Use one of the services that temporarily provision the number for you for crypto. I used grizzly and it worked after some trying, but their account system is shit so make sure your account is fully created before you load up crypto.

This feels like what Central Asia would have looked like if the USSR was never overthrown. The people's behaviour in the video is similar to what you get in Russia and ex-USSR countries (especially in less busy places). People there like it when you try to interact with them in their language and are really friendly, although skin colour definitely increases the "novelty" for them as well.

Prelude to the Cool Zone