By the way, the Maldives was not a British colony as such. It was a "protected state" in official British jargon. British law did not apply over the islands. At no time, were there British administrators in residence. The Maldives were ruled by kings until 1968, and occasionally by queens, whose government enacted laws that applied in and over the islands. There was a Royal (British) Air Force staging post on the southern-most island, named Addu-Gan and on a fenced off area called Maamendu, on the neighbouring Hitadu island from about 1957 to 1976. A British diplomat, Humphrey Arthington-Davy, was in residence in Male and Dunidu for about 3 years in the early 1960s. He wasn't quite diplomatic and so the Maldives authorities asked him to be removed. He was not replaced. Arthington-Davy was later posted as High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga where he got on very well with the locals. Maldivians speak good English because the government introduced English-medium education gradually from 1961. The first English medium teachers were Sri Lankan Burghers (Dutch-descent, mixed-race people) whose native language was English.
20:38 I noticed over the years that whenever Gabe says "hello" to a local he goes into lower octave mode. Sometimes I would think it was from a different speaker. I was going to mention it long ago, but thought he would be conscious of it and wouldn't do it anymore! It's kind of fun and I always look our for it. Anyway I thought I would mention it now, don't know if it would change in the future and he stops doing it (I hope not), but there are quite a few examples from videos past where his "hello" is deep and formal.
In this crazy world, one can always find peace and serenity watching nice videos by Gabe. Maldives are certainly beautiful islands. Thanks for putting this up.
I visited the Maldives in May 1998 and stayed at Thulagiri. Very small island with only a few huts back then. It was beautiful! Watch out for sting rays hiding in the sand in shallow areas.
If I'm not mistaken, Male is one of the world's most densely populated place in the world....which you then stated in the video while I was writing this comment :). Awesome video dude, enjoy your staying!
there's rain and there's rain in the Maldives....i know which is preferable...loving this affordable approach to the Maldives.....much better than the 5 star huts on water..
You should check out Swedish traveler William Taudien's channel. He just left the Maldives. He was staying right on the beach for about 20 USD. These were the smaller islands.
Hi Gabriel, You are right about the prices in the Caribbean and Hawaii prices are extensively more expensive the only thing is for people who don't want to travel far in the U.S. it makes sense to be closer and less of a commute. Southeast Asia does have many beautiful Islands like Bali and of course, in the nearby Pacific ocean, you do have many American territory Islands which include Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa to name a few of them.
Musette And Drums is one of my fav Cocteau Twins songs. You have some good choice of music tastes I’ve noticed. From the videos I’ve seen, I see your music tastes includes Curve, Alice In Chains and Cocteau Twins. I’m sure I missed some other artists that were included on your phone in the videos
I was thinking, well he's not the most adventurous eater, I bet he gets the fish and chips. then you got that monster fish thing lol. Full of surprises you are haha.
One of those hotels around where you are staying, has traditional Maldivian dancing on the weekend. I hope you get to see it it was amazing when I was there! Also I stayed at the Stingray Beach and really enjoyed myself there. Did you see the talking parrot? I have a connection for a yacht that travels around to different islands, if you are interested. I named my price with them and they agreed. It wasn't super expensive either. Have a great time Gabriel!
Glad i am one of the toutist hordes. Give me a nice sunbed at the pool or the beach, agood book, and not too far to the nearest water hole and i be happy. Let my mind do the exploring, if it cares to bother. Still its great to see ppl. actually do it.
A blessed good day Weekend sir Gabe Wowww what a nice Island of Maafushi a progressive Island and With nice beautiful 😍 Places, and delicious local, Maldivian foods, thank you so much sir Gabe for your Wonderful video tourand Give Us and idea how much hotel accomodations, food prizes, and boat Fare, riding. see u on next Island Adventure there in Maldives stay safe Godbless u 🙏🙂 from your solid fan supporter viewer from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Vhin 😍❤️👏👏👏🙂🙏👏👏👏👏👍
It's amazing seeing the very start of the Monsoon in action as the intense Heat of the Indian subcontinent sucks in warm moist air from the Arabian Sea thus driving those moist West/South West trade winds and bringing the first rains to the Maldives, Sri Lanka and South West India.
