Egypt Travel Nightmare!! Why I’ll Never Go Back!!
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My dad studied in Cairo in the 1960s and swears they were the best of his life. In 2015 he went again and was so disappointed in everything.
Muslimcountries are very dangerous for white folks
I lived in Cairo in 1970's and a friend was a female professor at American University. As we would walk down the main streets, young men would smile and wave and say the most incredibly OBSCENE things
to her. Usually, female tourists smile and wave back and these douche-bags never get tired of the same joke.
My friend however spoke fluent Arabic and turned on them and gave them a spew of obscenity and anger that scorched their ears. In Germany, Amsterdam, London etc. young Muslim males play this smile and wave game while talking gross obscenities.
I knew someone who also studied in Cairo in the 1960s and said the same thing, it really is to bad , I hope it can return to how it was.
Arab spring happened
You’re lying
Worked at the US Embassy in Cairo for 2 years. I had a diplomatic passport (Vienna Convention…”you can’t look in my bags”) and STILL dealt with the same crap. Cairo has a near zero percent repeat tourism rate for a reason.
Are there not any warnings to tell people - DON'T GO THERE ! ?
So if you have that type of passport, you can ignore security?
If you are talking about hotel security, I think you will find that they can ask and insist to look in your bags, if you want to stay in their hotel, you have the choice to find another hotel.
For me such countries does not exist it's a big no no. Big deal they have airports 😂
Dont go to Egypt? Where else are you gonna go to see pyramids. Luxor hotel in Vegas?
I went to Egypt five months ago. At the airport, the police stopped me for three hours, searching through my bags for cameras or drones. When I was leaving the country, they stopped me again for two hours, and a policeman took me to a private room and asked for money to let me catch my flight. It was a horrible experience. People are not smiling or friendly unless they get tips, taxi drivers will rip you off, and there's dust and rubbish everywhere. Expect anything to happen to you.
Womp womp cry about it
@@ummibrahim1519 okay scumbag defender
A Saudi spreading hate and misinformation about Egypt, colour me surprised lol obsessed
@@ummibrahim1519 whats there to cry about? The actual Egyptian patriots should be crying that their country which is holding to its dear life on tourism became the most hated tourist destination in the last few years; few years more and there will be no more tourist money incoming. Like fck, India has bad rep in the west but its NOTHING compared to Egypt.
But then again once you collapse... again... then you'll cry for help from said west and everything will be alright again huh... or like Gaddafi your government will try to threaten europe (like he did with allowing migrants from Africa to pass through, even tho he received billions to not do so) but uhh... Well I guess you know how Gaddafi ended up and in what state Libya is now.
@@aw2584 he’s rage-baiting.
As an Egyptian citizen i should advice all foreign people don't come to Egypt lone you must know arab friend or Egyptian friend to help you and don't make you get scammed by a bad persons and government is shit (sorry to all people but this is the truth )❤
I want to visit but dont have any arab egyptian friend right now ..my one egyptain friend died during covid
You can visit but you should to know the dollar equal 50 Egypt pound and take tour guide and have fun ❤
It's such a shame because Egypt is a beautiful country with a rich history and culture. Hopefully something can be done about scammers and general harassment towards tourists sometime in the future.
@@peacelover5669 I'm so sorry about your friend. I am trying to make an online Egyptian friend. I'm also thinking of visiting Egypt this year. Found few people. I hope I hit it off with them
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i was just there last month. i didn't believe when youtubers say "don't go to egypt" but after my visit, i fully believe it 200%. Pyramids are nice but honestly, it's really not worth the scams and harrasments.
You lived there.. I swear they spamming bots so badly just to make Egypt look nice.
True. But you can’t claim this guy isn’t exaggerating to a crazy extent with things like using a phone in public for example lol
what if u get it all toured?
@@Dvlly99 he's not exaggerating anything, I was there and not even a TH-camrs. From what I saw the coffee shops owner could simply be a government informant this is personally happened to me. So none is exaggerating anything my friend.
The Pyramids are lit with scammers
Yep, got robbed by a policeman that marched me to an ATM. Told me to get money and paid $150 US to not get arrested. I was with an organised tour group and moved away from the crowd by 4 metres and that's when I got clipped. Just the absolute worst country.
Yet you didn't try to get the tour guide involved to help? Just pretend you don't understand and shout for the tour guide to come help "translate". Always pretend you don't understand in these situations, it's likely they will get frustrated and go search for an easier mark.
Cairo is not a country
Whaaat? Police don't do that. Maybe in America, but that's usually the judge.
@@Thunder_Dome45stop the cap
Last week college student get arrested for having 200$
@@Thunder_Dome45Don't do that? 😂 They do it all over Africa, and some other countries.
Fun fact, it's illegal in Egypt to criticize the government
Thanks, captain obvious, it's a dictature that put you in jail just because your are not muslim enough, so they will of course do the same if you talk baldy about them.
Fr bro , we r living in a north Korea but a little bit nicer
@@elmonxx Is this actually true?
@@_Aura7 I am Egyptian and I can tell you that it is 100% correct that you will vanish from the face of the earth if you did :"
@@mohammedzanaty7757 الله كريم :(
I agree. If you step out of an expensive chain resort, you will get harassed, scammed, robbed, yelled at, pushed, groped...or worse. Never, ever again.
I got lucky that I'm a brown American so I can kind of blend in if I kept my mouth shut but my white friends kept getting harassed and groped by practically everyone. I would say that the government doesn't reflect the people but mostly everything sucked in Egypt
I just came back from Egypt a month ago and I have been to many countries before and this was by far our worst experience as a tourist. It’s not tourist friendly at all. Everyone tries to take advantage of you. This is the one country I can say I will never go back. Very chaotic, my husband and I couldn’t wait to leave the country. Our final straw was airport employees asking for money in every corner of the airport.
It's not everyone. It's just the ones that you come in contact with, by them initializing contact with you. Mind you, I had the exact same experience in Egypt, coming from Luxor and Aswan.
My epithomy came in Cairo, where I wandered into a random gass station asking for an address. The guys there couldn't help me if their life depended on it, but as they were having lunch, they sat me down with food and drinks, expecting nothing in return.
Once you can look past the tourist infested carnage, you'll find extremely hospitable and joyous people to interact with. It's a lot easier in Cairo or Alexandrie though, a huge city full of people living their life without any inclination at bothering you.
PS even the ones coming up to you to harass you can be dealt with to turn them into normal people, but that's bit of a dark art. You have to firmly establish you won't take any bullshit from them. A lot of them get the message and put their tourist mode off. It be much easier if you spoke arabic (I witnessed it a couple of times), but only a couple of words go a long way too.
Good.. So basically do not bother about going to Egypt. Got it. 😊
@@hkushan and guess what ? no one is waiting for you to come 😊
@@Whoareyou-dt4kg you are right!! coz tourists visit a country only when the natives there wait for them. 🙃
@@hkushan and we are waiting for tourists as well, but if you don't want to come then no one is forcing you to go there 🤷🏻♀️
As an Arab who's been there i can tell you %80 of those situations are pure power trip. They love to flaunt any little position of power they get, it's not just the system it's the people.
It's mainly the military system bro, nobody can do anything to them.
That is a sign of low intelligence..
Exactly
Sadly the real ancestral Egyptian who are now lying in tombs and museums are long gone.
