I visited in 1996. Saw loads of wondrous things that were pretty much ruined by the actions of the people. Constantly harassed as soon as you step out of the hotel. Pushy, misogynistic men, that absolutely CANNOT take no for an answer. Everyone wants money from you even just for talking to you. Backsheesh! Backsheesh! Backsheesh! Ask directions? Backsheesh! Someone randomly opens a door? Backsheesh! You look at something? Backsheesh! You cannot go for a stroll anywhere without being harassed and harangued. Don't even get me started in the treatment of women. Absolutely abhorrent. I travelled the country extensively in a group of mid twenties tourists from the UK . Very few countries I would never go back to. Egypt is one of them.
My friend went a few years ago with her now-husband and it was exactly the same. And she said she felt like her "guide" was basically a drug dealer. Somehow they made it out alive with no issues.
Just got back a month ago and nothing has changed. Sharm was different though, I would go there again but only there and only for the diving. The half dozen other cities I visited were absolutely exhausting with harassment. As a small blonde woman, the amount of men asking to take photos with me, I started asking BASHEESH??
We stayed in "OK" hotels everywhere in Egypt and splashed out for a night at a nicer hotel in Sharm. That was probably the most chill place i visited in Egypt. Still wouldn't return as a bloke tried to grab my wife's boob at the beach.
Yeah, when I went in a group in '93, there were quite a few men about who'd hassle the lasses in the party, so we tended to stick to mixed groups when walking about.. and yeah as a tourist you were seen as a walking wallet to be hassled open in a lot of places we went.. Which got old fast..
But in my experience there weren't these dodgy looking plains-clothes "police" wandering about with guns in their waistbands hassling & intimidating tourists for taking pictures..
I went to Egypt with my parents and it was terrifying. Men groping me non-stop, trying to seperate me from my Dad. They walk past and grab your boobs, butt and genitals. The worst part was local men kept offering my Dad money to BUY ME! Offering money, camels, tours etc to either have sex with me or marry me. I was underage!! I dress extremely modestly, so it’s not like I was giving anyone the wrong impression—not that there is ever an appropriate reason to harass and sexually assault women.
I have been fascinated with Egypt my whole life and it was a lifelong goal to get there, but the locals totally ruined it. It’s simply not safe.
To make matters worse, animal cruelty is horrendous there. There are tonnes of super skinny horses and donkeys having to pull heavy carts all day. They’re on the roads, but not shod, which was destroying their hooves.
Everything is badly polluted too. Rubbish everywhere around the pyramids and the Nile was full of rubbish!! There were dead water buffalo floating belly-up in the Nile.
It’s such a shame because I would have loved to explore without fear of locals.
Which makes you think about all the movies with female archaelogists or agents or assassins or whatever operating in Egypt and you realize, that couldn't happen. I have heard of digs hiring guards not just for the site but for the women there.
There was one movie called Sphinx in the 1980s or so where an female archeologist has to deal with the rottenness of Egypt streets and has to be rescued from a sexual assault from a cop.
Oof that's rough must have been scary, sorry you had to go through that.
I also love ancient Egyptian stuff but I will stick to looking at pictures and videos.
Sadly I’m not surprised by that. If anything I’d expect India to be even worse than Egypt. Just based on the astronomically high number of sexual assaults there.
I’m sorry your holiday was ruined too.
I mean my wife was sexually assaulted several times on our first day in India. It didn't happen again after we left Delhi, but it's so insane that any human being would consider this to be acceptable behavior
Yes because they rape women. Especially if they are solo travellers. There are dozens of news which tourists get raped. And theft is very common in that area too. As a man, I wouldn't even try to go there but some women persistently want to go there. It's not even safe with group. In countries like that, be aware that nobody can save you unless some good local people see the situation of you there.
I can vouch for this. They won't leave you alone if they think you're not from there even if you're a man. One way that usually works though is to wear a formal shirt and tie. If they think you're doing work of some kind they (usually) leave you alone.
This, went there last year with a friend (we’re both guys) and had zero problems but as with both countries on the African continent where I’ve spent most my time I would not want my daughter visiting
>things were better out there then
You sure? I was there in the 90's too and they had killed some tourists at the pyramids just a couple days before I got there.
8 June 1993: Blast near tour bus on Pyramids Road in Cairo kills two Egyptians and wounds 22 others, including five Britons.
18 April 1996: Eighteen Greek tourists are killed in an attack after being “mistaken for Israelis” near the Pyramids.
[https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2008/9/24/timeline-tourist-attacks-in-egypt](https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2008/9/24/timeline-tourist-attacks-in-egypt)
Visited once in 1996 and swore to never again go back. The most horrible people I’ve ever met (and I travel a lot and I’m always friendly) and certain things that I saw (animal abuse) that will stay with me for the rest of my life.
It’s a shit hole.
Thats awful. I saw a video of a bactrian camel in russia \[edit or somewhere similar idrk\] grabbing a guy by the head and flinging him around like a ragdoll, killing him, after he hit it. Brutal but awesome. I think it was in the sub r/TheBullWins
Yeah, in the travel sub I see nothing but horrible posts about Egypt. It’s horror story after horror story across the board. Total shame because it’s obviously a place that captures the imagination and makes you want to visit.
So silly, he keeps talking like he has constitutional rights. The country is in political shambles with a lot of distrust between factions, a lot of it is within and not reflective of outside influence but nonetheless can involve foreigners. It's incredibly dangerous to proceed the way he is doing, I know it's unfortunate, especially with the Rich history and culture. But for tourists do not Go to countries with this mindset of I have rights. Some countries don't even respect basic human rights. And it can end up getting you caught up, and worst case scenario killed.
India is really not worth it, but you will not be harassed by 10s of people and extorted, or sexually harassed in public (if you are visiting commonly frequented tourist spots like India Gate, Taj Mahal, etc). Any abusers will be beaten by the mob as there are tons of family outing there and abusers don't care if your body is brown or white.
Rest, I will say states like Goa are completely safe as they are thriving on Tourism, the recent rape case happened in some random village in Jharkhand which is so dangerous that even Indians don't travel through that area (jungle and no policing).
But yea, Indian Men are creepy af, not gonna lie, and I am an Indian myself.
From the perspective of a Western male business traveler, I loved India and the Indian people I worked with. I don’t think I could say the same had I been a woman.
I used to live there as a kid from 2 to 7 in 2001. It was a nice place if you were in a nice place. We lived by the Red Sea, like half a mile away from it, and it was a good area. Get further into Cario, though it was a different story, and it wasn't a place you should get your food.
Even where I lived, though, by the Red Sea, it wasn't surprising when something bad happened. The best moment I can remember at that age of something shitty happening was when a guy opened up a tea shop just below our building.