Tip, don't ever order a "Breakfast" from any food place, Order a Disk-Mas Huni, You'll get a much more filling and much more traditional Breakfast. The disk is a flatbread akin to a tortilla and Mas Huni is like a Fish jerky salad with Coconut flesh. You rip bits off the disk and pick up Handfuls of the salad and eat. You should try some next time you're over here
@@rexx9496 why compare it to over priced Miami. It clearly looks like a 45 dollar room at the most compared to hotels in other nice Asian destinations.
It maybe cheaper once you get over there, but it's almost 2k just to get over there from the US. But it's definitely something to look forward to. Uh!...maybe you should try the chicken fried rice that William enjoyed so much over there. It was cheaper too😋
Try the food at Paradise retreat (China garden) mafushi...they have some awesome food ..especially try their hot battered cuttlefish.. this restaurant is at the other end of this island mafushi
Loved this thanks for taking us along. I just finished watching William it's great to see both experiences on the island and India. The difference in travel is great fun to watch.
The only tropical island 🏝 where I’ve heard Muslim prayer blasting through the speakers is the Gilli Islands just off the coast of Lombok, Indonesia 🇮🇩 Have you been there?
I noticed that restaurant didn’t serve not one single traditional Maldivian food. It seems it was only catered for foreigners and not locals, hence why it may have been expensive.
Love watermelon juice...make it in my juicer all the time. Freeze what I can't drink - and it makes for a great cold treat. What's going on in Sri Lanka? Why is it not a good time to go there?
The maldive are the Famous places in the world. We call here male some times we call maldivee. We speak here divehi and english. Thak you fot coming to male. Love from sara .love for gabriel . Love for g
You mentioned that Tahiti is expensive and it is but I went to Bora Bora stayed on the main island and got food from the local market and was able to do it cheap. They also have a public beach. Low season is July/August which is there "winter"
Did you run into David Geffen the music mogul? He hung out there during C19. His yacht is disgusting, you can fit 5 school buses on it. So much for the environment.
100 bucks a night in a country you can't even have a beer in normal place so i guess it costs 10 bucks ? that is reasonable pricing? then what is excessive ?
Gabe, some questions for you, please: Do The Maldives get a lot of hurricanes? What made you want to go there, apart from it being different from India? Did you ever rent a moto or cyclo whilst in The Maldives? I reckon it would be hard to get around if one did not have transport. Also, have you ever been to Singapore? That place is on my bucket list! Are there any laws in The Maldives that you were worried about following, or not? Asking because in Singapore you can't chew gum and any drug usage, of any sort, results in an automatic death sentence. Infinity pools are those without coping. The water just spills off of their sides and into a trough below the drop off, the edge. Last question: Have you been to Tahiti? Ever want to go there? I lied, sorry ha, ha: Gabriel if you have leftovers can you take such back to your hotel / inn, and refrigerate them?
Apparently the Maldives aren't in a hurricane zone so they've never happened here. Yes I've been to Singapore: ua-cam.com/users/gabejedmosearch?query=Singapore Motorbikes aren't for rent on the smaller islands, not sure about in the capital of Male. I haven't been to Tahiti yet but would love to see it.
Hello there, as a person from the Maldives i will answer some of your questions. 1. No. We’ve never had any “hurricanes” as far as I remember. However it’s not uncommon to have pretty bad storms during the rainy season which just started and will last till like November. But these usually don’t last very long either. 2. Depends on the island. I know for a fact that some places offer bikes and even scooters for rent. 3. Yes. As Maldives being a muslim country any form of nudity in a local area is very frowned upon and could land you on some good trouble. (Probably wouldn’t get you a death sentence tho lol) All drugs are illegal and will get you in a lot of trouble with the law enforcement here. 4. Yes you absolutely can take the leftovers in 99% of the restaurants. At least here in the local islands Well thats all :) Hope you come here sometime it’s pretty nice. If you do I recommend flying south, in Fuvahmulah there’s a really good spot to dive with tigers.
@@vertica1speed Hello, as you seem to be a maldivian can I ask you two questions? How will be the weather in June usually? Do you think a person is better wait for a dry season to come to maldives or one can travel there in the rainy season and still have fun? I want to go to the maldives in june but I am quite hesitatant because of the weather. Thank you
@@hajarasaad5643 June-July tend to be a lot of rain. Was the like that last year and same again this year. Specially if you’re gonna come for a short stay June maybe not a good idea. I recommend August (or later). Peak tourist season is around November-February. So everything becomes way more expensive during this time. And always good idea to plan your trip according to the weather forcast in this general area. (Check for storm formations around Srilanka, india and also in the Arabian Sea) Hope this helps, travel safe and i wish you sunny skies.
