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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
I went to Egypt in 2013, my plan was to stay there for 4 months to learn Arabic, after 3 weeks I was the happiest person on earth because I left the country.
in 2013 it was different because there were terrorism and massive corruption at the time now its different and depends on where you are in the country.
"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).
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 .😢😢😢
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.
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
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
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.
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.
This completely sums up how it was for me. I was solo traveling and had a 24 hour layover there and it was frankly awful. Took three hours from the time I landed to get to the hotel. Started out with being unable to find where to get a visa in customs, once I found the bank, they refused to take my cash. I had to beg an old British guy to pay for mine. Was harassed a ton once leaving the airport offering me a taxi. Took forever to find my Uber. When I went into the city I was accosted and hassled walking around. Kids trying to take pics with me, several groups of people trying to stop and talk to me. It was so tiresome. Got ripped off several times at a market. Several tuk tuk drivers tried to force me in their ride. Going through airport security and customs departing was pure hell too. I’ll never forget the joy taking off from Cairo.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I remember the day I left Cairo as one of the happiest days of my life. When I got home, I even threw away every little souvenir I had bought in Egypt, in order to get rid of the "bad energy" that I had experienced.
This authoritarian state you saw, with its violent, cruel, and illogical regime, is one that your own government has contributed to establishing and maintaining (after removing the previously elected government. due to their support for Palestine) . This pattern of replacing governments that oppose American policies and interests is seen repeatedly around the world. Any nation that honestly opposes America's agenda will be targeted for regime change. The difficulties you experienced on your visit were partially the result of your government's policies in the Middle East. The Egyptian people have endured over a decade of suffering under this repressive rule, largely due to your country's interventions. If the Egyptian people attempt to overthrow this regime, your government will likely be the first to oppose such an uprising, or to support an even worse coup to preserve its regional interests, especially since Egypt's current regime is considered an important ally to America's spoiled protégé, Israel. Any government that supports Palestine and is hostile to Israel will be forcibly replaced in favor of these authoritarian regimes that you witnessed in Egypt. This is the case across the Islamic and Arab world. What you experienced is just a fraction of the suffering inflicted on the local population. If you are truly outraged, direct your anger at your own country's policies and urge your government to leave these people alone, stop meddling in their affairs, and cease supporting the coups of these oppressive rulers. Only then will you be able to visit the country freely for tourism.
Good for you, don't travel to this region again, not just Egypt, in all the whole region I'm Tunisian here speaks with you from Tunisia here , and my country a tourist country too,, and I hope you understand yourself like American that you aren't welcome for us, like local people of this region, especially if you are a f* American republican Christian protestant or evangilical zionist
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.
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. ;)
@@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.
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 $12 just for coffee. Everything about this country is corrupt and horrible, never going back, I think if more people catch on the tourist trade will dry up.
It's really mindboggling. Egypt has NOTHING going for it except tourism and the tolls from the Suez Canal. And what do they do instead of making sure that Tourists have the best time of their lives? They try to rob them blind at every oportunity and do not treat them like guests. Way to ruin your country even more...
@@jetpark3743 Same for me and I've been to Egypt + 10 times over the years (was there just last December), so not just a matter of luck but also how you carry yourself.
12$ 😂😂😂😂 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
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
Egypt is a country of mixed races and ethnicities and they have lived for very long centuries of slavery and it was known about them that the first to wake up from sleep is to occupy it without any resistance from the Egyptians, they are Turks, Circassians, Gypsies, Indians, Bengalis, Romans, Armenians and Greeks, as for the Arabs, they live in the Sinai Peninsula and they do not mix with anyone or marry outside their tribes because they consider themselves to be the purest people in race, blood and lineage. There are Berbers in the Siwa region and they are exactly the same as the Arabs, they do not mix with anyone or marry anyone at all. Their customs, traditions and nature of the Egyptians are closer to the customs and traditions of the Gypsies, Indians and Bengalis, so much so that they are called Indians and Bengalis of Africa 🇪🇬❤️ 🇮🇳 because Britain occupied Egypt for 70 years and the soldiers came from India and Bangladesh and many of them remained in Egypt, as prostitution was permitted in Egypt and they used to have sex and have many children in the street Clot Bey was the king of prostitution at that time. They took a lot of Indian customs, traditions and culture, even some of the foods were originally Indian and not Egyptian, such as koshary India is very similar to their country and they are very similar to them. In customs and traditions, you feel as if you live in India. Their streets, residential neighborhoods, and transportation by tuk-tuk. They are nicknamed India and Bengal Africa 🇪🇬❤️🇮🇳
Did you know that all the countries of the Middle East the man is the one who takes care of all the marriage expenses, except for Egypt the woman is the one who takes care of half of the marriage expenses like India exactly The father even has to take a loan from the bank in order to prepare his daughter's apartment 🇪🇬❤️🇮🇳❤️🇮🇳❤️🇪🇬
India is very similar to their country and they are very similar to them. In customs and traditions, you feel as if you live in India. Their streets, residential neighborhoods, and transportation by tuk-tuk. They are nicknamed India and Bengal Africa 🇪🇬❤️🇮🇳
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
@@حكاياتحيواناتالغابة 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
@@حكاياتحيواناتالغابة 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!
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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
@@jadebijou9508cancel your trip or go elsewhere. Just read the comment section. It’s a literal nightmare waiting to happen. Make sure you have access to a lot more money than you think you’ll need for bribes and getting yourself out of police custody. If you are a woman, I would simply not go as the risk of SA is incredibly high to the point it seems like a guarantee that you will be harassed and assaulted. Plz travel safe and get to know a local before you even land. If you don’t, you’re going to be scammed, robbed, groped, harassed, or worse.
@@algorithm1635 I had to tell you that I had the ultimate best time in Egypt!!! my mom and I just got back a few days ago unbelievable experience. I’m actually going back November! I know we have all our own experiences, and I’ve been to lots of countries. This is by far my top five! Thank you for your insight on things though:-)
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 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!
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.
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!
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.
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
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 😡
"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.
I am a young Egyptian guy and I tell you: Do not come to Egypt, we are dying here... We cannot find work and we cannot find a decent life. Can you imagine that I have been learning IT for six years now and have not found any opportunity!!
I'm so sorry for your experience, my company brings a lot of expats over and frankly we won't work with Egyptians because it's impossible to work with the Egyptian embassy. It's an absolute shame because there's so many ridiculously talented people in Egypt that could be so successful in other countries.
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……
Did you know that all the countries of the Middle East the man is the one who takes care of all the marriage expenses, except for Egypt the woman is the one who takes care of half of the marriage expenses like India exactly The father even has to take a loan from the bank in order to prepare his daughter's apartment 🇪🇬❤️🇮🇳❤️🇮🇳❤️🇪🇬
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.
@@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
@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.
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
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!
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
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.
@@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.
@@VisitPakistan464 Well, if you read all the comments. Then the trouble allreddy starts at the airport, and is all of Egypt fucked up. I'm not going after reading all of this!
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.
@@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."
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 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.
@@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
Two friends of mine are medical doctors from Egypt, and they say it's lawless and completely corrupt. Basically the legal system is rotten. Judges, police officers, and government workers run the country. You're expected to pay government workers money "under the table", but not really because everyone knows they have to "pay/bribe" to get any paperwork stamped/ approved or nothing will get done, ever. Medical doctors have to moonlight at least 3 jobs on the side just to make ends meet. Surgical professors cannot be found in the hospital and junior doctors and interns are on their own when it comes to doing any surgery. One of them was alone went through years of training with no guidance, ex. first time he had to amputate a patient's leg by himself completely alone.
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.
They stopped my sister at the airport and searched her luggage in a private room away from her for no apparent reason. When she got back home she found out they took all her gold jewelery out of the boxes and left the boxes empty inside the bags. She had a meltdown. I felt really bad for her cause unlike what those sick bastards think we don't sit on a pile of gold back in Saudi. She really worked her ass off over the years to buy herself nice stuff. Theifs. You got lucky man. EDit: Egyptians are my brothers and sisters. I'm referring to the governmental corrupt and the weak people who dishonred humanity. Also, you would never know if the jewelry is gold or fake unless you examined it, no one would grab and steel something you're wearing unless it's loose and the person is a professional theif lol. Stop normalizing major crimes and blame victims, nothing uglier than someone who does that. FYI, Egyptians wear gold too. It's in our Islamic and Arabi traditions.
