I'm from Macedonia, and I'm shocked and disgusted by what you experienced. So sorry for the stain this will leave on your journey and the face of Ohrid itself. You most certainly stumbled upon someone with mental issues. The people here (Balkans in general) are usually very friendly and hospitable, especially to tourists from abroad. No one deserves this kind of treatment, nor does Ohrid itself deserve to be remembered like that. I hope that you had a great time aside from this incident, and that you won't hesitate to visit again. I wish you a great time on your further travels. All the best! :)
Thank you so much for your comment 😊 we will not let this experience change our opinion of North Macedonia 🇲🇰 we had a lot of great experiences too and found your country very beautiful! We just want to share our full travel experience, the good and the bad that comes along with travel ✈️🌎
Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia - 1881.! ! President, Vasil Chomo! Secretary, Nikola Trajkov! "'our beloved fatherland is calling to you my faithful children you descendants of Aristotle and Alexander the great you and whose veins flow Macedonian blood." -- this means that we are Macedonian descendants of Aristotle and Alexander. They were not Slavs -- they were Macedonians = We are Macedonians, not Slavs. Please stop this Slavic Communist propaganda For us Macedonians.
I second op’s comment, this is disgusting and he clearly has serious mental issues. Never experienced this myself when in Macedonia, at least I know what to expect if this dude ever comes up to me whenever I go to ohrid😭
I am a dutch guy who comes for over 30 years almost every year to Ohrid. This is not a normal reaction of the locals. They are very friendly and helpfull. Go visit Ohrid.
@@jwpvanrenen1841 ah man we are so sorry to hear that you are ill! We hope that you feel better very soon and are so glad that your daughter and her boyfriend are enjoying it 😁
As a Macedonian Ohrid is our crown jewel. Don’t worry about this old whacky man he has nothing to do with Macedonians and Ohrid in general. The Ohrid locals have already told me this man has been dealt with a few times. I hope you enjoyed Macedonia as a whole and hope you come back to Ohrid again!
Thank you so much for your comment 😊 we will not let this experience change our opinion of North Macedonia 🇲🇰 we had a lot of great experiences too and found your country very beautiful! We just want to share our full travel experience, the good and the bad that comes along with travel ✈️🌎
Hey guys! Thank you so much for visiting my hometown, I really hope you enjoyed it despite the encounter with that rude person whom the locals know pretty well, and not for a good reason. Either way, I love my hometown and wouldn't wish to have been raised anywhere else. It's full of great and friendly people and amazing places. Never get discouraged by rude and close-minded people, they come in every shape and size and from everywhere. Поздрав од Охрид!
Hey Mario 😊 thank you so much for watching! We absolutely loved our time in Ohrid and although we had that bad experience, we wouldn't let it change our mind about how much we enjoyed it 🥳 Ohrid is an amazing place and we cant wait for our chance to go back again! 😃 quick quesion for you... is it possible to run around the lake and if it is, how long do you think that it would take? 🤭
@@SarahandMarek I've only ever biked around lake Ohrid once. It was about 100km and took me around 6 hours. It's a really great experience and not that difficult, even if you don't cycle that often. As for running around it, to me it seems pretty demanding and I don't know if anyone has ever done that, but I'm pretty sure some ultramarathoners can! As I said, biking around lake Ohrid is a must! You get to experience both sides of the lake, the Albanian and the Macedonian side :)
@@mariohc100 thats amazing! 😱 we had a crazy idea to try and run around the lake so we will maybe have to train a bit before attempting that 😆 cycling around sounds like a really good time 😊 thank you so much for your support, Mario! It really means so much to us 🥳
Im born and raised in Ohrid. People like him are very rare. I feel like i have to apologize for him 😩❤. Dont let negative people ruin your time, this goes to everyone out here.
Wow, you guys didn't deserve that all, that man was horrible! :( Thank you for including it and the words at the end - I would have never thought it's something to look out for when travelling! I hope you guys enjoyed your time despite that man!! Another great video as always!
Thank you so much for your kind words 🤗 we don't necessarily enjoy sharing this kind of negativity but we think it's important to show the good and the bad and hopefully this video will prepare others so they don't find themselves in the same position 🙏🏼💛
So sorry to see how that man treated you. 😞 You dealt with it amazingly 👏 It was quite shocking 😳 he's one sad man! Well done in showing us the lovely places 👏 xx
It was quite shocking but in the end we feel sorry for that man 💛 We still really enjoyed Ohrid and found North Macedonia to be a beautiful country 🇲🇰 thank you for watching Rella 🥰
This guy is completely crazy! I am from Macedonia and I know him verry well. Don't pay attention to people like him, Ohrid is really beautiful place with really beautiful people. Glad to be here❤️
I’ve learned traveling all across Europe that if a stranger approaches you first in a touristy place without a clear intention , get away immediately. It is always something malicious.
I must say, unfortunately I agree with you. We've learnt from the few bad encounters we've had and now in future we will be more direct with anyone that approaches us to understand whether they want money or not. Hopefully in sharing our experience others will learn from it as well and not find themselves in this same situation 😊
13:22 "Ja neću ljepšu" - Mile Kitić i Južni Vetar (ua-cam.com/video/sjZqOMTKNrk/v-deo.html). The music of Ex-YU and successor republics is still huge in Macedonia and across whole region even 30 years on. That song was from 1985/86 time! :) It translates to "I don't want one more beautiful" from Serbo-Croatian.
Wow , i've been to ohrid and had the best time of my life meeting some locals . That guy couldn't have been raised there speaking good English like that .
We bumped into this guy today in Ohrid, he was hanging around by the ticket office of Church of Saints Clement and Panteleimon. He approached us offering us information about the history. I immediately recognised him thanks to your video and said no thanks 😂. I was going to show him this video and tell him he’s famous but I wasn’t brave enough 😂
Sarah and Marlek, we watched your video before coming to Ohrid, and no shit, walking out of Samuels Fortress this morning (03/28/24) the exact same guy comes up to us as we made our way to St Johns. I couldn't believe it, he had almost the same outfit on and even the headphones. I asked him if he knew the 3 minute history of Europe? He looked a little surprised, I then told him he was a UA-cam star and a few other choice comments. I kid you not! He's still here hustling.
I have had similar encounters with these type of people too. Had one in Montenegro, who flagged my car down as we were parking in a random village. All friendly saying hi etc, then we suddenly found ourselves in a awkward sales pitch for a boat trip in the guys house.
Its not something that happens everytime. People in my city, icnluding me are very friendly and for strangers, we can tell them every information for free, there's no need for paying. Bad experience from bad people can't give too much info for our citizens. Very sorry for this bad experience, but remember, not everyone are same.
Thank you so much for your comment 😊 we will not let this experience change our opinion of North Macedonia 🇲🇰 we had a lot of great experiences too and found your country very beautiful! We just want to share our full travel experience, the good and the bad that comes along with travel ✈️🌎
Macedonia is a nice country with good people. Unfortunately crazies exist everywhere and they prey on tourists. The way you handled him is exactly right. Pay these people no attention and enjoy the country.