@@mahsaahsam7823no, all people from north africa are like that,they like to belittle the poor, feeble ones, no pity
I visited egypt one time. I paid for a taxi which should have taken me directly to the pyramids. First he took me to a papyrus shop where they tried to sell me ridiculously expensive papyrus pictures, and after that he took me to a tourist office is a slum, where they literally closed the door behind me and didn't let me out until I bought a very expensive tourguide. In the end, the taxi guy asked for a tip. I will never go back.
Egypt has changed so much. My parents went there twice in the 1990s and found the place safe and welcoming. Tourists were treated well, and everywhere they went, people were polite and curious. The Egyptian military accompanied the tour groups as protection (and for more nefarious reasons, I'm sure, but they were impeccably courteous). My mother never felt unsafe or disrespected.
But these days it's an absolute catastrophe. Chaos, corruption, crime.
Arab spring who was supported by Obama and Hillary Clinton destroyed everything there and in Libya also syria all these countries were destroyed by Obama and Clinton to this day they suffer from arab spring
Color revolution happened. Things are not so good anymore
Stop lying
@@James-fc5dv
About what? Everything I said about my parents' visits were true.
@@annehaight9963 sike...your culture sucks...yup 👍
This might not be that interesting but I've been to Egypt with my friends this summer and after 5th day I started feeling very emotionaly unstable. We were treated as walking ATMs and people inflated prices to us all the time.
Nevertheless, we decided to go outside at night on our 6th day (we will be leaving to Serbia on 7th) and we wanted to buy drinks from a local store. The shopkeeper was the first man that showed dignity and honesty towards us and did not buff the prices up. My mind was blown because until that point noone treated us as equal human beings. And don't get me wrong I'm not a stone but that perticual gesture (acting normal) had such impact on me that I started crying. I thanked him so much for being honest and he was also very touched for me explaining why I am crying and even gifted me a small present from his shop. I could not belive how much I could miss the honor and dignity that a man SHOULD posses. If it was me to be asked tommorow - that man saved his country in my eyes.
Hurghada - shop right after the new marina fish market.
aw man your story is so dreadful ! I can totally understand how, and why, you would feel that way. People treating you like an object is the most maddening and heartbreaking experience one can go through. I'm glad you met a noble heart, and shared the name of his shop. It's so sad to know that there are so many upstanding Egyptian citizens, suffering from those crooks and this farce of a governement. If anything, thanks you for sharing your experience, it really made me feel emotional. I hope you are recovering well :)
I was in Egypt in July and had a great time. When back in January and has a horrible time. I didn’t feel as if I was human. I felt like I was just a dollar. No one seen me. Then just seen me as money.
I was so upset that I talked to the hotel Duty manager. He said everyone in the tourist industry is like this.
It was the FIRST time I didn’t feel human traveling overseas. I regretted visiting again.
The kindest people I met in Egypt where the poor people living in the cemetery. They are ALL homeless and living in the cemetery.
They didn’t see me as an American dollar. They showed me kindness. I am a female traveling solo.
Everyone was taking my money. Tour guide took my money, canceled my reservation. When I asked for my money, he threatened to come to my hotel. I mentioned it in my travel group. Man said I am not alone, he is my brother. Found out he wanted money from me as well.
Everyone wanted money Except homeless living in the cemetery
@@Blessed381 how baffling. i'm glad you're safe, being a woman, I guess things are just worst
Тешко твојој девојци ако ти плачеш јер је неко био фин према теби ,ниси ти за Египат ха ха,мајко мила не дај Боже да ти мораш ратовати за Србију ,појели би те шипци ,без зезања
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So much for the much lauded Arab hospitality. Egypt was on my bucket list, but my friend and her son went a few years ago, prior to the pandemic, and told me to NOT go to Egypt ever. They were with a group of other tourists, paid a lot of money, only to be harassed and disrespected at every corner. The tour operator apologized, and said they would hold off on any further tour offering, because of the complaints they got from tour groups. So after watching this video and listening to your story, I guess I will be watching documentaries about Egypt and place any plans to go to the country on hold. Thanks for posting.
I won’t be going either.
I stayed in Egypt for 2 weeks back in 2017 with a host family. I think if it wasn’t for the host family, I wouldn’t have had a great experience, but being with them made it one of the most memorable and enjoyable experiences of my life.
Do you mind sending me info about your host family? I’m going in September with my mom. I’m nervous now.
If you are American = don't travel to the east, not just Egypt, the east is not safe place for the Americans this period, especially an American republican @@jadebijou9508
The other thing about Egypt is I experienced more scams there than in any other country 😅 the “pyramid access is closed but I can show you another entrance” trick, the “do you want to come to a local wedding in a rural town as a guest” trick, every scam in the book, to the point where I no longer wanted to talk to anyone or even make eye contact. Tourists are viewed as cash cows, there’s really no integrity when it comes to interacting with tourists. For anyone visiting Egypt, I recommend a full service tour, so you minimize local interaction and chance of getting scammed.
Same exact shit happened to me , but i was told by the police.
That's really sad. I went to Egypt in 2008 before the revolution and the people were very nice and never tried to scam us. There weren't any hoops to jump through and the military actually escorted tour buses to protect us.
We were invited to many wedding and had a great time!
Egypt is NOT safe , unless you wanna gamble with your life.
Full service tour is the best way to go! We had a tour guide who had connections to everything.Things were very organized and enjoyable!
"It's a nightmare"
Could not summarize my experience in Egypt any better than that.
I actually never felt this way after visiting any country before, everybody lies, cheats, manipulates, threatens and rob you in broad day light.
If you don't take all these warnings and still want to go there because you THINK you are a traveller.. then be warned, the moment you leave the airport or trainstation, you are going to get robbed, cheated, scammed etc. The taxi drivers will quote you a price and then change the meter half way through the ride and will go crazy if you question it and threaten to drop you off in middle of nowhere (which is worse than it sounds as you are like a steak in a tank of piranhas if you are not with locals you can trust - baring in mind you can not trust ANYBODY).
Can't even enjoy the historical places because everybody harasses/threatens you.
Worst experience of my life. I should have stayed at home and watched egyptian landmarks on TH-cam, would have been 1 trillion times better, enjoyable, educational (and safer).
Asian troll man
Same thing happened to me
@@datingandlifeadvicechannel7534 noob
You 100 percent right. Nation of thiefs .After 2 days began be disgusting. After 7 days you start to be aggressive. In Egypt you can get to know Arabs as they really are .😢😢😢
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I am glad you shared that man. Egypt was one of my top visit spots. Now I take it off the list.
Me too I am glad you took it off the list wow you guys take an American’s advice
Respecting the country’s law is necessary or else he then deserves the consequences
@@ziyadwael8666Egypt is sh1tty. And every other country knows it to be the worst place
@@ziyadwael8666
ليه الكلام ده ياصطا؟ عملولك إيه؟ دول عملو كل اليقدرو عليه و بردو الحكومة المصرية و المصريين التبع السياحة بوظو مزاج الأجانب. ده خطئ المصريين. You are rude. Please reconsider what you said as a representation of Egyptians.
@@ziyadwael8666 Dolandırıcılık yasalara aykırı değil mi Mısır'da ?
I am married to Egyptian man (8 years) we live in USA and have two kids. In 2023 we visited Cairo for the first time… what surprised me that we had to give tips to anyone we talk or got help, it was insane.. Another think their bureaucracy and government buildings are total mess, to get me residency card was a crazy marathon… All the people there had no idea what to do who to ask questions… I love the history of Egypt, museums, food lots of places to visit they have… but they need lots of change in their system…
Egypt is garbage shut up
Yes .. 'baksheesh'
"All the people there had no idea what to do who to ask questions" Most frustrating for most ... esp. Americans.
