Egypt Travel Nightmare!! Why I’ll Never Go Back!!
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Worked at the US Embassy in Cairo for 2 years. I had a diplomatic passport (Vienna Convention…”you can’t look in my bags”) and STILL dealt with the same crap. Cairo has a near zero percent repeat tourism rate for a reason.
Are there not any warnings to tell people - DON'T GO THERE ! ?
So if you have that type of passport, you can ignore security?
If you are talking about hotel security, I think you will find that they can ask and insist to look in your bags, if you want to stay in their hotel, you have the choice to find another hotel.
For me such countries does not exist it's a big no no. Big deal they have airports 😂
Dont go to Egypt? Where else are you gonna go to see pyramids. Luxor hotel in Vegas?
I just came back from Egypt a month ago and I have been to many countries before and this was by far our worst experience as a tourist. It’s not tourist friendly at all. Everyone tries to take advantage of you. This is the one country I can say I will never go back. Very chaotic, my husband and I couldn’t wait to leave the country. Our final straw was airport employees asking for money in every corner of the airport.
It's not everyone. It's just the ones that you come in contact with, by them initializing contact with you. Mind you, I had the exact same experience in Egypt, coming from Luxor and Aswan.
My epithomy came in Cairo, where I wandered into a random gass station asking for an address. The guys there couldn't help me if their life depended on it, but as they were having lunch, they sat me down with food and drinks, expecting nothing in return.
Once you can look past the tourist infested carnage, you'll find extremely hospitable and joyous people to interact with. It's a lot easier in Cairo or Alexandrie though, a huge city full of people living their life without any inclination at bothering you.
PS even the ones coming up to you to harass you can be dealt with to turn them into normal people, but that's bit of a dark art. You have to firmly establish you won't take any bullshit from them. A lot of them get the message and put their tourist mode off. It be much easier if you spoke arabic (I witnessed it a couple of times), but only a couple of words go a long way too.
Good.. So basically do not bother about going to Egypt. Got it. 😊
@@hkushan and guess what ? no one is waiting for you to come 😊
@@Whoareyou-dt4kg you are right!! coz tourists visit a country only when the natives there wait for them. 🙃
@@hkushan and we are waiting for tourists as well, but if you don't want to come then no one is forcing you to go there 🤷🏻♀️
Im a fashion photographer turned documentary filmmaker. I went to Egypt last year to photograph working horses transporting tourists to the pyramids of Giza. Needless to say the treatment of many of these animals. If not most is absolutely abhorrent. I was lucky to escape with all of my footage. Currently preparing my exhibition here in Berlin. Im getting death threats to this day. The government of Egypt does not want my photographs and footage published. One of my guides. An egyptian living in Germany is trying to get me jailed on false accusations.
Ever since she found out my work was speaking negatively about Egypt. She accused me of harassing her, trying to poison her, she accused me of physically attacking here in Germany. She is trying to sue the company that payed for my trip to Giza.
Good luck - sounds awful. What a backwards country
I’d love to see your photography
As a horse owner myself thank you for exposing this. It is sickening
As an Egyptian, I feel I have a responsibility to apologize to you. Your work is very important and I think most Egyptians would agree. Our government’s bad actions do not represent us and we do not support them, but we are responsible for apologizing for them. I hope that your problem will end and that you will not hate Egypt because of these bad actions that do not represent the people, but rather represent a stupid and dictatorial government. I assure you that after the departure of this government soon, God willing, Egypt will welcome your visit again to improve our image and apologize for your previous visit. ♥
Don't apologize to anyone, north African Tunisian here speaks with you from Tunisia, from the east here , they are Americans, and by the way I'm totally against this puppet leader like "sissi" ect..., but don't apologize to anyone, they are Americans, they aren't welcome in any place in the east in first place @@MahmoudMohamed-yu3eu
Each person I know who visited Egypt said "Never again, my trip was a mess". Now I understand why.
dont beilve them. Egypt is HEAVEN
@@Merooyytrash
Morocco is the same
@@Sa_merican is you that's for sure shower first
@@straatman9000 morcoon people the feet cleaner than your face
i was just there last month. i didn't believe when youtubers say "don't go to egypt" but after my visit, i fully believe it 200%. Pyramids are nice but honestly, it's really not worth the scams and harrasments.
You lived there.. I swear they spamming bots so badly just to make Egypt look nice.
True. But you can’t claim this guy isn’t exaggerating to a crazy extent with things like using a phone in public for example lol
what if u get it all toured?
@@Dvlly99 he's not exaggerating anything, I was there and not even a UA-camrs. From what I saw the coffee shops owner could simply be a government informant this is personally happened to me. So none is exaggerating anything my friend.
The Pyramids are lit with scammers
I have never read comments before in which 100% of the responders agreed wholeheartedly. How sad that the home of one of the world's most ancient and advanced civilizations that has so much to be proud of and to share with the world (and who make so much money from tourists!) is such a mess!
Rose colour glasses slipped just so you know any country has this kind of stuff except for the cash cons
NEW DAYS. OLD DEMONS. Period.
Muslim country now 🤷🏻♂️
Ancient? Yes, advanced? Not really, otherwise these problems probably wouldn't exist.
@@delicheresMuslim countries and socialist countries are always going to be a mess to visit.
I stayed at the Movenpick Hotel in Taba, Egypt. Guests were using their bare hands to scoop up food from the buffet. I even saw a lady dip her finger in the salad dressings to taste. Very aggressive masseuse by the pool telling me my feet looked bad and needed a massage. Music at full blast all day.
Went to a small local shop next door. Employee opened my backpack and rummaged through it. Did not even ask.
Definitely do NOT recommend the Novenpick Hotel in Taba, or Egypt for that matter.
Tourists stay at Mövenpick hotels: So, are you complaining about tourusts in Egypt?
"It's a nightmare"
Could not summarize my experience in Egypt any better than that.
I actually never felt this way after visiting any country before, everybody lies, cheats, manipulates, threatens and rob you in broad day light.
If you don't take all these warnings and still want to go there because you THINK you are a traveller.. then be warned, the moment you leave the airport or trainstation, you are going to get robbed, cheated, scammed etc. The taxi drivers will quote you a price and then change the meter half way through the ride and will go crazy if you question it and threaten to drop you off in middle of nowhere (which is worse than it sounds as you are like a steak in a tank of piranhas if you are not with locals you can trust - baring in mind you can not trust ANYBODY).
Can't even enjoy the historical places because everybody harasses/threatens you.
Worst experience of my life. I should have stayed at home and watched egyptian landmarks on UA-cam, would have been 1 trillion times better, enjoyable, educational (and safer).
Asian troll man
Same thing happened to me
@@datingandlifeadvicechannel7534 noob
You 100 percent right. Nation of thiefs .After 2 days began be disgusting. After 7 days you start to be aggressive. In Egypt you can get to know Arabs as they really are .😢😢😢
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As an Arab who's been there i can tell you %80 of those situations are pure power trip. They love to flaunt any little position of power they get, it's not just the system it's the people.
It's mainly the military system bro, nobody can do anything to them.
That is a sign of low intelligence..
Exactly
Sadly the real ancestral Egyptian who are now lying in tombs and museums are long gone.
@@mahsaahsam7823no, all people from north africa are like that,they like to belittle the poor, feeble ones, no pity
When I went to Egypt I was on a 5 day Aswan Dam river boat. I was with 3 other Americans all in their 50's. The rest of the 300 passengers were from France. One day after a daytime tour, we went back to the boat for lunch. All the food on the buffet was covered with saran wrap. None of the French passengers had arrived yet for lunch. We were refused (by the crew) to allow us to get food from the buffet; instead, they brought us lunch on plates and then they stood around staring at us. I told my fellow Americans something was up, and not to eat the food. They thought I was paranoid, and proceeded to eat their lunch. Ten minutes later, the French tourists arrived and the buffet line was opened. I got in line and ate my buffet lunch. Later that night, all my American friends got violently ill with food poisoning; later on back in U.S., they found they had been infected with worms found most commonly in dog feces. Thank God for my justifed paranoia. Never go to Egypt as a tourist.
Dirty unts. We all know why these type done this .
You were the only one with survival instincts
Yeah, makes you want tobe French!!
Wow, that is concerning.
I'm glad to hear you were able to avoid being did poisoned. This sounds like they hated Americans.
What they did was despicable.
This guy is one of the most humble men I have met in my life. I’m truly sorry that you and your team had to face this situation in Egypt.
My friends were there. A young couple with their two little children. Airports staff went through their stuff and stole valuable from them, poor hospitality.
My dad studied in Cairo in the 1960s and swears they were the best of his life. In 2015 he went again and was so disappointed in everything.
