The Sahara Desert of Egypt | One Day in the Siwa Oasis

[@davidgower2848]

Wow. What a place. This is proper travelling 👌

[@shanemoran8260]

Hey Gabriel just subscribed to your channel much respect and appreciation for your videos Excellent channel fantastic content love from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤

[@Seanney25582]

👏 👏 what a sunset over the water, and the mango juice 🤤 I want one now 😆

[@StartLivingNow1963]

Thank You Gabriel Watching from Canada🙂❤👍Safe Travels 🙂Egypt is a Amazing Beautiful Sunset at the End🙂

[@brunolima7402]

Another great day in a lesser known place in Egypt for most tourists. There's something mesmerizing about deserts during the twilight. Thanks for the video.

[@UVF79]

Another wonderful and fantastic clip, from the amazing Gabe 😃✌🏻👍🏻

[@spacecoastaesthetics6990]

Gabe's adventures are like a real life Raiders of Lost Ark

[@jillytravels9317]

Another side of Egypt....there is beauty in decay....and so much history....what a gem Siwa is....

[@CelticMickWalks]

Gabriel you are making Egypt look like a good place to visit 🎉

[@FakeNews_Ignored]

WOW ... 90 mph! Guessing the driver decided its hard to hit a moving target. Safe travels my friend.

[@jennyoshea1958]

Really enjoyable video, Gabriel.🌙✨👌 Thanks for sharing ✨🌙🌟

[@sarahk5724]

Great video! Fascinating scenery, culture and history. Thanks for taking us along.

[@evelynbarry5046]

Wowwww, that place is amazing!

[@Oz011-z4v]

I’m so enjoying this! ❤🙏

[@ilike2walk227]

Excellent video !!!

[@DjimmyTrovy]

What a unique interesting place. Thanks for sharing. I don't comment often (maybe I should) but you are one of my favorite youtubers for so many reasons. Thanks again.

[@JustTunes31]

Great history lesson about the Greek Empire. Thanks Gabe 👍

[@JennyGunner-ge3lz]

What a great trip today. That driver you had was so friendly and knowledgeable. I love it when you find random locals to show you around, as they know the area and the best sights to take you. Beautiful ending with the sunset over the lake, and the buildings with the sunset reflected off them. Looked like a great meal, must say I have never tried camel meat but you can get it in Australia. Cheers🥤❤

[@jamesoates6988]

Very cool. Interesting to hear that is eastern most part of Berber territory.

[@marafarnham595]

That was amazing Gabriel 😊😎☀️

[@richardcullen8995]

Smart saying your from Canada in that part of the World 👍

[@vaultkeeper2]

And it's not a lie since he is from Canada.

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

​@@vaultkeeper2it's a white lie

[@evelynbarry5046]

Why?

[@ryanhardy12]

🙄

[@KatKin123]

Stunning 🤩 it’s great to see new places I’ve never heard about - thanks for showing us around

[@ValentinaMitchell1]

Will be interesting to see what’s up on the Buttes. Great vlog!

[@candy_floss333]

yes it really is Paradise - Enjoy Siwa 😊 excited for your Salt Lake & Desert Trip vids siwa fruit is the best

[@ivanbaricevic7856]

such a contrast seeing that lush vegetation in middle of desert... awesome...

[@Ivyslife33]

Quite an adventure 🙂 with an amazing sunset 🌇

[@razorblade220]

This one has joined my personal favorites list , excellent video ~~!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Sweet, glad to hear it.

[@diarmuidlong5540]

Truly fascinating video you captured somewhere special. Safe travels

[@franciscomunoz7366]

Very nice vídeo, thank you for share! It remember me when I went to Palmyra oasis in Syria before the war

[@goostrey4210]

I love Egypt and miss it. Lovely people and astonishing scenery. I have been twice (I lived there in 1990 for a few months while I studied to teach English), but I must go back soon. I was there with my son last year and we wished we had just stayed longer in Cairo as it’s a fascinating place, not the touristy side but just as a mega city full of life.

