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go i don't i don't understand you bro oh hello oh my god today
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we are going for a riding tour on the motorcycle
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this is um elmo street by the way it's a thousand years old this is a pretty busy area of the city
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but it means you can never really predict how the drivers are going to be here
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because yeah you know they're driving
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and then suddenly you know they're swerving
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there's a shop where you can buy fez hats
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i would say probably the 1800s to like the 1940s these
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hats were extremely popular in egypt especially associated with the middle
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and upper class egyptian men this is an amazing view i ordered spicy they had two different versions regular
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or spicy crispy chicken good afternoon from Egypt today we are going for a riding tour on the motorcycle around
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Islamic Cairo now there's a shop
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that I actually want to show you guys where you can buy fez hats
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and we'll talk a little bit more about that as we're riding
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and then after
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that we're going to go over to the other side of
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this general neighborhood to the edges of the Hanah Haleli Market
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where you have one of the thousand -year -old gates because there's a restaurant over there I want to try out.
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Let's hit the road.
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Yalabina.
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Yes.
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I'm in like very chill mode today, you guys.
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This is a pretty busy area of the city.
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so yeah fez hats i guess we could just start talking about that now huh
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it's actually called a tarbush here in egypt so tarbush hats or fez hats obviously
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um well maybe not obviously but they're from fez in morocco for those of you
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that don't know that's where they originated somewhere in Morocco many centuries ago people have been wearing them
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but then they kind of came into Egypt I need to get down one of these side streets maybe this one
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yeah I guess we'll follow this thank you so
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yeah Now, Fez hats originated in Morocco.
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But they really, obviously, they spread around this region of the world.
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And I don't know, all over the world.
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But which direction to go is the question.
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I don't know.
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I guess I'm going to go this way.
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So it's like a workman's area back here.
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Look at all this carpentry and stuff.
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We got a little Mickey Mouse.
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but yeah um let me just speed up this whole story of the of the fez hats
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so they got popular in the 1800s um oh is this a dead end
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there's a horseback here but i don't know if it goes through does it
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oh okay he's like no it goes through okay
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it's it's certainly looking like it doesn't this this is does not go through bro i'm not going through here anyways
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I think everyone's telling me it goes through, but I just don't like it.
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I'm doing a terrible job of turning around as well.
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Oh, shit.
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My lash.
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yeah it definitely goes through but i didn't that was too narrow for me for my liking awkward foreigner anyways
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um yeah so you know not until the 18th century did it start really getting popular in this region of the world.
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It actually, I think it's.. started getting popular over in Turkey first.
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The, um, the Sultan over there was trying to kind of modernize
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Turkey and he replaced, uh, the, he wanted to replace the turbans that people were wearing with the fez hats.
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And that's what they did.
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So Turkey, obviously also pretty well known for the hats.
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And, um, I think I'm going to like the wrong direction.
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I don't want to go this way either.
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Huh.
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Because I'm trying to show Bebzuela first.
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Just so you guys can have a distance.
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An idea.
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This is going to be a random ass video, I think.
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Just because of where my headspace is at.
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Oh my god.
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How is this ever going to make through?
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Anyways.
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Yeah, so the Sultan was doing that over in Turkey in the 1800s.
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And here, Muhammad Ali Besha, who was kind of known as the father of modernization in Egypt.
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He did a lot of things to modernize the country.
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Controversial stuff, though like uh forced or conscripted um
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I can't even think of the words I want to say I'm too focused on where I'm going here
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anyways yeah so he was the father of modernization
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and he wanted to kind of bring the tarbush hats
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or the fez hats make them popular here and that's what he did
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so from I would say probably the 1800s to like the 1940s, these hats were extremely popular in Egypt,
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especially associated with the middle and upper class Egyptian men.
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So they're kind of like the richer gentlemen would be seen wearing these hats.
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Yeah, it was, it wasn't just a, it was almost like a status symbol, you know, social status symbol.
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So I'm hoping I can like figure out where I'm going eventually.
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Anyways, I like, this is the fun part of doing this anyways, right?
