This is North Macedonia | Exploring a Mysterious Country

A road trip adventure in the little known but very interesting country of North Macedonia (often referred to as just Macedonia).
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This is North Macedonia | Exploring a Mysterious Country

[@saratemp790]

How much was the dinner there?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Woops, forgot to include the price. It was around $8 for everything.

[@saratemp790]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Okay, good deal.

[@sherifbalich3945]

Hi Buddy Once again great video 👍! I’m from ex Yugoslavia and wanted to let you know that Tito wasn’t dictator! We had a great and respectful country!!! With our passport we could travel everywhere without visas!! Yugoslavia was so different from another communist country in the region!! Regards!! Keep on traveling!!!

[@saratemp790]

My first pin.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@Dunja I Too bad I missed it, I'll have to check it out the next time.

[@AnkleSnapper72]

Gabe Goes Random Exploring, the best thing on You Tube.

[@maryrosed8475]

I love the scenes when you are driving with the sheep on the road! Reminds me of my childhood in Ireland. Driving down the country always came across farmers with sheep and cattle on the roads! Beautiful scenery.

[@user-hb5ri3fk2w]

'I know of two tragic histories in the world - that of Irealnd and that of Macedonia, both of them have been deprived and tormented' ~ Roger Casement (Irish Patriot) P.s. There is no NORTH IRELAND and NORTH MACEDONIA, THERE IS ONLY IRELAND AND MACEDONIA! Greetings from Macedonia to our Irish brothers! Truth must prevail!

[@maryrosed8475]

@@user-hb5ri3fk2w Northern Ireland is British. That is the way the majority of people want it. We in Southern Ireland are a Republic which is what we want!

[@user-hb5ri3fk2w]

@@maryrosed8475 Ireland should belong to you not to Britain!

[@maryrosed8475]

@@user-hb5ri3fk2w Majority rules. Majority of people in Northern Ireland are British! It goes way back in history. We do not want Northern Ireland anyway. It would be far to expensive for us. NI gets huge money from the UK. They have a free Health System the NHS. We do not have this. I have relations in the North and no way do they want to become part of Southern Ireland. It is really only a few Nationalists causing trouble. Most people are very happy with things the way they are. I love my trips up North but always glad to get home.

[@Bongarnie]

It’s good to see a place where you can venture and never be worried of getting mugged or something 👌

[@rocco...]

There's no attitude there. Everyone appears rather humble.

[@waitaminute2015]

The woman at the market made you an offer you couldn't refuse. True saleswoman!

[@VictorSokovin]

Gosh, this is as authentic as it gets. Loved the road market. 20:50 I think the lady was praising her ajvar, and it looked good.

[@Gerald-iz7mv]

ajvar = amazing! try it!!!!

[@Travelwithchris]

Macedonia is one of the most underrated countries in Europe!

[@ioanniskoletis8300]

Travel How is Macedonia underrated? Thessaloniki airport alone has many tourists each year. Chalkidiki , Pieria beaches also, many tourists from the Balkans. Do you mean North Macedonia?

[@Travelwithchris]

@@ioanniskoletis8300 ahahah there's always one... you knew exactly what I meant you just wanted to make a point. Good job, you did! Hope you can sleep better tonight! 🙌🏻🤣

[@ioanniskoletis8300]

@@Travelwithchris You signed to change your name with Prespa Agreement, dont blame me.

[@Wockket]

@@ioanniskoletis8300 Alexander the great was albanian, sorry had to prove my random point. 🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@ioanniskoletis8300]

@@Wockket But all scholars , historians, around the world, suggest that he was Macedonian, Greek. Maybe it is a world conspiracy and you know better.

[@libbyjones552]

Nice video Gabriel.. Loved the lady that wouldn't let you leave without tasting her grapes and buying them! Beautiful country!🌹

[@VietnamWalkingTV]

Nice driving tour. The scenic along the road is beautiful. Thanks my friend

[@gobee777]

Gabriel you are always welcomed in Macedonia, you have a lot to see here we have beutiful Monasteries, small village, wonderful mountains, small towns, very cheap, great food etc.

