You navigate chaos with assertive kindness. That is a rare trait. I see life experience and psychedelic work has taught you well 🙏

I love that you show both sides. No place is perfect and it's great to know what you'll have to expect

Hey i am indian ..but unfortunately i feel the same about most of the issues you mentioned ..hope it will get better some day.!

Great video brother, I’m indian decent raised in the USA. This probably the most important video for Indians to watch. We need to raise more awareness there in matters relating to hygiene, pollution, littering, politeness, animal cruelty. Westerners can definitely help guide India in these matters. It is a transitional society, but things sure can improve!

I was dying when you said "there's men pissing all over the street, look there's one right here I'm not joking" 😆

It's refreshing to hear such honesty in all your videos. You seem good at fending off unwanted attention. Keep staying safe brother, Thanks for all the great content!

Now I understand what “dakota of earth” means, you’re a seeker who wanders all around the globe like a chosen one of the Universe

Dude I've watched your vids for the longest but THIS one. So good. Watching you take everything in like a sponge with your senses as your throwing yourself into fast paced and stacked experiences that hightens feelings of a tidbit anxiety/hopefullness/educated/andfullyfucking inspired. Also interacting with many people but change of the interaction, what you say, constant kindness throughout each time. It's showing you handling something uncomfortable but literally proving it is what you make it in a way. This was an admirably good one to put out there in the world thankyou🖖🖖

I could watch a whole video of you just saying hi to strangers, it's interesting for some reason 🤣🤣

Truth - I'm Indian and you literally took the words out of my mouth!

Love your balls of steel right there! I would have been scared bro ♡

Forgive us for all the chaos brother 🙏 We're hoping & trying for a better India in the future. Thank you for exploring India 🇮🇳

Man I admire your patience and your ability to seemingly enjoy a leisurely stroll in such a hectic environment, it says allot about a person's character when they can generate and maintain a sense of content optimism when it seems like most of everything and everyone around have little to no intent of, at the very least striving to attain even just a step in the direction of a mutually open and harmonious community. I have noticed at times that its difficult for me to cultivate a genuine positive mindset when everything our society does feels like it's working towards creating and maintaining the many conflictions that are a hindrance to human consciousness and spirituality. Even in apart of the world that has culturally achieved many great milestones in human spirituality. Can anyone else relate or am I on my own ? How can one overcome this obstacle?

“Don’t follow me”, except on KZfaq 🤣👌 Great video! The animal abuse makes me sad. I definitely wouldn’t have thought that about India 🇮🇳

“I’m mad” 😂😂👌

"Hello G,= Wussup G" thats how we talk in cali lol

He was saying "oven" lmao

When you said animal cruelty I was like 😲 I didn't expect that one at all. I guess because I've heard about how they treat cows as sacred. The trash and piss everywhere along with the pollution makes me curious about how it smells. I can easily understand why all of the things you mentioned are things you don't like about it. I love the way you handled the situation when that guy was following you. You were straight forward and to the point. I've known for a long while now that you are not a pushover and feel that is a really good thing, especially in those kind of situations. You handled that very well & I admire that very much 😍 You are the only person I watch that travels through india and so I haven't heard any of the horror stories. The only thing I heard from any females was on your channel when Klara and Stephi had their experience of being glared at and spit on. Thumbs up (as always) & I'm sending you love ~ 💖 ~

Low key think the guy in the red jacket wanted ur camera... I don’t know truthfully

Love this video dude! ❤️ so great ahah

Thanks for this vid, never coming to India

Great to see you again. All love to you D.

hope everyone has a good day

Dakoti my boy make long videos please i never want your vlogs to end soo soon!

I'm in awe of how many people you talked to and said hi to in this video

I cant believe you haven't been to kerala in south India. It's quite different from the other states. Hardly any beggars

i love your kindness

Bro I can barely say hello to people I know, let alone complete strangers walking by lmao

Damn that place is dirty & scary, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan it’s a big nope

Dakota you are such a dishy dreamboat woweee...your soul is showing and it's very dreamy gives me a feeling like hope!! Hope you never stop uploading❤

This was a great video bro thank you for sharing that was a crazy little walk !✌️😎

Your a straight up OG:. Dakota I would have round housed then guy following me. I admire your positivity... 🙏☯️

🕉 Man’s a free spirit 🙏🏼

man, props to the amount of people following you and you still keeping your cool about it as frankly as possible. right on man.

Loved how you lit up talking to these young guys on the street.

Great vid! love you Dakota! stay safe out there ❤

Surprising about the beef export.. Even in the UK you see people just throwing plastic bottles out of the car on the side of the roads, all the time...it's infuriating. I don't understand how people are so unconscious of their own actions, they need their parents to give them a slap.

I have anxiety from watching this! I hate being followed in foreign countries, especially as a woman. I have put off travelling to India even though I love the country and have practiced yoga for 25yrs. I'm too scared to visit and was even accused of being a xenophobe because of this. Sorry but that alone is enough to ruin it for me. I'll be a safe xenophobe over here not getting raped kthxbye

Love your videos Dakota....Your calmness even in chaos. I'm from Nepal, similar situation here also concerning animals. Although spiritually very rich, there's a huge dichotomy, maybe because of poverty, also lack of consciousness among people......