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Is like these back streets, as long as I eventually get where I'm wanting to go.
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By the way, smells like incense.
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And we're probably close to Nifa and Nagahi right now at this point, I feel.
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So, where am I going?
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Dude, that is literally Niphan and Nagahis right over there.
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So, yeah, I sensed it because of all the shoes.
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Anyway, so, I mean, yeah, that's like a little bit of the history of the Tadabush hat in Egypt.
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So, you know, the Effendi is the gentleman.
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And you'll hear this actually called a lot.
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Yefandim in Egypt.
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People say like.
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Well there's a lot of names people have.
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For calling each other.
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Here in Egypt.
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It doesn't.
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I feel like I hear it mostly with police.
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To be honest.
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It's definitely a respectful kind of a name.
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It's not.
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Someone who has a good job.
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Or I don't know.
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Something like that.
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Maybe an elderly person as well.
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Anyhow.
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so yeah they really were very popular up until the 1952 revolution
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when um the monarchy was overthrown oh yeah by the way um egypt's old king um
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and monarch faruk i mean he was wearing them there's paintings of him wearing
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that this hat
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so yeah it was like a like i said it was very popular back in the day
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and it was a social status symbol
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but with the overthrowing of the monarch the revolution it was identified with you know colonial control british
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and and elite class classes type of stuff and
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so they uh the hat really stopping popular at
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that time i haven't anyways i wanted to show you guys this stuff
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and then we're gonna go drive by the shop I'm not actually filming in the shop for a reason
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so I can't vlog inside the shop the guy said
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he wanted 2 ,000 the owner wants 2 ,000 Egyptian pounds
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to like vlog in there I did film a little bit with my phone
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but then I was like yeah I don't really have a desire to do
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that anyways but I know for people
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that are looking for fez hats this is a place
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that you can get it
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and it's really close to the Hanukkah Lili market
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I'm going to be pointing out a lot of different things as we take this short,
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like, couple -minute drive down to a main street near the Hanukhalili market. So, yeah.
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But, yeah, that's why I'm not actually filming inside the shop
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and kind of doing more of a close -up of all the stuff that they do to make these hats.
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It's a pretty cool craft, though.
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It's pretty much unchanged, this craft, since the 19th century.
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And this is Bebzuela, one of the old gates of Cairo
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we're going to be going to the other side of the of this area to a different old gate
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and have lunch outside that area so but yeah oh shit yeah
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this is um elmo way street by the way it's a thousand years old the street.
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So as you saw, Nifel Nagahi, I filmed there about some meat is very close to here.
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But you have all sorts of shops and restaurants and little cafes and stuff.
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Oh, bread boy.
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Skills, skills, skills.
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Hey, look, some tourists.
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I very rarely see tourists back here.
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Yeah.
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Anyways, yeah, there's a lot of things in this area.
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And I just wanted to show you guys kind of like this walk.
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If you wanted to go to Beb Zawela from Khanah Khalili or vice versa.
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This is the road that you take.
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It's not that long.
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It's fun.
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Beautiful.
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There's a lot of dresses.
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All sorts of stuff back here.
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I love the streets.
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I love the history in this area.
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Wow. And, yeah.
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Allergies, huh?
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and then up here we oh god that's manhole caused my tire to shift a little bit
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but yeah up here we have the guri complex
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which is a mosque and uh old care of ensere over on the other side i've made a video here.
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There's a hat.
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There's a, oh my God.
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I drove by this shop without pointing it out.
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I totally got distracted.
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Let's turn around.
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That's hilarious.
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I forgot what I was doing.
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But there's one of those tarbush hats.
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Good thing I saw that man.
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He's the one who reminded me.
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I don't remember exactly where it is, but it's somewhere close.
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I think it's like past these guys.
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How far back is it?
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Jeez.
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I hope I didn't already pass it.
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Do I not know where it is?
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Maybe I already passed it.
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In these narrow streets, when you're trying to stay out of people's way of traffic, it's easy to pass when you're on a motorcycle.
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Oh, God.
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Watch it, brother.
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I think I definitely passed it.
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it's very close to the main street.