[@ManjunathHegde-l8g]

Wah Stunning episode

[@wildlife0010]

Interesting place, I like it

[@Worldofourown2024]

Wow, that is an old traditional place. Thanks for citing your music used as I love Ali Sabah - Yamama. I hope to travel again. I went to Egypt some years ago and regret now I didn't go to Siwa as that's a lovely different side of Egypt with it's unique culture and language that's one I've never seen before. Keep bringing unique content like this and you'll really be a multimillionaire super star KZbin traveler. I had that very same camel meat dish at the riverside in Aswan which is very delicious and filling. I'm so tired of America's food and want to be eating good small business traditional stuff like that instead. This is world travel adventure!

[@dorrielove]

Great video Gabriel 🎉

[@glennplumlee9155]

what an adventure!!

[@willytruyens1615]

Hi Gabriel, surely an amazing place! We just got back home from a trip to Egypt. It seems we missed you in Siwa by less than a day, we left there on Sunday morning 29th September at 6.30. Greetings from Belgium. Keep up the good work!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I arrived there on December 28th, so we were there at the same time. ✌️

[@willytruyens1615]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos On the 28th we were outside the city at the Mountain of the Dead, the Aghurmi temple and Cleopatra's pool. It would have been fun to say hello to you in person. Who knows, maybe some other time somewhere else on the globe 🌍✌

[@lmarcus8697]

May be the best form of transport ever. Much easier for viewers to see

[@happyhedgewytch4573]

What a cool little town!

[@J24606]

Fascinating!

[@peterross2811]

nice work mate!

[@candy_floss333]

Great vid 😊 the Fruit shop on that corner past mosque near red van is the best Gabe

[@kostassarris4782]

Amazing video. Quoting an article so u can look it up... According to Ms. Mitropoulou, "Alexander the Great died suddenly and was initially buried in Memphis. However, Ptolemy I then had him secretly transferred to Siwa, mainly out of fear of Alexander the Great's successor, Perdiccas, who came to Egypt demanding the body of the dead king. The first time, Ptolemy managed to trick him by giving him another body, but the second time Perdiccas arrived in Egypt and demanded his body, he was killed by Ptolemy's horsemen. With Perdiccas now out of the way, Ptolemy ordered an inscription containing all the information about the tomb's occupant.

[@user-ed2go3zv8x]

Χαίρετε.Αυτό εχει αναθεωρηθεί.Ο τάφος του Μ.Αλεξάνδρου βρίσκεται στην Ελλάδα.

[@M-gq1bq]

Glad you brought your Gopro second time around, the water looks wonderful. Edit after watching the rest of video: Glad you didn't loose your Gopro.

[@rajm2626]

I really want to visit Egypt... There's something so fascinating and alluring about the natural and built environment along with the people that just intrigues me so much. I especially want to visit the oases (Siwa and Dakhla in particular), and I want to truly see and explore them. I just wish I could travel to Egypt soon 😍

[@rajm2626]

@RexHimmer if I left the US now, I would have to return as i have nowhere else to go now, and i would probably become severely depressed upon returning, so I will not leave until I have enough money to never have to return, which will be next year. So, thankfully, it won't be long until I can travel to Egypt and other MENA countries.

[@Kuba85Kr]

Very nice trip. Nice place.

[@TheSwede70]

So nice...watching while working the last hour today. 🙂

[@clayanderson4058]

Hidden Gem!

[@TheEddieToro]

Gabriel. Hope all's well. Keep doing you amigo.

[@vincentblackshadow1581]

The niche is a mihrab and the "stairs to nowhere" are for the imam. I feel like I have seen Siwa in my dreams which could be actually be memories of the soul from long ago.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I see, good to know, thanks for the info.

[@haraldkreuz5824]

very nice!!!🏝🥤

[@chad-bf7zi]

If you didn’t know any better, the buildings look like south west Arizona

[@MohammadMahmoud-n6h]

The language of Siwa is a dialect of Amazighi (the original language of the whole of North Africa before Arabic was introduced since the 7th century after Islamic conquests) it's an Afro-Asiatic language so it shares few basic characters with Arabic (Semitic languages are Afro-Asiatic as well) and there are of course Arabic words that infiltrated all Amazighi dialects as many Arabs were accutured to be Amazighs and the opposite (many Amazighs were arabized)

[@laudermarauder]

12:11 I think it means that if you were 8km in the air (26,247 feet) and looked down, you would see the area in the same scale as it is shown on the map.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Hmmmm, I see, interesting. Still not sure why that's written on the map, it doesn't seem like useful info to anyone.

