I really didn't expect that
There is no sign that you're in a mosque
- I expected something beautiful but not to this extent
- I swear this is the tastiest meal I have ever eaten
Yeaaaah!
In the last video, I went on the streets and found 3 random strangers
Who have accepted to travel with me on the same day
Wanna travel?
- Yalla (Let's go)
Today
- Yalla
You're free?
- Yalla
Yalla
However, in this video we will get to know Trabzon Province
Which we visited
And it's villages and foods and wonderful experience we have lived there
We came in the morning, as we arrived
For breakfast!
We came to Türkiye so we can't but have a Turkish breakfast
I just want to hear the crunch
[ satisfying crunch ]
We started in a city called Boztepe
It's a mountain in the city of Trabzon
Overlooking the entire city
As you can see from here
Omar, when was the last time you have traveled?
- Before Covid
Before Covid
- Before Covid
And all of a sudden you decide you want to travel on the same day?
- It just happened we were talking about it and deciding on a chance to travel and it has happened
Unfortunately, today's luck regarding the weather is not so good
But the area here is amazing, you can come and sit by the view
And have a cup of tea
Next!
[ Sound of the "Adhan" : Call to prayer ]
[ Saying "Allahu Akbar" : God is most Great ]
The place I'm currently in
For the first time seeing it you imagine that it's a
Church!
But it's actually a mosque
I have visited Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
But this place in Trabzon, in my opinion
Is weirdest than Istanbul
Because there is no sign that you're in a mosque
But you can hear the Qur'an
وَ لَقَدۡ كَـتَـبۡـنَـا فِي ٱلزَّبُورِ مِـنۢ بَعۡـدِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ أَنَّ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ ٱلصَّٰـلِـحُونَ
" Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (given to Moses): My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth " 21:105
And the feeling is very strange
But so beautiful
I mean I'm shocked from the amount of the contradiction happening
But it's beautiful
Hagia Sophia mosque in Trabzon has been there since the 13th century or so
After Muhammad AlFetih came to Türkiye and started the Islamic Caliphate
They turned it into a mosque for around 500 years
And then it turned to a hospital, mosque, museum, and whatnot
But currently, it's an actual mosque
It's just like the churches you find in Georgia or Armenia
Which are, I'm guessing, Orthodox churches
However
You enter it and hear the Qur'an
- It's weird, I mean from a church to a mosque
- Imaginary, bro, science fiction
I went down to the streets yesterday
Told them "would you like to travel with me today?"
They agreed and we then traveled
- That simple?
That was it
I don't know anyone of them
- Not even one?
Not one
Our luck is starting to work for our side a bit
And it's sunny now and look at how the ocean's color becomes [ tongue flutter ]
I don't know how to talk anymore, is that alright?
We just arrived to an area, what was it called?
- The region here is called Sumela
You need to pay a ticket costing a 100 Turkish Liras
Then you take a bus that sends you to the top
Honestly, out of the best nature hikes I have taken not only in Türkiye but in all the places
♪ Turkish song ♪
Whenever I say I'm bored of Türkiye, I find a place that assures me that there are more things to see here
The entrance of the monastery is like entering one of Game of Thrones' cities
I didn't expect that
- Damn, it's so cool
Imagine that this monastery is built on the edge of a mountain that is almost vertical
Back is the 4th century or so
Until now they don't know how this church was built
But you really get here and wonder how this thing is there in that place
The drawings are almost still preserved
Many parts are preserved
Seeing it when we arrived was like seeing a drawing from a historical story
It's impossible that this place is real
Look, look
We won't leave this place without some drone shots
Let me fly the drone quickly
And run away before we get caught by the police
While leaving the monastery we found a small waterfall on the road
We stopped for some pictures
We stopped on the road at a random place
But the landscape
Is imaginary
Feels like you are watching Heidi from Spacetoon
♫ Music ♫
- This is a hidden lake
- Between the mountains
- It's called Limni Golu
This lake we arrived at, look honestly the road to here is
Nicer than the lake itself
The lake itself is a nice place
You can come and sit here, obviously there's food
If you want to drink tea or do something
What made you agree about coming here?
- I'm in, a 100%
Sure?
- 100%
- I want to run away, bro
You want to run away? From what?