The rain showers remind me of rain showers in Hilo,Hawaii. Torrential showers there at times. Umbrellas don't help with the rain much. 200" of rain there yearly. ☔
That’s one helluva location and hotel lol. This is how a resort should look like. It’s a bit too resort-y for me tho. My ideal is those smaller Greek islands, the Philippines or some parts of Thailand. I’m also a sucker for Goa, obviously. Cheap, local food is a must IMO, and not just something built for tourists.
@@satriawiraguna366 I thought she said she was a Canadian citizen but `yes she does sound like she's from the Ph. And being a Canadian citizen is believable as there are many immigrants from different parts of the world who have become citizens of that country.
I was really enjoying your videos of India and thought you should stay there longer because you highlight places that are unusual. So surprised you are in Maldives. Not that intresting to me.
Our experience of these islands caused us to nickname the locals as " mal- devious'...always surly with the hand out for unearned tips...truly horrific...but escapes scrutiny because of its natural beauty...never again...
By the way, the Maldives was not a British colony as such. It was a "protected state" in official British jargon. British law did not apply over the islands. At no time, were there British administrators in residence. The Maldives were ruled by kings until 1968, and occasionally by queens, whose government enacted laws that applied in and over the islands. There was a Royal (British) Air Force staging post on the southern-most island, named Addu-Gan and on a fenced off area called Maamendu, on the neighbouring Hitadu island from about 1957 to 1976. A British diplomat, Humphrey Arthington-Davy, was in residence in Male and Dunidu for about 3 years in the early 1960s. He wasn't quite diplomatic and so the Maldives authorities asked him to be removed. He was not replaced. Arthington-Davy was later posted as High Commissioner to the Kingdom of Tonga where he got on very well with the locals.
Maldivians speak good English because the government introduced English-medium education gradually from 1961. The first English medium teachers were Sri Lankan Burghers (Dutch-descent, mixed-race people) whose native language was English.
Thanks for the info.
Nice room with balcony 12:11 . Balcony is always nice!
Fish looked amazing to be honest, especially in that setting.
it does look beautiful
20:38 I noticed over the years that whenever Gabe says "hello" to a local he goes into lower octave mode. Sometimes I would think it was from a different speaker. I was going to mention it long ago, but thought he would be conscious of it and wouldn't do it anymore! It's kind of fun and I always look our for it. Anyway I thought I would mention it now, don't know if it would change in the future and he stops doing it (I hope not), but there are quite a few examples from videos past where his "hello" is deep and formal.
Yeah maybe a behavorial thing
I like how you always include the prices in your travels Gab. Makes it much more realistic for the viewers
In this crazy world, one can always find peace and serenity watching nice videos by Gabe. Maldives are certainly beautiful islands. Thanks for putting this up.
That fish dinner really looked XXXXL.
wow are in Maldives at this moment take care always and make more videos.........its so nice to having here in your YT channel
Whao...that menu.....drooling👌👌
I visited the Maldives in May 1998 and stayed at Thulagiri. Very small island with only a few huts back then. It was beautiful! Watch out for sting rays hiding in the sand in shallow areas.
Nice footage of the stormy ocean!
If I'm not mistaken, Male is one of the world's most densely populated place in the world....which you then stated in the video while I was writing this comment :). Awesome video dude, enjoy your staying!
go in the evening or early morning to the beach in front of Arena, you will see baby sharks and a lot of hermitage crabs, it is amazing.
Come to Mauritius
Wow your shirt a total match with your hotel room🤩
I admire how clean and well-kept you are. When I backpack I look like a sweat-drenched bum (not intentionally).
i know right
Thank you Gabriel! Love the videos of Maldives 😊❤😎☀️🌊
HEY! Great buddy. Really enjoyed this video😍I always follow your channel videos ❤💥💯💜💚💥
there's rain and there's rain in the Maldives....i know which is preferable...loving this affordable approach to the Maldives.....much better than the 5 star huts on water..
Best time weather wise to go to the Maldives is in Feb/March. 95% sun and light showers if there is any rain.
Nice work there Gabriel, very informative, I’m already looking forwards to the next vid…👍
i just love all you travelling ! it's plain and simple with a ton of information
I really love this Maldives series, can't wait for more videos!