@@josepha.r5839Americans (those from the USA) seem to have the roughest times in a lot of Islamic countries, I went to Turkey with an American friend as he wanted to go but he even in one of the most liberal Islamic countries got treated far worse than I did (I’m Scottish), I’m from the U.K. and I had a breeze of a time compared to him, I’ve been there a few times and I’ve always found the people to be really nice and friendly.
@@scottishadonis Perhaps it might be .. at the least in part .. is that you are Scots and Scots are not noted for meddling in other people's problems overseas .. or, worse, dictating to them. I would say the same for the Irish .. or Welsh, for that matter.
As an egyptian, i thank you for this video. I hope this video goes viral and change Egypt for the better.
Can I ask you something I am from Africa from Algeria and I want to ask you when you said for the better what did you mean
@Y Abdu no no I want it to be in English so the other people from other countries can understand us that's all I hope he answered
Change for the better? ..lol impossible. Yuh can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear.
@@jettsteari3062 and you know what I don't know about you but I'm a Muslim feel Muslim you know something that Allah told us that if you want to change community you need to start by your own self because the community equals a lot of people gathered to the people need to change themselves to the better first
@@zinedinehaouche3737 There is no changing for the better unless america leaves this country alone , that's what capitalists do to weaker nations , they destroy them and plant dictators to crush any resistence and to steal the resources of the nation and the poeple , it doesn't just happen in our muslim countries , it happens in africa and south america , america is the most evil nation in the world and its people deserve every bit of harsh treatment provided by their government's lapdogs , for them to see how evil their goverments actually are and how they live their lives our of the sweat and blood of other nations , capitalism is the worst.
The fact that you guys still pulled through with this stuff and manage to put out content about food is what makes you guys indeed, the Best Ever Food Review Show. keep them videos coming.
You fcking liers I been in EGYPT most beautiful safe country I ever been very friendly caring people I ever seen best beaches in the world
We’ll said
I had faced same problem... With no proper logicall explanation, It happen about 4-5 years i was and still curious had anyone why
I watched a lot of food blogger and they never went through this , he went to this bad experience it’s unfortunate but he has no right to keep on posting his video saying don’t go to Egypt it’s bad .
It is his channel, his show, his experience, his view and the insane amount of $ he has to to specific people for no good reasons. I thank him for the advise, Egypt is out from my checklist.
Thank you so much for this info 👍 Have changed our travel plans since watching this. YOU'RE AWESOME 👏👏👏
Omg that's bad
I have always been VERY good at learning from someone else's mistakes/lessons! I'll be SURE to keep this vid in my mental vault! I feel NO NEED to find out for myself! Thanks for the info!!! 😮
I was there last year. I've never felt so watched in my entire life. I was constantly harassed by the police everywhere I went. I can't tell you how many times I had to show undercover police officers my passport. I lost a whole day because I had to sit in a police station and I finally figured out they just wanted a bribe from me. It's the most corrupt, crazy, and exhausting country I've ever visited and I will not be going back until leadership changes and brings in some reforms. The Egyptian people were nice, a part from the ones who were trying to scam me at the pyramids but I expected that.
Note: I followed every law in their book and never did anything I wasn't supposed to.
it's not just tourists who are mistreated , also locals, there is reason egypt is 166th out of 180th at reporter without borders rank (rank for free speech and journalism). it's a really dangerous country, I just give you some clues I list you a bunch of safer countries: russia, afghanist, rwanda, sudan and others. yes these countries are safer than egypt in terms of free speech and human rights.
its like i keep telling people, you give them money and they dont bother you, thats how corrupt they are
From what I saw, the problem seems to rest with the bureaucracy and people there instead of the leadership. It isn't the leader who catcalled your girl, or extorted money from you. So unless the culture changes then any change in leadership is pointless.
Funny, because i lived there for 5 years and been there on and off since 1986 and not once have i had to show my passport to cops , undercover or otherwise..There's something you're not telling us imo.
If anyone watches sailing zatara, when they went landed in Egypt on their catamaran, they had multiple authorities trying to shake them down for money and then began discussing confiscating their million dollar boat. They made the quick decision they would leave the country. Which the did at night to get outside the country limits. That entire country is corrupt AF and dangerous. It is off of MY bucket list.
And no one is waiting for you to come
@@Whoareyou-dt4kg they all are, with their hands out.
Just like you.
And they had a welcoming, almost wonderful experience in Saudi Arabia. Heck, they stopped in freaking Yemen and didn't have the trouble they did in Egypt!
@@Kitiwake nah nga lol
@@MrJhchrist no one cares
Thanks for showing your experiences
Egypt . . . SCRATCHED FROM BUCKET LIST OF TRIPS!
Thanks for sharing!
Travel with a tourism agency, not solo , thats all
I can feel the frustration and anxiety just by listening to your experience. My wife went to Egypt last year and she told me that it was horrible, and some of the people that were with the group she was with, had their cameras taken away and never got them back. Horrible!!!
Thank you for that message. Was going in May to Egypt on my on. I cancelled the holiday.
You can't take photos of anything, unless you pay. Or if you are in the tombs or pyramids, they want to sell you photos/postcards. I saw a man have his phone snatched by a man who bellowed at him he'd been taking illegal photos. He scrolled through the phone, didn't find any photos that were illegal, then threw the phone back at the man. Fortunately he caught it, but he didn't care if he did or not.
@@louisevanluffelen6612 lol and no one is waiting for you to come
@@louisevanluffelen6612 and no one is waiting for you to come
They also don't like western women
My Experience in Egypt:
I went there with 2 friends. We are all muslim and 2 male + 1 female
When we arrived some airport employee came to us and checked us (none of us spoke arabic). They spoke arabic in a very aggressive way. Eventually they took our Camera and my 2nd mobile phone. They said I couldnt have it back until we leave the country. It was exactly, how our friend here described. I also had to pay like 100€.
At the hotel, we were checked AGAIN and had to w8 about 4-5 hours, just to get to our room! Our rooms was not like it was advertised. Toiletts were disgusting, dirty and dusty beehh.
In the streets, many people harassed us, trying to sell us anything and tried to scam us. All the products were soo expensive for us, not for the locals. One after another wanted us to go in their shops, some guys even tried to force us in. When my friend went alone down an alley, he went into a shop and didn't buy anything (because of shitty good). Upon reunification, there was all of sudden a child following us, bringing cops and he told that my friend tried to rape him !! From this hearsay he was arrested and we fought 2 days to death to get him out ! We HAD to give money to officers big sums, which they gladly took from us without doing anything !! If it was not for our embassy (of Ger), he would have rotten there !!
And the hell trip wasn't over then. People were following us, harassed our feminime friend by the THOUSANDS because they thought she is a woman, she wants to have sex with all the arabs there. They even touched at in uncomfortable spots. It didn't feel safe.
And whats worse, there is in restaurants and shops different pricing for tourists and locals. When we ate at an restaurant, we ordered for like 15€ food, and we had to pay like 50€. When we asked for the menu, it was an entirely different one with higher pricing. When he threatened us with police, we just payed and left.
After all this, I wasn't interested anymore to get a taxi to see the pyramides, I didn't wanted to check out any more any culture, other cities or what so ever. We were all physically, emotionally and financially exhausted and totally disppointed by everything what was connected to egypt.