[@user-lf7kf4nh1t]

Βόρεια Μακεδονία

[@kora132]

Thanks, Gabriel! Most happy to be able to see this country!

[@Tex1961]

The music in your videos the last month or so has been better than most KZbinrs.

[@stefanexplores]

This is so cool. I want to roadtrip through Eastern Europe as soon as this situation gets better.

[@Kivas_Fajo]

Dude, you could literally go tomorrow. Serbia is open for Americans...and you can go from there. But as they say in GoT: Winter is coming. ^^

[@marlenemcmillan8891]

Lots of good food and good price...

[@Kivas_Fajo]

@@marlenemcmillan8891 True. Only for the tomatoes that you get on the Balkan the travel is worthwile. They are particularily good.

[@rocco...]

Diamond in the rough it is.

[@thisisme2115]

@MARKO South East to be precise 😁

[@ketoauntie7301]

Don't you just love it when you grab the wrong food item in a foreign country and you had your heart set on what you thought you purchased 😂😂 At least you had nice company for your brunch 2 cute dogs. One of the lovely things about Europe, there are always cats and dogs everywhere to keep you company; but sad at how many are homeless and starving 🙏🙏 Stay safe !

[@adflicto1]

Wow, i am so excited about the next video! My home town Kratovo is a unique place :)

[@rosieg3423]

I like it very much! So authentic and so nice old rock houses and beautiful nature.

[@auntytutu]

Originally an Oregonian, I lived in Los Gatos CA for 20 years then moved to the Big Island 20 years ago. With the world today, am so glad to live on a mountain where there are more cows than people. I traveled around quite a bit from 2003 to 2012 and no longer have the itch. I do love traveling around on your shoulder though Gabriel. Been watching Willits/Mendocino fires, now that its October hopefully things will settle down soon. Safe Travels to you and all of yours.

[@WalkingNewYorkCity]

Great video Gab. Stay safe and live your best life dude.

[@ageoflove1980]

That grape lady was a pretty good sales person :-D

[@adscri]

Sander Fitzwilliam Experienced - she was certain Gabe would buy as soon as she saw him.

[@BMWEiV-Drivingaroundtheworld]

A small trivia. When Germans arrived in Kratovo in the WW2, they said, well, we arrived at the end of the world :). At that time the town was a dead end. No road from there anywhere. You could only go back. :)

[@Simonsvids]

No wonder the Germans lost WW2 then, if they only went where there were roads 😂

[@BMWEiV-Drivingaroundtheworld]

@@Simonsvids You an not go over the hills that surrounds the town. You might climb but then you got killed by the resistance.

[@onedirection3510]

Great opening tune. At any moment I was expecting Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef to pop out! That last dish could have used some nice melted cheese imo. Looked like a fascinating trip!

[@georgechilidis8446]

... the sheep it’s a sign you’re closer to the Greek border ... I enjoyed this video

[@shakesjg9923]

Love these kinds of videos! There's nothing cooler than exploring tiny little towns & villages in Europe.. Everyone does the main cities & tourist spots.. but if you want to see what life is like in these areas, head out to the towns that everyone passes by

[@sunny_dhende6289]

You are so correct! If you want to get a true sense of the country the culture and the people you have to explore and get out from the big cities. Gabriel is my kind of traveler!✌

[@wifiThief]

1:10 - 1:18 even if im not thirsty i always stop in running water cranes like that to drink some cool water of wonderful balkan mountain range springs. once upon a time, cranes like this was the only source of water and village women going there to take water gathered and talking about life and gossips. my great grandmother used to keep telling my mother how difficult it was for her to walk for kilometers caring big handmade clay jugs full of water every day but how excited she was for those gatherings and talks... many cranes of that period still remains in our mountains and should be considering historic places IMO. most of them are marvels of folk art.

[@KristinaTravelina]

I love these small streets and nature, look awesome

[@MichaelKilby]

These videos are amazing. No one else is doing or has done this. Thank you and be safe.

[@miroslavgranic3744]

Well done, well done. Bravissimo! My congratulations, and continue with very interesting information from your travels. Macedonia is a beautiful country. Best regards from Croatia.