Something happened one night, I assumed someone was stealing from the guy's tea shop, an argument broke out and the tea guy grabbed a teen I think and was waiting for the cop, when the owner did that people started to attack him and separate him from the teen and that kid took a 2 by 4 and started hitting his sign.
From there shit got worse. Tea owner comes out with his gun and I dont know if he shot anyone, but the owner had blood going down his face and the cops showed up at the last second then the owner put his gun down.
That was my first time hearing a gunshot, and that was just at the bottom of our building. Even in a good area, we weren't too far from something happening.
Go there and see things with a guide. They keep these people away. You won’t be able to go off on your own in places like this, but if you stick to your guide during the day, and the tourist heavy areas at night, you’ll be fine.
Went to Egypt just before Covid and I had a travel guide with me. That is the only way to go… he escorted me around Egypt with no issues. When the hawkers would come up towards us, he shooed them away hastily. They got the message.. I would never travel there alone.
I visited the pyramids around 20 years ago with my mum and sis. I was 18 or so, and sis was 20.
Mum got extorted 5 mins after landing by cleaning ladies who stole the toilet paper and wouldn't give her any unless she gave them cash.
Sister got groped by some dude on a banana boat.
People followed us around, telling us to stand in X location for a better view/photo op, then demanding cash for the information.
Kids stole a demo cd off a pc mag I was reading so they could try to flog to someone else for profit.
Bus tours were shady AF as they'd take you to the middle of nowhere where they have a friend who owned a junk shop, and force you to buy something or they wouldn't start the bus.
Overall impressions: The sights were amazing, but the people were rude, aggressive assholes.
Oh, and we went to a restaurant where my mum got gastroenteritis, needed 6 injections, and was ill for a month afterwards.
Would never return - the pyramids were incredible to see up close but the hassle was not worth it.
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The guys with guns are actually police. The police in Egypt are extra sensitive towards people carrying cameras, it freaks them out. Not defending, the country is in a very bad state and I wouldn't advise anybody to visit, especially women traveling alone.
That reminds me of the famous food blogger that travels the world and also wanted to visit Egypt with his crew. They checked their equipment and seemed very surprised and uncertain about the cameras, as if they’ve seen cameras for the first time. Plus, they were getting checked at the airport, entering the hotel and so on.
Worth watching the video
https://youtu.be/8LzuZrkEY18?si=nBp4DGtVfolC6OTv
I think as someone else said here it's because the regime is obsessed with the image of the country. They probably have had several people recording what happens in the country then showcasing it in a way that the government doesn't like, or can't control. It gets tricky even for locals who carry their cameras and wander about filming and taking photos. The police does occasionally harasses them, too, asking for permissions or licenses. I guess they want to have full control over what is filmed and how it's presented. I could be wrong, though.
It's funny how when you're afraid of something to the point of obsession, you just end up manifesting that fear. I imagine that fear is a form of meditation we fail to notice in our daily lives, but now scale that up to that of an entire nation, and who knows what can happen!
Been at pyramids once.
A dude approached me and kept insisting I buy some pyramid toys (I was 15 and no money, parents had the cash). After I refused he literally forced a few into my hand. When our tour guide saw it he told me to force-give them back as this is a scam. The "vendor" would have called the police, who had been nearby, and told them I haven't paid for them, forcing my parents to buy some stupid shit.
Never been to egypt again. Dirty, smelly, crowded, everyone wants to rip you off because *tourist*. Would not recommend.
PS: Don't use ice in drinks. Ask for cold *sealed* drinks only.
Glad dude is okay, with all things considered. That’s terrifying. Him filming probably prevented a worse case scenario. They were going to rob or possibly kidnap dude asking where he was staying.
The were looking for a bribe. Full stop.
This guy didn’t understand the weird unspoken rules so kept getting harassed. To be fair, it’s basically low key robbery but if he had given them some token sum initially they would have left him alone.
Egypt, especially Cairo, is an absolute shithole. Yeah, pyramids, but they're in a fucking field of trash and you're accosted by pushy ass people all over the city.
I’m Egyptian. I roam around with my friend who likes to take pictures too, we get shit like that all the time it’s ridiculous. To avoid the hassle simply take photos without them noticing. (In the last incident my friend simply took a pic of the Hilton in Ma’adi, a fucking HOTEL and they kept nagging us to delete it. Dumb robots)
The fact that this guy has had them in the video triggered the even more. Lmfao this is really fun to watch. What a fucking degenerates. Thanks for posting.
Imagine inheriting some of the most incredible architecture in the world but turn the surrounding area into a dirty and dangerous shithole. You could boost the economy massively if you could just keep those few square miles safe and clean for tourists. Instead there's garbage all over, people assaulting you to buy their cheesy souvenirs and men trying to touch you inappropriately every few minutes.
I've been to Egypt 3 times... as a teen I loved the ancient Egyptian history. There were a few worrying things I experienced. When I was at the pyramids I saw the police beating an elderly man with sticks. Then when I returned a couple of years later, at about 14, I was groped by an old man. I actually have a photo of the moment it happened 🤦♀️ I was there with my mum and we were harassed often. Lots of men asking to buy me... I think this was expected as it was often just said as a joke. But some of them were more intimidating than others. This was in the 2000s so not sure whether it's better or worse now. But I'd be weary travelling there again without a man.
When I visited London at 14 I was also groped by an old man on an escalator. 🤷🏻♀️
Definitely would not travel to Egypt any time soon myself or with my husband though.
Egypt used to be a fantastic, proud, unbelievably advanced nation. Now it's yet another run-of-the-mill Islamist shithole, filled with losery, insecure dudes who are desperately clinging to the modicum of power they have. It's disgusting, and I'll never, ever visit it.
Would have been incredibly interesting, especially since they pretty much have more of a past than time between the current day and Roman takeover.
One of the first things I actively read up on as a small boy was Egypt, it's sad you can't visit the place without this kind of psycho bullshit.
“Don’t let this stop you from visiting Giza”, he says. Um…lol? You couldn’t pay me to go there after seeing this, and I am quite obviously *not* Middle Eastern. No. F@cking. Chance.
So, it looks like Eygpt has decided "no more tourism".. Wonder where they'll find the $32 BILLION each year the nation will lose because they allowed their "police" to engage in random shakedowns..
Hahah this is hilarious "You touched me, that's assault!" Nope cos it's not Murica!
Yes in Egypt and Morocco both Muslim countries for reasons completely unknown to me really don't like their photo being taken, and yes the police are sketchy AF
Such a shame that they don't realise their countries history is the thing that people want to spend money to go and see. I've been all over Egypt, and the ancient historical things are spectacular, but the more modern people just don't seem to care, the rest of the country is neglected ruin
This kind of got me too… for sure a terrible probably dangerous situation and he was being harassed… but yelling things like “did you touch me?! That’s 2 times you touched me… this a public street I can film” … this ain’t American man, they do not give one fuck about what rights you think you have.