In the end we spend more than 2000€ in that shitty country for a trip of 8 days !! All kinds of experiences we made were just negative. Harassments, taking our money and assets, lying and cheating us, stealing and so on. You can't imagine just how these people are !! The final 2 days we just stayed at our hotel.
This tour made me hate this country, its authorities, its people (majority was unfriendly and sex-obsessed-men), its culture, its cities (overcrowded, dirty and garbage piled up everywere), its landscape, basically EVERYTHING !! They treated us like enemies !!
I feel sorry for people who go there and have a bad time there !! Thank god we made it out of there ALIVE
@Ben Lee look muslim???? Where the fuck can you see him? Please do tell so we can also pass off judgemental comments
dude im so sorry this looks horrible even though i’ve never been in there
I'm sorry 😢
@@Blueapples514 Exactly, as if there is a phenotype, that indicates one is muslim. We are a religous group, not a unique people. I have e.g. lots of friends from India, some are Sikhs, Hindus and others are Muslim, and still can't tell who belongs to which group, which also doesn't matter to me.
I deal with Egyptians every single day and the vast majority of them are all sadly as you’ve described. Interacting with them drains you physically, emotionally and mentally.
I love that you told us what happened there. A lot of social media influencer would hide this and tell you something like “do your own due diligence” and act like they had a good time 😅
After this video I’m crossing this destination off my list, cheers for this video
I visited Egypt twice about 20 years ago. Never again. They beg for money EVERYWHERE. Guy in a toilet worked as a toilet paper dispenser and asked for tips, a local jumped into a picture I was taking and then demanded tips for his face in my picture, a guy shook my hand on the street and did not release it for a few minutes demanding I go inside and buy something from his shop, at the pyramids young men offered post cards as a “present” and then demanded money, our group was going through souvenir shops as through a flock of attacking birds, children are taught to ask for money, heck at some place we were surrounded by a group of children offering hashish. Bus drivers decided to have fun on a mountain road and were overturning each over. Not to mention the fact that every time I came back with food poisoning. Egypt is a great place, but its population is uncivilized.
Even most of the educated peoples also behave like uncivilized..... Very racist peoples
I can guarantee you it's not like that anymore. Street beggars are taken by the police. Aggressively trying to sell something is not tolerated. We just walk by all these street sellers and say "La, la" which means "No no".
None of them dare to put their filthy hands on us. They know damn well they'll get in trouble for doing so.
However, 20 years ago it was different..I know. ;)
Why did you go in the first place despite all the bad reputation?
@@baloog8 in the year 2000 I had no idea. This is a unique cultural place in the world history, I still think it’s worth visiting Egypt once in a lifetime. If I knew about this reputation, maybe I would not have been shocked as much.
@@alex_smallet thx for answering. Makes me more open. Though I'll probably stick with a tour or have a reputable, savvy guide.
I’m Chinese, have been in Egypt once in 2017, had experienced nearly losing my passport and finally found in the airport, the taxi driver and police were working together to cheat me for some money for the passport I found by myself, unbelievable country……
Same happens in Morocco. Once there the locals don't see you as a fellow human being. You are a factory of money. You have money and they want it and they will do ANYTHING to take it
Went to Egypt several years ago and would never go back. Zero infrastructure, it's chaos everywhere. Food was delicious though and people were nice.
Went to Egypt 2 years back, absolute hell on earth. Same deal, had iPad with charger and a camera was asked what it's for, tried to charge me a fine $400, a horrible horrible country, every person I spoke to wanted cash, going through a checkpoint had to pay an official (yeah right) $250, had a coffee which was awful and the bill was $12 just for coffee. Everything about this country is corrupt and horrible, never going back, I think if more people catch on the tourist trade will dry up.
It's really mindboggling. Egypt has NOTHING going for it except tourism and the tolls from the Suez Canal. And what do they do instead of making sure that Tourists have the best time of their lives? They try to rob them blind at every oportunity and do not treat them like guests.
Way to ruin your country even more...
I had no problemos. I guess I was lucky
@@jetpark3743 Same for me and I've been to Egypt + 10 times over the years (was there just last December), so not just a matter of luck but also how you carry yourself.
12$ 😂😂😂😂 my poor friend you are so clean for this world 😂😂
A coffee in Egypt would never cost more than 4 dollars even in starbucks. The problem that you went there without knowledge that is your problem
@@cycologist7069 71 people would disagree glad it went well for other people, good for them it didn't for me so be respectful.
I've been to around 50 countries and lived in 10. Egypt is by far the worst experience I've ever had.
Just curious, which country was your favorite?
@@kasirsadalos ah difficult question haha, I think Netherlands is the best run country I’ve been too, Indonesia was probably the most fun/beautiful for me
I lived in Egypt for 5 years,and lived in many countries and visited over 100. Egypt was fantastic, loved it.
u ever been to India ? And how it was ? Hope u didnt had any trouble here :)
@@ppo2424 I visited over 100 countries, Egypt was the worst by far, I hated it.
One of those places that not only the government is awful, but also the people are the exact same way.
Damn that is crazy, great video thanks
As Egyptian, I can't agree more! this is the exact reason I had to fled this country. The fear of being thrown any time in jail JUST BECAUSE someone thinks that you should! there's no system, no rules and surviving there is just a matter of luck and/or having some corrupted connections.
Islam screwed Egypt up.
that is also called keeping outsiders out and watching your borders. It is bad that they treated Sonny this way, he doesn't deserve it at all - but many, many others do deserve it. They cannot make exceptions, only because someone is "famous"...and you "fled" Egypt because you are most likely a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer and/or member. Let me guess, you are in Europe sitting on welfare, right? You are not welcome here, either.
The same in Iran
مكبر الموضوع انت يا عم فوزي
@@aymanmohamed6717 u like goats?
you know it is serious when a jolly and fun person like sonny telling you story like this
Yeah
Wholeheartedly agree.
Even at this point, Sonny never said anything bad about the people. Only he is pissed with the authority.
+1
He's not jolly just loud and obnoxious
This was one of most interesting videos I have seen recently. Thanks
I agree.
I did visit Egypt during the lockdowns because there was a lack of destination possibilities. I reserved an adult-only resort and because of low bookings all guest in the adult-only section of the resort were moved to family buildings full of noise and children’s activities without any conversation or regards to the agreed upon travel bookings. It was impossible to explain that had no desire to pass holidays with screaming children everyday. The manager had the audacity to ask ‘Why I did not like children?’ Then I was charged extra for eating in my suite. I had locals harassing me to buy products every-time I stepped out of the door. The staff would intrusively engage me in trivial, tedious & meaningless conversations so that I avoided the pool area all together. The restaurant by the pool was often reserved for the hotel owner’s private family diners making the actual guest feel uncomfortable. I sometimes saw police lights in front of hotel which I am certain were used to calm outraged travelers. Never again! Keep it!
Yes, "I once asked a friend from Sudan if he had been to this country. His immediate response was, 'Why do you want to know?' I told him I was interested in visiting there for a holiday. He then said, 'People go to places to enjoy, not to fight with people and systems over there.'" Watching your video reminded me of that conversation and lucky I did not go there.
Sudan??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Also no one is waiting for you to come
@@Whoareyou-dt4kg the reality is, all the poor Egyptians can't live without foreign money...