[@countryman569]

Siwa language is an eastern Berber language.

[@M-gq1bq]

Apparently in the Siwi language "Azul" means "hello and "Azul felawen" means "hello to you". Also a Chinese drilling company is digging or has digged deepwater wells for the villagers of Malol, located in the Siwa Oasis, maybe that is why there are so many signs in Chinese. (Added the "apparently" because it is taken from a web site and I don't know if it is actually true.) The Siwa Oasis looks like a very interesting place to visit.

[@JumpingPlaces]

amazing place. we stayed in that building at 7:28 :D

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cool, the Heritage hotel. I'll keep it in mind as an option in case I decide to stay a little longer. My room here is super cheap but I bet that place is nicer.

[@Ojstra]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos , I saw your new videos now and you said that you are going to Milan, Italy with flight on October 8. If you are going there, don't forget amazing Lake Maggiore (Borromean Islands are out of this world, amazing palaces on the lake islands - palace on Isola Bella is one of the most amazing in the world) and Lake Como (Villa del Balbianello from Star Wars 2, Varenna, Bellagio, Menaggio). Of course, Aosta Valley with Aosta (Roman Alpine capital) and Fenis Castle is not far and also Chamonix, France with amazing cable car to Aiguille du Midi where Mont Blanc is seen very good on a clear day. But for now, enjoy your stay in Egypt, your videos from there are amazing and I am looking forward to see your new ones in near future. I am back from my trip to Stockholm, Sigtuna, Uppsala and Drottningholm Palace in Sweden and here can I say that these are also really amazing places and that Sweden can be even cheaper than some places in Croatia right now which is surprise but true. Have a nice time and all the best.

[@Ojstra]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos , I saw your new videos now and you said that you are going to Milan, Italy with flight on October 8. If you are going there, don't forget amazing Lake Maggiore (Borromean Islands are out of this world, amazing palaces on the lake islands - palace on Isola Bella is one of the most amazing in the world) and Lake Como (Villa del Balbianello from Star Wars 2, Varenna, Bellagio, Menaggio). Of course, Aosta Valley with Aosta (Roman Alpine capital) and Fenis Castle is not far and also Chamonix, France with amazing cable car to Aiguille du Midi where Mont Blanc is seen very good on a clear day. But for now, enjoy your stay in Egypt, your videos from there are amazing and I am looking forward to see your new ones in near future. I am back from my trip to Stockholm, Sigtuna, Uppsala and Drottningholm Palace in Sweden and here can I say that these are also really amazing places and that Sweden can be even cheaper than some places in Croatia right now which is surprise but true. Have a nice time and all the best.

[@Ojstra]

​@@GabrielTravelerVideos , I saw your new videos now and you said that you are going to Milan, Italy with flight on October 8. If you are going there, don't forget Lake Maggiore (Borromean Islands are out of this world, amazing palaces on the lake islands - palace on Isola Bella is one of the most amazing in the world) and Lake Como (Villa del Balbianello from Star Wars 2, Varenna, Bellagio, Menaggio). Of course, Aosta Valley with Aosta (Roman Alpine capital) and Fenis Castle is not far and also Chamonix, France with imposing cable car to Aiguille du Midi where Mont Blanc is seen very good on a clear day. But for now, enjoy your stay in Egypt, your videos from there are excellent and I am looking forward to see your new ones in near future. I am back from my trip to Stockholm, Sigtuna, Uppsala and Drottningholm Palace in Sweden and here can I say that these are also really amazing places and that Sweden can be even cheaper than some places in Croatia right now which is surprise but true. Have a nice time and all the best.

[@Ojstra]

​@@GabrielTravelerVideos , ​ I saw your new videos now and you said that you are going to Milan, Italy with flight on October 8. If you are going there, don't forget Lake Maggiore (Borromean Islands are out of this world, beautiful palaces on lake islands - palace on Isola Bella is one of the most amazing in the world) and Lake Como (Villa del Balbianello from Star Wars 2, Varenna, Bellagio, Menaggio). Of course, Aosta Valley with Aosta (Roman Alpine capital) and Fenis Castle is not far and also Chamonix, France with imposing cable car to Aiguille du Midi where Mont Blanc is seen very good on a clear day. But for now, enjoy your stay in Egypt, your videos from there are excellent and I am looking forward to see your new ones in near future. I am back from my trip to Stockholm, Sigtuna, Uppsala and Drottningholm Palace in Sweden and here can I say that these are also really amazing places and that Sweden can be even cheaper than some places in Croatia right now which is surprise but true. Have a nice time and all the best.

