Two Sides of Egypt | Hotel Luxury & Desolate Wasteland

[@mlwtennessee322]

Thank you for all your hard work in making these videos! I've been with your channel for many years now and you never disappoint. Always a fan.

[@MichaelOliver-ry7fj]

Me too and hasn't he truly gotten "better" like Aged Wine?

[@iammaxhammer]

*"Here you have kind of a mall, of sorts."* Never change, Gabe.

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

Yes, his word usage and grammar are entertaining

[@ageoflove1980]

Gabriel trying to talk over the call to prayer was really funny.

[@susiejakes3019]

That Call to Prayer is extremely annoying. Why can't they ring a bell to announce that it is time for prayer? The persons who chant have awful voices! The picture of your steak and salmon plate/dish was very dark. I couldn't see the meat and fish properly.

[@Machka-j7q]

@@RexHimmer There are much more ridiculous comments on his videos. As a non-practising Muslim, I think it was better in the past when they called without blasting them through modern megaphones. There is so much more to tolerance and respect for other cultures than putting up with prayer calls

[@andreastheo2019]

Nice🤣

[@andreastheo2019]

@@susiejakes3019agreed it is ridiculous

[@CaliWeHo]

@@Machka-j7q I agree. After living in Saranda, Albania, for two months, I couldn't stand it anymore. The first couple of weeks it seemed "exotic," but after that, no thank you.

[@Grovel007]

Great vid as always Gabe.

[@Oz011-z4v]

Looking forward to seeing the next one! Enjoying the videos ❤✌️

[@dorrielove]

Another Awesome Video thanks Gabriel ❤

[@Travelhiker520]

That's a real nice hotel! I've always been interested in Egypt.

[@JumpingPlaces]

siwa is unbelievable, we loved it when we went there. There and Elephantine island in Aswan were our favorites

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Excellent, looking forward to it. 👍✌️

[@F.A.L.I.M.A]

Hey Gabriel, I very rarely comment on your videos but enjoy them immensely! I've just noticed your not far from a very famous 2nd WW battle site in the town of El Alamein. Probably worth a visit.? I'd like to see it.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

It's actually right on the way to Mursa Matruh, where I'm going tomorrow. But I'll be in a taxi, not planning on making any stops. But I'll try to remember to take a look as we go through and see if it's worth a stop. Likely not too much to see at the battlefield since it's mostly just sand around here. Thanks for watching. ✌️

[@goostrey4210]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos There's a museum there with tanks and information about the battle. It's pretty well reviewed, and not too big.

[@mikegoalz4178]

​@@GabrielTravelerVideos Looking forward to your upcoming videos. Marsa Matruh has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world

[@MichaelOliver-ry7fj]

Fabulous! Thanks!😊

[@georgeharalambous261]

Thinking of visiting Egypt in November. Did you buy a local SIM card to get WiFi or relying on hotel WiFi?​@@GabrielTravelerVideos

[@Yatara-h1f]

Very beautiful hotel and beautiful grounds ❤️

[@JennyGunner-ge3lz]

Such a nice hotel you are staying at, looks like a good place to unwind after a long journey. I watched your video of the pyramids, great video and it was so thought provoking and interesting. Really looking forward to this series, will be amazing seeing a different part of Egypt. Safe travels.❤️

[@thebudgetbackpackers]

I like those end prices on the dinner. Not terrible. Thanks for sharing!

[@samnicolas1469]

$72/night to stay in the middle of nowhere " Desolate wasteland " ! Not a nice experience to say the least .

[@vincentblackshadow1581]

The Red Pyramid at Dahshur is the first true Pyramid. You may be the only one there and it was also "free" to go inside when I was there. The Temple at Abydos and the Osireion are little visited and amazing. The view at sunrise from the top of Mt. Sinai on a clear day is something you will never forget and you can take the 3750 steps down the "Steps of Repentance" made by one guy over 20 years with no mortar and maybe no tools at all with each step being unique. I ran down the whole stairway from the top and I didn't miss a step.

[@rexx9496]

Thanks for visiting this place. Now I know where not to go.

[@javedlatif5928]

I think you chose a wrong location for initial stay.

[@stankormy5717]

It's hard to keep your feet from moving, when the sand gets so hot!

