To be honest as an Algerian , I'd rather keep it that way . I don't want to see my country becoming a touristic target .. the benefits are far less than what tourism does to countries . Enjoy brother .
Indeed ! Mass tourism is terrible. But the tourism like actually is good. The priority is to build installations to keep the 3 billions of dollars that algerians are spending in Tunisia each year. We can receive some tourists if it's the same kind than France or Italy, but not the jkind of spain, morroco or tunisia :s
@AhmednewyorkThe standard of living in Algeria is higher than Morocco, stop your propaganda and everyone knows that tourists are always scammed in morocco
@Ahmednewyorknope. they are low because simply we don't prey on tourists. they pay local prices. unlike in Morocco where they are always scamming and tripling the price for tourists.🎉
I am an Algerian and I can say one thing. The saying my dad use to say: « Do good and forget about it » In our culture helping others is the basis of our education and we are very proud of it. People wanting to help in the streets is our normal. I am glad you enjoyed it and that you are showing your vision about your travel in Algeria. Us Algerians tend to forget that those values we have often dissapeared in other places of the world. Welcoming others, strangers, or just helping out an eldelry is what our parents focus on when we grow up.! 🙏🙏🙏
Sly, we as Algerians are really happy that you did your best and struggled with visa preparations to come visit our big country, you can see it as a minimum that you can do but it's a big thing to us, tourism was dead after 80' that's why Algeria isnt known for this generation of foreigners. Thank you Sly and enjoy our country 😊
Algerians are known for their generosity...you should know that It's not weird to help each other here in Algeria, we grew up that way cause we're Muslims.
I got robbed by who is carrying knifes in Algeria capital Drugs sellers in the train stations and streets Theifs on bikes snatch your bags and phones Police don't do anything The nig is just TH-camr lair
11:34 if you are still in Algeria and since it is cold now you can not miss the night of Tassilli Najjer and the mysterious city of Seffar with the Tuareg and the tasty Algerian tuareg tea . Also try to ask for the best places that sell Algerian traditional pastries since we are known to have the best pastries , look for the traditional Attires of each city you visit as well maybe in meusums.
Hey Sly, glad you enjoyed your stay :) I just wanted to point out that you actually got the currency conversion backwards. You see, we use cents instead of dinars, thus we multiply the number of the bill by 100. So a 500 dinar bill is called a fifty thousand. a 10 dinar coin is called a thousand because again it's 10 times 100 cents.
Ah New Brunswick J’ai travaillé en tant que psychiatre en 1996/97 à Bathurst Caraquet et Tracady. Excellent souvenir de ces 2 années vécues au New Brunswick
I’v been to new brunswick when i was a kid and i only have good memories of it it is a beautiful place im an algerian from canada and i can tell you that algeria is a beautiful place too
Je suis algérien et j’ai travaillé en 1996/97 en tant que psychiatre à Bathurst, Tracady et Caraquet au New Brunswick. Et j’ai même percuté avec ma voiture un orignal !!!
Do you know why there aren’t many tourists in our country it’s all French propaganda 😅they have been saying we are barbaric for decades but truth is I was born and I live in Algeria and it is the safest place ever
Good looking out sly,I appreciate the vids,try to hit up the kabily areas meaning Béjaïa and Tizi ouzou and in the west hit up oran and if u have time try 2hit up Sahara desert Keep up d good work
about the prices, they're not cutting two zeros, they're adding them. Basically we deal with the prices in Centimes and not Dinars. so 1DA=100 Centimes. So when he told you 49, he meant 490,00DA, which when you remove the decimal, you read as 49 000 Centimes. Always add the two zeros after the decimal. a Thousand Dinars is a Hundred Thousand Centimes. Hope that clears it up a bit.
It’s not about that we didn’t see tourists a lot. But it’s something in our heart in our personality we just want the people from the world to see how much Algeria 🇩🇿is beautiful and enjoy their times. Because simply we don’t need the tourists money. We don’t need it❤️ welcome to Algeria brother🇩🇿❤️❤️
Hi Sly, just wanted to give you some guidance in your travel to Algeria. A lot of Palaces are in Al Casbah or in Algiers center: 1. Dar Khedaoudj el Amia 2. rias el bahr Palace (Rias El Bahr means the lords of the seas as ower ancestors used to rule over the méditerranian sea, and for the story, American Navy was established to counter the Algerian Rias El Bhar 😊 )) 3. Restaurant Dar Lalla Yamina (original and authentical Algerian architecture called Ziride architecture). 4. Bardo Meusume Algeria is the biggest country in Africa, and there are a lot to see in these regions like: 1.Canstantine (cirta in the past) one of the oldest capitals in africa and maybe the world (founded 25 centuries ago) 2.Tlemcen (capital of Zianide dynasty) 3. Tassili n'Ajjer national park and Iskram summit in Tamenghest 4.Biskra (gate of the desert and best dates in the world come from this very city) 5.Batna (Ghoufi's Balconies) 6. Oran the beautiful city in the West 7. Annaba another beautiful city in the east. 8. Ghardaya capital of Mizab, . . . And many more.