. Macedonia is really beautiful country and in my countrys they hate each other me personally i dont hate them from where i am and yeah i might visit in the future Macedonia
If ever come again in Ohrid im on your service to show more of the city and different views of the city.I wish all the best.Thanks that u visitin our city
Hello Ohrid is my hometown and I still live here and I wanna apologize for that experience meeting someone like that in Ohrid is literally one in a million chance since everyone in Ohrid are very friendly towards visitors I’ve made so many friends over the years from all over the world that I still stay in contact with them. Now about the lake is the second oldest lake in Europe it’s estimated to be between 3 to 4 million years old. with a unique aquatic ecosystem of worldwide importance, with more than 200 endemic species. It’s also one of the deepest lakes in Europe with the average depth being 155 m while the max depth reaches 288 m. Macedonia's side of Lake Ohrid was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. The fish you showed in your video the Ohrid trout it’s illegal to fish, it’s only found in Ohrid and it grows very slow it gains 1 kilogram in 7 years. People still catch it illegally risking jail time and they sell it for 20-25 € per kilogram when all the other fish range from 2 to 5 € per kilogram. This is just a tiny bit of history of the lake, I really hope you come back again and explore more the lake and the city. Greetings from Ohrid with love. ❤️
Hey there 😄 no need to apologize at all! We absolutely loved our time in Ohrid and are really excited to go back again one day 😁 thank you so much for all this information and telling us more about the lake 😀
Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia - 1881.! ! President, Vasil Chomo! Secretary, Nikola Trajkov! "'our beloved fatherland is calling to you my faithful children you descendants of Aristotle and Alexander the great you and whose veins flow Macedonian blood." -- this means that we are Macedonian descendants of Aristotle and Alexander. They were not Slavs -- they were Macedonians = We are Macedonians, not Slavs. Please stop this Slavic Communist propaganda For us Macedonians.
Hey you guys! We’re Capitu and Bentinho, a brazilian couple backpacking as digital nomads. We’ve been in Ohrid 1 month ago and happened exactly the same. It was so embarrassing! I’m so sorry for you guys.
We had such an amazing time in the country and although that moment was not fun, it would never take away from how much we enjoyed our time there! 😁 we are looking forward to the time when we can return 😊
hi! i just discovered your channel, as I'm planing a trip to Macedonia next year. I'm so sorry about that bad encounter and I'm happy that you didn't let that ruin your day. There's bad people everywhere unfortunately. loved the video
I'm Macedonian but born and raised in Toronto. I was shocked for about minute after seeing this but then it dawned on me, you had an encounter with a scam artist. Unfortunately - poorer places, like the Balkans causes its lazy and destitute folk to work in some shady ways. Although, not entirely unique to poorer places or the Balkans. I've had experiences in Paris, where I listened to music on the subway and "smiled" so clearly I had to pay because I was enjoying the work... Also had an experience in Holland where I signed what I presumed to be some sort of social rights petition - only to find out I was being scammed and forced to pay $5. They had my signature after all. Scam artists sure are real. Sorry you encountered one in Macedonia :( An experience to remember for sure haha!
I agree that he is a scam artist and his behaviour does not represent other Macedonians. Our experience in North Macedonia was amazing and we really enjoyed our time there, aside from this one encounter 😊
I think that guy deserves a Will Slap for his ignorance...but you guys handled it well, and it goes to show that it's not all as perfect as it's being portrayed.
Thanks so much Dan 😅 honestly, we used to try to hide the bad moments but we really want to share our full experience and not only the good parts. We're hoping this video will also warn others to be careful and not find themselves in the same position as us 😬
Thanks a lot for promoting my beautiful city and Macedonia!If you visit Ohrid again, come to my shop (Escape rent a car) and i will provide you with a free scooter for one day to explore the area around Ohrid. Greetings from Macedonia
Awesome to see some fellow Africans travelling around the Balkans! I was in Ohrid a few weeks ago and was just as lovely! Sorry about the experience with that guy, I think you both handled it well! 👏🏼Best of luck with the rest of the trip 🤙🏼
Hi Tristan! 😄 So great to hear that you enjoyed Ohrid! 🇲🇰 We really enjoyed North Macedonia and aside from this one negative encounter, we actually had a wonderful time visiting this beautiful country 😊 Thanks so much!
Certain clues lead me to believe that man is not a local, including his accent, although he may now live there, and I've never met a Macedonian with that name (if it's even his real name). This is not typical behaviour from locals. I have had similar experiences when travelling Europe and usually the perpetrators have been Roma (I'm not suggesting all Roma are like that) and I have been aggressively followed for refusing to reward their scams with money. One time, in a neighbouring country, a scammer was making string bracelets in a crowded tourist spot and his accomplice approached me and slipped one on my wrist before I even realised what was happening, even though I didn't engage with him, then asked for payment - even though I kept walking the whole time. They made threats when I removed it to return it to them. You handled the situation very well and are broad-minded enough not to label others based on this unpleasant incident. Happy travelling.
I'm so sorry to hear about your unpleasant experiences! Unfortunately these kind of encounters come along with traveling and being targeted as tourists in many countries around the world. We know we aren't the only ones who experience things like this and we wanted to share our experience to warn others. Other than this man, every other local we encountered was really lovely. Thank you we really appreciate that 😊 Macedonia was an awesome and vibrant country to explore 🇲🇰
I wish I've seen that local. Because I'm from Macedonia and I would've kicked his ass. He is trying to cash on tourists and is shaming my country and my people. I'm so sorry you had to endure that. I'll share this with people from Ohrid to find this person and arrest him. He's probably doing it to other people
It was quite a shock because of how quickly things turned ugly. Thanks so much Cass 😊 Ohrid was still a stunning place and we won't let this bad encounter take away for all the good experiences we had in Macedonia 🇲🇰
I am a regular visitor to Ohrid since some time and love the people and food and landscape. On rare occasions there sometimes are some weird people trying to trap tourist. Way less than in most other tourist spots, but it can happen anywhere in these hotspots. I only had nice talks to locals in balkans, especially off the tourist centers their hospitalitiy is almost on a crazy level :D (just see the locals responses here - they mean it!) You should come back in spirng or autumn, thats the best time to see Ohrid, go hiking on Galicica mountain and see a classic restaurant with traditional food (mix of greek, balkan, turkish). Hari was a good choice, it's locals favourite kebap :)
@@TzvetozarCherkezov no it is not, the Greeks can call it whatever they want but academically and truthfully speaking that is a stolen part from Macedonia in 1913 without a fight, but with genocide ane exodus to Macedonian civilian population, and it is named Aegean Macedonia.
I met this guy too at the museum church. He did the same thing, he was pretty annoying. I happened to have almost no cash so i just gave some coins which were just worth a few Eurocents. I am also making a video now with him in it...
Oh my goodness! No ways 😱 we have got quite a few comments from locals who have told us more about him so it seems pretty common but still not necessarily the best interaction. We will keep a lookout for your video and see what your experience was like 😊
Hi there :) we definitely don't hold this experience against your country or the locals because we know it's something that can happen anywhere around the world. We just want to share our real and honest travel experience wherever we go in the hopes that others can learn from our mistakes and get a feel for what travel is really like 😊 Other than this experience we had a lovely time in your beautiful country. Ohrid is truly a stunning place in North Macedonia! 🇲🇰
Im from Ohrid his name is Slave he was local legend and very inteligent person but something bad happen to him in the live and he have mental problem...sorry for that come and visit Ohrid again!
