Libya 2016: A Solo Female Travelers' Perspective | EXPEDITION 196
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Thank you so much to my hosts in Libya for providing me with a unique and eclectic experience during my brief stay. The Ministry of Tourism meeting was truly informative and I look forward to furthering the development of tourism in Libya back to what it was before.
*This video is my own personal experience in that I had in Tripoli, Liberia and only Tripoli. I stayed with a family who's home was surrounded with a tall concrete fence and barbed wire, for safety. Two of the friends who showed me around were equipped with hand guns for my safety, which made me feel very comfortable since we were out until 9pm exploring Tripoli and it's dangerous to be out at night. I did not travel around anywhere else in Libya due to the current situation and can not speak for other places. Please take this video as an educational experience about Tripoli aside from all the negative news we see/hear every day. Political or negative comments will not be welcome. Just enjoy :)
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Libya is a good country with good people. But some people have ruined it
GPS PSG I I am from there and it was good people ruins it
You summarized it perfectly
TheBrothers OfFour How are things there now? I have a friend in Tripoli, but I'm not sure of the living conditions there. Do you know what it's like in Tripoli now? (10/18)
Tell that to Tobrukis
As a libyan its awesome to see someone say good stuff about the libyan people!
H T Libyans are loved. Its governments who get in the way. Just remember, the governments views are not usually the people's views. I know how nice and generous Libyans are.
ممكن ترجمه بطريقه مختصره
@@makeenbuderaha3526 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@maryryanroman2399 exactly
hey cassie , im from libya and i just want to say thank you for the nice words about libya and you are welcome any time , i loved your video its amazing and youre very brave .
ahmed barka Hello, Ahmed. Do you still live in Libya? How are things there? In Tripoli?
@@maryryanroman2399 it's good here , we had good and bad days but we are still nice and lovely people and looking for beautiful future ..
Rsean Jhnrom Do you live in Tripoli? You have a great attitude. Keep your Faith, keep your Hope. Libyan people are nice and loving and deserve to have peace and happiness and prosperity at home. I am praying for you all. ♥️🙏♥️ It will come.
@@maryryanroman2399 yes I live in Tripoli and thank u for your kindness and for your beautiful words and thank you for your prayers , can I ask you where are u from ?
Rsean Jhnrom yes, I am from Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. Let me ask you, how are the internet services there now? Are people able to get online most anytime?
Hey I'm Libyan, it's true we are nice people and I'm glad it wasn't a bad experience for you.
hi, it is possible for me to travel in north africa by lands, like bus or car?
@@biskutkopi8243 Hi, I know that you can travel from Libya to Egypt, Algeria or Tunisia by car if you have a valid visa for those countries. Not sure about other north African countries though.
Hi Rolita, do you still live in libya?
Your videos are so inspiring! Thank you for all the footage, I look forward to your next travels! :)
You are such an inspiration to me! i've always wanted to do this, but I always felt like as a woman I wouldn't be able to. Now I see that you have and you have inspired me to work on my dream and travel to every country. Thank you.
Karina Vescio so you're gonna travel to Afghanistan, Iraq, Mali, Syria, Yemen, etc?
LEFT FIELD the countries don't exist?
I really admire your courage and strength.I'm from libya and I've never been there for 7years now
manny digham where are you living now?
@@libyanloyal7932 ummm you know Libyas fucked now? I don't live in Libya but it's not safe to live in Libya, my cousin was gonna die from a bomb near her school
Your videos are not only fun and inspiring to watch, but also super informative keep up the good work!!!!
Hey. .00218926837085
Hello dear,
I appreciate your video and as a Libyan who looks English, I know what you're talking about, but the different is I am Libyan born in Benghazi, I have lived in the Uk for a while and I still speak perfect benghazian arabic. I can get away easily with pretending to be a foreigner, but I also feel sad to see real foreigners so terrified, it's honestly not as bad as you think it is, I wouldn't say over the top, but yes, it isn't as safe as it should be, without a doubt, but Libyan people are so kind, believe me I know because I grew up in the UK before I came back so I know that strange feeling of being different and unsafe. But I want you to know that I am from benghazi and I and my father know so many people in benghazi and they are amazing people. Tripoli people are amazing too, very friendly and kind, please remember us as kind people and not what the western media "says" we are. Best of wishes, I know it's a bit of a late message but I hope people can find it useful. Lots of love!