[ laughter ]
- You need to change the mood, I swear
- I needed to change my mood, a long item since I have changed my mood
And it's his first time he travels to such a place, he only went to perform Umrah in KSA before
What were you waiting for?
- I don't know, you know, work and work pressures
- There's no time
But when you were faced with reality, you said let's go
Is this a waterfall or a faucet here?
- It's faucet
A nice faucet, if you want to see a nice faucet
- You come to Trabzon to Limni
♫ Music ♫
Another Turkish day in Trabzon
Starting of course, with Turkish breakfast
We will have breakfast and continue our day in nature
♪ Folkloric music ♪
Of course Türkiye is very popular for its tea
You come here and drink 10 cups of tea per day
And you're still warming up
So we came to one of the Turkish tea factories to see the method they prepare it in
As you get there, you can have a tour inside the factory and see precisely how they make it
I didn't know that this was found in Türkiye
After getting the harvested tea
They wash it here
And then grind it
And take it to the drying zone
And then the cleaning zone
This is what we call red (or black) tea, popular everywhere
Of course there are many tea types, like green tea
Which they also add the roasting method
The method is a bit different but it's all from the same tea leafs
The smell here, the smell of the roasted tea now
Is very nice
And we will go for a tasting experience
To the different types of tea
What is this?
- White tea
What does it mean?
- This is the best type of tea in the whole world
- 1 Kilogram is for a $1,000 !
We will now try
The white tea, this tea is made from only one leaf found in the tea plant
It's used for treatment more than drinking
It tastes like hot water with just a hint of tea flavor
And now we have finally discovered how tea comes
In Türkiye and how it's made
Now we'll continue by bus, let's go
To Uzungöl!
We made it to Uzungöl
The most popular place in Trabzon you see on Tiktok, Instagram, YouTube, on pictures and stories
The first place we came to see quickly in Uzungöl is called
Seyir Terasi
You can see the whole city from here
What do you think about the expectation of Muaaz about Trabzon versus the reality?
- Honestly it was something unexpected
You didn't imagine this when you decided to come?
- No, no
Really
- I imagined something nice, but not to this extent
Oh my! Oh my!
We came to this restaurant called Seflerin Yeri
It's perfect with the view
Of the Uzungöl lake
Food here is obviously tasty
We ordered Kebab, Kufta, fish
Everything we ordered was really delicious
[ Just like Tyson ]
[ She definitely knows what she's doing ]
Muhammad Ali, the driver with us
[ Watch out ]
Oooh!
Oh my! Oh my!
We came for karting
7 minutes here are for a 100 Turkish liras
♫ Music ♫
Amazing, isn't it?
Really!
çok çok çok çoky
- çoky eh?
çok tamam
Karting was really amusing
Woo!
The only one we didn't get to know in this trip
Is Marie
Marie is a Jiu Jitsu trainer
And the nicest thing was that she got married 2 days ago
So what made you come on this trip while you just got married 2 days ago?
- Uhm I don't know, you know it's a nice opportunity
- I don't usually travel
Your husband didn't mind?
- He knows me really well so
- He's used to this
So he's using to that
She left her husband and came with us
[ laughter ]
The third day
Tonight we were booked in this hotel called Shellal (Waterfall)
It's just at the river
5 minutes away from Uzungöl
It's nice to relax and sit with the family in nature
A perfect option
And now we are going to have the popular breakfast
Of Uzungöl
Yalla
This place has to trending clip
You close your eyes like this
You show the clip of cheese being raised over the lake view
Everyone knows this clip because it's all over the place
So we ordered a light breakfast before we go on for the day
Food is tasty, kind of normal
It's nice, but the whole idea is the view you're seeing from here which is just imaginary!
Where are you from?
- I'm from Syria
Welcome welcome
- Welcome, my honor
Regarding traveling in Trabzon
I have noticed that it is necessary to rent a car to go to the different places
Our trip was coordinated with a local company
I'll leave their information in the description box below for those who are interested
And now, my dears
We're going on a rafting trip
In Rize which is around 1 hour away from Uzungöl
So let me change my outfit
Oh! We're on the raft
It's not scary at all, water is very warm
And it feels like
It flows by itself, by itself
[ Excitement shouts]
[ Excitement screams ]
[ Excitement yells ]
[ Hysterical screams ]
As you can see, it's all under control
Selamlar! (Greetings)
- It's all good, very good, no problem at all
- Cute and friendly
- Just needs some place to stop by on the road to have a drink
[ suggests a drink ]
- Or something cold
- Where's your paddle?
