Lost in Algeria's Capital City of Algiers
diona harona NOAA s s you can't live in thank you bro thank you thank you bro thank you this this in really from right here we have uh many we don't have only one honey oh that's honey it's okay no no honey right now you want to try dates look you want to try dates thank you I don't I don't oh you don't like dates okay I like it me I it's so much if if if you don't have Hotel I inam in my house wow with my wife and my son Al what's up everybody welcome back to another beautiful day here in alers now today I'm excited because we're heading into the ancient part of the city we're heading to the kasba to the Medina which you guys have known now here on the channel in North Africa the most ancient part of every city is usually referred to as a Medina now right now I'm currently standing right outside the Sophie tail we're waiting for the hch driver to show up but today I must say it is very windy compared to yesterday isn't it glattus hello guys yeah it's very windy but the weather is nice it is nice but um both both of us are extremely excited to be here first day was a big success we loved it had an amazing time and yeah we're just that much more excited to explore today so yes we're heading to the Medina I'm going to show you guys the ancient part of the city and who knows what we're going to get into maybe a little bit of shopping maybe a little bit of eating or maybe we're just going to walk around and explore all the historical sites in the center before diving on into the markets either way it's going to be an awesome day so join me for an awesome adventure we got 1 minute into our driver showes up all right so our driver just pulled up now let's see if we can make it across the street without getting hit all right hurry hurry hurry step right up you know what while we're on our way to the Medina let me actually show you guys a little bit of the streets because man aers is just such a beautiful city and I feel like one of the best ways to see it is in the back of a taxi because it's huge but yeah this city is gorgeous there's um these beautiful gates at all the parks I even saw one at the ports there's a lot of green spaces look there's a little market there where they sell clothing these are the public buses it's just super beautiful out here to be honest um this city we were talking yesterday gives me a strong like uh Parisian Vibes like Paris Vibes Madrid Vibes the architecture I mean obviously it was colonized by the French so that's why but look at these guys the facade dos are just so beautiful I love seeing the balconies with the clothing hanging off the sides look at the small tobacco shop what is this a furniture shop a nice place to buy some shirts and some pants no seriously my favorite way to get to ca city is in the back of the Taxi man I feel like the back of the taxi is the best way to um familiar familiarize yourself with an area and to get a nice First Impressions I also noticed that there's a lot of of these little um restaurants to have like a Coca-Cola sign and they say fast food I can imagine there's probably some good eating inside of there now right now we're actually heading to a gat called Bob jid I believe it's called I'm not sure how to pronounce it but we're heading up there because I guess the Medina is one of those things that um goes up so we want to actually Pro uh approach the Medina by walking down into the Medina instead of up so that's why we're heading up that way I left that research up to glattus and you're going to see glattus filming a lot here in uh video as well because she's making a a big series for her Spanish channel so that's why she has the big camera out but yeah we're almost there we should be there in about uh 5 10 minutes now so change of plans guys we're actually about to walk around the downtown area for a while and just explore this area because we actually got dropped off new near the cosba we actually put the wrong address and we realized that we had no money we didn't have any cash on us at all so um we actually asked some policemen and they were so nice they literally put glce and I inside of their car and drove us all the way down to this little area here in downtown called The Squat and it's essentially like a plaza where everybody exchanges money on the black market and let me just tell you guys I got 20,000 Dar for $100 right now and yesterday I got charged almost $200 at the ATM at the airport so a huge difference but yeah right now we're going to explore the downtown area what's up bro what up The Bu how you guys The Bu much love enjoy Venezuela Algeria bro take care who knows what was going on to be honest I feel like I'm doing pretty good with the French because some words I can actually like kind of make them out right now with the police officers yeah maybe because of the of the Spanish but how awesome were those police officers right like never in the world no France no FR thank you bro thank you meru everybody says welcome to Algeria man Algeria I'm gonna say this a lot this series it's a special place but the police officers guys be honest with you the CH the Chief came up to us English what do you speak French FR I love Algeria I didn't yeah let's take a photo bro yeah get in here get in here get in here seeu I'm telling you guys this place is nothing but love nothing but love now I realized that in my first video I didn't talk to you guys about the Visa process so the Visa process as an American is actually it's simple but it takes a lot of steps you actually have to submit bank statements travel itineraries flights everything has to be pre-planned out and cost $160 and you have to send your passport to the New York Consulate of Algeria and then they'll get back to you but let me just tell you guys the consulate is incredible they're just as friendly as here I mean you had the same situation the guys at the consulate called me they told me recommendations like asked me if I needed any help with anything and you found the same thing right yes yes they were very very friendly in my country yeah they're just and they were like I can't wait for you to be in my country be nilia yeah so man lovely people but yeah when the cops put it so let me get back to the