Is the Library of Alexandria Overrated? Alexandria, Egypt Travel Vlog
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- Опубліковано 13 кві 2021
- Time to explore more of Alexandria, Egypt! In this video I visit the beautiful Montaza Palace, try some of Alexandria's famous seafood, and give you my review of the world renowned Library of Alexandria, and more!
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Hahahaha we are in Egypt when we see foreigners we want to talk to them but we only look at them a lot hahaha you made me laugh don't think you are weird we just want to talk to you
When there's food and good hearted people, language is no barrier
true !!!
So very true ❤️
♥ well said
True my man
@@doug_barnard ان مغربي 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦❤️
How generous of people to invite a stranger passing by and share their food with him. Amazing hospitality 💖
it's good nature of Egyptians
We always do this.. We were raised like this
شكرا على أجمل كلام راقى اشكرك
If he was black or Asian things would ve been way different.
@@gostavoadolfos2023 not at all actually! we welcome all people here :)
Wow the hospitality of the Egyptians is absolutely mind blowing! They just invite a stranger over and then give him some of their food. After watching your videos, I don’t think there is a kinder people than the Egyptian/Arabic people.
Thank you for your respect
well said!
Thank you for these kind words inshallah everyone understands that Egyptians are really kind
Best part when people offered u food although they have really simple food and don’t even know u , not sure anyone else does that except for Egyptians 🇪🇬❤️
Love from Egypt ❤️🇪🇬
Egypt + Morocco + Libya + Turkey + Syria are so welcoming but Egyptians and Syrians are the best in that
@@abdo.magdy. افا جحدت كرم الخليجيين خصوصا السعودية
@@roysenpai6279 كل المسلمين و العرب الكرم متأصل فيهم و لكن الفرق يكون في الذي يعطي و هو بسيط و محتاج و الجوع يضرب بطنه و بين الذي يعطي و بطنه ممتلئة ..
😅😨 في كل مكان أدخله ألاقي عقرب
You haven’t visited South Sudan. We slaughter a goat to welcome a visitor.
I am working in tourism industry for so long never see a tourist like you
you tried the life of the poor people not even the moderate class , usually tourists like to explore the luxury life of any city
anyway you are always welcome to Egypt
really appreciate that! thank you so much 😊
@@carstensanonym7527 the main purpose is because i enjoy it
@@carstensanonym7527 if anyone try to make video with strangers he should be friendly and smiling , and i think if anyone speaks friendly and smiling in egypt will find great results
at least for more than 90 % of cases
I had a friend from Scotland, I met him in Hilton Dahab and I used to work there, he told me he wants to visit Alexandria and he came back with me when I took my vacation .. when we arrived to Alexandria ,he told me I don't want to visit landmarks or luxury places , I want to visit the ghettos an the poorest neighborhoods , I took him to the "Jewish Alley" haret el yahood , Karmooz, bahary and on the east side Derbala, Sidi Bishr qebly and even to El Sa3a and Kosaeii 😀.. and he stayed with me at my mother's apartment for 10 days ..after we visited all these places he told me this is the best days I spent in Egypt .. I come to Egypt every year and I'm bored of visiting tourist cities like south Sinai , hurgada and upper Egypt and stay at fancy hotels .
@Galleta de Soda this what you understand from what he said ?
very insignificant
I Just watched this video while breaking my fast from this 2nd day of ramadan. An amazing city😍 and very humble and lovely people. Inshallah I will visit Egypt and Alexandria soon. 🇪🇬♥️ Wa aleikum salaam from a Dutch convert muslima. Ramadan kareem to all my brothers and sisters
Ramadan Kareem to you too
You are welcome to Egypt and specially my home town Alexandria anytime.
No doubt you won’t regret it.
God bless you.
Egypt will be waiting. :)
Ramadan Kareem .. taqabal Allah 😊
Ramadan kareem sister 🥰
Mag ik ook mee?
ARABIC SUBTITLES NOW AVAILABLE!
الترجمة العربية متاحة!
