lol. Sure I felt happy that he had something else to keep his family fed. But I as a tourist with more valuable cash come into this country with an artificially low value cash, take up the very resources of that country to … give me a tour! This guy is probably a skilled archeologist who made a huge effort to learn history of an ancient civilization and was actually able to translate whatever we asked him to translate.

And here he is could be doing something so much more valuable … than giving this idiot (me) a “tour”.

I am appreciative that I met him. And that he was my guide. But my money didn’t give him an income. It took away the finite resources of his country.

People generally become tour guides because alternative jobs don't exist. It's extremely common for the local workers who help with excavation to become tour guides for the areas they've helped excavate. Many of these people are more knowledgeable (in certain respects) than the archaeologists they're helping.

I'm fairly certain you weren't taking him away from something more valuable that he would have been doing in your absence.

If there was less tourism there would be even less demand for archeologists and the guy would have likely been forced into an even lower skilled job

Nothing stops you from giving the guy a donation.