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So, I'm going to have to turn around again.
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But yeah, you can get back, lost back here, go wandering around for hours.
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Yeah, yeah.
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I need to be able to drive slowly without everyone honking at me.
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Go.
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Okay.
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round two where oh where is this place what's up
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okay somewhere around here
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i don't have my phone out because i know this area well enough i just don't have like oh
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the tarbush hat is Specifically here.
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God, did we pass it?
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Maybe it's closed, dude.
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Because I'm really not seeing it.
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Maybe I'll have to...
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Oh, that would be so stupid if it was closed.
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These guys are trying to help me, but I don't need help.
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I think it's we drove by it
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and perhaps it is oh wait no I'm staring at it right now this is it
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so this is where it could go I'm not moving bro that's what I mean always honking at you
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fuck off fucking stupid tuk tuk malish get annoyed with tuk tuk's dude
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anyway so yeah you have the complex right here that's how close it is
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so you'll see once we come out to the main street um where this location is
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so this is the store where they make
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these hats and i will show you guys a little bit of the filming that i've done
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of them making these hats but like i said they don't want vlogging
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so um i'll leave the location of course to um a
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location link on the maps under my video in their description
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and in the comments like i always do so god i hate tuk -tuk so that guy annoyed me
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all right now we can get out of this area and go get some food
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I did record some clips of those guys.
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Excuse me, sir.
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Good.
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Like, for real.
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Like, right in the middle of the road.
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I have no patience.
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Alright, so now we are out on the main street and this is how close
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Khan Khalili is.
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So Farahat where I filmed getting pigeon is just right around here somewhere.
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And over here is Khan Khalili Market and El Azhar Mosque
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and the tunnel which I take to get under the street here since you have this giant gate.
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so there's a kind of a layout of the city guys since i filmed uh
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so many videos here but i don't think you ever kind of get
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that distance so yeah there's that little shop where you can buy a a hat
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and they're making them the same way they did you know 100 200 years ago pretty old school and then
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oh there's a huge cut there
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it took to I was he was trying to turn it real I realized but still I was like god man
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Why is this white car so slow?
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Alright.
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Turning around here.
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Right, right, right.
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I hate...
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I'm not great at turns, apparently.
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even in a turn i am driving really really slow because i'm paranoid about wiping out
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hate these big buses and they're gonna like go into why would you go into a market
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if you're just sitting in a bus that's crazy to me.
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Um, yeah.
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It's like window shopping but in a very weird way.
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Can I make it through here?
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Yes.
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Look at this little...
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Oh, it's like a sheikhet.
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Thank you.
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Like, why would you swerve to the side like that?
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Benefits nobody.
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Anyways, so this is one of the entrances to the Hanah Khalili market.
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I guess I gotta get around this taxi.
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There's a lot of different entrances, of course.
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This is kind of one of the main ones.
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It's like, because it has this arch, which never used to exist, actually.
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When I first moved here, this arch did not exist.
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I could try driving through the Hanukkah Lely Market to get to the old gate, but you're not, it's very crowded in there.
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You're not actually supposed to move, bro.
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Thank you. Do that.
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So security may or may not allow it.
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But regardless, this is actually a better option.
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Even though this is a very, very busy.
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Well, you're not.
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How are you, like, this is the thing.
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Yeah.
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He's, he's.
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You're going to try to get through, but you're never going to make it.
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So then they block half the road.
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Why?
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You know what I mean?
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Because then you just have this vendor up here or a cart.
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So how are you going to even, they just have to go right back over again.
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I will never stop bitching about this stuff because it drives me crazy.
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If there's a through, a way for you to get through, I get it.
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But most of the time, not.
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Oh my God.
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They're just so stupid.
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still the market that's where i buy my perfume my mirrors stick out a lot more a lot of these uh
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jackass jackasses a lot of these boys don't have mirrors
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i will say i mean they're obviously just better drivers than me anyways
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because they've been doing it their whole life
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but just adding on a lot of motorcycles don't have mirrors
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and it makes them easier to navigate through tight spaces whereas i have to consider that
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yeah just fit through any space that you can great now i have women
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Well, this guy is definitely...