[@gingermele3111]

Hi Gabriel, I'm really enjoying your videos of Egypt. My guess is the alcove near the stairs was intended for a god or goddess. This is what I found in my search. Bastet, Goddess of Protection She protected the home from evil spirits and disease, especially diseases associated with women and children. As with many deities in Egyptian religion, she also played a role in the afterlife as a guide and helper to the dead although this was not one of her primary duties.

[@travel_and_explore_with_BIP]

What a Nice part of the world, cheers 🍺

[@davidjobson7522]

nice one!

[@lojimoles1]

Great vídeo 😊

[@bigwig5395]

Looks like a movie set

[@TimesandGens]

The light of vision SIGN says it is 11KM above the ground for the scale of the city( drone height view from above). Beautiful and friendly...nice place.

[@Bingooo333]

Yeahhhh❤🎉

[@thebudgetbackpackers]

I love the last dinner shot you made with the camel meat. So cool! What did it taste like? Thanks for sharing!

[@kateg1137]

In recent years a Buddha head was found in Egypt, called the Berenike Buddha. I think it is not near Siwa oasis unfortunately.

[@rajm2626]

That's probably Berenice Troglodytica, an ancient town which is located on the Red Sea, near the border with Sudan. I remember reading that there was evidence that South Indian (Tamil?) travellers had reached there at some point. The ancients really did a lot more travel than some modern people may think.

[@joseph40ninjas88]

Looks fun. Enjoy 17:30 🛻

[@pavelavietor1]

Canada an American country a beautiful nation of multiple ethnic groups that have given so much to our planet, America an indivisible continent From Canada To Chile. saludos

[@Michael-ps4vn]

Indiana Jones Vibes

[@jalalal-haddad7414]

Dear Gabriel (Ezayek) means how are you in Egyptian-arabic, no one was speaking in (Siwan) during the video shooting😊 But the place was perfecly beautiful🍻

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I see, thanks for letting me know.

[@vs9324]

It would be nice if you can also include drone shots of some places like this oasis. One can better appreciate the contrast between the desert and the oasis. Just a suggestion.

[@kanadiankorner]

Egypt is very strict about things like drones. It's legal technically but you require a government permit and getting one is very difficult to do I've been told. I've seen many a KZbinr have thier drones either seized or held at the airport until the person departs the country. Unfortunately it is an impractical thing to try to do.

[@AmericanEnglishBrent]

Gosh, I would hate to have car trouble during that stretch of road. 3:36

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

That's what I was thinking during the three hour drive here.

[@AmericanEnglishBrent]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos ouch. I was hoping you’d say, “Oh, no. It was quite safe.” 😀

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

The good thing is it's a well traveled road. If you did break down then you would get help, probably get a ride with the next taxi or shuttle bus to come along. But it could definitely result in a big delay. And if it was a major breakdown that required towing then it seems like it could be a huge problem for the owner of the vehicle, probably very expensive.

[@AmericanEnglishBrent]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos oh, I see. Thanks for clearing that up. Love your content.

[@MarksWorldOfAdventure]

Is that a pyramid or just a hill in the background?

[@adoe9807]

Gabe, in your Egypt travels, did you ever take one of those Nile River boat tours? I'm thinking of the Agatha Christie story type of river cruises.

[@martinc.720]

2 seconds before you said something about it, I was thinking "I wonder if he sometimes says he is Canadian, just to avoid some people potentially being unpleasant to him" 😂

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cool. 👍

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

His demeanor is American however

[@travelingkakabsat]

How was the camel meat? I once had grilled kangaroo. Probably the most gamey I’ve ever had

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@travelingkakabsat It was pretty good, a little tough to chew. I'd try it again.

[@EsaLena1]

That language just before 12:00 looks like Arabic (not just the script but what I was able to catch of the sound patterns).