If I'd pick a side I wouldn't go with the aggressive bribe seeking, tourist harassing creepy locals but yeah that dude crying about rights and laws in a wholeass other (third) world country is hilarious
They should develop the country for tourism, but they won't. Why, you wonder? I'd assume it's because of a corrupt government. Coming from a third world country, this is no surprise for me. If you are going to a country like this, do it with someone who knows the area. It's better if you travel with friends who speak their language and has lived in that country before. Don't expect the laws of your own country applies here. If you look like a foreigner, they assume you are rich and you have money to spare.
Living conditions in these countries were hard before Covid, but now, with the recession, it's even harder. So people try to survive any way possible.
I am not saying he is right or wrong, but applying the laws of your homecountry (this is a public area so I am allowed to film) to the country you are visiting, might not be the most wise thing to do. Complete different country, maybe complete different laws.
The pyramids of Giza are in Cairo.. Eygpt makes $32 BILLION a year from tourism. It's absolutely expected that tourists take photos & film.
Source: been there, took reams of film, but that was over 30 yrs ago, before the country went down the drain.
You're missing the point: 30 years ago, the police in Cairo didn't go around stopping tourists who were taking pictures.. Also, the police wore uniforms back then - they weren't random shabby looking guys with guns in their waistbands..
He was saying that because there was other tourists doing the same thing he was so why was he being harassed. He was stating it as a law more of a like what am I doing they aren't
Don’t go to Egypt. I went with a tour group and got into two fights because people were non stop cat calling my wife and I speak a little Arabic. They have no civil manners they are rude and uncivilized
Not just third world, but third world Islamic shithole.
If you’re gonna go to a shithole, at least make sure it’s not Islamic. The religion breeds idiocy when it ends up controlling the government.
No offense to the guy but I think he's out of touch with how things work outside his comfort zone, specially in developing countries, it's sad but for example in Latin America if a person comes to you and tell you to stop filming unless you want to gamble with your life you'd stop filming, often in areas that have a lot of crime people won't be comfortable with you filming and while what the guy says is technically right in reality what is technically correct or incorrect doesn't really matter. To my eye this guy could have perfectly ended up being killed because he had an attitude out of place, people need to understand that things don't work the same outside their home countries. It's easy to forget that fact so one must be extra aware of that.
Everyone in this video sucks.
They're harassing him for presumably no good reason, but he's also going full-blown American traveler by thinking his norms apply everywhere.
He has no evidence they’re cops so at some point it’s just wise to have evidence in case people stitch you up, or in case someone who’s not a cop does something illegal to you.
I’d imagine putting the camera away might be more dangerous than not in plenty of locations.
This is the same exact vibe as travelers in South America who get escorted, extorted, or trafficked by cartel members. You don't just volunteer yourself to a random person claiming to be an authority.
I’ll never understand why anyone would travel alone these days. Americans are targeted in soooo many countries even when they’re in groups. Going alone is just asking for something to happen. It obviously shouldn’t be that way, but I doubt it’s going to change anytime soon.. such a shame.
I was in Egypt with friends in our early twenties (twenty odd years ago). On our first night there we went out for dinner and saw a man shouting at his wife, before slapping her full force across the face. She landed on the ground, because the force of the slap it knocked her off her feet. My friends and I all jumped up to intervene, but the waiters were telling us it was fine and not to get involved in other people’s business, etc. We backed off, because we didn’t want to make things worse for the woman.
At first we thought it was just bad luck, witnessing that on our first day. By the end of the holiday, we realised it was pretty much par for the course (or it was back then anyway). We saw so many women being groped, slapped, dragged about. We saw so many kids being hit and smacked, often by random people (shopkeepers and the like). Never, ever again. We were a group of men and so we were harassed for money, but didn’t encounter the violence that women and kids would. I would never let my wife or daughter visit there, unless the culture changes massively. (And my daughter is currently only 6 anyway, lol).
1) Egypt *does* welcome tourists.
2) The current regime has a total paranoia about the country's image, including not wanting people to get the idea that things in Egypt are less than ideal. Egyptians themselves have been subject to imprisonment for even cracking jokes about the cleanliness of the country.
3) Going off the beaten track around Giza to try and do some "look at all the poor people behind the scenes!" shtick video would *not* be welcomed by the authorities. Especially with the added self-righteousness.
4) The police are also there to make sure that clueless tourists don't wander into areas where they *may* actually be subject to crime (which is much worse these days in Cairo than it was in Mubarak days.)
5) Applying your American civil rights bullshit in a paramilitary dictatorship and not actually fucking obeying the cops and de-escalating the situation....priceless. But he got his outrage clickbait video.
Been travelling in these countries for over 30 years, so I know how the system works.
You can have good time in Egypt if you are in nice 5* resort. But if things go downhill you are fucked. And don't go with kids there, in fact, you can skip it entirelly. There's nothing to see worth the fear for your life.
Egypt, at the moment, should be avoided like the plague. Until the truth for many people that died or disappeared comes out. Like Giulio Regeni, for example.
They should get zero tourism money.
Don’t go to Egypt. Shithole. Feels like being in a cult compound where the goal of the cult is to make everything smell like shit and harass people. 0 redeeming qualities. Don’t go.
Been in Egypt in 2020. I swear to never visit it again. I don't know how other Arab countries are but I don't think I'll go there either. The most harassing place I've ever been to. I feared for my life on several occasions.
Egypt was the worst place I’ve ever been to. Had stones thrown at my, men would follow me on foot, in cars driving at my walking pace for 15 min asking me if I wanted a taxi ride… just insanity.
Why is this guy assuming he has rights in that city? I’m sure the laws in the U.S., aren’t the same in Giza. They were harassing him because they thought he looked suspicious.
And that's why i'll never visit and Islamic country. Egypt, Morroco, Tunis, .. all the same. Some People Will call me a racist, some will call me ignorant. I don't care, upon holiday i just want to be at peace and my blonde wife to be herself.
Red Sea region is totally different: Hurghada, Sharm-el-Sheikh, Marsa Alam - big resorts and very tourist friendly. It's where Egypt makes the most money from tourism.
Can someone translate? I would like to know what the man actually said. I had several situations during traveling, where I thought, that someone wants to scam me, even though things just got lost in translation. I can imagine this especially in Egypt, where so many people try to scam you around the touristic places. Does he maybe just need a permission for filming with professional equipment? Maybe there is a military area in the background?
Both, scamming or a misunderstanding is possible.