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See, that's the other thing.
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Egyptians will barrel their way through traffic.
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I feel like too polite to be going where the pedestrians are.
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But Egyptians will do that with their motorcycle.
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I mean, everyone's on this street, to be honest.
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There's no, like, even sidewalk here, really.
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So, he's like, who's talking?
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Why is there a sound of an English -speaking person around me?
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Alright then, go, bro.
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If you must.
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You're just going to stand in the middle of the road, dude?
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I just bitch about it.
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See, like my mirror's down now.
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Why?
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Because I ran into that kid.
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Monster.
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I'm not even going to bother putting it up because it's just going to get knocked down again by someone.
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Okay, I have a feeling we just need to be here.
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So now this is Ataba, by the way.
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Al -Moski and Ataba, like once you leave the Hanukhaleli market, it's a different part of the city.
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Yeah, yeah, I guess that's it.
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Almaski.
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Ataba is now we're approaching it.
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It's hard to say to be honest.
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These markets just flow one into the other, you know.
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And I've obviously made walking tours of this area.
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All three markets.
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Many times.
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Anyways, we're going to take the right up here.
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Like I said, it's mostly a driving video.
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I don't know if I said it, but I meant it.
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I should have said it if I didn't.
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So it's going to be yeah, I just wanted to show you guys where to get the hats.
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so that i can reference that in the future for anyone who might ask but mostly
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it's just uh driving around this area and uh go guys
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okay i try to like leave room for you and this is what i get dumb litter bugs
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I don't know which side is better to go on but I'm going to go this way yeah go
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I wish I could get ahead of this guy
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never going to make it you know the thing is like they fight to do all of
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that but like well how far are you gonna get you're not gonna even get far you know
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because you just get stopped at another bus
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but a motorcycle we can get through all of it so let me through let me through
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i let these guys do the honking and like get out of my way
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Fine, fucking boys. So impatient.
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I mean, like, they will make more progress than me.
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Alright, I'm going.
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Fuck it.
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I'm just trying to not be an idiot and crash.
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Move.
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Move.
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Somewhere.
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are you bitching at me? because I will fucking fuck you up bro go I don't understand you bro oh my god
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I'm sorry oh my god no that's what I mean
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I don't need this kid trying to draw attention to me either I just want to get past Nice roads.
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This kid just starts thinking, I'm fine.
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Like he's talking to anybody.
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See, this is what I mean.
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Let me through.
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I could have gotten through.
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Now you're blocking everybody.
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Why?
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Can I come by you?
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Thank you.
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This is me on the bike, guys.
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Just pitching the whole time.
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I could squeeze through more areas if I was less paranoid.
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or just trying to be like a little more reckless.
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Anyways, we're getting close to our destination.
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I don't know where this blue bus is going.
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Is he making a stop or something?
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Or what? because you just never know what kind of pedestrians are ahead of you and like
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I want to pass him but I don't want him to swerve out of the way and cut me off
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a lot of times you'll see drivers um swerving in Egypt
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and that's like to to avoid a pothole
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or some messed up thing in the road but it means you can never really predict
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how the drivers are going to be here because yeah they're driving
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and then suddenly you know they're swerving unexpectedly totally sudden movement even when the streets are empty
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it's kind of crazy to say but I actually feel like the roads can sometimes be
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I'm not gonna say more dangerous but you feel like oh just because the roads are empty you can relax
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No. On like a Friday morning, for example, or a Saturday morning when the roads are pretty empty and there's just a few cars out there.
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But those few cars are driving like total jackasses.
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Thank you.
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Let's go.
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All right.
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put all my stuff away let's get a table somewhere
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yeah so they have this upstairs area i think they even said they had entertainment to be honest okay this way
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oh wow it's like a total side entrance That chicken looks good.
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This one?
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I'm confused.
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Thank you.
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I have my helmet, which is annoying to carry. So dark in here.
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Look at this place.
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No one comes here, even though they're open 24 hours.
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No one comes here at the time that I come here.
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Wow.
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There are some people here. But very few.
