The Cairo Gang is a musical declaration uniting the romanticists with the d… Read Full Bio ↴The Cairo Gang is a musical declaration uniting the romanticists with the doomsayers for a round of high fives and hand shakes. The ballad _Mother Earth_ is acoustically organic, delivering the listener an early Neil Young feel with bewitching flutes and bongos. Over the course of recent years, The Cairo Gang has been a lingering passion for Emmett Kelly, a stimulated singer/songwriter with an impressive list of musicians in his rolodex. Performing with a back up band or solo, Kelly always brings a freshened thrill to the world of quiet rock music. After mastering countless instruments, Kelly decided to put his skills to work and record some tunes that have been afloat in his headspace. And thank the heavens he did, because this album perfectly tweaks the butterflies in all of our stomachs. Deep, soft rock for tobacco tinged hearts, that’s The Cairo Gang in a nutshell.

The Cairo Gang has toured w/ Beth Orton & was a guest on the Will Oldhem album "The Letting Go" recorded in Reykjavík, Iceland

While there's nothing new about the Cairo Gang's debut full-length, none of it sounds canned or dated either. How do they make oft-cited influences sound fresh? Long answer: The Cairo Gang take the instrumentation of gentle British 70's folk with the free-form composition and detached, beard-stroking vibe of post-rock, all executed with the fidelity and humility of homespun indie rock. Short answer: The Cairo Gang cuts across musical movements of several years' span to create music sounding distinctly out of time.

Assholes
The Cairo Gang Lyrics

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Drive-By Truckers You buy me dinner when I'm in town Talk about records…
Drive‐By Truckers You buy me dinner when I'm in town Talk about records…
Forrest Day Oh, got tired Everyday was the same Right up until I got…
Mommy Long Legs You can take your money And put it in your asshole You…
The Damnwells Everybody grew up and turned into assholes You don't have t…
X-Rx Careful, you idiot I said across her nose, not up…

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Be What You Are Don't tell me that you're sorry Don't tell me that you…

Me And You You wrote your name on a paper and gave it…
Shivers I've been contemplating suicide But it really doesn't suit m…

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AbsentWithoutLeaving

5y↑100

Best advice I got before traveling to Egypt years ago (1998) - NEVER partake of any activity (including setting even a foot inside a taxi) until you arrive at a pre-arranged price. And expect to bargain hard.

Personal experience - on my traveling companion's bucket list was to ride a camel at the pyramids. Although I had passed on the previous nugget of information to him, while I was wandering around taking photos and he wandered elsewhere, apparently one of the scammers talked him into camel rides for both of us. The next thing I know, here he comes jogging past me on his camel, swathed in Arab gear from head to toe, with another guy dressed in full Bedouin garb, followed by another camel ridden by it's presumed owner, who proceeded to scoop me up onto the camel with him, wrap a headdress around my head, and off we went, trotting rapidly around the pyramids (this was at Gizeh, just at the outskirts of Cairo).

After about a 15-20 minute ride, (and me shrieking in his ear for half of it to let me down, dammit), we were both deposited back on the sands, and I wandered off in a bit of a daze. My companion comes running up to me with a desperate look on his face and says "I don't know what to do, he wants a hundred dollars (EACH!) for the ride!" I just started laughing, but my friend looked a bit terrified, apparently the guy was getting a bit belligerent about the fare. I asked my friend if he had pre-arranged a price and the guy was now trying to strong-arm him into paying this exorbitant amount. Nope. He admitted he hadn't fixed a price before climbing on his camel. Yeesh, lol.

So I go over to the guy, who looks extremely intimidating and immediately starts shouting at me that we owe him $200. I shouted back at him (seemed to be the lingua franca of the deal at that point) who the heck did he think we were and how dumb did we look and hell no we were not giving him $200, we didn't even HAVE $200. He and I roared at each other for a few minutes and eventually arrived at $40 for both, which brought us in at around $20.00 per ride and we paid up. The cab driver on the ride home was shocked when we told him how much we paid, he said the going rate was about $7, but we considered the difference tuition and made sure not to make any similar mistakes again. I still have pictures of my friend on his camel, dressed in his finery. Makes me smile every time, so well worth the added expense.

Hah, 20 years later, it's kind of nice to know some things don't change. Yeah. It's definitely a 'buyer beware' situation in Egypt, lol.

Nick Patch

6y↑4

Thanks for this video mate. I've been travelling around Egypt for the past couple of weeks and I've tried to enjoy myself here but its very very tough at times,....the harassment is real and just so constant. I've travelled to countries far poorer than Egypt and yeah, people haggle for tourist dollars,....but not like here.
Tips for others:
*You will get sick of the words "TAXI" "TIPS" "WHERE ARE YOU FROM".
*Say NO to everyone and anyone who approaches or talks to you in the street and keep walking, they are all scumbags. The good Egyptians will never harass people in the street.
*Inside tourist attractions the constant harassment for tips/camel rides/souvenirs is insanely aggressive, beware.
*Never let anyone know you have foreign currency, just stick to a fair tip in Egyptian currency.
*Disgraceful security guards will happily let tourists walk all over ancient ruins for "tips", don't fall for it and don't wreck the ruins.
*Even some hostel/hotel owners will try and scam you into personal tours claiming to show you "the real Egypt" then proceed to rip you off at every turn or walk you into a souvenir shop.
*Negotiate a price for everything before you even think of doing it. (food, taxis, tours, everything!)
* Use Uber instead of the constant battle with taxis.
*Always ask for a menu even if its Arabic and learn some Arabic numbers because you will always always always be overcharged.
*Always check the change you have been given.
*Never hand over an entrance ticket or a train/bus ticket, ALWAYS wait for them to inspect and hand it back.

