 So how are you guys? How is everyone doing? It's been a long time That I didn't record outside and to be honest with you guys I I wasn't living the house At all. I mean, you know, Ramadan came I was recording interviews working on on Arabic like an Arab program. I would like an Arab And I was kind kind of busy Now today I want to record this vlog just to update you guys. I know you guys like to see our side You know, it's nice house next to me I mean it is all desert like poverty, etc, but But yeah, what I was trying to say is that I want to record this vlog and And And I was saying that as well You know, I was I was I was kind of busy these days, you know with Ramadan and and I just couldn't manage to to stick on my routine. I am a morning person and and Ramadan got me Got me well Ramadan and Saturday and down as well here in Mauritania. It got me kind of messed up in terms of my my schedule So I'm gonna walk you guys today a little bit around. Oh, yeah What I was trying to say is that today I'm I'm going outside walking actually Ahmed is not with me which is the person that usually drive me around because He had a Small accident, you know, so you guys make make down. I make down make the eye for him. He got a small accident so the car is You know the car is Is at the mechanic right now and and I need to get this internet the quickest I need I have three megabytes per second right now. I need eight megabytes per second in order to So that's what we I'm about to do right now. So I'm gonna walk you guys around a little bit show you a little bit You know, Mauritania There's the main road that you see once you are Once you kind of leave my neighborhood And I'm gonna pick a taxi right now and go to the ministry of foreign affairs Which is where? Which is where We have an appointment with the brother Ahmed Salamu alaikum I'm the lover coffee So I just pick a taxi right now as you guys can see the taxes here. There's people in the taxi already when you jump again so So the reason why my appointment is in the foreign in the ministry of foreign affairs is It's because I don't know how to get anywhere else really and so that's the closest places to me and to him So you guys I'm gonna record a little bit Okay, what are you doing? I tried to speak in English Where do you learn English? Just here in Mauritania Really? Or do you used to work with like tourists or maybe around the Bahar or something? Actually surprised me. Do you mind if I put you on my YouTube channel? You don't mind yeah, is there a problem if I put you on the camera? What What do you want about that? I don't like no actually I don't like that You can explain me why you put in my yeah, basically I have I have a YouTube channel Yeah, yeah, I know that and And there is a lot of people and when I watch your YouTube that skin Yeah, there's people who wants to know about Mauritania Mauritania Mauritania between Senegal and Murray Republic when you tell the first about it in the Republic between Senegal and money Morocco and Algeria Is have a vast territory Yeah, and how's the living here for the person who's the person who's not a Mauritanian is it dangerous for him to live here? Is it dangerous for him to live in Mauritania who as a foreign person? No, no, no, no It's not it's not dangerous to live in Mauritania Apostles that's when you coming abroad Mauritania Yeah When you come in to live in Mauritania abroad coming abroad that's we can can be very can be very easy and Good for you. No, because you can open the shop I'm gonna come. I'm gonna come. I'm gonna get off here as well Get down here Sorry guys for that I had to kind of cut in a In a harsh way because I had to get off But we are the foreign affairs the ministry of the foreign affairs affairs here And to be honest, I'm not sure but I think is where you renew your visas and your residence Now in terms of me guys to give you a little bit of context and and if anyone can relate to this or or if anyone Has Senegalese or has the possibility to get a Senegalese passport And is the thing that I was thinking this this last few days is that if you have a Senegalese passport You can't live in Mauritania as a citizen basically So it's it's for example me as an as an Spanish person I can go to France and I don't even know residence or anything like that So it's the same here in Mauritania In terms of In terms of residency if you are Senegalese, I'm not sure about any other country like Morocco or anything like that. I just know Senegalese because that's what because my father's Senegalese and so Lately I was thinking about that. I even spoke to my father yesterday. He's in Senegal at the moment And I told my father that I need That I need my passport so I can stay here and I don't have to go through through all these Hustle of getting visas, etc. And you know having to think about Having to think about what is expiring and these and that and I can actually you know Just just be here. And I'm doing a lot and and the reason why I'm happy about this Is because being in Egypt for five years It was a struggle to get the visa I mean anyone Anyone who's been in Egypt can can relate to that That is it's just I'm getting a visa mainly when you're in Al-Azhar for those who've been in Al-Bu'ooth, which is like the which is like the Al-Bu'ooth is like the the the studies you do before getting into the university in Al-Azhar If you're there in Al-Bu'ooth Man to get a visa it's once a year, but it's like it's like a harb It's like it's like a battle you go there people fight. I've seen I remember these