FIRST DAY IN BURUNDI (Bujumbura is not easy!)
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In this Burundi travel vlog, we explore the biggest city and economic capital of the world's poorest country - Burundi. But we honestly felt, that people there have a richness of heart!
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Bujumbura is a very picturesque city with very friendly people. I enjoyed the tour and felt I was there with you!
Absolutely! It's nothing like what we imagined it would be from bad commentary on the internet. The old school feel of the town was just the experience we were looking for 🤩
@sanjainagendra1742 u are welcome again to Burundi Bujumbura 🇧🇮 that is nice! Burundi Bujumbura 🇧🇮 love every people's ❤️ Burundian people's are very friend's people's😁 Burundi Bujumbura 🇧🇮 is Country of peace and love ❤️ 😍
Intwari twigirira comment mukirundi kugira bameny ico dushats kuvuga big up xana✌️ comment yanj n kubra uryamuceri nibiharage bagie kubaha🤣😭
Some Burundians might smile after hearing the name Shishira, not only because Shishira is a lovely lady, but also because in local language ``gushishira" means to wrap a yellow banana leaf around a clay pot of local brew or a basket full of foodstuff to show that you are taking them to somebody's house as a gift and not for sale. Usually neigbours come to listen the speech explaining what the visitor wants. And the alcohol (not the foodstuff) is shared with everybody.
I am Burundian and I like the positivity in your video (despite the difficult economic situation in the country, and understandably people are stressed out and are camera-shy). I am glad Fabrice showed you around.
1. At 2:23 the new Burundian stadium is Stade Intwari (meaning Heros Stadium). Stade Amahoro is in neighboring Rwanda.
2. At 9:07 President Melchior Ndadaye is the Hero of democracy. He was elected in 1993 and after 3 months he was assassinated by the Burundian army and then a civil war followed. Burundi was a kingdom for about 4 centuries, but in 1966 Captain Michel Micombero staged a coup and Burundi became a republic.
3. At 9:28, the red, white, green flag is the national one, the other flag represent the East African Community.
Murakoze! We absolutely loved exploring Bujumbura. Surely, the economic situation will get better soon - Burundians appear to be smart and good natured, we're sure they'll find a way 🤓 we feel so sad that we could not share more of the country with the silly camera restrictions!
I love the casual upside statement for a lack of gasoline--health benefit from walking.
Well, it is what it is 😅
Great video. and good explaination as to what many are wondering. But one question though, there might be many good and organised beaches where you could see Tanganyika with a great, breathtaking view, in a way that could catch our attention to another level , good restaurants to eat the "Mukeke", one of the delicius fish that is kind of pride to Burundians and which they want every tourist to try, The water at the most distant Nile source which is as well used as massaging and healing water ... Is it due to camera restriction that you are not visiting different interesting places or it is due to the limitated budget of your host? But otherwise, great content. I love what I see. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for your kindness! And appreciate you asking us why we explored the country this way (many commentators are attacking us for what is in the video despite being truly appreciative and positive of our time in beautiful Burundi):
We do have a budget constraint of our own (maybe you know it already from our channel about or from our Q&A videos earlier) and our host has been more than generous with his kindness! We appreciate him so much!
Secondly, the camera restrictions are a bit hard to deal with 😅 they should allow tourists to be a bit more free. Controlling journalists is a different thing
We heard from a few locals tat most of the beaches are flooded. And in the short complicated visa process, we didn't get enough time to go southward.
But we still enjoyed the country so much. You'll see in upcoming videos!
Watching from rwanda🇷🇼
Murakoze! 😊
@@TheBackpacksters😂
I love your adaptive lifestyle in anywhere you find yourself 🙌
Thank you for recognising that! 😊
Hello Addija happy Watching on you tube with Sweet Indian family Mahesh From Kigali.Safe and Enjoyable Journey
Much love guys to visit our burundi country
Thank you very much 😀
You are welcome one ❤
Rwanda🇷🇼 loves you and we miss your vlogs in our country ❤
Thank you Arthur! 😊🇷🇼
Say hello to Khadija. I love you guys. Eva your host Jinja Uganda. Enjoy your tour darlings.Waiting for you again in Uganda my dear. Khadija I miss u sis ❤❤
Wow so beautiful viva Burundi 🇧🇮 ❤❤ from Burundi Lives in cape Town
Rwanda we still run with you Brother we hope you will be back soon ❤❤❤❤
Our country is nice. It's only complicated hearts that can't fit in it. (Foreigners who think our country is poor and disrespect the local ones ).