@@user-xx6fv4tu2q she didn't know at that time that sick people like you exists. Probably this attitude is exactly what those cops had when they took her jewelry. Laughing it off as if she deserved to be rubbed.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
I remember buying a pack of cigarettes in Cairo. The price the shop keeper quoted was outrageous, so I sent my local Egyptian driver instead to buy it. Expectedly, my driver got the same pack for less than half the price. So I went there again and confronted the shopkeeper along with the driver. He simply said, "for you its 50 pounds and for him its 20 pounds". That's how they treat foreigners and guests in Egypt. Just about everyone wants to rip you off and they feel its their right to do so. Its culturally acceptable in Egypt to cheat foreigners and tourists. Simply shameful. I lived there for six months and had to face these situations on daily basis. On the other hand, in countries like Pakistan and Iran, shopkeepers often don't even charge foreigners and tourists, treat them with so much respect, and are constantly trying to help.
They don't charge the foreigners because there's hardly any tourism there compared to other countries, for them you're an alien, I mean would you charge an alien that has come from other planet.
@@eyadehab756 So foreigners deserve the double standard? how do you feel if we discriminate u in kind in our country? it is not about the amount, it is about principles and dignity for fellow men.
@@eyadehab756 this is a badass mentally brother, I was in Egypt and even I am Arabic they super charge me, and when I discover it they tell me you live in Europe, 5 euros is nothing for you… This is not fair and this is a dead argument. It is not about the price it is about discrimination. Why I pay 5 euros when Egyptian pay 2 euros for it? You are guys killing your history and your country. Be fair because Allah said that…
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.
Did you know that all the countries of the Middle East the man is the one who takes care of all the marriage expenses, except for Egypt the woman is the one who takes care of half of the marriage expenses like India exactly The father even has to take a loan from the bank in order to prepare his daughter's apartment 🇪🇬❤️🇮🇳❤️🇮🇳❤️🇪🇬
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....
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.
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.
I'm glad I stumbled upon this video. For the most part, there is an overwhelming majority of people in the comments who share the same sentiment about NOT going to Egypt. But I'm surprised at these people who are saying, "Go to Egypt. Just join a reputable travel group." Why continue to encourage people to travel there and pour money into a country that routinely mistreats tourists? Sure, a person could join a reputable large travel group, but why should they have to?! The only way to force change for all tourists, big groups or small, is to hit them where it hurts... their pockets. The more you go, the more you contribute to the chaos others are describing. Thanks, Sonny, for the video ❤
For pepoles that like history it's worth 2-3 days for sightseeing only.and be prepared for the harrasment in advance. Sadly you cannot enjoy the pyramids coz they will not stop bothering you
my mom went last year, she said everyone was mean and lots of paranoia everywhere, she said they gave her hell anywhere she went. She said she would never go back.
never knew it was extremely difficult like that as a tourist in Egypt. This country was actually one of the places I wanted to visit; Not any more... I'm so glad you made it back home safely.
what the real reason behind this is... Egypt is a Muslim country they see Americans as a threat because of what they have done to Muslim countries. I know you will probably hate to hear this but it is what it is. Your media platforms have made a bunch of lies about them and they know what a guy with a bunch of cameras and wakie takkie capable of. it's the truth
It's a shit country and a shit place to go for holidays. The most sane thing you can do there is to stay inside your resort and then get shuttled between the resort and historic sites. You cant really walk around outside in peace because everyone congregate around you screaming for your money. And dont have women with you because that will just increase the congregation.
15 of us were planning to have a bachelor party in Egypt ( we are from UK). although they had amazing deals, after watching your video and several others TH-camrs, we decided to go to Romania instead. Thank you for raising awareness
you all needed a TH-camr to tell you that arab countries are 🗑? man no wonder you just take in inmigrants thinking they will assimilate , you guys know NOTHING about how other cultures work . There is a reason most countries in the world don't accept illegal inmigrants , especially muslims
I am Egyptian... All what you said is totally true , for the past few years the country is not a place to visit or live. This is our reality there and doesn't mean every citizen there accepts it. We hate the system. it became unbelievable, We know this is not the normal. But guess what, anyone who tries to do or say or write a thing against them will be imprisoned right away.
I was literally about to go to Egypt this summer for graduate study research and the u.s dep of education would not approve it; I'm now heading to Morocco. Will be my third time in good old Maroc, and I wanted to see Egypt badly, but you got me feeling like I dodged a serious bullet! Not to mention, I'm honored to go back to Morocco. AMAZING country
Dont believe everything you hear. I went by myself from California in 2021, !! They use UBER, Whatsapp, wifi, . I even went on a date in Nile and the hospitality was really sweet from my date. I even had random , random people helped me get ubers and find a rapid PCR test!! This guy is really working you people to watch his shit. I just went to Murder Country 3 week s ago, Mexico, and Lima Peru. Egypt was twice as beautiful . GO!!!!!
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.
I can legit confirm that Egypt is by far the worst country to go as tourists, and I've been to a lot of places. Corruption, administrative incapacity, force and scams everywhere.
THIS IS WHAT EXACTLY HAPPEND TO ME! Me and my friends went to Egypt in 2020 and it was a complete HELL!!! From constantly getting scammed, to getting searched for 8 HOURS!! I am happy that i saw the beautiful history but never in my life am i going tot Egypt ever again.
I got scammed with the camel ride. Paid equivalent to 30 US Dollars for what I thought was for a camel ride but turns it out it was only for taking photos with the camel. Had to pay another 50 for the ride. Fkin bs.
@@fk2812 I was thinking the same thing when I saw that scene. I grew up in a country where this was commonplace, the rare occassions I visited relatives I just bring clothes and bare old-fashioned toiletries for the flight that I throw out before I leave the plane (eg. small tubes of toothpaste, lotions, etc). Everything else I just get my relatives get for me locally. You don't want to bring anything that would make the airport police think you can afford to fork out money to line their pockets.
@@manolo5042 For the Landscape, culture and history it was DEFINITELY worth it. If you really, really want to go. I would recommend a good guide (Mohammed zahran is a very good and popular one) and just be prepared for everything. Don't use Taxi's unless you really have to ( Use Uber). Don't do a tour for the Pyramids it's like 160 euros per person. (It is possible to walk it by yourself, unless it's like too hot). And be prepared that literally EVERYONE ask for money. Like the police will tell you just what time it is and ask for a tip. If you have anymore question fill free to ask :)
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.
A friend of mine black, almost didn’t make it back after going with his Egyptian wife. Apparently they had to go with a marriage certificate and everything still wasn’t good enough. Wasn’t allowed to be in the same room as his wife at the hotel so had to get another room in some cases. Was faced with a lot of questions about how they were married, why was she with a black person. This among other various stories has left a bad taste for me. This has solidified that sentiment
This is both new! I kept telling black people that dream about Egypt that the north is not for black folks. They legit think they’re white! They hate even their own Aswan people who are dark skinned
Not saying ur friend is incorrect but there are a lot of black egyptians including my family as we are from Upper egypt where it is more common than say north egypt towards alexandria and skin colour is never brought up , I think it may have been more do to do with him being a foreign black man as opposed to an egyptian black man (this doesn't make it right or acceptable of course) In terms of how Conservative the practices are varies greatly from area to area from segregating non married couples to night clubs and alcohol ect
For all Egypt history enthusiasts if you want to experience it I suggest going to Italy specifically the Egyptian museum in Turin,which has the second largest collection of Egyptian artifacts in the world beside Cairo.
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.
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.
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”.
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've always dreamed of going to Egypt, not just for the food experience but to embrace the history of civilization, but man, this really sealed the deal for me, the experience you went through is absolutely frightening and I also hope that things change in the future with this kind of awareness!
@@UltraGamer9999999999 he really won’t. If it isnt the police giving him a hard time its going to the bastards that will continuously try to scam him and dare I even say openly rob them just because they can do so and no one would speak up.
@@UltraGamer9999999999 I agree but what if u travelled with and whole family and each one has one camera lol. They will look like a crew 🤣 wish they really change. Would love to visit but not soon. When laws are better.
why as the civ had nothing to do with the modern pop, ones that brought it down just as hard, only feeding the path it chose by being present, shar yia is actively enforced in most parts.
Egypt is nr1 country where you visit once and are happy to make it out and keeep spreading the world to those you know alive and make sure Egypt experience is not deadly
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.
@Whoareyou-dt4kg Because you simple minded fool, tourism accounts for a large percentage of egypts economy. Without tourists they lose billions of dollars.