@@oliveryt7168 nah, they can lol
@@Whoareyou-dt4kg "lol" indeed
Rotten governments afraid of being toppled by a piece of sandwich 😅
I just recently returned from a 5-6 day trip to Egypt, and while my experience wasn't quite a bad as yours, it was only marginally better. While there we visited Cairo, Aswan, and Luxor. The corruption in their systems is almost surreal to behold. I was completely unprepared for it. Our guide was our only saving grace as she helped us avoid as many issues as possible. The trip was full of bribes and "tips" that we had to pay along the way just to move within the country. It wasn't just officials but a portion of the citizenry as well that had extortionary systems in place.
After enduring this for several days, and while preparing to leave the country, we almost ended up having to call the US Embassy in Cairo after we, a group of 11 US Citizens, were held for our "protection" for several hours under armed guard at the Cairo Airport until we paid the security chief at the airport to let us go 5 minutes up the road to our hotel to sleep for the 2 hours we had remaining before our flight departed. My summation: Egypt is historically beautiful, but systemically appalling.
Hi, I'm Egyptian and I'm sorry if something happened to you, but Egypt is very beautiful, and I hope you will come again and I will welcome you very much. Aswan is amazing right, and in other amazing places like Dahab and Ras Mohamed Protectorate and many other places
@@user-gv2xy6xi7l
deff never going* rather go to Russia anytime/day over egypt 🤣🤣🤣
@@user-gv2xy6xi7l Sorry bit from what I read and heard, not a single one who have visited Egypt will ever come back.
Like the guy in the video said every country should stop going and giving them money then only then Egypt will know that they need to do something to attract tourists. Until then, there's no hope.
In my case, I haven't seen the Pyramids and it's one of the places I always wanted to visit ever since I was young, but after seeing how Egypt really is now, I'm okay with not visiting the pyramids. *Scrabble away from my bucket list
@@user-gv2xy6xi7l yes you are absolutely right, the country is beautiful!
But the government is worse than a dictatorship in Egypt! It has to be overthrown there is no other solution, the people have to really stand up, bring the, down and get a system with real laws and freedom established!
The people should be all for it, or do you and your fellow Egyptians like those scams and try to steal as much money as possible from tourists?
I hope not, so stand up for the country you love and get a democratic government going!
I wish you all the best my friend and hope your country is getting better in the future!
Go down Sisi!!
Thanks for the heads up! I’ve seen other videos with tour guide scammers but this for sure settles it for us! Staying away.
Thanks for the warning! I was thinking of visiting Egypt - now I’m sure I wont. I’ll warn all my friends too.
Don’t aloud someone’s experience to be yours. Like attract like. If person goes for work first they check what’s aloud based on country’s culture. And place is worth to visit.
What a little fragile human you have to be lol
Same here
I always thought someday i will go to Egypt....
NOT ON THIS LIFE
This needs to go viral, so that future tourists who have never visited the country can be alerted.
I was literally just there for a month. He is exaggerating a lot.
@@justinh7099 Egyptian or a moslim which are u or both lol .......🤡
I was planning to visit. Now I might not go. I don’t want to risk goin there.
@@justinh7099 do you have stuff just like this guys? Try it then you'll know.
Seeing previous youtube travel vloggers getting scammed at the pyramids; plus now this video - makes me not ever want to go to Egypt at all.
My Egyptian horror story, in brief. I had food poisoning on the first day. The first symptoms I noticed was coming out of a coma on Day 5, only to find myself tied to a hospital bed. My family had been told I was unlikely to live. Due to the nature of my family to only people able to travel were women, they were advised by the British Foreign office that as unaccompanied women they would be more at risk than myself. It turns out that 2 days of my coma had been spent lying on the floor of my hotel room, charming. After 2 week in an intensive care, I had to be medically evacuated by a Doctor. The British Consul and the Doctor worked for the best part of 36 hours clearing the paperwork. Despite this every person we had to pass in the airport did his damndest to stop me boarding the flight. The lowest point, among many, was when Egyptian customs insisted the Doctor to put his resuscitation gear in the hold ! When they finally were convinced of the reason , they then tried to stop him taking the batteries for his oxygen generator and it took a twenty minute negotiation so that he could provide enough oxygen for the 5 hour flight. A single battery at a time ! Meanwhile I'm slumped in a rickety wheel chair. The moment I felt the airplane wheels leave the runway I a wave of relief and joy, and swore I would never return to Egypt EVER !
The Mindset of Them is such a Backwards that its true their way of thingking is like a Stone age People. Never understood basic human Reasoning and Decency.
@XPress Right. I mean who would have guessed Kinder was an Egyptian company.
That's so bad. Glad you got out if there and doing well now
@XPress Troll.
Holy cow! That’s horrific
My first time finding this channel. The host is hilarious. The way he explains his experiences I was lmao lol. Good video and so sorry for your experience. I’m now nervous about going smh
When I went to Egypt I was on a 5 day Aswan Dam river boat. I was with 3 other Americans all in their 50's. The rest of the 300 passengers were from France. One day after a daytime tour, we went back to the boat for lunch. All the food on the buffet was covered with saran wrap. None of the French passengers had arrived yet for lunch. We were refused (by the crew) to allow us to get food from the buffet; instead, they brought us lunch on plates and then they stood around staring at us. I told my fellow Americans something was up, and not to eat the food. They thought I was paranoid, and proceeded to eat their lunch. Ten minutes later, the French tourists arrived and the buffet line was opened. I got in line and ate my buffet lunch. Later that night, all my American friends got violently ill with food poisoning; later on back in U.S., they found they had been infected with worms found most commonly in dog feces. Thank God for my justifed paranoia. Never go to Egypt as a tourist.
Dirty unts. We all know why these type done this .
You were the only one with survival instincts
Yeah, makes you want tobe French!!
Wow, that is concerning.
I'm glad to hear you were able to avoid being did poisoned. This sounds like they hated Americans.
What they did was despicable.
I had rocks thrown at me every single day I was in Egypt, every single fricking day, at Giza, while rowing a rental boat in a canal, while watching kids playing football, any time I was not on a crowded street some kids were throwing rocks at me with huge insane smiles, like it was a joke.
What can you expect from Stone Age animals
I visited Egypt about 2 months ago and it was the most racist country that I have ever visited. Not just the officials but people too. Kids followed me saying racist stuff and demanding money, shops tried so hard to scam me, restaurants just flat out ignored me when I wanted to order. I have never experienced such racism and I visited over 20 different countries. Sad state of Egypt
Average afrocentric :
@@Whoareyou-dt4kgAverage troll
@@PhoenixRising1111-tu2nu bot
@@Whoareyou-dt4kg I think his name is asian, korean och chinese maybe, what do you mean afrocentric lmao????
@@VErisotthey think only black people complain about racism
I went to egypt once and ill never return. The place is crazy. No systems and everyone just wants to rip everyone else off.
What did you expect? It's egypt 😅😅
Is allows say you not welcome to Egypt and we don't need kind of preson like you in my country. Man we love Egypt 🇪🇬 for ever
as an egyptian i assure you that
pray i get out of this shit hole alive
@@Thetruthspoken-cv8jp ب وص م ك
I spent approx 900 USD in a hotel I took a suite room. During my checkout these hotel guys stopped me and asked me to check my bag. One small hand towel was missing. They checked my Bag it was nothing in my bag. I will give an Honest review on this country once I go back to my country
Great video! just getting into your vids, my x the Mother of my daughter is from Alexandria Egypt, i'm from Sydney Nova Scotia Canada...Egypt such a very interesting place.
