Hi, just wondering about that neighborhood Palm Hills, you filmed from in your last day in Cairo (Which was oddly at the beggining) Is that at all typical of Egypt? Foreigners or just rich Egyptians. Looks real nice.
The video quality isn't all that great but the thing that bothers me most about this short piece is the volume of absolutely incorrect information about Zamalek. Did this woman actually LIVE in Cairo or just visit for a couple days?? The information about streets, traffic, driving, restaurants, etc., is pathetically inaccurate and misleading.
@merrytraveller Part 1...The Palm Hill neighborhood of 6 October City is NOT typical of the greater Cairo area or Egypt as a whole. The average Egyptian does NOT live in single family building with a swimming pool. And your video clips of Zamalek are also NOT typical of Cairo. Zamalek is one of the most affluent and westernized districts of Cairo. If you want to see how most people in Cairo live then go to the districts of Shubra, Al Haram, Marriotteya, etc.
@merrytraveller Part 2..."Abu el Sayeed restaurant is one of the top ten international restaurants"??? I've been there, and trust me - it isn't. Just walk around the corner to La Bodega restaurant on 26 July Street for better food. Or go to Khandahar restaurant in Medan Sphinx. Your comment about that restaurant is a joke and makes me think that you seldom left the comfort of westernized Zamalek.
@klkennedy100: la bodega is fabulous. and abou el sid is in fact on a top list of restaurants. i tried posting the link on your wall, but it does not appear. i can private message it to you if you like.
@merrytraveller Part 3....the street in Zamalek is a narrow street and hardly shows "traffic chaos" as you call it. You want to see REAL traffic chaos in Cairo, then spend an hour (or two) in Medan Tahrir - the heart of downtown Cairo. Or maybe Al Haram or Gamaat el dowal el Arabaya street in el Mohandiseen. And your use of the term "incredible manifestation" doesn't make any sense at all. Unless of course you are referring to your ridiculous sense of reality.
@klkennedy100: hahahaa!!! you're talking to someone who had to chase a cab around midan tahrir cause i left my cell phone in the car by accident, and who was scared to cross Gamaat El Dowal when i first moved there. so yes, i KNOW traffic chaos. zamalek is not quite as nutty, but for alot of my friends back home, just the act of jaywalking can cause chaos :)
as for the term "incredible manifestation" it is one that is understood by most of the people subscribed to my channel.
@merrytraveller Part 4...show what Cairo is REALLY like. Egyptians are wonderful people that largely live a difficult and challenging life. Your video makes it all seem so easy and westernized. The city and its 18 million people have so much to offer and share and you seem to totally miss that aspect of this wonderous country.
....posted by a western and Arabic-speaking expat with ten years of living experience in Egypt and seven additional years in other Arab countries.
@klkennedy100: this video was not about showing what cairo is really like. this video was just me sharing what i experienced during a weekend visit. i clearly state that i was visiting a friend.
Many thanks for this. Me and my twin sis (English) were born in Cairo at 9 Kamel al Mohammed street, Zamalek in 1948 leaving after a certain event 1956 :-) and this was a nice nostalgic trip. Lets have some more Zamalek vids!
in your other videos you insist you don't speak or understand arabic, yet you say here in this video that you lived in cairo for 3 years. How could anyone live 3 years in a city and not pick up the language?
@fendimarcus You'd be surprised. If you don't put in any kind of an effort to learn, you won't. I stay 4 months in Cairo every year, and I am moving permanently there in 10 months, and I was able to pick up the language very fast, but that is because I really tried, and I studied on the side. It's obvious that she hasn't had to use arabic because most everyone in egypt can speak a little bit of english.
@layla302 ...true had she done it a few months at a time, but trust me when you live for 3 years anywhere, a time comes when suddenly you find yourself understanding full sentences and being able to form full sentences.
@layla302 I have lived in Egypt for ten years and have learned to speak Arabic nearly fluently. I can guarantee you that there are MANY Egyptians who do not speak a word of English. The Zamalek area of Cairo is quite westernized, however, with many expatriates and English is quite common in that part of the city.
@klkennedy100 Yes, there are many people who don't speak english, but I know many americans who go to live in egypt and never learn to speak it because they didn't have to. I am an example of this. I find that when I go into egypt, most everyone that I come across speak at least a few words of english.
@fendimarcus Clearly the author of this video didn't make any effort to learn the language or appreciate the country, its people, or the culture. She refers mostly to westernized parts of Cairo where English is more common. Outside of those areas, not many Egyptians speak English. This author seems to have been on an extended vacation.
@fendimarcus: unlike most people who say they speak a language after picking up the basics, i don't feel comfortable saying i speak a language just because i know how to get by. i did pick up quite a bit of arabic while i was there, but definitely not enough to claim i am fluent. the reason i state what i do in other videos is because alot of people were writing in arabic and i don't know how to read or respond. nor am i quick enough to understand other arabic dialects and carry a conversation.