Thank you 😊 you can't control what people do to you but you can control how you react. This was a horrible experience and we certainly weren't going to stick around. I'm happy we could carry on with our day and we wish that guy all the best :)
Hello, my dears. Among us live more than 10% with schizophrenia, paranoia, and other psychological problems. So don't worry. In the western world, these people are under surveillance and in hospitals. But in poor parts of the world, these people have no one to help them, so they live "freely" and so are more visible to us. Don't get mad about such people. They are just not like us. And some of them look and behave really normal, so u won't get the idea that something is wrong with them. But also in some parts of the world, people are also dumb as hell. I live in Germany, and as a Turkish person, living gets really tough here sometimes. Racism exists also in well-educated countries. Anyway. Don't get demotivated by such people. Peace
Thank you for your explanation. It is very sad to think that there are people struggling with these problems and unable to get help. We certainly don't let experiences like these get us down. Hope you have a great day :)
I am so sorry to see you had this awful experience. But you learned from this experience and now we learned from it too. (Although I would like to get on a plane and go sort out that guy out for being so rude to you) Thank you for sharing this with us. I would never thought that people could be like this. You guys rock and I adore you. Lots of love, Belinda.
That nasty treatment by that man is not common happenings in Macedonia. I have recently been to Skopje, Ohrid and Bitola. I must say this country is awesome and people are lovely and hospitable. I'm definitely going back again this year.
@@SarahandMarek I am born in Limpopo, trained Opera singer and opera stage director based in Hannover Germany. I am moving to Düsseldorf soon. if you make it this side do write me.
@@Davidsohn-l8v that's so interesting! We are in Limpopo as I write this comment. We just tasted some Mopane worms and chicken giblets, it was quite an interesting experience as we are not used to this kind of food 😅 thank you so much for your offer, we will definitely be in touch if we find ourselves there 😊
I saw this man back at the church of St Clement and St Pantleimon in Ohrid when I was there in August 2018. He is an idiot with serious issues. He started the same way with us and then wanted money. This is not the Macedonian way I can assure you. Macedonians like many nationalities in the Balkans are very hospitable. Sorry for your experience
We're so sorry to hear that you also had an unpleasant experience with this man. We certainly don't associate his behaviour with other Macedonians, we had really wonderful experiencses while in your beautiful country and we did not allow this negative encounter to change our opinion on North Macedonia 😄🇲🇰
Thank you for posting this. I’m going to Lake Ohrid next week, and now know what to do if we see him coming. Unfortunately there are people like that everywhere and it’s certainly not what Macedonians are really like.
Hi Gareth! We hope you have a great visit in Ohrid 😄 Now that you know to avoid this guy, we're sure you'll have an amazing time. This man was the only negative encounter we experience in Macedonia 😊🇲🇰
We, macedonians, when describing Ohrid local people, we are saying: They are very nice, very fine people, very honest people, they have very great sence of hospitality...BUT jou just met them out of tourist season. That is where you made a mistake...
Hey Sarah and Marek, thanks for the nice video! But what an awful encounter with this horrible person! I just stumbled across another video by a German travel vlogger (called Funkloch) about Ohrid and guess what: there was this dude again! His name seems to be "Slave". Allegedly he is a guide and philosopher. I also found a blog article from March 2018 (the blog is called itinari) where he is called "the Ohrid weirdo" :D I commented under the German vlogger's video and mentioned your horrible experience with this man in order to warn other travellers who want to go to Ohrid. Keep your positive spirits up!
Thank you for your comment. Wow, we did not realize he was so well known. Thank you for sharing this interesting info with us. We were completely caught off guard by him and hope others don't have a similar experience. We appreciate your support 😊
@@SarahandMarek Slave has mental problems and does not act normal! He should have stayed at the mental hospital instead of getting released so early(or at all)! Macedonians are know as the warmest and friendliest people in the Balkans and Europe this individual is known as a local crazy person and that is NOT how Macedonians in general are!
that man should be charged with a fine :) bet he wont do that again, sorry about that experience. Thanks so much for this beautiful view of my country, very thanks for not calling it north Macedonia :) safe travels!
I'm also from Macedonia but not from this city i was once in this city and the same guy started talk me i saw him first time but i walked away if i started talking maybe same would happen who knows
Sorry for what you've experienced there, but people in Ohrid are not good with tourists at all, they just wanna rip them off. Even though most of the money come from us who live in Macedonia they still try to impress the tourists and get their money. If you ever come to Ohrid again please avoid all the taxi drivers and the people that offer accommodation, they are rude af. I live in Belgrade but when I heard his english with ohridian accent I was discussed no matter what he said. And yea, our name is Macedonia, without North.
No no pleade don't apologise 😊 it was not the best interaction but we absolutely LOVED our time in Ohrid and in Macedonia 🥳 the locals were all very friendly towards us so we have very good memories of our time there and would love to go back again 😃
Great video guys. Wow looks like a beautiful place, bet it's very busy in summer. Loved the drone shots. Sadly there are ugly people every where. I feel sorry for the other local people of the area having that idiot representing them. Obviously from they way he started to verbally attack you he's just a money swindler. He's not worth a second thought. I love a doner too, and they looked good, and cheap too. Definitely adding Ohrid to my wish list. Thanks.😀
Thanks so much for your support Cindy 😊 it was a tough moment but we soon recognized that it was just one man who may have a lot of issues. We definitely don't take his actions as a representation of Macedonia, we had so many great experiences and we definitely won't let this one take away from everything else 🇲🇰 we are missing doners! They really are delicious 😋 Ohrid is absolutely stunning and worth a visit!
Terrible behaviour by this man! Myself I am always skeptic when strangers approach me, unfortunately that is often necessary....Beautiful country and he basically tried to destroy your experience of it!
It was a horrible encounter but luckily the only negative experience we had while exploring Macedonia, which is a beautiful country and he certainly didn't ruin our experience because we didn't let him 😊🇲🇰
i was in Macedonia in May and they did scam us on parking lot. The asshole who put time went and changed it to an hour early and then when we came there was other guy doing shift and started demanding more money. I don't want say every Macedonian is like that, but it kinda ruined the experience there and we did experience more harrasment from the locals there to buy something and etc than compared to Montenegro or Albania, where people were actually super friendly
Damn, yip that guy was totally out of line. To trick tourists like that just leaves you disillusioned. And you are right, it happens all over the world even in South Africa.
And did you ask him for his permission to record him and to post him on a social media , consider your not nice action and if he really attacked you as you claim it he did , wouldn't it be better to report this man to the appropriate authorities instead of .......?
The dude has a Serbian or Croatian accent, and that name of his is nonexistent in Macedonia. Nothing against Serbs or Croats-I just think he’s a traveling scammer. It is beyond me that something like this happened to you guys in Ohrid. Maybe I’m blind, but I’ve lived here for 30 years and never seen a scammer haggle tourists, not have I heard a similar story from the many tourists I’ve befriended. I hope the authorities see this and bring him in for questioning.