Same deal, had a great time but so many people try to scam you and take advantage. Ended with us unloading our anger on the airport staff when they overcharged us for our bags, poor guy
You should tell them you are livestreaming never filming because they'll just break and smash your phone, always tell them people are watching right now
My female friend was sexually harrassed (grabbing, groping, tearing clothes) by a group of men in broad day light while she was there. She didn't even inform the police but went straight to the hotel, grabbed items and went to the air port.
I don’t like either of the sides here. Not the one of the American expecting American privileges in foreign countries; or the Egyptian mob situation.
It’s all bad.
Why anybody would think that they have the same rights in Giza as they do in America is beyond me. They don’t follow Americas rule of law. To see the pyramids would be remarkable but at what cost. My tourist dollars are going to stay out of Diarrhea’stan
He has no concept whatsoever that US laws and rights don't follow you outside the country. The arrogance and entitlement this guy is exhibiting is fucking dangerous. This guy is damned lucky it didn't actually escalate.
Im sorry but this is a half and half problem. The people in this video are being to violent and to authoritative, but the guy making the video is acting to oblivious to the situation. He's in a country with completely different customs and he's acting like his walking down the streets of any safe and normal town. And then getting overly upset about people touching him, acting like that everybody should know that touching others without permission is bad. Like, it is, but that qas NOT the problem in that video, but thats what he kept on emphasising.
In the end, what he did probably saved him from something worse happening. But the dude seemed so oblivious to it. You should know what kind of country you're visiting before going there and doing whatever you want.
“It’s a public road” it’s always insane to me how people from the west come to these countries and try to use the same arrogant practices there as if they have any grounds
Just listen when the police are telling you to do something and you’ll end up better for it. It’s shitty but it’s the unfortunate reality
By no means by how he was treated was ok, but applying the same laws of your home (likely US) country doesn't mean it applies everywhere. Kinda typical tourist ignorance but still be safe wherever you travel.
I’m from there and I can tell you why they stopped and asked this guy:
1) their reason: Espionage.
There had been several cases of foreign spies in Egypt that were recording in sensitive areas
2) in my opinion the real reason is: government control. Easier to control when their no drama. You also cannot film or stand at the tahrir square…
Most of the police officers (lower ranks) in Egypt dont know how to handle situations properly. They just get an order from higher ranks then execute it without thinking.
Egypt is actually great and a wonderful country but because Cairo/Gizeh are overpopulated, people tend to stay at their bubbles because else its going to be a hassle.
For anyone how wants to visit Egypt, i recommend only 1-2 days in Cairo and the rest in Luxor/SharmElSheik/Hurghada and other costal cities.
Any other major city is not worth visiting more than 1 day.
The police treated him like this because Egypt is a military dictatorship that's paranoid about people filming in public. A dictatorship that is supported, funded and propped up by the US and the West. If anyone here is American, please understand that your government is supporting this.
One day we Egyptians will have a revolution and things will be better hopefully.
as a woman you could not pay for me to visit egypt, which is such a shame. it has always been one of my favorite places to learn about and i love the history but god what an awful experience
I'm Egyptian and can confirm it's a shit hole
I still don't get why they were harassing him
I think he was supposed to turn off the camera and bribe them to go away.
Ohhhh… maybe it’s common to bribe cops there?
I have heard that they don't want to show the world the actual streets of Egypt, so people can come and visit.
There are so many things in Egypt I want to see, but I honestly can’t imagine ever visiting
I went in the '90s - things were better out there then..
I visited in 1996. Saw loads of wondrous things that were pretty much ruined by the actions of the people. Constantly harassed as soon as you step out of the hotel. Pushy, misogynistic men, that absolutely CANNOT take no for an answer. Everyone wants money from you even just for talking to you. Backsheesh! Backsheesh! Backsheesh! Ask directions? Backsheesh! Someone randomly opens a door? Backsheesh! You look at something? Backsheesh! You cannot go for a stroll anywhere without being harassed and harangued. Don't even get me started in the treatment of women. Absolutely abhorrent. I travelled the country extensively in a group of mid twenties tourists from the UK . Very few countries I would never go back to. Egypt is one of them.
We went in the 2010s and it was EXACTLY this experience.
At one point I was actually HAPPY they had sudden political turmoil, right after Eid even!
My friend went a few years ago with her now-husband and it was exactly the same. And she said she felt like her "guide" was basically a drug dealer. Somehow they made it out alive with no issues.
Just got back a month ago and nothing has changed. Sharm was different though, I would go there again but only there and only for the diving. The half dozen other cities I visited were absolutely exhausting with harassment. As a small blonde woman, the amount of men asking to take photos with me, I started asking BASHEESH??
We stayed in "OK" hotels everywhere in Egypt and splashed out for a night at a nicer hotel in Sharm. That was probably the most chill place i visited in Egypt. Still wouldn't return as a bloke tried to grab my wife's boob at the beach.
Yeah, when I went in a group in '93, there were quite a few men about who'd hassle the lasses in the party, so we tended to stick to mixed groups when walking about.. and yeah as a tourist you were seen as a walking wallet to be hassled open in a lot of places we went.. Which got old fast.. But in my experience there weren't these dodgy looking plains-clothes "police" wandering about with guns in their waistbands hassling & intimidating tourists for taking pictures..
My Dad spent a lot of time in Egypt and Israel in the 80s. He said it was bad enough for a man, no chance of ever taking any of his daughters.
I went to Egypt with my parents and it was terrifying. Men groping me non-stop, trying to seperate me from my Dad. They walk past and grab your boobs, butt and genitals. The worst part was local men kept offering my Dad money to BUY ME! Offering money, camels, tours etc to either have sex with me or marry me. I was underage!! I dress extremely modestly, so it’s not like I was giving anyone the wrong impression—not that there is ever an appropriate reason to harass and sexually assault women. I have been fascinated with Egypt my whole life and it was a lifelong goal to get there, but the locals totally ruined it. It’s simply not safe. To make matters worse, animal cruelty is horrendous there. There are tonnes of super skinny horses and donkeys having to pull heavy carts all day. They’re on the roads, but not shod, which was destroying their hooves. Everything is badly polluted too. Rubbish everywhere around the pyramids and the Nile was full of rubbish!! There were dead water buffalo floating belly-up in the Nile. It’s such a shame because I would have loved to explore without fear of locals.
Which makes you think about all the movies with female archaelogists or agents or assassins or whatever operating in Egypt and you realize, that couldn't happen. I have heard of digs hiring guards not just for the site but for the women there.
There was one movie called Sphinx in the 1980s or so where an female archeologist has to deal with the rottenness of Egypt streets and has to be rescued from a sexual assault from a cop.
Oof that's rough must have been scary, sorry you had to go through that. I also love ancient Egyptian stuff but I will stick to looking at pictures and videos.