story so basically I'll turn the camera around us so you guys don't have to see my face the whole time but basically when the police officers we walked up to them and asked them if they knew where an ATM was they right away just told us no worries I take you in my car so that you feel safe and he took us in his car and brought us all the way down here and the whole time he's giving us recommendations gives us his number and to be honest with you guys I thought he was going to ask me for some money like I I've been in I've been in places where that has happened right but no that didn't happen at all he gave me all of my money in fact he told me if you need any money anything you call me and I give to you food money anything that's lovely but yeah guys this here is the downtown and we're about to go for a little walk a little Meander around downtown alers and see what the vibe is like now there's actually this big beautiful building down in this direction that is really calling my attention is that the post office probably it looks like it huh check wow it is beautiful I can see a bunch of birds flying around I think that's a perfect area to go in Meander and yeah just like the rest of the city look at all the Ceramics um mosaics that are on the sides very beautiful I really enjoy this city a lot so glattus is checking up if that's the post office or not but look we're walking around right right along the Mediterranean that's the coastline however I just haven't um actually walked around that side because of the wind but we'll cross on over right now and see if we can get a better look of the Mediterranean but seriously tell me what you guys think of this place so far what have you guys found or what are your impressions based off of what you've seen from the people so far now I find myself in a place called marre Square and I guess this is like um the start of the kaspa the actually takes well veers off into one of these side streets but this main square is extremely beautiful I believe it's connected with the Metro there's a mosque right there that is man incredible looking and the post office right uh let's check here P Palace Consul oh it's a palace it's a consulate of Algeria yes okay so not the post office but the post office is something that everybody's been telling us we have to see so let's actually cross over I want to take a picture in front of the console and I believe glce does too and I want to show you guys what the coast looks like but look at this guys this is a Vibe man seriously it doesn't get much better than this so many people in the street there are huh and so many birds yesterday was a Friday when we arrived and everything was empty today it's very much active all right maybe we can cross on over through here oh you know what there's a there's a a line over there we should probably go that way now I'm actually very hungry as well right now so a shwam or something wouldn't be bad I saw one right here in the corner I also saw P pis P like the place where you eat um cookies oh okay and sweets I'm down for that Pia wow look at this guys look at this border look at this Avenue here I mean it is gorgeous look at the facade of this building as well wow I'm telling you guys this place is impressive if you've never planned or if you've never thought about coming to Algeria you have to come this country is beautiful I mean look at this guys unreal all right let's cross now hopefully without getting hit all right well here we go hopefully there's some vendors out here or something wow this is beautiful guys yeah that view is incredible so yeah you can see the ports right here the port of alers it looks like there's a fortress out into the distance and all of the seagull just flying around incredible I've been smiling since I arrived I mean this place is truly special hey yeah look everybody just taking pictures enjoying their weekend cuz as I mentioned it is a Saturday it's the weekend here that mosque is gorgeous as well but yeah I'm hungry so first things first we're about to find ourselves some food after I show you guys the front of this consulate here there's so much energy out I mean hearing all the different conversations that are taking place is quite awesome it looks like those down there might be fisherman boats there's also a little Plaza down there where you can hang out and enjoy the breeze it's beautiful actually off into the distance you can see the Algerian French Monument which is actually what we went out or the memorial that commemorates the the fall here in Algeria which we went out to yesterday so yeah it's pretty far out I mean we come quite far how do you feel about this place so far beautiful beautiful I'm very happy we're here in this country it's better than I don't know it's better than what I thought yeah yeah yeah exactly well to be honest we didn't have much expectations there's not a lot covered about Algeria I mean you don't really hear too much so um everything that we're discovering is brand new for us and yeah I didn't have these expectations neither I didn't know what to expect but um to be honest I was thinking that I was going to be hassled a lot like in Egypt because I just came from there but no this is a complete contrast you know what don't go to Egypt come to Algeria like Algeria is amazing such a beautiful place actually I think we started all the way up there yes so yeah definitely going to be taking a taxi back up to the top of the cosba before we jump on in to the Medina because that is a that is steep I see why everybody wants you to start up there let's walk in front of the building in front of the consulates let me know what you guys think of this so far and to be fairly honest this City's incredibly clean for being um a country like with with such a dense population it's incredibly clean like I haven't seen much much trash on the ground at all but yeah this here is the Algerian Chambers of Commerce it says man what a beautiful building right I mean in my city there's not a building that looks this impressive wow so beautiful man anyways guys I'm going to put the camera down for a second maybe we'll walk over to the Fortress but I think next up next on the agenda some food I'm I'm so hungry spent a few minutes admiring