Thank you very much for this video, me and 2 friends from the UK have tickets booked for cairo on the 17th of August, we had planned to stay for 2 weeks and shoot everything and anything.. with expensive cameras and equipment, but as soon as we watched this video, we cancelled our holiday, its not our loss, but a loss for Egypt, as tourists we would have spent thousands of pounds while in thier country, but now they won't get a single penny. Iam so thankful you saved us the trouble
You're soft for canceling your traveling plans because of a TH-cam video lol. I've been to Egypt multiple times. It's a great country if you know how to navigate through it. The problem is that most westerners are privileged babies who don't research the countries they travel too, and then they get surprised they don't get anything handed in a golden spoon.
I had a similar experience. So many scammers, ungrateful beggars and rude locals ruined my trip however I did meet a handful of nice and honest people. Best thing about my trip was waiting for my return flight.
Egyptian here, pro tip.. don't spend a lot of time in Cairo. Go to Red Sea (Sharm El Sheik and Dahab) and go to the Mediterranean (Alexandria/Sahel). Also take a Nile Cruise (Luxor/Aswan). Egypt is great, outside of the hecticness of Cairo..
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.
They were afraid of him talking crap about the country, now he’s been forced to talk crap about the country. Unnecessary paranoia and mistreatment of tourists. I’ve always wanted to visit Egypt, won’t be doing it now.
I am Egyptain and I can't agree more, I feel ashamed cause I would have loved to see you and all the others that wont be here in my country. Actually what you may not know that Egyptains also suffer to shoot as I was investigated by the police for shooting a metro station one day as well as asking money at touristic sites. well, I have always tried to treat any tourist as natural as it can get to make them feel alright but it seems it needs a lot more people to do the same and the problem is that the worst treaters with tourists are the ones who interact with them most. at last I hope this situation changes as soon as possible so I can tell people to visit my country without worrying about them if they actually do this. so much love to you.
@@mahmoudhazem why don't the people rise up and fight this horrible corruption? The word is getting out fast and pretty soon ALL of Egypt's tourism industry be GONE forever --- the people need to take action before it's too late
@@tommitchell4570 we as egyptains have been facing huge corruption and had fair share of instability and unrest , while tourism represents only a part of the corrupted sections, but me as a young and the others of my age believe that more unrest will not be the way to solve our problems. it is a long road to cross that we take step by step to fix the randomness in many things that affects all of us badly.
@@tommitchell4570 If you have enough time you can understand enough if you watch a series of youtuber Doug Bernard in Egypt you will realise a big difference between the treatment in touristic sites and the rest of the country.
@XPress Actually I have only one brother and I am not planning for a lot of children If I get married and many of middle class families do the same the catastrophe that the poor families are the ones who give birth to many children so that these children work since a very young age and spend money on the parents while the parents don't need to spend on them because of free education and basic food regardless the quality .And I can't put the full responsibility on them because this is social discrimination but anyways these free payments should have a limit that burdens them from having more children and I don't think a law like this will get through or be put into action even if it is considered because of the opposition it may cause.
My dad had everything in order when he went to egypt. And still he went through this same situation except that he was actually put in jail for 3 days without his cellphone or anyone to tell him any information.
@@CASABLANCAz0my When I lived there, back in the early 2000s as a foreigner you could get away with most stuff in general, it was the Egyptians who'd worry about being locked up. Things have definitely changed.
@@sarahcathousecritters things have gone wild since around 2016-17, the rolling authorities bacame so agrsive and paranoid and people also grew tension towards each other, and more and more suspecious toward foreigners. And your being a FORIGNER is not a privilege any more. Definitely Egypt is not a good idea for some to spend nice time in, unfortunately am an Egyptian and am not proud of what things went for
I was in Egypt a couple of years ago and went on a pyramid tour where we met another guide to take us inside the pyramid. While inside the pyramid, the guide blocked the exit and would not let us leave until we tipped him. Luckily the first guide told us not to tip him because he was already paid from the main company. After about 5 minutes of telling him that we left our wallets on the tour bus, he finally walked us out. I was soo pissed when I got outside that I literally wanted to leave the pyramid tour and head to the airport to leave. And solo female travelers... if you decide to visit... please go with another person.
@@naanuunkownu yes many of them are very safe like uae qatar koweit bahrein morocco oman lebanon jordan saudi arabia malaysia indonisia, i can keep going... ;)
I remember going to Egypt about 10 years ago and I sworn I’d never return. We left the resort on two occasions and on both, we were pick pocketed, harassed and I generally felt very uncomfortable. I feel like it’s like the Wild West, people doing whatever they can to survive but as a tourist, it was not an enjoyable experience and I’ve never returned, nor will I again.
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
I feel so sad and disappointed about my country and people. I'm truly sorry for this and for anyone who had a horrible experience. I truly understand how you feel. ❤️🩹 Keep going, bro. Love your videos.
This is a content creator we all need. Despite the struggles he had been through, he still tried to think of ways to offer something to his viewers. Kudos to the whole team and crew.
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 )❤
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
About ten years ago when I was at the pyramids a tourist police demanded money from me when he took my photo with my camera. He refused to give back my camera and then grabbed my wallet. I refused to pay him and I yelled out for police assistance. It was his word against mine and I could see the local police were not likely to have been on my side. My tour left without me but came back a few hours later. I decided to back out and simply said there must have been some misunderstanding. While I enjoyed my trip and met some wonderful honest people I also found it a place full of scammers. Your video content comes as no surprise.
I was just in Cairo a few weeks ago and oh my goodness it was definitely an experience I won’t forget…If your going make sure to take a lot of $1 bills!!!! If your walking through any market don’t make eye contact, keep your head down , ignore the thousands of times you will be approached to buy something (some get pretty aggressive) and don’t point to anything!!! Don’t let anyone from a tourist site take your phone for pictures or anything unless you have money because some may not give it back unless you tip them the amount they suggest.
Just seeing some vids on how much of a tool the minister of antiquities is (or whatever his title is,) was enough to dissuade me. The absolutely atrocious way of handling and resisting scientific discovery of their only real tourist draw (and perhaps their main source of foreign income) was absurd. So nothing in this video is surprising.
As an Egyptian i agree it's actually heart breaking for Egyptians to see this happen to egypt because Egyptians are extremely kind and welcoming in general and acts like these from the government and the scammers that are everywhere is just disgusting.tbh changing the problems in egypt isn't that hard the government just actually profits off of the corruption,stealing the resources and more.and as he said and i couldn't agree more for a country that profits that much from tourism and is a huge part of our economy it's disgusting that instead of doing something about the core problems they actually just sugarcoat it.Egypt has the potential to be one of the most visited spots on earth because of the richest history in the world and monuments like not other,lots of incredible oasis and not even exaggerating the best beaches and incredible brains that love this country and are actually willing to do so much for it.yet the potential is either not used or simply lost because they don't change the system and the actual problems it's beyond heartbreaking for Egyptians and we actually face the scamming and those problems too by the way
Bro my family is Egyptian. This made us so upset. I'm glad you're calling it out and I hope everyone in Egypt sees it and it hurts them. Change won't happen otherwise.
@@nebod1556 🤣🤣🤣 that I'd when they are talking normally, with good vibes. Wait until two or more Egyptians are arguing 🙆♂️🤦♂️. It's like they have built in amplifiers they will make you have temporary tinnitus. Egyptians are strange one time they are your friend another second they are your enemy.
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 in Egypt last week, and even though my stay was comparably pleasant overall, the proceedings at the airport when going back home were just ridiculous. Safety checks are over the top, and all your stuff gets scanned multiple times. Some people on my flight had to open their bags and present every single piece they carried (mind you: just regular tourists, so no crazy gear). They had laid out lists where you needed to enter your passport number by hand, but you could easily miss those and walk by. Finally, I entered my passport number in three different lists without knowing why or if I was even required to do so. But you better not mess around with their crazy rules. After I was finally through all the checks, just before the gate, there was an old Egyptian man with turban and whatnot, sitting on a plastic chair and requesting my passport (this was after the "official" passport inspection was already carried out). The thing is, these guys look in NO WAY professional, but rather like some guys from the street or salesmen in souvenir stores. As a tourist, you just have no clue if this is an official investigation or just some bullshit. He than scanned EVERY SINGLE PAGE of my passport, looked at all the stamps, and examined the Egyptian one with particular attention, as if it were some sort of fake. Then he finally handed it over, and I could leave. It's like they're putting on a show everywhere just for the sake of it. Absolutely makes no sense and is probably only to annoy the tourists. So yeah, I totally understand where you're coming from.
