The Venice Beach Experience | Los Angeles, California

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

At 2:45 it's apparently paddle tennis, not pickleball. And here's a list of all the people in the mural at the beginning: Albert Einstein, Alan Watts, Baruch Spinoza, Terence McKenna, Carl Jung, Carl Sagan, Emily Dickinson, Nikola Tesla, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ralph Waldo Emerson, W.E.B. DuBois, Henry David Thoreau, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Rumi, Adi Shankara, Lao Tzu.

[@Resmith18SR]

Hi Gabriel, I'm sure you're one of the few people who could recognize Alan Watts on that mural there. Have you ever read any of his books on Zen Buddhism and philosophy? I have and really liked it. A lot of those people I really admire, especially Einstein, Spinoza, Lao Tzu, Rumi, Carl Sagan and Thoreau.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes, read some of his books years ago. I like his style.

[@Resmith18SR]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos I agree, you're a smart man.

[@jwcw29]

I don't think its Padel as it does not have the walls you can play off

[@sponger-qo9wf]

Forgot BURT

[@AdventureElliot]

Gabe uploads after 7 days which seems like an eternity for how consistent he’s been over the years..guess who’s back, back again? Gabe’s back, tell your friends

[@cynthiamartinez6583]

7 days to die is a video game Elliot

[@rrhys1952]

Elliot, ouch..... Gabe phone home

[@daystar4909]

Gabe Bro! Just *wow* you truly captured the essence of California really well! I mean the great weather, diverse people, skaters in action with cool added metal type of music, hotties!, a homeless guy, green bud shop, what else could we ask for! Great job bud!

[@dreammfyre]

I’m such a sucker for anything south western USA. LA area, Las Vegas, Utah/Salt Lake area, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona. Still feels like a frontier.

[@patrickw123]

In a world that always changes, the spirit of Venice Beach lasts forever! New Mayan ruins in the Yucatan sound amazing

[@reelhappytravellers2691]

This is definitely among the most inspiring travel uploads. One experience that totally left me speechless. Seriously this is one of the best and most inspirational excerpts for travel lovers.

[@rikdeere]

Very cool. I went to Venice High back in the 70's. Spent a lot of time going from Venice to Santa Monica looking for good waves and fun along the way. Much has changed, but the vibe seems to remain the same.

[@joseitsme]

Welcome to L.A. Gabriel. My first job was in Redondo Beach in the marina. I grew up in Torrance in the 90's as a teenager. Now I live in the valley. It has been warm with cool nights. Last month was very cold. @14:55 it was cool that guy was singing karaoke "Close to you" from Maxi Priest. I love that song! Have a great time in Cancun!

[@chrisbrown8748]

I visited Venice beach for the first time back in October 2021🤙🏽. It’s so much I still need to explore all over the great state of California.

[@no_soy_rubio]

Looks like Venice has really cleaned itself up again, great to see all the action! Greetings from cold wintry England!

[@no_soy_rubio]

@@theodore9274 yeah tbh our winters are much milder than yours. Our summers too 😆 yeah there's a lot of nice countryside, London is pretty unique and not like the rest of the country at all. I guess you could say the same for NYC and the rest of the US

[@underthetornado]

I lived in Venice in the late 70s. It was the end of an era way back then. Used to be soooooo cool. There were funky little jazz clubs and cute little bars. People left their front doors open and people would be jamming. Those were the days! Now it's too commercial and dumpy.

[@HaiderAlZubaidi]

I left the US, and now I am in Baghdad! Come to Baghdad, you won’t regret it! Absolutely phenomenal😊

[@PauloGaetathe_original]

How's the safety for foreigners there at the moment?

[@HaiderAlZubaidi]

@@PauloGaetathe_original Baghdad, the Kurdistan region, and most other major cities are perfectly safe for foreigners. I have 7 of my American friends have already visited Baghdad and they’ve enjoyed it so much

[@classiccarsandlifestyle]

So good to see and hear you again Gabriel😊

[@albertsteiner1111]

Hi Gabriel i am a traveler too and i use u as my private (american) english teacher (improver) by watching a lot of your Videos. And i improved a lot ever since Thanxxxxxx . Very understandable english I've walked the same strip in 2014

[@mlt1882]

I love it when Gabriel do some vlogs about his country, I'm from Malta, Europe and i wish to visit the US one day it looks amazing!

[@Himani9166]

I'm moving to Venice C.A I'm excited

[@danallard]

Anyone else play so much GTA that they kept expecting a griefer on an Oppressor to come into frame? Rockstar really did an amazing job of recreating the Venice Beach area in the game - so many areas so faithfully recreated!