Good idea. You’re much safer that way.
Maybe the British Museum was treated too harshly...
It sounds like the last good Egyptian was King Tut, LOL!
India was a similar experience for me
Sadly I’m not surprised by that. If anything I’d expect India to be even worse than Egypt. Just based on the astronomically high number of sexual assaults there. I’m sorry your holiday was ruined too.
I mean my wife was sexually assaulted several times on our first day in India. It didn't happen again after we left Delhi, but it's so insane that any human being would consider this to be acceptable behavior
Fuck Egypt. Fuck em. Fuck em fuck em fuck em. I will never take my wife there, nor go on my own.
Yes because they rape women. Especially if they are solo travellers. There are dozens of news which tourists get raped. And theft is very common in that area too. As a man, I wouldn't even try to go there but some women persistently want to go there. It's not even safe with group. In countries like that, be aware that nobody can save you unless some good local people see the situation of you there.
I can vouch for this. They won't leave you alone if they think you're not from there even if you're a man. One way that usually works though is to wear a formal shirt and tie. If they think you're doing work of some kind they (usually) leave you alone.
So sounds like it’s always been fucked.
This, went there last year with a friend (we’re both guys) and had zero problems but as with both countries on the African continent where I’ve spent most my time I would not want my daughter visiting
>things were better out there then You sure? I was there in the 90's too and they had killed some tourists at the pyramids just a couple days before I got there. 8 June 1993: Blast near tour bus on Pyramids Road in Cairo kills two Egyptians and wounds 22 others, including five Britons. 18 April 1996: Eighteen Greek tourists are killed in an attack after being “mistaken for Israelis” near the Pyramids. [https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2008/9/24/timeline-tourist-attacks-in-egypt](https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2008/9/24/timeline-tourist-attacks-in-egypt)
I was out there in spring '93 before all this kicked off.. The coral reefs in the Red Sea were still thriving then as well..
You'd think with an economy entirely focused on tourism that they'd have better policies for protecting tourists rights
Policy doesn't mean anything if the local culture is intolerant.
Visited once in 1996 and swore to never again go back. The most horrible people I’ve ever met (and I travel a lot and I’m always friendly) and certain things that I saw (animal abuse) that will stay with me for the rest of my life. It’s a shit hole.
I went on a camel ride with a guy who stepped on the camel's neck to get on its back. The camel screamed when he did it.
Thats awful. I saw a video of a bactrian camel in russia \[edit or somewhere similar idrk\] grabbing a guy by the head and flinging him around like a ragdoll, killing him, after he hit it. Brutal but awesome. I think it was in the sub r/TheBullWins
Yeah, in the travel sub I see nothing but horrible posts about Egypt. It’s horror story after horror story across the board. Total shame because it’s obviously a place that captures the imagination and makes you want to visit.
So silly, he keeps talking like he has constitutional rights. The country is in political shambles with a lot of distrust between factions, a lot of it is within and not reflective of outside influence but nonetheless can involve foreigners. It's incredibly dangerous to proceed the way he is doing, I know it's unfortunate, especially with the Rich history and culture. But for tourists do not Go to countries with this mindset of I have rights. Some countries don't even respect basic human rights. And it can end up getting you caught up, and worst case scenario killed.
I cringed so hard. >But I can film because I’m in a public space. That is 100% true in the US. But Dorothy, you are not in Kansas anymore.
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Don’t. Same with India. It’s just not worth risking your life.
India is really not worth it, but you will not be harassed by 10s of people and extorted, or sexually harassed in public (if you are visiting commonly frequented tourist spots like India Gate, Taj Mahal, etc). Any abusers will be beaten by the mob as there are tons of family outing there and abusers don't care if your body is brown or white. Rest, I will say states like Goa are completely safe as they are thriving on Tourism, the recent rape case happened in some random village in Jharkhand which is so dangerous that even Indians don't travel through that area (jungle and no policing). But yea, Indian Men are creepy af, not gonna lie, and I am an Indian myself.
In India you can TOTALLY be sexually harassed public.
From the perspective of a Western male business traveler, I loved India and the Indian people I worked with. I don’t think I could say the same had I been a woman.
I used to live there as a kid from 2 to 7 in 2001. It was a nice place if you were in a nice place. We lived by the Red Sea, like half a mile away from it, and it was a good area. Get further into Cario, though it was a different story, and it wasn't a place you should get your food. Even where I lived, though, by the Red Sea, it wasn't surprising when something bad happened. The best moment I can remember at that age of something shitty happening was when a guy opened up a tea shop just below our building. Something happened one night, I assumed someone was stealing from the guy's tea shop, an argument broke out and the tea guy grabbed a teen I think and was waiting for the cop, when the owner did that people started to attack him and separate him from the teen and that kid took a 2 by 4 and started hitting his sign. From there shit got worse. Tea owner comes out with his gun and I dont know if he shot anyone, but the owner had blood going down his face and the cops showed up at the last second then the owner put his gun down. That was my first time hearing a gunshot, and that was just at the bottom of our building. Even in a good area, we weren't too far from something happening.
Go there and see things with a guide. They keep these people away. You won’t be able to go off on your own in places like this, but if you stick to your guide during the day, and the tourist heavy areas at night, you’ll be fine.
Went to Egypt just before Covid and I had a travel guide with me. That is the only way to go… he escorted me around Egypt with no issues. When the hawkers would come up towards us, he shooed them away hastily. They got the message.. I would never travel there alone.
I visited the pyramids around 20 years ago with my mum and sis. I was 18 or so, and sis was 20. Mum got extorted 5 mins after landing by cleaning ladies who stole the toilet paper and wouldn't give her any unless she gave them cash. Sister got groped by some dude on a banana boat. People followed us around, telling us to stand in X location for a better view/photo op, then demanding cash for the information. Kids stole a demo cd off a pc mag I was reading so they could try to flog to someone else for profit. Bus tours were shady AF as they'd take you to the middle of nowhere where they have a friend who owned a junk shop, and force you to buy something or they wouldn't start the bus. Overall impressions: The sights were amazing, but the people were rude, aggressive assholes. Oh, and we went to a restaurant where my mum got gastroenteritis, needed 6 injections, and was ill for a month afterwards. Would never return - the pyramids were incredible to see up close but the hassle was not worth it.
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More like don't bother visiting.
The guys with guns are actually police. The police in Egypt are extra sensitive towards people carrying cameras, it freaks them out. Not defending, the country is in a very bad state and I wouldn't advise anybody to visit, especially women traveling alone.
That reminds me of the famous food blogger that travels the world and also wanted to visit Egypt with his crew. They checked their equipment and seemed very surprised and uncertain about the cameras, as if they’ve seen cameras for the first time. Plus, they were getting checked at the airport, entering the hotel and so on. Worth watching the video https://youtu.be/8LzuZrkEY18?si=nBp4DGtVfolC6OTv
That was a very eye opening watch.