I agree that it is a nightmare. We visited the Pyramids, and these tour guides made us sit on a camel, and when we were on the camel, they said. "We will not climb down you from the camel unless you pay 40 US dollars". My friend just leaped from the top of a camel during an argument near the pyramids, where there are big stones. And they made me sit there until I handed over the money. It was frightening for me to start crying. I would never recommend anyone go there.
It's sad how these people near touristy sites who are most of the ones that make contact with the tourist. It's sad how they painting a dark photo about a country full of good people
😂😂
@@nininong2008 Hope you will be in the same situation one day, the days are rounding.
YOU ARE SURE WE TALK ABOUT THE SAME COUNTRY @@zm_headhunter BECAUSE EGYPT,💩💩💩💩💩💩🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🐷🐷🐷🐷👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿
Jordan is the same way near Petra
My grandparents went there before they passed. They visited quite a few different countries in their lifetime but they talked about Egypt like it was absolutely dreadful.
Egypt, Morroco, UAE, Qatar etc they're all the same dreadful places because they are part of Muhammadania.
it is dreadful indeed.
@@hircine92hyou're racist to Indians and Egyptians
@@pipipupu5104 Kinda I am. I just hate %99 of those ppl.
@@hircine92h why is it because you're white
Thank you for posting.
I have a horrible experience in Egypt
Never ever go to Egypt
Was planning a two week trip worth several thousand $$$ with the wife and kid and parents. No more. Going to Italy instead.
Enjoy italy, the second beautiful country in the world - after 🇨🇭
Very good choice
If you want to see Pyramids in a third world country, Mexico is more accommodating to tourist. Egypt is straight up awful.
I visited Egypt in 1980.....Glad I went, but will NEVER return as there are so many other countries in the world that are so much more tourist friendly. Sometimes I've wondered if the harsh climate there produces a harsh people...just like their 'Oh so surly camels'!
I've visited 19 countries, including Greece, but although I've had a few great Italian friends, I've never been to Italy.....have a great visit. BHE
You will love Italy.
Me and my Wife has been also once to Egypt for a 2 weeks vacation and we will never go back to Egypt for so many reasons. It is honestly one of the worst countries to visit.
Oh damn. I wanted to visit the pyramids.
@@mpazinambao2938 You realize they're right next to a shitty city right? THey're not that special. The photos you see frame it so you don'T see the buildings. If you think you'll be in the middle of the desert with an amazing view you'll be sorely dissapointed. You'll be right next to the shitty city with tons of tourists and tons of security making sure no western tourists get blown up. Don't
Am Egyptian I love to see you never go back we really don't need you there
@user-zc4yl9yp4o you really do mate, and instead of being rude just admit that there is chaos in Egypt. I really doubt he made a video just to dimish Egypt and its people but rather put a light on what's the situation.
Not a country
I was planning to visit also.
Your video was your point of view only. But after reading alot of the comments. All the comments i read are negative and no one is saying oh your all wrong. So i think i also will give this country a miss.
Thanks for the video and thanks to the people for their comments.
Good job on the iphone footage, seriously looks just as good as a travel show on TV. Kudos on the filmmaking
I'm Egyptian and I'm so sorry you had to go through this but I can vouch that all of this is completely accurate and I stopped being a street photographer due to the massive paranoia, stupidity and lack of clear laws/systems
اهخخ والله شي يزعل 💔
Just because you have an Arab name or account name that doesn't mean you are Egyptian.
@@originalthoth7313 wtf is ir problem, lmaooo 💀💀💀
اسف على ايه يا عنيا 😂😂😂
يعني لو انت مخرج وروحت بالادوات دي لبلدهم هيستقبلوك في المطار انه عادي اتفضل
طيب ايه رايك انك ساعتها هتترحل اصلا ودا اصلا بعد مايتاكدوا من البيانات والتحريات واللي ممكن تخليك تقعد بالكام يوم لحد مايتاكدوا وبردو تترحل
وزي اي نظام دولي بقاله سنين من غير ورق وخطابات موافقة حكومية لدخول الحاجات تعتد نوع من انواع التجسس
دا في اي دولة يابن مصر يا فتك ولا سيادتك مطيباتي 😡
@@originalthoth7313 bro?
I stayed in Egypt for only 3 nights and couldn’t wait to leave. I went bc I am fascinated with ancient history, but the museum was heartbreaking, everything was kept in bad condition, the hotel would have us go trough X-ray every time, and the way they treat animals is so sad. I am never going back
Same I've been twice because I didn't get to see everything i wanted to the first time I went for 5 days the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities the major museum for ancient Egypt i swear to God the only reason things are properly preserved is because of all the western experts working there the valley of the kings was nice the second time i took a nile cruise went to Memphis and the state of some of the museums there shocked me same with the temple at Karnak in luxor or the museum there no care for the absolutely precious artifacts they have it was incredibly depressing and the amount of times at ancient sites i got harassed by locals asking for money was infuriating and the hotel staff was impossible and just rude about things for no reason never mind the constant xray scans or security asking stupid questions just like why
@@NYCfrankie
Sorry for interfering, but as an archaeologist, I have the right to speak. Some antiquities, such as temples, are in a difficult condition and it is difficult to restore them to their original state, so we leave them so as not to destroy them. We also have Egyptian archaeologists who are the supervisors of the Egyptian Museum and other museums. I'm sorry for what the locals did But if you come to Egypt again, I will take you on a free tour of the museums in Cairo. There are many aspects and more monuments that you haven't seen in Egypt
@@kenzyhassan5621 Well said.
Stfu, you have to go through x ray cause sorry we don't like to have any terrorists in our country, 2nd animals are treated with kindness and love in Egypt .
Go to iran...you will realize huge cultural difference
We should figure how to all of us notify their tourism board WHY we won't go to Egypt. What a shame, it's been on my dream list since I left high school 30 years ago
I'm so sorry. But this is not the Egypt you've heard or fantasized about. Live with your embellished picture of what it was or could've been. Rather than coming here and getting depressed
I am Egyptian and fled out of that place and not willing to go back there ever! It’s miserable and disastrous in every possible way!
Bro you're out of Egypt and maybe in the West, so mind your business and don't be a Zionist trying to slander Egypt.
@@user-td3fb4rm5dReally? He can’t even talk about his own country?
@@jacstvofficial4490 He can do it, only if it is objective and not a consequence of indoctrination and brainwashing.
@@jacstvofficial4490 Don't be silly pretending that you're free, independent and individualistic and all of that.
@@user-td3fb4rm5d Why attacking him for having an opinion about his own country?
I too had a very similar experience. I went there for a conference and stayed there for three nights. Absolute horror. I must, however, say that some of the people I met there were magnificent and really helpful. But there is "no system" out there for "anything at all".
Some observations from my side:
1. You have to tip anyone and everyone. I am an Indian - I am used to this behaviour - but never ever have I paid a tip to a person, every time I had to go to the toilet at the Airport. At Cairo Airport, the cleaners in the toilet keep standing at the doors. When you leave, you are supposed to tip them. I had to wait at the airport for 6 hours. It seemed like a never-ending wait.
2. When you go for security checks, there will be people who would take your bag - even if it is a simple backpack, that you can easily put yourself on the belt - and put it on the belt. You will have to tip them for doing so. I was quite adamant not to give a tip to a guy for just putting my laptop bag on the belt. But he kept insisting. There was some white guy behind me in the line, who whispered to me "give him the tip, or else, they'll FIND SOMETHING in your bag". I got his clue and gave him 20 Egyptian Pounds.