I’m a Portuguese interpreter in Algiers and I believe tourism depends on what you want, not a single Portuguese or Brazilian person I worked for was looking for women or over drinking or rude, they’re all nice people who love all the discoveries, history and places. The food and nature amazes them ❤
I lived in Algiers for two years for work...my profile pic was taken in my home. The people are simply AMAZING. I have so many stories regarding the warmth and intrigue of the beautiful people and places in this land of resiliency. #vivaAlgeri
You are right about the areas that experienced a lot of tourism you will a lot of touts and scammers. I visited Goa India when it just open for tourism some 20 years ago and it was absolutely fantastic!! It is exactly like you said, the locals were wonderful. You ask for directions and they would take you to a place even if they were going in the opposite direction. They never overcharged. So friendly with everyone greeting you with a smile and they wanted to give you something rather than they asking getting something from you. They had lots of British and German tourists. I went back four years ago, and it has changed completely!! It was packed with mostly domestic tourists and some Russians. The domestic tourists from all over India but they have in common the Bollywood songs/music so they blast it all over the place. A lot of clubs that used to play Western music now play Bollywood music. I guess they only get alcohol in Goa in all of India, as it looked like the domestic tourists came to Goa to get wasted. You see them urinating all over the place outside. There is litter and garbage everywhere!! It is sad to see a beautiful place totally destroyed. And the touts come out from everywhere harassing you with the hawkers. They will never leave you alone if you relaxing on the beach. You have to get up and go, to get them to leave you alone and even then, they will follow you even if you are rude to them. They also had a ton of beggars which I did not see some 20 years ago. The traffic is wild and the taxi drivers try to scam you, you see the domestic tourists arguing with the taxi drivers. But most of the domestic tourists cone with their vehicles or they rent them in Goa, and it is a nightmare to get anywhere with all the traffic, and the honking and yelling. It is sad, a beautiful place has been destroyed. And all kinds of haphazard buildings have come up on every square inch of land with no parking for vehicles so it is ugly. They destroyed the natural beauty of the land. When I asked the locals what happened they said that Indians from all over India started moving to Goa to get into the tourism business and they only care about making a buck without care for the service. They agreed a lot of cheating was going on but they claimed it was the Indians that moved to Goa to do business. I also saw lots of small slums, shanty towns where there were none in the past. I even saw one come up almost overnight on an open property not far from the beach I used to walk to...all desperately poor people with their families and these people have lots of kids! Yeah, tourism has totally destroyed Goa, India. It is a good example of why not to do tourism unless you are an island nation where you can set the numbers of tourists etc. So you are absolutely correct that high tourism destroys a place and try to avoid those areas.
Cool! I’m thinking of going there next year, from Marseille. It seems it’s easier to get there, by going on the ferry, instead of flying? Did you have any issues getting a visa? I’m American also.
Getting the visa was super simple - I just submitted the required documents and they sent back the visa within a few weeks. Also, I've heard of people taking the ferry, but I have no experience with that.
About quoting prices; while dinar is the currency, people speak in cents. So 500 dinars are referred to as 50,000 (cents). They may say 50 thousand, but you only catch the 50. Also, they sometimes just shorten it to 50 because people understand it refers to 50,000 since they are familiar with prices. Finally, when people mean a price in dinars, they always say it. I.e., 500 dinars.
There are not many tourists in Algeria because we are a conservative society and you know what tourists do and the disadvantages that tourism brings. This is why the Algerian visa is one of the most difficult in the world and I hope it stays that way.
Remark for any foreign tourist visiting Algeria: Locals are very friendly people, generous, helpful and authentic. But also could be quiet stuff towards tourists not respecting or with bad behavior with people and country.
asking for money is seen as a very disgraceful and against the Algerian belief. it's a pride thing as in Algerians must be proud enough to never ask for money thats why you can't find shoe shining people and people who pick up your bags. never give tips too it's seen as an insult.
You are very welcome 🙏 brother to our beloved country Algeria 🇩🇿 You’ll be amazed and blessed Enjoy your time and vacation please feel free you are in your country ✋👍✌️
You might find it annoying how Algerians love their country so much but the good thing coming out of it for you is that they want to make such a good impression of it and welcome people to it that you'd find everybody willing to help put tourists 😂 and it's not just for that purpose alone since Algerians tend to be very empathetic with one another so occurrences like a store owner giving someone something for free and stuff like that are very common. I really hope you enjoyed your stay
A foreign statement is like a mirror There is no doubt about it. Algerians don't really care where you come from, what you have or how special you are .