Muslimcountries are very dangerous for white folks
I lived in Cairo in 1970's and a friend was a female professor at American University. As we would walk down the main streets, young men would smile and wave and say the most incredibly OBSCENE things
to her. Usually, female tourists smile and wave back and these douche-bags never get tired of the same joke.
My friend however spoke fluent Arabic and turned on them and gave them a spew of obscenity and anger that scorched their ears. In Germany, Amsterdam, London etc. young Muslim males play this smile and wave game while talking gross obscenities.
I knew someone who also studied in Cairo in the 1960s and said the same thing, it really is to bad , I hope it can return to how it was.
Arab spring happened
You’re lying
Yep, got robbed by a policeman that marched me to an ATM. Told me to get money and paid $150 US to not get arrested. I was with an organised tour group and moved away from the crowd by 4 metres and that's when I got clipped. Just the absolute worst country.
Yet you didn't try to get the tour guide involved to help? Just pretend you don't understand and shout for the tour guide to come help "translate". Always pretend you don't understand in these situations, it's likely they will get frustrated and go search for an easier mark.
Cairo is not a country
Whaaat? Police don't do that. Maybe in America, but that's usually the judge.
@@Thunder_Dome45stop the cap
Last week college student get arrested for having 200$
@@Thunder_Dome45Don't do that? 😂 They do it all over Africa, and some other countries.
Went to Cairo in 2008 for a Lasik surgery and sworn never to go back. Worst week of my life. They would try to rip you off everywhere including the brand new 5-star hotel I was staying at. If you don't allow them to rip you off, they would turn your experience into hell.
Egypt has changed so much. My parents went there twice in the 1990s and found the place safe and welcoming. Tourists were treated well, and everywhere they went, people were polite and curious. The Egyptian military accompanied the tour groups as protection (and for more nefarious reasons, I'm sure, but they were impeccably courteous). My mother never felt unsafe or disrespected.
But these days it's an absolute catastrophe. Chaos, corruption, crime.
I visited Egypt twice about 20 years ago. Never again. They beg for money EVERYWHERE. Guy in a toilet worked as a toilet paper dispenser and asked for tips, a local jumped into a picture I was taking and then demanded tips for his face in my picture, a guy shook my hand on the street and did not release it for a few minutes demanding I go inside and buy something from his shop, at the pyramids young men offered post cards as a “present” and then demanded money, our group was going through souvenir shops as through a flock of attacking birds, children are taught to ask for money, heck at some place we were surrounded by a group of children offering hashish. Bus drivers decided to have fun on a mountain road and were overturning each over. Not to mention the fact that every time I came back with food poisoning. Egypt is a great place, but its population is uncivilized.
Even most of the educated peoples also behave like uncivilized..... Very racist peoples
I can guarantee you it's not like that anymore. Street beggars are taken by the police. Aggressively trying to sell something is not tolerated. We just walk by all these street sellers and say "La, la" which means "No no".
None of them dare to put their filthy hands on us. They know damn well they'll get in trouble for doing so.
However, 20 years ago it was different..I know. ;)
Why did you go in the first place despite all the bad reputation?
@@baloog8 in the year 2000 I had no idea. This is a unique cultural place in the world history, I still think it’s worth visiting Egypt once in a lifetime. If I knew about this reputation, maybe I would not have been shocked as much.
@@alex_smallet thx for answering. Makes me more open. Though I'll probably stick with a tour or have a reputable, savvy guide.
My Experience in Egypt:
I went there with 2 friends. We are all muslim and 2 male + 1 female
When we arrived some airport employee came to us and checked us (none of us spoke arabic). They spoke arabic in a very aggressive way. Eventually they took our Camera and my 2nd mobile phone. They said I couldnt have it back until we leave the country. It was exactly, how our friend here described. I also had to pay like 100€.
At the hotel, we were checked AGAIN and had to w8 about 4-5 hours, just to get to our room! Our rooms was not like it was advertised. Toiletts were disgusting, dirty and dusty beehh.
In the streets, many people harassed us, trying to sell us anything and tried to scam us. All the products were soo expensive for us, not for the locals. One after another wanted us to go in their shops, some guys even tried to force us in. When my friend went alone down an alley, he went into a shop and didn't buy anything (because of shitty good). Upon reunification, there was all of sudden a child following us, bringing cops and he told that my friend tried to rape him !! From this hearsay he was arrested and we fought 2 days to death to get him out ! We HAD to give money to officers big sums, which they gladly took from us without doing anything !! If it was not for our embassy (of Ger), he would have rotten there !!
And the hell trip wasn't over then. People were following us, harassed our feminime friend by the THOUSANDS because they thought she is a woman, she wants to have sex with all the arabs there. They even touched at in uncomfortable spots. It didn't feel safe.
And whats worse, there is in restaurants and shops different pricing for tourists and locals. When we ate at an restaurant, we ordered for like 15€ food, and we had to pay like 50€. When we asked for the menu, it was an entirely different one with higher pricing. When he threatened us with police, we just payed and left.
After all this, I wasn't interested anymore to get a taxi to see the pyramides, I didn't wanted to check out any more any culture, other cities or what so ever. We were all physically, emotionally and financially exhausted and totally disppointed by everything what was connected to egypt.
In the end we spend more than 2000€ in that shitty country for a trip of 8 days !! All kinds of experiences we made were just negative. Harassments, taking our money and assets, lying and cheating us, stealing and so on. You can't imagine just how these people are !! The final 2 days we just stayed at our hotel.
This tour made me hate this country, its authorities, its people (majority was unfriendly and sex-obsessed-men), its culture, its cities (overcrowded, dirty and garbage piled up everywere), its landscape, basically EVERYTHING !! They treated us like enemies !!
I feel sorry for people who go there and have a bad time there !! Thank god we made it out of there ALIVE
@Ben Lee look muslim???? Where the fuck can you see him? Please do tell so we can also pass off judgemental comments
dude im so sorry this looks horrible even though i’ve never been in there
I'm sorry 😢
@@Blueapples514 Exactly, as if there is a phenotype, that indicates one is muslim. We are a religous group, not a unique people. I have e.g. lots of friends from India, some are Sikhs, Hindus and others are Muslim, and still can't tell who belongs to which group, which also doesn't matter to me.
I deal with Egyptians every single day and the vast majority of them are all sadly as you’ve described. Interacting with them drains you physically, emotionally and mentally.
Striking off of my bucket list! Thanks for the message.
Same here. And what’s crazy is that everyone who has been there has the exact same issues. Pyramids aren’t worth it anymore to me.
We do not want your visit and we are not honored by it. It is enough that Egypt receives more than 10 million refugees on its soil. Stay away from us, you saboteurs
@@Bouzoukiellasfinally a taste of your own medicine 😂
Don't scrub it off, it's a fabulous country. With an amazing history. ❤
@@osamabidenobama8240 All Egyot has going for it is tourists. If the tourists stop coming, the economy will tank. But keep it up and see.
I always wanted to go to Egypt, but after seeing all these reviews and reports, I think I'm going to stick to all the other countries on my list and just watch documentaries about Egypt. And gosh, I am so glad you got your gear back. What a horrible experience.
Worst place ever. I’ve been to 42 countries. I live in America, moving to Dubai
The other thing about Egypt is I experienced more scams there than in any other country 😅 the “pyramid access is closed but I can show you another entrance” trick, the “do you want to come to a local wedding in a rural town as a guest” trick, every scam in the book, to the point where I no longer wanted to talk to anyone or even make eye contact. Tourists are viewed as cash cows, there’s really no integrity when it comes to interacting with tourists. For anyone visiting Egypt, I recommend a full service tour, so you minimize local interaction and chance of getting scammed.
Same exact shit happened to me , but i was told by the police.
That's really sad. I went to Egypt in 2008 before the revolution and the people were very nice and never tried to scam us. There weren't any hoops to jump through and the military actually escorted tour buses to protect us.
We were invited to many wedding and had a great time!
Egypt is NOT safe , unless you wanna gamble with your life.
Full service tour is the best way to go! We had a tour guide who had connections to everything.Things were very organized and enjoyable!
Saying that I can relate to you is an understatement, if you think your experience was bad you should have seen mine, you really should be thankful you just got harassed, I almost died there, been living in Egypt for years, till 2 years ago when I almost lost my life. got attacked by a group of people who wrecked my car at the time smashing my front and back windows and my front bumper just for the sinful act of taking pictures of the beautiful desert highways, p.s they weren’t cops , but I’ve seen a lot from cops on the other hand, they would stop me or ticket me just for the 2nd sinful act of not being or looking Egyptian, one even made me pay a bribe, his reason? Having a blond hair “literally said that to my face. Just cringes me to think about it mate!