Based on some of the other comments, others have had a similar experience with this man a couple of years ago. Which is very unfortunate. This was our only negative experience in Macedonia and other than this moment we really enjoyed exploring your beautiful country 😊🇲🇰
People should start asking him for money and then shaming him; "Well maybe if you didn't drink it all...the third ryche is over you know...I'm offering to show you the philosopher's stone and you don't want to pay?" Ha ha 😄
Traveling also means to meet a different types of persons, with this guy one can see at first glance that he was actualy begging for a few cents to buy a coffee or whatever and his offer to give you some lessons on history was just an very obvious excuse...therefore please stop pretending .....however your not nice title of the video perhaps made more views, but was it worth it ??? Maybe you should try to understand him better instead of.....
Istg im so dissapointed by this being my country its embarassing he really said you should stop your slave habits like thats how most people here are if they dont get what they want they will make your day hell
I was shocked from the thumbnail thinking he legitimately threatened your lives but though what he was saying was wrong I still think that clickbaiting it with a thumbnail of him saying something he never said is just wrong. If anything our reputation as a country is completely tarnished and if this goes viral it's just a nail in the coffin.
Apologies if you think that it was clickbait. Unfortunately, he really did say those words to us. We were simply shairing our experience. Its really sad that this has happened but we still had an amazing time in your beautiful country.
Scammers like that guy are everywhere. I’ve had worse experiences in Paris or London for example but you did the right thing, just ignore him and move on.
Shame on you they say if you haven't got anything nice to say don't say anything at all, what do you think it was so easy to do thinks or arrange thinks during the pandemic around the world, let me tell you it was no better in Australia thinks got really messy, PCR tests were $150 AUS appointments were hard to get I had to take a chance on doing it at the airport the the I was leaving , as far as the guy goes no he was not nice to you but let me tell you it happens in more countries then you think, it has happened to me in Greece trying to tell me I am not Macedonian, Macedonia is and will always be Greek and he went on and on until I decided to tell him where to go, you get good and bad in every country one person does not mean all Macedonians are the same :-(
To be honest we didn't say anything bad about Macedonia. In fact we had a wonderful time in your country. We were merely sharing our travel experience. We don't like to hide the bad experiences we have while traveling but rather share the good along with the bad. Our opinion on Macedonia and Macedonians was not changed by one man's actions. We still think your country is beautiful with very friendly locals 🇲🇰 at the end of the day, perhaps by sharing our experiences others can learn and not find themselves in the same horrible situation wherever they may be traveling in the world 🌎 we even mention all of this in the video, perhaps you didn't watch until the end? 😊
I encountered this same guy yesterday up near the front of the castle in Ohrid trying to peddle his nonsense and i recgonised him from watching your video a few months back. I just spoke to him in Afrikaans to befuddle the f*ck of him - you should have done the same! :)
No ways!! 😱 cant believe that you watched our video and then saw the guy, what are the chances!? Ja shucks we should've hey, didnt react as fast as you 😄
I saw this guy . He hangs around ST. Clement church and charges €3 I told the stay away from me and stop telling me any story. Why because I know what's coming next. I have been to 4 other Balkan country and this kind of "emotional Blackmail" is rare. Ie, since you won't give me cash I will guilt you into it.. It is very popular in Egypt and Cambodia in tourist areas and parts of Turkey and Heraklion, Crete. Thanks for the share and If I see him .. Will just ignore him. If he follows me I will take photos or videos in case he harrasses me.
"Where is the money?"😂 Simply put, it was an attempt of extortion. I' d take this video to a local police station to report on that guy, he tried to commit a crime - extortion. If he didn't inform you in advance that he expects money for his "service", if no price was agreed upon before - then no money is due. Perhaps he expected a tip for his talking, but the way he demanded the tip, being so rude, I'd tell him "go f*ck yourself".
I think this was an isolated incident. All the other people we encountered in Macedonia were really nice 😊🇲🇰 We really enjoyed visiting your beautiful country!
I'm from Macedonia, and I'm shocked and disgusted by what you experienced. So sorry for the stain this will leave on your journey and the face of Ohrid itself. You most certainly stumbled upon someone with mental issues. The people here (Balkans in general) are usually very friendly and hospitable, especially to tourists from abroad. No one deserves this kind of treatment, nor does Ohrid itself deserve to be remembered like that. I hope that you had a great time aside from this incident, and that you won't hesitate to visit again. I wish you a great time on your further travels. All the best! :)
Thank you so much for your comment 😊 we will not let this experience change our opinion of North Macedonia 🇲🇰 we had a lot of great experiences too and found your country very beautiful! We just want to share our full travel experience, the good and the bad that comes along with travel ✈️🌎
@@SarahandMarek fuck that guy u are always welcome in Macedonia
Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia - 1881.! !
President, Vasil Chomo!
Secretary, Nikola Trajkov!
"'our beloved fatherland is calling to you my faithful children you descendants of Aristotle and Alexander the great you and whose veins flow Macedonian blood."
-- this means that we are Macedonian descendants of Aristotle and Alexander.
They were not Slavs -- they were Macedonians = We are Macedonians, not Slavs.
Please stop this Slavic Communist propaganda For us Macedonians.
@@macedonia3321 ya lapai hui be manaf eban
I second op’s comment, this is disgusting and he clearly has serious mental issues. Never experienced this myself when in Macedonia, at least I know what to expect if this dude ever comes up to me whenever I go to ohrid😭
I am a dutch guy who comes for over 30 years almost every year to Ohrid. This is not a normal reaction of the locals. They are very friendly and helpfull. Go visit Ohrid.
Even though it happened, we still loved our time in Ohrid and look forward to going back there again one day 😃 thank you for your positivity! 😊
@@SarahandMarek My daughter and her boyfriend are there at this moment. They also like it. I’m to ill to go now. Hope next year to go again.
@@jwpvanrenen1841 ah man we are so sorry to hear that you are ill! We hope that you feel better very soon and are so glad that your daughter and her boyfriend are enjoying it 😁
Who is calling you to come to Ohrid..fuuck you and all sick idiots from west that come here
As a Macedonian Ohrid is our crown jewel. Don’t worry about this old whacky man he has nothing to do with Macedonians and Ohrid in general. The Ohrid locals have already told me this man has been dealt with a few times. I hope you enjoyed Macedonia as a whole and hope you come back to Ohrid again!
Thank you so much for your comment 😊 we will not let this experience change our opinion of North Macedonia 🇲🇰 we had a lot of great experiences too and found your country very beautiful! We just want to share our full travel experience, the good and the bad that comes along with travel ✈️🌎
Hey guys! Thank you so much for visiting my hometown, I really hope you enjoyed it despite the encounter with that rude person whom the locals know pretty well, and not for a good reason.
Either way, I love my hometown and wouldn't wish to have been raised anywhere else. It's full of great and friendly people and amazing places. Never get discouraged by rude and close-minded people, they come in every shape and size and from everywhere.
Поздрав од Охрид!
Hey Mario 😊 thank you so much for watching! We absolutely loved our time in Ohrid and although we had that bad experience, we wouldn't let it change our mind about how much we enjoyed it 🥳 Ohrid is an amazing place and we cant wait for our chance to go back again! 😃 quick quesion for you... is it possible to run around the lake and if it is, how long do you think that it would take? 🤭
@@SarahandMarek I've only ever biked around lake Ohrid once. It was about 100km and took me around 6 hours. It's a really great experience and not that difficult, even if you don't cycle that often. As for running around it, to me it seems pretty demanding and I don't know if anyone has ever done that, but I'm pretty sure some ultramarathoners can!