watching you from cape town south Africa welcome to my country Burundi
Thank you so much! Your country is beautiful 🇧🇮
Welcom again for burundi 🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮
A beautiful city ❤❤❤
We agree 🇧🇮🤩
What is your comment after visiting Burundi ? BUJUMBURA
Burundi is soo nice! We loved it. If the tourist visa process was more friendly, we would love to spend more time in the country to explore 😃
What is the difference between rwanda and burundi
Not a lot actually. Both landscapes look similar and people too. Different paces of development, but surely that gap will get bridged someday. 😊
wecome Burundi and Enjoy life
Murakoze! 🇧🇮😍
Please visit in good Areas stop embarrassing our country Bujumbura is so beautiful we know you already
Why showing up?! Isn't that Bujumbura? Poorest sides exit
Wallah
Problem is the guy who received them😮
What is embarassing? 😅
Bujumbura city is beautiful. We liked the spacious city centre, the Colourful markets and streets, and enjoyed the evening sunset, vibes and music in Bwiza 🙌🏼 maybe to you it's not beautiful, but to us it is! We haven't complained or spoken about the city negatively in the vlog. So "know you already" needs a rethink!
The economy may be weak at the moment, but most Burundians are super nice and they'll find a way to make this better (unlike some who are more interested in pointing fingers).
Our friend Fabrice is so nice! He showed us his city and and welcomed us so nicely. He is a true Burundian - represents Burundian hospitality and kindness! He is not a keyboard warrior with some expectations and agenda! And like him, we met many more amazing Burundians while there.
These guys are sent by our enemies to distublish image of our beautiful love Country.
Thanks
nice video❤
Thank you ☺️
Nice for visiting us but next time go to the beautiful hotels and beautiful resorts ⛵️ and nice nighnight clubs ♣️ i know there are many in bujumbura Burundi 🇧🇮 🇧🇮 🇧🇮 🇧🇮 🇧🇮 thank you ❤❤❤❤
Murakoze Lameck! We would love to visit the beautiful hotels and resorts if it were to fit in our humble travel budget. But we like to experience the real city and normal neighborhoods like the Bujumbura city centre and busy places with strong local culture like Bwiza more - those are beautiful to us!
It's not cassava leaves just Dodo and African eggplant and beans. "Cassava and Beans my traditional favorite dish"🥰🥰🥰
Thanks for correcting us Bonnie 🙈🙈
I love Burundi 🇧🇮 my lovely country ❤
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Nice video 👍
Thank you for watching along! 😊
Fast like and fast komend❤❤❤❤
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This country has a good weather and it is clean too🎉🎉
Agree that most parts of Burundi are super clean! But Bujumbura is so hot because it is down by the lake. Maybe further up in the mountains it's much cooler 🤩
Is this poorest country in world? Please explain me
It's often considered as one - as we've highlighted with numbers in the video.
@Anilkhan. It is based on one methodology used by international institutions (=World Bank and International Monetary Fund-IMF). They calculate the gross domestic product (GDP) per person. It is all the goods and services produced in one year. So usually agriculture has lower productivity compared to industry and tourism for example. And if you have a family with six young kids, the GDP of that family will come from what only the parents produce and will have to be divided by eight.
Most Burundians argue that the country is not poor, they have Lake Tanganyika for tourism and they have minerals in the underground, but THAT IS JUST THE POTENTIAL. Burundi has probably the 6 th largest reserves of nickel metal (discovered in early 1970s) but they cannot be exploited because of lack of capital and infrastructure (a lot of electricity is needed for that and a railway to the port of Dar es salaam, Tanzania).
With the floodings of some areas by the Lake Tanganyika, with the lack of fuel preventing people to do their work properly, the next GDP numbers could be even worse than what we have today.