I guess the only positive is that I haven't seen or heard about any violent crime or muggings,....Egypt is just scam central.

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Indigo Traveller

6y↑126

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE TO THE END BEFORE COMMENTING 😀✌
All my NEW Egypt videos: https://tinyurl.com/yb7jjm2j
All my OLD Egypt videos: https://tinyurl.com/ycz59cfs
Scammed in Egypt video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwJFDx0DEfg

Thank you for watching! Nick 💗شكرا

Saucy Mo

2:54

Phoenix Zappa

I like the way the people of this nation walk and sometimes try to emulate it.

Omar Sherif TV عمر شريف

@ACR CLAN why

ACR CLAN

@Omar Sherif TV عمر شريف no

ACR CLAN

@Malek Chamsipasha
Bro, how old are you, you need to have some shelf, did you go to the doctor, because you look like you need to go to the doctor, do you need some help like, oh, my God, calm down, it's not a big deal. You're over here crying over a video. You need to grow up and face the truth about your country, but every country is not perfect, everyone face the truth about your country, so what's the point? It's not like the countries are God

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Miro55

6y↑645

Having lived in Egypt for 12 years, and my dad being Egyptian I totally agree with you. It's sad but true and it's nice to see someone like you raising awareness of that.

MFMA Gmail

Egypt is the most safe and friendly place to visit or to live in

MFMA Gmail

@Jet Khet
غور فى داهية قاعد فى مصر ليه

the dark dude

3y↑1

@Hassan attia لا مش مجرد علق كلنا عاوزين نسيب البلد و نهاجر نعيش في مكان انضف و في قانون و احترام و تعليم تضيف و مرتبات كويسة

Yhwach

Did you see.....DIO?

Ahsan Ahmed

All human beings are same. The big question is how is leader like? Hows the government? I believe Egypt has a super corrupted government and system.

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scott stensland

5y↑66

visited Egypt in October of 2011 a few months after the Arab Spring and the entire country was free of tourists ... love the vibrancy of the culture ... beautiful people ... incredible history ... so much to see ... Cairo is one of my most favorite cities ... highly encourage travelers to take their time and enjoy

Malick 2014

@Jon Am Yeah!

Jon Am

2y↑1

apparenlty, not the same anymore!

Malick 2014

Just a few years before that coup d'état.

Халил

4y↑1

Thank u bro, we appreciate

Nadia Mahmoud

4y↑1

Thank you😍🌸😍

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Archie Freddie

5y↑85

Sorry for inconvenience but to enjoy your time in Egypt take a local guide with you along the journey and for transportation now you can use some good applications now like UBER or KAREEM .as it's with fixed price. But Generally Egypt is a wonderful country that deserves to be visited.

Asmaa Ahmed

4y↑4

@samy🖕🖕🖕

samy

4y↑8

nah i,m from there and it,s sucks

AbsentWithoutLeaving

5y↑100

Ryan Lin

Exact same thing happened to my brother. He was asked if he wanted to take picture with camel and as soon as he sits on it, the owner whipped the camel. He had to pay for 15 minutes of camel ride. :))

Truckngirl

4y↑1

That started to happen to me during my time there in 1989. The camel is laying down, the guy asks if I want to sit on his back for a photo. 25 piasters! I hand him my camera and jump up. Next thing I know, the camel stands up! So I'm up there yelling to get down. What do you know! 5 pounds to get off! Lucky for me, my EGYPTIAN HUSBAND comes walking up yelling in Arabic and the guy gets me off quick! Fortunately, I spent most of the three months there in Alexandria, the jewel of the Mediterranean....

Nad K

4y↑3

Invisible discounts my dear... He wanted 40 from the beginning. If he said 40 at the start you would have said no thats too much. This is how the world works from Amazon to the camels in Cairo 😉

Omar Moustafa

6y↑79

I'm Egyptian and I'm glad that you were very respectful in presenting the case!

Jiji M

6y↑686

Even Egyptians get scammed on daily basis ... Unfortunately that's our reality now ... Sorry that you had to witness it and hoping that you will remember Egypt by its kind hearted people .. most of them are ... God bless you Nick

Hassouss

@Turkish Classic bigot

Hassouss

@X the sauce get bent

Nad K

@Turkish like the west and Jews.. Why do you think they are rich 😉

Nad K

What do you expect when the people have been getting raped since all those currupt presidents have been bleeding everyone for every penny since the beginning of time

Yassin Bakry

I’m an Egyptian and I completely understand

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Sumaiya Abdi

6y↑244

An Egyptian trader/Person will literally warn you of being scammed then goes ahead to Scam you right there and then. I've never seen something like that my entire Life!

ÐЯΞΛMЏ

@4050 22 freak what tha... 😂😅🥰 but do you know the name of the girl or anime

4050 22 freak

2y↑1

@ÐЯΞΛMЏ Omg! We got the same pfp!! That's cool

ÐЯΞΛMЏ

3y↑2

IQ 30000

Tola Kindagay

Big brain

child yeeter

3y↑1

They are basically being nice until they give you the middle finger

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Mark T

Thank you for taking the time to share your travel with videos. You NEVER have to explain or credential your experiences for me!