I recommend you to visit new capital in Egypt
You can visit portsaid
You will be pleased 💖
ظريف ما شاء الله 😂😂😂😂
@@mariamomar215 ههههه
I recommend to you to eat koshary named abo tarek
The fool and falafel street man was asking you if you’re happy with us in egypt or not
He was actually acting it for you to understand 🤣
My people are so kind♥️
يامي
@@azzaazz3011 ايوه؟
Elganbihy تيجي معايا فسحه ف شرم
@@maielganbihy7980 ا نتي منين
🤣🤣
The bibliotheca is significant for reasons you did not interact with. It is very very powerful in supporting youth activities, holding events, conferences, and all kinds of local, international, and cultural events. Even musical concerts are held there yearly in the summer. I absolutely love it.
that’s great! yeah, i would love to go and work there. it just didn’t seem like a tourist attraction to me
@@doug_barnard it isnt. except for the museum maybe
@@doug_barnard You should've booked a tour guide. Much better to know everything about the library and exploring the museums in there instead of walking around. So, maybe next time :)
@@kaaalaaabaaalaaah i prefer to find my own way!
@@doug_barnard It would have been better to ask before you went because it is full of Great Activities that You missed... You did not say anything about the Planetarium Science Center... That is like VR but for like 100 people together where you look at the ceiling to see... There is the 7 projectors room as well You missed it.... and there is a lot of projects you missed I would have recommended "ALYM" to you (African League of Young Masters) which is in English of youth making presentations about stuff... I see your POV and why you say this.. But Bibliotheca Alexandrena is not a small place so you can go and walk to discover... Not at All... It is Complex enough but if you had a guide for only this place you would have been astonished.. btw I am From Alex..
Whenever I see these places and streets of Alexandria I can't stop my tears from falling.. My hometown this is where I lived this is where I grew up ❤️ Alex ❤️
R u Egyptian?
@@gogodo562 yep
@@santiago3148 I asked bec. Your name doesn't sound Egyptian. U r always welcome back to home.
@@gogodo562 thanks mate I know that my name Is Latin but that's actually not my real name it's the name of one of the best things in life for me 🙏
I hope to visit Alexandria
How can you be so friendly and nice to everyone? You're really an amazing person. Don't care about anything negative. Good luck 💙
wow, so nice of you! thank you!!
True He is a very pleasant person
The attractive about your videos is that you experience real Egypt with its advantages and disadvantage .❤️
أهل مصر اجدع ناس والله ❤️
Egypt's people are amazing 💚
بنحبكم والله ❤️🇪🇬🇸🇦💚
Thanks Doug 🌹
ربنا يديم المحبه يا ابن الحرمين منبع الاسلام
❤❤
شكراً ♥️♥️♥️
🌸👑
شكراً لك على الكلام الجميل
الله يديم عز مصر ويحفظ شعبها الطيب ❤️🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬
Now that i have watched the entire video, i wish you really had good time while traveling through egypt, (btw, the guy at the end was asking you if you were happy at your stay at Egypt, and you replied with the correct answer anyway despite not fully understanding him) ... You are a genuine and nice person, hope to see future videos soon and hope other americans have fun in egypt too 🇪🇬 😊
thank you so much!!
عاااش يا مايكل استمر يا بطل ... انا شوفتلك كذا كومنت على كذا قناة عاليوتيوب انت باين عليك بتجري ورا الفيديوهات اللي بتظهر الجانب الايجابي من مصر وانت بتشجع الناس انها تيجي مصر ف انا بحييك بصراحه على حبك الشديد للوطن زي أي مصري أصيل نفسه ان مصر تبقى أحسن بلد في العالم 💛💛
@@Ahmad-Saad- الف شكر يا صديقي 😍
I'm an Alexandrian and that's honestly one of the most beautiful reviews on the city, thank you bro!
To be honest I like alexandria more than any other place in Egypt, not because I'm mainly Alexandrian but because of the sea and it has some good vibes it's like the downtown of Egypt 🇪🇬 love your videos good luck ♥️💪
Cairo?????!????!!!
True Alex is unique 👌
Ras elbar and dahap are the most underrated cities in the world not just in egypt
@@rawanhasaan7797 Yess Ras el bar is so good i like it more than Alexandria tbh And dahab or South Sinai is my favorite place in Egypt
@@Marwan-oj3lc yes but no one know that that why it is called underrated 😆
20:13
man you just described egypt in one gesture 😂
love your videos.
glad you enjoyed your time in egypt
😂😂 thank you so much!!!
I'm an English - Spanish interpreter and I live in Spain. Welcome, glad to see ya here. I'm originally from Alexandria.
You should have joined a tour group at the library to show you around, they are free and you can register at one of them at the welcome desk with the language you choose.