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Look at this.
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As -salamu alaykum.
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Good, how are you?
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Shukran.
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Wow.
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We'll sit here.
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Just out of the sun.
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Thank you guys.
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Thank you.
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So this is an amazing view, especially if it were at night.
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Or if it was a little bit colder than it is now.
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The sun is still too hot to be sitting in it at this time of day.
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But yeah, if it was winter, middle of winter, or at night.
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Actually, at night in winter, it would be really cold.
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anyways all right let's see what we got
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a beautiful view so yeah i need to make sure not to film anyone else
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because people don't like to be on camera good thing there's only two other customers here
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all right i'm gonna look at the menu which he just dropped off with the water and i'll be back
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So I have ordered the menu seems to be a mix of both like foreign food and Egyptian like traditional Egyptian food.
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So because you have burgers on the menu.
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I actually ordered mozzarella steaks.
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I think this is the first time in a video where I'm ordering something that's not Egyptian.
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Maybe I'm wrong but I think this other than that fast food video I made where I went to bazooka.
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Anyways, yeah.
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And then I was going to order a kofta sandwich, which was 90 pounds.
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How much was the mozzarella sticks?
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I already forgot.
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Anyways, I'll be flashing the menu up here as I'm talking, perhaps.
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Mozzarella sticks, 65 pounds.
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Yeah.
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So, I was going to get the kofta sandwich, but then I saw that chicken down here and I was like,
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what's better, the chicken or the kofta?
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And he's like, the chicken.
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I was like, okay, never mind.
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Don't get the kofta sandwich.
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Give me some chicken then.
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So, I've also ordered chicken, fried chicken.
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Very non -Egyptian today.
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But, yeah, you have a lot of different options on this menu.
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and we'll see how it is it's not like crazy prices
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which is good you know because it's close to the market
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but it's not it's outside of the market obviously
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if you're like at a total street food style place
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and it's cheaper but this is like not bad prices at all for um a burger
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or whatever and yep i'm not going to talk too much
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because uh the video is probably extremely long with me driving around forever.
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But, you know, what's funny
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is one of the tours one of the tours is that I can't even think or speak today that one we organized.
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So our tour guide is over there with one of our tourists right now from the Philippines.
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Anyways, I'm not going to ask them if I can film them or bother them but that's pretty cool.
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Which I suppose is a good segue into mentioning
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if you are coming to Egypt and are looking for a tour guide or a driver, my husband and I organized those trips. So,
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yeah, feel free to message us on WhatsApp if you're looking for a local guide or a driver or anything like that.
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Anyways, all right, I will be back once the food is here just to let you know if it's good or not,
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and then we'll end the vlog.
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It's nice out here, though.
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Foods here.
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That was extremely fast.
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So we have mozzarella sticks with ketchup packet.
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Don't expect marinara sauce if you order mozzarella sticks in Egypt.
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They never serve it with that.
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Sometimes they'll serve it with some kind of different sauce, but it's never marinara sauce.
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Shokran.
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And yeah, a little disappointing when I first discovered that years ago but let's see how the mozzarella stick is.
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Not great because it's not crispy.
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But it's still fried cheese.
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Oh, this is going to be hard to open.
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This looks good.
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Very good.
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Very creamy and delicious.
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And then we have, I don't know what you can see here, my fried chicken.
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And apparently it comes with bread and fries as well.
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Fries are eh.
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The chicken better be good otherwise it's all eh.
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Except for the drink.
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I know I just ate breading, but that was good.
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I ordered spicy.
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They had two different versions, regular or spicy crispy chicken.
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That's good.
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I like it.
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You can actually taste like that spice a little bit like, um, in the background.
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It's good.
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Delicious.
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So chicken, yes.
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Mozzarella sticks, uh -uh.
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Fries, I didn't even know they came with it.
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Oh.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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But even for like a drink at night.
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Because things are lit up here at night.
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You know, look at all these lamps on the ceiling. So you know that.
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And I saw photos as well.
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But anyways, yeah, I always talk about how things are different at night.
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It's because they are.
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Egypt comes alive at night.