Mark Bucholski

5y↑7

Great video. I spent a month in Egypt travelling around and for the most part people are extremely friendly and welcoming. However, certain people are definitely scammers, especially in Luxor. In less touristy parts of Egypt you will not find many scammers

child yeeter

3y↑1

@Merotx _ im surprised that there aren't many officers in the streets and somehow people are still extremely friendly and not doing illegal things

Merotx _

Exactly , Only Cities With Scammers Are The Ones That Have Tourists No Scammers In The Other Cities , Also Locals Arent Scammers They Are Kinda Friendly.

Charlie Pierce

I appreciate you looking out for us all! Love your videos mate :)

Rania Itani

6y↑146

It takes a real ideal humanist to say something like "I understand the scammers" 😂😂😂 I admire your spirit.

Rodrigo

@Amghannam this is how nazi people thinks

Amghannam

I'm Egyptian and I don't understand the scammers. They should be ..... Basically non-honest people should not be alive.

Radana Sedlackova

Or a coward

Bryan Corts

Ever watch the movie alladin?

Oran Sherf

@Indigo Traveller go 2 cyprus and the west desert of egypt
;ox regrd

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Ben Schaeffer

5y↑183

When I was in Egypt, I was like: "Keep walking."

plane runner

@nuaso damn your brain is “fake”.

plane runner

@Uchiha Wak you do realize only 29.7 are in poverty so not even 1/3

Angry Coder

@tek87 😅👍

Star Dust

😂😂😂

A M O G U S

As an Egyptian I am living my life rn

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candicesj

6y↑4

Scammers really are a huge problem in Egypt! I'm ready to tip more than the average Egyptian would and haggle down prices for objects to an amount that is still more than an Egyptian would manage. When I go to Egypt it's for a vacation, I have a budget that is much higher than the budget the average Egyptian has to live during this period of time and I'm happy to spend and encourage honest people. But so many go beyond this honest way of making a living from tourism. And as a visitor I feel I always need to have my guard WAY up and can't be as open and friendly because who knows if I'm just being set up to be scammed...

Zaky Ehsas

5y↑4

The few bad apples ruin it for everyone. Most people in that region are very kind and hospitable. But once you get scammed, you suspect everyone is out to get you, so you may treat them harshly.

UmmAbdelkhalek

5y↑4

Whenever I’m in Egypt I always travel with family that lives there. Usually the older generation locals can steer you away from that sort of thing. It’s sad so many young adults are unable to find honest work. Also I usually travel in the winter it’s not as saturated on the streets with tourists.

r otaviano

6y↑238

The hotel I stayed in Giza had a guide who took me to see the pyramids. Really nice guy, ex-cop, huge guy. He said "just wear an earphone and if people call you, don't even say "no thank you"... just keep walking and you'll be fine ...".

Must Love Dogs

One time walking in Istanbul by myself (30 yo fair skin fair hair female- thankfully was cold so I was covered up) I was a bit sick of the hasselling lady lady u want tea, come see my shop, where you from etc....I waved and pretended to sign language at them and jester I couldnt hear. They waved and left me alone.

Adham Rushdy

3y↑1

@1.7M views Really? This used to happen in New York as well? How did the government get rid of these practices?

mikemotorbike

5y↑1

"50 ways to leave your Lover", the song goes, and in Egypt there are 50 ways to make a new friend. newsflash: they are all 'ex cops' as military duty is mandatory.

1.7M views

5y↑3

sounds like times square in the 1980's

sazji

6y↑12

r otaviano Yep. It exists in Turkey too, where most people are also lovely. You learn to “not give face” as they say in Turkish. Don’t engage, don’t even make eye contact with people who just come up randomly calling you “my friend” etc.

abedhamid Roman

A great video, in fact i find it very lightened and understanding and very courteous(compared to reality) ,the fact that your much tenderness stopped you from saying that Egypt is not a recommendable place to visit under any circumstances, keep on the good work ,by the way was this video made in Egypt ? Love your train's admiration .

Ahmed Mokhlis

6y↑15

i am egyptian and lived in egypt most of my life. totally agree with you and i like your videos on egypt. keep it up and dont bother about negative thumps.

Indigo Traveller

Thanks ❤️

flyer7799

4y↑7

I really respect your objectivity, openness, positivity and humbleness man, peace and good luck on your travels!

I’m sure you really liked 🇮🇷

Joker 007

Fuck Iran

silverfoenix

6y↑1

Actually same happened to me (I'm Egyptian BTW) when I was buying a new suit! the guy kept following me all the way insisting on new models and reasonable prices...
Good thing my older brother was with me (^_^), he just told me to shut it!
So my only words were NO THANKS with a gentle smile...
That is how you move about in Egypts' markets & bazaars..
Thank you for raising awareness & hopefully the country will stabilize so that these incidents won't happen again

Pause The Moment

6y↑159

I run small group tours to Egypt every October and I can confirm that the worst part about Egypt is the constant hassling and the scams that come along with it. You mention that it's because of Egyptians needing to feed their families and how this is been getting worse since the revolution but to be honest it hasn't changed at all. I was in Egypt a year prior to the revolution and it was exactly the same. Now, I'm not saying that the situation/economy isn't worse now than it was before but what I will tell you is that absolutely nothing has changed when it comes to the hassles/scams that go down there. Traveling to Egypt independently can be incredibly frustrating which is why I decided to start running group tours there. Anyway, great job on all the videos. I've been watching closely. You've really represented what Egypt is all about. It's an incredible country with so much to see and do and despite the issues there, it remains to be one of my favorite countries in the world. -- Ryan

Turkish

One of the oldest scam is the driver offers to take u to a PAPIRUS musium which actualy is a shop and after visit they make you buy one of those shitty cheap papers for rediculoce amount of money or in restuarant they don't give you a menu with price on it the excuse is , it is in Arabic, well it did not work on me but they tried hard

FinallyFree

Yes, Eygpt was like this in 2005.