Your credit card, debit card will work at algerian ATM but the exchange rate is about 30% less than the black market rates. I guess you are going to Oran city .give the cable car ( teleferique) from the city center next to the port to the top of Al marjajou mountain.i sight not be missed and also the Sabkha(salt plains) you might also like the traditional food try le royaume du coucous restaurant with a variety of delicious dishes it's in the city center not far from Sea front also the Kasbah next to the old Oran ruins.good luck and as always Welcome.
About the money thing.. Well, the currency is Algerian Dinar. But most people don't use that. They use instead the Cent which has been used since the colonial days. One algerian Dinar = 100 Cent or (centime, Doro) Some people will add the "thousand" and others won't. So whenever they say a number, like 50 or 100. They actually mean fifty thousand cents or a hundred thousand cents which is 500Da or 1000Da. Quick tip : If you don't hear Dinar at the end of the price, just add a zero to whatever price your given. Sometimes you'll cent "mille" or "elf" at the end of the price and that's the "thousand", so yeah, same thing. Ditch that and add your Zero and you're good to go.
Hello Sly ! For the currency part it's because we still deal with *Centimes* instead of *dinar* . Let me explain , for example imagine u say *100 cent* istead of a *1$* ,that's exactly what we do here : *1 algerian dinar = 100 centime* . The trick is to multiply by 100 whatever the number is shown on the banknote/coin. So , when he said 49 he meant 49000 centime which is 490 dinar !
0:25 Algeria was the top visited country in Africa in the 80s untill unfortunately the black decade happend in the 90s and now eventho it's one of the safest countries ellhamdolillah but it's still hard to get a visa
3:48 that is not the case, in fact Algerians like the fact that we are not that active when it comes to tourism because of seeing the bad effects in neighboring countries , also the visa is hard to get and we know this, so no our generosity has nothing to do with bringing more tourists, Aĺgeria is sinply a genuine country, Nothing is fake, you will see the real culture and traditions , there's no sities bulit especially for tourists and Instagram aesthetics and same for people no act is fake, in fact some tourists even complain about how they won't be allowed to pay sometimes and having locals always paying for them as a welcoming gesture nothing more.
The Berbers are the original people there. They are in North Africa, but they are not black! They are amazigh and are african. They are light skinned and Arabs settled in their country!
based on what you've seen so far here in Algeries, which country would you advise an Algerian who only lived in algeries their whole life to visit? keep in mind their budget, comfortableness etc
South east europe (including Turkey) is relatively cheap and with decent standards. Scandinavian countries are much more expensive, but there you can stay for free if you are willing to go camping. It's called the freedom to roam. But, requires a tent and... summer. :)
Uzbekistan & Iran very cheap and steeped in history plus mouthwatering delicious food, beautiful natural beauty and lovely and friendly people. Go for it.
I would like to explain about algerian saying 50 for a 500da bill and 100 for a 1000da bill and so on...the reason is that even thought the local official currency is algerian dinars we commonly speak in "centimes" so for example 500 algerian dinars is said "50.000 centimes, so they say 50 to shorten it up...same goes for everything...1million centimes is actually 10.000 algerian dinars, but we just say 1 million
On the currency issue, people in Algeria quote in cents. There are no cents mind you in their money, the lowest value coin is 1DZD but it stuck as a custom. So that 50 DZD you gave is 50.00 which is 5 thousand cents so they’d type "five". 500 DZD is 500.00 or 50 thousand cents so they’d type "50” for 50k basically. But if you understand the language they’re actually saying "5 hundred" or “5 thousand” or “50 thousand” which is the price in cents.
All Algeria needs is for its people to learn more knowledge of Islam. It’s still under French control even years after occupation. I am American and I came to visit family and I was so saddened that the Muslims in America are more pious than these people. Islam would fix any corruption and issues the country has. The short temper, every Algerian has a short temper😂😂 the government, even kids torturing stray cats and the list can go on.
👉🇩🇿 live in 1960 no Economy 👉🇩🇿 citizens 👍 but Gouvernement take all oil gas in control. Military Diktatur . 🇩🇿 must be like Dubai. Katar . Corruption system 🇩🇿 not safe . 1-2 week holiday is ok.
Your air bnb was in my neighborhood lol it’s a small city. For the currency we count in cents if no one explained yet so that guy was charging you 49000 cents which is shortened to just 49 so it’s not one zero but two hehe Glad you enjoyed your trip, welcome back anytime !
On the Black Market currency exchange thing: If you’re a foreigner, you’d be a complete fool to exchange your currency at the bank. Don’t do that. If 100 bucks net around 13k at the bank, they’ll get you 23k on the street. It’s quicker, more convenient, no questions asked, and you almost double your money. ( Not that the latter point matters all that much since half the products here are priced around black market rates.)