Me?
- Yeah
Where's HIS paddle!
Good job for the person who lost the paddle
- My bad!
Now you'll need to work for 3 days to pay for it
We're done with rafting
çok teşekkür ederim (I thank you very much)
God bless you, kolay gelsin (good luck)
We stopped on the road at the Zilkale castle in Rize
But I don't know why the microphone stopped working
Anyways, this castle lives from the 14th or 15th century
But we don't know many stories about it
We went then to Palovit waterfall
And regardless of the beauty of the waterfall
The strongest thing there was the corn cob we ate
At this nice lady's place
I swear to God, guys, the tastiest corn I have ever eaten
If I have known the corn here is this tasty, I would come here for the corn and not the waterfall
- I swear this is the tastiest corn I have ever eaten
Yeah for real
- I swear by God, this is legendary, legendary!
You're in this video now, be happy about it
[ laughs happily ]
I can't believe how tasty it is
Yumm
How does she make -- I mean what is her secret to preparing such a tasty corn
Tell me how
[ speaks in Turkish ]
- The water used to boil corn is from the river
- That's one
- And second of all, she says she's adding some love to it
- And she loves what she's doing
So the secret is that she harvests the corn herself
Peels it, boils it in river water
And sprinkles love over it
This is the magical recipe for the tastiest corn in the world
- And I'm very happy
- I am very, very happy that I have seen you
- I swear this is the best chance I have had
My dear
- I swear, for real
Abu Hmed is watching the behind the scenes for the 1st time
He feels ecstatic
- True, true, it's the first time for real
Wow!
Look at this place
We're going to the waterfall, the road that gets you there is very beautiful
It's had a bridge I don't know it feels like walking in a tree
Look at this guys! This is in Türkiye!
I haven't expected it, it's really similar to Ajman back in my hometown actually
We just arrived to the place we're spending the night in which is in Ayder
And this is only from outside
Wait until you see the inside, the place is really imaginary
Oh my!
♫ Music ♫
Honestly, the bungalow here is magical, it's built on the river itself
This is our bungalow
On fire! On fire!
4th Day
I woke up at dawn today, we went on a bus to get to a region
That I have seen a lot in pictures of Trabzon and it's like
Above the clouds
But the road to here was very bad
It took around an hour or an hour and a half on very bad roads
But the views are extraordinary
The mountains with tips full of snow
And we have reached the top now but
We still have this small hill
By foot, and we expect on the other side of the mountain to see the clouds
♪ Local music ♪
- Of course, this is Tulum (Bagpipe)
- It's special to the Black Sea region
- To the North of Türkiye
- Its sound is very soft
Our luck wasn't that good with the clouds
So, the view is very pure
But our luck is good with the mountains
This area is called Huser, a part of the Kaçkar mountains
The mountains we're seeing in front of us
Altitude is more than 3500 I expect
And because we're in the beginning of summer, there is still some snow I expect that it stays for the whole season
On high altitudes
No one is here but us
I don't know where people are, why isn't there anyone around?
After a beautiful morning, I came back to the hotel
Or the bungalow we were in, or the hut
Guys, it's really very beautiful
This hut is called Fortuna bungalow
We will have our last breakfast in Ayder
And then say our goodbyes to this region
Let's go
We're back in the morning to have breakfast in Keyf restaurant
The breakfast with the view of waterfalls in Ayder
Is really fascinating
We haven't seen anything of this yesterday
But we're now seeing it
We're leaving from Rize airport, there is an airport in Rize now, not everyone knows that
And it's time my trip ends
Goodbye, my friends. Peace, guys
Bye bye, see you later
Peace, Yahya
- Peace
Bye bye
- Bye bye! 👋
That's it, may God bless you, I hope you liked the video
May God increase your travels
See you in the upcoming video
Peace!
Subtitles by Omar Younes
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Our luck is starting to get a bitta-- bitta--betta-- a bit better
It's not working out