Most of them get their Job with Bribe so of course they dont have any Idea what they even doing there and + they are then so respected in their Familys and they think they are entitled. I know a German Lady her Husbands nephew wanted to beat a Police because his Brother didnt pass the Test to get in Police School. They are Mentally so Ill.
Don't think it's for the sake of it. Remember all those Christian martyrs €ex€cuted couple yrs back? They have teror problems. Foreign sponsored, like everywhere else. I don't even want to know what those poor people go trough on daily basis, how they live , outside tourist spots, but may God help them overcome their problems, get rid of all the evil, live peaceful lives with each other. It's strange for us used to live in peace, but I can get why they're paranoid. Went trough a lot, and are trying to avoid going trough chaos at that scale, again.
I had the opposite experience when I went to Jordan in the Cairo airport lol. I got past security with a bottle of water. I accidentally forgot to take it out of my carryon and it got through lol
"Iran was a cake walk compared to Egypt." (powerfully breaks the popular perception of these countries) And I absolutely loved your Iran food series and I fell in love with their people and culture. Glad you and your crew are safe. Thanks for the eye opener.
I can tell you from personal experience of traveling through Iran for two weeks in Oct 2019 that it was a cakewalk compared to even the UK and UAE. Everything was so well-organized and clear, people are friendly, welcoming, helpful and honest in the markets and taxis and hotels and in the streets, and it’s so incredibly safe to travel there, even for solo female travelers. Not even mentioning the culture, the food, the architecture, the history, literature, poetry, etc. which are all so, so beautiful. I fell in love way before visiting Iran, but having been there, the love has cemented in my heart and it wants to go back again and again. Hopefully soon. 🥰
@@moataz989 as a solo female traveller who is currently in Iran, I agree 100% that it is safer than any country I have travelled to in Europe or south America or the Middle East. Iran is amazing
@@anwarski Every video i've seen of someone traveling through iran said it was amazing. c90 adventures is a great travel channel and the guy made a video about iran and india. India was hell and iran was one of his favorite places he's ever been, and he's driven a moped through the entire of asia to uk, and alaska through all of canada and then through all of america and south america.
Had a connecting flight through Egypt once and was absolutely shocked my the mismanagement at the airport. The absolute lack of respect the authorities and even the Egyptian air flight staff had for us and the sheer amount of confusion just being told off to go to random places in the airport without any directions was a nightmare. Let alone visiting the country, would never even fly through their airport.
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
As someone who grew up as a history nerd, Egypt is literally at the top of my bucket list. But because of such well-documented nightmarish experiences like this that you and other travel filmmakers like Lost Leblanc have had, I sadly won't be going there to film anytime soon
me too, Ancient Egypt and other documentaries made me want to come to Egypt but I've heard and read many experiences wherein women get groped there, especially in Cairo
This documentary is a lie, totally false, extremely biased, we receive well over 3 million tourists even during covid and the horrible years of the Arab dark fall, I don't know why he is being such a deceiver, there is a personnel reason for sure.
No point going there. It's nothing left and they keep their eyes on your wallet and what you are wearing. I was scammed so just an advice. One kind person somehow helped me getting me a new phone and than decided to never visit that country again. People are weird as f
I visited the great Pyramids of Giza back in January. From the moment I stepped out of the plane, there was a problem after the other. Apart from 2 member of staff at the hotel, everything was a nightmare. For the time being Egypt is out of my destinations list. Be careful when you pay in cash, they will try to give you the wrong change. It happened to me twice, once when I went to visit the great pyramids of Giza and once when I went to visit the Sakkara ancient pyramids. In both occasions I was give the wrong change, and both men who sold the tickets to me at the ticket office, became very aggressive and said that I was wrong and they were right. I never got my money back. When visiting the pyramids you will be literally be surrounded, by people who pretend to be working for the government, and want to show you around. When you say no thank you, the become very aggressive. I am sure that there are many good people in Egypt, however you have to be very careful. I have never experienced such a bad, bad attitude.
@@quartzpepsi5077 I am Egyptian, and I tell you that my trick is not hell, and education is not what you sayYou see Egypt like this because you are on the dark side of it And I do not say this because of the continuation of tourism and money for the country, but because it has very beautiful places.
Egypt is the country to which I would never return again, even for the diving in a beautiful sea! I didn't fly with a bunch of cameras or any equipment for filming like you, guys, I wanted just to celebrate there the New Year with my family. My parents live in another country, Egypt was an opportunity to meet and spend time together. I didn't take a single stone from the beach or anything illegal, but I was searched at the airport, my suitcase was searched for a long time, in which there were gifts from my parents. They picked up paints, pens, pencils (I draw), and asked what is it? What is it for? I explained that it was a gift from my parents. They were digging into my underwear, smiling and giggling, demanding to give them pens! I refused (it was a matter of principle). We were already late for our flight. They said absolutely clearly: "If you want to pass the inspection, pay me 20 €." I know it's a small amount, but the question is why should I pay to pass the inspection if I haven't done anything??? I will never come there again.
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
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 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 🤷🏻♀️
I went to Egypt in 2013, my plan was to stay there for 4 months to learn Arabic, after 3 weeks I was the happiest person on earth because I left the country.
in 2013 it was different because there were terrorism and massive corruption at the time now its different and depends on where you are in the country.
@@yassin9669يعني دلوقتي مفيش ف×س.اد؟
يعني دلوقتي مفيش massive corruption؟؟@@yassin9669
In 2024 its good except old cario ofc@yassin9669
There is no different. More worse now.
"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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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
yeah man as an egyptian i am so sorry man our country is horrible i am not even lying
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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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
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.
This completely sums up how it was for me. I was solo traveling and had a 24 hour layover there and it was frankly awful. Took three hours from the time I landed to get to the hotel. Started out with being unable to find where to get a visa in customs, once I found the bank, they refused to take my cash. I had to beg an old British guy to pay for mine. Was harassed a ton once leaving the airport offering me a taxi. Took forever to find my Uber. When I went into the city I was accosted and hassled walking around. Kids trying to take pics with me, several groups of people trying to stop and talk to me. It was so tiresome. Got ripped off several times at a market. Several tuk tuk drivers tried to force me in their ride. Going through airport security and customs departing was pure hell too. I’ll never forget the joy taking off from Cairo.
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!
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.
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.
I remember the day I left Cairo as one of the happiest days of my life. When I got home, I even threw away every little souvenir I had bought in Egypt, in order to get rid of the "bad energy" that I had experienced.
Cant blame you bro.
This authoritarian state you saw, with its violent, cruel, and illogical regime, is one that your own government has contributed to establishing and maintaining (after removing the previously elected government. due to their support for Palestine) . This pattern of replacing governments that oppose American policies and interests is seen repeatedly around the world.
Any nation that honestly opposes America's agenda will be targeted for regime change. The difficulties you experienced on your visit were partially the result of your government's policies in the Middle East. The Egyptian people have endured over a decade of suffering under this repressive rule, largely due to your country's interventions.
If the Egyptian people attempt to overthrow this regime, your government will likely be the first to oppose such an uprising, or to support an even worse coup to preserve its regional interests, especially since Egypt's current regime is considered an important ally to America's spoiled protégé, Israel.
Any government that supports Palestine and is hostile to Israel will be forcibly replaced in favor of these authoritarian regimes that you witnessed in Egypt. This is the case across the Islamic and Arab world.
What you experienced is just a fraction of the suffering inflicted on the local population. If you are truly outraged, direct your anger at your own country's policies and urge your government to leave these people alone, stop meddling in their affairs, and cease supporting the coups of these oppressive rulers. Only then will you be able to visit the country freely for tourism.
@@eslamosama500 thats a major cope for living in a shit hole
@@haydenmammen6079lmao ever been to the Vegas sewers?
Good for you, don't travel to this region again, not just Egypt, in all the whole region
I'm Tunisian here speaks with you from Tunisia here , and my country a tourist country too,, and I hope you understand yourself like American that you aren't welcome for us, like local people of this region, especially if you are a f* American republican Christian protestant or evangilical zionist
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.
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 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
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@@Whoareyou-dt4kg I think his name is asian, korean och chinese maybe, what do you mean afrocentric lmao????
@@Eris00ithey think only black people complain about racism
Was planning to visit Egypt , but not now. Thanks for sharing tourists should avoid Egypt
Same here. When i read all this. We'll not be going there
SAME. BIG NOOPE!