We don't have scammer because tourism is not the source of making living Like our neighbors We have petrol and gaz that I'm not proud with it because one day will end 😢
Yes yes yes with prices . U can go crazy . Hhhh 10 000 = 100 . A million is 10000 . A baguette I mean a french bread is 1000 and that's 10da. The solution is that they count with l'ancien Franc FRANCAIS the old french franc . 10da: is 1000 old french franc . 😂
The next city you are going to is probably Oren city, I believe. It is recommended to you by one of the guides in your previous video and you agree with him to visit there. Algiers is a cool place though. I really don't know much about this place until your vlogs. Keep it coming. Thank you, sir.
Hey my friend I really enjoyed your video and I hope you enjoyed your trip to our Country I just wanted to clarify one thing that you could miss regarding the money it is true that the price and numbers are quite confusing especially for tourists The reason behind that is we actually have two ways to say the price of an Item so we can use Cents or Dinars and the example you gave is actually correct as in Algeria we usually use Dinars instead of Cents so if your item is 100 Dinars is actually 10000 Cents and this where all the confusion comes from Thank you again for this amazing video ;)
I hope the people of the country see this. They should be very proud of their great country and I hope we can visit one day
Welcome
Thank you and welcome in my country
Thank you so much
Believe me I have seen that people here hate there own country lol
Down bad government
Violence and other
We are ^^
I visited last July from the US and am going again in November. A truly amazing and friendly country ❤
hi im from the us as well and want to visit
Welcome to Algeria.
Stay away, criminals
Oh my god , I'm so glad to hear it I hope you have a wonderful trip and welcome back anytime 💗💗
Hit me up if you need a free guide my guy I'm in Algiers 😆😆😆
Algiers was "mecca of revolution "
For the black panters , Mandella ,Palestinien brothers,Brazilians, Spanish and many others...💪💪💪
😂to crazy this stay strong guys
Hey Sly!
I'm Anis the guy who waited for you at Bejaia!
i'm happy u're having a nice trip buddy!
Have fun!
Algeria is your second country
To be honest as an Algerian , I'd rather keep it that way . I don't want to see my country becoming a touristic target .. the benefits are far less than what tourism does to countries .
Enjoy brother .
Indeed ! Mass tourism is terrible. But the tourism like actually is good. The priority is to build installations to keep the 3 billions of dollars that algerians are spending in Tunisia each year. We can receive some tourists if it's the same kind than France or Italy, but not the jkind of spain, morroco or tunisia :s
A small minority that won't be paying tax are going to be the ones who benefit from tourism.
I also agree on that point, quality over quantity please!
I’m coming Algeria tomorrow. Trying to cross land border close to Annaba but can’t find information
@@frawldog what's up with the finger hhhh , what kind of information u looking for .. ?
It’s million times safer than US because there is no access to guns, people can be sent to jail for carrying a Swiss knife 😂.
@Ahmednewyorknot true , it's just in some areas in the night 🌃
@AhmednewyorkThe standard of living in Algeria is higher than Morocco, stop your propaganda and everyone knows that tourists are always scammed in morocco
@Ahmednewyorknot any more
Depends where, and depends at what time. As a rule of thumb, you should be careful anywhere, even in European countries.@Ahmednewyork
no only in morocco there street gangs with knifes@Ahmednewyork
I’m an Algerian who was born in the US and haven’t been in years so this was very educational for me too. Thank you for this!
come home what u doing there
@Ahmednewyork why ur Moroccan ass so obsessed with every video that mentioned Algeria my some of ur own business ffs
@Ahmednewyorkmaybe you're talking about another country in Algeria everything is okay we have water we are amazing no need to take lines 😉
There is some algerian people in US ? ( i’m suprised about the diaspora )
all that in morocco kingdom of prostitution not algeria @Ahmednewyork
Heartening to hear about the honesty of prices there. Traveling around Mexico , the price immediately DOUBLES . It’s like Price xenophobia.
@Ahmednewyorkلماذا تكذب
@Ahmednewyorknope. they are low because simply we don't prey on tourists. they pay local prices. unlike in Morocco where they are always scamming and tripling the price for tourists.🎉
I am an Algerian and I can say one thing. The saying my dad use to say: « Do good and forget about it »
In our culture helping others is the basis of our education and we are very proud of it.
People wanting to help in the streets is our normal. I am glad you enjoyed it and that you are showing your vision about your travel in Algeria.
Us Algerians tend to forget that those values we have often dissapeared in other places of the world.
Welcoming others, strangers, or just helping out an eldelry is what our parents focus on when we grow up.!
🙏🙏🙏
I wanna visit soon but don't know if I can work with tourists visa or if it's easy to covert to work visa
Sly, we as Algerians are really happy that you did your best and struggled with visa preparations to come visit our big country, you can see it as a minimum that you can do but it's a big thing to us, tourism was dead after 80' that's why Algeria isnt known for this generation of foreigners. Thank you Sly and enjoy our country 😊
إقرأ التعليق فوق تعليقك ....مهم جدا حول مساويء السياحة
اجمل ما في الجزائريين اخلاقهم عنهم اخلاق الملوك 😍😍
لكن حكامها أولاد الحركي
أفتخر اني جزائرية 🙏
men bekri kayna, nchallah traya7 had l7aja, machi ki yabdaw yjou diaf rabi, yatbadlou ga3 tbaya3
Algerians are known for their generosity...you should know that
It's not weird to help each other here in Algeria, we grew up that way cause we're Muslims.