3. To avoid travelling, I had booked a room in the same hotel where my conference was scheduled. At the last moment, the conference organisers changed it to a hotel around 20 km from my hotel. I was so furious I had almost made up my mind to not attend it and go back. Fortunately, I met a kind person from Saudi Arabia there, who helped me out in arranging a cab (by speaking to everyone in Arabic on my part), and also cheered me up. But this "no system" part was so true - the organisers did not even apologise for this abrupt change.
I stayed right next to the Nile river, and the great pyramids were only 30-40 mins from there. I did not go there. In my mind, it was a kind of protest - I did not want to spend any more money than required in Cairo.
"give him the tip, or else, they'll FIND SOMETHING in your bag" Holy shit that's awful.
Wow... that's incredibly useful advise for anyone thinking of going there! Thanks alot for warning the rest of us. I'm so sorry you had such a terrible time. I'm just thinking of how much money that must have cost you, omfg! I don't blame you at all for refusing to give them a single cent more on anything!
Thank you for the comprehensive write-up 👍
Don't ask yourself why France sells so much repressive material to this country... the same material that was used against the "yellow vests"
Ha ha ha ha ha ha, I don't know which country you are from? but for sure Sri Lanka or India. whole world are watching the situation India and Sri Lanka are facing. you just shut your mouth.
The fact that you can shoot all this with just an iPhone is truly mesmerizing, Technology has really came a long way.
Great job Sonny and i am sorry about Egypt.
yes its incredible.. there is a movie comletely shot with iphones... called: INSANE from 2018 .. you should check that out..
What iphone does he use?
@@okay9736 iPhone 13 the latest one
i live in egypt and its not true they are just worried since egypt has lots of enemys and they are a big target.
lol
My husband HATED it and said never again. Everyone tries to scam you out of money. They are rude and the driving skills are horrendous.
I have never heard good stuff about Egypt from tourists, bad experiences seem to be the common theme
"They're worried I'm talking crap about their country... They've given me a reason to talk crap about the country"
Those sentences perfectly encapsulate how a paranoid government bureaucracy that try to prevent people talking shit just makes people talk more shit. Especially foreigners who have the ability to talk shit about any country they want and one with a huge following. If anything, this experience has convinced tourists to steer clear of Egypt.
This is so true. The more transparent you are the less people care what you do. Even when you stuff up
I've been twice in Egypt. Both times they tried to scam me multiple times. Dirty and unsafe country.
@XPress hilarious Policy of Egypt, towards tourists,
very disgusting
No they simply show what a white man think of other countries false entitlement
@XPress Egypt is a trash country nothing to see would rather go to Syria a lot to see
I wish I’d seen this video sooner. We went to Egypt (Sharm El-Sheikh) in October 2023. All inclusive with the family in what was billed as a 4 star hotel. Worst holiday of our lives, hotel was dirty, no customer service, everyone after money, whole family got sick, and to top it off, we were involved in a massive crash in our holiday transfer on the way back and all the company cared about was us signing something to say we were ok. When you’re presented with police with machine guns in front of your crying young children, you’ll sign anything. You couldn’t pay me to go back there!
Sharm airport was horrendous when I was last there. people walked into the baggage reclaim area and took the tags from your bags and then asked for money to give you your own bags back. Same when we left, trying to charge you to put your bags on the belt when you checked in for your flight. And we were all sick from the food.
@@simonsays2685 I forgot all about the awful experience on arrival into Sharm! We had something similar, where I went to get another bag from the conveyor belt, to find some random guy with my family holding on to our trolley and putting my child on top of the bags (unrequested and without permission). He then proceeded to take us through entry security and expected payment at the end (I think we gave $5). At the same time, another lady who was also on the same flight told us that she was fleeced for $30 by someone else for the same process and they'd made her uncomfortable enough that she felt she needed to pay them for her bags back. Just another reason to avoid this place at all costs.
Cheers for sharing your experience with us and sorry to hear about the bad experience, including the crash. I know what it means to have young children, they are the love of your life and all we want is to protect them and them to have great experiences. Was considering Egypt, but definitely not anymore. I have even heard of shark attacks, resulting in horrible deaths quite neat the beach, although not sure if it was Sharm el Sheikh
Have you tried...Pakistan?
@@nathumbzockwalol.
That's insane and frustrating. Well, visiting Egypt will be taken off my bucket list.
Just watched your vid all the way. Thanks bc ive always wanted to see the pyramids. Now i put a line thru that vaca suggestion.
Good for you, if you are American republican = don't travel to any Muslim tourist country you know it in this earth, not just Egypt
- this is for you from a Tunisian here speaks with you from Tunisia here
I am a 38 years old male Egyptian. and I am just so glad that your videos showed the true side of egyptain government to the whole world. I struggled with this, every single day for 33 years before leaving.
That right! The world must know!!
And I am egyptian and I am telling you good riddance...please stay where you are
Why what did you do wrong? In every country, and I mean every country there are both the good and the bad sides. It totally depends how you want to see it! Just for you to know the Egyptian government is going to take action into this and will allow tourists to film as much as they want! “The world must know”.
Not only government maximum guy is also a lunatic compared to other people.
Egypt is a highly developed Islamic country. All these foreigneres spreading hate about egypt will be taken to task. Strict punishment must be given to the enemies of Egypt.
I was in Egypt and while seeing the ancient sights was amazing. Everything else was not. Worst trip I ever went on and never going back. Most people were hostile and at one point a whole group of men surrounded my girlfriend and was making her very uncomfortable. I had to get her away and they became threatening towards me. Very unpleasant.
No worries, thanks to the Internet, they will soon stop seeing so many tourists in the following years.
@@colonelccccc and who told you that they are waiting for tourists even to come ? 😂😂😂😂
@Whoareyou-dt4kg Because you simple minded fool, tourism accounts for a large percentage of egypts economy. Without tourists they lose billions of dollars.
@@TroyTempest777 lol even if tourism makes 100% of it's economy, no one is not waiting for anyone to come
You were very lucky. Watch Lara Logan's experience from 2011, absolutely shocking. Raped by a mob
Thanks for posting
LoL I really enjoyed the video because your sarcasm lines are so funny 😂
“They deem suspicious based on their complete lack of knowledge of anything” looool
“Why would you possibly want to have a walkie-talkie unless you planning to overthrow our government” looool
“A police officer telling me what to delete based on what? his feelings“ looool
I visited Egypt once, and it was the worst trip of my life. The amount of pressure and harassment is honestly unbearable, they think I’m some sort of a Sheikh or a prince once they know I’m from Arabia, which made me wear local clothes and try fitting in to avoid all that shit. I was relieved once I got to the airport, just to be approached by an airport worker who grabbed my luggage and skipped the whole line and checked my bags in, l knew what was coming. So I told him I had no money and I showed him my wallet, after a long argument, I had to get him off my ass and I gave him the last money I had. I genuinely was so close to a nervous breakdown once I boarded my plane and got the hell outta there.
but you were able to communicate cause you both spoke arabic right?
@@John_DaMan it doesn't matter my friend for real... I speak Arabic and I still got f'ed up every day when I visited Cairo. See, when they hear you speak an Arabic dialect that's not Egyptian they'll know that you are a tourist... And they'll swarm you.
@@ballerinlife9512 i see...damn i hate being haggled when traveling..i guess Egypt is off my list.
So don't come to Egypt again
@@lhibaking Trust me, I won’t even think about it..