Egypt is a country of mixed races and ethnicities and they have lived for very long centuries of slavery and it was known about them that the first to wake up from sleep is to occupy it without any resistance from the Egyptians, they are Turks, Circassians, Gypsies, Indians, Bengalis, Romans, Armenians and Greeks, as for the Arabs, they live in the Sinai Peninsula and they do not mix with anyone or marry outside their tribes because they consider themselves to be the purest people in race, blood and lineage. There are Berbers in the Siwa region and they are exactly the same as the Arabs, they do not mix with anyone or marry anyone at all. Their customs, traditions and nature of the Egyptians are closer to the customs and traditions of the Gypsies, Indians and Bengalis, so much so that they are called Indians and Bengalis of Africa 🇪🇬❤️ 🇮🇳 because Britain occupied Egypt for 70 years and the soldiers came from India and Bangladesh and many of them remained in Egypt, as prostitution was permitted in Egypt and they used to have sex and have many children in the street Clot Bey was the king of prostitution at that time. They took a lot of Indian customs, traditions and culture, even some of the foods were originally Indian and not Egyptian, such as koshary
India is very similar to their country and they are very similar to them. In customs and traditions, you feel as if you live in India. Their streets, residential neighborhoods, and transportation by tuk-tuk. They are nicknamed India and Bengal Africa 🇪🇬❤️🇮🇳
Did you know that all the countries of the Middle East the man is the one who takes care of all the marriage expenses, except for Egypt the woman is the one who takes care of half of the marriage expenses like India exactly The father even has to take a loan from the bank in order to prepare his daughter's apartment 🇪🇬❤️🇮🇳❤️🇮🇳❤️🇪🇬
India is very similar to their country and they are very similar to them. In customs and traditions, you feel as if you live in India. Their streets, residential neighborhoods, and transportation by tuk-tuk. They are nicknamed India and Bengal Africa 🇪🇬❤️🇮🇳
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
@@حكاياتحيواناتالغابة
deff never going* rather go to Russia anytime/day over egypt 🤣🤣🤣
@@حكاياتحيواناتالغابة 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
@@حكاياتحيواناتالغابة 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!!
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?
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 😅
With 10M views, Egypts tourism industry is probably at an all time low. Time for the government to step in to protect tourists.
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.
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.
@ppo2424 "since 1986" disingenuous much???
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
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
@@jadebijou9508cancel your trip or go elsewhere. Just read the comment section. It’s a literal nightmare waiting to happen. Make sure you have access to a lot more money than you think you’ll need for bribes and getting yourself out of police custody. If you are a woman, I would simply not go as the risk of SA is incredibly high to the point it seems like a guarantee that you will be harassed and assaulted. Plz travel safe and get to know a local before you even land. If you don’t, you’re going to be scammed, robbed, groped, harassed, or worse.
@@ViKODiN_ going there for desert & pyramids isn't worth all the time in the world esp. the regime sounds like CCP system.
@@algorithm1635 I had to tell you that I had the ultimate best time in Egypt!!! my mom and I just got back a few days ago unbelievable experience. I’m actually going back November! I know we have all our own experiences, and I’ve been to lots of countries. This is by far my top five! Thank you for your insight on things though:-)
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
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.
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?
"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 am a young Egyptian guy and I tell you: Do not come to Egypt, we are dying here...
We cannot find work and we cannot find a decent life. Can you imagine that I have been learning IT for six years now and have not found any opportunity!!
Allah yardımcınız olsun. Ben Mısır'ın böyle olduğunu bilmiyordum. Öğrenince hayal kırıklığı yaşadım.
I'm so sorry for your experience, my company brings a lot of expats over and frankly we won't work with Egyptians because it's impossible to work with the Egyptian embassy. It's an absolute shame because there's so many ridiculously talented people in Egypt that could be so successful in other countries.
@@ljDex
Thanks...
You're so right.. We do not know why Egypt punishes us because we are Egyptians 😅
Online freelance jobs bro
@@AkyVlogss If I had the money to buy what I needed, get certified and start working, I would have done it two years ago
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……
Egyptians consider swindling tourists to be smart and genius, that's why it's a hopeless people To be a good society
Did you know that all the countries of the Middle East the man is the one who takes care of all the marriage expenses, except for Egypt the woman is the one who takes care of half of the marriage expenses like India exactly The father even has to take a loan from the bank in order to prepare his daughter's apartment 🇪🇬❤️🇮🇳❤️🇮🇳❤️🇪🇬
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 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
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!
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 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.
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..
I am an Egyptian living abroad and I would myself never visit Egypt again, it is just not worth it.
What about luxor aswan ? From hurghada by flight?
@@VisitPakistan464 Well, if you read all the comments. Then the trouble allreddy starts at the airport, and is all of Egypt fucked up. I'm not going after reading all of this!
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?
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.
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.
Two friends of mine are medical doctors from Egypt, and they say it's lawless and completely corrupt. Basically the legal system is rotten. Judges, police officers, and government workers run the country. You're expected to pay government workers money "under the table", but not really because everyone knows they have to "pay/bribe" to get any paperwork stamped/ approved or nothing will get done, ever. Medical doctors have to moonlight at least 3 jobs on the side just to make ends meet. Surgical professors cannot be found in the hospital and junior doctors and interns are on their own when it comes to doing any surgery. One of them was alone went through years of training with no guidance, ex. first time he had to amputate a patient's leg by himself completely alone.
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.
They stopped my sister at the airport and searched her luggage in a private room away from her for no apparent reason. When she got back home she found out they took all her gold jewelery out of the boxes and left the boxes empty inside the bags. She had a meltdown. I felt really bad for her cause unlike what those sick bastards think we don't sit on a pile of gold back in Saudi. She really worked her ass off over the years to buy herself nice stuff.
Theifs. You got lucky man.
EDit: Egyptians are my brothers and sisters. I'm referring to the governmental corrupt and the weak people who dishonred humanity. Also, you would never know if the jewelry is gold or fake unless you examined it, no one would grab and steel something you're wearing unless it's loose and the person is a professional theif lol. Stop normalizing major crimes and blame victims, nothing uglier than someone who does that. FYI, Egyptians wear gold too. It's in our Islamic and Arabi traditions.
Why would she bring gold jewelry to Africa as a tourist ? 🤣
@@user-xx6fv4tu2q she didn't know at that time that sick people like you exists. Probably this attitude is exactly what those cops had when they took her jewelry. Laughing it off as if she deserved to be rubbed.
To Egypt, not Africa.
@@JuicingeatReal Egypt is in Africa... 🤦🤦🤦
@@JuicingeatReal if u watched the vid you can see a map of africa where egypt is located....
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
Just goes to show how people appreciate honesty! And props to him for trying to get the problem fixed..
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.
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
I remember buying a pack of cigarettes in Cairo. The price the shop keeper quoted was outrageous, so I sent my local Egyptian driver instead to buy it. Expectedly, my driver got the same pack for less than half the price. So I went there again and confronted the shopkeeper along with the driver. He simply said, "for you its 50 pounds and for him its 20 pounds". That's how they treat foreigners and guests in Egypt. Just about everyone wants to rip you off and they feel its their right to do so. Its culturally acceptable in Egypt to cheat foreigners and tourists. Simply shameful. I lived there for six months and had to face these situations on daily basis.
On the other hand, in countries like Pakistan and Iran, shopkeepers often don't even charge foreigners and tourists, treat them with so much respect, and are constantly trying to help.
They don't charge the foreigners because there's hardly any tourism there compared to other countries, for them you're an alien, I mean would you charge an alien that has come from other planet.
Bro 50 pound < 3 dollar
@@eyadehab756 So foreigners deserve the double standard? how do you feel if we discriminate u in kind in our country?
it is not about the amount, it is about principles and dignity for fellow men.
Islam
@@eyadehab756 this is a badass mentally brother, I was in Egypt and even I am Arabic they super charge me, and when I discover it they tell me you live in Europe, 5 euros is nothing for you… This is not fair and this is a dead argument. It is not about the price it is about discrimination. Why I pay 5 euros when Egyptian pay 2 euros for it? You are guys killing your history and your country.
Be fair because Allah said that…
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.
Did you know that all the countries of the Middle East the man is the one who takes care of all the marriage expenses, except for Egypt the woman is the one who takes care of half of the marriage expenses like India exactly The father even has to take a loan from the bank in order to prepare his daughter's apartment 🇪🇬❤️🇮🇳❤️🇮🇳❤️🇪🇬
Egyptians consider swindling tourists to be smart and genius, that's why it's a hopeless people To be a good society
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.
