THE TUNISIA EXPERIENCE | One Day in North Africa
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- An interesting day of exploring on the island of Djerba, Tunisia on the Gulf of Gabes, part of the Mediterranean Sea in north Africa.
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Thanks a lot for watching and safe journeys!
Blue sky of Tunisia is Awsome. Tunisia is North Africa's jewel.
Hey Gabriel, welcome to Tunisia. I am Tunisian and I have been to Djerba several times. The best beaches of the island are to be found around the area of MIDOUN and more specifically the ZONE TOURISTIQUE where you can also find most hotels , restaurants, clubs and cafés... Enjoy
i want to visit tunisa for 10 days but know nothing how to plan from where?
@@vinay11163 where are you from ?
Probably india
I will show some of those beaches near Midoun in the next video.
@@steveboy7302 yeah India
its very interesting how mediterranean islands are all similar but different at the same time!great video!greeetings from greece
I was thinking the same thing!!!
Im agree with you because I been in Lebanon and Greece and Turkey south Italy
I was thinking that it looks very similar to malta although not as built up.
Except this place is a dump
@@wokenup5273 historically there have been Tunisian touches in Malta ,in some towns,traditions and even the maltese language is similar to Tunisian itself so it"s not strange
Great, I was in Hammamet Tunisia in 2006 but I didn't see Djerba. Beautiful country, nice and friendly people
Keep exploring Gabe, thank you for traveling and sharing! My husband and I always look forward to your next adventure! The OG!!
Does OG mean Original Gangster? 🧐
@@dee74raz Original Gabriel obviously.
Hi Gabriel! Thank you for another nice video.A small info about Djerba.According to the ancient greek historians Polybius and Strabo, Djerba (ancient Meninx) was inhabited by the lotus-eaters,a group of people also mentioned in Homer's Odyssey.
Cool.
I love these type of videos. I have to admit I knew next to nothing about Tunisia. Thank you Gabe for taking us around the world.
So beautiful and atmospheric! I knew that it was the island of Lotus Eaters, but it never crossed me to look at its current state! I certainly didn't imagine it like that! Thank you Gabriel for your videos! And also a big thanks to your followers who take the time to comment!
Who are the" lotus eaters"?
Love that a lot of locals actually seem to shop at this souk and as Gabe mentioned no hustlers. Makes it so much more inviting and authentic and not a place where you have the feeling everybody is just trying to rip you off. Some places looked so classical North African it felt like you were on an Aladdin movie set or something, simply amazing! What a difference it makes to for example the experience in Morocco, when you actually get to enjoy the place and take it all in on your own terms.
Gabe, you are one of the few vloggers here that presents quality content. You pay attention to details, your close-ups etc. A joy to watch... I discovered you little late but, I have plenty of time to watch all of your travels. Thank you. 🥰
High season is june july, start of august, by late august start of september the sea weed starts coming out and the summer is basically over in Tunisia
Wowwww what a nice Beautiful ❤️😍 City of Djerba, Tunisia 🇹🇳 My dream travel destinations In Northern Africa nice Beautiful beach and Nature and places of Tunisia 🇹🇳 thank you so much sir Gabe for your wonderful walk around tour and .Godbless all beautiful People of Tunisia Shukran 🙏🙂♥️
From the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Marvin 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍
Mahdia have the most beautiful beachs in Tunisia
WELCOME
Beautiful country, great weather and amazing people. 💚
Thank you for visiting our beautifull Tunisia!
Nice video Gabe but not my personal destination to visit
Very cool! Tunisia is definitely on my list, I might do some north Africa this winter. I am currently in Romania, based in Cluj for a few more weeks, had to step out of the schengen for a while. Then heading to Italy!
I lived Tunisia when I was little. My dad was in the military and was working at the American embassy. What I remember most was the stink of a river in the summer it was so bad.
what a beautiful memory of way back then 😆
I have followed your channel for several years and the adventures just keep getting better! Finally, this old lady (me) learned how to edit and started my own travel channel = Amazing Places with Amy
Right on, good luck with the channel.