Yes men islame
Love algeria from Pakistan 🇵🇰❤❤❤
Hello from Algeria 🇩🇿🇩🇿 to Pakistan❤❤
stay in Pakistan.
Every traveler should visit Algeria 🇩🇿 just one's in his life
I want to come Algeria
@@amazing_fact1210🇩🇿Welcome to Algeria, four seasons in one day
I'm glad that you were treated nicely. Sounds like a lovely country
bonsoir, et merci pour cette petite promenade dans mon pays natal DZ de France
الحمد الله 🇩🇿💚💚 يااربي،ليس لأنه لا توجد،سياحة لا يوجد احتيال لأننا شعب مسلم وطيب والحمد لله
مصر مسلمين أكثر منا .... و الحديث قياس
I got robbed by who is carrying knifes in Algeria capital
Drugs sellers in the train stations and streets
Theifs on bikes snatch your bags and phones
Police don't do anything
The nig is just TH-camr lair
You're right, exploiting foreigners is very rare here in Algeria. I hope that never changes
Welcome
You must visit
Igzer Oftis Dam (Bejaïa) and Constantine
Thank you so much for your words 🙏🏻❤️
Looks beautiful and peaceful. I've been to Egypt, now I hope to visit Algeria one day 🎁👍🏽
you should ^^
11:34 if you are still in Algeria and since it is cold now you can not miss the night of Tassilli Najjer and the mysterious city of Seffar with the Tuareg and the tasty Algerian tuareg tea . Also try to ask for the best places that sell Algerian traditional pastries since we are known to have the best pastries , look for the traditional Attires of each city you visit as well maybe in meusums.
As a (not green) long term traveller I found your information very useful, you're never too old to learn.
I'm traveling to Algeria in 10 days! Perfect timing. Great videos!
Welcome to Algeria 🇩🇿🇩🇿
You're welcome .Don't forget to visit us in the south especially Ghardaia city
One of the best states in Algeria is Oran and Mostaganem, they're amazing!
Hey Sly, glad you enjoyed your stay :)
I just wanted to point out that you actually got the currency conversion backwards. You see, we use cents instead of dinars, thus we multiply the number of the bill by 100. So a 500 dinar bill is called a fifty thousand. a 10 dinar coin is called a thousand because again it's 10 times 100 cents.
Great Video Sly with some Awesome Information on Traveling in Algeria Thanks🙂Watching from NB Canada🙂
You can come visit Algeria, just apply for visa, book your flight ticket and hotel and welcome! 😂
Ah New Brunswick
J’ai travaillé en tant que psychiatre en 1996/97 à Bathurst Caraquet et Tracady.
Excellent souvenir de ces 2 années vécues au New Brunswick
Glad you enjoyed it👍🏿
I’v been to new brunswick when i was a kid and i only have good memories of it it is a beautiful place im an algerian from canada and i can tell you that algeria is a beautiful place too
Je suis algérien et j’ai travaillé en 1996/97 en tant que psychiatre à Bathurst, Tracady et Caraquet au New Brunswick. Et j’ai même percuté avec ma voiture un orignal !!!
Do you know why there aren’t many tourists in our country it’s all French propaganda 😅they have been saying we are barbaric for decades but truth is I was born and I live in Algeria and it is the safest place ever
Excellent video. Learned more than I have in a lot of other travel stuff about Algeria. Thanks.
Wellcome to Algeria🇩🇿❤️🇩🇿
So true about the hospitality. Even the most humble people will give you the shirt off their back.
Good looking out sly,I appreciate the vids,try to hit up the kabily areas meaning Béjaïa and Tizi ouzou and in the west hit up oran and if u have time try 2hit up Sahara desert
Keep up d good work
Anytime! and I'll try to hit up those areas
You should go to djanet and experience the adventure , Oran and Constantine
One of the best sports on earth. A lot of french small cars.
about the prices, they're not cutting two zeros, they're adding them.
Basically we deal with the prices in Centimes and not Dinars. so 1DA=100 Centimes. So when he told you 49, he meant 490,00DA, which when you remove the decimal, you read as 49 000 Centimes. Always add the two zeros after the decimal.
a Thousand Dinars is a Hundred Thousand Centimes.
Hope that clears it up a bit.
It’s not about that we didn’t see tourists a lot. But it’s something in our heart in our personality we just want the people from the world to see how much Algeria 🇩🇿is beautiful and enjoy their times. Because simply we don’t need the tourists money. We don’t need it❤️ welcome to Algeria brother🇩🇿❤️❤️
That's true mate that's why we say the example we dont have and we dont need. Simply we are proud
5:01 there are similar taxi services like Uber it's called yassir or heetch or yango
Hi Sly, just wanted to give you some guidance in your travel to Algeria.
