I am about to travel to Egypt and I am in such a relief thanks to your incredibly helpful informative videos Thank you so much 💖

@QualityIsQueen

6 ай бұрын

How was your trip? Was everything business as usual?

@SHADO3DMC

6 ай бұрын

I watch all the U tube videos before I go, I get a one way ticket and then after a few days where ever i am I pick somewhere else, slowly work my way home, even though I wont go to the same country twice, I am an exception for Egypt and Japan, I love riding the bullet train from one end to the other and Sushi is so cheap. Good luck

I've never seen Egyptian coins before. They are beautiful. And I learned something new today. Thank you.

Every country I go to, I learn 1 to 10 makes things a lot easier.

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Same!

Thank you so much for these amazing and informative videos. My company is planning to send me to Egypt for a year and your videos are very helpful to us going to Egypt

@Gventures

2 ай бұрын

Oh, thank you so much! I hope you have a good time here and can explore the different culture 😁

For your inforation , the Arabic numbers are (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,,0) these are arabic numbers ,bur these ( I , II , lll, IV , V , VI ...) these are Latin numbers . And the other numbers that used in many Arabian countries are Indian or Persian Numbers that written in Arabian Curencies

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

You should watch the video. You obviously didn't or you would know what I say in it

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

@@we-stand-with-israel Yes it is true, what he said is a fact. He is just explaining something I didn't get into in the video, because like I said in the video, I wasn't giving a history lesson. The point of the video I made about the numbers was simply to explain to people who didn't even know they look different, what they look like and sound like. Explaining the history wasn't really necessary for the video and the information I wanted to relay. But it's a good comment giving information for people that are curious about the history.

@sinbadsinbad3332

6 ай бұрын

@@Gventures on your Video at 0:56 you mentioned that these are Eastern Arabic Numbers , so that's what I want to say these are Indian/Persian numbers , once it's commonly used in Arabic countries doesn't mean it is Arabic numbers that's what I want to explain to the Viewers , that's all

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

@@sinbadsinbad3332 Yeah I see that, no hate from me. I initially thought you were informing me of the history, which I found a little ironic because I mentioned in the video there is history behind it but I wasn't going to be explaining that, and of course I researched the history of the numbers when I first arrived to Egypt and realized they were different myself. But after leaving my first comment I realized this was probably just a general comment giving info to all, which is good 👍I get a fair amount of comments on my videos from people that obviously haven't watched my videos yet like to criticize, so I think my response might have been a bit short and tart 😬 Both numbers can be called Arabic numbers (Eastern and Western), but to make it less confusing I suppose it is easier to just call the Eastern Arabic numerals "Indian numerals", even if they aren't quite the same as the ones used in India today. Although perhaps someone who doesn't know the history or much about these countries would then think they use these numbers in India right now 😅 Anyway, thanks for your comment 🙏

@amr055

4 ай бұрын

I was just going to add the same information, but I saw your comment ..

Thanks, Giselle-Super helpful! Your videos ease my anxiety and we got our e-visas super easy yesterday. Inshallah, We’ll be there in a week!🌞Also, speedy healing for your leg!

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Awesome! 🙌 You're going to love it! And thank you, my leg is healing quite nicely 😁

Thank You Gisselle! ;)

Addictive videos. Another great effort. Thanks!

@anthonyayiomamitis4879

2 ай бұрын

By the way, we read their numbers left to right and in contrast to their writing which is normally right to left. :-)

@Gventures

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I know, I'm learning Arabic and have a tutor and all that jazz. But when you say the numbers, the far right one comes first, which is so confusing because if I say 54 in English, the fifty part is said first, but in Arabic, the four part is said first, which my brain then wants to think 45 instead of 54 😅 Thanks for watching Anthony! 🙏

Thank you Giselle! I have the same plate problem when I tried to find the uber car not only at the airport but at every location I ordered. Numbers are helpful at the market too. Hope you recover soon. Best of luck!

