MOROCCO Isn't What I Expected! (Culture Shock as an American)🇺🇸🇲🇦
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2022
- Inspired by @GabrielTravelerVideos, I crossed the border from Ceuta, Spain to Morocco before taking a taxi to Tetouan and then Fes, Morocco. While there was some culture shock, I was pleasantly suprised by many things, especially the Moroccan people. Find out in this video!
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Adventure Elliot is a bilingual travel vlogger (English and Spanish) with a particular interest in the Spanish speaking world. I enjoy taking adventures - big or small - and my goal is to show the Spanish speaking world 1 video at a time.
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Visit Greece, I would love to see you in Corfu! :)
I recommend you to visit Marrakesch. If you wish I could put you in contact with a good friend from there.
@@adamcampanella4763 oh thank you!
Greeting.
I hope to take my advise with warm.heart.
Do not.keep saying Hi while.walking on the street ...you may attract predator, and just walk normal.
Also , do not send or kiss women's , otherwise it may turn bed experience at any moments...( you don't kiss stranger women anywhere in USA ).
99% are good peoples, but stop looking for the 1%....
Please use caution and be vigilant ...
Morocco was the first country to recognize the newly independent United States, opening its ports to American ships by decree of Sultan Mohammed III in 1777.
Morocco is one of the best countries I every visited. The people are so friendly and the architecture is fabulous. A big Morocco fan from Canada!
Wow Thank you, Canadian people are so nice. Happy that you enjoyed your visit
Wow glad u like it I am also morrocan it’s a very beautiful country do u agree with me?😊
Welcome anytime
Thanks 🤝
@@BL00DYSP1RIT Agree with you 100%
I m also russian but I live in Morocco in Alhoceima and Moroccans are super friendly people
You are Russian living in Alhoceima? Ok I've never expected to encounter this combination. My parents are originally from there but I live in Spain
Hi bro i'm from al hoceima too we can arrange a meeting :)
What you doing in al hoceima ;)
Oh that's cool. some of my family from there too they speak a completely different dialect there called "Tarifit" it is descended from Amazigh language it's my native language as i was born in Nador they speak the same Amazigh dialect and both of us can speak Moroccan darija as well
welcome broo🇲🇦🇲🇦
Im married to a Moroccan for almost 15 years with two half white and Moroccan daughters. Our second home is in Morocco and let me tell you I maybe born American but Im more Moroccan in heart cause the culture was so powerful it stole me away! There is nothing more to say Morocco is the best all around!
Welcome to your country
@@freefreepalestine0107 shukran
You know what.. I'm Moroccan.. And whenever I saw videos of foreigners visiting my country and saying that people are nice and friendly (and even people from around the world saying the same in the comments) I was like "really?? are we that hospitable to make almost every visitor say the same thing??". But last month I went to Turkey and stayed there for like 2 weeks.. It was there where I realized how kind and friendly our people are.. You really don't appreciate what you have until you are deprived if it..
Thanks for giving my country a chance and thanks for your visit.. I hope you enjoy your stay and have lots of fun 💐
Last but not least Long live my dear Morocco 🇲🇦✌️💚
omg yes this happened to me in spain in madrid, people were NOT ven trying to understand me, it made me bawl my eyes out, i felt "lgherba" for reaal i also felt anger afterwards because we as moroccans are so nice and helpful...it hurt me os much
@@kenzdomyuji8387 And I'm from Madrid, and every time I go to Morocco they make me feel very good... I can't wait to go back to Morocco and visit old friends I have from there. I'm sorry people here can be a bit cold, takes time to get used to it.
@@kenzdomyuji8387 Me too, I had to go to Madrid for a couple of meetings and then I made the stupid mistake of going back to Sevilla on vacation. It was horrible everytime, from the customs agents, to cab drivers, hotel personnel, the "colleagues", restaurant staff, even people on the street. Just horrible experiences through and through. I decided to never ever set foot there again and I've been encouraging my friends and family to go to literally any other country but Spain. It honestly gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. Such a weird society and culture...