Phoenix Deux Yes, Libyan people are very nice and giving. It's always a good practice to not judge a country by its government. Always look at the people. The government may not be good, but the people usually are good and kind. I have a Libyan friend living in Tripoli, and he is an amazing and generous and kind man. And he is a proud Libyan.
I always wanted to visit Libya one day, it looks beautiful and I'd never went to an african country
wow ,brother your words are amazing we are so proud of our selfs ,and we have good ethics and habits we will make it emblem thanks gad good luck brother .from libya send my regards .
Phoenix Deux
Well said brother .. I am from benghazi as well and honestly it is not as safe as it was but still it is great place .. hometown is always a hometown no matter what .. additionally I never went to foreign country and I believe I know some of what so called English grammar skills 😉😀 ..I guess this proves that I am in a country that's improving itself under the chaos .. thank u 😊
Im a Libyan and I haven't visited it for a very long time now
Me too😭😭
Welcome to Libya 🇱🇾❤️
I'm Libyan from Benghazi, Libya
How is it in the East?
@TheDodicat yeah
My two
من ليبيا و من مدينة بغازي
Hi i've watched your vlog.I lived in libya 3years ago but in benghazi and yea a lot of beautiful places in libya especially in cyrene where you can see the Ruins and you're right they have amazing foods their pizza and shawarma is soo authentic. actually my profile picture is in libya. 😄
Thank you for visiting libya, hopefully youll be able to visit when its safer and see the beautiful beaches we have and kind people as well as the amazing weather we have all year round❤️
im from libya , west side , i watched this when you uploaded it and all i can think about is how brave you are ....respect
كانت في الجزائر وتونس بلا حجاب ولبس خليع وعندما قررت الحضور الى بلاد الاسود لبست الحجاب
بالله برا انتحر هي لبسه الحجاب لان تعرف ان في ليبيا مش متعودين هلي البنات من غير حجاب ومرات يضايقوها الشباب مليهاش علاقه لا بداعش لا بزنطيط قرد
@Youssef Houaoui تي اسكت وانت بوك ليبي
@Youssef Houaoui تي هي تلت ارباع تونس ليبيين والباقي فرنسيس شن تقول انته تي احني نقدرو نحتلوكم في نص ساعه
يا تر
لأن ليبيين تيوس كانوا حيغتصبوها كن طلعت عادي لمحمضين
Your always welcome to Libya 🇱🇾 nice video
I have to say thank you a lot, coz you showed the positive side in Libya, and wearing Hejab was awesome, and you look gorgeous.
Thank you for posting positive video about Libya.
شكرا للعائلة الطرابلسية على ابدائها جانب حسن من الليبين بحسن الضيافة
what an inspiration you are. so brave too. am going to go through all your videos.
I'm really glad that you like it here. I hope that we meet when the situation improves. :)
Just watching this made me nervous too! lol
I hope that it was a good trip...even if you didn't have the opportunity to visit the wonderful places, where you will have a beautifully landscaped, desert "Sahara" and long beaches.
the country needs only stability and we will grow and succeed.
Thank you for your interest and you are welcome again.
Thank you very much that you were here in Libya and you are welcome anytime,
Just i would like to highlight that it was risky and unwise action for you to be here, due to instability at Libya, but you are brave woman,
Actually you miss a lot places, because you stayed just at Tripoli for example
1- Leptis magna en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptis_Magna
2- Sabratha city en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabratha
3- ghadames libya en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghadames
and a lot of fantastic and good tourist locations
Thank you once more :)
Even-though the temporary situation that we have gotten here in Libya after the revolution, you're & all people worldwide always welcome " anytime any day" . Honestly, your video is so fabulous & worthy. Despite that the video was a little short & it didn't cover the whole country I personally felt so happy to have such a wonderful person like you here in Tripoli. One more thing I really appreciate that you wore HIJAB to show respect for us , but it's okay if u didn't, you're not forced to wear it . At least, we " as Libyans " will be so happy to have u again . ^_^
glad you have great time in Libya always fun seen a new country and eating new food but its kinda boring for me since i live in it :D
Wow really brave of you, stay safe
Omiema Zammit Libya is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. She’s white, female, and from America. It was brave of her to go lol
Your trip to my country seems too short. Next time I will be glad to explore Libya with you and anytime you are welcome
Libyan people are so nice!