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Haha, yes I know. Sometimes the Uber driver can find you easily, but sometimes not, especially in crowded areas! So it's good to know the numbers. Also for in stores and markets where things are labeled. Thanks for watching Jan, and yeah my leg is healing nicely, thankfully! 😁

Shukran Giselle. My daughter and I are traveling to Egypt in Dec and your vids are always helpful

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, really glad to hear it! If you ever have any questions don't hesitate to ask 😊😎

Welcome to Egypt ❤

I have a few Egyptian bills and coins with me. I had collected them from various people traveling to Egypt. I was interested to know about them and understand the arabic numericals too

@Gventures

4 ай бұрын

Awesome, I hope this helped enlighten you. Thanks for watching! ❤

So grateful for your content, really useful and to the point. We are coming to Egypt in a couple of weeks so have been consuming tons of you content, by far the most practice advice and info out there🙏😊❤️

@Gventures

2 ай бұрын

That's awesome to hear, thank you!!! I strive to do exactly that, so I appreciate you informing me they've been helpful. Cheers! 😁❤

I left Egypt ten years ago, live in Florida now, and wow did things change. I still remember the archaic bills that probably aren't even in circulation anymore, like the 25 piasters bill and its coin variant that had a hole in it, before the current one you showed. There was also a 50 piaster bill and I remember kids would jokingly call it a Dollar because it was green. Thanks for covering this, I didn't know there were new ten and twenty pound notes. Are the invisible parts as flimsy as they look? Or do you think they are well made?

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

No they seem very durable. Tough plastic 👍

I will be in Egypt in about 10 days and both my mom and bf have decided i will be the official person to memorize them lmao 🤣😂 y'allah!

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

🤣 Ahahaha, good luck girl! Designated Arabic learner and speaker 😆 Don't want to overwhelm you, but it might not be a bad idea to learn a few words too. I actually think the words will be much more useful to you than the numbers, because they can always just show you a calculator at little shops with the numbers we know. But it's good to know some polite words and greetings, they really appreciate it and you get a warm response if you can say simple little things kzread.info/dash/bejne/mHh4raqjdNDMl5M.html

Excellent 💯

Ahhh, thank you so much for making & posting this video, Giselle!! This information is *really* helpful!!

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

No worries! It's good info to have, otherwise it's a real shocker when you arrive 😅

Keep going

great job giselle, keep up the good work!

obrigado, muito útil 🤩

Geat! Very usefulll. 👋

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that!

Nice video 🎉 keep it up

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

🙏Shukran

Thanks. I am going to Egypt end of month and glad for the information ❤

Thanks, Gisele … we will be visiting Cairo in December and your videos have been extremely helpful! Shukran!

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Afuan! 😁😉

Thank you, very pratical and useful, especially the pronunciation of them. Lively to see you out, hope your leg is feeling better.

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Judith!

Your videos are great thank you so much. More on language though.

@Gventures

5 ай бұрын

I'm not an Arabic teacher, but thank you 😅

Very, very helpful video. I’m trying to learn a little Arabic and having the pronunciation along with the number symbols was really great. Thanks for the video.

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Awesome, good for you for making an effort to learn some Arabic, I know it's not easy 😅 And happy to hear it's been helpful 😊

100% agree with everyone. I found this helpful. Also, your real world examples and how you learned numbers is great! I plan on writing these down for reference but if you have a cheat sheet this might be a helpful item

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

I'm not sure what you mean by "cheat sheet"....I know some people were taking screen shots of the video with all the numbers listed....

@QualityIsQueen

6 ай бұрын

@Gventures kinda like that. A cheat sheet is a printable version. But it would also have your social media links so if it's shared other people find your page

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

@@QualityIsQueen Oh I see. I've never considered that. Surprisingly (considering I have a KZread channel), I'm not all that tech savvy 🤣But maybe I should try to create this document....not sure where I would share it or link it or what though

Hope you enjoy your journey 💪💪💪

@ibrahimnewigy4132

6 ай бұрын

Do you have video editor???

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Of course! How else can I edit my videos? I taught myself a few years ago by watching KZread tutorials and reading articles. Still learning 😅

@ibrahimnewigy4132

6 ай бұрын

@@Gventures I just thought you haven't one I decided to give my hands if you would

@ibrahimnewigy4132

6 ай бұрын

But you do it for yourself so enjoy doing 😉😉💪😎

@ibrahimnewigy4132

6 ай бұрын

Anyway I'm Egyptian

Cool glasses 👓

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Hello Giselle, I absolutely love your videos. My daughter and I will be there next week to celebrate my birthday. We have a lot planned...but your videos have been very informative!!! Would it be okay to email you with questions?

@Gventures

3 ай бұрын

Hi Vanessa, thank you for watching, and I'm so happy to hear they have been helpful! Also, happy early birthday, what a way to celebrate, in Egypt!!! ❤😎 You can absolutely reach out to me with questions, but I prefer a social platform like IG, if that is okay with you (I just don't want to put my personal email online for anyone to see). But you can easily message me on Instagram, my profile name is: mygventures

I am loving your videos and you are making me want to come to Cairo.