Come to Germany, then you will see how cold the people here are. Maroccans are extremly guest friendly but are Not often real. But being cold is sometimes better when you work
Same I hated my stay in turkey because of its people
Morocco is one of the best countries I visited. People are so kind and hospitable. One thing I noticed was how clean Morocco streets were and it's very delicious food. They are so intelligent, they can speak any language. Can’t wait to go back!!
مرحبا بك في اي وقت المغرب دولة عريقة ببناياتها التاريخية وطبخها الذيذ وثقافتها المتفردة والمتنوعة وطبيعتها الساحرة من جبال وصحارى وبحار ومحيط وغاباتها وسهولها وهضابها ،ومواطنيها المرحبين بالضيوف تعتبر من بين افضل الوجهات السياحية بالعالم
Of course, because you're moroccan☺️
@@aniaannia345 of course because ur not , or ur just algerian maybe lol
@@aniaannia345 Algerian 🤮
Im sorry, but you must've been to some really nice places to say that... the streets here are littered at best- or totally cracked/in poor condition and cleanliness in most cases.
But yea people are pretty nice as long as you dont stand out too much, that you arent a young girl, or that you dont go in a ghetto neighborhood.
This is excellente.
Morocco it’s not like Europe or America
Morocco is like Morocco !
Moricco is unique
Vive 🇲🇦🇮🇱
@@biancalablanche3671 fuc.k off bro u kill Palestiniens we are not friends🇲🇦🇵🇸
Morocco is another planet
@@cheerup4566 beautiful planet! Welcome to our real friends not people that trash you after coming like.. We all know..
@@biancalablanche3671 Who are your real friends? And who trashed you?
I am Moroccan but unfortunately I wasn't born in Morocco and I grew up abroad, every time I come back to Morocco, I feel that my heart relaxes and I want to stay there forever, i went to morocco this summer after 5 years. I only stayed for a month and yet I am very attached to Morocco, I cried too much and I didn't want to leave, and that's when I realized that no matter how much you live in a foreign country you will never feel the same as what you feel for your real country, I am very proud to be Moroccan and I am looking forward to next summer to be able to return there!
You are very welcome
I am a moroccan born in Spain
Im Spanish and my husband is from Tetouan in Morocco and I agree with you the People there are really nice and polite. Our daughter loves Morocco every time that she visits her father's family she wont back to Spain, She always enjoys a lot there greetings from Spain 🇪🇦😊🇲🇦
Que guay.. todo el mundo habla español en Tetouan
@@AdventureElliot Yes almost all because years ago the North of Morocco was a Spanish colonial and the south of Morocco talk in french because was a French colonial now Moroccan People are starting learn more English because is more useful to talk with foreigners from another countries I like your videos im going subscribe right now
I was born and raised in Morocco as a Filipina and honestly,although it's not perfect,no place will ever compare to it because of all the memories I made here with the people I love.
There is no place in the world is perfect , we're happy to have you in Morocco
There is no country that is perfect right now, but its good hearing your side of the story
hi boo
I'm here in Philippines to and I feel not happy also so i think mostly people who can feel good in morocco who have good intentions
Right.... Whatever must be because you're white 😀
That "Awili" made me cry at 7:36 you should have known that with girls in Morocco only a handshake will do.
The kisses in the cheek is reserved between girls 😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣 awiiiillli
Aweli Rah wla kolchi 3adi Aweliii
Not really we say hello to men all the time especially men you consider as uncles
@@ravenanbu5708 yeah family members we kiss on the cheeks. Not some random tourists
In Rabat city is normal to kiss like
To be honest, I left Morocco in the mid 70's. I am now in Morocco. What progress. This kingdom deserves all the respect. This is a peaceful revolution. Bravo x 1000 times❤️🇲🇦👍👏👏👏👏👏👏
Neighbour algeria give money to terrorist polizario!! There are camps tindouf....