Yahya Tarhuni yes, they are!
Nice try libyan guy!
Even nice to black Africans? I heard they still have alot of slavery
@@tomoyatoko7262 it's fake news
@@tomoyatoko7262 reading this is like a big whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat 😲by the way I'm libyan
13 minutes of scariness
I'm Libyan though.
That was incredible
Libya so so beautiful we are the best💞💞😙welcome to libya
Hi i'm from libya in city misrata (misrata)so beautiful abd so nice💞💞💞✉
bts love libya libya is the worst place on earth
Trevor ThomasIII I’m tarhonish, douche bag
bts libya hello
bts libya
Libya was so beautiful when gaddafi ruled it but now its very dangerous.
bts libya hi I'm in Germany I was in Tripoli
Welcome in libya my dear
wow, I what a brave girl!! 2016 was one of the worst years in the Libyan history which at that time was in the states and Libya now is so much better then it use too thank god you are ok any time you wanna come back hit me up lol a lot to show you in Libya especially the horses and farm fresh food life is different but in good way there.
we love you too 😍😘😊
you are welcome to visit us in anytime and btw the kidnapping its not that bad and i hope that u can see more of my home when it gets safe 👍❤
Come to Barga (Eastern Libya) Cassie, it is the cultural heart of Libya. Poetry, traditional music and dance, Phoenician, Greek, and Roman ruins, the Green Mountain, Google Shahat and Susa and see the incredible beauty of this area.
You are welcome anytime!
I'm from Benghazi Libya if u want to visit this city it's very dangerous because they are lots of gunshots
don't forget al warfelee :)
Is it really that bad? I really want it to be safe so I can go there one day 😩
I remember watching a video of a local militia executing a group people..in public...with people cheering as usual...it's just sad ..what this city has turned into..
ne no omg wtf ???? that is crazy ????
Asma Al-Shikhshiri tripoli is safe
in maghreb countries you don't need to wear a scarf as society is quite tolerant, especially towards foreigners
Hey Cassie i'm Hadeel next time visit us in Benghazi ^^
You are welcome in Libya and you are welcome at any time
قالوا اول ماجت اغتصبها واحد من عيت الحول
I'm so happy that u said nice things about my country 😊
And bai the way u look so so beautiful with "hijap" on u 😉
Do you still live in libya?
you welcome any time
Welcome to Libya any time u want
Hello Miss Cassie/ Brave Lady , I would like to thank you for your review and experience about Libya. I am pretty sure that the the libyans' hosting is unique amongst the world's countries. However, Libya have been undergoing thought sever regime after Gaddafi's fall and thus you (any libyan/non-libyan) have to take a caution visiting Libya now days. I have known the places from Egypt boarder to Sabrath-Libya as I usually travel by car in Libya (from 1990 to 2014), there are such a lovely and attractive places to visit (but wait until the Libyan regime settle down).
King regards
Dr M. S. Benshatwan
Benghazi-Libya
actually you don't have to wear hijab, lots of Libyan and foreign women who lives in Tripoli doesn't wear it.
Malik Ghnia when local women tell me to wear one, I wear one.
Cassie De Pecol yes there's deference cultural her, just saying it's not dangerous at all to not wearing hijab, it's something common in Tripoli :)
Malik Ghnia what countries are the foreign women in Libya from?
Why did you put the hijab on? It's not compulsory to do so in Libya
Abdalla because the local family I was staying with advised me to, and I wanted to be respectful of them, so I wore it.
ممكن الترجمة
I'm libyan and the fact she's saying this makes me so sadly country is good and bad but I live in the USA so.......🇱🇾🇺🇸🇱🇾🇺🇸🇱🇾🇺🇸
ترجملنا شني تهدرز هدي 😁
Bro correct your damn English المغزة من الموضوع شنو
@@iamCombo my English is correct,and if it was not why do you care if you have a problem or you are going through shit in your life your problem I say what I want were I want I didn't offend no one but a stupid person like you still thinks they can be rude for no reason,who do you think you are?!?!?!