Thank you for making this! You listed every reason i don't want to visit india. The negatives outweigh the positives for me personally

I just subscribed to your channel today and I've been binge watching your videos! Also, I am from Shillong.

Plot twist Dakota is actually Nithyananda

Dam Dakota had those I'm ready to scrap eyes when he was being followed haha. Good man

Thank you for showing this side.

That kid was literally saying "This is the fire" lol. Also that red stuff they spit everywhere is called PAN. Its some bitter herb that people in south asia chew with weird spices mixed together.

I love everything about my country India but the few things I hate is that people throwing garbage at the streets.

I loved the Shillong street walk, and it looked very claustrophobic , and dangerous. I was in Mongolia, In UB, constantly stalked by men on Mare Milk. They all had pink eyes, fading into blue. Pickpocketing is a pastime there. Keep safe, thanks for your travel info.

If I'm not wrong the beef exports are mostly buffalo meat and not Cow.

so happy that you mentioned women travelers and how their experience is different. i think about that during every one of your travel videos!

The red spit is not from tobacco, they are chewing betel nut, it's consumed in many places in Asia

my head hurts just from watching this...geeez its so loud there and crazy ....

i mean i wouldn't blame working class people for the litter problem. sure it's their litter, but the Indian government lacks public dumpsters and its been socially engrained in these people to litter. the community can only do so much without the help of the authority that holds over them.

nice people but from all I have seen it seems gross in a lot of places, NO OFFENCE to anyone from there. They seem nicer in general than people over here.

Where are all the women?

Well done and well said. 😘

India's also has the lowest consumption of meat per-capita in the whole world. Most of "beef" is actually buffalo meat in India. I agree with most of the points you made but India meat consumption habits is best in the world. More than 40% are pure vegetarians and rest of them consume very less amount of meat compared to any country in the world.

The red spit comes from betel nut which is chewed all around the earth, mainly in the tropics.

You'd have almost none of these problems in Sikkim and Mizoram, you could maybe include Arunachal and Nagaland too but I haven't been there so I can't vouch for it. Sikkim and Mizoram are extremely clean with almost no trash and the traffic is amazing in Mizoram with zero unnecessary honking and proper adherence to traffic rules.

Hi Dakota! I am from India and those are the same exact list of things that I hate about my country and those are absolutely correct anywhere you go in the country especially the Northern side. People don't treat the public spaces as a space just like their home. I have never thrown a piece of trash on the roads and I always get disturbed seeing someone doing it. Thanks for sharing this out!

Have you ever felt threatened in India by guys who seemed aggressive towards you like they wanted to fight or anything like that?

Hey Dakota of earth. Im Derrick from Shillong I just want to let you know that Next time better explore the other side of Meghalaya. its just breath taking. You can go Outskirt or Town and the people are more active and friendly. Thank you.

First my dudes

It's very sad. I love how you are neutral enough to do this. And I love your demeanor. You remind me of Johnny Depp, which is a great compliment. Just the way you speak. Thank you for all you do, for us who cannot do the travel part. It's been a great part of my home time. You were meant for this 💕 Har Har Mahadev🧿

Ahhhh... seeing you being followed was kind of disturbing. I imagined if it were me to tell him to stop following me... seeing how he didn't even respect your demand made me sad, considering females are even less respected in certain parts of the world. If I ever went to India I would want to have a man traveling with me, and to stay away from the cities. Not possible at this point in my life but maybe some day.

The "red chewing tobacco" you talk about is probably betel nut, the red residue being a telltale sign. Many people chew betel nut for the alkaloids inside that provide an energy boost and feelings of euphoria/well-being. The use of this drug is extremely common throughout southeast Asia.

Hey man .I completely agree with all your points. I just wanted you to know it's not "people" but "many people".Not everyone is doing that. Sad you had to go through all that. Hope you loved your travel here.

Although you think that India is responsible for this plight, it could be said the West is responsible in some way for all the things you hate. The trash is a modern thing with all the plastic that was brought there by modern society. Before it got pillaged and plundered for all it's natural resources and left without finished sewers and their beautiful culture turned into trash dumps, India was a paradise, where even the poorest of people was decked in gold and had all facilities to thrive internally with all economic benefits being recycled internally. The poor people now are drunks and thieves who prey on women and tourists. It's deplorable for sure, but try to see the reasons......Radhe! Raadhe!

Thank you for the ding! Also great down to earth video.

We dont worship cow here in shillong we love beef. You will find more christian here in shillong n bdw shillong is not that dirty like other states in India..

I’m on my husbands account. We’re in India right now. And I concur 100%. This is my second trip in 3 years. Both times for a month and a half.

He was saying "agun". It's what North Eastern Indians call fire. The little guy was crazy friendly though.