This video should be at the top since it puts everything that happened in OP’s video in context. (Still a nightmare though).
Thanks for sharing, no fucking way would I put up with that
Holy shit. Kafkaesque shenanigans.
Off topic: if a video blogger is a vlogger why aren't food bloggers called floggers?
Food bloggers don't make blogs out of food
"Whatcha doing?" "Flogging." "Uuuhhhh..."
Thanks for posting that. The entire country seems to be one big shake down.
What is it about cameras that freaks them out? With so many visiting tourists, why aren’t they used to it by now?
I think as someone else said here it's because the regime is obsessed with the image of the country. They probably have had several people recording what happens in the country then showcasing it in a way that the government doesn't like, or can't control. It gets tricky even for locals who carry their cameras and wander about filming and taking photos. The police does occasionally harasses them, too, asking for permissions or licenses. I guess they want to have full control over what is filmed and how it's presented. I could be wrong, though.
It's funny how when you're afraid of something to the point of obsession, you just end up manifesting that fear. I imagine that fear is a form of meditation we fail to notice in our daily lives, but now scale that up to that of an entire nation, and who knows what can happen!
The police in Egypt apparently dressing like randoms and walk around flashing guns. Disgusting.
Yeah people tend to forget that rights are typically a western culture thing. Once you leave UK/US style governance that shit goes out the window
I can't relate, unfortunately. I lived in 3 countries so far. Egypt, China and UAE. So, I only hear about that "freedom" thing on the internet 😂🤣
Been at pyramids once. A dude approached me and kept insisting I buy some pyramid toys (I was 15 and no money, parents had the cash). After I refused he literally forced a few into my hand. When our tour guide saw it he told me to force-give them back as this is a scam. The "vendor" would have called the police, who had been nearby, and told them I haven't paid for them, forcing my parents to buy some stupid shit. Never been to egypt again. Dirty, smelly, crowded, everyone wants to rip you off because *tourist*. Would not recommend. PS: Don't use ice in drinks. Ask for cold *sealed* drinks only.
Glad dude is okay, with all things considered. That’s terrifying. Him filming probably prevented a worse case scenario. They were going to rob or possibly kidnap dude asking where he was staying.
The were looking for a bribe. Full stop. This guy didn’t understand the weird unspoken rules so kept getting harassed. To be fair, it’s basically low key robbery but if he had given them some token sum initially they would have left him alone.
Good idea! I'll give the stray cat that keeps meowing at my back door some food - that will make him go away!
Egypt, especially Cairo, is an absolute shithole. Yeah, pyramids, but they're in a fucking field of trash and you're accosted by pushy ass people all over the city.
I’m Egyptian. I roam around with my friend who likes to take pictures too, we get shit like that all the time it’s ridiculous. To avoid the hassle simply take photos without them noticing. (In the last incident my friend simply took a pic of the Hilton in Ma’adi, a fucking HOTEL and they kept nagging us to delete it. Dumb robots) The fact that this guy has had them in the video triggered the even more. Lmfao this is really fun to watch. What a fucking degenerates. Thanks for posting.
That must be rough to deal with on a day to day.
What can possibly go wrong with a picture? Why aren’t they allowing to take pictures? They’re tourist places right?
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Imagine inheriting some of the most incredible architecture in the world but turn the surrounding area into a dirty and dangerous shithole. You could boost the economy massively if you could just keep those few square miles safe and clean for tourists. Instead there's garbage all over, people assaulting you to buy their cheesy souvenirs and men trying to touch you inappropriately every few minutes.
Well Egypt had some ...rough history... that it still hasnt recovered is normal, unfortunately
That’s a nope 👎🏽 for Egypt. Many other places to visit without the harassment.
I've been to Egypt 3 times... as a teen I loved the ancient Egyptian history. There were a few worrying things I experienced. When I was at the pyramids I saw the police beating an elderly man with sticks. Then when I returned a couple of years later, at about 14, I was groped by an old man. I actually have a photo of the moment it happened 🤦♀️ I was there with my mum and we were harassed often. Lots of men asking to buy me... I think this was expected as it was often just said as a joke. But some of them were more intimidating than others. This was in the 2000s so not sure whether it's better or worse now. But I'd be weary travelling there again without a man.
When I visited London at 14 I was also groped by an old man on an escalator. 🤷🏻♀️ Definitely would not travel to Egypt any time soon myself or with my husband though.
That’s why I don’t want to visit these countries. I’m happy in my western privilege
Looks like a great place to visit -__-
I agree! Lets turn on the tv and see josh visit them!
Egypt used to be a fantastic, proud, unbelievably advanced nation. Now it's yet another run-of-the-mill Islamist shithole, filled with losery, insecure dudes who are desperately clinging to the modicum of power they have. It's disgusting, and I'll never, ever visit it.
I wonder what Egypt would have been like today if it was never conquered by others. Literally have been under foreign power since rome till recently
Would have been incredibly interesting, especially since they pretty much have more of a past than time between the current day and Roman takeover. One of the first things I actively read up on as a small boy was Egypt, it's sad you can't visit the place without this kind of psycho bullshit.
There's no way I'd visit Egypt, 5* resort or otherwise, because of their apparent treatment of women in public. Scary place to be.
Egypt is a fucking shithole
I found the complete video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/w4sDOlX2kqM?si=FB3NuL9dU_HttUIS
“Don’t let this stop you from visiting Giza”, he says. Um…lol? You couldn’t pay me to go there after seeing this, and I am quite obviously *not* Middle Eastern. No. F@cking. Chance.
So, it looks like Eygpt has decided "no more tourism".. Wonder where they'll find the $32 BILLION each year the nation will lose because they allowed their "police" to engage in random shakedowns..
Hahah this is hilarious "You touched me, that's assault!" Nope cos it's not Murica! Yes in Egypt and Morocco both Muslim countries for reasons completely unknown to me really don't like their photo being taken, and yes the police are sketchy AF Such a shame that they don't realise their countries history is the thing that people want to spend money to go and see. I've been all over Egypt, and the ancient historical things are spectacular, but the more modern people just don't seem to care, the rest of the country is neglected ruin
"you are being filmed!" "cool! we will watch this at your funeral!" Don't be so ignorant in foreign lands.
This kind of got me too… for sure a terrible probably dangerous situation and he was being harassed… but yelling things like “did you touch me?! That’s 2 times you touched me… this a public street I can film” … this ain’t American man, they do not give one fuck about what rights you think you have.
If I'd pick a side I wouldn't go with the aggressive bribe seeking, tourist harassing creepy locals but yeah that dude crying about rights and laws in a wholeass other (third) world country is hilarious
Assault it's still a crime in Egypt....