[@MarvinCapili-yq1hv]

A blessed Good Day sir Gabe Thank u so for your Wonderful Walk around tour there In One of Historical Ancient Countries in The World in African Continent of Egypt Thanks Stay safe Godbless from the Philippines ♥️🇵🇭😊🙏👏

[@theoadelaidabondocabe7261]

Mr. Gabriel:Thanks you so much for this new remarkable video today’s to shows this amazing hotel in Cairo, Egypt September of 2024❤❤❤I wish you the Best from Istanbul, Turkey before heading to this great North African country in 2024❤❤❤

[@mouradd]

So I think you got a little bit confused at 16:55 , what you see right there is not a Marriott (probably a mansion owned by somebody) in fact there are no Marriotts in Alexandria (there is a few in Cairo though). The whole area is called King Marriott based on the Lake Marriott (The Lagoon).

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

That explains it. If anyone booked a stay at a Marriott hotel and ended up there they would likely be disappointed.

[@andysalib958]

Gabriel, The picture of the woman by the villa is for the famous Middle Eastern (Lebanese) singer Fairuz.

[@andreastheo2019]

She is Greek Orthodox Christian to

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I see, good to know.

[@chilibaldrr840]

Looks like a nice place.

[@travel_and_explore_with_BIP]

Beautiful, you manage to make a great video out of hardly nothing 👌👌🤣

[@bevmcdowell9201]

Love your trips, going to Crete Friday love Greece

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Now is a great time to go to Crete, weather should be perfect, enjoy.

[@davidviner5783]

Most of those "fancy" places you saw are private residences. Many rich Egyptians own holiday homes on the North coast. Its just a 3-hour drive from Cairo. The north coat comes alive during the summer.

[@goostrey4210]

Hurghada is definitely not worth it. I'm interested in seeing Siwa. I never made it there. You must stop at the El Alamein battle site.

[@stellamarina4123]

A lot of Kiwi soldiers were involved in this battle so the name is well known in New Zealand. There is a memorial by the main road .

[@Eissara]

Hi Gabriel, the photo of the singer where it said Sound of Music Chateau is a famous Lebanese singer, she is also famous allover the Middle-East, Egypr, ... her name is Feyrouz The strange white structures with holes in them are Dovecotes

[@Wave_Drop]

Egypt has huge potential beyond the pyramids but...at the moment is more or less like you called it. A desolate wasteland.

[@Gventures]

At 13:10 you asked what those things were, they are pigeon towers! They love their pigeons here in Egypt. Raised for eating, but also racing, as pets. All sorts of stuff.

[@s125ish]

Don’t Muslims like them for pictures too, see them feeding and getting them to flutter for pictures

[@Gventures]

@@s125ish Never heard of or witnessed that in the past 3 years of living in Egypt 😅But maybe someone out there is doing that

[@dennisspackman7147]

To head west from Alexandria you can just grab a bus to Siwa if you want to save some money

[@dennisspackman7147]

Siwa Oasis is worth your time to visit in my opinion. I spent a few days there and enjoyed it.

[@chad-bf7zi]

If I was a world traveler like Gabriel, I would map (trace with a marker) out everywhere / everyplace I actually walk or drive to after I have done it. There must be a way to do this easily. Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised even if Google Maps can trace it for you somehow listing the date / time as well. (I edited this to have it make better sense)

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I'm not quite sure what you mean by mapping it out. Everything is mapped out on google maps, so you can just check your phone. For example I had that Marriott hotel (which wasn't actually a Marriott hotel) plugged in and the distance and time to walk there was displayed on my phone. Maybe you mean to have everywhere you go recorded on your phone? Google has a feature that remembers all the major places you've been, but not everywhere you walk.

[@chad-bf7zi]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos what I mean is like literally drawing lines - maybe using colored markers to differentiate the year - on EXACTLY where you went. It would really be for your own personal reference. Just something to do… but on a big scale.. for we all know that you do keep a journal & notes but this would / could be very detailed… even down to showing each place you or a person ate a meal at, stayed the night at; took a tour and more! I donno… just me thinking too much

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@chad-bf7zi Yeah, I would like to have a huge world map on the wall showing everywhere I've been, although that would just have to indicate which cities I went to. You couldn't have the detail on a world map showing everywhere I walked. You would need to have zoomed in maps for each city to show that.

[@Really-i4z]

I'm watching from Kurdistan. Egypt nice a country kind people

[@Worldofourown2024]

When Gabriel needs a vehicle rental.

[@mr.sts.p]

Interesting country Egypt have a Nice tripp Gabriel 😊 👍

[@CelticMickWalks]

Would love that boat trip you mentioned

[@chad-bf7zi]

I did a 7 day cruise about 15 years ago. Was doing business in Europe then afterwards decided to doing this. Well worth it!