A lot of Palaces are in Al Casbah or in Algiers center:
1. Dar Khedaoudj el Amia
2. rias el bahr Palace (Rias El Bahr means the lords of the seas as ower ancestors used to rule over the méditerranian sea, and for the story, American Navy was established to counter the Algerian Rias El Bhar 😊 ))
3. Restaurant Dar Lalla Yamina (original and authentical Algerian architecture called Ziride architecture).
4. Bardo Meusume
Algeria is the biggest country in Africa, and there are a lot to see in these regions like:
1.Canstantine (cirta in the past) one of the oldest capitals in africa and maybe the world (founded 25 centuries ago)
2.Tlemcen (capital of Zianide dynasty)
3. Tassili n'Ajjer national park and Iskram summit in Tamenghest
4.Biskra (gate of the desert and best dates in the world come from this very city)
5.Batna (Ghoufi's Balconies)
6. Oran the beautiful city in the West
7. Annaba another beautiful city in the east.
8. Ghardaya capital of Mizab,
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.
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And many more.
Yeah we did rule the sea
But good old days ended like a flash
Allah have mercy on our ancestors they were heroes especially raïs hamidou
I’m a Portuguese interpreter in Algiers and I believe tourism depends on what you want, not a single Portuguese or Brazilian person I worked for was looking for women or over drinking or rude, they’re all nice people who love all the discoveries, history and places. The food and nature amazes them ❤
Welcome to Algeria 🇩🇿🇩🇿❤️❤️❤️🙃
I lived in Algiers for two years for work...my profile pic was taken in my home. The people are simply AMAZING. I have so many stories regarding the warmth and intrigue of the beautiful people and places in this land of resiliency. #vivaAlgeri
I like that the land of resiliency indeed.
You are right about the areas that experienced a lot of tourism you will a lot of touts and scammers.
I visited Goa India when it just open for tourism some 20 years ago and it was absolutely fantastic!! It is exactly like you said, the locals were wonderful. You ask for directions and they would take you to a place even if they were going in the opposite direction. They never overcharged. So friendly with everyone greeting you with a smile and they wanted to give you something rather than they asking getting something from you. They had lots of British and German tourists.
I went back four years ago, and it has changed completely!! It was packed with mostly domestic tourists and some Russians. The domestic tourists from all over India but they have in common the Bollywood songs/music so they blast it all over the place. A lot of clubs that used to play Western music now play Bollywood music. I guess they only get alcohol in Goa in all of India, as it looked like the domestic tourists came to Goa to get wasted. You see them urinating all over the place outside. There is litter and garbage everywhere!! It is sad to see a beautiful place totally destroyed. And the touts come out from everywhere harassing you with the hawkers. They will never leave you alone if you relaxing on the beach. You have to get up and go, to get them to leave you alone and even then, they will follow you even if you are rude to them. They also had a ton of beggars which I did not see some 20 years ago. The traffic is wild and the taxi drivers try to scam you, you see the domestic tourists arguing with the taxi drivers. But most of the domestic tourists cone with their vehicles or they rent them in Goa, and it is a nightmare to get anywhere with all the traffic, and the honking and yelling. It is sad, a beautiful place has been destroyed. And all kinds of haphazard buildings have come up on every square inch of land with no parking for vehicles so it is ugly. They destroyed the natural beauty of the land.
When I asked the locals what happened they said that Indians from all over India started moving to Goa to get into the tourism business and they only care about making a buck without care for the service. They agreed a lot of cheating was going on but they claimed it was the Indians that moved to Goa to do business. I also saw lots of small slums, shanty towns where there were none in the past. I even saw one come up almost overnight on an open property not far from the beach I used to walk to...all desperately poor people with their families and these people have lots of kids!
Yeah, tourism has totally destroyed Goa, India. It is a good example of why not to do tourism unless you are an island nation where you can set the numbers of tourists etc.
So you are absolutely correct that high tourism destroys a place and try to avoid those areas.
Cool! I’m thinking of going there next year, from Marseille. It seems it’s easier to get there, by going on the ferry, instead of flying? Did you have any issues getting a visa? I’m American also.
Welcome to our country!
Getting the visa was super simple - I just submitted the required documents and they sent back the visa within a few weeks. Also, I've heard of people taking the ferry, but I have no experience with that.
Waiting for the next episode ;)
About quoting prices; while dinar is the currency, people speak in cents. So 500 dinars are referred to as 50,000 (cents). They may say 50 thousand, but you only catch the 50. Also, they sometimes just shorten it to 50 because people understand it refers to 50,000 since they are familiar with prices.
Finally, when people mean a price in dinars, they always say it. I.e., 500 dinars.
There are not many tourists in Algeria because we are a conservative society and you know what tourists do and the disadvantages that tourism brings. This is why the Algerian visa is one of the most difficult in the world and I hope it stays that way.