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.
I'm glad I stumbled upon this video. For the most part, there is an overwhelming majority of people in the comments who share the same sentiment about NOT going to Egypt. But I'm surprised at these people who are saying, "Go to Egypt. Just join a reputable travel group." Why continue to encourage people to travel there and pour money into a country that routinely mistreats tourists? Sure, a person could join a reputable large travel group, but why should they have to?! The only way to force change for all tourists, big groups or small, is to hit them where it hurts... their pockets. The more you go, the more you contribute to the chaos others are describing. Thanks, Sonny, for the video ❤
For pepoles that like history it's worth 2-3 days for sightseeing only.and be prepared for the harrasment in advance.
Sadly you cannot enjoy the pyramids coz they will not stop bothering you
The people bothering you are desperately trying to survive. Their lives are a lot harder than yours.
Try to have an ounce of humanity and put yourself in their shoes. Bread prices are very high because of Russian aggression.
@@Filaliys when you say prepare in advance that means get alot of money to bribe everyone right?
@@KR72534 they should desperately change their country, they are doing everything wrong.
my mom went last year, she said everyone was mean and lots of paranoia everywhere, she said they gave her hell anywhere she went. She said she would never go back.
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
never knew it was extremely difficult like that as a tourist in Egypt. This country was actually one of the places I wanted to visit; Not any more... I'm so glad you made it back home safely.
what the real reason behind this is...
Egypt is a Muslim country they see Americans as a threat because of what they have done to Muslim countries.
I know you will probably hate to hear this but it is what it is. Your media platforms have made a bunch of lies about them and they know what a guy with a bunch of cameras and wakie takkie capable of. it's the truth
It's a shit country and a shit place to go for holidays. The most sane thing you can do there is to stay inside your resort and then get shuttled between the resort and historic sites.
You cant really walk around outside in peace because everyone congregate around you screaming for your money. And dont have women with you because that will just increase the congregation.
I'm glad I stumbled upon this video, I was actually planning to go to Egypt, but now I'm having second thoughts
Egypt really isn’t that bad
I wen to Egypt las year and ir eas amazing!!!
15 of us were planning to have a bachelor party in Egypt ( we are from UK). although they had amazing deals, after watching your video and several others TH-camrs, we decided to go to Romania instead. Thank you for raising awareness
you all needed a TH-camr to tell you that arab countries are 🗑? man no wonder you just take in inmigrants thinking they will assimilate , you guys know NOTHING about how other cultures work . There is a reason most countries in the world don't accept illegal inmigrants , especially muslims
Bachelors in egypt? Let’s go see some pyramids with the boys😂
Don't believe everything on social media
wrrr
all the best, enjoy
Chaos is the best word to describe what we have in Egypt, I am an Egyptian and I can assure you that I have to deal with that everyday 😢
People are a nation's greatest resource, if managed well. The corrupt Government is ruining Egypt.
I am Egyptian... All what you said is totally true , for the past few years the country is not a place to visit or live. This is our reality there and doesn't mean every citizen there accepts it. We hate the system. it became unbelievable, We know this is not the normal. But guess what, anyone who tries to do or say or write a thing against them will be imprisoned right away.
Well said Salma, قول الحقيقة
Time for another arab spring
Well said @Salma Yasser we can't say anything against them
As Indonesian its so sad my brother and sister in Egypt
Go down As Sisi!!!
I was literally about to go to Egypt this summer for graduate study research and the u.s dep of education would not approve it; I'm now heading to Morocco. Will be my third time in good old Maroc, and I wanted to see Egypt badly, but you got me feeling like I dodged a serious bullet! Not to mention, I'm honored to go back to Morocco. AMAZING country
ok cicada from morocco
@@videotaki5974 I'm from the U.S : p
Morocco is awesome 👌
Dont believe everything you hear. I went by myself from California in 2021, !! They use UBER, Whatsapp, wifi, . I even went on a date in Nile and the hospitality was really sweet from my date. I even had random , random people helped me get ubers and find a rapid PCR test!! This guy is really working you people to watch his shit. I just went to Murder Country 3 week s ago, Mexico, and Lima Peru. Egypt was twice as beautiful . GO!!!!!
@@MauriAllure
If you don't plan well
You will end up having bad experience
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 can legit confirm that Egypt is by far the worst country to go as tourists, and I've been to a lot of places. Corruption, administrative incapacity, force and scams everywhere.
THIS IS WHAT EXACTLY HAPPEND TO ME!
Me and my friends went to Egypt in 2020 and it was a complete HELL!!! From constantly getting scammed, to getting searched for 8 HOURS!! I am happy that i saw the beautiful history but never in my life am i going tot Egypt ever again.
The egregious search is so you end up coughing up a bribe to pay your way out. It’s a sign of corruption of excess poverty.
I got scammed with the camel ride. Paid equivalent to 30 US Dollars for what I thought was for a camel ride but turns it out it was only for taking photos with the camel. Had to pay another 50 for the ride. Fkin bs.
@@fk2812 I was thinking the same thing when I saw that scene. I grew up in a country where this was commonplace, the rare occassions I visited relatives I just bring clothes and bare old-fashioned toiletries for the flight that I throw out before I leave the plane (eg. small tubes of toothpaste, lotions, etc). Everything else I just get my relatives get for me locally. You don't want to bring anything that would make the airport police think you can afford to fork out money to line their pockets.
Hahaha whats new?
@@manolo5042 For the Landscape, culture and history it was DEFINITELY worth it. If you really, really want to go. I would recommend a good guide (Mohammed zahran is a very good and popular one) and just be prepared for everything. Don't use Taxi's unless you really have to ( Use Uber). Don't do a tour for the Pyramids it's like 160 euros per person. (It is possible to walk it by yourself, unless it's like too hot). And be prepared that literally EVERYONE ask for money. Like the police will tell you just what time it is and ask for a tip. If you have anymore question fill free to ask :)
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.
@@sisterinthisdunya the country = the people
A friend of mine black, almost didn’t make it back after going with his Egyptian wife. Apparently they had to go with a marriage certificate and everything still wasn’t good enough. Wasn’t allowed to be in the same room as his wife at the hotel so had to get another room in some cases. Was faced with a lot of questions about how they were married, why was she with a black person. This among other various stories has left a bad taste for me. This has solidified that sentiment
This is both new! I kept telling black people that dream about Egypt that the north is not for black folks. They legit think they’re white! They hate even their own Aswan people who are dark skinned
Damn, the Egyptian government sucks.
Not saying ur friend is incorrect but there are a lot of black egyptians including my family as we are from Upper egypt where it is more common than say north egypt towards alexandria and skin colour is never brought up , I think it may have been more do to do with him being a foreign black man as opposed to an egyptian black man (this doesn't make it right or acceptable of course) In terms of how Conservative the practices are varies greatly from area to area from segregating non married couples to night clubs and alcohol ect
@@hero9029 oh yes you’re right I think that’s a factor.
lol this guy is a jew connected to mossad... thats why they gave him a hard time..
For all Egypt history enthusiasts if you want to experience it I suggest going to Italy specifically the Egyptian museum in Turin,which has the second largest collection of Egyptian artifacts in the world beside Cairo.
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.
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've always dreamed of going to Egypt, not just for the food experience but to embrace the history of civilization, but man, this really sealed the deal for me, the experience you went through is absolutely frightening and I also hope that things change in the future with this kind of awareness!
Those are my thoughts exactly it was definitely a bucket list place to go to see pyramids, four now I am rethinking that….
Just don't bring an entire camera crew with you and you'll be fine
@@UltraGamer9999999999 he really won’t. If it isnt the police giving him a hard time its going to the bastards that will continuously try to scam him and dare I even say openly rob them just because they can do so and no one would speak up.
@@UltraGamer9999999999 I agree but what if u travelled with and whole family and each one has one camera lol. They will look like a crew 🤣 wish they really change. Would love to visit but not soon. When laws are better.
why as the civ had nothing to do with the modern pop, ones that brought it down just as hard, only feeding the path it chose by being present, shar yia is actively enforced in most parts.
Egypt is nr1 country where you visit once and are happy to make it out and keeep spreading the world to those you know alive and make sure Egypt experience is not deadly
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
Thank you very much for this video, me and 2 friends from the UK have tickets booked for cairo on the 17th of August, we had planned to stay for 2 weeks and shoot everything and anything.. with expensive cameras and equipment, but as soon as we watched this video, we cancelled our holiday, its not our loss, but a loss for Egypt, as tourists we would have spent thousands of pounds while in thier country, but now they won't get a single penny. Iam so thankful you saved us the trouble
You're soft for canceling your traveling plans because of a TH-cam video lol. I've been to Egypt multiple times. It's a great country if you know how to navigate through it. The problem is that most westerners are privileged babies who don't research the countries they travel too, and then they get surprised they don't get anything handed in a golden spoon.
