Saudi is in the middle of a transformation within 5 to 10 years u would see a different country Great video

@Movingforward2000

Жыл бұрын

What `transformation`? A muslim country with all it`s restrictions is always a muslim country.

Welcome to saudi 🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦❤️

it is incredible to see how detailed he described Saudi Arabia, its people and culture and of course its diverse environment.

Great to have you here thanks for your video about my city 🇸🇦

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Welcome to Saudi Arabia

Another beautiful contribution Kym,love to watch them and one could learn some valuable lessons through them…

I love these videos! Thanks Kym!!

Great to see you showing Saudi

Come again❤

Another great insight video! Keep up the good work Kym. Just love how you cover it all.

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Wow that cat at 7:00 is well fed and beautiful!! I'm glad someone is taking care of him/her lol, I'm from Jeddah and Thanks for visiting us we love you!!!

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Thank you too!

Amazing Jeddah video... love it!! Thanks a lot, Kim. I was also there at the incredible Jeddah Corniche Grand Prix last week, but I never got to visit these amazing places that you went to. Next time hopefully, now that I know what to check out after.

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Amazing

Nice tour of an interesting country. I thought it mostly flat desert, man I was wrong. As always thanks for your unique approach to the whole world of F1.

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Yes! Kyms travel tips returns 👌👌

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

Thanks Kym, really enjoyed this one!

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

So glad!

I am form Jeddah I was very glad to see you having a wonderful time in my city 😃

Kinggg dhoooom kingsss soudi arabia👍💫💫💫💫👍

Great video Kym.

Wow, thanks for another lovely informational video!! 😍

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Interesting video, quite nice details to consider 🤔

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

Hi Kym as i said before you are a walking encyclopedia on F1 and now a travel blogger as well .Nice video coverage and amazing mountain range to see..Gowra

Thoroughly enjoyable. Thanks for all the filming and editing

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Cheers MB. See you in Melbourne

I hear the Jamal Khashoggi tour is very interesting and fun.

Interesting and mysterious country, which has changed a lot (mostly for the better) over the last couple of decades...

Australian Colombus, love it!

@Movingforward2000

Жыл бұрын

Right. Gays!

I am in Dubai I can’t wait to move to Saudi

Over the years, you have provided some of the most interesting and informative videos imaginable. Thank you Kym, for all the Formula 1 info, but also, so much more. We have visited unique eateries, landscapes, local customs and so much more that most of us could never experience in real life.

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Great video as always, wanted to say that your voice is really easy to listen to, and appreciate the balanced content.

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

I could smell all those herbs and Arabs perfume from that market all the way over here, my favourite is definitely Oud's smell

They really don’t mess about in Jeddah a friend was there with the British embassy official passport did the same as you with photo wise and still had a 15 min discussion with police

Feels weird to see you in Saudi Arabia after seeing you in Lancelin this morning 😂

Would love for Kym to do a motorhome / road trip video on one of the double header European trips

Wow, how Jeddah has changed in the last 45 years!

This is a great video! Is this going to be a theme of videos on the different countries that host F1 of why you should visit them? I don’t know if your schedule would allow for it. This looked like a lot of work but very cool video!!

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

When I have 8 days between events I can do a video like this. I couldn’t do it for back-to-back races though.

another well constructed vid , i love your variety, the countries ive watched on F1 for decades , you really only see the track since watching your vids i am learning more about travel, places to visit, to eat, and the sites to see in each of these counties , thanks cobber

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks

Hi Kym, great video, balanced. This is my home for the last two years. Can be challenging sometimes, but the country is pressing ahead full steam. Ive seen the huge changes in the last few years. On your next visit, take to time out to go to Alula and Abha. Quite different to the rest of KSA. Absolutely stunning. Worth the visit. Cheers, John

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

A few people suggested I do that

We would love to see you in Tabuk soon

Very interesting experience you had with the Police, good to know that you understand the rules as a guest in there country. I have never been there but I have had many similar experiences in a country that I have lived in for most of the last 25 years. Lao PDR (Laos) are very protective of there Army Camps. Most are in plain public view and on public streets and roads. However if someone thinks you are taking photos or spending to much time outside a camp you may be detained.