[@daveweinburger7132]

Glad all the homeless were removed. Now, Venice Beach looks beautiful and fun. Hope all the tourists come back and enjoy.

[@thatnorwegianguy1986]

Still a shadow of it's former self people can't afford to run any shop there anymore and the magic has just gone the homeless is the least of that areas problems.

[@roberth7894]

I'm glad that they kicked out all of the homeless/squatters because it looked like crap for a long while. I hope that those people get the help that they need, society is such a crazy trip right now..

[@msv9637]

Isn’t it just for some rigged sporting event? Some bread and circuses.. gotta clear the way for a mega profiting event?

[@rizipt]

@@msv9637 Yes it's all about the Superbowl. The homeless are still there.

[@ShaSha-kq6th]

Facts! Yes they are still there but it does look nicer now

[@michaelahass2695]

Hello Gabriel, Thanks for making us discover Venice Beach, have never been there, it looks great with special vibes and so sunny in January... Best regards and happy days in Youkatan, 🖐😍🍀

[@davidprice6994]

As always my friend a real pleasure watching your videos. looks another beach on my list of places to visit.

[@travellingeverard4326]

Great to see Venice Beach on a warm sunny winters day. Looking forward to seeing your Mexico trip.

[@arilebon]

The place has been cleaned up. That's great.

[@94vrcommodore]

Good to see you back on the move. This part of LA looks good

[@mr.sts.p]

Venice Beach The place to be on A suny day! 👍 😀

[@scottc4598]

I have a tradition that the final day of every one of my American holidays is spent at Venice Beach. Flights to Sydney usually leave late in the evening from LAX so i'm just killing time until departure. It's a great final scene to end a holiday.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cool.

[@JeSuisHulk]

Merida is pretty nice if you haven't been before definitely worth a stop.

[@fancybobbybob]

It’s nice you also show us where not to go, thanks Gabe!

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Love the way you edited the skateboard scene. Cool area.👍😊🇨🇮

[@marafarnham595]

Aww nice Gabriel 😎☀️🌴waiting for some more epic videos! Take care! 😊🤗❤🙏

[@Resmith18SR]

Imagine the cheapest room in this tacky area is $175 a night? Gabe: What's it called? "Complete Rip off Hotel right on Venice Beach."

[@ArcAudios77]

Lovely for January. Thanks Gabriel. Best Wishes

[@DrGreen_420]

Great episode Gabe ;-) ...nice to see some sunshine.

[@ricklanders]

Venice looks very inviting! That's not Abraham Lincoln, btw, it's Henry David Thoreau. ;-) Under Einstein is Friedrich Nietzsche, and next to him is W.E.B. Du Bois. The woman in between Sagan and Tesla is Emily Dickinson, I believe, but I don't know the one under her - Betsy Ross, maybe? Well, hope that helps - have to put that liberal arts/English degree to work somehow!

[@dreammfyre]

Nice to see the relative lack of face masks. If you got symptoms you should stay at home anyway, so what’s the point, especially outside in the sunshine?

[@thewanderer3341]

Venice beach brings back memories 🤪 lived there for 10 months back in 2002 in the Cadillac Hotel as head of housekeeping 😎 fun times back then ☀️🌴 keep on cruising Gabe & let the film 🎥 keep rolling , safe travels dude ✌🏼

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Right on. I was a housekeeper in Alaska for a couple summers. Fun times.

[@rumik-stahnke6512]

WOW man what a paradise 👍love this beautiful place sooo much 😁✌Thanks for sharing bro 👏Mericaaaa🇺🇸🤘✌

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Gabriel, Venice beach is one of the most famous beaches in the USA yet when you go to Daytona beach they are a huge sign saying the world's most famous beach I guess it's really known for car racing. Yet in Venice Beach LA it has its famous venue bodybuilding culture people like Arnold Schwarzenegger Franco Colombu and Dave Draper who appeared in the Monkees show back in the '60s and other well-known bodybuilders. Also, notice a sport popularized by Tony Hawk "Birdman" skateboarding and these people are crazy doing those tricks without any helmets or pads easy way to break some bones. You do have a Venice beach in Flordia it's more like a hippy town laid-back place not as what's happening in LA.

[@vhinsagcal207]

A blessed good day sir Gabe Wowwww what a nice beautiful 😍 place of Venice beach California So many things activities to do Picnic groove perfect Destinaions for the family and bonding with Friends, thank you sir Gabe for your wonderful walk around tour Godbless u 🙏🙂 from your solid fan supporter viewer from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Vhin 😍🙏🙂😍😍😍😍👏🤗🤗👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️👍👍

[@nourilondon]

We visited LA in 1996 as we had family living in Venice beach it was amazing jogging there late afternoons. Also i wanted to play baskeball there and i did after I saw the movie "white men can't jump " which was filmed in Venice beach.