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

Hello Michael

[@CelticMickWalks]

@@JonnieSlade-fh2cg hello Jonnie

[@vaultkeeper2]

Hurghada is a nice city if you want to see the Red Sea which is truly incredible to see with swimglasses, there is not a whole lot of cities in that area, only Hurghada and a few other similar beach resort cities, besides Suez (if that counts), Hurghada is the biggest city by the Red Sea in Egypt.

[@susiejakes3019]

Gabriel was in the Red Sea in one of his previous videos.

[@vaultkeeper2]

@@susiejakes3019 When?

[@missmo3451]

That area you were walking through at around 10 minutes into video looks like it encloses luxury villas behind those thick walls and gates. Everything is well tended to except for the unpaved roads. Alexandria is the birthplace of the movie director Youssef Chahine, his movie the Land is about the human element in the making of the Aswan Dam.

[@jtkachlmeier]

It's a dry run but it's still interesting.

[@ladyblabla3611]

They have a lot of sand!

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

Yes, desert regions have lots of sand. 🤦

[@dilrukshikgds662]

❤❤❤❤

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Gabriel, this place looks desolate. I'm guessing they want to expand the city around this nice but quiet location. It will be some time before that happens.

[@RovexHD]

Egypt is an amazing country for sure. Love the history there.

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

Hi Rover 🇹🇷

[@janakotrcova2790]

Sound of Music is the story of the Trapp family singers,a musical drama,starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer,I think.Beautiful view from the hotel window!👍

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Precisely. But it doesn't star Audrey Hepburn.

[@janakotrcova2790]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Audrey Hepburn was a leading contender to star as Maria.

[@JIm-ib3tw]

Will you stay at St Catherine's Monastery guesthouse and show something of the Monastery and the Monks' way of life, together with the amazing surroundings? If not this time, it'll be great sometime....

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Looks super interesting, but that's on the Sinai, a long way to the east whereas I'm heading west from here.

[@nahiabiaad8101]

The picture on the wall is Fairuz our icon Diva singer and known all over the Arab world ... the famous sound of Music Movie has an Egyptian Version of it

[@davidviner5783]

I lived and worked in Egypt for 20 years. Great experience ...wish I had never left. One of my favourite destinations was the WW2 museum in El Alamain. It is superbly authentic and not the least bit sterile like other museums I have visited. I would rate it as in my top 3 experiences in Egypt, along with St Catherines and Sharm El Sheikh, both in Sinai. When I was last there, it was possible to film inside the museum and there are WW2 tanks and armoured cars in the museum grounds. Its close to you.

[@FakeNews_Ignored]

Hi Gabe, when you book a hotel, can you also arrange shuttle from airport to hotel? Thanks Gabriel.

[@WanderingYogiThailand]

I dare you to go to Chongqing! Please 🙏🏻

[@MichaelOliver-ry7fj]

As always Thanks for honesty. It is Wednesday AM in North TX. Question; Would going into, walking into the seedier region of Alex; Be like going into the back alleys of Memphis, TN at midnight?

[@michelljansen2695]

Gabriel you in Africa, travel to Cape Town in South Africa, you will not regret it. I can promise you ❤

[@bradleystrachan6454]

Will you be going to Cairo on this trip? Interested to see if worth the visit

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

No, I've been there twice before but it's definitely worth a visit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJCYdKSkoriIfM0

[@mikewest2428]

Hi gabe nothing to see in alexandria it's so isolated it's a wasteland I'd go crazy😂

[@EsaLena1]

Also Egyptians are the friendliest people in the world. Virtually everyone wants to know about you and will happily help you out.

[@vaultkeeper2]

But not for free!

[@EsaLena1]

@@vaultkeeper2 Plenty of times for free.

[@vaultkeeper2]

​@@EsaLena1Well not when I was in Hurghada and Luxor. Guy wanted baksheesh for showing me the way to the bus even though I knew my way and didn't want his help. One of many examples!

[@tombuddy100]

Looking at the map, you were walking on the sandy roads few kilometers from the Mediterranean sea. In order to reach it, you should have crossed one of the dikes across that salt-water lake, or whatever that is.

[@Moemuntz]

Damn Gabriel, you stayed in a really isolated place. Should’ve stayed in Alexandria and by the water. It’s cheap.

[@annieis300]

😎😎😎

[@stevo728822]

11:45 Do you notice these dogs are not barking at you. Whereas in a later video a dog does barks aggressively at you. I believe it is because in this video you are not carrying your backpack. For some reason they don't like dark coloured backpacks.

[@rundbaum]

yur DIF-ernt! . . . but i can't help admire the rose gold hues, ishtar doorways, high minarretes, audry hepburn & julie andrews.