Thank you for your experience. Know Im sorry I did not meet you. Know that your fear was logic, but also not necessary. SAme time I was living and working in Libya. Not only in TRipoli, but also many other places. All were I traveled alone in my own car. Also late in the evening. Latest 2.30 am to be honest, all as myself with no scarf. Just me foreign no muslim woman and having an amazing great time. Wishing and working everyday of being back
yes this is the vodeo, nice to meet you agqin, what a coincidence,
you are welcome
awesome....
Who’s giver you Libyan visa
People are Good Every Where
great adventure, is this your normal job or you are on vacation?
The Coder it's a sponsored Expedition that I've been working on for 3 years. You can visit www.expedition196.com for more information.
Great video! Thanks heaps. :D
Hi, I have two questions and I hope you answer me:
1) Did you have a Visa when you arrived at the borders " there when they thought that you were a spy" :D?
2) Besides the peoples talk about kidnapping and it's true but not as big as you had in mind but besides that did you go trough any unsafe or risk situation while you've been in Libya?
I hope that the time will come when our beloved country become safe and nice people such as you can come and explore the beauty of our country and believe me you've seen NOTHING :).
I hope you be so kind and reply to me
** you look nice in that scurf :)
I agree Yasen, I have looked at the views on Google Earth of the region in your country.. some very beautiful places and landscapes. I hope things get better for you all, friend.
My husband is from Tripoli, Libya. As am American, he will not allow me to travel there due to potential of kidnapping.
LBazzy are you able to communicate with him? Email? Phone calls? Where in Libya is he?
@@maryryanroman2399 My husband is a U.S. permanent resident, so he's here. I wouldn't be able to visit Libya with him. He's from Tripoli
Can any visitor go to the ministry of tourism or do you have to be invited to go?
It's an invitation.
I wish you good fortune, and I truly wish that you will get the chance to visit my country when it's settled down from foreign interference because of resources in the future. I really pray that thing's will become better in the next few years and I would really recommend the east, like "Shahaat" and "Derna", the ancient ruins in the mountains and waterfalls and much more. Also you have to ride a horse here or at least go to see a show.
I can understand your anxiety, as I have lived in the UK and travelled all over Europe, I can sort of accept the fear that some western and European people feel when visiting our countries, although at the end we have families, we love each other and we care for kindness and peacefulness. We are still human beings and have the same feelings as everyone else from our beautiful planet. It's just unfortunately, politics, power and resources have ruined our reputation. But it's okay, at the end we all smile.
I wish you the very best in your endeavours and I am sure to say this, that Libyan people welcome you back.
Stay safe and best of luck.
Hi from Algeria! Wish you stayed here for longer :)
kudos to you! I am male and tunisian and I don't have the balls to go to Libya right now
ILYES Tunisia isn't better than libya, 70% of Isis members are of tunisian nationality. We don't want you in Libya either.
You don't have balls even if you didn’t go to libya
@@radwanharati2122 😂
Im from libya-benghazi
Where did u come from?
I WISH YOU LIKE LIBYA
Awesome and do not forget to try again welcomes you anytime
Libya has gotten better now (2018). You don't hear many stories of kidnappings and bombs anymore like in 2015-2017. But we are still not great. We are progressing slowly. We are having elections soon. Hope you visit again. Our country is very rich and has so much potential to be even better than Dubai.
Did the election happen? Do you think that Gadaffis son could win?
@@betrousaltaweel Elections will be on january 2021, hopefully the go well 🙏
Oh and remember be very careful where you go do NOT go to the town of cabri very dangerous
how about tunisia?
Are you HTC user?
Wear aru you from.??
why didnt you upload some footage of Algeira?
when was that . we should meet in there
ينا علي وخلاص
Do you know his village called Ajhara in Libya, I live in it
Do you still live there? Do you have to wear hijab? Are you allowed to travel by yourself?