[@annieis300]

😎😎😎

[@theVeryFirstRayOfLight]

I am also loving the advertisements on your videos apart from the content 🤣

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Excellent. 👍

[@theVeryFirstRayOfLight]

@@ElginHuttlesford you must be an elite, pay for premium 🤣👽🚫

[@elizabethstrouth4958]

If you happen to go back to India which I know you do this time of year, can you go to an art museum in India. I don't know if they have any. There is an Indian artist Amrita Shergil who was a female artist who painted. Just wondered if they have her artwork displayed anywhere.

[@Dimi1982.]

Is it possible for more details about how someone can find a taxi or Uber or bus from Marsa Matruh to Siwa?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Just ask at your hotel, they should be able to arrange it.

[@Dimi1982.]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos You're awesome! Greetings from a Greek living in Vienna 🙏

[@pasqualeabarno]

👍👍👍

[@nicklindsey3872]

Just out of random curiosity how was the meal at the end?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Pretty good, the camel meat was a bit tough but still tasty and a great sauce on the rice.

[@nicklindsey3872]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos it does look tasty

[@oximiob3783]

hey Gabe, is that a Sure tank top?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

It's from Thailand.

[@tadhgdoran-qi8pl]

What country are you going to next

[@jampuppy]

Very cool locations! Love the ancient sites. I haven’t noticed any women other than a few tourists. Are they very traditional Muslims in this area that keep women out of sight? I wonder how western women are received, if so.

[@Mryafah]

the writing on the wall in Arabic

[@francoisHUGARD]

Great episode

[@ritastiles24178815]

I can't believe you tried camel meat 😯

[@jeffryan7262]

I like how you call WhatsApp, WhatsUp 😆

[@sachinmalhotra4140]

Man nice content but low views why ?

[@uncleenore]

Siwa...isn't that some guy in NYC who wears a red beret all the time?

[@rossjudd6049]

How does the Camel meat taste? Is it beef-like, or more like mutton?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I'd say more like mutton.

[@jcdog1000]

In hurghada some restaurants sell beef pretending it’s camel! If it’s really camel it should taste gamy a bit like deer 🦌

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

Is it similar to mule?

[@Elguaso2011]

Thanks for sharing, did you try camel meat?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes, at the end of the video.

[@thrivingnow7843]

Gabriel have you been to Algeria?

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

Americans must take care in Algeria

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

No, but my friend Viktor from Sweden is half Algerian and he went there recently. It would be amazing to go on a trip there with him sometime.

[@Terry49]

👍

[@ikosmargaritis9749]

i wonder why the military needs to check everybody 4 times on a 3 hours trip in the middle of nowhere. one or two times not enough? what are they looking for? so much military checking would be uncomfortable to me TBH.

[@vaultkeeper2]

It's an area near the Libyan border, Libya is a lawless land and bandits and terrorists may be roaming the desert.

[@mirzagoralija4492]

😊❤🇧🇦⛰🏔🗻

[@theVeryFirstRayOfLight]

Have you ever been to a Starbucks abroad?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes, sometimes I will go there to get breakfast.

[@BrusselsDude]

First!!!!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Third.

[@alex182618]

29:45 Lada car

[@1Charioteer]

I like the old videos when you were thrifty. Now you are buying fresh sunglasses and getting haircuts 😩

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

My room here is $13. The sunglasses are five years old. 😁✌️

[@stevenlapidus2902]

Gabe is a successful mogul now and deserves all the comforts he has earned. Too bad there is no Ritz Carlton in Siwa.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@stevenlapidus2902 I've never been a fan of Ritz-Carlton, terrible crackers.

[@stevenlapidus2902]

Gabe - Thanks for the response; a good one. Serious question: I know you have come up as a backpacker and still see yourself as one but as you have gotten a little older (like us all) and more successful, does the more luxurious travel of 4 and 5 star hotels and even suitcases get any more attractive to you? Asked differently, if a very nice hotel were available and affordable, even the Ritz Cracker, would you stay there over the lesser hotel and/or hostel?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@stevenlapidus2902 I'm happy to bridge both worlds. I'll definitely go for the nice hotel rooms sometimes. The hotel where I stayed in Alexandria was four star. But ultimately how luxurious it is doesn't matter that much to me. It's more about the atmosphere and practicalities like a comfortable bed, clean, quiet, fast wifi and the location. And cheaper is always better.

[@carlopascucci3297]

gabriel please stop like forest gump back to home