Mohamed Mahmoud

Pause The Moment hey Ryan how do you run a small group tours to Egypt? Do you have a travel agency??

Thanks,

د أحمد نافع

@joy city volger fuck u you are lier u known that armey protect us

oldrestless

Yes I noticed plenty blog/vlog from way before the revolution that mention constant harassment.

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lunyosss

i got a genuine laugh from this video editing. btw thanks for revealing this. i truly need it for my research. this is what i want from a travel video, pointing the GOOD and the Bad side of a country

James TR

4y↑1

Nothing to do with 2011, it was like this years before. I have been twice and been through the trips to the friend's shops and the trips to banana plantations by boat where they negotiate the return price once you're there or on the way back in the boat. "No, no don't you worry we'll sort the price out later".

Simon Daniell

3y↑2

You're very respectful and too polite! Great vlogs!

R7EC

6y↑3

I have been to Sharm El Sheikh 7 times and all of the times it has been amazing the locals are welcoming to tourists.

However I totally agree with the scams its everywhere people are trying to sell fake items such as watches for cheap and they are fake.

Overall I think its a nice place especially the brilliant weather.

Elliot Garcia

6y↑56

Had to laugh, perfect timing.. Landed in Cairo this morning. Even though I was aware about all that stuff that goes on, Somehow I found my self getting chatted up around Tahrir and ending up drinking tea at his shop. They're so smart. I told him I was just getting breakfast, and then he showed me to a falafel place and said I can eat it at his office (with items costing 300 usd) just because he wanted to give me a business card. ( I knew I landed in his trap) Tried selling me Tours, then paintings. I respectfully declined telling him I'd call if I decide to do one. He then became rude and accusatory saying I'm untrustworthy etc.. and demanded his business card back and kicked me out. I can't believed it happened to me after knowing about it, but also how rude he was. That's not happening again! Only la shukran from now on. The rest of the day was amazing walking around. Sensory overload.

Mohammed Sami

La shukkran, i would love to hear you saying it, anyway....hope you good.

Elliot Garcia

basiladeeb Aside from that event I spent an amazing month in Egypt. I like in Canada as well. Ontario to be exact! Ha ha

BazK

6y↑3

We were scammed as well, and we are Sudanese, Egyptian by descent. It's not just foreigners who get scammed by the way, even Egyptians get scammed by their own people. Things were bad before the revolution, and now it's just unbelievably worse. Like he said: Scams are on steroids in Egypt. Personally, I think that's an understatement. We stayed in Egypt for 6 years by the way, before this shit all happens, and we had a lovely time over there. It's definitely a beautiful country, and the people are very nice and open and chatty. We also like the weather there. It's super nice, except from Jeune to mid-August, but when the sun goes down, the breeze is so nice that you must go out and take a walk around. We now live in Canada. There is a lot to love, except for the weather. It's kinda sad.

Ahmed Daryl

Elliot Garcia hahaha. I have only been scammed by taxi guys

Mohammed Talaat

6y↑1

i'm sorry for what happened to you Elliot , You know we ourselves hate those scammer and harasser.

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Hunter Elliott

4y↑2

I spend 2 months every year in Egypt as it’s such an amazing country..My best advice is to learn to read the price tags and when approached on the street state you actually live in Egypt so not looking to buy anything..I just say I live in zamalek as thst area is well known for expats to live..Don’t be afraid though to meet the locals egyptian people are such friendly and funny people you will ever meet.

amr mahmoud

Zamalek bro good idea .l'm from egypt but when you come egyet you need to show that you aren't tourist if you don't do that i think you should have eggptian friend .
But i want to say that not all people do that .😍😍

Jon Am

2y↑1

I always dreamed of going there. In fact, I have had couple of awesome Egyptian coworkers and friends since 1983. After watching this I find it difficult to visit Egypt! So much for a Muslim country. So sad!

Nick Patch

6y↑4

Sam Sabet's Video's

4y↑20

All you have to do when you feel your being scammed, just say I want a cop...and they will run like the wind.....

مُحَمَّد سَلَّام

6y↑563

Sir, we are egyptians and we are scammed 😅
You just have to be careful and welcome to Egypt 😅

Nomar Gaming

4y↑2

YESSS

Rayan Yumi

4y↑2

@Fares Hussain np

Fares Hussain

4y↑2

@*Rayan Yumi* thank you

Rayan Yumi

4y↑3

Egypt good

Fares Hussain

4y↑2

@Jennie♡ go fuck yourself

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Ganado shinyder

am glad you did this vlog and tell the trues

Mohammed El Massri

Thank you for a well intentioned video , I am Egyptian and confess to the bad things some of my fellow countrymen get up to with Tourists . Its bad for Tourism , and threatens one of our main hard currency income beside the Suez Canal and Oil . The Government should try and do more to protect Tourists and punish the scammers .