The library is huge and there are more things to see other than the main hall.
I was having such a crappy morning but then I watched this video and cheered up immediately, watching the sea, the kind people, the genuine smiles and laughs of Alexandrians, and most importantly you, who has the courage to do all of this on his own and talk with people around you even if you don't understand their language. I hope you enjoyed your trip to Alexandria. Alexandria ya habibti.
You are welcome at Egypt Doug . Actually it is my first time to watch your videos . I am form Egypt and live in Alexandria city . Hopefully that you enjoyed your time here .♥️
I like the idea that you dived deep into the culture of Egypt and stayed away from fancy places. You are well informed about the basic rules of the place and that's truly helpful.
I am from Alexandria and I really enjoyed watching it through your eyes.
I have seen a lot of traveling vlogs cuz I enjoy them, but seriously man yours is just the best, you are genuinely interesting and very open minded and this is the first time i see a foreigner who went places I don’t know about in my own country, great job with your videos man good luck.♥️
As a Cairene who has never visited Alexandria, I enjoyed this vlog so much and I absolutely loved how friendly you are
18:07 the Library of Alexandria is not meant to be a tourist attraction. It's supposed to be a quiet place for students to study and do research, it's literally just the municipal public library. It is an interesting library though. It's good that you got to see it. But I agree with you, it wasn't really worth the extra stay.
@David Alexandria Library is not a good place for students. it's just a good architecture and it should have better design than that, for students and researchers the national library in Cairo is the best.. in that old building with no fantasy design but you will feel the value inside when simply you can find a lot of original versions of books, news archives and manuscripts.
the second place I personally recommend Helwan Central library in the university I think it has more books than Alexandria Library
@@alsemany I am not talking about University Research here. I am talking about High School students studying. I have a few friends from Alexandria and they say that they used to go to meet and study there during their high school years.
@@davidhanna9003 it was meant for both I mean why is there a guides in there
I am from alexandria and we visit the library for studying and attending events
There is also " el qoba" which is an amazing show in that big sphere structure
There is also alot of ancient things in the library like the musuem of persident el sadat
+ it's known for youth to be the centre of volunteering projects
Also every year a large book fair is held
@@alsemany Yeah I am from Alexandria this is so related. I mean there are even some basic books that don't even exist in the library.
People are admiring those construction workers sharing their food yet what most amazes me is how you accepted their simple food. Very modest. Respect.
appreciate that!
I really like how you got experienced enough to be able to go around by yourself.
Well done.
Thank you!
@@doug_barnard
You're welcome.
If you wanna hang out and visit some other places that you haven't been to in Cairo yet, just let me know. I will be glad to help you.
Just amazing videos! I am livving in Alexandria almost 3 years.
You showing the real Alex, how life it is here. With everything.
I just enjoyed, and thanks to you, discovered places where i still wasint.
Good luck!!! Greetings from Alex :-)
Proud of my dad because he was the one who designed the furniture of the library!!
IM SO HAPPY YOUR BACK IN EGYPT!! please show as much of Egypt as you can so we can travel with you!! Much Love :)
😁😁
Oh man! What a beautiful two days!!! Love the camera movement's, sound track, your personality and communcation with Egyptians who most of them know no English, love your Uber motorcycle ride and the way you were moving the camera and also yiur visit to the library! Cheers from Ontario
Congrats on 100K subscribers Doug!
Man, your videos made me miss Egypt, and want to go back as soon as possible!
Dude 😂😂 I don’t know how I found you here.
Yalla come visit, hope to see you when you’re back
@@mohamedel-damarawy6595 El donya soghayara 😂😂😂. Maybe in the summer Insha'Allah
@@mohamed.maher. inshaa Allah will visit Om El Donna in September after I get vaccinated
@@mohamedabdelmalek7006 Insha'Allah :)
@@mohamed.maher. inshaa Allah
I live in Egypt so I loved this…I recommend u go to gouna or Hurghada in Egypt they are amazing and have really good hotels and compounds
Appreciate the honesty , you were really nice with the workers that's the best part about it , wish you lovely travels ♥️
Thank you! 😊
🙏🏾 for these views, ❤️ ur filming. One day I will go to 🇪🇬 bc of your adventures u shared with us, especially mt Sinai and the early sunrise hike, that was by far my fav☺️
thanks!!!❤️
Doug, you are doing a great job taking Egypt and Egyptians to thousands of your fans and followers, carry on and best of luck on the rest of your trecs!