the coastline this place is beautiful right very nice and it's fresh it's fresh being right along the coast it's so fresh right now we're going to jump on into Marty square but first we need something to eat I found this spot right here pizeria Cafe Marty square and it looks super beautiful so we'll come on in here and hopefully buy ourselves like a sharwama or something look they got like some shwam meat right here and look at the roof of the building or the ceiling of the of the building it's beautiful all right let's see how this works man that smells nice smells good smells delicious ni grilled grilled chicken grilled greasy chicken I like it all right so let's see how we actually order this we'll see right now so I ended up getting a chicken sandwich and a chicken Chama both of them are coming out right now but this looks incredible and we're definitely in the right place this place is filled with nothing but locals so I guess the this chicken sandwich just comes with fries and a bunch of like minced chicken all right let's dive on into it I'm noticing everybody else was putting all kinds of sauces on there that is bum I see why everybody's putting ketchup in there though sorry about that you need some ketchup man this is delicious though a nice filling sandwich 250 50 Durham or D $1 and5 not bad just finished up our sandwiches man those were incredible and now we're walking around Marty square and we're actually about to make our way over to the notredam of Africa yes there's a Notre Dam Cathedral that glattus discovered a few days ago and we're about to make our way there now we actually saw it last night and it was lit up like the Algerian flag very beautiful and look at that m oh wow that is beautiful huh beautiful that does look incredible should we walk in front of it I think we should that looks incredible let's go wow that's the that's the amazing part about walking around alga ear really without a plan is just stumbling across all these amazing sights just simply walking around but yeah let's go up there that looks so beautiful now I am trying to be very careful while filming guys because there are there is a strong police presence and Military presence and you know those kind of organizations never want to be on camera and I always try and respect that oh wow I think there's some ruins right here or something maybe they're ruins you think so I don't know let me check my friend yeah look they are oh yeah these are some sort of ruins that's pretty cool right in the heart of the city I mean yes this is an extremely ancient part of the city the oldest part of um alga years so obviously there has to be some ruins in here on the map it says an archaeological excavation site so they probably have no idea what it is but they're working on it still super cool it's cool to run across we're actually heading back to um Athens in a few weeks glattus has never been there and in that City you find sites just like this everywhere it's kind of like Rome wow yes I am very excited we're going to have such a good time but yeah you got a bunch of vendors out here selling snacks and stuff like that but as I mentioned um police Beast military you should never film those kind of people anywhere in the world but yeah let's cross on over oh don't tell me this is the start to the Medina this is actually where I've been wanting to come but I'm saving that for a special video you guys know I like to get up in the markets and start doing some serious shopping so we'll do that tomorrow yeah here is definitely the place or looks like it looks like huh look this is the fish market I wonder if him here you think so I don't know that's a good question we should ask somebody yeah or you want to try bargaining no thank you you are the I don't know I feel like here here in Algeria everybody is so friendly so nice that you don't want to bargain like I feel like you're welcome you're welcome come over here bro I got a question for you how are you doing good I'm telling everybody everybody in Algeria is so amazing so nice good very good but here now jeria do you bargain when you shop or no bargain bargain fixed price fixed price in Algeria fixed price like me me good thank you brother thank you brother telling you nothing but love in Algeria harona noar thank you thank you um America America American to Amer yes Amer yes ah okay okay thank you have a nice day sorry sorry sorry what's glad has got going on in here they want to know where I am from oh Venezuela I know yes she's from Venezuela America California California California Angeles Los Angeles are you from algers no no where your home Algeria Algeria Alger har very good it is beautiful continent your country is beautiful Algeria beautiful you can't you can't live in Algeria thank you bro thank you thank you bro thank this thiser in Inger really from right here bro thank you thank you bro I would huh okay okay thank you thank you byebye all right hey this is cool man they gave me a um a coin from their football team that's awesome wow nice I'm going to keep that we saw these all over the paintings remember all over the walls us MH the CL the most famous club okay cap who's the best who's the best player MC MCM okay no no no um Africa I go right now yes yes yes yes okay okay I'm so confused right now okay okay no yes no uh right now I I'm going to eat with my girlfriend yes yes thank you bro thank you oh man these are dates right here huh this is what gladus actually wanted to get our hands on some dates I love dates hello hello stuff dates those are nice how how much how much one one piece okay get is yeah I wanton this stuff okay um just just one just one it's only for T no like that yeah one uh-huh thank you so much everybody said the most famous dates in the world are from Algeria wow I'm excited I'm excited to try first one t and me what you okay I will I will wow these shops are beautiful huh glce super looks delicious all the day where do you come from I come from the United States oh American American and she's from Venezuela Venezuela Venezuela fine what do you think I love Algeria yes the people are so nice I think I think the nicest people in the world are in Algeria everybody in Algeria is so friendly welcoming yes because aan