As I said, biking around lake Ohrid is a must! You get to experience both sides of the lake, the Albanian and the Macedonian side :)
@@mariohc100 thats amazing! 😱 we had a crazy idea to try and run around the lake so we will maybe have to train a bit before attempting that 😆 cycling around sounds like a really good time 😊 thank you so much for your support, Mario! It really means so much to us 🥳
@@SarahandMarek Anytime! Hope you have an amazing time when you visit next 😊
@@mariohc100 Thank you so much! 😁
Im born and raised in Ohrid. People like him are very rare. I feel like i have to apologize for him 😩❤. Dont let negative people ruin your time, this goes to everyone out here.
Wow, you guys didn't deserve that all, that man was horrible! :( Thank you for including it and the words at the end - I would have never thought it's something to look out for when travelling!
I hope you guys enjoyed your time despite that man!! Another great video as always!
Thank you so much for your kind words 🤗 we don't necessarily enjoy sharing this kind of negativity but we think it's important to show the good and the bad and hopefully this video will prepare others so they don't find themselves in the same position 🙏🏼💛
So sorry to see how that man treated you. 😞 You dealt with it amazingly 👏 It was quite shocking 😳 he's one sad man! Well done in showing us the lovely places 👏 xx
It was quite shocking but in the end we feel sorry for that man 💛 We still really enjoyed Ohrid and found North Macedonia to be a beautiful country 🇲🇰 thank you for watching Rella 🥰
This guy is completely crazy! I am from Macedonia and I know him verry well. Don't pay attention to people like him, Ohrid is really beautiful place with really beautiful people. Glad to be here❤️
He is right is his beliefs
@@not_exodus9537 He is nuts
Beautiful people, people that are killing other people for simply calling themselves Bulgarians. Вие не сте добри или красиви хора вие сте фашисти…..
Who is he?
I’ve learned traveling all across Europe that if a stranger approaches you first in a touristy place without a clear intention , get away immediately. It is always something malicious.
I must say, unfortunately I agree with you. We've learnt from the few bad encounters we've had and now in future we will be more direct with anyone that approaches us to understand whether they want money or not. Hopefully in sharing our experience others will learn from it as well and not find themselves in this same situation 😊
13:22 "Ja neću ljepšu" - Mile Kitić i Južni Vetar (ua-cam.com/video/sjZqOMTKNrk/v-deo.html). The music of Ex-YU and successor republics is still huge in Macedonia and across whole region even 30 years on. That song was from 1985/86 time! :) It translates to "I don't want one more beautiful" from Serbo-Croatian.
Wow , i've been to ohrid and had the best time of my life meeting some locals . That guy couldn't have been raised there speaking good English like that .
You should have given him a speach of enlightenment and charged him double his charge
Great idea 😂
We bumped into this guy today in Ohrid, he was hanging around by the ticket office of Church of Saints Clement and Panteleimon. He approached us offering us information about the history. I immediately recognised him thanks to your video and said no thanks 😂. I was going to show him this video and tell him he’s famous but I wasn’t brave enough 😂
Hahaha oh my goodness 🤣 thank you so much for telling us!
Sarah and Marlek, we watched your video before coming to Ohrid, and no shit, walking out of Samuels Fortress this morning (03/28/24) the exact same guy comes up to us as we made our way to St Johns. I couldn't believe it, he had almost the same outfit on and even the headphones. I asked him if he knew the 3 minute history of Europe? He looked a little surprised, I then told him he was a UA-cam star and a few other choice comments. I kid you not! He's still here hustling.
That is such a great comment! 🤣🤣🤣
Ran into this guy yesterday (June 2023) in the old town. Still trying to run the same scam. Thanks for the video. I knew to avoid him.
My wife and I were in Ohrid and met that same guy. We had the same experience, he cussed us out because I called him a scammer.
Crazy situation to find yourself in hey?! 😱 hope that you two are feeling okay after that 🙂
@@SarahandMarek we loved Ohrid and will totally go back! Just one guy made it sour for a few hours haha.
I have had similar encounters with these type of people too. Had one in Montenegro, who flagged my car down as we were parking in a random village. All friendly saying hi etc, then we suddenly found ourselves in a awkward sales pitch for a boat trip in the guys house.
Its not something that happens everytime. People in my city, icnluding me are very friendly and for strangers, we can tell them every information for free, there's no need for paying. Bad experience from bad people can't give too much info for our citizens. Very sorry for this bad experience, but remember, not everyone are same.
Thank you so much for your comment 😊 we will not let this experience change our opinion of North Macedonia 🇲🇰 we had a lot of great experiences too and found your country very beautiful! We just want to share our full travel experience, the good and the bad that comes along with travel ✈️🌎
Macedonia is a nice country with good people. Unfortunately crazies exist everywhere and they prey on tourists. The way you handled him is exactly right. Pay these people no attention and enjoy the country.
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Macedonia is really beautiful country and in my countrys they hate each other me personally i dont hate them from where i am and yeah i might visit in the future Macedonia
You should definitely try get there sometime! We loved our time there 😃
If ever come again in Ohrid im on your service to show more of the city and different views of the city.I wish all the best.Thanks that u visitin our city
Thank you so much, that's very kind of you 😊
Hello Ohrid is my hometown and I still live here and I wanna apologize for that experience meeting someone like that in Ohrid is literally one in a million chance since everyone in Ohrid are very friendly towards visitors I’ve made so many friends over the years from all over the world that I still stay in contact with them. Now about the lake is the second oldest lake in Europe it’s estimated to be between 3 to 4 million years old. with a unique aquatic ecosystem of worldwide importance, with more than 200 endemic species. It’s also one of the deepest lakes in Europe with the average depth being 155 m while the max depth reaches 288 m. Macedonia's side of Lake Ohrid was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. The fish you showed in your video the Ohrid trout it’s illegal to fish, it’s only found in Ohrid and it grows very slow it gains 1 kilogram in 7 years. People still catch it illegally risking jail time and they sell it for 20-25 € per kilogram when all the other fish range from 2 to 5 € per kilogram. This is just a tiny bit of history of the lake, I really hope you come back again and explore more the lake and the city. Greetings from Ohrid with love. ❤️
Hey there 😄 no need to apologize at all! We absolutely loved our time in Ohrid and are really excited to go back again one day 😁 thank you so much for all this information and telling us more about the lake 😀
Manifesto from the Provisional Government of Macedonia - 1881.! !
President, Vasil Chomo!
Secretary, Nikola Trajkov!
"'our beloved fatherland is calling to you my faithful children you descendants of Aristotle and Alexander the great you and whose veins flow Macedonian blood."
-- this means that we are Macedonian descendants of Aristotle and Alexander.
They were not Slavs -- they were Macedonians = We are Macedonians, not Slavs.
Please stop this Slavic Communist propaganda For us Macedonians.