Hello again, nice to see you back!!!
Happy and glad you've reached 100k subs!!
Its fantastic to see a vlog and beautiful comments about your country
Thanks for this showcasing my city. The neighbourhood towards the end with the foul stand is where I spent my childhood, classic alexandrian spot 👌
Congrats on 100k Doug! You deserve it! 🇺🇸🇪🇬
Great channel, so pleased that I found it, as for Doug, well words cannot describe him such a great man and he is willing to learn and share.
wow, thank you so much!!!
I am from Egypt and I love you so much and I am proud that you say beautiful words about us, I thank you from the bottom of my heart
I have been watching all of your Egypt videos and have been loving all of them! Will be going back to watch all of your vids
That was fun to watch.
Love and respect from Alexandria Egypt. 🇪🇬✨
Thank you for your visit to Egypt and thank you again for respecting our culture 🤝👍
Glad to have you back bro ❤️
I felt calmness and serenity watching this vlog.
Great videos Doug, glad you visited my lovely home city of Alexandria. Also loved south Sinai and the diving.
Man, I love How you made your way to learn a little Arabic and Honestly, you did great 👍 Job. I’m Egyptian/American and originally from Alexandria I am very proud of you and I hope you’re really enjoying your vacation / Tour in Egypt God bless you
Thanks for coming
I visited this library for 4 times but it's more fun when I watch you going their
You enlightened Egypt, greetings from Egypt
Ramadan Mubarak 🙏❤🇪🇬
رمضان كريم يسطا
Heyyy I’m from Alexandria, I just watched your video and I love it, you got me hooked up with how impressed you were with the regular things in Alexandria and how down to earth you are with the people so keep going 😍💪🏼 there’s only one thing I wanted to tell you, maybe you weren’t fascinated by the Biblioteca Alexandrina that much because you didn’t take the whole tour inside, there are a lot other museums than the one you’ve been to (cultural/ historical/ public figures and more) there’s also the Planetarium Science Center it’s really cool, usually when tourists go there they have a guide to show them around the whole place. If you ever came back just give it another chance. All in all I’m so glad you loved the city and it’s people ♥️
نورت مصر والاسكندريه❤️
If you went to Cairo you can go to (Egyption civilization museum in Fustat) it'snot far from Tahrir squire it's really un incredible!!!!!!!
agreed
*incredible
So happy that you enjoyed our country...and you are welcomed in Egypt at any time 💙
I'm Alexandrian and so happy for your visit, i hope you restores this visit 💜
Yall help imma cry yall too nice as a Egyptian I just opened the comments and ALL of yall are saying nice stuff about us man. I love yall hope yall have a good day.
i totally enjoyed this video bec. it gave me the chance to appreciate my gorgeous city through someone else's eyes...and it didn't disappoint 😁 plus, you look like you were having a good time and that's always fun to watch....hope you come back for another visit soon 👍
this library history is amazing it was burned twice one by mogals and one by crusaders , but it stood so high and above all and one of most historical library in egypt . 😊❤️
As always enjoying every second of the video 😂❤️
So, being away from home for almost 2 years now. I really enjoyed watching your video and your day was so normal for any Egyptian and also nostalgic!
thanks man!
Alex is the most beautiful city for most of Egyptians it's called * bride of the Mediterranean sea* though am from Cairo but I adore it ❤️❤️
Woow ., it amazing to see you fascinated by the the things we take for granted in Egypt 🇪🇬 as Egyptians
Welcome back any time♥️
Can't get enough of these videos!
I am Egyptian and i love your vids
thank you!!
اجمل محافظة بلامنازع بعيدا عن المحافظات السياحية
اسكندرية اجمل محافظة
بور سعيد الاسماعيليه دمياط رأس البر جمصه محافظات نظيفه جدا وجميله والمعمار فيها حديث وجميل وشوارعها منظمه وخاصة بورسعيد ورأس البر
Looking so happy 😀 with your showing, moreover great landscape. Thanks 🙏 for sharing
Awesome video Doug 🌹🌹🌹 ... Much love from Egypt 😍😍😍❤❤❤🌹🌹
bro as Egyptian i really like ur videos I mean they are just amazing u are showing the best view of Egypt u showed Americans and Europeans how Egypt really looks like and destroyed the prototype of how many of them are thinking that we live in a desert with some camels and horses around the pyramids of Giza I love u love ur content and appreciating the effort u are doing in them
wow! I am Egyptian, live in Cairo through..been to Alexandria ,but haven’t been able to visit it’s library unfortunately...but.. was great checking it out through your vlog! thanks and yes I believe the library is worth the trip for sure😊
another amazing video, doug just doesnt missss!