[@dreamthedream8929]

I was 6 or 7 years old in that year and my parents also took me there from latvia, however not sure if it was 1996 or a bit later

[@bj-th7ul]

Venice Beach looks visitable again... over the past couple of years it appeared to be more like homeless enclave & everything typically associated with that. thanks for sharing, gracias... happy travels

[@ChrisBing1]

Thanks for bringing us with you in LA, looks super cool there 👍

[@MichaelSmith-cl1uo]

What a great video!!!!! watching from another country in winter... Looks really nice !!

[@LeoFtravels]

I love Venice Beach ⛱️

[@Magicman1-2-3]

The guy you pointed at and called Abraham Lincoln is actually Henry David Thoreau lol.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I think you're right.

[@travelandtash]

I’ve never seen this part of the US… my closest memories to something that remotely resembles this kind of scene are the Baywatch episodes I watched as a teenager. 🤣🤣

[@keithbloomfield1341]

Imagine, Gabriel Traveller meets German in Venice. That would have been awesome 👥

[@henrylimit]

Collab!

[@nukepity9266]

my head would explode

[@harryrambler]

GIV owns a Henna Tattoo shop that Gabe walked past!

[@markbass7145]

fingers crossed

[@harryrambler]

@@5arda732 Bratwurst mit pommesfrites und mayonnaise mit a kalt pilsner bier bitter!

[@BadKittus]

I've been watching the LIVE CAM on Venice Beach Hotel lately. Would have been hilarious if id seen u vloging on it recently.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

No doubt.

[@hetty43]

Great to see your videos again. Enjoyed seeing Venice beach. Only been in LA once a long time ago. Never made it to any beach. We were too obsessed with seeing downtown which turned out to be a disappointment. Great to see this Venice beach. Looking forward to your next videos. Greetings from Northern Ireland. 🇬🇧

[@raystravel8325]

Look for German in Venice down there. He is a big guy. Very cool and nice guy. He is another KZbin that lives down that way

[@mikewest3975]

Hi Gabriel thanks for sharing my family lives in Santa Monica I'll plan a trip sometime this year Venice beach is a crazy place that's why I love it I always meet lots of interesting people I also enjoy the walks and bike rides looking forward to your Cancun videos have a safe flight.

[@Deemole]

You will never find a more diverse place other than California. Good weather good weed good company

[@livinlarge1247]

Still going! Keep up the good work & educational, fun adventures! Great camera work: is that a Go Pro or the other kind?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Thanks. DJI Osmo, link below the video.

[@livinlarge1247]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos love it! Thanks again! Awesome work!

[@lirenerichards6819]

I wish you could have gone over to Catalina Island to show everyone how beautiful it is over there.

[@DPLZNT]

Looks like they cleaned it up a bit. I’m glad to see this! It got real bad not too long ago

[@henrylimit]

Looks cleaned up without homeless camps, and when in QRoo makes sure you check out Lake Bacalar if you haven't before!

[@sz13bigmo]

Need to watch German in Venice as mentioned below for before/after

[@pikas1980]

Gab u still need to come all the way down to Argentina!..

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Si, amigo.

[@iceandflames]

This looks like Hollywood beach Florida beach 🏝️

[@TorysSideQuests]

After watching a bunch of videos of yours it’s nice to see something I can actually relate too. I came here in July of 2021 and also rented a bike. I started at Venice Beach and biked down to Santa Monica pier and back down. It was a great day and an even better week. Unfortunately there was some kind of spill, I think sewage when I was there so I had to go down to Huntington Beach to surf and swim. Still a great time though and an awesome beach. You were right about what you said, in the summer the competition is ridiculous

[@888MLAW]

we came from England but due to the youtube video we looked at, passed due to the homeless, hope you clean up the beach California your state is on a down cline.

[@scottanderson9656]

RE pickle ball. the ball is deflated and it's a not so solid wooden paddle which works well on the smaller court.

[@Bob-Sacamano314]

holy shit, I have never seen Venice soooo clean

[@rajattyagi100]

The Indian saint on the wall painting was Adi Shankaracharya

[@samaslett6617]

Visited this place in 2008 and loved it! Need to go again some day….

[@odykol2984]

Hey Gab.....nice job as always...here in Greece we have snow......

[@danube1001]

Hey bro, thanks for sharing and show more of Southern California

[@thomasshelby6403]

Vespucci beach looks lovely

[@juniyananajukyu]

Wow! Good to see it all cleaned up.

