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In a recounting of an adventure in Ethiopia, Craig Jones describes an incident involving ketamine nasal spray and local moonshine while staying with tribespeople outside their usual campsites. The group initially attempted to consume locally brewed spirits that tasted like gasoline before switching to the ketamine spray during a reflective moment around a campfire. A goat herder who had been working for generations in his family's tradition observed Jones and others using the substance, eventually trying it himself despite language barriers with the translator present. After sitting motionless by the fire for two hours lost in visions of dark places rather than hotels or electricity, he expressed that while the experience was intense, he felt compelled to return immediately to his roots as a goat herder after giving Jones and others breakfast before leaving. Jones notes that this specific reaction from an Ethiopian desert dweller represents a unique existential crisis induced by ketamine compared to other substances he has shared with people in the past. The conversation then shifts to broader observations about British behavior abroad, particularly regarding drug laws and party culture in countries like Dubai, Bali, and Thailand during lockdown periods when many Brits fled their home country for rooftop pool parties and social gatherings. Jones highlights how authorities often lock up individuals found at such events even if they are not the primary source of drugs, noting that while British people generally follow rules domestically—such as orderly driving habits—they frequently disregard foreign laws once traveling internationally. The discussion further explores whether Australians share this same reckless attitude toward international regulations, with Jones acknowledging his own tendency to take chances and admit he is representative of typical Australian behavior rather than an outlier in disregarding local statutes abroad. He contrasts the territorial lane-defending style of American drivers with the orderly nature of British driving at home before describing how both nationalities often abandon caution when overseas partying becomes involved. This behavioral pattern extends beyond just drug possession to include general non-compliance with long-standing social norms like masking and distancing, which Jones suggests are sometimes viewed as silly rules that people willingly break once they leave their own jurisdiction. Throughout the anecdote, Jones maintains a humorous tone about his ability to dodge legal trouble while acknowledging friends who have been arrested in places like Dubai for hosting large parties or possessing significant quantities of substances such as gray goose vodka and various powders left out on tables during lockdowns. He reflects that despite being orderly citizens at home, both British and Australian travelers often engage in risky behaviors abroad without fully considering the severe consequences awaiting them if caught by local authorities who enforce laws strictly regardless of international standards or social distancing mandates. The narrative concludes with a promotional segment for Momentous zinc supplements aimed at improving testosterone levels, recovery, strength, energy, vitality through research-backed formulations that support natural hormone production and offer money-back guarantees alongside international shipping options.
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What was the ketamine thing? Oh, right.
So, I won't say where we got it. Maybe I
smuggled it in. But, uh, at one of the
campfires when we're out of the tribes,
right, we were trying obviously trying
to entertain ourselves. Some of the
stories you've told me off camera for
sure. Um, we're trying to enter
entertain ourselves. So, we had this
ketamine nasal spray and we were sitting
around this fireplace just being idiots
like uh we d we were drinking the local
moonshine. So, I thought that would be
like a cool experience, but it was
basically tasted like gasoline. The
local guy was like, "I'm going to go get
you guys some of the the moonshine." I
was like, "Fuck, sick. Let's get drunk."
And he came back and it was in a plastic
bottle and it basically smelt like pure
ethanol. So, I had to put that down. You
know, I wasn't going to turn it away.
And then we busted out the ketamine
nasal spray and we were hitting that
obviously being quite reflective at the
fireplace. And there was a dude there
that had just left goat hering. Goat
hering had been his thing for
generations, his family's thing. Very
proud of the culture of goat hering out
there. And he saw what we're doing being
idiots. And he looked at the spray and
he was like, he didn't even speak the
same dialect as the guys we're with, but
definitely you see a face that's
interested and wants to try something.
He hits the ketamine. And um he sat
looking at the fireplace for 2 hours not
moving. And then the translator came out
and this guy was like, "Never give that
to me again." And then 15 minutes later
he's
like, he's like, "Pass that back." And
then uh how do you mean it'll do that to
you? It's Yeah. It'll put you in a hole,
put in a dark place, but you come out of
it. And then this guy basically gave us
this speech to a translator afterwards
how he's had all these like visions and
he's like he was working for the I
wouldn't even say it's a hotel. There's
really no electricity or anything. like
we're sleeping in some tents, but he
would sort of cook for us. And he'd only
just started doing this cooking roll.