Its soo different from the 70's u will be shocked
Bruvver how old are you😦
@@Nhuda894 😆😂
that is genius ~peaceful revolution~ I couldn t have said it any better. Thanks for this so accurate analysis.
تحية للاخوة المغاربة من العراق
حلمي أزور العراق والإمارات والمكة
@@imadel2535 انت حر ليش متروح .
روح الإمارات اول تم مكة وأخير العراق سعد اخوانك من المحتل الإيراني.
Just one little remark ky friend, don't expect all people to be open to you touching them or kissing their cheeks, especially women. Some people are fine by thay kinda culture but don't be surprised when you're faced with denial sometimes. It's part of morocco morals and culture, as well as religious beliefs.
True. I was surprised that those women kiss him cheek to cheek.
@@Kassalawy56789 When he kissed the girl you will notice that her mother said Oh Willie... I mean, oh my God 😂😂
I am Moroccan and to be honest
It’s an absolute wonderful country
With an absolute dogshit government!
Stop the 🧢
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I believe you mean wonderful in landscape, or culture, other than that I doubt I can agree with you
Nah bro stop lying the country is absolutely shit asa7bi
As a morrocan i would say your accent is really good!
Enjoy your time in Morocco cuz you will miss this wonderful county 💜
I'm planning on coming to Morocco my only language is English will I have any issues? And what can you recommend?
His accent in English on the other is cringe af when he talks to them
U are so sociable and easy going person we like this kind of people
Looks much safer than I thought. The food looks delicious too. I love Moroccan tea, the best… Safe travels!!!
Very safe ! I had absolutely no issues my whole visit
Come
lol are u serious talking about safety ?? morocco is 1000% more safer than US
@@hamdouniamine8165 idk about all that my g
@@Askld it is safer that usa , at least we dt be shooting ppl randomly lmao
Ceuta and Melilla is moroccan territorry occuped by Spain this is the reality.
Visit my country Italy 🇮🇹 i'm from Roma
And ?
@@1honeym00nwill back to Morocco soon!
For my point of view, the TH-camrs all around the world show us the truth about different places around the world that the media at USA and the European don't like to show us....
welcome to mrocco my frind
Agreed
isn't it obvious? colonialism never ended and the 'we civilized' are better then the rest. the media was made for this purpose.
*From my point of view
I’m half Moroccan and every time I get to visit our relatives there I find it hard to leave, it’s such a beautiful country
Samee ki dorni f9albi
@@belleelh6534 really! You half Moroccan as well ?!
Half maroccan is no maroccan
@@wlednasswlednass6128 well it’s not you who decide, the government does and they already gave me citizenship
@@AM69999 we still don't see you as a real maroccan take it from someone that is 100% marroccan
A Moroccan watching from NYC 👋. I am glad you re having a good time, people in the north and in less touristic cities are generally more chill because they don't rely on tourism.
No hamza u wrong
@@REDCANADA88 mnanauk👆🏼 is right
Great video Elliot, friendly people and your euro is going a long way! Safe travels!
Morocco is fascinating because of its culture, history and people. I'm glad that you made the northern prettyTetouan as a starting point to explore Morocco as most tourists head to Marrakesh straight on! Whatever you do, don't you dare to forget visiting Chefchaouen, the Indigo town! It is beautiful!
Keep exploring, Elliot!
I really like Morocco,im lebanese and it started after i got a really amazing Moroccan friend online,i liked the accent and im trying to study it,which lead me to start knowing to know more about Morocco,so i really really hope i can visit someday,which i think inshallah is near
7:36 and 9:51 😂😂😂😂 she said "Awili" haha she's the one who had a culture chock we don't kiss guys on cheeks
You are soooo coooool, making nice conversations with unknown people! You seem very pleased , i'm glad you liked Morocco.