[@TravelingEddie]

GABE what's up! Funny thing I walked passed by that same Burt Reynolds wall art back in December 1st last year.2021 with KevTV a friend. Also saw that mural with Tesla and all. We parked a block up the street. Venice beach and The Santa Monica Pier had been on my bucket list for years. I had been to LA twice before but had never ventured over there. Nice taste of the scene and thanks.

[@deveshdikshit90]

Hello Mr Morris please add thanks option in your videos don't have credit card .But huge fan of your work.So I could also support you .

[@swinderby]

Good to see they have cleared all the squalor away from Venice beach.

[@TheTwoTravelersInMexico]

I love Venice beach. Great video, it brought back memories. -Marc

[@LeisuresuitAndy]

I know why he doesn't have more sunscribers. Whenever i start vloggin, i will probaby talk about it in a video of mine. Good to see though, there are still more then half a million people interested in one of the vlog starters, a guy who shows every corner of this planet, and isn't shy to say everything that comes up in his mind.

[@northernstar4811]

Kind of a scruffy area of L.A. Tacky shops selling knick knacks and dodgy food. Although, I like the palm trees.

[@wdckqjcgf]

Love the summer vibes on Venice beach cant wait to go there some time.

[@stevenlapidus2902]

Gabe, Any thoughts yet on a more longer term next destination for you? Have fun in Mexico but this destination is a tad saturated after two years of Covid forcing seemingly all You Tube vloggers there . How about some of the Mediterranean islands like Sardinia, Corsice, Cyprus and Malta, for instance?

[@theadventuresofbrockinthai4325]

Hey Gabriel, been wondering what you were up to. I think KZbin either took you out of my priority list or you haven't been posting any videos. Was just thinking about you earlier today. Now you are in Venice Beach haven't been there in a long time. Back in the late 60's it was a great place to be. Free love and peace. I have a few fond memories of Venice Beach but for some reason I can't remember their name's. Lol Look forward to your trip to Mexico. The area you are going to is an area I haven't been to so I will be very interested. Stay safe my friend.

[@Saha9800]

Hi, 1:05 The person you're pointing to is Molavi Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet.

[@Makross_82]

Really nice seeing Venice Beach without all the homeless and squatters.

[@djmeztisoul]

Great video! My partner and I really enjoyed your walkthrough.

[@johnmudnich9838]

Hi Gabriel! Exciting to see you in my area. Venice Beach is very cool. I am looking forward to seeing your Mexico videos.

[@Martin76x]

Great video man , thanks for showing it off , hoped to see a tour of skid row

[@helenep7062]

#1 on bucket list 😊

[@thechubbytrekker8603]

Cool video! Venice Beach doesn't look like of my kind of place. I'll stick to Cannon Beach in Oregon!

[@tarasidor3028]

Fantastic skateboarding video!

[@jablonskijs]

Hey Gabriel! You’re right. PICKLEBALL is VERY popular!!! Unfortunately you haven’t seen it yet! You were watching PADDLE TENNIS which has been played in Venice Beech for years! Pickleball is played with a plastic whiffle ball type ball. Keep up the great videos!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Ha, oh well. Pickleball, paddle tennis, it's all Greek to me.

[@cukor2805]

thanks for the review, it was very interesting!

[@Bitte66]

I visited los Angeles before, very nice

[@kindadecent9754]

2:35 Lmao hell yeah. The Venice I know and love

[@mpower6004]

Venice is such a unique place you get dazzled by it . Glad to hear you going to Cancun because I myself not far behind you can never go wrong going to Mexico .

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

I love Venice Beach. No beach like it.

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

I think I will end up here because I like to roller blade for fun and it looks safe there to do that.

[@HonestFranklin]

She also lived in Venice Beach California, so we went for a chicken restaurant when we met since i was 8 years old. Especially i like fried chicken and but she like sweet spicy chicken. I am happy because i can enjoy meal both fried chicken and sweat fried chicken. Also this district is very famous chicken in city. Maybe you can't forget it after tasting amout of chickens. If you smell what the chick, is cookin

[@peterkirkman3357]

Trip out on the characters, so polite lol

[@marklucas8795]

Looking forward to your new travels !

[@jksezhey1]

Gabe has come to his home in Santa Monica!

[@effie-Toronto]

Gabe nice to see Venice Beach I visited it years ago

[@rc653]

Skateboarding. Brought to you by Rocket Power, from the 90s Nick days.

[@thomasprince4992]

on that mural im glad to see The Big Lebowski next to Einstein

[@EvaOwen]

It looks like L.A. weather is much better than it was last month (when I visited)!