Am Algerian/ u are stupid with Ur vision of things . What conservatism has to do with tourism ? U are mixing cha3ban b remdan ya hmar
Remark for any foreign tourist visiting Algeria: Locals are very friendly people, generous, helpful and authentic. But also could be quiet stuff towards tourists not respecting or with bad behavior with people and country.
Yeah if you dont respect them they are rude not passive ^^ ! Nice with the nice, rude with the rude people :)
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exactly Bro, you have all and well understood the DZ. mentality
asking for money is seen as a very disgraceful and against the Algerian belief. it's a pride thing as in Algerians must be proud enough to never ask for money thats why you can't find shoe shining people and people who pick up your bags. never give tips too it's seen as an insult.
You are very welcome 🙏 brother to our beloved country Algeria 🇩🇿
You’ll be amazed and blessed
Enjoy your time and vacation please feel free you are in your country ✋👍✌️
No foreigner tax nice
We use a lot of cash coz a lot of us do not trust e-payment. As simple as that
Maybe it'll change in the future but for now that's how it works
You might find it annoying how Algerians love their country so much but the good thing coming out of it for you is that they want to make such a good impression of it and welcome people to it that you'd find everybody willing to help put tourists 😂 and it's not just for that purpose alone since Algerians tend to be very empathetic with one another so occurrences like a store owner giving someone something for free and stuff like that are very common. I really hope you enjoyed your stay
Excellent
A foreign statement is like a mirror
There is no doubt about it.
Algerians don't really care where you come from, what you have or how special you are .
Algerians are welcoming if you are a guest that respect our culture , we will treat you as a brother
Your credit card, debit card will work at algerian ATM but the exchange rate is about 30% less than the black market rates.
I guess you are going to Oran city .give the cable car ( teleferique) from the city center next to the port to the top of Al marjajou mountain.i sight not be missed and also the Sabkha(salt plains) you might also like the traditional food try le royaume du coucous restaurant with a variety of delicious dishes it's in the city center not far from Sea front also the Kasbah next to the old Oran ruins.good luck and as always Welcome.
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You sounds like Jay Z! Very good video and you right Algerians are very nice and friendly ,
About the money thing.. Well, the currency is Algerian Dinar. But most people don't use that. They use instead the Cent which has been used since the colonial days.
One algerian Dinar = 100 Cent or (centime, Doro) Some people will add the "thousand" and others won't.
So whenever they say a number, like 50 or 100. They actually mean fifty thousand cents or a hundred thousand cents which is 500Da or 1000Da.
Quick tip : If you don't hear Dinar at the end of the price, just add a zero to whatever price your given. Sometimes you'll cent "mille" or "elf" at the end of the price and that's the "thousand", so yeah, same thing. Ditch that and add your Zero and you're good to go.
We do not want a mass tourism in Algeria just a couple millions a year will be great.
They are humble because they're raised that way, not a lot of capitalist culture
The fact that he keeps walking by the walls we painted the face of our martyrs in is amazing, thnks^^
Hello Sly !
For the currency part it's because we still deal with *Centimes* instead of *dinar* . Let me explain , for example imagine u say *100 cent* istead of a *1$* ,that's exactly what we do here : *1 algerian dinar = 100 centime* .
The trick is to multiply by 100 whatever the number is shown on the banknote/coin. So , when he said 49 he meant 49000 centime which is 490 dinar !
0:25 Algeria was the top visited country in Africa in the 80s untill unfortunately the black decade happend in the 90s and now eventho it's one of the safest countries ellhamdolillah but it's still hard to get a visa
Yep I live on one of those steep hills..lol every time I walk outside,it’s like I’ve done a 30min workout 😊
leg day everyday lol
3:48 that is not the case, in fact Algerians like the fact that we are not that active when it comes to tourism because of seeing the bad effects in neighboring countries , also the visa is hard to get and we know this, so no our generosity has nothing to do with bringing more tourists, Aĺgeria is sinply a genuine country, Nothing is fake, you will see the real culture and traditions , there's no sities bulit especially for tourists and Instagram aesthetics and same for people no act is fake, in fact some tourists even complain about how they won't be allowed to pay sometimes and having locals always paying for them as a welcoming gesture nothing more.
The Berbers are the original people there. They are in North Africa, but they are not black!
They are amazigh and are african. They are light skinned and Arabs settled in their country!
GREAT VIDEO! THANKS FOR POSTING VIDEOS. IM CURRENTLY TRAPPED IN THE USA LOL
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Thanks, man. You showed me.