Really love watching your videos. They’re so informative and you can really tell that you’re so passionate about travelling
🇨🇦😎 never knew your from Vancouver- I’m here on Van island 🏝- thanks for your hard work and showing the world from your perspective
Fantastic video Gabriel have a fantastic time In the Maldives mate
Head over heels bravo, my favourite album.
You should check out Swedish traveler William Taudien's channel. He just left the Maldives. He was staying right on the beach for about 20 USD. These were the smaller islands.
Gabriel did a shout out to William previous video. He said that's why he decided to go to the Maldives.
ua-cam.com/video/BGGX5y77490/v-deo.html
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hope the weather clears up for you.. so get to see the sunny side of Maldives
#proudmaldivian
Hi Gabriel, You are right about the prices in the Caribbean and Hawaii prices are extensively more expensive the only thing is for people who don't want to travel far in the U.S. it makes sense to be closer and less of a commute. Southeast Asia does have many beautiful Islands like Bali and of course, in the nearby Pacific ocean, you do have many American territory Islands which include Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa to name a few of them.
Gabe putting the moves on
The scenic beauty of the Maldives is something to behold, something you can't quite understand until you're there in person.
it definitely looks cool
Musette And Drums is one of my fav Cocteau Twins songs. You have some good choice of music tastes I’ve noticed. From the videos I’ve seen, I see your music tastes includes Curve, Alice In Chains and Cocteau Twins. I’m sure I missed some other artists that were included on your phone in the videos
gabe, start some candy contest for the "kids" who comment first, second, third etc 😅😂😂😂 hilarious really.
I was thinking, well he's not the most adventurous eater, I bet he gets the fish and chips. then you got that monster fish thing lol. Full of surprises you are haha.
One of those hotels around where you are staying, has traditional Maldivian dancing on the weekend. I hope you get to see it it was amazing when I was there! Also I stayed at the Stingray Beach and really enjoyed myself there. Did you see the talking parrot? I have a connection for a yacht that travels around to different islands, if you are interested. I named my price with them and they agreed. It wasn't super expensive either. Have a great time Gabriel!
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Nice vidio .. thanks
Hey,maybe jump across to Christmas Island it's amazing man
Glad i am one of the toutist hordes. Give me a nice sunbed at the pool or the beach, agood book, and not too far to the nearest water hole and i be happy. Let my mind do the exploring, if it cares to bother. Still its great to see ppl. actually do it.
A blessed good day Weekend sir Gabe Wowww what a nice Island of Maafushi a progressive Island and With nice beautiful 😍 Places, and delicious local, Maldivian foods, thank you so much sir Gabe for your Wonderful video tourand Give Us and idea how much hotel accomodations, food prizes, and boat Fare, riding. see u on next Island Adventure there in Maldives stay safe Godbless u 🙏🙂 from your solid fan supporter viewer from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Vhin 😍❤️👏👏👏🙂🙏👏👏👏👏👍
Cool. Haven't seen you for a while. Been watching Ukraine stuff.
Enjoyed watching it
It's amazing seeing the very start of the Monsoon in action as the intense Heat of the Indian subcontinent sucks in warm moist air from the Arabian Sea thus driving those moist West/South West trade winds and bringing the first rains to the Maldives, Sri Lanka and South West India.
Tip, don't ever order a "Breakfast" from any food place, Order a Disk-Mas Huni, You'll get a much more filling and much more traditional Breakfast.
The disk is a flatbread akin to a tortilla and Mas Huni is like a Fish jerky salad with Coconut flesh.
You rip bits off the disk and pick up Handfuls of the salad and eat.
You should try some next time you're over here
its the begiing of monsoon there
Love your coverage.
Greetings Gabriel. I ahve liked and subscribed. What is the name of this hotel? Thanks.
Great video Gabriel
Man, beautiful place.
That fish platter looked like it weighed at half a pound!
Maybe a full pound, it was ridiculously huge, but tough to actually find the meat.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos They did load it down with veggies to make it pass it seemed. Still well presented rest of dinner was also impressive.
Never thought I’d hear Gabriel say 97 dollars for a hotel room is a great deal
I think he might have been going halves on that one.. 😉
cheers Spicy
For a nicer place right on the beach that is quite cheap. Something similar in Miami, Honolulu or Los Angeles would be minimum $400 a night.
