I Took an Amazon Tribesman to the World’s Most Futuristic City

Thanks Chime for sponsoring this video & making this crazy adventure possible! Make the switch to Chime® and get 3.75% APY on Savings: https://chime.yt.link/ZQl8QX4 Go give Wareka a follow on his Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/wareka_expeditions/ I met an indigenous hunter-gatherer deep in the Amazon jungle and then I invited him to come with me to visit the world’s most futuristic city for the very first time. The Waorani people who live deep in the Amazon jungle of eastern Ecuador are one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes in the world. Having first made contact with the rest of humanity only a few decades ago, there are currently less than 5,000 of them, and many still live deep in the jungle, subsisting off wild monkeys they hunt themselves with handmade blowguns. A few years ago I visited one of their villages, accessible via a 12 hour boat ride through the jungle, and afterwards I stayed in touch with our guide, a man named Wareka. I became friendly with him, even helping him at his request get a new iPhone at some point, and because he had taken me to visit his hometown and family I knew I wanted to return the favor by inviting him to visit my hometown of New York City. So I spent 12 months helping him apply for a visa to visit the U.S., which had always been a dream of his to visit, but this was sadly denied. But I found a loophole. Apparently Hong Kong, a city even more skyscraper-packed than New York, does not require visas for Ecuadorean citizens. Wareka was amazed to experience things for the first time that we take for granted that are indeed kind of miraculous when you think about it, and it gave me a new perspective as well. So here goes! 0:00 Intro 1:17 Meeting Wareka at airport 3:33 Amazonian tries McDonald’s for first time 7:25 Wareka rides futuristic train 9:19 Wareka sees Hong Kong skyline for first time 10:27 Entering luxury hotel 11:17 Jungle vs city 12:56 Hong Kong’s highest peak (Victoria Peak) 13:51 Wareka tries Chinese food for first time 16:06 Warkea is impressed by hotel minibar 19:03 Amazonian tries hotel buffet and discusses food culture 20:58 Heading to Disneyland 22:09 Amazonian rides Disneyland jungle cruise 25:20 We ride roller coasters together 28:24 Wareka’s favorite food in Hong Kong 31:08 Masseuse amazed by Wareka’s strength 32:39 Cultural exchange with local Hong Kong elders 36:48 Philosophical discussion 38:01 Super futuristic mall 39:23 Trying water fountain for first time 39:52 Rare helicopter sighting 40:26 Heartwarming gift exchange Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC. The Chime Visa® Debit Card and the secured Chime Visa® Credit Card are issued by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A. America’s #1 Choice for Banking: Ranking based on a blind survey conducted by Chime in May 2026 of consumers who opened a new personal checking account at a different institution listed in the survey in the preceding six months. Chime offers access to checking accounts used for everyday banking. LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH MY METHOD! ✉️ Join my newsletter and discover how I pick up new languages quickly (and learn how you can do the same): 👉🏼 https://www.streetsmartlanguages.com/signup 📚 Check out my Street-Smart Language courses: 👉🏼 https://www.streetsmartlanguages.com Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLNoXf8gq6vhwsrYp-l0J-Q?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xiaomanyc/ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xiaomanyc/ If you guys like the music in my videos, you can check out all the AMAZING music Epidemic Sound has at my affiliate link here: http://share.epidemicsound.com/xiaomanyc