[@KumariNot]

Awww such a cute place 🙄

[@lou007]

whats the name of the hotel?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Africana Hotel & Spa.

[@lou007]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos aha it's in king marrioot area which is a residency area no much sight seeing there it's just close to airport a hotel in ALEX city center shall be better, matrouh best hotel there is saint bourevage near ageeba area and beach best water there good luck & enjoy

[@franciscomunoz7366]

That Picture that you show us in the vídeo is not Marsa Matrouh, it is the famous Siwa oasis . The last place looks like a Mall in United States!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Correct, I was talking about the Siwa oasis while showing the photos.

[@JackTaudi]

You should sell this video to the Egyptian Tourist Commission for them to promote Alex 🤣🤣🤣

[@Andrij_Kozak]

Any chance that you are going further South to Kenya,Tanzania ?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

No plans for now.

[@MBA-PRODUCTION]

One question....where are you generally more satisfied with the food...greece or turkey.❓

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I prefer Greek food.

[@MBA-PRODUCTION]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos thanks ...

[@Machka-j7q]

His favourite seems to be moussaka, originally an Arab dish from its name, which spread by Ottomans through the middle east, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece and the Balkans/Eastern Europe but cooked in the 'Greek' way with béchamel sauce, which happens to be 100% French 😃 French cuisine is great, especially its sauces.

[@pavelavietor1]

great video thanks for taking me there. saludos

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

Aren't you the guy that creates his own version of history, just like trump? Bahaha 😂 when will you move back to Cuba 😅?

[@pavelavietor1]

@@JonnieSlade-fh2cg yes you are correct I am the one writing the book 📕 with my observations of the reality the geography gives me, example, America is a continent, the Romans are Etruscans latinos and Hellenic people from Alta Grecia, no I am no delusional like Trump or a genius like you. No is likely I will never return to the Island of Cuba , but it is likely I will return to Portugal or The Kingdom of Spain . saludos, note i had a negro dog name Jonnnie, got killed by a car 🚗

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

If you want to be a genius like me, then you must return to Cuba and be properly educated in the socialist way. Otherwise you will remain delusional. ​@@pavelavietor1

[@pavelavietor1]

@@JonnieSlade-fh2cg yes you are correct you are very well educated by the Cubans and a genius. please can you resolve this simple equation 3+3X3+3= you can use you calculator . saludos mi negrito Jonnie

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

@@pavelavietor1 tell me, my little Cubano Panchito genio, once upon a time the world was your oyster, your future was bright, and your sanity prevailed. Unfortunately thereafter, something happened to you. Was it trauma? Is it your meds? What meds are you prescribed for your psychosis? Tell me.

[@candy_floss333]

winter starting now I believe

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

Yes Candy, winter is coming

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

No real winter in Egypt, just a slightly cooler summer.

[@candy_floss333]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos yes far better in egypt winter months, cold in night in jan in desert but lovely to have cozy fire on

[@janisrands8990]

Maybe a School of Music??

[@maxfella]

The Nile starts in Ethiopia, which has a huge conflict with Egypt these days...

[@maxfella]

@UffeUlferts perhaps if you pay attention to news (not fox) you'll know that they are at the brink of war! Judging by your answer, news it not your thing.

[@david1george]

Wow, $72 US a night for a hotel room during off season in Egypt?! My budget for Egypt with a hotel room is $30US a day.

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

That's great Daveed, more money for booze and broads 👍

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I found a nice room in Marsa Matruh for around $30.

[@goostrey4210]

If you go to Siwa, will you take the same road back or take the road that goes east to Bawiti Oasis and back to the Nile? That would be an epic trip. I had wanted to cycle through those oases in the Western Desert in 1990 but never managed it. It would have been a challenging trip.

[@goostrey4210]

Oh, apparently the Bawiti road is now closed to foreigners.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I have a flight out of Marsa Matruh, so I'll head back there.

[@loredanadincu7930]

No ofense but that title is stupid. I didn't know that only in Egypt are luxury places and poor areas at the same time. You have them in USA too

[@pasqualeabarno]

👍👍👍

[@MISCIFMAKER]

Catacombs of Alexandera of 🇪🇬

[@wolfgangkruger1725]

The featured actress in the Sound of Music was Julie Andrews

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Exactly. So I'm wondering why there's a reference to Audrey Hepburn.

[@wolfgangkruger1725]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos yes, very interesting. Maybe whomever put this up was confused on who the star of Sound of Music was.

[@darylfortney8081]

Dude’s living like a pharaoh

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

...walking like an Egyptian.