Adam Chase

6y↑2

I have noticed a trend that everyone on YouTube that is visiting Egypt seems to be getting scammed.

Run The Atlas

This has been on my bucket list forever- great vid thx for keeping it real! Just subbed! Cheers fellow travel vlogger ✈️

Owen

6y↑2

Had exactly the same happen in Luxor. Took a camel tour in the centre, was supposed to take 45mins. Ended up taking just under 3 hours as he took us to every one of his Brothers/Uncles/Nephews shops. The hassling as soon as we stepped out of the hotel got really tiring and has stopped me from wanting to go back.

swot up

Thank you, I have heard this from so many people.

TheOne888

Just subscribed, love your honest vlogs, will enjoy watching these, good job!

mohammedosman88

Glad you enjoyed my country, lucky you! You have been to places that I never been to.

Regards and thanks for the nice feedback

VT

6y↑425

stop apoligizing and qualifying what your saying. no-ones offended except the scammers.

Chris G

It goes like fuck ur feelings these dsys people are offended about everything who cares tell us the truth

wddr12

They jailed a Lebanese blogger in Egypt because she made a negative vlog about the country while she was there. Countries around the world don’t have freedom of speech.

JNetwork32

Ikr bunch of pussies

Aaron Ruddell

Adam Frisoli implying that there’s no free colleges in Europe 🤨

Amghannam

4y↑1

@Indigo Traveller I bet he'll win. I'm Egyptian and I say f*k these scammers, they ruin our reputation around the world.

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Chris G

Hey thanks for posting videos of travelling to different places it has opened my eyes. You should go to Bosnia and do a show their. Thanks

Super Mashuhuri

Thanks. I kept wondering why the locals kept milling around u all wanting to chat & take selfies in your earlier videos.

One Jobless Man

I've just came back from Egypt a week ago and I think you just have to know your way around and have Egyptian friends... and you're good! You sir were just a pollo da spennare as we say in Italy. But then, that's they way all over the world.

Ilya Kuznetsov

5y↑2

I’ve been to Egypt 6 or 7 times and I can absolutely relate. The best way is to travel with a local friend of yours. And don’t even dare to let your gf to walk alone or with her female friend. I mean it.

sarah hassan

4y↑1

Yes and same in Morocco

Twinkelbell Yell

Oh can i ask why cant we female walk alone??
Cuz am abt to travel there with my gf i mean like the 2 of us.

Aaron Explores

6y↑179

I had the same experience with hustlers in Morocco. I read about it through some blogs before arriving so I was prepared. Well done, it's good to make people aware

mypoint ofview

@sil soares ribeiro following you wanting to bum you?

chris hamlin

5y↑1

Morroco makes Eygpt look like a kindergarten. DO NOT GO TO MORROCO. Love Eygpt

insanebmxthomas

country's great but the people suck.

Anas Streams

@sil soares ribeiro So Sorry For What Happened to You, Yeah This Kind of Behaviour is absolutely disgusting and misreprensents the country and gives it a bad reputation, i hope you had some good time in Morocco :)

sil soares ribeiro

@Anas Streams not only in Marrakech but in all the cities that I visited. A lot of guys following me trough the streets of the medinas. Disgusting!

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Elephant man

5y↑5

Great video show, thanks for your concerted effort put into your travel vlogs. I traveled to Egypt once, but with a college group of 27 people. We were led by a gov't or legit agency guide and they took us to only the legitimate sites and businesses, steering clear of all the tourist "gunk stops" along the way. This was in 2007 when travel to Egypt was in it's hey day. But it seems you put in a lot more work researching these tips, on your own. So I give you a lot of credit and kudo's for your work, and hope to see more of your travel video's 👍

Crusty cow

I'm an Arab and I really appreciate your insight keep doing what your doing ❤️❤️❤️

mypoint ofview

Tzwjih

joshua brown

5y↑14

Love your channel. I'm leaving for Egypt Wednesday. Other than the scammers, any other advise? Is UBER really legit there?

Adham Rushdy

@Mariem Magdy But why is uber not allowed at the airport?

Ali Yahia

Yea

Mariem Magdy

it works fine in big cities. I doubt you will be able to get an UBER from the airport tho. The government somehow doesn't allow uber drivers unless they're very discreet to pick people from Cairo airport. (This was until the last time I was in Egypt a few months ago. I couldn't take an UBER from the airport but was able to get an UBER back to the airport when leaving Egypt but the driver instructed me to not tell any of the security people at the airport that he's an UBER driver)

Sophia Faris

Thank you for bringing this up. You're absolutely right about both the scamming as well as the bad income driving force behind it, and such experience is not exclusive to foreigners, it also happens to us as locals too. However, Egypt has a population of nearly 100 million people and I am sure you did not come across all of them, unfortunately, short time tourists do run into such encounters with common street pushovers, yet do not get to meet and engage with the upper class and educated elites. Bottomline, it is the economy!

Nico Bruin

You kinda have to fall for it once to really learn the lesson. I got scammed in Tunisia when I was 19, I feel a lot more confident now that I sort of know the basic trics.

icekick101

Bro I like the way you laid it out to the viewers nice and easy!!