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More people are out.
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Things are more lively.
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They might have entertainment.
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But during the day is good for me.
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For in filming.
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Anyways, guys.
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All right.
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That's it.
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I'm going to end the vlog so I can continue eating this.
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And then drive like a zombie.
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I feel like that whole riding experience was like me.
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Totally zoned out.
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But I hope you enjoyed.
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If you did.
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Give it a big like. And, yeah.
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I will catch you on the next one.
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Más alema.
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You guys should always watch my full videos.
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Because I always come in with some random stuff.
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So, I was just talking to Shirin and the tour.
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And she told me that this place is really well known for Hauashi.
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I did not know that.
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So, I stole a piece of their Hauashi.
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And I'm going to try it.
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Let's see how it is.
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Mmm.
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Okay. That is good hwashi.
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Nice and spiced.
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A lot of cheese in there.
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And this is thick, actually.
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You see this? So, I'm not sure.
500
Because, like, I filmed it, like, hwashi refai, which have, like, the baledi bread, but it's very thin and crispy.
501
This is, like, seriously, it's like a pie, almost.
502
Good.
503
I honestly do like the chicken more, though.
504
Maybe it's just my mood. But, yeah, that's good.
505
I didn't know they were famous for the hwoshi.
506
It's not as crispy as I would imagine it to be, though, the top, you know?
507
Anyway, still good.
508
The chicken's better, in my opinion.
509
Anyways, all right.
510
I'm gonna go talk to them again, but I hope you have a great day and I'll talk to you later.
511
I'll see you later.
512
Bye
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Ancient Cairo, Fried Chicken & Absolute Chaos 🇪🇬”. Este vídeo tiene 512 frases y 4559 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 41:51. El hablante habla despacio, unas 109 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 82 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| motorcycle sustantivo | /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/ | motocicleta, moto |
| fry verbo | /fɹaɪ/ | freír |
| gate sustantivo | /ˈɡeɪ̯t/ | puerta, portón |
| menu sustantivo | /ˈmɛn.juː/ | menú, carta |
| spicy adjetivo | /ˈspaɪsi/ | picante, picoso |
| mirror sustantivo | /ˈmiɹɚ/ | espejo |
| entrance sustantivo | /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ | entrada |
| symbol sustantivo | /ˈsɪmbəl/ | símbolo |
| bother verbo | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | molestar, agobiar |
| narrow adjetivo | /ˈnæɹəʊ/ | estrecho, angosto |
| delicious adjetivo | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | delicioso, sabroso |
| gentleman sustantivo | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ | caballero, gentilhombre |
| predict verbo | /pɹɪˈdɪkt/ | predecir |
| burger sustantivo | /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ | búrguer, burger |
| arch sustantivo | /ɑɹt͡ʃ/ | arco |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| go through verbo | atravesar | |
| get through verbo | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | aguantar, salir adelante |
| turn around verbo | darle una vuelta, dar(se) una vuelta | |
| get out of verbo | salirse de, ponerse fuera de | |
| figure out verbo | averiguar, captar | |
| get back verbo | regresar | |
| get past verbo | pasar desapercibido | |
| knock down verbo | derribar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Do I not know where it is?
- God, did we pass it?
- Can I make it through here?
- You know what I mean?
- You're just going to stand in the middle of the road, dude?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa | have been wearing · they've been doing |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | Someone who has · one who reminded · anyone who might |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | i've made · i've done · have ordered |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | would be seen · was identified · was closed |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 138 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, overthrow /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/, thin /ˈθɪn/, thick /θɪk/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, flash /flæʃ/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: motorcycle /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, unexpectedly /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spicy /ˈspaɪsi/, steal /stiːl/, steak /steɪk/, spouse /spaʊ̯s/, spice /spaɪs/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: overthrow /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/, controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, lively /ˈlaɪv.li/, vendor /ˈvɛn.dɚ/, navigate /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/, confused /kənˈfjuːzd/, whereas /(h)wɛɹˈæz/, squeeze /skwiːz/, zombie /ˈzɑmbi/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como motorcycle, fry, gate.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.