I'm Alexandrian and I'm blessed to hear you enjoyed ur visit in here 💜 you're always welcomed
I love Alexandria more than any other place in the world. Thank you, Doug. We are waiting for you to return again to Egypt, especially to Alexandria. Welcome to you always.
Me too , i love Alexandria 💘
I love your videos in general always honest, genuine, and respectful to whichever culture you interact with. now I'm in love with the Alexandria videos because it's my hometown, thank you for sharing your experience with us. ❤❤❤
I've been a volunteer at the library for 5 years now and I agree it's not an idly place for a tourist to just hang around but it has a schedule of concerts, opera, underground bands, famous pianists, all sorts of fairs including activities for all ages these might interest tourists but unfortunately, you missed them maybe next time XD
Thanks so much for watching!!!
Always love how you captured the people and the environment 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Really enjoyed this video Doug your such a beautiful soul ❤️❤️
The library was underwhelming for me too when I visited it 15 years ago. But I loved the underground museum of antiquities.
Hi Doug, Hope you're enjoying Egypt so far 😃
Not sure if you're still in Cairo, but it will be a perfect opportunity for you to visit the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, which will inaugurate today its royal mummy hall, featuring the mummies of 22 of the most famous kings and queens of ancient Egypt.
Just have a look, I'm sure it will be exceptional :)
I am from Alexandria and l am Egyptian, thank you for the great video it is really beautiful,good, Alexandria is amazing city and welcome to Egypt 🇪🇬❤,keep going 👍❤
You are most welcome Doug... Waiting for you in November to enjoy a different and not less enjoyable tour in Upper Egypt. Best of luck.
the montaza palace area is undergoing restoration and overall upgrades in terms of the like seaside walkway area, as well as upgrading some gardens, i think there will also be a museum there if im not mistaken, and yeah loads of other stuff it should be pretty exciting
I'm Alexandrian and so happy for your visit and these awesome videos ... Based on your travelling experience, how do you rate Alexandria compared to other Middle East cities or even European cities, tell me honestly, Doug cuz your opinion matters to me
Finally, I think you've become half Egyptian now ... and wish to visit Egypt and invite your loved ones to visit Egypt
Same!I love alexandria cuz I'm alexandrian
Hope you do too
I loved yr video I’m Egyptian living in the states. Love Alexandria it is the most gorgeous city in the world. People are so friendly and healpful too. Keep up the good work
I’m from Alexandria . I live in Usa for 6 years , haven’t got back since when i missed my home town so much..thx alot You are a very nice guy , and so easy going down to earth!
Dude this is a library not a theme park 😁 not sure what you expected but it surely a great architectural masterpiece & one of the largest physical libraries & cultural centred in the Mediterranean! Lovely video though 😎
yeah i get that, i just thought it was strange how many people that i met in alexandria kept telling me how this was the #1 thing i HAD to see in alex. like i agree with you, it’s not a tourist attraction and if so many people didn’t tell me that, i probably wouldn’t have gone haha.
You are entertaining when you vlog. And even through the library may not have been the best or let you down it’s still best that you stayed another night just so you can say to people that you visited the library.
The original library had to have been astonishing 🤌 Thank you for sharing 🙏🌹
Great video as always ❤️
keep up the good work ✌️💚💚
My lovely city Alexandria♥️ Happy you enjoyed the visit! There's still a lot more to discover here so consider coming back one more time😊
AMAZING 😻
I am an Alexandrian. Thank you for visiting and we are happy to see you in Alexandria
I liked the vlog! Thank you! ♥️
حلو انك بتعرف تتكلم شوية عربي 🥺👏🏼
It’s amazing that you can speak a bit of Arabic
As an Alexandria who was born abroad and lived my whole life in Europe ... I cried while watching your video ... even tho I’m every summer in ALEX I still miss it very much ... thank you for reminding me how beautiful my hometown is...
yepp that's my town😍 I'm so glad that you enjoyed your time in Alexandria🥰
Man I didn't see my home for almost years now, Thanks for taking me back.
Thanks man.