Good morning everybody, join me as I walk through downtown Cairo, without a guide. Going for a little
adventure to find some breakfast food, and basically just go for a stroll. And then we'll
see where the day takes us! It's so interesting I don't think I've ever been to a place where
the police are so paranoid or like, controlling, as here in Egypt. I was just in Tahrir Square,
where the revolution happened in 2011. It's guarded by police 24/7, and I wanted
to walk up and read a sign on the big monument in the middle, and they yelled at me like, I can't come
any closer. So I stood there, then I took a video of the traffic, just the scene, not even facing the
square, and I hear the cop behind me like, "Hey! No, no, no, no, no," and I told him, "I'm not filming you, I'm
filming that way." He's like, "Okay." They're very, like, paranoid, and it's just interesting. Alright, let's
go see if I can find some food and hopefully order what I want and get the right thing. Here we go.
Okay, I found the spot. I think this guy remembers me, so hopefully he can hook
me up. But I have no idea how to say it in Arabic. Let's see what happens.
Ful, falafel? One.
Okay, we got the ful, salad....
This is like my favorite thing, it has dill, and tomato, and I don't know, some
other thing, but it's delicious. And this is some kind of pickled vegetable.
Thank you. Wow.
Tear some off, make a little pocket, grab the ful.
So good. Okay, and check this out. You see those newspapers hanging on the tree and right here?
That's actually the napkin. So you can just take a page, pull it off, and that's for your hands.
Man, I cannot believe how fast this man works, Mr. Magdy here. And everyone
comes up and knows his name, and he's just-- Look how many customers are here.
Man, I love things like that. Just the coolest
little local spot that I would never find if I wasn't with my Egyptian friends the
other day. And I'm glad I was able to find it and go back on my own. That was cool.
Alright guys, I stopped by the cafe and found some friends who are helping me walk around here.
What's your name? Shams. Shams! Shams and.... Omar? Okay, and we're just gonna go for a walk in the downtown.
Oh my God.
Yeah, so much good architecture. Good buildings.
That means "your channel". Oh, channel!
What's your name?
Your name? Thank you. My name is Ziad. Ziad. How are you? Praise be to God.
Alright, I think I've got a little entourage from the school kids here. Yalla habaybi!
YouTube? Youtube.
Say hello! Say hello.
Your channel's name?
Channel? Doug Barnard.
Give me pen, paper. I'll write it.
Okay, thanks.
Doug Barnard. YouTube. You'll be famous!
Wow.
They found many boxes in this house. Boxes of what?
They found snakes. Snacks? Yeah.
Snacks or snakes? Snakes. Oh, snakes!
We've still got these kids with us.
Ah, good!
Say it again?
Okay, young YouTuber there. Check it out! I don't know if I'm gonna be able to translate that one,
but if you heard him and you speak Arabic, go look at his YouTube channel!
That's mini shop. Yeah.
Wow.
This is a church.
Oh yeah, a church. Okay, and the police are yelling at me to turn the camera off again, so no more.
Okay, carefully. Thanks Shams. Thank you. You're welcome.
Ah, what does that say? Allah. Allah!
Okay guys, I'm in the cafe and I'm with my friend Joe. Yeah hi, hi. And you're making the....
what are you making now? Making uh cappuccino with mocha, and making Turkish coffee, high sugar.
Can we see that, with the sand? I'm doing now, I'm making coffee, high sugar
And it goes in the sand. Yeah, this is so hot. And you move it around? Yeah. Wow.
This is where the magic happens.
Drug is my friend. Doug! Doug is my friend.
Yes sir. Welcome to Egypt, and keep doing everything that you want in Egypt,
and take care, and thank you very much. Thank you Joe. My bro! High five.
Alright guys, they're making the koshary here. So this is what goes in the koshary? Yeah. Here's yours.
My brother! Awww!