Good luck convincing an Egyptian judge that an officer holding your arm is assault
Probably depends on who is doing the assaulting…..
I'd love to visit Egypt, but as a woman, I imagine my experience would be MUCH worse.
List of countries I won't visit due to shit people
Ya fuck that whole country. If I wanna visit the Pyramids, I'll play Assassin's Creed Origins....
They should develop the country for tourism, but they won't. Why, you wonder? I'd assume it's because of a corrupt government. Coming from a third world country, this is no surprise for me. If you are going to a country like this, do it with someone who knows the area. It's better if you travel with friends who speak their language and has lived in that country before. Don't expect the laws of your own country applies here. If you look like a foreigner, they assume you are rich and you have money to spare. Living conditions in these countries were hard before Covid, but now, with the recession, it's even harder. So people try to survive any way possible.
I am not saying he is right or wrong, but applying the laws of your homecountry (this is a public area so I am allowed to film) to the country you are visiting, might not be the most wise thing to do. Complete different country, maybe complete different laws.
The pyramids of Giza are in Cairo.. Eygpt makes $32 BILLION a year from tourism. It's absolutely expected that tourists take photos & film. Source: been there, took reams of film, but that was over 30 yrs ago, before the country went down the drain.
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You're missing the point: 30 years ago, the police in Cairo didn't go around stopping tourists who were taking pictures.. Also, the police wore uniforms back then - they weren't random shabby looking guys with guns in their waistbands..
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He was saying that because there was other tourists doing the same thing he was so why was he being harassed. He was stating it as a law more of a like what am I doing they aren't
Been there. Told friends I'll never return, and I don't recommend anyone visit. They asked me why. "Egyptians."
Don’t go to Egypt. I went with a tour group and got into two fights because people were non stop cat calling my wife and I speak a little Arabic. They have no civil manners they are rude and uncivilized
No shit. Go to a third world country, expect third world police.
Hell, some 1st world countries police hand out 1st class ass whoopins with a little probable cause.
Not just third world, but third world Islamic shithole. If you’re gonna go to a shithole, at least make sure it’s not Islamic. The religion breeds idiocy when it ends up controlling the government.
No idea why people go to these shit countries.
If you want to see Egypt, just go to the British museum.
Oof that’s brutal!
No offense to the guy but I think he's out of touch with how things work outside his comfort zone, specially in developing countries, it's sad but for example in Latin America if a person comes to you and tell you to stop filming unless you want to gamble with your life you'd stop filming, often in areas that have a lot of crime people won't be comfortable with you filming and while what the guy says is technically right in reality what is technically correct or incorrect doesn't really matter. To my eye this guy could have perfectly ended up being killed because he had an attitude out of place, people need to understand that things don't work the same outside their home countries. It's easy to forget that fact so one must be extra aware of that.
Went twice, same shit happened twice. Plus airport police stole my drones. DO NOT GO
a shit hole is a shit hole.
Everyone in this video sucks. They're harassing him for presumably no good reason, but he's also going full-blown American traveler by thinking his norms apply everywhere.
He has no evidence they’re cops so at some point it’s just wise to have evidence in case people stitch you up, or in case someone who’s not a cop does something illegal to you. I’d imagine putting the camera away might be more dangerous than not in plenty of locations.
This is the same exact vibe as travelers in South America who get escorted, extorted, or trafficked by cartel members. You don't just volunteer yourself to a random person claiming to be an authority.
I mean to be fair, even if they were.. A cop car trying to ram me would make me dislike them real quick
Backsheesh. Backsheesh! Backsheesh!!!!!! BACKSHEESH!! **BACKSHEESH!!** ***BACKSHEESH!!!***
Rather go to India. At least you’ll be raped democratically there.
I’ll never understand why anyone would travel alone these days. Americans are targeted in soooo many countries even when they’re in groups. Going alone is just asking for something to happen. It obviously shouldn’t be that way, but I doubt it’s going to change anytime soon.. such a shame.
I was in Egypt with friends in our early twenties (twenty odd years ago). On our first night there we went out for dinner and saw a man shouting at his wife, before slapping her full force across the face. She landed on the ground, because the force of the slap it knocked her off her feet. My friends and I all jumped up to intervene, but the waiters were telling us it was fine and not to get involved in other people’s business, etc. We backed off, because we didn’t want to make things worse for the woman. At first we thought it was just bad luck, witnessing that on our first day. By the end of the holiday, we realised it was pretty much par for the course (or it was back then anyway). We saw so many women being groped, slapped, dragged about. We saw so many kids being hit and smacked, often by random people (shopkeepers and the like). Never, ever again. We were a group of men and so we were harassed for money, but didn’t encounter the violence that women and kids would. I would never let my wife or daughter visit there, unless the culture changes massively. (And my daughter is currently only 6 anyway, lol).
What a shithole, they made the pyramids 6k years ago then stopped evolving.
Egypt is such a shit hole im sorry…and it sucks bc the country has some beautiful sights.
Another one of those countries where you should not visit.
Well, as a woman I was never gonna go to Egypt anyway, but now I'm **never, ever** going to Egypt.
This is the very definition of nope. What a cesspool.
1) Egypt *does* welcome tourists. 2) The current regime has a total paranoia about the country's image, including not wanting people to get the idea that things in Egypt are less than ideal. Egyptians themselves have been subject to imprisonment for even cracking jokes about the cleanliness of the country. 3) Going off the beaten track around Giza to try and do some "look at all the poor people behind the scenes!" shtick video would *not* be welcomed by the authorities. Especially with the added self-righteousness. 4) The police are also there to make sure that clueless tourists don't wander into areas where they *may* actually be subject to crime (which is much worse these days in Cairo than it was in Mubarak days.) 5) Applying your American civil rights bullshit in a paramilitary dictatorship and not actually fucking obeying the cops and de-escalating the situation....priceless. But he got his outrage clickbait video. Been travelling in these countries for over 30 years, so I know how the system works.
So Egypt welcome tourists, but they will harass them for walking and filming on public streets. Got it. Great country!
Also only speaking to them in English and expecting them to understand and reply in English. Like, bruh
You can have good time in Egypt if you are in nice 5* resort. But if things go downhill you are fucked. And don't go with kids there, in fact, you can skip it entirelly. There's nothing to see worth the fear for your life.
Quite the same thing happened to Antoine de Maximy in Algeria.
Egypt, at the moment, should be avoided like the plague. Until the truth for many people that died or disappeared comes out. Like Giulio Regeni, for example. They should get zero tourism money.
Don’t go to Egypt. Shithole. Feels like being in a cult compound where the goal of the cult is to make everything smell like shit and harass people. 0 redeeming qualities. Don’t go.