👍 "I don't need anything, I need less stuf." Same do I 😂😂😂
I think Tilos is calling you back home. 🙏🇬🇷💗
Very nice to see an island which has deserts, is in hot desert climate. Thank you for sharing this with us, Gabriel. As I recall, only Socotra (Yemen) and Bahrain are like this as bigger islands. And I like this white-blue Tunisian style of houses, remind me so much on some Greek Islands but is very different in some way as culture is different.
Have a nice time in Tunis and surrounding areas like Carthage and Sidi Bou Said. Maybe it is still possibility to rent a car some day and go to El Djem (2,5 hours ride) as things on south like Matmata, Ksar Hadada, Tozeur etc. are not an option anymore, it seems.
Very interesting Gabe thanks for the tour.
Great episode as usual Gabriel, I enjoyed it . I can't wait to see the next one . But I still insist that in some areas it's not good to be alone. Be careful take care of yourself. Thanks .
There was an oil spill in the gulf of Gabes recently. I don’t think that’s JUST seaweed.
Its seaweed
There's a place worth visiting called djerbahood as well that was 10mins away from houmet souk
Sargassum smells - the struggle is real brother!
You should visit in Sidi bou said
In my opinion, it is the most beautiful city in the Mediterranean
I'll definitely check it out.
I'm happy that you're using the DJI Osmo Action again. The color is much richer and better than the other brand. In fact, you're the inspiration behind me using the Osmo Action as well. Safe travels...
Cool, glad to hear it.
Too bad you missed the Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, the oldest active synagogues in Africa.
Nice job Gabriel ! Worked there in the local Lycée for 2 years. Great time there, now going to Greece....
Great video. Hopefully all that seaweed ends up on the farmers fields especially in the dry climate.
It always amazes me how you film whilst driving, we get to see left, right and ahead 😀
a peaceful town..never saw this part of tunisia.. thank you..
Great show. FYI, you have probably walked around the globe at least three times. 10 miles daily (3 hours walk ) x 365 = 3650 Yearly x say 20 Years= 73000 miles ( not inc planes, trains or cars, etc )
11:00 Lost in translation. Ottoman Turks liberated Tunisia. Here's the story: The Spaniards settled in the huge castle they had built in the valley since 1535. At that time, Kheireddine Barbaros and his Turkish pirates were looking for a harbor for their ships.The Tunisian Sultan allowed them to use the island of Djerba, from which the Spaniards were expelled and settled there. Including the Spanish army occupied. In addition to the island of Djerba, Dargouth Pasha conquered Gafsa in 1556 and Kairouan (capital of the Almoravid Shababid emirate) in 1557 and Beyler Bay (supreme commander) Ali Pasha or 'Alij Ali' entered Tunis in 1569 before being evacuated by the Spanish in 1573. The Ottoman Sultan Selim I was determined to eradicate the Spaniards from African countries for strategic reasons (control of the southern bank of the Strait of Sicily), political (completion of the conquest of the countries of this bank from Egypt to the borders of the Maghreb) and religious (jihad was the constants of Ottoman politics). With the help of the inhabitants, the Ottomans were able to storm the huge castle of La Goulette and then liberate Tunisia and finally eliminate the Spanish presence during the summer of 1574. Source: Jalel Ben Ahmed
do you know that I am from Dargouth Pasha descent ! or Turgut Reis as Turks call him
Yet another great video , love the accompanying music .
With water like that I would suspect untreated sewage is being pumped into the sea.
Thanks Gabriel your videos are appreciated 🙋♀️🇮🇪☘️🍀🙏🏻
Thank you for visiting our country gabriel ! you're welcome anytime and i hope you will have much beautiful experience if you go to sidi bou said and la marsa , hammamet , sousse it will be much great experience !!
Greetings from Sidi Bou Said, nice town.
Gabriel I admire your Videos Man ! I am Karim from Cairo , Egypt ! Hope to meet you one day man!
Take care the weather in Northern Africa is a little hot now but not like Sudan or South Egypt or Libya
Nice to see you visiting Djerba! I recommend you to visit also the jewish city called "Al Riadh" where there amazing street art and graffities in every corner "Djerbahood". Grab a taxi and ask him/her to drive to "Al Riadh Djerbahood". Have fun!