Some Indians ruin India for everyone. Not just foreign tourists but even most of us local tourists feel creeped out by the weird shady people we come across during our travel. These are the same kind of people who would text girls desperately on Facebook with messed up grammar. They're illiterates and the last thing they are taught is cleanliness, hygiene and to respect tourists. They harass you, follow you around, make you feel uncomfortable, pee and spit everywhere and make you feel shitty for being a part of this country. But trust me, not everyone is like this, you will find some really cool, intellectual and interesting people here, in the non shady parts of India. Travel Safe Dakotee, hope to meet you here in India some day and change your perspective about the people here and help you recognize the different crowd that we come across while travelling. Much love!

When The guy from Kolkata tried to communicate with you you're showing the pile of spit and then he got offended and left 😅😂

You should go Sikkim my brother, its better then any other place in India in everyway! Please do try

I am an Indian and I completely agree to what you are saying here..For a matter of fact, Indians see it too but overlook it. The real beauty of this country gets overshadowed by trash everywhere, people spitting tobacco here and there, sick minded men's behaviour which make not just women but men uncomfortable too. I feel disgusted too. But things are now changing for good. Visit Indore and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, the cities which emerged and recognized as the cleanest cities of India under 'Swachha Bharat Abhiyaan' (Clean India Movement). Problems are being worked on. Anyways I love all your videos and I resonate with you everytime. Please do not stop coming to India. I wish I could meet you someday.

Dakota Love the way u say. "Hello Ji"😘❤️

It's not chewing tobacco per say, though it can contain some if you ask for it. It's actually a delicious little mouth freshner called "Paan". Try it, your taste buds will melt. Better than the shitty gums that we have here.

Like any another countries India has problem it can be shocking for west , But not all part of India are like this we are trying to get Civil :)

It’s not Tobacco it’s called Paan. also spelled pan, also called betel quid, an Indian after-dinner treat that consists of a betel leaf (Piper betle) filled with chopped betel (areca) nut (Areca catechu) and slaked lime (chuna; calcium hydroxide), to which assorted other ingredients, including red katha paste. Usually people just chew on it and then spit it out. It’s not good to digest. Their are certain paans that are safe to digest. They are called meeta(sweet) paan.

It's like you're a famous person walking around. You're being supernice to people. Westerners rarely say hello to each other in the streets, in my experience. The coldness is particularly noticeable in Nordic countries were I live. Here, If you greet strangers too much they'll think you're either a weirdo or on drugs! I wonder, do the guys following you ever get physical, do you ever have to defend yourself in any way?

all the problems u mentioned is true here i think we need to work on it

Don't forget the general lack of cleanliness in restaurant kitchens etc. Also, having to use my bare hand to wipe my ass in a squalid public toilet with only a tap, a bucket of water and a hole in the ground 😂

I'm British (Indian) and what you've said is EXACTLY what I said about India when I visited! And you forgot to add about the fires as well which add to the pollution. The only place I saw no trash was in Chandigarh which felt like England to me...didn't even feel like I was in India!

So to paraphrase- it’s dirty as fuck, waste flows through the streets, and the folks have a penchant for making others uncomfortable. Lol...sounds like a great time!

hearing about this all actually makes me wanna go more because I'm the biggest clean freak lmao I think it'd be fun to take myself out of my comfort zone

Speaking of pollution, per capita, the west polluted far more than India. Plus some of the manufactured goods are exported to the west. Hence part of the pollution ought to be assigned to the west.

4:12 yep that's who you need to focus on mate. Blessings.

Consider this old Jenna Marble's facial expression trick to "Avoid Talking To People" townsquare.media/site/157/files/2012/09/jm2-300x218.png?w=980&q=75 😆

Mann.... where have you been... JUST KIDDING. I've been priming myself up get out there. So excited.

In Italy too the animal neglect is very high, it's very surprising. Same with the littering, even around ancient holy sites. I think as Americans littering and animal care are things we're used to our society valuing highly, whereas Europe and Asia it seems to be less emphasized in some nations

Schlong, India? 🤔

I may totally be wrong but i think the red spit is morelikely betel nut and the additives they add to it. Or at least what ive seen from some south east asian counties and it reminded me of that. But of course i wasnt there where you where so i can't be sure. Its just an idea

You should go to costa rica or travel the caribbean islands

Do a video of the things you love next please ☺️

Please visit Dhyanlinga Ashram on Coimbatore !! Stay there for 1 day!! I am an Indian and don't trust me , try it yourself!!

Send this to MODI, so that all can know. The most basic thing is, what would I lose, mera kya jayega, mere baap ka kya jayega

Hey Dakota- where did you pick up saying "Hello G" when you greet people in India? I've tried looking it up and couldnt find anything... I know silly question for ya but i just love how it sounds and wanna know where you learned it lol much love my dude

You have to visit kerala and tamil nadu man. You really missing out

Dakota dude dont be drinkin the strange brew bro. Keep connecting dots. Long time watcher. Stay in the clean zone and keep truckin dude peace Son of God

Ohh buddy trust me....Some of us are soo annoyed by the honking situation!! The traffic is not managed well enough....n somehow people think the excessive honking will get them through the traffic....even if the entire road is jammed!!! They literally have zero patience whatsoever!!! I literally come back home with a headache after Travelling even for like half an hour!!! 😪😪