[@greektruth376]

*North Macedonia

[@user-hb5ri3fk2w]

@@greektruth376 you can stuck north up at your 🍑

[@isaacharton7851]

@@greektruth376 Macedonia* and you have stolen Macedonian part that you named Macedonia but its real name is Aegean Macedonia.

[@greektruth376]

@@isaacharton7851 You are clearly uneducated. The supposed ethnic (or Slav or North) Macedonians are Slavs. Alexander the Great took part at the ancient Olympics (only allowed to Greeks) and spoke Greeks. Macedonia was a Greek tribe...

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@isaacharton7851 EVERY BEST ! ! ! Tatjana from MAKEDONIJA

[@chrisbrown8748]

I would have totally grabbed that sour cream thinking it was yogurt lol.

[@elenajosheska2569]

Hi 👋🏻 . I don’t even know if you’ll ever see this, but i was watching videos of people walking through Macedonia because i miss it so much and i didn’t expect Prilep at all. It’s so cool to see you walking through my hometown where I’ve grown up. Thanks man.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Very cool. 😊

[@vincents5869]

You can hike to the cross of Markov Kuli near Prilep, in fact I reached it on foot last year. There are some nice ancient monastery at the foothills too. Small towns Prilep are very interesting. - greeting from Southern CA.

[@keithbloomfield1341]

I always admire your enthusiasm and optimism Gabriel.

[@dindings]

So beautiful, thanks for the video hope you can keep up adding countries to your list

[@marktownsend9333]

Food looked really interesting Gabriel another great video 👍🍻

[@georgestojkovski1026]

Beautiful Macedonian City so beautiful modern and well presented 🎁 with great views over the city especially great restaurants and cafes ❤️

[@user-lf7kf4nh1t]

Βόρεια Μακεδονία λέγεται η χαρά

[@ThunderDome74]

Incredible scenes, Gabriel - great as always. Thank you!

[@andrejlozanovski2050]

When you were in national park pelister you could have gone through trnovo and magarevo to info centar of the nacional park , ski slope kopanki and hotel molika. In some of the restorant you should try ckembe corba ( soup ) its a local delicacy in bitola .

[@dwfmedia]

Thanks for these uploads, I love the places you go that not many usually would even consider 😊

[@margietucker1719]

Even though it was difficult at first to find the way to access the trail---all the meandering you had to do turned out to be very interesting! A lot of cool stuff to see ♥

[@shawnbell6392]

Gabriel its so good to see you are at it. Take care and stay well.

[@eferrari]

great video as always Gabe, thank you ❤️❤️

[@marlenemcmillan8891]

Watching from Trenton. Ontario Canada

[@BironClark]

I love the excitement for exploring random places :)

[@SlippyDude]

1:49 My half of entire ancestry from the past 3-4 generations was buried here up that hill. I can't believe someone like you visited Bitola and Dihovo. Amazing man!

[@SlippyDude]

7:53 and the white house I was raised in! I was smiling ear to ear dude!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Very cool. Where do you live now?

[@SlippyDude]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos We moved to NY back in 1999. We still go back every few years. I haven't been since 2017 though. It was nice to watch you walk around my old neighborhood.

[@pasqualeabarno]

Hi.. Gabriel.. Brilliant work of you.. Compliment.. Amazing.. Mille grazie.. 🍀

[@qinutusarmus_imnotdeejay5342]

Beautiful nature beautiful cathedral everythings so beautiful wow! Thanx man! ☝🙏

[@TheAIEpiphany]

Dude, never it the grapes without first cleaning it hahaha. Nice video, thanks!

[@maryannknox7158]

Happy Travels Gabriel never stop 🛑 being Kind ❤️

[@robertfranklin8522]

OMG Prilep! My best friend is from there and I spent two weeks there with her and her family about 10 years ago. Much love for North Macedonia!

[@user-hb5ri3fk2w]

Please dont call our country North. If you have a Macedonian friend dont insult him with such polittically pressured name.

[@madeleineriha8043]

I have been watching all your videos for years. Thank you from Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. 😀

[@toddgrujic7713]

Thanks for visiting and showcasing my country!