I agree with everything you said and I’m glad I moved away from that country 2 years ago!
I'm sorry you had to go through that man, it must have been a horrific experience! I'm happy you're alive and didn't get hurt. Sounds like you could have seriously harmed by that mob mentality.
bruh sound like Texas
yea its a shit hole i also had a very bad experience there
Wow. Wild story. Trust me, I know it could have been much worse and I know there are so many bad stories. That’s why I needed to tell the truth.
@@MoreBestEverFoodReviewShow honestly man you should speak to the american embasy and get them in trouble
I was hesitating to go to Egypt for vacation. After watching this, I'm definitely not going. I'm going to Greece 😅
Good choice man.. dont spend money in islamic countries 👍🏾
@@herrx5623 man, do not link religions to people or countries everywhere there is a good and bad things thank you
@@newtaste3083 believe me and hear what i tell you... i ve seen s lot in my almost 55 years of travelling...
Just spend the money in christian countries and support our brothers... there you wont have any of the risks you have in islamic countries...
@@newtaste3083Girl, do not assume pronouns, or tell people what to do.
Enjoy Mikonos 😂
As an Egyptian I agree with you one hundred percent.
للاسف 😢💔
This might not be that interesting but I've been to Egypt with my friends this summer and after 5th day I started feeling very emotionaly unstable. We were treated as walking ATMs and people inflated prices to us all the time.
Nevertheless, we decided to go outside at night on our 6th day (we will be leaving to Serbia on 7th) and we wanted to buy drinks from a local store. The shopkeeper was the first man that showed dignity and honesty towards us and did not buff the prices up. My mind was blown because until that point noone treated us as equal human beings. And don't get me wrong I'm not a stone but that perticual gesture (acting normal) had such impact on me that I started crying. I thanked him so much for being honest and he was also very touched for me explaining why I am crying and even gifted me a small present from his shop. I could not belive how much I could miss the honor and dignity that a man SHOULD posses. If it was me to be asked tommorow - that man saved his country in my eyes.
Hurghada - shop right after the new marina fish market.
aw man your story is so dreadful ! I can totally understand how, and why, you would feel that way. People treating you like an object is the most maddening and heartbreaking experience one can go through. I'm glad you met a noble heart, and shared the name of his shop. It's so sad to know that there are so many upstanding Egyptian citizens, suffering from those crooks and this farce of a governement. If anything, thanks you for sharing your experience, it really made me feel emotional. I hope you are recovering well :)
I was in Egypt in July and had a great time. When back in January and has a horrible time. I didn’t feel as if I was human. I felt like I was just a dollar. No one seen me. Then just seen me as money.
I was so upset that I talked to the hotel Duty manager. He said everyone in the tourist industry is like this.
It was the FIRST time I didn’t feel human traveling overseas. I regretted visiting again.
The kindest people I met in Egypt where the poor people living in the cemetery. They are ALL homeless and living in the cemetery.
They didn’t see me as an American dollar. They showed me kindness. I am a female traveling solo.
Everyone was taking my money. Tour guide took my money, canceled my reservation. When I asked for my money, he threatened to come to my hotel. I mentioned it in my travel group. Man said I am not alone, he is my brother. Found out he wanted money from me as well.
Everyone wanted money Except homeless living in the cemetery
@@Blessed381 how baffling. i'm glad you're safe, being a woman, I guess things are just worst
Тешко твојој девојци ако ти плачеш јер је неко био фин према теби ,ниси ти за Египат ха ха,мајко мила не дај Боже да ти мораш ратовати за Србију ,појели би те шипци ,без зезања
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Yes, I agree 100% because I just came back from Egypt one week ago, I will not go back until it changes for good.
The issue with Egypt that you NEED to know someone from Egypt's authorities. It's corruption and nepotism all over the place. I remember traveled there back in 2011, and we had a guide that had connections with army guys as well, and we were allowed to places that tourists never visiting. That being said, the Egyptian hotel manager offered to bring a girl for me as a s*x service, I politely denied. That was... horrible.
I visited Egypt about 2 months ago and it was the most racist country that I have ever visited. Not just the officials but people too. Kids followed me saying racist stuff and demanding money, shops tried so hard to scam me, restaurants just flat out ignored me when I wanted to order. I have never experienced such racism and I visited over 20 different countries. Sad state of Egypt
Average afrocentric :
@@Whoareyou-dt4kgAverage troll
@@PhoenixRising1111-tu2nu bot
@@Whoareyou-dt4kg I think his name is asian, korean och chinese maybe, what do you mean afrocentric lmao????
@@VErisotthey think only black people complain about racism
Yes, "I once asked a friend from Sudan if he had been to this country. His immediate response was, 'Why do you want to know?' I told him I was interested in visiting there for a holiday. He then said, 'People go to places to enjoy, not to fight with people and systems over there.'" Watching your video reminded me of that conversation and lucky I did not go there.
Sudan??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Also no one is waiting for you to come
@@Whoareyou-dt4kg the reality is, all the poor Egyptians can't live without foreign money...
@@oliveryt7168 nah, they can lol
@@Whoareyou-dt4kg "lol" indeed
Rotten governments afraid of being toppled by a piece of sandwich 😅
It's super important for you to share your experience and get the folks in Egypt to really think about their actions. Change is needed, and if it means some folks gotta find a new job, so be it. Egypt's got this awesome culture, but hey, we all slip up sometimes. With your voice, I know we can make things better for others who might go through the same thing. You've got the power to spark that change.. thanks for the video i subscribed you after this
bro im Egyptian, yes there are some scammers, police alot yes, however its not to this extent at all. and ask people who have went to Egypt. also our econemy is struggling consedering there are Millions of illeglal immegrants coming from sudan. consedring the war they have there, and although we are tolerating their awful presense, they still call us racist. Also they support the afrocentric BS. whichs what we Egyptians are against absolutly.
"Slip up sometimes?" How about a full-fledged disaster culture.
The people beg out of desperation. Egypt has a terrible government that provides nothing like jobs or even housing for their people. Only the rich people get anything nice there. If some people didn't beg they would starve. They don't have any choice until a job opens.
Work on the way Egypt protects women children and animals too. The problems run deep
i just canceld my december family trip to egypt. thanks alot
You can visit, but you have to do everything from flight to hotel to touring through a company and have a guide the entire way. It’s not like Paris or some other tourist city where you can get away with winging it
Yep me too. Just scratched that from my bucket list.
Went to Egypt 2 years back, absolute hell on earth. Same deal, had iPad with charger and a camera was asked what it's for, tried to charge me a fine $400, a horrible horrible country, every person I spoke to wanted cash, going through a checkpoint had to pay an official (yeah right) $250, had a coffee which was awful and the bill was $12 just for coffee. Everything about this country is corrupt and horrible, never going back, I think if more people catch on the tourist trade will dry up.
It's really mindboggling. Egypt has NOTHING going for it except tourism and the tolls from the Suez Canal. And what do they do instead of making sure that Tourists have the best time of their lives? They try to rob them blind at every oportunity and do not treat them like guests.
Way to ruin your country even more...
I had no problemos. I guess I was lucky
@@jetpark3743 Same for me and I've been to Egypt + 10 times over the years (was there just last December), so not just a matter of luck but also how you carry yourself.
12$ 😂😂😂😂 my poor friend you are so clean for this world 😂😂
A coffee in Egypt would never cost more than 4 dollars even in starbucks. The problem that you went there without knowledge that is your problem
@@cycologist7069 71 people would disagree glad it went well for other people, good for them it didn't for me so be respectful.
"They're worried I'm talking crap about their country... They've given me a reason to talk crap about the country"
Those sentences perfectly encapsulate how a paranoid government bureaucracy that try to prevent people talking shit just makes people talk more shit. Especially foreigners who have the ability to talk shit about any country they want and one with a huge following. If anything, this experience has convinced tourists to steer clear of Egypt.
This is so true. The more transparent you are the less people care what you do. Even when you stuff up
I've been twice in Egypt. Both times they tried to scam me multiple times. Dirty and unsafe country.
@XPress hilarious Policy of Egypt, towards tourists,
very disgusting
No they simply show what a white man think of other countries false entitlement
@XPress Egypt is a trash country nothing to see would rather go to Syria a lot to see
I used to travel around the Middle East a lot as a musician and I'd been missing the food, people and culture. This video just brought back so many memories of why I didn't want to go back anymore. All of these random people suddenly going on power trips over things they know nothing about.
Once I nearly missed a flight back home whilst I could see my gate because my In Ear Monitors were suspicious and I had a pair of suspicious drum sticks so they forced me to go back to the Check-in desks, check in my carry on luggage, go through security again and come back to the gate.
