaming3414
      @adventuresofgaming3414 11 месяцев назад

      @@JohnnyFD:(( jeez my man hates Maldives that much just bcuz of WiFi?? That’s crazy 😂

  • @GioDraft
    @GioDraft Год назад +1

    I love it when vloggers travel to exotic lands and complain about the wifi speed

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад +1

      You should hate it when they go there and tell you everything is perfect, only for you to spend your savings and realize it's shit.

    • @adventuresofgaming3414
      @adventuresofgaming3414 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@JohnnyFDit’s not shit it’s rlly good at local islands btw u know internet is not everything 😂?

  • @HeshanWijegunaratne84
    @HeshanWijegunaratne84 Год назад +2

    I'm gonna skip Maldives, & I'm going straight to Sri Lanka! :)

  • @Jaishaan10
    @Jaishaan10 5 месяцев назад

    Phase 1 is buit 20 yrs ago

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  5 месяцев назад

      And they still don’t have wifi? 😂😂

  • @islandvibes7170
    @islandvibes7170 Год назад +1

    Aloha🤙💃 nice video, stay safe, travel mercies followyou and friends❤ take good care, excited to see next video🙏

  • @mahmoonshafeeq2508
    @mahmoonshafeeq2508 10 месяцев назад +1

    you get what you paid for.

  • @demil3618
    @demil3618 Год назад

    Somehow and sadly this shows that even corrupt countries don’t stop to exist. There is no punishment for allowing corruption.
    Oh and do they really call it Maley or Mali? Thought it‘s Male (as in ma-le).

    • @voldermortsrainbowfarts3513
      @voldermortsrainbowfarts3513 Год назад

      I am from the Maldives and its mostly pronounced "Maa-ley" by most locals. But ive never heard Mali as Mal'e (We do have a thing called "Mali" that's like a weird "dance" festival here but its not a place.)

    • @demil3618
      @demil3618 Год назад

      @@voldermortsrainbowfarts3513 I‘d end it with a schwa, not ey, does that sound good too?

    • @voldermortsrainbowfarts3513
      @voldermortsrainbowfarts3513 Год назад

      @@demil3618 schwa? could u explain what u mean?

  • @toniwertman4818
    @toniwertman4818 Год назад

    Idk who or what to believe anymore is it no different than Dominican Republic where the country is impoverished and dirty except for resort areas

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Год назад

      Millions of dollars flow into islands like DR and Maldives though the resort taxes and tourism, but corruption keeps the locals poor.

  • @rickdj
    @rickdj Год назад +2

    Thanks for the info. Now hopefully will they will get their act together and get stuff done.

  • @ShtHead-bg4ib
    @ShtHead-bg4ib Год назад +4

    I think the trolls are liking you Johnny. They love you so much they keep coming back lol
    Thanks for your perspective of travel bud!

    • @TheManuel012009
      @TheManuel012009 Год назад

      Brain dead trolls that just can’t use their brains in their useless comments.