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well here I am by the pyramids again the
day has come
I am leaving Egypt I have been here for
two months now and I can't even describe
how much I have loved loved being here I
can't believe I'm leaving didn't even
seem real
no one say I want to say how much hi
guys
today this is going to be a video that I
felt like it was really important for me
to make and that I have had on my mind
for a little while when I told people
that I was going to be traveling all
around Egypt for one month alone a lot
of them were very concerned and they
told me how unsafe Egypt was and that
terrible things would happen to me there
they told me that women should not
travel to Egypt and they certainly
shouldn't travel there alone they told
me that if I did have to go I should try
not to ever leave my hotel except on a
tour they told me not to speak to or
trust anyone there was just one problem
though
none of these people had ever actually
been to Egypt
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the worst thing that happened to me in
Egypt was that I had to leave
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a really popular question that people
have been asking these lately
would be is Egypt safe I do have to say
that sadly bad things do happen anywhere
and everywhere in the world
Las Vegas London these places are not
really locations that if you told your
friends you're going there that they
would be giving you all of these
warnings and telling you that you
shouldn't travel there don't travel
there as a woman and yet bad things do
happen when there is something that
happens in Egypt it does get a ton of
negative attention just because it is
Egypt and this happens with other
countries too it's kind of miss
proportionate in what the media portrays
this really is not a political video at
all or I don't know anything against
media or anything like that but I do
just want to say that no one is making
news stories about how Carroll and John
go to Egypt and have an amazing trip we
never hear the good news we only hear
the bad news
sadly terrible things are happening all
around us in the world today these
things should not keep you from living
your life and from exploring and
enjoying just how amazing this world is
because you really never know what is
gonna happen this is all within reason
obviously there are parts of the world
that are very unstable and unsafe at the
moment but I personally do not feel like
Egypt falls into that category of course
I can only share my own experiences I am
talking about what I felt and saw for
myself in Egypt I was there for two
months and I was traveling by myself
solo female traveler I am like a hundred
pounds and five foot five and I never
felt unsafe really I'm trying to think
of a time that I felt unsafe did you
ever
then the answer would be no I went all
over Egypt who can night trains
overnight buses walked alone at night
downtown areas lighted areas I just felt
safe I I don't know if there's really so
many examples to give you because I can
only give you examples of what didn't
happen a lot of you guys asked about
being a female traveler in Egypt and
especially being a solo female traveler
how can that be safe what was it like I
will say that when I went to Egypt
especially when I first got there for
some reason there was a lot of
catcalling they should not call you it
is really not good of them to do and I
don't want to underplay that but they
are essentially harmless all they're
gonna do is use words you just ignore
them just keep on walking now guys
lately I have been seeing some comments
on videos that aren't even about this
but I have not seen some comments lately
that I would consider slurs I guess I
know that the comments section can get
kind of crazy sometimes and I don't get
to read all of my comments but I have
been seeing some that basically say that
the culture of the Middle East in
general is a culture that assaults women
and whenever I see this it really upsets
me this is a problem it is a terrible
thing for a person to do and it is by no
means unique to a certain country or
region or religion or race that is
simply ridiculous there are a lot of
these things that sadly happen in the US
and
I think like most if not almost all
women I have had these things happen to
me and sadly it's something in our world
today that still happens to women I have
had to deal with these things before
being followed being made to feel very
uncomfortable very unsafe being more
than that it's happened and yet all of
these instances happen to me in the u.s.
not in Egypt none in other places that I
visited that people told me we're
dangerous or that every woman that goes
there it's a culture where they
disrespect women it's a culture where
they assault in it
no people assault people it's not Arabs
assault foreigners or foreigners do this
or Egypt its people people all over the
world have the power to choose to do the
right thing or the wrong thing and
everywhere in the world there are going
to be people that choose to do more of
the wrong thing or more of the right
thing and that's human nature and it is
not any more pronounced in Egypt than it
is in any country in coming to Egypt a
lot of people told me not to speak to
anyone not to trust anyone and they
would always say especially men don't
engage them in conversation don't trust
them do not speak to any man just as a
little contact with Egyptian men as
possible it's just extremely
over-the-top I mean a ton of friends
while I was in Egypt
men and women and it was fine I got a
bad feeling from anyone even if I didn't
really know what it was then I would
just not talk to them it's just the same
as anywhere else in the world there's a
good chance that if a man is approaching
a girl that he does maybe want to ask
her out but it's really not doesn't make
him a monster I think that the reason
that people say this about the Egyptian
people is number one the cat calling
it's probably gonna happen and it's
annoying but just try and move on and
walk away the number two reason that I
think people might have this idea and
say oh you can't trust anyone is that
there is going to be a lot of the
hassling you going on in Egypt and
people just basically trying to get you
to buy their things some more aggressive
than others again this is not dangerous
this happens anywhere there are people
that are gonna be haggling you in New
York City on the streets of Manhattan if
you don't want to buy the things then
just move on that kind of brings me to
another point maybe why people would say
oh don't trust anyone in Egypt is
because there are some scams going on in
Egypt and I feel like it keeps saying
this disclaimer everywhere in this video
but guys there's scammers everywhere in
the world everywhere you're gonna go get
into a taxi and oh yeah yeah meter yeah
it's on yeah don't worry you get there
the meters been turned off well you said
me know it's broken now 50 to ride the
camel you ride the camel you get off the
camel given 50 Egyptian pounds no fifty
US obviously the price of a camel is not
$50 u.s. and you know that and he knows
that but this is a scam on story short
there are things you have to watch out
for and there are a lot of people in
Egypt that are trying to hustle you for
money and sometimes in dishonest ways so
these things
happen and I just wanted to give you
guys few examples and I know just use
your common sense
but I wouldn't say that any of these
things make Egypt unsafe oh the taxi
tried to overcharge me Wow that happens
everywhere actually one of my favorite
parts about Egypt was the people they
are just so welcoming and friendly and
hospitable and I just made so many
friends in Egypt and it was amazing to
all of you guys that sent me messages
and emails saying if you have any any
problems at all call this number call my
mom's number people that I don't even
know and that's just from you guys now I
want to thank you guys my Egyptian
subscribers in particular because wow
you guys are amazing all of the messages
giving me tips about where to go call my
mom have dinner with my mom just saying
nothing other than welcome to Egypt you
are a big part of why I love your
beautiful country and I just want to say
such a big thank you to you guys and it
really really meant something to me so
guys that is the video today and I hope
that I answered this question that just
seems to be revolving around everywhere
lately is Egypt safe if I missed
anything then just let me know down in
the comments I'm gonna try to be really
active in the comments on these kind of
like talking advice videos and yeah I
hope that this helps I am sorry that
it's kind of a clickbait title there
sorry but I do feel like it was an
important video for me to make and it
was one that pretty early on traveling
in Egypt I had this idea that I really
wanted to say something about this
because as I said I was nervous to go
because of all these things that I heard
and pretty early on by the time I got a
sense of the country I was just
wondering like where does this even come
from people have such misinformation
such a distorted sense of this beautiful
beautiful country and these amazing
friendly people and it was just
something that I really really wanted to
talk about hope that you enjoyed you
found it helpful or interesting let me
know any thoughts down in the comments
and I will see you again very soon
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