Beautiful sights Gabriel 😀😎🙌☀️🌊 alot of history! Thank you! 😊❤
Love your videos!!!
Fantastic that you're now in Tunesia. I'm enjoying the videos. I do hope your next country to visit will be Burkina Fasso. It must be gret to see your videos from there.
Very interesting. Love your videos. Great memories of the suqs when I lived in Oman
i recommand those beautiful destiantion as your next move : hammamet, sidi bousaid..la marsa...nabel so welcome
Thanks for the tips.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos come to the Sahel ( Sousse, Monestir and Mahdia )
Gabe weren’t you needing a leather belt? Maybe the souks will have a good value one? Thanks for showing us places off the beaten path, you keep opening our eyes! Namaste 🙏🏽
Yep, I bought a new belt recently.
Why did you remove the Porto vid??? I was really looking forward to it. I saw the first half, but then it was gone.
The quality was terrible because the stabilization on my camera was accidentally turned off and it was too shaky. Glad you enjoyed and sorry you didn't get to see the whole thing.
Any more Portugal videos coming?
No, that was it, I didn't end up filming much since I was traveling with a friend.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos You could always go back to the Azores or Madeira
Nice video , excellent upload !
If you rent a car over reception it is always more expensive, cause the receptionist gets a cut, same with taxis.
Maybe, but considering the convenience, you're likely getting more for your money.
I visited 1 time 🙋♀️🇮🇪
While on your travels, have you ever gotten in trouble with the authorities or been threatened by the locals?
They treat the tourists better than they treat their own. Lol
Oh how I wish I could travel 😕
Looks like a pretty cool place
Who after having seen such terrible dirty beaches still is atracted to this destination must have very low standarts.
I did some additional Google review research and it seems that racism is pretty exteded there, also trash all over the isle, the vendors rip their customers of, etc..
TY Gabriel for showing us the good and bad.
So you believe everything you read on Google? I've been to Tunisia and it was a lovely place to visit. In fairness, Gabe might have chosen a better hotel in a better part of the country.
Yes Gabe def avoid smelling that sargasso seaweed as much as possible, the gasses coming off of the rotting seaweed give that noxious
Smell and it is very toxic if inhaled for long periods of time and can cause some pretty nasty health issues. Obviously just casually walking by and smelling that terrible odor is very unpleasant but nothing to worry about.
I'm looking to explore this island for one month.
I don't know where you cut your hair but it's the best hairstyle you had so far 🤘
Thanks and I agree. I got the haircut on Mykonos island:
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I noticed at least 2 cars with EU license plates through the video. I wonder from which country are they driving from? Or is it local EU-style plates like in Turkey, Georgia, etc?
There is car ferries to Tunisia
Hi Gabriel, there doesn't seem much to do on this Island, it doesn't seem to have that resort feel to it. Regarding that fort, it was built around the period of the fall of Constantinople which was Spain's big fear of the expansion of the Otterman empire which could have driven back the Christian Kingdoms back north possibly losing existing Spain forever.
I hope you showed us the historical monuments there
This kind of reminds me of when you were in Morocco - same vibe.
True, we have the same history and culture
you look so fresh with your new haircut! please visit us in roatan Island.
Visit Sousse Tunisia
Enjoy Tunisia
You have a thing on sandals, I have it on dresses and shoes 😂
Go to …. Le petit marin at sunshine night
Intriguing, but not convinced
Gabi, did you get a chance to visit the peaceful old subterranean Mosques? And what about the Ghriba Synagogue? I hope you did your homework for the other areas to be visited, at least. Thanks and good luck. And tell us what a liter of gasoline costs in the next video, please. B'salama.
What was the temperature (you can name it in Celsius if you wish) on this day you filmed? It's still the hottest part of Summer over there, yes?
Also, please from whom did you rent your motor vehicle, please? I am always fascinated that you seem to know just where to go to get what you want be it a car, or food, or ...
Exellent 👍👍👍
I think the two locked old buildings are tombs.
How do people make a living there in the markets. It's empty of customers.
Such beautiful crafts too. I think it is sad that it is so empty.
Hello greetings amigo good day there here 3:43 am
There are a lot of similarities between Tunisia and Morocco.