[@spacecoastaesthetics6990]

Gabe must be thinking, what the heck?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Story of my life...

[@clairemc]

😂​@@GabrielTravelerVideos

[@StartLivingNow1963]

🙂❤👍

[@kevinjoseph517]

tour of alley.

[@travelmonkey377]

Gabe Siwa Oasis is well known for its involment during ww2 for the british army long range desert group who used it as meeting laying up area as also did the british ww2 SAS the 2 british units worked together in the desert in ww2 el alamein and mersa matruh were all part of inportant ww2 battles 😎

[@davidviner5783]

And you can see it all in the WW2 museum in El Alamein.

[@darylfortney8081]

Maybe just do one or two videos per week and do more enjoying offline. Less work more relaxing

[@Ivyslife33]

Egypt 🇪🇬 is simply a powerful land 🙏

[@haraldkreuz5824]

🏁

[@sofiabarkho7932]

Fairuz is a Lebanese legend singer in the whole middle east and the world, 😊🙏🥰🇱🇧❤️

[@sofiabarkho7932]

@@UffeUlferts she's pure Lebanese, Warda eljazaria وردا الجزائرية is Algerian 🙏🌹

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

She is from Yemen

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

She seems to be full Lebanese: "Nouhad Wadie Haddad (Arabic: نهاد وديع حداد, romanized: Nuhād Wadīʿ Ḥaddād, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [nʊˈhaːd waˈdiːʕ ħadˈdaːd]; born November 21, 1934[1][2][3][4]), known as Fairuz (Arabic: فيروز, romanized: Fayrūz, pronounced [fajˈruːz]),[a] is a Lebanese singer. Nouhad Haddad was born on November 20, 1934, in Lebanon into an Assyrian and Maronite Christian family.[21][22][23] Her father, Wadie was born in Mardin, Ottoman Empire. Her mother Lisa al-Boustani, was born in the village of Dibbiyeh, Mount Lebanon.[24][25][26] The family later moved into a home in a cobblestone alley called Zuqaq el Blatt in Beirut."

[@nyo1026]

Go to Abu simble

[@maxfella]

The lady on the pic is famous singer , named Fayrouz. I think she is Palestinian.

[@maxfella]

@UffeUlferts She is NOT Algerian (I'm Algerian and know my people) she was and still the most famous arab singer of the twentieth century. Your ignorance and arrogance are beyond belief! She is Lebanese and her real name is Nouhed Waddie Hadad and became famous because of her protest songs about Palestine.

[@mirzagoralija4492]

😊❤🇧🇦🗻🏔⛰

[@licuta7376]

👍

[@End_Illegal_Apartheid_israhell]

nice!

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

🇮🇱

[@keyman1202]

So why don't use Google maps?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Google maps is the most used app on my phone. That's what I was doing at 14:37.

[@robcanad]

All the wine and beer is going to age you prematurely.

[@goostrey4210]

You're facing the lagoon, not the Mediterranean. I'm sure the true seafront hotels are fancier.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yep, you're right. I thought the land out there was a peninsula but it's actually an enclosed lagoon.

[@junefirst500]

I heard Allahu Akbar, I can't help it but felling deep insight! Egypt Ancient land of Pharaoh Slave Israelites but not Protect them! Powerful in Africa!

[@jacksoncornbreadmcbride6763]

You have some to say other than religious themes?

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

Christian priests 👎👎👎

[@azdbuk]

Isn't this all for timing to go back and meet up with a female friend?

[@joelincolnlincoln6315]

Lol he keeps his videos to whatever is in front of him and keeps most of life private

[@p.n7524]

The history in Egypt is incredible, but pretty much everything else is terrible

[@ageoflove1980]

Its such a shame that the country spend all this money on this new capital city that really serves not purpose other than some sort of prestige project to look more like Saudi-Arabia or Dubai or whatever. Imagine if they spend all this money on social housing, education and hospitals and the country could have been up there with EU countries in a couple of decades. But now they just have some sort of useless empty fake Dubai in the middle of nowhere.

[@mennoboon8037]

Really desolate i would wonder why people live there

[@johnschannel449]

Because they have to

[@nelsonpatel8624]

I have been to Alexandria and stayed at the Sheraton Montazah Hotel and it was an old luxury hotel. Not much of tourist attraction except I went to see the famous library of Alexandria newly built on the original burned down structure . The main road El Gaish Rd was busy as hell navigating. Great video Gabriel!😁

[@nyo1026]

Disappointing place it seems

[@andrewmcmahon958]

First again

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Boom, got it.

[@dextardextar]

gotta love that religious noise pollution.