@@rexx9496 why compare it to over priced Miami. It clearly looks like a 45 dollar room at the most compared to hotels in other nice Asian destinations.
He’s a high roller
It maybe cheaper once you get over there, but it's almost 2k just to get over there from the US. But it's definitely something to look forward to. Uh!...maybe you should try the chicken fried rice that William enjoyed so much over there. It was cheaper too😋
flights are insane!!!
Try the food at Paradise retreat (China garden) mafushi...they have some awesome food ..especially try their hot battered cuttlefish.. this restaurant is at the other end of this island mafushi
Gabriel,do you normally check-in your backpacks when you fly,because they look too big for carry-on luggage?
Come to Fiji mate, sunny and blue here too with nice hotels, average prices, alcohol allowed everywhere
Hello to all indo fiji folks
and chicks for free ???
@@HEMI345S nope
Chicks for free go to Québec Canada😁
@@HEMI345S That totally depends on your skills
Wonderful
Loved this thanks for taking us along. I just finished watching William it's great to see both experiences on the island and India. The difference in travel is great fun to watch.
Tease...lol Floating bar now Plz! lol funny
Question. How do you get your phone to work in all these countries???
Cool to see that he's a Cocteau Twins fan 👍
I think they overcharge when they see you are foreigh, 20 dollars are you kidding?
The only tropical island 🏝 where I’ve heard Muslim prayer blasting through the speakers is the Gilli Islands just off the coast of Lombok, Indonesia 🇮🇩 Have you been there?
Yes: ua-cam.com/video/EWuyGN-F7NA/v-deo.html
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Nice videos! Hope you get to Sri Lanka .
I noticed that restaurant didn’t serve not one single traditional Maldivian food. It seems it was only catered for foreigners and not locals, hence why it may have been expensive.
is it the right time to visit maldives as its monsoon time in the indian ocean area and those rains can be serious. might rain all day long .
That island looks a lot like Male. Big buildings and concrete. Not my Maldivian fantasy island. Go to Indonesia if you want paradise deserted islands.
Love watermelon juice...make it in my juicer all the time. Freeze what I can't drink - and it makes for a great cold treat. What's going on in Sri Lanka?
Why is it not a good time to go there?
Great 👍 video
Appreciated
nice video.
Hi Gabriel, are you considering Sri Lanka after the Maldives?
The maldive are the
Famous places in the world. We call here male some times we call maldivee.
We speak here divehi and english. Thak you fot coming to male. Love from sara .love for gabriel
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Love for g
You mentioned that Tahiti is expensive and it is but I went to Bora Bora stayed on the main island and got food from the local market and was able to do it cheap. They also have a public beach. Low season is July/August which is there "winter"
Beautiful
mango orange juice is good when thirst
Did you run into David Geffen the music mogul? He hung out there during C19. His yacht is disgusting, you can fit 5 school buses on it. So much for the environment.
100 bucks a night in a country you can't even have a beer in normal place so i guess it costs 10 bucks ?
that is reasonable pricing?
then what is excessive ?
Gabe, some questions for you, please:
Do The Maldives get a lot of hurricanes?
What made you want to go there, apart from it being different from India?
Did you ever rent a moto or cyclo whilst in The Maldives? I reckon it would be hard to get around if one did not have transport.
Also, have you ever been to Singapore? That place is on my bucket list!
Are there any laws in The Maldives that you were worried about following, or not? Asking because in Singapore you can't chew gum and any drug usage, of any sort, results in an automatic death sentence.
Infinity pools are those without coping. The water just spills off of their sides and into a trough below the drop off, the edge.
Last question: Have you been to Tahiti? Ever want to go there?
I lied, sorry ha, ha: Gabriel if you have leftovers can you take such back to your hotel / inn, and refrigerate them?
Apparently the Maldives aren't in a hurricane zone so they've never happened here. Yes I've been to Singapore: ua-cam.com/users/gabejedmosearch?query=Singapore Motorbikes aren't for rent on the smaller islands, not sure about in the capital of Male. I haven't been to Tahiti yet but would love to see it.
Hello there, as a person from the Maldives i will answer some of your questions.
1. No. We’ve never had any “hurricanes” as far as I remember. However it’s not uncommon to have pretty bad storms during the rainy season which just started and will last till like November. But these usually don’t last very long either.