Another time, I was interrogated for 2 hours in Lebanon because someone asked me if my pedals were a bomb and I said no. Super suspicious. They had all these confusing questions like "if this isn't a bomb, why did you say 'no' when he asked you before?" or random things they insisted they needed to know like what my father's name and profession was. I think on that same trip another member of the band was also interrogated because they thought he was an Israeli spy.
In Jordan and in Lebanon I had to bribe the customs to keep my equipment.
In Bahrain, one of our crew was interrogated for ages because he had a DSLR and a gopro so they wanted to know if he was a journalist.
In Dubai, I'd constantly get strip searched and have the same "what's this?" "my underwear" "Why is it in this bag and you don't have a suitcase?" "Because I'm a touring musician and don't have a lot of space or baggage allowance" "You do drugs?" "no" "You do drugs. I know. Go talk to my colleague there" and rinse and repeat. I really don't miss the perpetual harassment and hassle now that I'm in Europe.
Funnily enough, I had no issues in Egypt apart from the constant harassment from the touts on the streets, but as much as I love that region and have so many amazing memories out there, this is definitely a problem that they need to somehow resolve. I'm not sure how, but goddamn it is a nightmare.
I just visited Cairo. I had a friend with me who is high up in the Egyptian Police chain. So I didn’t have any problems at all. And actually got it in for free everywhere! BUT everything in the video is true. My friend told me the moment they see you as a foreigner they will try every means possible to take your money.
I was there last year. I've never felt so watched in my entire life. I was constantly harassed by the police everywhere I went. I can't tell you how many times I had to show undercover police officers my passport. I lost a whole day because I had to sit in a police station and I finally figured out they just wanted a bribe from me. It's the most corrupt, crazy, and exhausting country I've ever visited and I will not be going back until leadership changes and brings in some reforms. The Egyptian people were nice, a part from the ones who were trying to scam me at the pyramids but I expected that.
Note: I followed every law in their book and never did anything I wasn't supposed to.
it's not just tourists who are mistreated , also locals, there is reason egypt is 166th out of 180th at reporter without borders rank (rank for free speech and journalism). it's a really dangerous country, I just give you some clues I list you a bunch of safer countries: russia, afghanist, rwanda, sudan and others. yes these countries are safer than egypt in terms of free speech and human rights.
its like i keep telling people, you give them money and they dont bother you, thats how corrupt they are
From what I saw, the problem seems to rest with the bureaucracy and people there instead of the leadership. It isn't the leader who catcalled your girl, or extorted money from you. So unless the culture changes then any change in leadership is pointless.
The fact that you guys still pulled through with this stuff and manage to put out content about food is what makes you guys indeed, the Best Ever Food Review Show. keep them videos coming.
You fcking liers I been in EGYPT most beautiful safe country I ever been very friendly caring people I ever seen best beaches in the world
We’ll said
I had faced same problem... With no proper logicall explanation, It happen about 4-5 years i was and still curious had anyone why
I watched a lot of food blogger and they never went through this , he went to this bad experience it’s unfortunate but he has no right to keep on posting his video saying don’t go to Egypt it’s bad .
It is his channel, his show, his experience, his view and the insane amount of $ he has to to specific people for no good reasons. I thank him for the advise, Egypt is out from my checklist.
Thanks for sharing your sad experience as a result many people don't need to go through the same experiences.
Went there a year ago on a Viking Nile cruise trip and I have to admit that i was awed by the sights and felt safe enough given that i was traveling within the 'bubble' of my tour group. Most Egyptians were warm and welcoming people but they clearly must work under a corrupt and chaotic system. I never strayed from my group and I don't expect that I will ever want to go back again.
As Egyptian, I can't agree more! this is the exact reason I had to fled this country. The fear of being thrown any time in jail JUST BECAUSE someone thinks that you should! there's no system, no rules and surviving there is just a matter of luck and/or having some corrupted connections.
no one is mentioning that these problems are happening due to corruption of the government which America supported to overthrow the "Islamist" government that won by democracy and election and which also made a lot of progress to build the country economically and religiously. the old government was already making progress in fighting corruption that was there before president Morsi was elected , but that all disappeared thanks to western intervention and America.
Islam screwed Egypt up.
that is also called keeping outsiders out and watching your borders. It is bad that they treated Sonny this way, he doesn't deserve it at all - but many, many others do deserve it. They cannot make exceptions, only because someone is "famous"...and you "fled" Egypt because you are most likely a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer and/or member. Let me guess, you are in Europe sitting on welfare, right? You are not welcome here, either.
The same in Iran
مكبر الموضوع انت يا عم فوزي
I just recently returned from a 5-6 day trip to Egypt, and while my experience wasn't quite a bad as yours, it was only marginally better. While there we visited Cairo, Aswan, and Luxor. The corruption in their systems is almost surreal to behold. I was completely unprepared for it. Our guide was our only saving grace as she helped us avoid as many issues as possible. The trip was full of bribes and "tips" that we had to pay along the way just to move within the country. It wasn't just officials but a portion of the citizenry as well that had extortionary systems in place.
After enduring this for several days, and while preparing to leave the country, we almost ended up having to call the US Embassy in Cairo after we, a group of 11 US Citizens, were held for our "protection" for several hours under armed guard at the Cairo Airport until we paid the security chief at the airport to let us go 5 minutes up the road to our hotel to sleep for the 2 hours we had remaining before our flight departed. My summation: Egypt is historically beautiful, but systemically appalling.
Hi, I'm Egyptian and I'm sorry if something happened to you, but Egypt is very beautiful, and I hope you will come again and I will welcome you very much. Aswan is amazing right, and in other amazing places like Dahab and Ras Mohamed Protectorate and many other places
@@user-gv2xy6xi7l
deff never going* rather go to Russia anytime/day over egypt 🤣🤣🤣
@@user-gv2xy6xi7l Sorry bit from what I read and heard, not a single one who have visited Egypt will ever come back.
Like the guy in the video said every country should stop going and giving them money then only then Egypt will know that they need to do something to attract tourists. Until then, there's no hope.
In my case, I haven't seen the Pyramids and it's one of the places I always wanted to visit ever since I was young, but after seeing how Egypt really is now, I'm okay with not visiting the pyramids. *Scrabble away from my bucket list
@@user-gv2xy6xi7l yes you are absolutely right, the country is beautiful!
But the government is worse than a dictatorship in Egypt! It has to be overthrown there is no other solution, the people have to really stand up, bring the, down and get a system with real laws and freedom established!
The people should be all for it, or do you and your fellow Egyptians like those scams and try to steal as much money as possible from tourists?
I hope not, so stand up for the country you love and get a democratic government going!
I wish you all the best my friend and hope your country is getting better in the future!
Go down Sisi!!
I will say it endlessly and I’m so happy to see this video because Egypt was easily the worst place I’ve ever visited in my life.
as an Egyptian i honesty think you described it accurately and i myself hate the fact that i belong to this country
قصدك الحكومه مش معقول تكون بتكره انك اتولدت فيها بسبب الحكومه بس الحكومه لو اتغيرت كل حاجه هتتغير
الحكومه تخليك تكره اي حاجه لازم ابويا يبقي حرامي وناهب نص البلد وانا معايا فلوس عشان احب ترابها معلش
Me and my Wife has been also once to Egypt for a 2 weeks vacation and we will never go back to Egypt for so many reasons. It is honestly one of the worst countries to visit.
Oh damn. I wanted to visit the pyramids.
@@mpazinambao2938 You realize they're right next to a shitty city right? THey're not that special. The photos you see frame it so you don'T see the buildings. If you think you'll be in the middle of the desert with an amazing view you'll be sorely dissapointed. You'll be right next to the shitty city with tons of tourists and tons of security making sure no western tourists get blown up. Don't
Am Egyptian I love to see you never go back we really don't need you there
@user-zc4yl9yp4o you really do mate, and instead of being rude just admit that there is chaos in Egypt. I really doubt he made a video just to dimish Egypt and its people but rather put a light on what's the situation.
Not a country
I visited Egypt once, and it was the worst trip of my life. The amount of pressure and harassment is honestly unbearable, they think I’m some sort of a Sheikh or a prince once they know I’m from Arabia, which made me wear local clothes and try fitting in to avoid all that shit. I was relieved once I got to the airport, just to be approached by an airport worker who grabbed my luggage and skipped the whole line and checked my bags in, l knew what was coming. So I told him I had no money and I showed him my wallet, after a long argument, I had to get him off my ass and I gave him the last money I had. I genuinely was so close to a nervous breakdown once I boarded my plane and got the hell outta there.
but you were able to communicate cause you both spoke arabic right?