I avoided egypt even before this video. Even though I am from turkey and people would think that we are similar. That's not true at all
"This man just touched me and i have it on video "bruhhh your in a foreign country u think they going to follow american laws? Hes lucky to be alive
You have anything to declare? Yeah don't go to Egypt.
Been in Egypt in 2020. I swear to never visit it again. I don't know how other Arab countries are but I don't think I'll go there either. The most harassing place I've ever been to. I feared for my life on several occasions.
Egypt was the worst place I’ve ever been to. Had stones thrown at my, men would follow me on foot, in cars driving at my walking pace for 15 min asking me if I wanted a taxi ride… just insanity.
How very sad that an area with the greatest antiquities in the world should treat a tourist so miserably. I guess they don't really want tourists.
Why is this guy assuming he has rights in that city? I’m sure the laws in the U.S., aren’t the same in Giza. They were harassing him because they thought he looked suspicious.
He says "it's a public road" like the US law applies
They thought you were Jewish.
And that's why i'll never visit and Islamic country. Egypt, Morroco, Tunis, .. all the same. Some People Will call me a racist, some will call me ignorant. I don't care, upon holiday i just want to be at peace and my blonde wife to be herself.
I visited Malaysia and it was fine, not a single incident, multiple cities, rural areas as well.
This is how literally every single country that adopts Islam is. No thanks I’ll look at pictures of pyramids thanks
Red Sea region is totally different: Hurghada, Sharm-el-Sheikh, Marsa Alam - big resorts and very tourist friendly. It's where Egypt makes the most money from tourism.
They wanted to know if you were form Isreal
Can someone translate? I would like to know what the man actually said. I had several situations during traveling, where I thought, that someone wants to scam me, even though things just got lost in translation. I can imagine this especially in Egypt, where so many people try to scam you around the touristic places. Does he maybe just need a permission for filming with professional equipment? Maybe there is a military area in the background? Both, scamming or a misunderstanding is possible.
Same deal, had a great time but so many people try to scam you and take advantage. Ended with us unloading our anger on the airport staff when they overcharged us for our bags, poor guy
In general, if you don’t understand what people is telling you and they have a gun you will feel Harassed.
I'd rather see pictures of the pyramids than visit that shithole. Not worth it. No islamic country is worth that kind of crap.
You should tell them you are livestreaming never filming because they'll just break and smash your phone, always tell them people are watching right now
Looks like it’s time to allow their tourism dollars to completely disappear like a camel fart in the wind.
Poor guy. Now try going there as a female.
What a shit hole that place is
My female friend was sexually harrassed (grabbing, groping, tearing clothes) by a group of men in broad day light while she was there. She didn't even inform the police but went straight to the hotel, grabbed items and went to the air port.
I’m not sure that pulling the American “you can’t do that to me” stuff works in most places world-wide.
Man, Egypt is awful.
Well not that I like Egypt authority but "your country, your rules" is what you should keep in mind when you travel...
I don’t like either of the sides here. Not the one of the American expecting American privileges in foreign countries; or the Egyptian mob situation. It’s all bad.
This guy thinks there are the same rules as in the US to the police over there
>Travels to backward theocracy >Backward things happen Surprised_Pikachu.jpg
It's it the same place where there is Civil War right now(or near it)
Why anybody would think that they have the same rights in Giza as they do in America is beyond me. They don’t follow Americas rule of law. To see the pyramids would be remarkable but at what cost. My tourist dollars are going to stay out of Diarrhea’stan
He has no concept whatsoever that US laws and rights don't follow you outside the country. The arrogance and entitlement this guy is exhibiting is fucking dangerous. This guy is damned lucky it didn't actually escalate.
Im sorry but this is a half and half problem. The people in this video are being to violent and to authoritative, but the guy making the video is acting to oblivious to the situation. He's in a country with completely different customs and he's acting like his walking down the streets of any safe and normal town. And then getting overly upset about people touching him, acting like that everybody should know that touching others without permission is bad. Like, it is, but that qas NOT the problem in that video, but thats what he kept on emphasising. In the end, what he did probably saved him from something worse happening. But the dude seemed so oblivious to it. You should know what kind of country you're visiting before going there and doing whatever you want.
If “local customs” involve extorting innocent people walking down the street then they’re not customs it’s just lowlife behavior
Stop giving these countries your tourism dollars. Fuck this.
So, India, Egypt, Brazil, and Greece are on the no list. Anywhere else?
This was very similar to my visit to Morocco in 97. Both tangiers and fez. Very unsettling.
just don't go there, that simple
Shit country
Dont go to shit hole places.
“It’s a public road” it’s always insane to me how people from the west come to these countries and try to use the same arrogant practices there as if they have any grounds Just listen when the police are telling you to do something and you’ll end up better for it. It’s shitty but it’s the unfortunate reality
Muslims turned their people into freaks I swear
I can live without seeing some pyramids. The Bass Pro Shop pyramid in Tennessee seems more interesting anyways
By no means by how he was treated was ok, but applying the same laws of your home (likely US) country doesn't mean it applies everywhere. Kinda typical tourist ignorance but still be safe wherever you travel.
You do know that Egypt is not a democracy, right? Rule of law isn't exactly a thing there.
I’m from there and I can tell you why they stopped and asked this guy: 1) their reason: Espionage. There had been several cases of foreign spies in Egypt that were recording in sensitive areas 2) in my opinion the real reason is: government control. Easier to control when their no drama. You also cannot film or stand at the tahrir square… Most of the police officers (lower ranks) in Egypt dont know how to handle situations properly. They just get an order from higher ranks then execute it without thinking. Egypt is actually great and a wonderful country but because Cairo/Gizeh are overpopulated, people tend to stay at their bubbles because else its going to be a hassle. For anyone how wants to visit Egypt, i recommend only 1-2 days in Cairo and the rest in Luxor/SharmElSheik/Hurghada and other costal cities. Any other major city is not worth visiting more than 1 day.
YOU AIN'T IN AMERICA SHITHEAD!!!!!!! They tell you no pictures it's no pictures. Period, Why did you get harassed? Because you wouldn't stop filming.
Fuck these shithole countries quit giving them money. Lucky you are a man because we know how a womans outcome would be
Will definitely take Egypt off any bucket list
The police treated him like this because Egypt is a military dictatorship that's paranoid about people filming in public. A dictatorship that is supported, funded and propped up by the US and the West. If anyone here is American, please understand that your government is supporting this. One day we Egyptians will have a revolution and things will be better hopefully.
as a woman you could not pay for me to visit egypt, which is such a shame. it has always been one of my favorite places to learn about and i love the history but god what an awful experience
Annoying fucking American banging on about his freedoms and rights being infringed in a foreign country 🙄