😂😂😂😂 the poorest? I live in L.A . I see more poor people in the USA than in Bujumbura. In Burundi, school fees are free, and the University of Burundi is free, plus accommodation and food. I see a homeless tent city every 100 miles. People are committing suicide due to a lack of resources. But in Burundians, enjoy life at home, and the majority has a roof over their head . I don't know why we got this label
Ouaoooooo good idea to show us beautiful traditional except others pretending the poorest only
Hope you enjoyed watching! 🇧🇮🤩
Glad to meed you today friends.
Can we send Burundi money to india?
These days, you can send money from anywhere to anywhere but currency devaluation is a challenge 🤓
@vetagadu. You cannot send Burundian money to India, you have first to convert it in dollars, British pounds or rupees. For example, you cannot just send Burundian money to pay for school fees, medical treatment in India.
abo nabahaze shaaaa..
Bujumburaa is good people of Burundi ar freind ly
Absolutely! 🇧🇮😍
of course they have are not welcoming of cameras , because to film in burundi you need an authorisation. what you are doing is not legal in the burundi teritory. advise from a burundian😉, and
Thats so sad! At immigration they never told us we should not take photos and videos as tourists 😅
Why have you said Bujumbura is not easy????
Watch the video, you'll see why 😅
@Nkurunziza. Even Burundians themselves say Bujumbura is not easy because they experience water shortage, electric load shedding, lack of petroleum products for cars, taxis, buses, high inflation...
Why this Burundian bring them brought them in the Bad restaurants while they are many beautiful place to have a lunch?
Iyo restaurant si mbi urabona ko yagutse !! Kandi inrya bakomanze ni sawa kuo ni nteko yikirundi. Abo amafiriti ninyama barabimenyereye
Oh come on. Be nice to your Burundian brother! The lunch in the Restaurants we are at was very delicious and we didn't fall sick. So it was a very good experience and within our budget! What our friend did for us is more than what many people would do - you should be proud of him to have shown us Bujumbura so nicely!
@@TheBackpacksters it was very better to taste our traditional food
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Burundi Bujumbura 🇧🇮 is not poor Country 😊 Burundi is rich Country 😊 Burundi have oils, diamonds and Gold 😊 Burundi is very rich Country in Africa 😊 Africa don't have poor Country 😊 Africa is rich in anything 😊 Africa have oils, diamonds and gold and so many more😊 people's of Africa are very poor 😊 all that is because of political we have in all Africa😢
We felt that Burundi is so rich in many ways! Especially kindness of people! 🤩
@TheBackpacksters are u sure 🤔 i don't know about that 😳 all I know about Burundi Bujumbura is rich in diamonds gold, silver, and oils. Do what u say! I don't know even happen 😕 Burundi Bujumbura 🇧🇮 is so peace and love ❤️ country. Other things u said I know really.
Could you tell us how many oil wells that Burundi has, how many mines that Burundi has? When the 2024/2025 national budget was being discussed, it showed that the mining industry was not going to contribute a single Burundian franc in the national treasury.
Burundi is not clear
Burundi made poorest country by the imperialist countries (western countries) but now slowly it is developing itself. Vive burundi
Hope to see Burundi develop amazingly! 🤩
Bujumbura iruta Kigali
Ohh.. Did not know that!
Burundians never accept the fact that Bujumbura is smallest city in Africa
Maybe that does not matter? A small city is still beautiful and soulful - we loved Bujumbura! 🇧🇮
That's all you could afford brooo 🙌 bro seriously 🤣🤣 you took someone off the road and start swinging around bruuuh , this content doesn't much you broo just do something else 😂 if you want good things just get money they will assist you, not streets man
First, get yourself an English teacher so that we understand what you are saying "braahhh" (sure you can afford it 😂)
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Why u didn't visit beautiful areas???stop embarrassing our country please there is a lot af beautiful place there in bujumbura
We thought the Bujumbura city centre is beautiful with its small white buildings, wide boulevards and colourful markets and shops. Why do you feel embarassed?
But why you keep visiting bad places,are those you looking for ??
There are so many good places in Bujumbura you can visit,i know because i have been there !!there are big hotels, restaurants,beaches,..
Why is the city centre bad for you? It's so beautiful and spacious! We don't understand what the problem is 😅 we liked whatever we saw in town. Maybe big hotels and restaurants are for rich tourists - which we are not.