Hey you guys! We’re Capitu and Bentinho, a brazilian couple backpacking as digital nomads. We’ve been in Ohrid 1 month ago and happened exactly the same. It was so embarrassing! I’m so sorry for you guys.
cant believe that happned, dont let one person ruin your experience or outlook on this lovely place and country. stay safe
We had such an amazing time in the country and although that moment was not fun, it would never take away from how much we enjoyed our time there! 😁 we are looking forward to the time when we can return 😊
hi!
i just discovered your channel, as I'm planing a trip to Macedonia next year.
I'm so sorry about that bad encounter and I'm happy that you didn't let that ruin your day.
There's bad people everywhere unfortunately.
loved the video
Hi! Hope you have an amazing trip to Macedonia 😄 Thank you so much for watching and we hope it was helpful 🙌🏼
@@SarahandMarek it really was. Thank you 😁
I'm Macedonian but born and raised in Toronto. I was shocked for about minute after seeing this but then it dawned on me, you had an encounter with a scam artist. Unfortunately - poorer places, like the Balkans causes its lazy and destitute folk to work in some shady ways. Although, not entirely unique to poorer places or the Balkans. I've had experiences in Paris, where I listened to music on the subway and "smiled" so clearly I had to pay because I was enjoying the work... Also had an experience in Holland where I signed what I presumed to be some sort of social rights petition - only to find out I was being scammed and forced to pay $5. They had my signature after all. Scam artists sure are real. Sorry you encountered one in Macedonia :( An experience to remember for sure haha!
I agree that he is a scam artist and his behaviour does not represent other Macedonians. Our experience in North Macedonia was amazing and we really enjoyed our time there, aside from this one encounter 😊
I think that guy deserves a Will Slap for his ignorance...but you guys handled it well, and it goes to show that it's not all as perfect as it's being portrayed.
Thanks so much Dan 😅 honestly, we used to try to hide the bad moments but we really want to share our full experience and not only the good parts. We're hoping this video will also warn others to be careful and not find themselves in the same position as us 😬
So beautiful and so Macedonian.
This is horrible,I'm Macedonian and I am appalled.. I'm sorry that happened to you guys..
Guys....Huge respect,..you keep the Faith,,,,,,keep moving forward and stay SOLID
Thank you so much Kent 😊🙏🏼
Thanks a lot for promoting my beautiful city and Macedonia!If you visit Ohrid again, come to my shop (Escape rent a car) and i will provide you with a free scooter for one day to explore the area around Ohrid. Greetings from Macedonia
...and Ohrid is a fantastic place to visit, people have been wonderful and the food is great.
100% agree with you on that one 🤩 thanks for watching!
Awesome to see some fellow Africans travelling around the Balkans! I was in Ohrid a few weeks ago and was just as lovely! Sorry about the experience with that guy, I think you both handled it well! 👏🏼Best of luck with the rest of the trip 🤙🏼
Hi Tristan! 😄 So great to hear that you enjoyed Ohrid! 🇲🇰 We really enjoyed North Macedonia and aside from this one negative encounter, we actually had a wonderful time visiting this beautiful country 😊 Thanks so much!
Certain clues lead me to believe that man is not a local, including his accent, although he may now live there, and I've never met a Macedonian with that name (if it's even his real name). This is not typical behaviour from locals. I have had similar experiences when travelling Europe and usually the perpetrators have been Roma (I'm not suggesting all Roma are like that) and I have been aggressively followed for refusing to reward their scams with money. One time, in a neighbouring country, a scammer was making string bracelets in a crowded tourist spot and his accomplice approached me and slipped one on my wrist before I even realised what was happening, even though I didn't engage with him, then asked for payment - even though I kept walking the whole time. They made threats when I removed it to return it to them.
You handled the situation very well and are broad-minded enough not to label others based on this unpleasant incident. Happy travelling.
I'm so sorry to hear about your unpleasant experiences! Unfortunately these kind of encounters come along with traveling and being targeted as tourists in many countries around the world. We know we aren't the only ones who experience things like this and we wanted to share our experience to warn others. Other than this man, every other local we encountered was really lovely. Thank you we really appreciate that 😊 Macedonia was an awesome and vibrant country to explore 🇲🇰
he is local , his real name is Slavko and he is not good in his head !
I wish I've seen that local. Because I'm from Macedonia and I would've kicked his ass. He is trying to cash on tourists and is shaming my country and my people. I'm so sorry you had to endure that. I'll share this with people from Ohrid to find this person and arrest him. He's probably doing it to other people
That guy is local lunatic and lives in his fantasy world. I feel sorry you met him. You guys are so nice.
Why do you guys have so less subscribers. Good quality content guys. Subbed
Thank you so much 😄 we appreciate that
I also have similar experience in Ohrid but mostly personal 😔
Macedonia looks even better in the cold November rain.
Ohrid people are known for their hospitality 😂😂😂
Wow that situation escalated really quickly 😐 well done on pushing through the negative and just staying focused on the good that came out of the day.
It was quite a shock because of how quickly things turned ugly. Thanks so much Cass 😊 Ohrid was still a stunning place and we won't let this bad encounter take away for all the good experiences we had in Macedonia 🇲🇰
I am a regular visitor to Ohrid since some time and love the people and food and landscape. On rare occasions there sometimes are some weird people trying to trap tourist. Way less than in most other tourist spots, but it can happen anywhere in these hotspots. I only had nice talks to locals in balkans, especially off the tourist centers their hospitalitiy is almost on a crazy level :D (just see the locals responses here - they mean it!)
You should come back in spirng or autumn, thats the best time to see Ohrid, go hiking on Galicica mountain and see a classic restaurant with traditional food (mix of greek, balkan, turkish). Hari was a good choice, it's locals favourite kebap :)
Thank you for using the name Macedonia! Great Video
Thank you so much!! 😁
Yea, in every other comment they use North Macedonia :)
@@checkmkd Because that's the name of the country... Macedonia is the name of a region in Greece.
@@TzvetozarCherkezov okay TzVeToZaR 😂
@@TzvetozarCherkezov no it is not, the Greeks can call it whatever they want but academically and truthfully speaking that is a stolen part from Macedonia in 1913 without a fight, but with genocide ane exodus to Macedonian civilian population, and it is named Aegean Macedonia.
I really love your Balkan series 😍😍
Thank you so much 😁 we are so happy to hear that!
I met this guy too at the museum church. He did the same thing, he was pretty annoying. I happened to have almost no cash so i just gave some coins which were just worth a few Eurocents. I am also making a video now with him in it...
Oh my goodness! No ways 😱 we have got quite a few comments from locals who have told us more about him so it seems pretty common but still not necessarily the best interaction. We will keep a lookout for your video and see what your experience was like 😊
@@SarahandMarek ua-cam.com/video/JWaCf_s1jOI/v-deo.html. Here is my experience in the city. My encounter with him was brief but annoying haha
I’m so sorry that you had to experience this at my city. This person is known as “little bit” out of mind, and he is a well known junkie.
Hi there :) we definitely don't hold this experience against your country or the locals because we know it's something that can happen anywhere around the world. We just want to share our real and honest travel experience wherever we go in the hopes that others can learn from our mistakes and get a feel for what travel is really like 😊 Other than this experience we had a lovely time in your beautiful country. Ohrid is truly a stunning place in North Macedonia! 🇲🇰
Im from Ohrid his name is Slave he was local legend and very inteligent person but something bad happen to him in the live and he have mental problem...sorry for that come and visit Ohrid again!