Lucky escape
@الفرعون قاهر التتار والمغول egypt is the worst country in the world for tourists...
@@JAYJAY-zi9rq المشكلة في الحكومة يا صديقي
مصر جميلة و نحن كشعب نعاني ايضا بل نعاني جدا جدا
@@JAYJAY-zi9rq I think North Korea would be more worst.
I had a similar experience. So many scammers, ungrateful beggars and rude locals ruined my trip however I did meet a handful of nice and honest people. Best thing about my trip was waiting for my return flight.
no one likes a beggar.. yet they never "get" it
@@lyndza1989 Interesting he also specifically used 'ungrateful', not just talking about general beggars. Wonder if you catch that.
**scammers, ungrateful beggars** !that part!
Egyptian here, pro tip.. don't spend a lot of time in Cairo. Go to Red Sea (Sharm El Sheik and Dahab) and go to the Mediterranean (Alexandria/Sahel). Also take a Nile Cruise (Luxor/Aswan). Egypt is great, outside of the hecticness of Cairo..
If u think the places u mentioned are any better than u must suffer from brain damage bcoz of inbreeding
I truly tried, but I cannot stand Luxor. The treatment we have received here has been appalling. Everyone tries to scam you.
Sharm El Shiek sucks.
Your the only one with a positive respons. So i'm NOT going ever!
Dahab on the Red Sea is very chill and beautiful. Winter destination.. Some of the best snorkeling and diving in the world there
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
They were afraid of him talking crap about the country, now he’s been forced to talk crap about the country. Unnecessary paranoia and mistreatment of tourists. I’ve always wanted to visit Egypt, won’t be doing it now.
I am Egyptain and I can't agree more, I feel ashamed cause I would have loved to see you and all the others that wont be here in my country. Actually what you may not know that Egyptains also suffer to shoot as I was investigated by the police for shooting a metro station one day as well as asking money at touristic sites. well, I have always tried to treat any tourist as natural as it can get to make them feel alright but it seems it needs a lot more people to do the same and the problem is that the worst treaters with tourists are the ones who interact with them most. at last I hope this situation changes as soon as possible so I can tell people to visit my country without worrying about them if they actually do this. so much love to you.
@@mahmoudhazem why don't the people rise up and fight this horrible corruption? The word is getting out fast and pretty soon ALL of Egypt's tourism industry be GONE forever --- the people need to take action before it's too late
@@tommitchell4570 we as egyptains have been facing huge corruption and had fair share of instability and unrest , while tourism represents only a part of the corrupted sections, but me as a young and the others of my age believe that more unrest will not be the way to solve our problems. it is a long road to cross that we take step by step to fix the randomness in many things that affects all of us badly.
@@tommitchell4570 If you have enough time you can understand enough if you watch a series of youtuber Doug Bernard in Egypt you will realise a big difference between the treatment in touristic sites and the rest of the country.
@XPress Actually I have only one brother and I am not planning for a lot of children If I get married and many of middle class families do the same the catastrophe that the poor families are the ones who give birth to many children so that these children work since a very young age and spend money on the parents while the parents don't need to spend on them because of free education and basic food regardless the quality .And I can't put the full responsibility on them because this is social discrimination but anyways these free payments should have a limit that burdens them from having more children and I don't think a law like this will get through or be put into action even if it is considered because of the opposition it may cause.
My dad had everything in order when he went to egypt. And still he went through this same situation except that he was actually put in jail for 3 days without his cellphone or anyone to tell him any information.
Shit, he was thrown in jail?!
@@AdityaWaghmare they do that casually, for both foreigners and locals BTW.
As he stated there no system to know why or what to do?
Getting put in jail without a cell is standard procedure.
@@CASABLANCAz0my When I lived there, back in the early 2000s as a foreigner you could get away with most stuff in general, it was the Egyptians who'd worry about being locked up. Things have definitely changed.
@@sarahcathousecritters things have gone wild since around 2016-17, the rolling authorities bacame so agrsive and paranoid and people also grew tension towards each other, and more and more suspecious toward foreigners.
And your being a FORIGNER is not a privilege any more.
Definitely Egypt is not a good idea for some to spend nice time in, unfortunately am an Egyptian and am not proud of what things went for
I lived in Egypt for 5 years from 2008 to 2013 and it was the best memory so far. So sad and sorry for what you had gone through.
I was in Egypt a couple of years ago and went on a pyramid tour where we met another guide to take us inside the pyramid. While inside the pyramid, the guide blocked the exit and would not let us leave until we tipped him. Luckily the first guide told us not to tip him because he was already paid from the main company. After about 5 minutes of telling him that we left our wallets on the tour bus, he finally walked us out. I was soo pissed when I got outside that I literally wanted to leave the pyramid tour and head to the airport to leave. And solo female travelers... if you decide to visit... please go with another person.
Sounds horrible. Far better to not visit.
Solo female travelling to a Muslim country😂😂
Crazy. What a nightmare.
@@naanuunkownu yes many of them are very safe like uae qatar koweit bahrein morocco oman lebanon jordan saudi arabia malaysia indonisia, i can keep going... ;)
Sounds terrifying iam sorry for your experience , although its not usual at all
I remember going to Egypt about 10 years ago and I sworn I’d never return. We left the resort on two occasions and on both, we were pick pocketed, harassed and I generally felt very uncomfortable. I feel like it’s like the Wild West, people doing whatever they can to survive but as a tourist, it was not an enjoyable experience and I’ve never returned, nor will I again.
I travelled around there when I was younger and it was a complete nightmare, would never go back. Predatory horrible behaviour
did you go alone or with friends?? because I've always wanted to go, but seeing how Sonny was treated even as a man makes not wanna go as a woman.
They don’t like colonizers. Stop complaining. Your fault for thinking the world is this soft place. Stay home. If you can’t survive stay inside.
@@Bando-fx4mf ok bro
@@Bando-fx4mf Then they shouldn’t promote their country as a tourist destination in Western countries.
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
I feel so sad and disappointed about my country and people. I'm truly sorry for this and for anyone who had a horrible experience. I truly understand how you feel. ❤️🩹 Keep going, bro. Love your videos.
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.
This is a content creator we all need. Despite the struggles he had been through, he still tried to think of ways to offer something to his viewers. Kudos to the whole team and crew.
hello
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
אתה כנראה צודק
About ten years ago when I was at the pyramids a tourist police demanded money from me when he took my photo with my camera. He refused to give back my camera and then grabbed my wallet. I refused to pay him and I yelled out for police assistance. It was his word against mine and I could see the local police were not likely to have been on my side. My tour left without me but came back a few hours later. I decided to back out and simply said there must have been some misunderstanding. While I enjoyed my trip and met some wonderful honest people I also found it a place full of scammers. Your video content comes as no surprise.
I was just in Cairo a few weeks ago and oh my goodness it was definitely an experience I won’t forget…If your going make sure to take a lot of $1 bills!!!! If your walking through any market don’t make eye contact, keep your head down , ignore the thousands of times you will be approached to buy something (some get pretty aggressive) and don’t point to anything!!! Don’t let anyone from a tourist site take your phone for pictures or anything unless you have money because some may not give it back unless you tip them the amount they suggest.
Everyone I know that went to that country complained about constant. Look ,look, you want to buy.
The thing I don't understand is that why do you give them money ? Keep walking and ingnore
I'm Egyptian and I tell you, if I were you I wouldn't even come 💀
How pathetic
Very sad that Egypt is self canceling from people's bucket list like this but it is what it is. Thanks for putting the word out.
LOL YEAH, OK
I never included Egypt in my bucket list. Pyramids and all that stuff, who cares!
Just seeing some vids on how much of a tool the minister of antiquities is (or whatever his title is,) was enough to dissuade me. The absolutely atrocious way of handling and resisting scientific discovery of their only real tourist draw (and perhaps their main source of foreign income) was absurd. So nothing in this video is surprising.