Russian brother and these Algerian brother fight like Okay, the argument was that the the Russian brother. He was getting from the side of the woman and the Algerian brother He was like, yo, if you do that again, yo, you know We want to get in and and the brother the Russian brother they about it. So So they were like, let's go. Let's go outside. And you know, it just gets it just gets it just gets bad like that, so I Just I'm actually here with the brother Ahmed and so You know, he was walking me around with to get different things that I needed and I wanted to let you guys know I just went to the To withdraw money from This might be something that That might interest people. So how do I how do I get how do I get the money? I just put it in my in my UK bank account and I withdraw it here in the in the from from the French Banks basically because some of the UK having the UK the Mauritania banks they They felt to give me to give me money. I don't know if it's You know the car that doesn't work with with the Mauritanian banks or what? But I have one just in front of me And like at the end of my of that road, but they don't work and so In terms of that in terms of money how to pay how to get your money so obviously for example for my For my rent and for things that I need on a daily basis Like if I need to get so we have a we have a lady that comes in the house to to clean to wash clothes to cook and stuff so On a daily basis when I give her money to go buy stuff. I need to have money in my hands even though The the supermarket that I show you guys in the video in the previous video live in Mauritania You can actually pay with your with your bank with your credit card or with your debit card but But you know, I just don't feel comfortable enough to give her my credit card yet so so what I was trying to say is that Is that you can't pay in the supermarkets in the main supermarkets With your credit card and for me personally from the UK Having a bank account from the UK like Barclays they do take 2.75 percent of Of every every transaction whether it is paying directly or whether it is Withdrawing money and and so What I wanted to say as well is that I have a maximum as well of money that I can take out So in terms of pay it pay like actually going to the store and using my credit card to pay something My maximum per day is 750 pound sterling pound and in terms of withdrawal There is a maximum if I remember well of 350 I think it was 250 per day so that's a that's kind of tricky because If you need money, you know, if you're in a rush for something or whatever and it costs 400 pound You know, you might have to wait until the next day, so so I try to not take out too much money to To avoid these fees etc and do not but at the end of the day I can't really avoid it because whether I pay In the supermarket with it or whether I withdraw the money is they gonna charge me anyway, so So yeah, I just wanted to put that out there Because I think you could benefit some of you guys So right now we actually go into to the supermarket You see guys the supermarket that I show you guys on live in Mauritania video in the previous video That's that's just next to my house and you've seen in the video how close it is And so we right now we go into the big to the big One basically to the main to the main one and it's basically it's basically the same the same one. It's just that they have more stuff and They just have more stuff, so I'm gonna show you guys when we get there Yeah Oh So this is the big supermarket I told you guys You guys seen how big it is So I might walk you guys Through a little bit not like the last one. I'm gonna walk you through all the alleys But I'm sure you guys look I cannot show you too much guys because I'm kind of like Hands busy right now But you guys can see how big it is Just got me some pillows. My neck has been hurting for the past It's just uncomfortable to get in a position And yeah, you can I mean you have pretty much a bunch of things here You guys see So as you guys can tell I am back Home my phone died when we were at the supermarket at the same time I had too many stuff, so I couldn't really record much but but yet that supermarket is basically the The bigger version of the small one that you guys Seen on the live in Mauritania video, which was like about seven or eight videos ago So yeah guys, I just wanted to make this quick video to to keep you guys updated to show you guys some you know more about about Mauritania and If you guys have any question or Questions or if you guys have they actually constructing a new house next to my house if you guys have any And any any questions even suggestions on what I should record that you guys are interested I do have a lot of you know a lot of suggestions that I need to to get through. It's just that right now you know with Ramadan and with With the fact that that we setting down still It's kind of like, you know complicated, but still you know guys give me suggestions give me comments Make sure you check out, you know the rest of the interviews with with all the Students that I think that have been interviewing And you guys let me know subscribe to the channel for more videos like for more videos like this And as you guys can tell we have one more hour To break our fast and I can even I can't even bring the right Words, I don't even know what I'm saying So what I'm trying to say is that I'm a little bit tired and I hope that you guys have benefited from this and Yeah, just leave your comments down below. I will check them out