Proud ,you walked away
Thank you 😊 you can't control what people do to you but you can control how you react. This was a horrible experience and we certainly weren't going to stick around. I'm happy we could carry on with our day and we wish that guy all the best :)
Hello, my dears. Among us live more than 10% with schizophrenia, paranoia, and other psychological problems. So don't worry. In the western world, these people are under surveillance and in hospitals. But in poor parts of the world, these people have no one to help them, so they live "freely" and so are more visible to us. Don't get mad about such people. They are just not like us. And some of them look and behave really normal, so u won't get the idea that something is wrong with them.
But also in some parts of the world, people are also dumb as hell. I live in Germany, and as a Turkish person, living gets really tough here sometimes. Racism exists also in well-educated countries.
Anyway. Don't get demotivated by such people. Peace
Thank you for your explanation. It is very sad to think that there are people struggling with these problems and unable to get help.
We certainly don't let experiences like these get us down. Hope you have a great day :)
@@SarahandMarek I hope u have also a great day. I like ur videos and gosh u r so cute Sarah (Sorry Marek, but I love u too ;) )
Keep on vlogging
I am so sorry to see you had this awful experience. But you learned from this experience and now we learned from it too. (Although I would like to get on a plane and go sort out that guy out for being so rude to you) Thank you for sharing this with us. I would never thought that people could be like this. You guys rock and I adore you. Lots of love, Belinda.
Thank you for your support, Belinda! And for always having our back! You really mean so much to use and we are thankful for you 😊
I was on the exact same spot you were
That nasty treatment by that man is not common happenings in Macedonia. I have recently been to Skopje, Ohrid and Bitola. I must say this country is awesome and people are lovely and hospitable. I'm definitely going back again this year.
In 1999, I saw a Macedonian soldier punch a Russian journalist just for speaking Russian.
Even for I as a black South African living in Europe, that was a bit much.
It was a bit hectic 😐 where are you staying? 😃
@@SarahandMarek I am born in Limpopo, trained Opera singer and opera stage director based in Hannover Germany. I am moving to Düsseldorf soon. if you make it this side do write me.
@@Davidsohn-l8v that's so interesting! We are in Limpopo as I write this comment. We just tasted some Mopane worms and chicken giblets, it was quite an interesting experience as we are not used to this kind of food 😅 thank you so much for your offer, we will definitely be in touch if we find ourselves there 😊
Thanks so much for your videos, very real. You've had such amazing support in the comments below. 😶
Thank you for watching Mammer 😊 We really appreciate all the support we received after this unfortunate experience 💛
I saw this man back at the church of St Clement and St Pantleimon in Ohrid when I was there in August 2018. He is an idiot with serious issues. He started the same way with us and then wanted money. This is not the Macedonian way I can assure you. Macedonians like many nationalities in the Balkans are very hospitable. Sorry for your experience
We're so sorry to hear that you also had an unpleasant experience with this man. We certainly don't associate his behaviour with other Macedonians, we had really wonderful experiencses while in your beautiful country and we did not allow this negative encounter to change our opinion on North Macedonia 😄🇲🇰
On a positive note, amazing video as usual 💛💛
Thank you so much Courts 🥰
No worries just local psycho
You should of asked him how much? then charged him back for your time and told him that it’s how much your time for listening was worth
That's a great idea! 😂
I can't believe that happened, I am so sorry and my heart is so sore 😢😢😢
Thanks so much for being so caring Courts 🤗 these things happen and we certainly learned a valuable lesson from this interaction 🙏🏼💛
Thank you for posting this. I’m going to Lake Ohrid next week, and now know what to do if we see him coming. Unfortunately there are people like that everywhere and it’s certainly not what Macedonians are really like.
Hi Gareth! We hope you have a great visit in Ohrid 😄 Now that you know to avoid this guy, we're sure you'll have an amazing time. This man was the only negative encounter we experience in Macedonia 😊🇲🇰
@@SarahandMarek did you see him?
We, macedonians, when describing Ohrid local people, we are saying: They are very nice, very fine people, very honest people, they have very great sence of hospitality...BUT jou just met them out of tourist season. That is where you made a mistake...
Hey Sarah and Marek, thanks for the nice video!
But what an awful encounter with this horrible person! I just stumbled across another video by a German travel vlogger (called Funkloch) about Ohrid and guess what: there was this dude again! His name seems to be "Slave". Allegedly he is a guide and philosopher. I also found a blog article from March 2018 (the blog is called itinari) where he is called "the Ohrid weirdo" :D
I commented under the German vlogger's video and mentioned your horrible experience with this man in order to warn other travellers who want to go to Ohrid.
Keep your positive spirits up!
Thank you for your comment. Wow, we did not realize he was so well known. Thank you for sharing this interesting info with us. We were completely caught off guard by him and hope others don't have a similar experience. We appreciate your support 😊
@@SarahandMarek Slave has mental problems and does not act normal! He should have stayed at the mental hospital instead of getting released so early(or at all)! Macedonians are know as the warmest and friendliest people in the Balkans and Europe this individual is known as a local crazy person and that is NOT how Macedonians in general are!
You guys are the cutest couple ever!
Ah thank you so much 🥰
The fish is "plashica" and on the picture you have "pastrmka" :)
Ahhhhh thank you! 😊
that man should be charged with a fine :) bet he wont do that again, sorry about that experience. Thanks so much for this beautiful view of my country, very thanks for not calling it north Macedonia :) safe travels!
I'm also from Macedonia but not from this city i was once in this city and the same guy started talk me i saw him first time but i walked away if i started talking maybe same would happen who knows
Sorry for what you've experienced there, but people in Ohrid are not good with tourists at all, they just wanna rip them off. Even though most of the money come from us who live in Macedonia they still try to impress the tourists and get their money. If you ever come to Ohrid again please avoid all the taxi drivers and the people that offer accommodation, they are rude af.
I live in Belgrade but when I heard his english with ohridian accent I was discussed no matter what he said. And yea, our name is Macedonia, without North.
No no pleade don't apologise 😊 it was not the best interaction but we absolutely LOVED our time in Ohrid and in Macedonia 🥳 the locals were all very friendly towards us so we have very good memories of our time there and would love to go back again 😃
Bulgarian capital ruled by Khan Samuel of Bulgaria, a beautiful place. ❤❤❤
Great video guys. Wow looks like a beautiful place, bet it's very busy in summer. Loved the drone shots.
Sadly there are ugly people every where. I feel sorry for the other local people of the area having that idiot representing them. Obviously from they way he started to verbally attack you he's just a money swindler. He's not worth a second thought.
I love a doner too, and they looked good, and cheap too. Definitely adding Ohrid to my wish list. Thanks.😀
Thanks so much for your support Cindy 😊 it was a tough moment but we soon recognized that it was just one man who may have a lot of issues. We definitely don't take his actions as a representation of Macedonia, we had so many great experiences and we definitely won't let this one take away from everything else 🇲🇰 we are missing doners! They really are delicious 😋 Ohrid is absolutely stunning and worth a visit!