Am I the only one who notices sensor dust/dirt right away? Lol Great video as always Kym

Welcome to Saudi Kym! It was my pleasure meeting you for a quick second at the paddock club 😉

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Legend!

Love the elevator tip!

@KymIllman

4 ай бұрын

Glad it appealed

I think sometimes we forget about all the beauty in these autocratic countries. Really great insight and really fun to watch, thanks Kym.

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!o

@mrdokhaa

Жыл бұрын

Authoritarian countries are the ones that give you the choice between paying taxes or being homeless, and these options do not exist in Saudi Arabia We live in true freedom, and no one can seize our money in the name of (taxes). As for politics, I have seen many countries talk about democracy, but this democracy is fake and has a certain ceiling

@mamavswild

Жыл бұрын

@@KymIllman I was SA’d while walking down the street in full daylight in Kuwait and the police did NOTHING. Saudi was worse. And I was covered head to toe in a black sheet and couldn’t even wear my crucifix, and yet this video is acting like it’s such a lovely place even as 15 year olds and women and being beheaded in the public square. This was awful for me to see, and is EXACTLY what the 5000+ princes want of you…they love videos like this. Perhaps the genuine trauma I went through isn’t helping, but you’re knowingly playing directly into their hands. Another commenter asked genuinely if you would feel all right with your wife walking around in Saudi and you answered quite rudely, ‘do you reckon she wouldn’t be safe?’ Well, she would NOT be…not without you walking directly alongside her.

@redorange7912

Жыл бұрын

​@@mamavswild all facts, but youre getting downvote bombed. ill say too im all for seeing the positive in things, but reality of the situation should never be completely hidden or neglected even in videos where the aim is to provide a relatively uncommon positive perspective. besides, "do you reckon she wouldn't be safe?" is a strange view. suggests an ignorance or avoidance of massive issue of womens rights in saudi and neighboring countries. 2017 women finally allowed access to gov services (healthcare, education, etc) without consent from male guardian 2019 women finally allowed to register for divorce, apply for passport, etc, without consent from male guardian law change list goes on and on and occured essentially entirely in this century my 2 cents👌figured id also list some of the history that is hopefully already well known. will i also get votebombed? hmm thats tough one

The mountains reminds me of Jebel Jais in UAE 🇦🇪 - Ras Al-Khaimah.

Thanks for the video. Hopefully F1 helps Saudi Arabia to change, as they realise the benefit of tourism to their local economy and that in order to get more tourists you need to make things easy for them.

Thanks, to Kym's amazing video now I don't need to go there. After watching this I feel like I experienced everything. 😉😉

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

So glad!

@mpcp27

Жыл бұрын

Yeah . That's one reason why i watch... May never make it ever to see these places.. Thank you for the videos.

Kym have you ever shot iceland or patagonia - the later is last on my bucket list...

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Never

Stunning! 🤩🤩 Although as a woman, it doesn’t exactly top my travel bucket list

@manspeej

Жыл бұрын

It's 2023 not 1993 the country has changed massively, this whole thing about Saudi women being oppressed is complete and utter bs

@Schmayrak

Жыл бұрын

@@manspeej hahahahaha

@moStallion

Жыл бұрын

Women there are respected more than the women in the west. You get fed propaganda n you obviously fell for it

@Mohagnito94

Жыл бұрын

Just go and stop believing in stereotypes

@user-qx9zn2cj4e

Жыл бұрын

It’s no different than some of the Emirates like Abu Dhabi. Just media perception

Amazing video 🤩 I really disappointed about the officer who told you can not to take photos because that illegal act from him, I think he just got the job 😂😅

I really enjoyed the travelogue, including the food. --BAK--

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

So glad!

Interesting, but been there, done that during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, no desire to return.

@martinc.720

7 ай бұрын

ok

Problem with Saudi cops not that not all are aware of the rules. I realised it when I was inside a diplomatic Car which was stopped by cops because they thought it was trying to trespass until another higher level cop came & let us in while also apologising for the others mistake.