THANK YOU for your sympathie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Your interactions with people are amazing wherever you go.
Lo típico cuando se viaja a ciertos países.
@@XXX09615 Tiene razon, pero Elliot es muy extravertido. Muy poco personas tiene este abilidad.
@@TravelAddictGuy cuando vas a determinados países tienes que ser así, porque en realidad estás en una "danger zone".
@@TravelAddictGuy Precisamente somos extrovertidos por el lugar donde estamos.
@@XXX09615 No one to go to Morocco, stay in your country where you feel safe.
Welcome to Morocco! I enjoyed watching your video, keep up the good work 💪🏻☺️
Damn men I'm from Morocco and I'm so happy that you decided to visit us you are so welcome dude, wish you enjoy your stay
For real !??? ... . I don't know what you expected. !!! Always with you Elliot. No matter where you go, you'll find people is kind with you . Fantastic video anyway
I met a lot of good people! You will see in the next videos how many good people I met and how Moroccans treat tourists. Un saludo amigo
Hopefully I can travel there someday in the near future, another great video Elliot!
If you’re back in Europe, it’s a quick (and cheap) flight away. It really has a raw feeling with lots of street food and chaos (in a good way). You’ll see in the next videos.
I am morroccan and these videos really make me happy to say my country behaving this good , and morrocco is a fantastic country to visit or even to live in !
Live in HHhH hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
@@rimiadoss9792 Yes even to live in. Im proud to live here.
@@casa8017then why most Moroccans want to leave
Welcome to the Kingdom of Morocco 👑🇲🇦❤️
Excellent video Elliott. Am loving your Moroccan experience.
Hello sally, the best is yet to come :D
Enjoyed every second of this video. Thank you!!
ناس تطوان نقيين و مربيين،تحية لسائق الطاكسي،الي طلب الخلاص بدون زيادة،هيدا كنشجعو السياحة في بلادنا،عكس مدينة طنجة و مراكش للاسف الي فيهم مشكل في سائقين الطاكسي لا اعمم و لكن الاغلبية،كيزيدو على موالين البلاد عساك البراني
This is what I like about Morocco. Majority of people you gonna find in the street are just laughing and smiling...
It looks like a safe, welcoming and supercheap country - I would love to visit sometime! :)
Of course, you welcome bro.
Let's do the old switcharoo - you come to Morocco and me to Corfu :)
@@morocco2240shukran sadiqi!
@@AdventureElliot It's more probable to visit Málaga next year :)
@@_juan.joao_ okay good, we will conquer some mountains and beers 🍻 💪🏻 I will make an effort to come to Greece
Your vlogs are so entertaining and with a great content. Thanks so much.
Watching you made me feel as if I’m hanging out with an old friend, good vibes.
Thank you!
Awsome video. Moroccans are super friendly people. Enjoy!
Awesome video!! love how you are open to talk with people and just live the experience , looking forward to see more of Morocco
Part 2 coming tonight :)
Morocco people are really so open to talk with.
you welcome 🇲🇦💟
Thanks for representing my country👍much love ❤❤🇲🇦🇲🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧🙏
Morocco is such a beautiful country from snowy mountains to really sunny days. It has alot of different enviroments in each city.
You have ALOT more to explore in this beautiful country! I personally liked visiting the Sahara it's amazing.
Good Video Elliot Greetings! I ´ve become a great fan of your channel
Nunca imagine que Marruecos fuese tan bonito como Tetouan, lo desconocia por completo, gracias a tus videos.
Que pena... estás a dos pasos de tu país vecino y sin embargo lo desconoces todo de ello... el norte de Marruecos es muy similar al sur de españa, tenemos las mismas playas y el mismo clima. Tanger por ejemplo es una ciudad mítica que deberías visitar, gente muy famosa como los rolling stones solía venir frecuentemente en los 70s y 80s a visitarla, personajes españoles como el ex presidente Felipe González o carmina ordoñez eran amantes de la ciudad...