[@Rabsmyth91]

Loving the church scenes with the music! Also the driving time lapses are pretty cool. Macedonia looks beautiful too ;)

[@greektruth376]

*North Macedonia

[@isaacharton7851]

@@greektruth376 Macedonia* North is unconstitutional and forever invalid.

[@greektruth376]

@@isaacharton7851 Then what is the Greek north? Vergina, Pella all these Macedonian cities? They are Greek. So, if Macedonia is in Greece, what exactly is the country north of it?

[@tatjanavelkova5814]

@@greektruth376........... eat ............. yellow .

[@santana898989]

Excellent. Thanks as always. Cheers.

[@hirotiki9578]

Great video!

[@hetty43]

Amazing country. Great video. Thanks.

[@stevo728822]

13:52 Totally agree. When exploring off the beaten track I try to carry just enough to survive overnight just in case I have a slip and injure myself.

[@VivianCastillo]

Amazing!

[@valeriehaskins7238]

Interesting as always!

[@laflamablancak.p.3170]

If you really want to see the beauties of Pelister let me know, i can make that possible , cheers ;)

[@nicolaskottis5245]

Gabriel is in Turkey now.

[@catil966]

Apreciated👍Glad you tasted those grapes👍Enjoy🇨🇦Regards from Canada👏👏👏💖

[@georgejurukovski]

It is unfortunate you had no one to show you all the good spots and to drive you up to the Pelister national park. Still a very enjoyable video. Thanks for visiting our part of the world and I hope you enjoyed your stay.

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Gabriel, Those mountain areas are incredible you could be there all day and night hiking around there much to see so little time.

[@reanimationeas342]

Awesome video ♥️👍

[@thisisme2115]

In Albania the Macedonian byrek are very famous and hard to compete with 👍👍

[@connorgioiafigliu]

So beautiful!

[@pastorrodriguez230]

According to all places you have traveled, you should give us more information about the foods and the beers of the countries

[@BillKing3456]

Aces. Reminded me of the Wild West. So much to work with visually and then your choice of really cool music (one song reminded me of Dire Straits, another U2) made it all jell. A+ ps I found the last Budweiser dark beer 4-pack at the 3rd place I tried here and it was very good - have to find it again.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Right on, it's a tasty one.

[@gfunkyotrunk]

Thank you for the vids of my home country.

[@UranijaZeus]

I love your spirit!

[@nawaljee6355]

Beautiful ❤️

[@violetstameski664]

Hey my sister in law is from Dihovo! Beautiful village.

[@GoceAnastasovski]

Highly recommend a one day trip to Mavrovo national park, Galichnik and saint John the Baptist monestery.

[@rickfriedman8070]

What's your favorite country of the former Yugoslavia? And why?

[@davidmilliken9897]

Hi Gabe, If you drive up to Hotel Molinka at the top of Pelister National Park there are some great views and walking trials. It didn't take that long to drive there either. I was there just last year

[@cardorazoda7934]

Nice one vlog.

[@kristywiley8643]

How did you travel there? Were you able to transit without a problem? Thanks

[@aguimars]

Sour cream as yogurt, well I remember when I lived in Hamburg Germany and spend a weekend in Kopenhagen Danemark. When I come back in the night on sunday at Kopenhagen central station I bought a liter of orange juice, in the pack was an orange, but inside was milk. Well, when we travel, it is impossible to escape from a little trickery. :)

[@JamalPalu]

Hope you come to indonesia and looking around at central celebes..

[@bigl1445]

I’m Macedonian and always wanted to visit sick video bro

[@2percent.7]

wow! Can’t believe you were pretty close to brajcino I have many amazing old things there And I recommend you to go to bargala its a archeological site (ancient village) close to Štip.

[@yolandanorfri8926]

Nice video 👍👍👌

[@RocharVot]

Hey dude, I bought a litre of yoghurt in Mongolia and it turned out to be a litre of coleslaw. Nice and interesting video.

[@soumyadeeplovestoexplore6631]

Lol.. in 5:26 you asked two innocent kids, that where is the hiking trail and they got confused 😆

[@GODISMYSTERIOUS]

Sour cream is good for digestion. I wish you carry Align probiotics pills with you. I do carry with them when I am on a trip. I never know what kinds of foods I may take in.