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Mmm, finding an apartment here is a pain in the ass. I had my then friend-now Egyptian boyfriend- help me find an apartment. You are really going to want someone who is Egyptian with you that can speak the language or negotiate when looking at apartments. I have heard from several foreigners that were searching for apartments (with no help from Egyptian friends) that found a place they were interested in, and then would be told a different price than what was advertised when they were viewing it (because they are foreigners-some Egyptians are trying to take advantage of that). They would go out, meet the landlord or whoever was renting it, look at it, then the guy would tell them some obscenely overpriced and much higher than advertised price for the apartment. There are sites like Olx where you can look for an apt. In the end I ended up paying some real estate agents to find me an apartment, and that was even with my bf's help, because it was just such a pain the ass to find a decent place, even for him. Lots of places are unfurnished (and I mean nothing, not even a washing machine or stove or maybe not even a water heater). I think for what you get, the prices can be pretty high in Cairo compared to some other places in the world. As an example, look at Airbnb's in Thailand and how much they cost to rent for a month. Then look at Cairo's. The cost is way more for much less quality in Egypt. In Thailand you will have clean, beautiful modern facilities, probably with a pool, for a fairly decent price. In Egypt you may get for the same price as Thailand's (or more) a dark looking dungeon with furniture from the 70's that looked like they were trying to imitate a palace from 15th century France 😅

@jerrisgibbs161

6 ай бұрын

@@Gventures yeah i figured it might be like that. I’m fortunate to have good Spanish so finding places in Ecuador hasn’t been difficult/treacherous as I’ve seen it be for folks who come here and don’t speak Spanish. I appreciate the info- idk when I’ll manage to get to that side of the world but it’s good to know what to look out for. I see a lot of parallels in terms of bureaucracy/general chaos between Egypt and Ecuador tho it does seem a bit more intense there (which obvs it would be anyway given the language barrier.) I’m trying to become a polyglot and would love to come for a few months at some point and do a language intensive (I know some schools offer housing but at this point in life I’m not cut out to do the dorm thing lol I need my personal space)

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

@@jerrisgibbs161 Haha, yeah lots of countries have varying degrees of chaos, I would definitely say Egypt's is up there, almost comparable to India. I've never been to Ecuador, but I have been to Peru, and my father is from Argentina. I gotta say, it's nothing like that here. Obviously, it's a completely different culture than SA so that's to be expected, and with 25 million people in Cairo (6th largest city in the world) it's a completely different atmosphere due to sheer numbers alone. Another thing I forgot to mention is that most rental contracts are a minimum of a year. So if you are planning to stay for 6 months or less, I would either try to find a room to rent with other roommates, or rent an Airbnb by yourself for a few months. It may not be the cheapest or the nicest, but depending on quality and location, it can be affordable.

Hello there.. I'm coming to Cairo first week of April. Do you need anything from the states

@Gventures

3 ай бұрын

That's very kind of you to offer, but no I am okay, thanks.

Hi Giselle! May I ask if they accept Canadian dollars at the banks / exchange places? Thank you!

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Yes they can exchange Canadian as well 👍 But make sure to apply for that visa in advance! Because Canadian passport holders cannot currently get a visa on arrival

❤❤❤❤

2, a banana peel 3, a double banana peel! XD

@Gventures

5 ай бұрын

😆

What bills to carry, which ones are used the most. 20s 50s and 100s and 200s, when paying for tours and shopping plus tips. Or get all the bills all.

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

All the bills

Iam happy because you looking good ELHAMDLELAH after your accident. Great video thanks for effort

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Shukran! 😁

Hi Giselle, I am in Cairo now. Where can I get coins from? I only seem to get paper bills in return?

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

I'm not sure where to get coins...I am usually just given them when receiving change. You could show them a picture of a coin and ask if they have any if you really want a few 😅

Show us new cairo city

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Hmm, eventually I may go out there. But I don't really have a big desire to, honestly. What is there to do or see out there? I like local outdoor markets, know of any in New Cairo?

@y3manta

6 ай бұрын

@@Gventures not much actually if you aren't interested in modern cities of Egypt and the towers of the new capital and that stuff

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

@@y3manta 🤣😅Oh. Well....I should still see it sometime. I just never have the desire to drive out there when I think about it 😅

Do the atm shell out small denomination like 50,100 ?