people like amb to uh people to uh to change uh with people yes Algerian people like to talk and have fun drink tea eat couscous couscous yeah yeah fromia really really where where certain parts of Algeria of uh cus uh in AIA we have uh many we don't have only one we have many because we have um 58 will it's um region 48 reg 4 we have wow so and the first cuscus come from Baya wow and the first couscous only vegetable or meat we no we have meat we have vegetable we have everything everything I like it thank you so much Mery meru all right you know what glattus you're going to hate me for this but I think we should um walk on out of here okay because glattus definitely wants the our get too but so many people are coming up to us that I feel like we got to save this for the Medina video or else we're going to get recognized tomorrow but you know what let's whoop up in those dates we got to try the world famous Algerian dates it has to happen are thank you brother thank you brother what you we all here thank you thank you I love it man I love it that's the energy I need I love it oh hello brother how much oh it's okay it's okay you stay let me try one you stay huh you stay we stay you have sleep Ohi yeah yeah yeah my home thank you brother thank you thank you you honey oh that's honey it's okay no no honey right now you want to try dates look you want to try dates oh thank you I I don't oh you don't like dates okay I like it me uh it's too much too much he at too he's at too much dates in his life he don't want nothing to do with these bad boys all right careful your what's your opinion of Algeria I love Algeria beautiful beautiful people like you thank you thank you brother Shan have a nice day okay I love how everybody wants to know what you think of Aleria and the truth of the matter is I love Algerian and these Algerian wow those are incredible huh it's so creamy and and sweet delicious delicious best dates ever wow best dates in the world you know I've had a lot of dates but yeah these are definitely like the best I've ever had oh yeah this is definitely a place where you come to to sh free yeah tomorrow we got to do some serious shopping out here all right guys well let me put the camera down for a bit and I'll see you guys at the Cathedral of Notre this is my phone perhaps you can okay please you're very amazing guy everybody in Algeria treats us so nice uh if you uh for 18 if you fish oh yeah fish fish you have uh one Soph Hotel Soph to the [Music] right continue continue okay it's on the right side it isn't very expensive no no not very expens delicious delicious and a good good eight good fish fish only fish okay it isn't very expensive uh and okay in Algeria people eat many fish no no no no no no eat many fish no eat many meat meat mut Mutan no no no no it's very expensive it's expensive yeah and uh my my children one children it's U big big not eat fish not eat chicken not eat vegetables vegetable wow couscous with chickpea C you like couscous yes but no average too much because when we ate couscous after 1 hour you are hungry oh you're hungry again for yeah yeah yeah couscous it's good you see Wednesday Wednesday very much very people eat ccus oh on Wednesdays on Wednesdays okay okay tradition yeah that's beautiful Algeria is beautiful because so many tradition in Algeria yes yes yes the people I am in I am I am I am so your family is from the desert speak Arab but I am Arab you're you're I am musman of course but I am in Arab okay so your family is from Sahara no your family is Sahara Berber Sahara right but no no B it's the old in Algeria oh the before the Tim old old Algeria okay okay in histor uhhuh see okay the ottoman Army took over the berbers then the French and then Algerian came back huh the very martys in Algeria is bber okay the very opposition for the government is B okay yes okay thank you thank youm yeah yes medine thank you for thank you for sharing your country with me when when yes my driver passport in San Adrian wow but the [Music] wow so they ask for passports for the bus yes crazy here in Algeria everybody says Hi everyone everyone in Algeria says hi welcome to Algeria no they're very nice the people in Algeria to me they tell me welcome to Algeria enjoy Algeria this is your country if if if if you don't have Hotel IAD in my house wow my wife and my son Al problem thank you man only in Algeria thank you brother thank you and we finally made it to the Notre Dam the Africa now you can't visit the Notre Dam in Paris unfortunately we tried you can't make it in right now it's under construction but we just hired a taxi driver to actually take us all the way back down as well but look at this babe I said babe I just called all of you guys babe well look at this go guys it's so beautiful so I was actually told that there are several um Christian and Catholic Cathedrals I believe this here is a Catholic church right it is a Catholic church and it is beautiful man the view is insane look at this there's actually a cemetery down there man this is beautiful you know what I actually want to see if I can head on in let's walk on in there and check it all out yeah this is insane the architecture is just beautiful so yeah this um Cathedral we actually wanted to come to this morning but it's only open from 11: to 12:30 and then from 3:00 to 5:30 in the afternoon so keep that in mind if you're coming on visiting well the inside was absolutely beautiful guys definitely worth a visit and I must say the views that you get of the city of aler are just incredible I mean look at this the entire Coastline there's actually a football stadium down there a bunch of homes right along the water man it is stunning here such a beautiful place but yeah with that being said guys um well this is going to be the end of our little uh video exploring the city of alers tomorrow I'll dive on into the Medina we'll go do some crazy shopping buy some souvenirs and we'll see what else we get into but for now I'll leave you guys with this amazing view of algers and I'll see you guys again soon for another video let me know what was your favorite part and see you next time always smarted I was the one to take a love I remember how always
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