We lived in Egypt for 3 years and made lots of great lifelong friends and memories BUT anything dealing with government offices is a nightmare and the airport is the absolute worst experience of my life! They took our dogs and we had to pay $500 to get them back . I was bawling in the airport begging them to at least let me see them and make sure they were ok .. nope! This was 3am so it took a whole day of gathering the funds and going from office to office to office to finally get the paper work we needed to pick them up .. also we are very well traveled and we called ahead and did everything they said to bring them in. Like you said their is no system and no 2 people give you the same rules or guidelines. Egypt could be amazing but they really need to clean house!
Maybe. But I view Egypt and most other ME nations as places where ancient timing still controls and hatred of anything 'non-native' to the country is looked upon with anger and jealousy. Other than antiquities, there is not much else there.
That is soo inhumane
shouldnt really be bringing your dogs to egypt without the right paperwork and research
I feel you
@@ura9390 No kidding. That's the best answer. Don't go period.
Listening to you talking about Your experience in Egypt, It’s like talking about my personal experience, literally- And I speak, Arabic
I've been many times to Egypt.
I loved Dahab, North coast, Hurghada....
Just amazing experience!
Same - I spend amazing vacations at the Red Sea, especially Marsa Alam and El Quseir
Blink twice if you need help
You successfully described the daily life of an egyptian. Imagine being an egyptian citizen. As an egyptian I am sorry you had to go through this.
I am Egyptian and I really want to thank this man for showing the real Egypt. Not like the bullshit propaganda you see in the American media.
Yeah I'm glad there's some big name travel youtuber talking about the BS in Egypt. When I went in the past you could not do ANYTHING without having to bribe, bribe, bribe. We are stopped just for having blond hair and blue eyes, fair skin is a crime here. My sister was almost sexually assaulted and we decided to just stay in the hotel for the entire trip. Never going back to Egypt ever!
I'm praying for egypt, May Allah overthrow the tyrannical Dzalim-ist regime soon.. Islamophobic regime that have De-Islamisation agenda with full of hateness to the Islamic people power.. and its clear to see.. we are struggle in the same situation, pray for us too please!
lot of buzzer Islamophobic hired to "attacking" Islamist power, and spread hateness to Islam itself by Dzalim-ist tyrannical Islamophobic regime, so sick! but its reality nowadays, and we need to "wake up" to change our situations!
The nwo will be like this world wide. Franks are arabs, check relationship between france and ottoman from francis the first meet souleymane, until "1918, they said.
The masons are born from this relationship, lgbt = bacha bazi, a slave for a slave, trans replacing women sacrificed in surrogacy farm = a woman for a woman.
Your dna has the devil within.
Shit country it is I have gone thru Egypt history damn not a good one the people are racist as well
I'm Australian, my wife kids and myself are extremely well travelled. I agree...don't go to Egypt. The hassle, corruption and vulnerability to travellers is very, very scary.
Fake stuff, Egypt is rated one of the most safest places to travel.
@@originalthoth7313 based on what?
@@LAZY_LKPS on the huge number of tourists every year 😁
@@LAZY_LKPS
"Egypt Selected Among Best Destinations For 2022 By Lonely Planet
Egypt joins Malawi, Nepal, Oman, Anguilla, Slovenia, Belize, Mauritius, Norway, and the Cook Islands, as the world’s top destinations travelers should think about when selecting their next traveling experience, where Egypt was hailed for its rich history and architectural wonders through the ages."
@@originalthoth7313 why are you even on this comment thread?
Uow! Almost went to Egypt this year! I will never go there. Thank you!
I literally had a breakdown in the hotel. So sick and tired of the scams. I could only cry.
Sadly, this is the most accurate video I have seen about Egypt in years.
Even local people get completely uncomfortable around cameras because they either believe what the regime says about "foreigner spies" or because they're terrified of what might happen to them if the police thought they were "cooperating" with a foreigner with a camera... You can see it clearly a few times during the videos.
Isn't tourism one of their main economic branches? Its fking crazy that they would bark and bite at the hand that feeds them, all over some random paranoid shit. This left a bad taste in my mouth, I decided against visiting it.
@@em4703 Don't judge based on just someone experience,have been living here for close to five years and there are pros and cons not as back as y'all are making it to be
@@em4703 You're spamming all the video threads with the same reply. What's you model country?
Not true..
@@em4703 no one is feeding anyone. It's not a charity lol... The regime simply controls everything and prefers tourists who stay in the small bubbles the regime created for them so they don't see how the regime is ruling the rest of Egypt with iron and fire.
The country is definitely worth a visit but not under the rule of this dictatorship regime.
Thanks for this. Just cancelled my $20,000 honeymoon to Egypt thanks to you!
Good 👍🏽 go to European countries or Thailand or Indonesia never go to these scammers countries
What? No go to Egypt. Just don't photograph anything.
For 20,000 usd in the Philippines, you can stay at the best and most exclusive resorts and have a spa day everyday.
U can buy a house in Egypt for that money? 20000$ was a scam anyway 😂
You aren't welcome in Indonesia too, travel to your west world,, if you are American, don't come to us in the east, especially an American republican, dont come to us *@@DosDosDosDosDos787
What a nightmare. I’ve only ever heard things like this from people travelling to Egypt. I will never go personally.
Everyone who complains about Egyptian relics being held in other countries should go to Egypt and see how they feel
bro shut up it's still theft, two wrongs don't make a right
@@user-zn4sr1ll1c bro
Decades ago my family went on vacation to Egypt. We were in the airport in Cairo trying to take a domestic flight to Luxor. The guy behind the check-in counter looked at our tickets but told my father we are not on the flight list. After some discussion, it was decided my father should go behind the counter and look at the screen himself... The screen was turned OFF! My father handed him some money, the screen was turned on, and there we were on the list. Just felt like the scamming was everywhere. Amazing historic sights in Egypt... but....
OMG
It is clear that the way you speak is racist. Egypt is a beautiful country, a safe country, and a country that has many very beautiful places. You came to Egypt to search for problems, and you did not come to Egypt to search for beauty, calmness, and peace. Your way of expression is very clear because you are a racist person.
I am Egyptian and I agree with you 100% ! People need to stop visiting there so that things could change after a $$$$ crunch!
Egyptian government are stupid
Was literally in the process of booking my holiday to Egypt but not anymore. Disgraceful
Ur the only genuine guy below the commments who said real truth
What’s better be ruled by those hypocrites the Muslim brotherhood sisi is a millions better than Morsi and that’s a fact be grateful he provides for you security minus the bad things he does.
@XPress
Not sure you understand what the word sadistic means.
Thank you, I was thinking of travelling to Egypt this year. Not anymore.
I wanted to go there but now i need think twice. Good info
I am Egyptian, and I used to live abroad. When I came to Egypt, I think that everything you said is completely true. Here in Egypt, there are many fraudsters, and there is also a lot of discrimination in it.
Egypt is beautiful country with kind and respectful people, beautiful modest and believing people. just because the government and police people are stupid does not matter the people and their country is so.
@@sisterinthisdunya There are plenty of local scammers that are unrelated to the police or the government as well.
I’ve lived in Cairo for 9 months now, and I can tell you that Egypt is a very crooked country. You’ll meet some of the most kindest people, but you’ll also encounter some of the most dishonest and unethical human beings who care only about money.
I hope you stay safe mate I wouldn’t be surprised if they try to intimidate you for sharing your genuine experience. Huge fan of your work here.