@@John_DaMan it doesn't matter my friend for real... I speak Arabic and I still got f'ed up every day when I visited Cairo. See, when they hear you speak an Arabic dialect that's not Egyptian they'll know that you are a tourist... And they'll swarm you.
@@ballerinlife9512 i see...damn i hate being haggled when traveling..i guess Egypt is off my list.
So don't come to Egypt again
@@lhibaking Trust me, I won’t even think about it..
This is so eye opening. Reminds me of the local fanous archeologists Zahi Hawass who won't let anyone besides himself study the pryamids
😂😂😂
i lived in egypt for 7 years , it was everyday some action , brutal fight , it was a scary country to live
I wish I’d seen this video sooner. We went to Egypt (Sharm El-Sheikh) in October 2023. All inclusive with the family in what was billed as a 4 star hotel. Worst holiday of our lives, hotel was dirty, no customer service, everyone after money, whole family got sick, and to top it off, we were involved in a massive crash in our holiday transfer on the way back and all the company cared about was us signing something to say we were ok. When you’re presented with police with machine guns in front of your crying young children, you’ll sign anything. You couldn’t pay me to go back there!
Sharm airport was horrendous when I was last there. people walked into the baggage reclaim area and took the tags from your bags and then asked for money to give you your own bags back. Same when we left, trying to charge you to put your bags on the belt when you checked in for your flight. And we were all sick from the food.
@@simonsays2685 I forgot all about the awful experience on arrival into Sharm! We had something similar, where I went to get another bag from the conveyor belt, to find some random guy with my family holding on to our trolley and putting my child on top of the bags (unrequested and without permission). He then proceeded to take us through entry security and expected payment at the end (I think we gave $5). At the same time, another lady who was also on the same flight told us that she was fleeced for $30 by someone else for the same process and they'd made her uncomfortable enough that she felt she needed to pay them for her bags back. Just another reason to avoid this place at all costs.
Cheers for sharing your experience with us and sorry to hear about the bad experience, including the crash. I know what it means to have young children, they are the love of your life and all we want is to protect them and them to have great experiences. Was considering Egypt, but definitely not anymore. I have even heard of shark attacks, resulting in horrible deaths quite neat the beach, although not sure if it was Sharm el Sheikh
Have you tried...Pakistan?
@@nathumbzockwalol.
As an egyptian, i thank you for this video. I hope this video goes viral and change Egypt for the better.
Can I ask you something I am from Africa from Algeria and I want to ask you when you said for the better what did you mean
@@KLM0000 no no I want it to be in English so the other people from other countries can understand us that's all I hope he answered
Change for the better? ..lol impossible. Yuh can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear.
@@jettsteari3062 and you know what I don't know about you but I'm a Muslim feel Muslim you know something that Allah told us that if you want to change community you need to start by your own self because the community equals a lot of people gathered to the people need to change themselves to the better first
@@zinedinehaouche3737 There is no changing for the better unless america leaves this country alone , that's what capitalists do to weaker nations , they destroy them and plant dictators to crush any resistence and to steal the resources of the nation and the poeple , it doesn't just happen in our muslim countries , it happens in africa and south america , america is the most evil nation in the world and its people deserve every bit of harsh treatment provided by their government's lapdogs , for them to see how evil their goverments actually are and how they live their lives our of the sweat and blood of other nations , capitalism is the worst.
I am glad you shared that man. Egypt was one of my top visit spots. Now I take it off the list.
Just caught your video, couldn’t agree more.
I’ve only been once, but that was enough, never again 😂👍
If anyone watches sailing zatara, when they went landed in Egypt on their catamaran, they had multiple authorities trying to shake them down for money and then began discussing confiscating their million dollar boat. They made the quick decision they would leave the country. Which the did at night to get outside the country limits. That entire country is corrupt AF and dangerous. It is off of MY bucket list.
And no one is waiting for you to come
@@Whoareyou-dt4kg they all are, with their hands out.
Just like you.
And they had a welcoming, almost wonderful experience in Saudi Arabia. Heck, they stopped in freaking Yemen and didn't have the trouble they did in Egypt!
@@wolfthequarrelsome504 nah nga lol
@@MrJhchrist no one cares
I am a 38 years old male Egyptian. and I am just so glad that your videos showed the true side of egyptain government to the whole world. I struggled with this, every single day for 33 years before leaving.
That right! The world must know!!
And I am egyptian and I am telling you good riddance...please stay where you are
Why what did you do wrong? In every country, and I mean every country there are both the good and the bad sides. It totally depends how you want to see it! Just for you to know the Egyptian government is going to take action into this and will allow tourists to film as much as they want! “The world must know”.
Not only government maximum guy is also a lunatic compared to other people.
Egypt is a highly developed Islamic country. All these foreigneres spreading hate about egypt will be taken to task. Strict punishment must be given to the enemies of Egypt.
I too had a very similar experience. I went there for a conference and stayed there for three nights. Absolute horror. I must, however, say that some of the people I met there were magnificent and really helpful. But there is "no system" out there for "anything at all".
Some observations from my side:
1. You have to tip anyone and everyone. I am an Indian - I am used to this behaviour - but never ever have I paid a tip to a person, every time I had to go to the toilet at the Airport. At Cairo Airport, the cleaners in the toilet keep standing at the doors. When you leave, you are supposed to tip them. I had to wait at the airport for 6 hours. It seemed like a never-ending wait.
2. When you go for security checks, there will be people who would take your bag - even if it is a simple backpack, that you can easily put yourself on the belt - and put it on the belt. You will have to tip them for doing so. I was quite adamant not to give a tip to a guy for just putting my laptop bag on the belt. But he kept insisting. There was some white guy behind me in the line, who whispered to me "give him the tip, or else, they'll FIND SOMETHING in your bag". I got his clue and gave him 20 Egyptian Pounds.
3. To avoid travelling, I had booked a room in the same hotel where my conference was scheduled. At the last moment, the conference organisers changed it to a hotel around 20 km from my hotel. I was so furious I had almost made up my mind to not attend it and go back. Fortunately, I met a kind person from Saudi Arabia there, who helped me out in arranging a cab (by speaking to everyone in Arabic on my part), and also cheered me up. But this "no system" part was so true - the organisers did not even apologise for this abrupt change.
I stayed right next to the Nile river, and the great pyramids were only 30-40 mins from there. I did not go there. In my mind, it was a kind of protest - I did not want to spend any more money than required in Cairo.
"give him the tip, or else, they'll FIND SOMETHING in your bag" Holy shit that's awful.
Wow... that's incredibly useful advise for anyone thinking of going there! Thanks alot for warning the rest of us. I'm so sorry you had such a terrible time. I'm just thinking of how much money that must have cost you, omfg! I don't blame you at all for refusing to give them a single cent more on anything!
Thank you for the comprehensive write-up 👍
Don't ask yourself why France sells so much repressive material to this country... the same material that was used against the "yellow vests"
Ha ha ha ha ha ha, I don't know which country you are from? but for sure Sri Lanka or India. whole world are watching the situation India and Sri Lanka are facing. you just shut your mouth.
These are the kinds of places people who say “western civilization is horrible” need to be sent.
Well that’s pretty much every university professor and indoctrinated student these days.
Sadly, this is the most accurate video I have seen about Egypt in years.
Even local people get completely uncomfortable around cameras because they either believe what the regime says about "foreigner spies" or because they're terrified of what might happen to them if the police thought they were "cooperating" with a foreigner with a camera... You can see it clearly a few times during the videos.
Isn't tourism one of their main economic branches? Its fking crazy that they would bark and bite at the hand that feeds them, all over some random paranoid shit. This left a bad taste in my mouth, I decided against visiting it.
@@em4703 Don't judge based on just someone experience,have been living here for close to five years and there are pros and cons not as back as y'all are making it to be
@@em4703 You're spamming all the video threads with the same reply. What's you model country?
Not true..
@@em4703 no one is feeding anyone. It's not a charity lol... The regime simply controls everything and prefers tourists who stay in the small bubbles the regime created for them so they don't see how the regime is ruling the rest of Egypt with iron and fire.
The country is definitely worth a visit but not under the rule of this dictatorship regime.
I agree that it is a nightmare. We visited the Pyramids, and these tour guides made us sit on a camel, and when we were on the camel, they said. "We will not climb down you from the camel unless you pay 40 US dollars". My friend just leaped from the top of a camel during an argument near the pyramids, where there are big stones. And they made me sit there until I handed over the money. It was frightening for me to start crying. I would never recommend anyone go there.
It's sad how these people near touristy sites who are most of the ones that make contact with the tourist. It's sad how they painting a dark photo about a country full of good people
😂😂
@@nininong2008 Hope you will be in the same situation one day, the days are rounding.