Carol Hurst

Loved the edits!!

Phineas Hartson

Awesome commentary. Egypt is one of the TOP countries I want to visit.

Elle B

6y↑4

Love that you talk about the good and bad parts to keep an eye out for when traveling. Keep up the fantastic videos!

Indigo Traveller

Appreciate that Elle! All the best!

Abdulrahman Soliman

Brother I totally respect ✊ your opinion keep it up I like to watch your videos and see you talking about Egypt and criticizing it as long your way of criticism is constructive and thank you for trying to show the truth
Have a great day👍

Hussein Hamroush

Young sir you make a valid point as I am a native to the country. Thank you for your input

Elias

5y↑93

I visited Cairo two months ago and I meet really kind and humble egyptians, especially in downtown area and not the tourist places.

Salma Kamaal

really kind and humble Egyptians😂😂😂😂😂

Ramy’s life

Those are Egyptian’s personality I am from Egypt and I live there

DetectiveGhost

@Abdalla Omran same

Egypt Made Easy

Great to hear !

Yassin Amir

You are right

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Sameh Hosny

That awkward emotion of feeling guilty is soooooooooo funny as I experienced that many times 😂😂😂😂

Indigo Traveller

😂😂😂

The New Travel

6y↑284

Sad that a lot of people are giving this a thumbs down.... some people just want to pretend that everything is perfect and not get real for a moment. But it's important to talk about this stuff. The country where I experienced the most scammers was in Morocco. But with that being said, there were a lot of extremely friendly people there who would want to guide me around or show me things, and they didn't expect any cash in return. Sadly though the scammers make it difficult to determine who is a friend and who just wants your money.

Jacqueline Voss

@Keyser Soze because Egypt is beautiful and mostly safe. Not worse than the us for example

Radana Sedlackova

I think they are giving thumbs down for Nick's understanding for and sympathy with the scammers

C Ro

@Keyser Soze Makes sense, but what do you expect he has to be kind of positive all the time for his job. It seems like all the food and travel vloggers love every shitty dish and city. Hence, I don't mind this video at all.

Keyser Soze

@Big Viel I give it a thumbs down because this idiot goes to the worst parts of the world to make travel vlogs like he has some sixth sense about the best places to visit. Once in awhile he almost dies and then tells a little story but still recommends the city or country as a great place to travel to. Seriously, why the fuck would anyone ever take a vacation in Egypt? Ever?

Big Viel

Yes and it will be our demise if we don’t stop the conditioning of our children so that they can be united in the world but safe and living in reality.

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AYL Yi-Huh

6y↑1

my heart goes out to egypt. during my travels, ive thought that the country is to a point of no return. this is capped off by a recent story where a foreign woman was sentenced to 7 years in prison for strong public blasting of egypt

Ya Şam

Dude you have a great personality! I would love to meet you, make me know if you have any plans of visiting Republic of Georgia! We have some nice and beautiful cities in here like Batumi and Tbilisi, google it down you will get positive things I am sure! And its super cheap here too!

Reem M

lmfao the egyptian arabic subtitles is on point, no way you did it by yourself

spaceymad

Adore your Egypt videos!

Stable Genius

6y↑56

The egyptian government recently passed the law that bans that sort of praxtice which is a good thing for tourism hopefully

Ok Ok

TheDodicat Tf do you mean, they removed most scammer shops in Giza and Khan el Khalil. How is that not any better?

Groovy Satan

4y↑1

Lol how naive can you be?

Mustang

@DH Deria yeah but authority in Egypt don't take no one's shit , they will drag you by your ears into prison if you break laws like that lmao

DH Deria

5y↑13

Law is only on papers mate..

Keyser Soze

5y↑1

lol

Daniel Grant

Come to Colombia! I’ll be your tour guide. You’ll love it!

Saif elden Sakr

I'm an Egyptian and I'm really thank you about this video cause some people took a black image about Egypt cause of small problems .. Thanks for making people aware about how to treat these kind of people .. Thanks also for taking care of Egypt and their international image 😍💗

Indigo Traveller

Cheers!

Chris Brown

6y↑41

As always what you are saying is 100% truthful and I hope no Egyptians take great offense to what your saying. Reality is reality and unfortunately for Egypt they have become very reliant over the years on tourist dollars and honestly I can't even imagine how it is right now. I visited Egypt (and loved it by the way) prior to the revolution, I went with a guided tour group which at times insulated us from scams but I never experienced the level of hustling that I came across going to various sites throughout Egypt so I can only imagine how it is now that millions are not flocking to the country. Like you I don't blame the Egyptian people for this and I totally understand the situation many find themselves in but yeah tourists need to have thick skin when traveling through Egypt because if you look like a tourist (which I don't) your going to be constantly harassed and it will be difficult to determine who is actually just being friendly and who is trying to scam you/get you to buy something you more than likely don't want.

Kamacho

We arent offended also Egyptians get scammed in Egypt alot

naba hrhhr

6y↑1

actually even us egyptians get scammed by them so yeah you aren't the only ones suffering :P

Ramy El serag

What if i told you they scam Egyptians Too XD

abdelrahman soliman

6y↑1

Chris Brown we are not offended by truth

Mostafa badie

6y↑1

indeed , you should blame the Egyptian people for this .. they love making and live in corruption .