The nightlife is pretty amazing in Djerba. Why not show us some of the hot nightclubs & hotel discotheques/bars
You should just live in Greece and sell ice cream, unless you can do more than that?
Hi guys, do you know whether we can take train from Sousse to Gabes? Anyone knows the name of train station in Sousse? I’m going in April/May. Cant wait!
Not sure but you could check rome2rio.com
Nice
Hi, have you thought about going to Sicily?
There are good railways there use the train
Hi Gabe what has happened to the navy/dark green leopard print shirt that you wearing around India? I see that you still wear the brown version but not the other one.
That one didn't fit me as well, so I left it in a hotel room somewhere. I have too many shirts anyway.
Thanks Gabe. Yes, i thought that I haven't seen you wearing that particular shirt for a long time. I think you last wore it when you were in the Maldives.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos You should have sent me that shirt DHL.
Gabe got new bay and island to himself
A bay of Gabe's
Swimming in sewer juice, isnt a tourist dream.
Hello Gabriel have you been in Algeria ? Was there before it's awesome country with nice people and food. If you have the chance to go there do it.
He hasn’t been there
@@dee74raz I been there 2 months ago in Algeirs and it was awesome.
Hello again... it may sound like a stupid question.. do you feel safer or less safe in certain places?
The weather seems to be quite warm, is it too hot in there?
Edit : oh I got the answer in here 31:52. :D
Do you prefer driving on the right side or left side of the road?
As he is American, it would probably be the right hand side
Definitely the right side. I went on a road trip in the UK a couple months ago (didn't film that trip). Driving on the left is a little confusing, but what is a lot more difficult is dealing with a stick shift. Shifting gears while going through multi-lane roundabouts and trying to figure out where to exit is pretty crazy. If you have an automatic transmission that makes it a lot easier.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos I drove in Slovenia 🇸🇮 in June and they drive on the right hand side and I was renting a manual car where I had to use a gear stick. It was really strange for me driving a manual car where the gear stick is on the right hand side because in the U.K. where I come from, they drive on the left as you know. However, I did get used to the driving in Slovenia after 10 minutes or so in the car 🚗
@@dee74raz Yeah the stick shift is the main problem, otherwise it's pretty easy. Although, when I flew from the UK to Greece and rented a car there, at one point I realized I was driving on the left side of the road and had to remind myself to get on the other side. Luckily no accidents transpired.
Was there a fight for jumping the queue at 36:03?
I want to visit to tunisia but i applied visa but till now my visa is still processing for 3months now.it is so weird
Have you ever been to the Bahamas Gabe?
He hasn’t as far as I know
Go away from djerba as soon as possible i recommand visiting other places like sousse or hammamet otherwise if you are looking for good beaches try rejiche in mahdia and hamam el ghzez in kelibia
Isn't that fortress similar to the one you filmed in Bahrain?
Yes quite similar style, but I think the one in Bahrain was larger.
New zealand in December Gabe?
That would be a first. I doubt he would go. The airfares would be expensive for him.
Could You pleaaaasssssseeee go to Patmos once again pleaasssss
I'f watched your Patmos Video 10.000 times
Im going to Patmos next month.
@@christopherpage3741 Do you make UA-cam videos
No, I dont.
@@christopherpage3741 make your first one please
Right after he mentions hustlers, someone proves why it's often not worth trying to engage with locals. You want to meet and learn about the people, their culture, and their country. All they want is your money. People suck. I figured out a long time ago why he doesn't try to engage with people on the videos, like Ace or Kurt Caz does. Sometimes they're quite interesting to show on the videos, and I enjoy it, but I can also understand not wanting the hassle. It's an insult when you introduce yourself and just want to talk to people, while they're completely disinterested with you and are only interested in your money.
People need to make a living but its very annoying and probably puts off a lot of tourists.
@@northernstar4811 Exactly. It puts people off when locals treat travelers/explorers like tourists, when they're people who enjoy exploring other cultures and countries, versus being just sunbathing beach goers.
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Looks very less populated and sober country 🇹🇳
Gabe what laptop you use for video editing?
Lenovo Yoga.