YOU ARE SURE WE TALK ABOUT THE SAME COUNTRY @@zm_headhunter BECAUSE EGYPT,💩💩💩💩💩💩🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🐷🐷🐷🐷👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿
Jordan is the same way near Petra
I stayed in Egypt for only 3 nights and couldn’t wait to leave. I went bc I am fascinated with ancient history, but the museum was heartbreaking, everything was kept in bad condition, the hotel would have us go trough X-ray every time, and the way they treat animals is so sad. I am never going back
Some in tunisia, my mom is an old grandma, she went to visit her grandchildren in tunisia from France, she bought them a talkie-walkie as a gift. She was arrested in the aéroport, and charged with terrorism, we had to contact a high politician to make them drop the charges.
It's a banana Republic, and I'm Tunisien...
You're comment both funny and sad at the same time
@@thomasanders8515 trust me it's absolutely nothing funny, arresting an old woman of almost 80 years. it's outraging and extremely sad.
@@jobarmure6169 its definitely sad. But the funn part you wrote that you are a Tunisian.... You wrote that bit buy yourself, so yeah this part is supposed to be funny cause you wrote it in that way
Another Tunisian here , he is American, he is not welcome for us in first place, before even we speak about good treatment or bad treatment
- he is American, if you are American, don't travel to our region in first place, you aren't welcome for us in first place
- north African Tunisian here speaks with you from Tunisia here, I'm not st**immigrant here like you who speaks here,
And by the way I'm against this st*** puppet leader like "kais said", and all this st**puppets leaders like "sissi", ben Selman "ect.... Ect....., the Muslim community in condition of anger like no any time before, and All this puppets leaders, their time already is soon from Dakar Senegal to Jakarta Indonesia to Malaysia to the north turkey and Balkan region ect...
- if you are American, don't travel to any place in the east,, we are in condition of open war with your country and many others western countries like alliance, don't travel to the east
He is American,, he is not welcome for us in the east In first place, not just in Egypt, in all the whole region from Dakar to Jakarta , before even we speak about good treatment or bad treatment
When you see an American or a British still travel to the east, it's like insult of intelligence for me like Tunisian,, before everything and before even we speak about good treatment or bad treatment, and away from this puppets leaders like "sissi", or "ben Selman", or my puppet leader "kais said" or any puppets leaders and their gouvernements with them from Dakar to Jakarta to Malaysia to the north turkey and Balkan region ect....
Another north African Tunisian here who speaks with you from Tunisia here
Thanks for this. Just cancelled my $20,000 honeymoon to Egypt thanks to you!
Good 👍🏽 go to European countries or Thailand or Indonesia never go to these scammers countries
What? No go to Egypt. Just don't photograph anything.
For 20,000 usd in the Philippines, you can stay at the best and most exclusive resorts and have a spa day everyday.
U can buy a house in Egypt for that money? 20000$ was a scam anyway 😂
You aren't welcome in Indonesia too, travel to your west world,, if you are American, don't come to us in the east, especially an American republican, dont come to us *@@DosDosDosDosDos787
As someone who grew up as a history nerd, Egypt is literally at the top of my bucket list. But because of such well-documented nightmarish experiences like this that you and other travel filmmakers like Lost Leblanc have had, I sadly won't be going there to film anytime soon
me too, Ancient Egypt and other documentaries made me want to come to Egypt but I've heard and read many experiences wherein women get groped there, especially in Cairo
@@boiled_egg3919 it’s true don’t come here the sexual harassment is on another level. Even as a man I want to leave so bad
This documentary is a lie, totally false, extremely biased, we receive well over 3 million tourists even during covid and the horrible years of the Arab dark fall, I don't know why he is being such a deceiver, there is a personnel reason for sure.
No point going there. It's nothing left and they keep their eyes on your wallet and what you are wearing. I was scammed so just an advice. One kind person somehow helped me getting me a new phone and than decided to never visit that country again. People are weird as f
Lol
This is a shame. I’ve been obsessed with ancient Egypt since I was a kid and it was on my bucket list to go.
Off my list. I carry a lot of gear and tech devices. So far everywhere ive been has been pretty cool about it but your experience is my nightmare. Thanks dor saving me the money and time.
I'm Egyptian and I'm so sorry you had to go through this but I can vouch that all of this is completely accurate and I stopped being a street photographer due to the massive paranoia, stupidity and lack of clear laws/systems
اهخخ والله شي يزعل 💔
Just because you have an Arab name or account name that doesn't mean you are Egyptian.
@@originalthoth7313 wtf is ir problem, lmaooo 💀💀💀
اسف على ايه يا عنيا 😂😂😂
يعني لو انت مخرج وروحت بالادوات دي لبلدهم هيستقبلوك في المطار انه عادي اتفضل
طيب ايه رايك انك ساعتها هتترحل اصلا ودا اصلا بعد مايتاكدوا من البيانات والتحريات واللي ممكن تخليك تقعد بالكام يوم لحد مايتاكدوا وبردو تترحل
وزي اي نظام دولي بقاله سنين من غير ورق وخطابات موافقة حكومية لدخول الحاجات تعتد نوع من انواع التجسس
دا في اي دولة يابن مصر يا فتك ولا سيادتك مطيباتي 😡
@@originalthoth7313 bro?
You successfully described the daily life of an egyptian. Imagine being an egyptian citizen. As an egyptian I am sorry you had to go through this.
I am Egyptian and I really want to thank this man for showing the real Egypt. Not like the bullshit propaganda you see in the American media.
Yeah I'm glad there's some big name travel youtuber talking about the BS in Egypt. When I went in the past you could not do ANYTHING without having to bribe, bribe, bribe. We are stopped just for having blond hair and blue eyes, fair skin is a crime here. My sister was almost sexually assaulted and we decided to just stay in the hotel for the entire trip. Never going back to Egypt ever!
I'm praying for egypt, May Allah overthrow the tyrannical Dzalim-ist regime soon.. Islamophobic regime that have De-Islamisation agenda with full of hateness to the Islamic people power.. and its clear to see.. we are struggle in the same situation, pray for us too please!
lot of buzzer Islamophobic hired to "attacking" Islamist power, and spread hateness to Islam itself by Dzalim-ist tyrannical Islamophobic regime, so sick! but its reality nowadays, and we need to "wake up" to change our situations!
The nwo will be like this world wide. Franks are arabs, check relationship between france and ottoman from francis the first meet souleymane, until "1918, they said.
The masons are born from this relationship, lgbt = bacha bazi, a slave for a slave, trans replacing women sacrificed in surrogacy farm = a woman for a woman.
Your dna has the devil within.
Shit country it is I have gone thru Egypt history damn not a good one the people are racist as well
I was in Egypt last year. While I had a good time, a great experience, and the people were nice. I must say there were many instances of being harassed, scammed, and put in uncomfortable (sometimes life threatening) situations.
I will say though I had a wonderful time in Siwa. It's one of the few places where I can walk around and no one will bother you and if you do talk to a local it's just a nice casual conversation.
I also liked Elephantine Island in Aswan. It's a nice 2 days of just chilling and relaxing. And people there were very friendly.
But I had no regrets going to Egypt, I am glad I went and it was a good experience but it's a kind of thing where I will have to consider if I want to go back.
That's the most wilfully stupid comment I've ever read.
Ive been to a coastal resort in Egypt, so avoided the towns and cities. I can agree though the short time between airport and hotel, it was chaotic and scammy.
I guess it comes with the culture. The hotel and staff were great though.
They stopped my sister at the airport and searched her luggage in a private room away from her for no apparent reason. When she got back home she found out they took all her gold jewelery out of the boxes and left the boxes empty inside the bags. She had a meltdown. I felt really bad for her cause unlike what those sick bastards think we don't sit on a pile of gold back in Saudi. She really worked her ass off over the years to buy herself nice stuff.
Theifs. You got lucky man.
EDit: Egyptians are my brothers and sisters. I'm referring to the governmental corrupt and the weak people who dishonred humanity. Also, you would never know if the jewelry is gold or fake unless you examined it, no one would grab and steel something you're wearing unless it's loose and the person is a professional theif lol. Stop normalizing major crimes and blame victims, nothing uglier than someone who does that. FYI, Egyptians wear gold too. It's in our Islamic and Arabi traditions.
Why would she bring gold jewelry to Africa as a tourist ? 🤣
@@user-xx6fv4tu2q she didn't know at that time that sick people like you exists. Probably this attitude is exactly what those cops had when they took her jewelry. Laughing it off as if she deserved to be rubbed.
To Egypt, not Africa.
@@onmaella8630 Egypt is in Africa... 🤦🤦🤦
@@onmaella8630 if u watched the vid you can see a map of africa where egypt is located....