@user-qx9zn2cj4e

Жыл бұрын

So one junior cop didn’t realise your car has diplomatic plates, that means all of them don’t know the rules?

@stratis722

Жыл бұрын

@@user-qx9zn2cj4e he said "not all", not "all don't"

Lovely video! You successfully mixed the positives with the negatives. And you strengthened my belief of Not wanting to visit Saudi Arabia. Thank you for this! 😊

I’m sure it is great but women are not too welcome. Love watching you. And an avid F1 fan since I was 12 watching the only race shown, Monaco ❤ on Wide World of Sports.

@manspeej

Жыл бұрын

Nah women live fantastically here, it's 2023 not 1993, there's this thing called change, this whole thing about Saudi women being oppressed is complete and utter bs

@karenhicks7816

Жыл бұрын

I haven’t been so I cannot judge. I has just going on what I hear and seen on KZread when other women travel by themselves.

@manspeej

Жыл бұрын

@@karenhicks7816 stop listening to women that travelled here 20 years ago and start listening to women that travelled here in the past 5 years, also the women that live here

@Ziehrer9161

Жыл бұрын

Karen, stop listening to women that dated me the past 20 years about my so called “abuse”. Start listening to my current partner, also my sister. No you can’t ask them outside my presence.

@karenhicks7816

Жыл бұрын

@@Ziehrer9161 lol 😂 ok I’ll just your present partner.

Great video Kym. I know the race schedule is hectic, and fitting in travel filming when you could be having a break ads a complication to what is no longer a holiday, but I would love to see more travel vlogs like this. This was a great experience. Total surprise that this dropped. Thanks for the vid!

Don’t go there , I have no idea why a non Muslim would want to go to Saudi Arabia, Some of us work stressfully jobs , so if I have time to go to holiday I would want to go somewhere where I can let loose and actually have some fun . What fun is there to be had in Saudi Arabia honestly ? Islam is those whole country personally and most historical Islamic place you aren’t allowed , the few things they offer other places offer them better , so what the point ?

Great video Kym. Looks a great place. The meals, oh my god they looked divine. just got back to Qld from WA (south west) today and the weather over there last week was awesome, enjoy the Melbourne GP

15 USD FROM BALAD TO THE HOTEL? FAM GOT FINESSED

Nice video. Not somewhere I would like to visit though.

Quality mate.😊

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed

If they don't allow a well known F1 Photographer to take picture of a simple sign???

@manspeej

Жыл бұрын

They allowed him to take the pics afterwards, they just didn't know he was a photographer and that he had a license when they first saw him

@WeirdSeagul

Жыл бұрын

@@manspeej bro you shouldnt need a licence to take a photo of a sign

I hate to say it, but this is more interesting than F1😂

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Yep

Papers do not mean a lot in the middle-east. It's all about your connections

@fahadal-swayed

Жыл бұрын

With new system of government and the rulers in the current period, connections are never helpful and no one will dare to do it to help a friend, I’m an amateur photographer and i took couple good pictures of this perticular site and I’ve had no problem at all. Kim really had bad luck this moment 😅

@tech9803

Жыл бұрын

They're supposedly opening up the country to tourism, looks like not everyone has gotten the word.

@colettemoolman4410

Жыл бұрын

@@fahadal-swayed He sure did have bad luck lol. I've lived as an ex-pat in the middle-east for the past 15 years, so I'm just sharing my personal experience. I have been to Jeddah some time ago. I enjoyed the visit. Was interesting to see all the changes in Jeddah since then, in Kim's video.

@tensor120

Жыл бұрын

Ha! I had a chuck at that, I mean you

Another fantastic video- thank you Kym.

I spent my childhood in such an amazing country. 9 years since I returned to my native, I am shocked so much has changed. Thanks for indepth video. P. S. balad used to be my family's shopping destination 😁

@memeguyTM

Жыл бұрын

Please buy Liverpool Me Shaikh

Excellent video about Saudi Arabia. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Stay Passionate!!