Morocco is my favorite country. I've been 6x to 12 different parts and every places has been so amazing!
I've been to Fez in 2019 it feels so good wandering Medina's streets. I'm definitely coming back to Morocco!
Awesome video man .
Buen trabajo Elliot! Me gusta muchísima.
Keep going I like your vlogging style Elliot
Im teaching my kids about Morocco this week. We are going to make shakshuka tonight and my boys are so excited. Ty for the video and ty for asking the people questions about their country. We are learning a lot!
Looks like you had a great experience in Morocco and I am glad you did! Like you said most people are friendly and they would protect you instead of harming you however, like anywhere in the world there are some bad people who would try to take advantage of you! So be safe and enjoy your time!
Great video, I'm sure speaking Spanish helped alot especially being in north of Morocco, but also Moroccan people will still understand you even if you don't speak the same language lol, I'm Moroccan my self too i live in Bahrain there are alot of Americans here that I'm friends with, great people too
How is life there in BH?
@@MichaelNamiSound it's pretty good, safe and people are friendly in general
@@hajarrachad6934 nice, Allah y 3awn! Goodluck there! X
What🤦♀️not at all spain has in no way helped northern morocco all they did was colonize the north and south of morocco, the cancer rate is so high in the north of morocco bc of the spanish bombing
ياهاجر الله يصلح حالك ويهديك ويطمن قلبك ويرزقك من حيث لا تحتسبي
just discovered this video and the taxi part is hilarious , love it
I love this video ❤
I really enjoyed it
I really admired the effort you do to learn the native language of the countries you visite I really appreciate it 👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻♥️ and I hope you like Morocco bro
And I'm from Marrakech btw
Marhaba bik akhi ♥️🦁
Couldn't wipe out the smile on my face throughout the whole video ❤️
Stay safe Elliott. I am really enjoying your videos. Cheers
Nah that "awili" is still so iconic
Omg I didn’t know some Moroccans spoke Spanish!!! Wow those two ladies were soo sweet too hope they are doing good!!
People living in the north of Morocco speak spanich ( tangier, tetoun, cabonegro, chefchaouen, assila ...)
Bro they're literally like touching
She said Aweleeei 😂😂😂
Excellent content ☺️
Awww u just came to my city thanks for visiting man !
As a Moroccan I would say the country is the richly and uniquely in Africa and the people are amazing and are like two shy lovers and we love each other and help each other. And Moroccans are very known for their strong sense of hospitality and welcoming
Glad you liked Morocco!
I just published another video!
Awili 😂😂😂 it's very funy , i like this video and welcome to Morocco
That's awesome so glad you visited Morocco especially my lovely city Fes and the precious Tétouan
As a moroccan i have to say i love the videos where people say morocco is good.
You just earned a subscriber
Morocco is magical and has beautiful landscapes. Tetouane has beautiful beaches and you can eat delicious bro. and you have the city of Tangier is also beautiful, near there you have the cave of Hercules that you have to see. and you have so many beautiful cities such as Ifran, Chefchaouen, Agadir, Ouarzazate there are too many to mention. in this beautiful country you can ski in the atlas mountains. and deserts, beautiful beaches. it is a beautiful adventure and beautiful experiences.
Bro the last clip of you crossing the road you were near my house what a coincidence!
que gran video, y que grande tú!! congratulations
I haven't been to Ceuta. I assume it must to Spain like Gibraltar is to England. Tetuoan is a beautiful city. When I visited Morocco I went down the other coast to Casablanca then went inland from there. I missed Fes too which I know I think your next video is on along with the very end of this one.. The steak sandwich made me miss Moroccan food. I found the food exceptional there.
I think it’s much older than Gibraltar and it was conquered before Morocco officially became Morocco. 15-17 century geopolitics. Anyways, I’m so glad I went to Morocco and opened my eyes because there’s a ton of anti Moroccan rhetoric in Spain and I’ve completely opened my eyes to a new and beautiful country.