I can feel the frustration and anxiety just by listening to your experience. My wife went to Egypt last year and she told me that it was horrible, and some of the people that were with the group she was with, had their cameras taken away and never got them back. Horrible!!!
Thank you for that message. Was going in May to Egypt on my on. I cancelled the holiday.
You can't take photos of anything, unless you pay. Or if you are in the tombs or pyramids, they want to sell you photos/postcards. I saw a man have his phone snatched by a man who bellowed at him he'd been taking illegal photos. He scrolled through the phone, didn't find any photos that were illegal, then threw the phone back at the man. Fortunately he caught it, but he didn't care if he did or not.
@@louisevanluffelen6612 lol and no one is waiting for you to come
@@louisevanluffelen6612 and no one is waiting for you to come
They also don't like western women
OMG this is very heart breaking to me as an Egyptian, I wish I could do anything to make these people's experiences any better but I guess I will never be able to, I just wish something would change and people and tourists would be able to enjoy their experiences again!
I went on holiday to Egypt around 12 years ago. I visited Cairo. It was a guided tour and even then it was crazy! The guide took us to different places, each time dropping a handshake and a little cash to the next person looking after us haha it’s was nuts! The people there are just looking out for themselves, but not in a malicious way! The pyramids were full of tourist traps but what do you expect it’s a tourist destination and each person is looking for the next buck to help them live. Egypt is a place for people to visit once, experience the madness and beauty of it, yes you have to look beyond the craziness of it, but as soon as you accept Egypt for what it is and accept their culture it’s impressive. I won’t return to Cairo, but I’m glad I visited!
I remember buying a pack of cigarettes in Cairo. The price the shop keeper quoted was outrageous, so I sent my local Egyptian driver instead to buy it. Expectedly, my driver got the same pack for less than half the price. So I went there again and confronted the shopkeeper along with the driver. He simply said, "for you its 50 pounds and for him its 20 pounds". That's how they treat foreigners and guests in Egypt. Just about everyone wants to rip you off and they feel its their right to do so. Its culturally acceptable in Egypt to cheat foreigners and tourists. Simply shameful. I lived there for six months and had to face these situations on daily basis.
On the other hand, in countries like Pakistan and Iran, shopkeepers often don't even charge foreigners and tourists, treat them with so much respect, and are constantly trying to help.
They don't charge the foreigners because there's hardly any tourism there compared to other countries, for them you're an alien, I mean would you charge an alien that has come from other planet.
Bro 50 pound < 3 dollar
@@eyadehab756 So foreigners deserve the double standard? how do you feel if we discriminate u in kind in our country?
it is not about the amount, it is about principles and dignity for fellow men.
Islam
@@eyadehab756 this is a badass mentally brother, I was in Egypt and even I am Arabic they super charge me, and when I discover it they tell me you live in Europe, 5 euros is nothing for you… This is not fair and this is a dead argument. It is not about the price it is about discrimination. Why I pay 5 euros when Egyptian pay 2 euros for it? You are guys killing your history and your country.
Be fair because Allah said that…
I'm Australian, my wife kids and myself are extremely well travelled. I agree...don't go to Egypt. The hassle, corruption and vulnerability to travellers is very, very scary.
Fake stuff, Egypt is rated one of the most safest places to travel.
@@originalthoth7313 based on what?
@@LAZY_LKPS on the huge number of tourists every year 😁
@@LAZY_LKPS
"Egypt Selected Among Best Destinations For 2022 By Lonely Planet
Egypt joins Malawi, Nepal, Oman, Anguilla, Slovenia, Belize, Mauritius, Norway, and the Cook Islands, as the world’s top destinations travelers should think about when selecting their next traveling experience, where Egypt was hailed for its rich history and architectural wonders through the ages."
@@originalthoth7313 why are you even on this comment thread?
Thank you for the warning. Taking Egypt off my bucket list
We do not want your visit and we are not honored by it. It is enough that Egypt receives more than 10 million refugees on its soil. Stay away from us, you saboteurs
Wow. This is a horrible story. Thank you guys for sharing this experience! At least everyone can now avoid the mess Egypt seems to be!
I've been to around 50 countries and lived in 10. Egypt is by far the worst experience I've ever had.
Just curious, which country was your favorite?
@@kasirsadalos ah difficult question haha, I think Netherlands is the best run country I’ve been too, Indonesia was probably the most fun/beautiful for me
I lived in Egypt for 5 years,and lived in many countries and visited over 100. Egypt was fantastic, loved it.
u ever been to India ? And how it was ? Hope u didnt had any trouble here :)
@@ppo2424 I visited over 100 countries, Egypt was the worst by far, I hated it.
This needs to go viral, so that future tourists who have never visited the country can be alerted.
I was literally just there for a month. He is exaggerating a lot.
@@justinh7099 Egyptian or a moslim which are u or both lol .......🤡
I was planning to visit. Now I might not go. I don’t want to risk goin there.
@@justinh7099 do you have stuff just like this guys? Try it then you'll know.
Seeing previous youtube travel vloggers getting scammed at the pyramids; plus now this video - makes me not ever want to go to Egypt at all.
This was one of most interesting videos I have seen recently. Thanks
Removing from my bucket list, Thank you!
I am Egyptian and I agree with you 100% ! People need to stop visiting there so that things could change after a $$$$ crunch!
Egyptian government are stupid
Was literally in the process of booking my holiday to Egypt but not anymore. Disgraceful
Ur the only genuine guy below the commments who said real truth
What’s better be ruled by those hypocrites the Muslim brotherhood sisi is a millions better than Morsi and that’s a fact be grateful he provides for you security minus the bad things he does.
@XPress
Not sure you understand what the word sadistic means.
My Egyptian horror story, in brief. I had food poisoning on the first day. The first symptoms I noticed was coming out of a coma on Day 5, only to find myself tied to a hospital bed. My family had been told I was unlikely to live. Due to the nature of my family to only people able to travel were women, they were advised by the British Foreign office that as unaccompanied women they would be more at risk than myself. It turns out that 2 days of my coma had been spent lying on the floor of my hotel room, charming. After 2 week in an intensive care, I had to be medically evacuated by a Doctor. The British Consul and the Doctor worked for the best part of 36 hours clearing the paperwork. Despite this every person we had to pass in the airport did his damndest to stop me boarding the flight. The lowest point, among many, was when Egyptian customs insisted the Doctor to put his resuscitation gear in the hold ! When they finally were convinced of the reason , they then tried to stop him taking the batteries for his oxygen generator and it took a twenty minute negotiation so that he could provide enough oxygen for the 5 hour flight. A single battery at a time ! Meanwhile I'm slumped in a rickety wheel chair. The moment I felt the airplane wheels leave the runway I a wave of relief and joy, and swore I would never return to Egypt EVER !
The Mindset of Them is such a Backwards that its true their way of thingking is like a Stone age People. Never understood basic human Reasoning and Decency.
@XPress Right. I mean who would have guessed Kinder was an Egyptian company.
That's so bad. Glad you got out if there and doing well now
@XPress Troll.
Holy cow! That’s horrific
Thanks for showing your experiences
Thank you for this video and information. My wife and I have just changed our plans!!
Dont go there. Especially with woman!
I’ve lived in Cairo for 9 months now, and I can tell you that Egypt is a very crooked country. You’ll meet some of the most kindest people, but you’ll also encounter some of the most dishonest and unethical human beings who care only about money.
I went to egypt once and ill never return. The place is crazy. No systems and everyone just wants to rip everyone else off.
What did you expect? It's egypt 😅😅
Is allows say you not welcome to Egypt and we don't need kind of preson like you in my country. Man we love Egypt 🇪🇬 for ever
as an egyptian i assure you that
pray i get out of this shit hole alive
@@Thetruthspoken-cv8jp ب وص م ك
I'm so sorry you had to go through all of this.
Such a shame.
I think maybe this entire video is being blocked. I tried sending this over messenger to someone and the link didn't transmit. Had to email it.
Thanks so much for posting this! Tourists should absolutely know this kind of thing before they book a trip there. I won't go to Egypt.
15 of us were planning to have a bachelor party in Egypt ( we are from UK). although they had amazing deals, after watching your video and several others UA-camrs, we decided to go to Romania instead. Thank you for raising awareness
you all needed a UA-camr to tell you that arab countries are 🗑? man no wonder you just take in inmigrants thinking they will assimilate , you guys know NOTHING about how other cultures work . There is a reason most countries in the world don't accept illegal inmigrants , especially muslims
Bachelors in egypt? Let’s go see some pyramids with the boys😂
Don't believe everything on social media
wrrr
all the best, enjoy
We lived in Egypt for 3 years and made lots of great lifelong friends and memories BUT anything dealing with government offices is a nightmare and the airport is the absolute worst experience of my life! They took our dogs and we had to pay $500 to get them back . I was bawling in the airport begging them to at least let me see them and make sure they were ok .. nope! This was 3am so it took a whole day of gathering the funds and going from office to office to office to finally get the paper work we needed to pick them up .. also we are very well traveled and we called ahead and did everything they said to bring them in. Like you said their is no system and no 2 people give you the same rules or guidelines. Egypt could be amazing but they really need to clean house!