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Albert

Wonderful insight into a country I'm unlikely ever to visit.

Just out of curiositiy: How are they able to check if your muslim? Do you have to bring a confirmation from your local Imam or something?

@Movingforward2000

Жыл бұрын

They give you an IQ questionnaire & if you do poorly on that they know you`re most likely a muslim/fool 😄😆

@ducadukeoflondontown9473

Жыл бұрын

I think they just ask people in cars what religion they are & maybe a question or two about it. Someone with basic knowledge of the religion could probably easily blag it thru. I've always sailed thru in a car, never been stopped.

Don't forget the monthly beheadings 🗣️

I think if they made the Jeddah area near the Track a Alcohol area for Tourists Only ( non Muslim) it would go a along way to getting Tourists to Visit.

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

It will happen.

the main reason is to get a break from alcohol.

@Movingforward2000

Жыл бұрын

That would be a stupid break.

As a lebanese i wish the final dinner changed your mind haha. It isnt exactly how we'd make our food but it does look bloody lovely so hope it was good enough to sway you around!

Real quick, what is the entry requirements for Americans please? Free visa on arrival or does it cost an arm+ leg? Thanks

@martinc.720

7 ай бұрын

Real quick? Google, instead of asking others.

@RiccoMarselino

7 ай бұрын

@@martinc.720you're right. Thanks man.🙏🏾 @ricc0_c

I think you did the Saudi government and tourist board a huge service with this video. Those policemen didn't know what they might have stopped! Keep these travel videos coming!

@DerrickM381

Жыл бұрын

What?

@SimonLant

Жыл бұрын

@Therealstuartrogers I'm saying the video was great. If the police had banned or discouraged Kym from taking thst footage he may have not been able to put such a good profile of Saudi together

@DerrickM381

Жыл бұрын

@@SimonLant oh yeah, true.

Great video as always. Interesting as to why you were stopped by police. I’ve lived and worked in Saudi for over 7 years. I’ve travelled and photographed all over the country and have never been questioned. Maybe there was something they didn’t like.

@dylanw8823

Жыл бұрын

Corruption follows no logic

Good video but way too many ads and interruptions.

As a male tourist, are you allowed to walk around in shorts and T-shirt in Saudi Arabia?

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Yep

@khalidbechara9202

Жыл бұрын

These things aren’t worth talking about , as long as u aren’t naked u good .

super interesting video Kym! Loved it!!

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

🎉🎉🎉🎉 hey

By the way... You should be hired by F1! With a hefty salary... You make much better videos than they make! You show us the world surrounding F1, not only the cars and the main personalities. Keep up the good work! I'm always looking forward to your posts! 😉

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

I’d be a terrible employee

They have to relax the rules themselves if wants tourism to arrive

Yes… please visit our country, but no pictures 🙄

Beautiful country, although not very open-minded, when the police stop you for just taking a picture

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

and apologised and thanked me for my patience l

@Coffeelover-tz5lt

Жыл бұрын

Our cops are very strict about tourist because they are making sure that everything is save some times the think the are is a boom or anything about Security breach it’s not something about open-mind or any of that stuff

Why are they illuminating the streets in the middle east when every car has headlights?

@manspeej

Жыл бұрын

Why does your house have lights if your phone has a flashlight

@ThunderTiger0801

Жыл бұрын

@@manspeej you thought youre smart but this comparison doesnt make sense

@MrTARIQSs

Жыл бұрын

Maybe because better visibility leads to fewer crashes?