@@SarahandMarek your country is occupating every other
@@blindmirorputinovbot2130 why would you say that? 🤔
@@SarahandMarek because its true
Terrible behaviour by this man! Myself I am always skeptic when strangers approach me, unfortunately that is often necessary....Beautiful country and he basically tried to destroy your experience of it!
It was a horrible encounter but luckily the only negative experience we had while exploring Macedonia, which is a beautiful country and he certainly didn't ruin our experience because we didn't let him 😊🇲🇰
ua-cam.com/video/40UHGVPHLBo/v-deo.html
That guy also appears in this video. Sorry you experienced that! Ohrid is really nice!
i was in Macedonia in May and they did scam us on parking lot. The asshole who put time went and changed it to an hour early and then when we came there was other guy doing shift and started demanding more money. I don't want say every Macedonian is like that, but it kinda ruined the experience there and we did experience more harrasment from the locals there to buy something and etc than compared to Montenegro or Albania, where people were actually super friendly
And because I'm new to this channel what country are you guys from
We are from South Africa 😊🇿🇦
I know the guy hes chill, hes trolling you. Good guy :)
Damn, yip that guy was totally out of line. To trick tourists like that just leaves you disillusioned. And you are right, it happens all over the world even in South Africa.
And did you ask him for his permission to record him and to post him on a social media , consider your not nice action and if he really attacked you as you claim it he did , wouldn't it be better to report this man to the appropriate authorities instead of .......?
The dude has a Serbian or Croatian accent, and that name of his is nonexistent in Macedonia. Nothing against Serbs or Croats-I just think he’s a traveling scammer.
It is beyond me that something like this happened to you guys in Ohrid. Maybe I’m blind, but I’ve lived here for 30 years and never seen a scammer haggle tourists, not have I heard a similar story from the many tourists I’ve befriended.
I hope the authorities see this and bring him in for questioning.
Based on some of the other comments, others have had a similar experience with this man a couple of years ago. Which is very unfortunate. This was our only negative experience in Macedonia and other than this moment we really enjoyed exploring your beautiful country 😊🇲🇰
😂😂😂
This strange guy also told me same story and then wanted I would pay him. He also appears in my blog about Ohrid 🤣🤣🤣
Sorry that you also experienced this guy 🙈 glad you laughed it off though 😂🙌🏼
People should start asking him for money and then shaming him; "Well maybe if you didn't drink it all...the third ryche is over you know...I'm offering to show you the philosopher's stone and you don't want to pay?" Ha ha 😄
I was convinced he was just kidding with you lol, so sorry you had to go thru this that man is clearly not okay
Judging by his name, he is Bulgarian, he came here only to embarrass the local people in front of tourists
Traveling also means to meet a different types of persons, with this guy one can see at first glance that he was actualy begging for a few cents to buy a coffee or whatever and his offer to give you some lessons on history was just an very obvious excuse...therefore please stop pretending .....however your not nice title of the video perhaps made more views, but was it worth it ???
Maybe you should try to understand him better instead of.....
Yeah there are crazy people in each country, another tip next time you encounter someone like that just walk away and don't pay them any attention
This kind of thing could happen anywhere, and you're right you just have to walk away and not allow it to ruin your day :) Thanks for watching!
Wow... you should have gone to the police.
It really was such a strange thing to happen 😐
Wow, that is horrendous! Sorry you had to experience that!
i am so sorry for you guys .
Istg im so dissapointed by this being my country its embarassing he really said you should stop your slave habits like thats how most people here are if they dont get what they want they will make your day hell
I was shocked from the thumbnail thinking he legitimately threatened your lives but though what he was saying was wrong I still think that clickbaiting it with a thumbnail of him saying something he never said is just wrong. If anything our reputation as a country is completely tarnished and if this goes viral it's just a nail in the coffin.
Apologies if you think that it was clickbait. Unfortunately, he really did say those words to us. We were simply shairing our experience. Its really sad that this has happened but we still had an amazing time in your beautiful country.
Scammers like that guy are everywhere. I’ve had worse experiences in Paris or London for example but you did the right thing, just ignore him and move on.
That is true. This kind of thing can happen anywhere in the world unfortunately
Shame on you they say if you haven't got anything nice to say don't say anything at all, what do you think it was so easy to do thinks or arrange thinks during the pandemic around the world, let me tell you it was no better in Australia thinks got really messy, PCR tests were $150 AUS appointments were hard to get I had to take a chance on doing it at the airport the the I was leaving , as far as the guy goes no he was not nice to you but let me tell you it happens in more countries then you think, it has happened to me in Greece trying to tell me I am not Macedonian, Macedonia is and will always be Greek and he went on and on until I decided to tell him where to go, you get good and bad in every country one person does not mean all Macedonians are the same :-(
To be honest we didn't say anything bad about Macedonia. In fact we had a wonderful time in your country. We were merely sharing our travel experience. We don't like to hide the bad experiences we have while traveling but rather share the good along with the bad. Our opinion on Macedonia and Macedonians was not changed by one man's actions. We still think your country is beautiful with very friendly locals 🇲🇰 at the end of the day, perhaps by sharing our experiences others can learn and not find themselves in the same horrible situation wherever they may be traveling in the world 🌎 we even mention all of this in the video, perhaps you didn't watch until the end? 😊
Where did the person say "Go kill yourselves " ? I didn't find that
I encountered this same guy yesterday up near the front of the castle in Ohrid trying to peddle his nonsense and i recgonised him from watching your video a few months back. I just spoke to him in Afrikaans to befuddle the f*ck of him - you should have done the same! :)
No ways!! 😱 cant believe that you watched our video and then saw the guy, what are the chances!? Ja shucks we should've hey, didnt react as fast as you 😄
what a monster 😡
Editing this video made us relive the entire situation and we are still shocked by how it played out 🤯
I wonder how many Facebook friends that guy's got. 😆 😆
None in real life, that's for sure.
Such a shame that the guy out a downer on your day by acting that way!
It really was a shame since we were enjoying Ohrid so much! 😊🇲🇰 But we brushed ourselves off and carried on with our day and still had a great time 💛
It's unfortunate that you have people like that nutcase, who see tourists as walking dollar bills. Sorry you went thru it.
I saw this guy . He hangs around ST. Clement church and charges €3 I told the stay away from me and stop telling me any story. Why because I know what's coming next. I have been to 4 other Balkan country and this kind of "emotional Blackmail" is rare. Ie, since you won't give me cash I will guilt you into it.. It is very popular in Egypt and Cambodia in tourist areas and parts of Turkey and Heraklion, Crete. Thanks for the share and If I see him .. Will just ignore him. If he follows me I will take photos or videos in case he harrasses me.
"Where is the money?"😂 Simply put, it was an attempt of extortion. I' d take this video to a local police station to report on that guy, he tried to commit a crime - extortion. If he didn't inform you in advance that he expects money for his "service", if no price was agreed upon before - then no money is due. Perhaps he expected a tip for his talking, but the way he demanded the tip, being so rude, I'd tell him "go f*ck yourself".
I'm from Skopje Macedonia and I guess oxrid people are like agreesive and mean
But at least I hope you guys enjoyed the trip
I think this was an isolated incident. All the other people we encountered in Macedonia were really nice 😊🇲🇰 We really enjoyed visiting your beautiful country!
Ne morase da se kazis od kaj si se poznavat debil neizlezen od doma