Maybe. But I view Egypt and most other ME nations as places where ancient timing still controls and hatred of anything 'non-native' to the country is looked upon with anger and jealousy. Other than antiquities, there is not much else there.
That is soo inhumane
shouldnt really be bringing your dogs to egypt without the right paperwork and research
I feel you
@@ura9390 No kidding. That's the best answer. Don't go period.
Visited Cairo with my family two years ago. I booked with the best hotel near the pyramides and ordered the hotel to provide for local security guards for every moment we were not at the hotel. It worked out fine. We got two angry looking armed guys watching out for us for some 50 $ a day (both). It was definitely worth it. We could do our visits and tours without beeing agressed or scammed by anyone, even in some random restaurants, they provided for a good table and good care from service (they did not want to join us on our table, pretending not beeing hungry). So, yes, we very much enjoyed our little family trip to Egypt. And sure, without those local guards, as a tourist, you're a walking wallet for the people. And if your wallet is empty, you're a walking piece of s**t. But we should also understand, that many, many people there are living from tourists only. So, as a tourist, you should give a tip even to the guy who for example, just opens the door for you or sleeps on a chair pretending guarding your car on some very random parking area. It is his work and he has probably to feed a family. It is not his fault, if more decent jobs are not available.
Youre ignorant
I had a layover there before connecting they took my passport and all and said they want to call Canada to confirm if they were expecting me. I'm like what the hell these are my permits with the Canadian government stamps on them. Was there until final call for boarding on my connecting flight. The absolute worst experience I've ever had
Just got back from hurghada and after being abused at not being in the right queue for security checks, being body checked, and treated awful, then finally made it into duty free...I was so anxious and upset I managed to lose my boarding pass, ( really not surprised when your passport and boarding pass is constantly being ask for, you carry on luggage scrutinised... I felt physically sick with stress, I made it to my boarding gate and handed my passport with my printed out boarding form and explained I'd somehow dropped the carded one, the man on the desk went berserk!! Ripped up my boarding paperwork and shouted at me my flight is cancelled, after standing at the desk and pleading with him..he finally let me on my plane back to the UK... I've never been so pleased to leave the country, I've travelled to so many fantastic countries but I would honestly have to say this was my worst experience and I would never go back... This country wants your money but doesn't respect foreigners....
guys don't spread fud, we spent 2 weeks there this summer without any real problem. If you look for trouble you find it no matter what country we are talking about.
@@imreszikora8196 did we watch the same video?🤣
@@isispanteradude’s a cryptobro fud is a crypto term
Egypt was once under Turkish Administration for many centuries, until Britiania occupied Egypt and installed non-Turkish corrupt puppet dictatorships there. Also the last military coup against the democraticly elected President Mursi was organized and planned by Britians and Americans for the interests of Israel. As a part of Türkiye, Egypt would be very different, developed, safe and not a corrupt failed state. Your British state is responsible for this corrupt Egypt.
That's the exact experience Africans get from UK immigration at Heathrow
I’m Chinese, have been in Egypt once in 2017, had experienced nearly losing my passport and finally found in the airport, the taxi driver and police were working together to cheat me for some money for the passport I found by myself, unbelievable country……
Went to Egypt 30-ish years ago, took loads of photos.. Sad to see how badly it's gone downhill since..
I am Egyptian, and I used to live abroad. When I came to Egypt, I think that everything you said is completely true. Here in Egypt, there are many fraudsters, and there is also a lot of discrimination in it.
Egypt is beautiful country with kind and respectful people, beautiful modest and believing people. just because the government and police people are stupid does not matter the people and their country is so.
@@sisterinthisdunya There are plenty of local scammers that are unrelated to the police or the government as well.
Every time there is a "what's the worst place to travel" question asked online, the answer is always Egypt. Like, overwhelmingly. Everybody hates going to Egypt. What a shame.
a shame to who???
@@paulaelias3008 maybe to the people whose lives depend on tourism ? Or maybe the fact that the county itself is very beautiful and full of history, and not being able to visit it would be a shame? What a weird question
@@sikerslalatm3147 Who tf are you.
@@paulaelias3008 bro, don't get defensive, the person is right
@@businessisboomin7252 na you
I agree with everything that you said. It's horrible. The worst I've experienced. Been to 30+ countries so far but never experienced anything like this
Airport staff - don't let anyone touch, assist, or handle your luggage, they won't do it for free. Even lifting it to the xray scanner. When departing, the guard held my passport (like wtf who the hell are you to prevent me from leaving the country) because I couldn't show a ticket, I insisted to let me in, go with me to the check in counter and the ticket is there. Probably waiting for $
Hotel staff - same with airport, the guard just took my luggage, and brought me to my room, the first thing I wanted to do was relax after a long day, but he said "where's my money?" I just said oh I forgot, I'll give it later when I go down for dinner. Because my wallet is inside my bag and I don't want to open it in front of him. But minutes later he knocked on my door to follow up on the "tip". Gave him $1 and he shut up
Sakkara Restaurant - they ask money for washroom, they offered me overpriced juice, which I took because I was thirsty, paid for it the exact amount, then the guy said "where's my tip?"
Tourist spots - a lot has been written about this already, so yeah I witnessed all those greedy hustlers. During the camel ride, even if my tour guide already paid him since that was part of my package with him, this camel guy still asked for more. During the 30-min camel ride, instead of sharing stuff about the pyramid and all, he just kept on reminding "Oh I made you happy today, I hope you make me happy too later, maybe a $20 tip is good" In the end I just gave him $10 which I later realized was still high
I've met nice people like my hired driver, tour guide especially the food deliver riders (Talabat), but most of the people I encountered were rude and greedy.
Still, I do not regret seeing the pyramids and learning a bit about the history during my short visit, but like most people I do not want to return, not unless I hear drastic improvements with the system, which I doubt will happen in this lifetime
well brother .. i understand that it wasn't a pleasant trip for you & we sorry to hear .. but i remember i went to Egypt many times from the 90s until 2019 and it was not like that in airport or hotel .. no body told me don't shoot photos or toke my cam , lap top or battery .. i was directly entered ( they took my zippo lighter though when i was leaving ) no idea why they acted like that with you last year that's something new .. the only thing i hated in Egypt is the scammers not the freedom ..
however the freedom in USA has its negatives too .. people are misusing the freedom because its free there's no consequences for it .. people protesting in the street , freely buying guns from public shops , smuggling drugs to the country , disrespecting holy beliefs , arguing with the police even he is doing his job , ungrateful attitude as you admitted 12:29 & walking around videoing strangers against their well .. i wouldn't want some creep taking photos of me , my wife or daughter without my permission just because its " freedom or lawful " .. i prefer banning cams in public & strict rules in that case .. your freedom & fun could be other peoples nightmare & go against their freedom
THIS IS WHAT EXACTLY HAPPEND TO ME!
Me and my friends went to Egypt in 2020 and it was a complete HELL!!! From constantly getting scammed, to getting searched for 8 HOURS!! I am happy that i saw the beautiful history but never in my life am i going tot Egypt ever again.
The egregious search is so you end up coughing up a bribe to pay your way out. It’s a sign of corruption of excess poverty.
I got scammed with the camel ride. Paid equivalent to 30 US Dollars for what I thought was for a camel ride but turns it out it was only for taking photos with the camel. Had to pay another 50 for the ride. Fkin bs.
@@fk2812 I was thinking the same thing when I saw that scene. I grew up in a country where this was commonplace, the rare occassions I visited relatives I just bring clothes and bare old-fashioned toiletries for the flight that I throw out before I leave the plane (eg. small tubes of toothpaste, lotions, etc). Everything else I just get my relatives get for me locally. You don't want to bring anything that would make the airport police think you can afford to fork out money to line their pockets.
Hahaha whats new?
@@manolo5042 For the Landscape, culture and history it was DEFINITELY worth it. If you really, really want to go. I would recommend a good guide (Mohammed zahran is a very good and popular one) and just be prepared for everything. Don't use Taxi's unless you really have to ( Use Uber). Don't do a tour for the Pyramids it's like 160 euros per person. (It is possible to walk it by yourself, unless it's like too hot). And be prepared that literally EVERYONE ask for money. Like the police will tell you just what time it is and ask for a tip. If you have anymore question fill free to ask :)