@thenerdylad4201

Жыл бұрын

​@@manspeej why are you in every comment thread getting mad at people? 😂

@Movingforward2000

Жыл бұрын

Because most fools enjoys wasting money on nonsense

خذ 🤍

If they want to attract more tourists maybe they should stop harassing people for taking pictures?

as a Saudi I had this encounter myself , some the officer don’t know the law properly, the cops who knows the law very well they wouldn’t bother you and let you by your day, film or whatever , good thing even tho they were wrong they made sure to do some searching if it was ok to film or no, still some of these officers they should realize by now, by law they can’t ask a person why they recording with a personal camera in streets , it’s not allowed to do that, I hope you had a wonderful stay Kym

sorry,but as a L i would be killed there, disrespect for human life is astonishing

Lovely video Kim, I think it's absolutely disgusting the way people pollute tourist attractions and lookout n such , they then go to other countries and do the same and not feel bad about it

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

Sad huh

No alcohol. Not going there.

As a woman, it's not a country I would travel to. So thanks for a little insight into what it's like there!

@Movingforward2000

Жыл бұрын

Mostly gays would go there.

What a joke! They are basically implying that they don't want tourists.

@Movingforward2000

Жыл бұрын

Truth is that they don`t & their conformist culture isn`t anything tourist friendly either.

5:00 come to saudi arabia and eat chaines food??????!!!!! lol

The fact that people can’t take pictures of public art without being hassled is another reason I wouldn’t want to visit. It’s a shame because the people seem really nice and the country itself looks beautiful.

@Movingforward2000

Жыл бұрын

Don`t judge books from their covers. You can`t see on people how they are

@MrTARIQSs

Жыл бұрын

Kym just got unlucky there. A small portion of junior cops tend to sometimes try too hard (probably to impress their seniors) and end up making up their own rules, one of them Kym unfortunately stumbled upon. I took a pic of that sign, and no one batted an eye. Officially, it's only illegal to take pictures of sensitive locations (government buildings, etc...) or focus shots on police cars as that can be suspicious.

This has put me off going to Saudi. If I can’t take pictures and drive thru Mecca it’s not for me. Seems too restrictive.

@manspeej

Жыл бұрын

"Seems too restrictive" sorry for wanting to preserve the holiest city in our religion lmao

@dsg45

Жыл бұрын

@@manspeej With all due respect the type of tourist who would head to Saudi Arabia would most likely be very respectful when visiting Mecca. Saudi Arabia is never going to get a ton of non Muslim tourists, and it’s not like there’s going to be any drunk tourists either.

@Movingforward2000

Жыл бұрын

@@dsg45 Right, the place will never attract any western tourism it`s to dry & have nothing to offer them.

@SamanthaKavuma

Жыл бұрын

Well this is entitled

¡Checo!!

Would you travel there with your wife?

@KymIllman

Жыл бұрын

I can’t see what not. You reckon she’d be in danger?

@martinlanders6135

Жыл бұрын

@@KymIllman Not necessarily. I would have though it would be quite oppressive / restrictive towards women there.

@ducadukeoflondontown9473

Жыл бұрын

That's total bollocks! Seems like you've never been there or never got to know any of the local women there, as you've got no idea what you're talking about.

@sosofofo1379

Жыл бұрын

​@@martinlanders6135 اغبياء

Come on KYM, "The Corniche" - I don't think so in the proper meaning of the word??

First!

Other controversies aside (like promoting a place with a fishy human rights situation), I'm not overly impressed with these images tbh. I couldn't care less about soulless 4-star hotels that all look the same and where you find tourists only. If you go for a little holiday yourself, why not drink & eat in places where the locals go? That should be far more interesting and educational. And a modern mountain highway circling around a rock is kinda cool I guess but it's not exactly Mother Nature at its finest. TL, DR: Unless you're a serious Muslim, I found little in this video to convince me to visit Saudi Arabia.

@Movingforward2000

Жыл бұрын

The place is as dry as the desert itself in all ways.

@-.-l

Жыл бұрын

Die in ur rage😂💀

@martinc.720

7 ай бұрын

As mentioned in the video, he was invited to the restaurant.

@Drrolfski

7 ай бұрын

@@martinc.720 That doesn't make it any more interesting for the viewer to report on it.

@martinc.720

7 ай бұрын

@@Drrolfski I was replying to "why not drink & eat in places where the locals go?" - You see one meal out of the many meals he had while he was there. You seem to assume he always ate at the same restaurant. To you. It's not interesting to you.