[@marlenemcmillan8891]

You are right.. probiotics are very good.. I never hear him getting sick 😃

[@GODISMYSTERIOUS]

marlene mcmillan It is better safe than sorry. Yes. Gabriel is a very healthy person but I wish he would not take it for granted. We never know when our system start to get compromised. So it is better to take probiotics pills to fight infection and help digestion at the same time.

[@saratemp790]

Love sour cream. We don't eat it enough in the West. It's fattening, but now that you say it's probiotic, we can feel better about eating it, lol.

[@marlenemcmillan8891]

Fat is not bad for us if it's the good stuff Sugar is the culprit in all ways.. 😳

[@RUSLexplorer2020]

nice place to visit !

[@esthoosampule129]

Dear Gabriel again I would like to say Million thanks my brother it's true North Macedonia is mysterious Country and it's great to explore so keep working for us today is 1st October 2020 I hope before winter you make us ready to visit North Macedonia if COVID-19 STOP so any way we are enjoying your efforts thanks again and stay blessed in JESUS name. Amen

[@mikikitanov8055]

Republic of Macedonia

[@appleseed2933]

@@mikikitanov8055 North

[@mikikitanov8055]

@@appleseed2933 Your mother from Anatolia will be from the north😉

[@appleseed2933]

@@mikikitanov8055 errr...what? Can you perhaps be more specific, try a little harder? Maybe...get creative with your insult if that's at all possible

[@mikikitanov8055]

@@appleseed2933 ok, my pontian

[@kevintaylor1928]

I enjoy all your videos, Gabe, but I especially like the ones you've done on North Macedonia. I think its because it's one of the countries I'm thinking about living in.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Excellent, glad to hear it.

[@femboyshitposter676]

21:00 LMAO typical Macedonian granny talk:Why are you running away?

[@BASTAAMAN]

Please tell me what setting do you use in your gopro for shoot

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I'm not filming with a Gopro anymore. This is filmed with a DJI, link in the description.

[@BASTAAMAN]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos man thanks for the reply it matters me a lot, you are the only one who replied me, else no one do that, especially when one reached to such a great level in vlogging. If destiny frames I'll see you definately some day. Good luck.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cool man, no problem.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

By the way I should have mentioned that I used to film with a Gopro, here are the settings I was using: RES/FPS: 1080p, 60fps, FOV: Linear, Low Light: Off, Stabilization: Auto, Protune: On, Shutter: Auto, Ev comp: +0.5, White Balance: Auto, Iso min: 100, Iso max: 1600 in low light, 3200 in bright sunlight, Sharpness: Medium, Color: GoPro, Raw Audio: Off, Mics: Auto.

[@carli2302]

If you go to Kratovo, you must visit Lesnovo monastery

[@subashbose1011]

Super Gaby

[@user-dg2zy7cd1b]

Well you drove thru Prilep and missed to visit King Marko's castle and Archangel Michael monastery.

[@deankoch7305]

nice.

[@bennybelton709]

so nice to see the countryside.

[@t-bone5041]

oh nice you visited the town i live in bitola i know its not the best but atleast its something

[@pilac80]

you referred to it correctly as Macedonia.. but why did you make the title of your video incorrect..

[@isaacharton7851]

Because Greek trolls and Greek hate-bots spam his channel. But he should just block them or get help from a coder to make a bot that blocks hateful anti Macedonian Greek comments.

[@mtnvr6545]

Those dogs are cool

[@jaymeez]

Only thing I understood from what the lady at the market was saying was "Araki" which is a alcoholic drink... lol People seem so nice there

[@abvgd_anny]

Rakija

[@muhammadrizwanayub2792]

Wow I love small Countries ....Cute Sweet , They not Use Army , Tanks .... Totally Peaceful.

[@skullz3627]

much love from macedonia

[@andreimihaesi]

Bravo! Got a favourite Balkan country yet Gabriel?

[@saratemp790]

He is too diplomatic to compare countries.

[@YesSirPhil]

@@saratemp790 true. That's what I like so much about him. If we really had to speculate and he had to decide for one final destination Greece could probably be his "choice of heart"...