2. Depends on the island. I know for a fact that some places offer bikes and even scooters for rent.
3. Yes. As Maldives being a muslim country any form of nudity in a local area is very frowned upon and could land you on some good trouble. (Probably wouldn’t get you a death sentence tho lol)
All drugs are illegal and will get you in a lot of trouble with the law enforcement here.
4. Yes you absolutely can take the leftovers in 99% of the restaurants. At least here in the local islands
Well thats all :)
Hope you come here sometime it’s pretty nice. If you do I recommend flying south, in Fuvahmulah there’s a really good spot to dive with tigers.
@@vertica1speed Hello, as you seem to be a maldivian can I ask you two questions?
How will be the weather in June usually? Do you think a person is better wait for a dry season to come to maldives or one can travel there in the rainy season and still have fun? I want to go to the maldives in june but I am quite hesitatant because of the weather. Thank you
@@hajarasaad5643 June-July tend to be a lot of rain. Was the like that last year and same again this year. Specially if you’re gonna come for a short stay June maybe not a good idea.
I recommend August (or later). Peak tourist season is around November-February. So everything becomes way more expensive during this time.
And always good idea to plan your trip according to the weather forcast in this general area. (Check for storm formations around Srilanka, india and also in the Arabian Sea)
Hope this helps, travel safe and i wish you sunny skies.
@@vertica1speed Great tips, thank you very much.
I’m enjoying you booking more expensive hotels and the standard of living increasing
The rain showers remind me of rain showers in Hilo,Hawaii. Torrential showers there at times. Umbrellas don't help with the rain much. 200" of rain there yearly. ☔
That’s one helluva location and hotel lol. This is how a resort should look like.
It’s a bit too resort-y for me tho. My ideal is those smaller Greek islands, the Philippines or some parts of Thailand. I’m also a sucker for Goa, obviously. Cheap, local food is a must IMO, and not just something built for tourists.
Have u been to Mauritius?
I dont dare myself to explore the islands in Philipines lol, there are dozens of tourist kidnapping occurences, dont know how that is rn tho.
Lucas Freire I honestly didn’t know that was a thing outside South America. The more you know lol. Thailand, India and the Aegean Sea then.
@@lucasfreire8360 really tourist kidnapping inthe php.?
22:00 hahah
Prices are similar or a little bit higher compared to Caribbean places !
Are you coming to the Caribbean !?
No plans in the near future, but I was there last fall: ua-cam.com/video/N5-7uFaEvqY/v-deo.html
did you fly Air India to Male?
Infinity pool mush be great
Hey Gabriel, great video. That food looked wonderful but I think I would have had the stake and salad. It looked really good.
did you pay cash or card?
I think William Taudien paid less for the hotel room with a beach view.
Great video showing how affordable the Maldives can be for an average traveler!
Wow that's some evil looking weather.
🍺 is not allowed , bye bye 🤣🤣🤣
I can tell the Filipino accent no matter how she does a nose twang 😂 ..
It seems that she is too embarrassed to admit that she is a Filipina, instead lying as a Korean citizen.
@@satriawiraguna366 I thought she said she was a Canadian citizen but `yes she does sound like she's from the Ph. And being a Canadian citizen is believable as there are many immigrants from different parts of the world who have become citizens of that country.
@@KM-vc7iy ah.. yes my bad, I've misheard she mentioned as Korean, correct she mentioned as Canadian.
@@KM-vc7iy She doesnt have a native accent tho
@@lucasfreire8360 To my ear she's putting on a twang which is different to someone sounding naturally Canadian and I can definitely get the Ph accent.
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Hey Gabriel are pain medications allowed in Muslim countries? I'm told that certain ones are illegal.
Tequila is one of them !
Is tipping at restaurants expected there? (Watching from NorCal)
There's a 10% service charge added onto the bill. From what I read it's optional to tip on top of that.
I was really enjoying your videos of India and thought you should stay there longer because you highlight places that are unusual. So surprised you are in Maldives. Not that intresting to me.
Gabe.. « Man, oh man… »that phrase needs to be on a t-shirt 👕 i ‘d buy it. 👍
Difusi 20$ a night on the beach
Our experience of these islands caused us to nickname the locals as " mal- devious'...always surly with the hand out for unearned tips...truly horrific...but escapes scrutiny because of its natural beauty...never again...
no way, thanks for letting me know
These people work long hours n get paid peanuts