@@AdventureElliot Morocco was the country that opened the world up to me. When I went to Morocco, I had only traveled to countries of the West and Latin America. Morocco has so many cultures and the people were very friendly. It was almost cultural overwhelm.
@@AdventureElliot La anti retórica que pueda haber en España es por política. Marruecos equivale a Méjico para vosotros. Ahora, no hay nada como las mujeres bellas de Marruecos.
@@XXX09615 gracias amigo, buena analogía.. la verdad es que tenia una percepción de Marruecos un poco negativo antes de conocerlo y ahora ha cambiado mucho.. por eso me gusta viajar.
That's not true my friend Morocco was founded in 789AD and ceuta and melilla were occupied by Spain and Portugal after the reconquista and fall of al andalus, so to us they are moroccan occupied territories. And as long as Spain continues it's occupation we will never have great relations.
Nice video ilove it 😂❤❤❤❤
thanks for those words that means alot to us ur sooo welcome to ur second country❤❤❤❤
Youre such a positive guy, rare to see nowadays. Lovely content man!
Welcome to morrocco to all americans and to all people from around the world 🌍
I hope you have great time in morrocco ❤❤❤🇺🇸🇲🇦🇺🇸🇲🇦
My beautiful Morocco is the best country in the world and especially the most diverse one culturally and naturally. I'm so so so proud to be part of this amazing and millenary nation 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
I love your vibe. So much energy hahah ❤
Yoooo i saw myself in the video 😂😂😂😂 i was in tetouan for a month and i just traveled to Agadir just yesterday
This woman is the wife of my uncle, what a coincidence! She's so kind
Morocco is Morocco full of surprises as always ❤️🇲🇦
"can you show bzzt bzzt bzzt" had me dying lol
Great vid! love the energy
I love that you used to say "Salam" to everyone you are very nice and kind
OMG..I feel proud of myself as a Moroccan happy that you liked Morocco otherwise you had to go to Tangier, Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir are wonderful places otherwise very good vlog ^^ :D
from a fellow moroccan it's great to see the American enjoying our culture you will always be welcomed
I'm impressed man, you had no plan except going from Tetouan to Fez, and you nailed it.!
Watching this video on the final day of world cup. Awesome people you meet there Elliot. Hope one day have chance to visit there ☺
I glad. U like it , I am American living in. Morocco and I loved
Hello Elliot🙋♀️, hope u r fine, I am very happy that I came across your channel today. I hope you had a nice vacation in Morocco. I wish you had visited Agadir, the city where I live. I will be glad to see you here❤
Hi there, I enjoyed watching your video and your style connecting with local people of Morocco, I am Moroccan living in the states for a little over 23 years now.. I can’t miss visiting Morocco every summer! Thank you for sharing your and you are always welcome to Morocco.. Moroccans love people who aren’t shy to get closer to local people
Fr tho I visited my friend who lives in Morocco and lemme tell you they're the precious people I've ever seen the culture and the gentle handling You can't see it at anyone, according to what I saw.
I wished you stay more in tetouan to discover the old Medina and its surroundings, you’ll love it
My friend you are very welcome here thanks for sharing this 🇲🇦
I like it man!! You went that trip THE MOROCCAN STYLE =D
Deep into the world we go. Awesome.
Let’s go!
Welcome to morocco , wonderful people ❤❤🧡🧡🌸🌸🌺💐🌹
I’ll be glad to meet you in fes, I’m 16 years old and i live there ❤ glad to see you enjoy our country
Very interesting watching you walk across the border.
I remember my experience walking across the border in 2010. It was so much busier then.
You should also visit Tanger and Chefchaouen. They're very close to Tetouan and very nice cities. Actually you can see the junction between the mediterranean sea and the atlantic ocean in Tanger.