My area we're i live so beautiful I messed My country🇩🇿❤🇩🇿❤🙏👍👍👍 thanks to you 👍
Hello my friend in Algeria, we are proud people. In fact if you try to give some money he would be mad at you welcome to Algeria.
based on what you've seen so far here in Algeries, which country would you advise an Algerian who only lived in algeries their whole life to visit? keep in mind their budget, comfortableness etc
South east europe (including Turkey) is relatively cheap and with decent standards. Scandinavian countries are much more expensive, but there you can stay for free if you are willing to go camping. It's called the freedom to roam. But, requires a tent and... summer. :)
Uzbekistan & Iran very cheap and steeped in history plus mouthwatering delicious food, beautiful natural beauty and lovely and friendly people. Go for it.
Bro I live in Algeria
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welcome to algeria brother enjoy your time in here 😁
what language you speak to them ? arabic
concerning the 490 thing, we don't add zeros cz we feel like it's obvious XD
I like how smart u r .u r not shallow . welcome to algeria bro 👋
I would like to explain about algerian saying 50 for a 500da bill and 100 for a 1000da bill and so on...the reason is that even thought the local official currency is algerian dinars we commonly speak in "centimes" so for example 500 algerian dinars is said "50.000 centimes, so they say 50 to shorten it up...same goes for everything...1million centimes is actually 10.000 algerian dinars, but we just say 1 million
😂 hadi hna w tetleflna fihoum winek ya houma
Great video,very informative and interesting thanks bro.
Yeah!! My husband is from Algiers...We love visiting his home.
Welcome to Algeria Sly
i m so happy you are here in our country
At 2:33 there used to be a house where I was born. 🙂
Today I live in Germany
There are really algerians everywhere huh😆nice. Much love from🇩🇿🇨🇦
8:01 Luffy spotted.
On the currency issue, people in Algeria quote in cents. There are no cents mind you in their money, the lowest value coin is 1DZD but it stuck as a custom.
So that 50 DZD you gave is 50.00 which is 5 thousand cents so they’d type "five". 500 DZD is 500.00 or 50 thousand cents so they’d type "50” for 50k basically.
But if you understand the language they’re actually saying "5 hundred" or “5 thousand” or “50 thousand” which is the price in cents.
All Algeria needs is for its people to learn more knowledge of Islam. It’s still under French control even years after occupation. I am American and I came to visit family and I was so saddened that the Muslims in America are more pious than these people. Islam would fix any corruption and issues the country has. The short temper, every Algerian has a short temper😂😂 the government, even kids torturing stray cats and the list can go on.
At least million times safer than your sh*t country no access to guns
Go to hill
@@enimaifruehc7022 why
👉🇩🇿 live in 1960 no Economy 👉🇩🇿 citizens 👍 but Gouvernement take all oil gas in control. Military Diktatur . 🇩🇿 must be like Dubai. Katar . Corruption system 🇩🇿 not safe . 1-2 week holiday is ok.
Your air bnb was in my neighborhood lol it’s a small city.
For the currency we count in cents if no one explained yet so that guy was charging you 49000 cents which is shortened to just 49 so it’s not one zero but two hehe
Glad you enjoyed your trip, welcome back anytime !
On the Black Market currency exchange thing:
If you’re a foreigner, you’d be a complete fool to exchange your currency at the bank.
Don’t do that.
If 100 bucks net around 13k at the bank, they’ll get you 23k on the street.
It’s quicker, more convenient, no questions asked, and you almost double your money. ( Not that the latter point matters all that much since half the products here are priced around black market rates.)
We don't have scammer because tourism is not the source of making living
Like our neighbors
We have petrol and gaz that I'm not proud with it because one day will end 😢
You have only seen the bright side
95% of this place are just horrifying dude
Am a Algerian and I know that well
Yes yes yes with prices . U can go crazy . Hhhh 10 000 = 100 . A million is 10000 . A baguette I mean a french bread is 1000 and that's 10da. The solution is that they count with l'ancien Franc FRANCAIS the old french franc . 10da: is 1000 old french franc . 😂
How about when you visited Eritrea? Did you find scammers?
I've been in Algeria for the last 5 Months. I live in Tamarasset far South of Algiers.
Bienvenue en Algérie
7:47 That's because we built our homes on top of mountains back in the 1500s
1:35 bro at least blur people's car plates
u just doxxed an entire neighborhood
Love Algeria from Spain! 💖💖💖
The next city you are going to is probably Oren city, I believe. It is recommended to you by one of the guides in your previous video and you agree with him to visit there. Algiers is a cool place though. I really don't know much about this place until your vlogs. Keep it coming.
Thank you, sir.
Casbah needs a lot of renovation,
Hey my friend I really enjoyed your video and I hope you enjoyed your trip to our Country
I just wanted to clarify one thing that you could miss regarding the money it is true that the price and numbers are quite confusing especially for tourists
The reason behind that is we actually have two ways to say the price of an Item so we can use Cents or Dinars and the example you gave is actually correct as in Algeria we usually use Dinars instead of Cents so if your item is 100 Dinars is actually 10000 Cents and this where all the confusion comes from
Thank you again for this amazing video ;)
Welcome to Algeria khouya