@Gventures

5 ай бұрын

50 thousand + 100 EGP? That's not a small number

@projeshbasak7197

5 ай бұрын

@@Gventures no no, what I meant to say is lets say I withdraw some 2000-3000 egp from atm, what denominations do the atm’s give

@Gventures

5 ай бұрын

@@projeshbasak7197 Oh 😆 Usually they give 200 bills, but they sometimes might give 100 bills. I don't think I've ever received 50 bills from an ATM before

@projeshbasak7197

5 ай бұрын

Got it, thanks

Have ever come across in Egypt where they will only take U.S. Dollars? A few places I went to only want USD, AND they would only take near new bills, why I don't know.

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

No, I've NEVER encountered that before. Until just recently. Now, to extend your visa, you have to go to the bank, exchange USD to EGP, and bring the receipt from the bank to show them at the immigration office that you just did that. Because of the foreign currency shortage. But that is a recent development. What kinds of places were demanding USD from you in perfect condition? That's strange. I mean, I've been asked for USD before, but I just tell them in Arabic that I don't have it and that I live here. But I do know they are picky about the condition of the USD here (no tiny tears, marks, or ink), just like at border crossings in Asia, that mattered then too.

@SHADO3DMC

6 ай бұрын

Its a few of those little motels in front of the Pyramids, they give the choice to pay in EP or USD even the old $100 in mint condition, they wont take it,,,, they want the current version, I always take $2 Bill for tips LOL, blow there mind LOL well even here in the USA went to pay once with a $2 bill and the kid said is this real, I have to go and see the manager, people in line cracked up laughing, I don't know about you, but their food taste so much better than our food, the flavor is so good, I guess they don;t have all the crap we have in ours, preservatives etc. Mas Salama

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

@@SHADO3DMC Oh, well I thought you said they only take USD 😅But yes, many people do prefer USD, especially now (as it is stable and the EGP is not and has lost so much value over the last few years), and of course they want the newest bills in perfect condition. A bank won't accept bills that have been written on, for example. 🤣I don't blame that kid for doubting the 2 dollar bill, it is rare even in the US. I love that story though, I bet he still has that bill. Yes Egyptian food is delicious and the vegetables taste better

@SHADO3DMC

6 ай бұрын

Yeah the School system failed that kid not knowing about the two dollar bill, I have seen collectors with a $500, 1,000, $5,000 and a $10,000 of course you never see them anymore being used.@@Gventures

Can I use google translator to talk, use English to Arabic?

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Yes

We say zero usually but when there are 00 or 000 we have to shift to "sifr" because it would be funny to put zero in dual or plural Arabic form. :)

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

🤣 Sa7

@user-ck6dy9tf2c

6 ай бұрын

@@Gventures ziroheen 🤣Do you know that zero actually is derived from sifr? it just means empty or null.

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

@@user-ck6dy9tf2c No I did not. History 🤣

@user-ck6dy9tf2c

6 ай бұрын

@@Gventures Damn linguistics! 😇

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

😆@@user-ck6dy9tf2c

Do they still have the Piaster notes. ?

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Not that I'm aware of. They may be floating around though

@user-dj9mk8op7m

6 ай бұрын

No, it no longer exists I got some from my father Some of it has been kept since childhood, such as the five piasters, the ten piasters, and the twenty piasters

I'll wait til they adopt the euro. 😊

@Gventures

21 күн бұрын

You'll be waiting a long time 😄

Giselle, how are you now? Get well soon

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

Doing better! I uploaded the accident video a little late so it's been a while since the accident, by leg is healing nicely 😁👍 Shukran!

@minanabil7977

6 ай бұрын

@@Gventures Yes, I watched the video of the accident, and it was difficult and painful to see your leg. Thank God for your safety 🙏

YOU KNOW DEAR GIZELLE THAT EGYPTIAN MONEY ARE CALLLED THE SAME AS OURS IN MALTA . WIEHED , TNEJN , TLIETA ,ERBA ,,, NOT EXACTLY BUT VERY SIMILAR

Akhbaric eeh? inty m3aky floos kteer kteer awy ! haty showaya😂😂

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

🤣 ma3ndish floos kteer yasta

@asemabdelaziz6193

6 ай бұрын

yobaa nshoof 7ad yedena>>so we shold search to someone gives us 🤣 @@Gventures

😂😂😂😂😂 Arabic right on point lol

@Gventures

6 ай бұрын

🤣🤷‍♀️ It is what it is 😅

@thefishboneexperience7697

6 ай бұрын

Lol 😂

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