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Hossam Elmasri

salute for you man most of us know you and your videos that is honest from you thank you

FRANZ

5y↑3

I remember my trip to singapore , it was my first out of the country ever so i was so excited and naive , we book a hotel online and when we arrived we can't find the hotel because it's non existent 😅 we ask other hotels and establishment and they said it has been long gone , we were scammed! We are on a travel budget good thing this other hotel understand our situation because they knew its not the first time they encounter a tourist that had the same issue with that non existent hotel , they let us sleep in the lobby for a night , we are on a budget we cant afford to stay for a night because we already pre planned everything , we only need one night because we are waiting for my cousin anyway , lesson learned and on a brighter side we are thankful for people who helped us they very kind and wer still friends on facebook and told them if they come to my country contact us we will help them as well anyway we can , if not for them we will be sleeping on the street first day on our trip 😂

nikezri92

Thats horrible. Did you book through bookingdotcom, agoda etc.? Or was it prior to?

Yara Wolf

I’m really sorry that you had to go through this here in Egypt, I’m Egyptian myself, i have lived in Egypt my whole life and I’ve never traveled to another country abroad, and what you said is a 100% true, it’s not offensive at all, in fact I’m happy that you’re saying the truth and being honest about all of your experiences

K IE

I have been to an incredible amount of countries too, easily 50+, and I have got to say Egypt is the only place I actually fell for the scam. This guy told me he worked for my hotel and that he recognized me, then proceeded to help me go shopping for food and then took me to his "brother's perfume store".

Hello Joane

VERY USEFUL VIDEO. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

Adel Ramzy

Yes my bro, I totally agree with you, I am Egyptian and I knew what are you talking about. And thank you so much for all your wonderful videos in Egypt 🇪🇬, I really appreciate that you were so nice 👍 when you talked about Egypt. Greetings from Los Angeles California, Adel, the Egyptian American high school art teacher and painter.

Matt

4y↑4

I went to Hurghada last year on holiday, and whilst there we did a day trip to Luxor. Whilst we were in Luxor, an older Egyptian man tried to sell me a plaster-cast cat statue, claiming it was alabaster stone. He asked for 400 Egyptian Pounds. I responded “20?” (£1 Sterling) and he accepted. It now sits proudly on my desk in front of me 😂 I love Egypt by the way, been 6 times and would happily go again ❤️

Mostafa fawze Mahmoud

@Matt Best people 😄

Matt

@Mostafa fawze Mahmoud we are from South West England 😁

Mostafa fawze Mahmoud

@Matt Thank you, my friend, where are you from?

Matt

3y↑1

@Mostafa fawze Mahmoud our experiences that we have had would 100% agree with your statement. Egyptian people are so kind and considerate, and what we have been led to believe is that this is the Egyptian culture - to be kind and generous and good people ❤️

Mostafa fawze Mahmoud

3y↑1

Try to go to Egypt without money, and you will find that the Egyptian people will help you for free

Bob Neal

Hi there. I've watched all your videos about egypt. I was born and raised in egypt . Moved to canada in 1997. And every 2 years I visit egypt. I'm going this December. To comment about your video, I agree with everything you said. And thank you for visiting our great country. It's sad we lost a lot of tourism. I hope people like you can inspire more people to visit. And with the scams, yea of you are not from egypt, they will try to take as much money as they can. It happened to me.

Monica Farag

6y↑116

So sorry that you had to witness that
I am Egyptian myself and once in Luxor i did defend a tourist was about to get scammed at Karnak
And I remember the man telling me i need to feed my kids and i was in the middle of it crying deep down that people had to do it to survive
Sorry for the inconvenience
For a tip make sure you always travel with a local to save yourself the trouble that come with it
Best of luck nick

deep blue

6y↑2

Wow..!!..why bother making kids,if one cannot feed them without robbery,and what will these kids become in future where there body is made of robbed money,food and curses of people who got cheated ..!!..

mohamed ahmed

مصر الجميلة حضرتك دا في القاهره يعني العاصمه المفروض تبقي وجهه مشرفه مش تبقي بالمستوي دا يعني!!

Tia Yahya

6y↑6

الناس الزي اكونت "مصر الجميلة" ده من الاسباب اللي بتكرهني في البلد ده

Ahmed Megahed

6y↑2

مصر الجميلة الراجل عامل يجى ٣٠ فيديو بيقول للناس ان مصر حلوه وامان وبيشجع الناس انها تيجى دى حاجه الرئيس ذات نفسو معملهاش وعشان قال حاجه حقيقية بتحصل فعلا فى مصر ينبة بيها ال ميعرفش يبقى هو نصاب ومش كويس 😕

chekaldinho 89

انا حاسس ان اللى بيتكلم دندراوى الهوارى مش عارف ليه

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Youssef JOE

5y↑21

I am from Egypt
And your words are true but I would love to tell you that they dont represent the Egyptian people if you are away from the touristic areas youll see the Good People

Mikko Valtonen

5y↑5

"Every day I'm hustlin'" XD

Keb

5y↑78

I'm from NYC, thought I was scavy and street smart being from there. Also I've traveled to many countries over the last 15 years. Yet I was scammed in Cairo. Never thought it would happen to me. Met a man who said he worked at the museum, one thing lead to another. Next thing I knew I was in a shady shop in a room with fake oils that I bought for 200 US dollars. It all happened so fast. This happened in 2013 and I'm still trying to figure out what the hell happened, considering I'm a huge minimalist. lol

Ahmed Nagi

كسم الضحك

Amghannam

4y↑1

Just don't talk to people and ignore random people on the street who try to talk to you. Easy..