And following the ketamine experience,
he's like, "I have to live. I have to
return to my roots of goat hurting."
He's like, "I'm going to cook you
breakfast in the morning and then I'm
out of here." You gave a guy an
existential crisis with ketamine. I've
given a few people existential crisis
with a few substances, but uh Ethiopian
goat herder in the middle of the desert
is definitely a first for
me. Yeah. I mean, look, he's returned to
his roots. I'm sure he's probably
enjoying that more. I don't think the
cooking life was for him. All right.
Okay. So, you're a life coach now as
well. Modern wisdom. That's all we're
here for. Uhhuh. Yeah. Well, it's a hard
it's a hard pivot, but I wonder how many
people would sign up to be life coached
by you. Could you imagine what the sort
of outcomes of clients that were life
coached by you would be? Probably a few
large divorce settlements, I'd imagine.
Uhhuh. Uh-huh. Yeah. All right. Who got
arrested in Bali? What was that like?
Like honestly, I don't know how high.
Haven't ended up in a prison really in
some of these travels. Yeah. kind of
like uh you've been dodging very
effectively. It's impressive. The Teflon
dawn, you know, we're getting through
airport security. Obviously, I I look uh
I don't look suspicious at all. That's
what I like to think, you know, but we
I've managed to dodge it, but yeah, I
know tons of people, tons of British
guys getting popped even recently in
Dubai with large two kids just got
popped, the clothing company owners,
right, for having this big party going
on. A friend's girlfriend was someone
who's just in the room next door or like
nearby. It's like if you're at a party
and there's somebody that has drugs,
it's like ah we'll just lock you up for
two weeks and we'll see what's going on
here. Uh so not good. Really, really,
really not good. Yeah. Yeah. You got to
be careful in some of these countries
partying. That's the problem with I I
wonder whether it's the same with
Aussies, but I certainly know that
British people have
this like disregard a lot of the time
for the laws abroad. It's weird because
British people are very orderly. Like if
you've ever driven in the UK, you'll
notice if if I'm in front of you and I
indicate I I get your lane, like you
back off. As opposed to in America, you
guys protect the lane that you're you
actively speed up to not allow that
person to get in. It's very territorial.
They defend the lane like the southern
border basically. Correct. Yeah. Well,
now Yeah. Whereas the British defend the
lane like the southern border a year
ago. Yeah. Um so very very opened up. Um
so in some way are you
97% I think compliance with the first
COVID vaccine like 90% with the second
one quite a rule following type nation
apart from when we leave and we go
elsewhere and the sort of party culture
I remember I was at [ __ ] I can't
remember the name of the the hotel it
was during co so we'd fled the UK me and
a friend had fled the UK because another
lockdown was coming and we weren't going
to be able to fly anywhere and we just
went to Dubai and we were watching
MK play a rooftop pool thing in Dubai.
Everybody there was British because
they'd all done the same thing that
we've done and fled the UK. And you
think if there's one place you really
don't want to be caught with drugs, it's
[ __ ] Dubai. I mean, also maybe Bali
and Thailand and stuff like that, but
you really don't. They do not [ __ ]
about. And it was just this classic sort
of Larry British culture passing bags
around, leaving them out on the table.
you know, bottle of gray goose, bottle
of Belvadier, bottle of like
unpronouncable pink [ __ ] like powder.
What was the name of this place so I can
avoid it? That's on the UAE.
I I honestly can't remember what it was
called, but uh I just remember thinking
this is during [ __ ] lockdown, so
there supposed to be social distancing.
There was supposed to be masking. Like,
okay, you get through the new rules that
you can maybe say are a little bit
silly, but then you get to the ones
where you go, they've been around for a
long time and they're going to [ __ ] you
up. And uh yeah, British people, but are
Aussies like that? Are they kind of dis
still go
degen disregard the laws abroad mode? I
would say for sure. Yeah, we're pretty
reckless as well. Definitely take some
chances. I for one. Yeah, I Okay. I'm
aware that I'm aware that you might be I
was assuming that you weren't
representative. I think pretty
representative. Yeah. All right. Okay.
This is just normal. Yeah. Right. You're
you're you're not anything different.
You're just Australian. Normal Bergen
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