So uhm- hey, check this out. This is Halwa Bahraini.
It is probably one of the best sweets or candies that I've ever had in my life.
It's made in Bahrain, it's made of butter and sugar and carmine and rose water and a bunch of other stuff
and they put these little pistachios on top. It's amazing.
It comes in a couple flavors, like red, yellow, and my personal favorite - green.
And they typically come in these nice little containers.
And yeah, it is just the best thing ever.
Mm!
Speaking about Bahrain,
I went there about 3 months ago.
Here's some video clips of the footage that I took:
Hey geograpeeps. So I'm here at the LAX airport.
And I'm on my way to Bahrain.
And today I get to fly on my favorite airline that I've ever flown so far KLM Airlines,
Royal Dutch Airlines. I love this airline because they leave the snack cart
in the back of the plane and anybody can just go and grab whatever they want.
Of course, when in Amsterdam -
You gotta buy tulip bulbs.
It's a little after 10 and I just made it to Bahrain.
[The next morning]
This is my hotel room.
My subscriber Abdullah and geograpeep and awesome guy
just hooked me up with this hotel, check it out. I have this entire living room.
And it comes with my own Arabic TV.
And check this out -
And this place comes with not only 1, not only 2, but it comes with 3 bedrooms!
Okay! 3 bedrooms!
My own bathroom.
It has another bathroom.
My own kitchen!
It comes with a fridge, and it comes with a microwave
And if you can see, it's written in Arabic.
It also comes with a washing machine.
A washing machine!
I don't need this much space.
I don't mind just sleeping on the floor or whatever.
Hey geograpeeps, I'm in the car right now.
With my geograpeep/host/friend/awesome guy all around this is Abdullah!
Abudallah: Hey! What's up?
Barby: What do you really like about Bahrain?
What do I really like about Bahrain? All my friends live here.
We have the tree of life and we have a lot of empty land.
Like everywhere in Bahrain is ascessible in less than an hour.
So everywhere is just one area.
The only real difference is between areas is we have (inaudible), which is where I pick you up from the airport, that's where the airport is.
There's Menoma.
Then there's (?). (?) is in the south.
You come here for like a couple of days on your way to Dubai, or Oman.
Go to Oman!
Oman's awesome!
Okay, so now I'm here with the guys in Muharraq, it's like the gritty,
marketplace/alleyways of Bahrain.
So, I love this. Look at this. All this stuff here and the walls are covered with tarps.
Abdullah: Hey!
And here's Abdullah.
There's Aldair.
AKA Cuba Gooding Jr.
And Laith right here.
My local Bahraini people.
This is what's called (?). (?) is vermicelli noodles with spices, generally with an omlette on top.
Then let's move on. This is omlettes mixed with rice.
These are basically just baked beans with some pepper on top.
This is "ful."
And this is like diced-up potatoes.
This is (?). (?) is like bread with fishpaste in it.
These are toasted sandwichs. I don't know what they're called, but they're my favorite thing here.
It's like a grilled cheese sandwich with little packets of jelly in it.
It's amazing.
And this... Barby: Last one?
Abdullah: It's not identifiable.... Barby: Mystery meat!
Mr. Sandwhich. Laith: I think it's potatoes.
Abdullah: Yeah, probably.
I wouldn't be suprised.
Dittos. Alright...
Abdullah: World's greatest sandwich.
Thanks for eating them.
Barby: I think the jelly is (inaudible).
Hey guys, this is a geograpeep Yousif right here.
Sup, guys?
Native of Bahrain. Bahraini citizen.
Tell all these geograpeeps what are some great things about Bahrain and why should people come?
You should come here probably because people like tourists.
Like this guy right here, you know?
We'll take you around, we'll show you whatever you wanna see.
Second thing is food.
You can have Indian food, you can have American food,
Mexican food, Korean food.
Arabic food, every kind of food.
Alright, so tell us - how are Bahraini people different from all the other people in the gulf?
We're different because we're like kind of westernized, like a long time ago, before Dubai.
Dubai is just now being westernized. Barby: Bahrain was the original.
We are the originals. Like the native, the "native-westernized."
I'm not really sure if that's the term.
It is. It is now.
It is now. So, we're here I'm gonna tell to you like we like to get involved with other people from different ethnicities and stuff, so we're more laidback than other gulf countries.
We're not strict as much, so it's fine.
Right. Yeah.
How hot does it typically get in Bahrain in the summer?
Alot? And how hot?
Yeah.
It gets too hot like 50 degrees Celsius, I don't know Fahrenheit.
That's like a 120-something Fahrenheit. Yeah, that is crazy.
Wait. So this whole floor is a map, right?
Yeah. Of my country.
Of your country.
So, right now we are in the country.
Oh, this is so cool. It's literally like a map.
What's this airport?
So this is the (?) Bahrain.
Barby: They're still building it?
And in the (?) Islands?
They play bagpipes in the Arab world?
Abduallah: Very famous.
Alright, and whatta we go here?
(?). This is when somebody gets married.
Somebody gets married, they do this?
The girl.
And everyday the life situation would look like
in Bahrain, like 200 years ago.
Before the Caliphas and the Saudis came, this is what it kinda looked like, right?
Abdullah: Probably like this.
Abdullah: So she would go like
her mom, probably, would throw some money and candy and stuff.
Barby: And people would collect it?
Abdullah: No, yeah, yeah, on the woman.
Barby: So this is all traditional Bahraini, right?
Abdullah: This is a model of our bride.
Abdullah: You see, she was probably punished in the corner.
Barby: Oh, she's probably being punished?
Abdullah: Yeah.
Bahraini pearls.
It's what you guys are known for.
Best pearls in the gulf.
Abdullah: By the way, you changed the way you say "Qatar", eh?
Barby: Yeah.
Abdullah: You say "Kaw-ter."
"Cutter." Barby: Yeah, I used to say - in this video, I used to say "cutter."
Abdullah: And I was like, "That's not how we say it."
And he's like (imitates bad Arabic)
Barby: Not "cut-ar". Abdullah: "Cutter."
Well this is the way we say good bye - "gitar."
Like "guitar."
It sounds like "guitar."
You Arabs and your dialects. Abdullah: Yeah, I know.
Hey everybody, so I'm here with Laith. Laith: Hey!
Hey! And we are on the King Fahd Causeway. We're gonna go to Saudi Arabia right now.
So right when you enter into Saudi Arabia, the first thing you see is McDonald's.