Om Village

4y↑6

This same thing happen to me... Exact situation

Ray Mg

4y↑9

It’s call manipulation.. and they stole from him by manipulating him in some kind of way. He is not stupid.. he is just a innocent person walking the streets in Egypt and getting scam and manipulated... that’s how people in Egypt steal your shit...

Mohamed Shawky

lol iam egyptian and i never a scammers like this before damn .. unlucky u man sry for this

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Badass Lifestyle

3y↑1

I lived 6 months in Egypt, no big deal just have in mind that the average salary is $200 so as a rule of thumb you shouldn't spend more than 400 or 500 a month as a budget tourist

Erin Connelly

6y↑14

I was followed down a block by a guy after leaving Cairo airport trying to get me to go into his cab, even though I could see the hotel I was staying in. It was my first foray in Egypt. Still loved the country and people and can't wait to go back. I just did extensive research to know what to expect before I arrived.

Indigo Traveller

Nice

ÐЯΞΛMЏ

3y↑3

I'm egyptian and I'm agree with you the spam is a real problem but the government is trying to stop it but sadly it's still happening to some of new tourists so you should have some experience and thanks for the respectful video

Mohammed Ali

4y↑6

I'm from Egypt and that's true and keep going you're a good man 💚🇪🇬

Cazzedini

thank you for the information! and the downvotes on this video are just people who are in oblivion and thinks everything in this world is perfect and nothing needs to be talked about or raised awarnes about

Ken Chapman

Good to share this sort of info so people are aware of it b4 they travel to Egypt and know how to not get scammed.

Karin B

6y↑13

So balanced and informative! Thank you for always being honest but kind about the places you visit! ☀️🌤🌙 <— get it? 😄 Peace! ✌🏼

Indigo Traveller

6y↑2

Thank you, Karin. Appreciate it, liked the emojis too 😍

George Byron

I had watched your video before I went to Cairo last year and I still fell for it! The limit was whilst I was in a shop battling the attempts of being scammed and not falling for it, the guy asked me for my sunglasses as compensation for his time....I was ok with that as they were cheap and I had a spare pair....but it didn't stop there, he then asked me for my selfie stick for his sister! I actually laughed in his face at that and said no, what is she going to do with that! I'm going back this year, this time ill ask him to swap his sister for my selfie stick. ;-)

heals005

6y↑1

I see tour guides paying 2000 to go into shafts around the pyramids

Abdalla

6y↑3

The guy who broke the shop, where is that scene from? Cracked me up 😂😂

Michael Marx

5y↑2

Borat.

cav3man82

6y↑1

You have good videos and good content but please just speak freely and frankly (you don't need to couch everything with "this isn't to bash Egypt.." or "this isn't to say there aren't anything good"); nothing you said was untrue or gives an imbalanced view of the country as a tourist. Sometimes the world just sucks, you're not being mean by being straightforward and frank about it. I've been to Egypt and what you described was exactly my experience too -overwhelmingly, and what a shame to the point where it was almost impossible to enjoy a city with so much culture and history. I've been to other countries where there is scamming or hawking of tourist but nothing as pervasive or on the level of Egypt. I shudder at the reminder of endless random people coming up and making obviously disingenuous smalltalk just to sell something overpriced and unwanted. Lastly, even my Egyptian friends themselves admit the situation is sad. He said something like people come once (probably for the Great Pyramid), and never want to comeback. Sad but true. Btw, I went a year before the revolution.

Global Citizen

Thank you for the information! 👍🏼👍🏼

Spasoje Kulašević

Hahaha the little stories. Hilarious

shymaa samir

I hope that you'll be able to meet some good Egyptians as well who still believe in hospitality and good manners

Ramzy

5y↑3

As someone who travelled to Egypt Pre-revolution and post-revolution, multiple times, YOU ARE SPOT ON when you say its the revolution/political problems post-mubarak that created the HUGE INCREASE in scams........ I remember pre-revolution everything was soooo cheap, it was so calm, we were not scammed or bothered by street hustlers much. Years later I travel post-revolution, EVERYTHING has changed, the apartment building I used to stay in on the nile like quadrupled in rent and was fully booked for some reason. The price of taxis and food and EVERYTHING went up, and corruption and scamming were through the roof, I noticed the taxi drivers and many people I dealt with tried scamming and overcharging cuz they knew I wasnt a local (Even though I speak arabic and come off as a jordanian). But things changed sooo much post-revolution, but I noticed the increase in scamming was part of it. its crazy

Omar Abdelazeez

fair enough to say that ..and as an
egyptian i thank you for teeling truth ..every country around world has the good and the bad..we wish that this will end some day .

volt

I've lived in egypt for 12 years and thankfully never got scammed because I always say I'll see then I leave

Notmapis

They usually avoid you if you have that kind of atmosphere around you

Monica Lebar

i got my ticket to Egypt for eight days. I experienced the same you are talking about, as a solo traveler in almost 30 countries I felt so unsafe there. On the 4th day I booked a ticket to Istabul, and visited there for a second time instead.

Eero Kosmaa

I usually ended up stonewalling them after a year of travel. Treated them like the continuous flow of motorbikes: it's a part of the ambience, it goes on in the background :D

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