As an Egyptian i agree it's actually heart breaking for Egyptians to see this happen to egypt because Egyptians are extremely kind and welcoming in general and acts like these from the government and the scammers that are everywhere is just disgusting.tbh changing the problems in egypt isn't that hard the government just actually profits off of the corruption,stealing the resources and more.and as he said and i couldn't agree more for a country that profits that much from tourism and is a huge part of our economy it's disgusting that instead of doing something about the core problems they actually just sugarcoat it.Egypt has the potential to be one of the most visited spots on earth because of the richest history in the world and monuments like not other,lots of incredible oasis and not even exaggerating the best beaches and incredible brains that love this country and are actually willing to do so much for it.yet the potential is either not used or simply lost because they don't change the system and the actual problems it's beyond heartbreaking for Egyptians and we actually face the scamming and those problems too by the way
Bro my family is Egyptian. This made us so upset. I'm glad you're calling it out and I hope everyone in Egypt sees it and it hurts them. Change won't happen otherwise.
I wish this video had Arabic subtitles
I am not keen too much on Egyptians ...find them very arrogant and very loud ...at least those i have met....
@@nebod1556 as an egyptian, i gotta agree with u lol
I feel bad for your family being Egyptian.
@@nebod1556 🤣🤣🤣 that I'd when they are talking normally, with good vibes. Wait until two or more Egyptians are arguing 🙆♂️🤦♂️. It's like they have built in amplifiers they will make you have temporary tinnitus.
Egyptians are strange one time they are your friend another second they are your enemy.
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 in Egypt last week, and even though my stay was comparably pleasant overall, the proceedings at the airport when going back home were just ridiculous. Safety checks are over the top, and all your stuff gets scanned multiple times. Some people on my flight had to open their bags and present every single piece they carried (mind you: just regular tourists, so no crazy gear). They had laid out lists where you needed to enter your passport number by hand, but you could easily miss those and walk by. Finally, I entered my passport number in three different lists without knowing why or if I was even required to do so. But you better not mess around with their crazy rules. After I was finally through all the checks, just before the gate, there was an old Egyptian man with turban and whatnot, sitting on a plastic chair and requesting my passport (this was after the "official" passport inspection was already carried out). The thing is, these guys look in NO WAY professional, but rather like some guys from the street or salesmen in souvenir stores. As a tourist, you just have no clue if this is an official investigation or just some bullshit. He than scanned EVERY SINGLE PAGE of my passport, looked at all the stamps, and examined the Egyptian one with particular attention, as if it were some sort of fake. Then he finally handed it over, and I could leave. It's like they're putting on a show everywhere just for the sake of it. Absolutely makes no sense and is probably only to annoy the tourists. So yeah, I totally understand where you're coming from.
Most of them get their Job with Bribe so of course they dont have any Idea what they even doing there and + they are then so respected in their Familys and they think they are entitled. I know a German Lady her Husbands nephew wanted to beat a Police because his Brother didnt pass the Test to get in Police School. They are Mentally so Ill.
That happened to me in Amsterdam never Egypt.
Don't think it's for the sake of it. Remember all those Christian martyrs €ex€cuted couple yrs back? They have teror problems. Foreign sponsored, like everywhere else. I don't even want to know what those poor people go trough on daily basis, how they live , outside tourist spots, but may God help them overcome their problems, get rid of all the evil, live peaceful lives with each other. It's strange for us used to live in peace, but I can get why they're paranoid. Went trough a lot, and are trying to avoid going trough chaos at that scale, again.
I had the opposite experience when I went to Jordan in the Cairo airport lol. I got past security with a bottle of water. I accidentally forgot to take it out of my carryon and it got through lol
Do you know why security may be over the top? Because a Bomb was placed on a Russian plane that blew up.
"Iran was a cake walk compared to Egypt." (powerfully breaks the popular perception of these countries)
And I absolutely loved your Iran food series and I fell in love with their people and culture. Glad you and your crew are safe. Thanks for the eye opener.
I can tell you from personal experience of traveling through Iran for two weeks in Oct 2019 that it was a cakewalk compared to even the UK and UAE. Everything was so well-organized and clear, people are friendly, welcoming, helpful and honest in the markets and taxis and hotels and in the streets, and it’s so incredibly safe to travel there, even for solo female travelers. Not even mentioning the culture, the food, the architecture, the history, literature, poetry, etc. which are all so, so beautiful. I fell in love way before visiting Iran, but having been there, the love has cemented in my heart and it wants to go back again and again. Hopefully soon. 🥰
Probably they were not that lucky and got explosion in Natanz
@@anwarski Compared to the UK, in what way exactly?
@@moataz989 as a solo female traveller who is currently in Iran, I agree 100% that it is safer than any country I have travelled to in Europe or south America or the Middle East. Iran is amazing
@@anwarski Every video i've seen of someone traveling through iran said it was amazing. c90 adventures is a great travel channel and the guy made a video about iran and india.
India was hell and iran was one of his favorite places he's ever been, and he's driven a moped through the entire of asia to uk, and alaska through all of canada and then through all of america and south america.
Had a connecting flight through Egypt once and was absolutely shocked my the mismanagement at the airport. The absolute lack of respect the authorities and even the Egyptian air flight staff had for us and the sheer amount of confusion just being told off to go to random places in the airport without any directions was a nightmare. Let alone visiting the country, would never even fly through their airport.
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
As someone who grew up as a history nerd, Egypt is literally at the top of my bucket list. But because of such well-documented nightmarish experiences like this that you and other travel filmmakers like Lost Leblanc have had, I sadly won't be going there to film anytime soon
me too, Ancient Egypt and other documentaries made me want to come to Egypt but I've heard and read many experiences wherein women get groped there, especially in Cairo
@@boiled_egg3919 it’s true don’t come here the sexual harassment is on another level. Even as a man I want to leave so bad
This documentary is a lie, totally false, extremely biased, we receive well over 3 million tourists even during covid and the horrible years of the Arab dark fall, I don't know why he is being such a deceiver, there is a personnel reason for sure.
No point going there. It's nothing left and they keep their eyes on your wallet and what you are wearing. I was scammed so just an advice. One kind person somehow helped me getting me a new phone and than decided to never visit that country again. People are weird as f
Lol
I visited the great Pyramids of Giza back in January. From the moment I stepped out of the plane, there was a problem after the other. Apart from 2 member of staff at the hotel, everything was a nightmare. For the time being Egypt is out of my destinations list. Be careful when you pay in cash, they will try to give you the wrong change. It happened to me twice, once when I went to visit the great pyramids of Giza and once when I went to visit the Sakkara ancient pyramids. In both occasions I was give the wrong change, and both men who sold the tickets to me at the ticket office, became very aggressive and said that I was wrong and they were right. I never got my money back. When visiting the pyramids you will be literally be surrounded, by people who pretend to be working for the government, and want to show you around. When you say no thank you, the become very aggressive. I am sure that there are many good people in Egypt, however you have to be very careful. I have never experienced such a bad, bad attitude.
Very similar experience for me too. This is very sad how this country supposedly thrives off tourism and treat their tourists like shit.
There are also a bunch of scammers in the pyramids. So just be careful about that.
Is it really true....
@@margaretbaron6401 please visit India once in lifetime. I'm you'll learn amazing things
@@quartzpepsi5077 I am Egyptian, and I tell you that my trick is not hell, and education is not what you sayYou see Egypt like this because you are on the dark side of it And I do not say this because of the continuation of tourism and money for the country, but because it has very beautiful places.
Egypt is the country to which I would never return again, even for the diving in a beautiful sea! I didn't fly with a bunch of cameras or any equipment for filming like you, guys, I wanted just to celebrate there the New Year with my family. My parents live in another country, Egypt was an opportunity to meet and spend time together. I didn't take a single stone from the beach or anything illegal, but I was searched at the airport, my suitcase was searched for a long time, in which there were gifts from my parents. They picked up paints, pens, pencils (I draw), and asked what is it? What is it for? I explained that it was a gift from my parents. They were digging into my underwear, smiling and giggling, demanding to give them pens! I refused (it was a matter of principle). We were already late for our flight. They said absolutely clearly: "If you want to pass the inspection, pay me 20 €." I know it's a small amount, but the question is why should I pay to pass the inspection if I haven't done anything??? I will never come there again.
It is corruption, the dictator president gives all powers to his police and army and at the same time they preserve his presidential positio
I'm very sorry to hear about your awful experience. Did you end up paying them €20 to pass the inspection?
@hiooxkrmagkis9323 I agree. Unfortunately Western intervention usually does more harm than good.
Why do Muslims not bomb the pyramids? Because the god of Islam is money.
@@maxioraarnais2390 yes, because we didn't want to miss our flight