Hi, just wondering about that neighborhood Palm Hills, you filmed from in your last day in Cairo (Which was oddly at the beggining) Is that at all typical of Egypt? Foreigners or just rich Egyptians. Looks real nice.
kithp 1 year ago
Putos cabrones ojala desaparezcan del mapa...putooooossss
mlms 1 year ago
@bLaCkKAt312 i can't wait to go BACK!
merrytraveller 1 year ago
The video quality isn't all that great but the thing that bothers me most about this short piece is the volume of absolutely incorrect information about Zamalek. Did this woman actually LIVE in Cairo or just visit for a couple days?? The information about streets, traffic, driving, restaurants, etc., is pathetically inaccurate and misleading.
klkennedy100 1 year ago
@klkennedy100 i would really like to know why this was inaccurate and misleading.
merrytraveller 1 year ago
@merrytraveller Part 1...The Palm Hill neighborhood of 6 October City is NOT typical of the greater Cairo area or Egypt as a whole. The average Egyptian does NOT live in single family building with a swimming pool. And your video clips of Zamalek are also NOT typical of Cairo. Zamalek is one of the most affluent and westernized districts of Cairo. If you want to see how most people in Cairo live then go to the districts of Shubra, Al Haram, Marriotteya, etc.
klkennedy100 1 year ago
@klkennedy100: i never said they were. this was simply taking video of places i visited and editing them together.
merrytraveller 1 year ago
@merrytraveller Part 2..."Abu el Sayeed restaurant is one of the top ten international restaurants"??? I've been there, and trust me - it isn't. Just walk around the corner to La Bodega restaurant on 26 July Street for better food. Or go to Khandahar restaurant in Medan Sphinx. Your comment about that restaurant is a joke and makes me think that you seldom left the comfort of westernized Zamalek.
klkennedy100 1 year ago
@klkennedy100: la bodega is fabulous. and abou el sid is in fact on a top list of restaurants. i tried posting the link on your wall, but it does not appear. i can private message it to you if you like.
merrytraveller 1 year ago
@merrytraveller Part 3....the street in Zamalek is a narrow street and hardly shows "traffic chaos" as you call it. You want to see REAL traffic chaos in Cairo, then spend an hour (or two) in Medan Tahrir - the heart of downtown Cairo. Or maybe Al Haram or Gamaat el dowal el Arabaya street in el Mohandiseen. And your use of the term "incredible manifestation" doesn't make any sense at all. Unless of course you are referring to your ridiculous sense of reality.
klkennedy100 1 year ago
@klkennedy100: hahahaa!!! you're talking to someone who had to chase a cab around midan tahrir cause i left my cell phone in the car by accident, and who was scared to cross Gamaat El Dowal when i first moved there. so yes, i KNOW traffic chaos. zamalek is not quite as nutty, but for alot of my friends back home, just the act of jaywalking can cause chaos :)
as for the term "incredible manifestation" it is one that is understood by most of the people subscribed to my channel.
merrytraveller 1 year ago
@merrytraveller Part 4...show what Cairo is REALLY like. Egyptians are wonderful people that largely live a difficult and challenging life. Your video makes it all seem so easy and westernized. The city and its 18 million people have so much to offer and share and you seem to totally miss that aspect of this wonderous country.
....posted by a western and Arabic-speaking expat with ten years of living experience in Egypt and seven additional years in other Arab countries.
klkennedy100 1 year ago
@klkennedy100: this video was not about showing what cairo is really like. this video was just me sharing what i experienced during a weekend visit. i clearly state that i was visiting a friend.
merrytraveller 1 year ago
Many thanks for this. Me and my twin sis (English) were born in Cairo at 9 Kamel al Mohammed street, Zamalek in 1948 leaving after a certain event 1956 :-) and this was a nice nostalgic trip. Lets have some more Zamalek vids!
Thanks again
rinpoche256 1 year ago
@rinpoche256 so glad to hear that!! i watch this video every time i want to take a trip back :)
merrytraveller 1 year ago
in your other videos you insist you don't speak or understand arabic, yet you say here in this video that you lived in cairo for 3 years. How could anyone live 3 years in a city and not pick up the language?
fendimarcus 1 year ago
@fendimarcus You'd be surprised. If you don't put in any kind of an effort to learn, you won't. I stay 4 months in Cairo every year, and I am moving permanently there in 10 months, and I was able to pick up the language very fast, but that is because I really tried, and I studied on the side. It's obvious that she hasn't had to use arabic because most everyone in egypt can speak a little bit of english.
layla302 1 year ago
@layla302 ...true had she done it a few months at a time, but trust me when you live for 3 years anywhere, a time comes when suddenly you find yourself understanding full sentences and being able to form full sentences.
fendimarcus 1 year ago
@layla302 I have lived in Egypt for ten years and have learned to speak Arabic nearly fluently. I can guarantee you that there are MANY Egyptians who do not speak a word of English. The Zamalek area of Cairo is quite westernized, however, with many expatriates and English is quite common in that part of the city.
klkennedy100 1 year ago
@klkennedy100 Yes, there are many people who don't speak english, but I know many americans who go to live in egypt and never learn to speak it because they didn't have to. I am an example of this. I find that when I go into egypt, most everyone that I come across speak at least a few words of english.
layla302 1 year ago
@fendimarcus Clearly the author of this video didn't make any effort to learn the language or appreciate the country, its people, or the culture. She refers mostly to westernized parts of Cairo where English is more common. Outside of those areas, not many Egyptians speak English. This author seems to have been on an extended vacation.
klkennedy100 1 year ago
@fendimarcus: unlike most people who say they speak a language after picking up the basics, i don't feel comfortable saying i speak a language just because i know how to get by. i did pick up quite a bit of arabic while i was there, but definitely not enough to claim i am fluent. the reason i state what i do in other videos is because alot of people were writing in arabic and i don't know how to read or respond. nor am i quick enough to understand other arabic dialects and carry a conversation.
merrytraveller 1 year ago
Can you please guide me in Egypt, and show me around or any one that can do that.
thank you
the1king2u 2 years ago
@the1king2u that's nice of you.
merrytraveller 1 year ago
Thanks, I really enjoyed the little trip to Egypt ;)
SmartPinkApple 2 years ago
@SmartPinkApple so happy to hear that!!
merrytraveller 1 year ago
it's so nice
mdalsayed 2 years ago
@mdalsayed i know :)
merrytraveller 1 year ago
@merrytraveller when u will come back
mdalsayed 1 year ago