My dream is to go to libya once
Don't even think about it
you are so cute in scarf..
Why did you put the scarf on while still in Algeria ?
Took it off before Algeria.
you still dont have to wear the scarf in libya too haha , well im libyan and i dont wear it in libya sooo and when i was in libya i saw many libyans girls without the scarf so there are no rules about having scarf but yeah you can wear it if u want
@@RR-cw2ip its bcz Libyans give unwanted attention to them unlike Algerians
Goku Black well What do u mean ? U cant say every libyan is the same actually the harassment/ cat calling happens everywhere it’s not just libya and it’s not even that high in Libya but it does happend ! Before talking about a whole country know your fact ! I have many Algerian friends and they get harassed too in there country ! I have been in Libya and wasn’t harassed but when i was in other countries I have ! So u clearly know nothing about Libya !
@@RR-cw2ip I visited both of them w/ my sister on 2017... Of course I'm not talking about all Libyans. But my sis obviously got eyes of attention there. In Algeria not a lot.
😍😍😍I'm from liaby I'm love you😘😘😘😘😘🇱🇾🇺🇸come liaby anee time😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
انجليزيتك زي متع المشير بالزبط
I thought you were going to be accommodated in a tent and to ride a camel? lol
Well done you are a brave girl to visit Tripoli in such a hard situation
😨😨😨
I didn't have any problems in Chad.
i want to go....and see my fathers country
Libyans is bad huamn
@@mohammednasr4689who told you that?🙂
I wish you to achieve what you want, and welcome to Libya, my dear country❤️🌴
By the way, you are not forced to have hjab, I'm Libyan I know my country ,it's up to you wither you have hajab or not,, even now with critical situation we have Libyan girls don't have hajab, so it's not about religion it's culture routine I think
I had no intentions of wearing a hijab, but the mother and sister of family I stayed with told me I had to, and I was not going to disrespect them by not wearing one. Never, ever, disrespect the people of other countries who show you their culture and kindness.
@@CassieDePecol thank you and this is so kind of you to show your bright side, I agree with you on this point ,and I just tried to explain to people that hajab in Libya NOT obligation like Iran for example, it's just a kind of culture habit among people,,
Why she looks so scared
What is video in Algeria ? 1,2,3 viva l'Algérie :).
You're so cute
too bad you haven't seen much of algeria especially the sahara
I have been. How do you know how much I've seen of Algeria?
I'm Libyan, but I wonder why you had to wear hijab there many Libyan girls don't wear hijab so it's OK
وعليش تبيها تسلح الحجاب؟
ليبيا دولة مسلمة والحجاب فرض على كل مسلمة والحمد الله اغلب البنات في البلاد بحجابهن وميطلعنش الا بيه وانت جاي تقوللها اطلعي بلا حجاب؟ به افرض شاب مدين ويغض في بصره وطاحت عينه عالبنت هذي بالذات اللي انت قلتلها اطلعي بلا حجاب وبعدها خش عالحرام مش حتاخذ ذنبه؟ الشي هذا عندهم برا عادي لاكن هنا في ناس تخاف في ربي وانه يشوف وحده بلا حجاب شي جديد عليه وممكن ياثر عليه سوءاً
I came to know slavery still exists in libya, the black people are being used as slaves...is that true ???
Ur mom
hey believe me (as trump always sayes )the percentage of crime in libya is mush mush less , we are a good people just with guns , like you :) any way hope u enjoyed ur trip come again
Sthu
She thinks North Africa is in the Middle East😂😂😂
And btw no offense! 😅 but it's too dangerous for men to travel to Africa , and you just go there by yourself or even with a company! 😞 it's still dangerous 😩
Just to let you know, we're all going to die, and our chances of dying in a car accident, of cancer or drowning in our own bathtub are all much higher than dying in a terrorist related attack or being kidnapped. Hope this puts things in perspective for you. Live life, be happy, follow your passion, and make the most out of each moment, because we never know how long we will be on this earth. :)
Expedition 196 Okay , How about i take you to Africa alright and then come back to me and tell me how was your trip & experience! If you even still alive 😂
The most dangerous places in the whole world
1 / Kinda Africa not the whole continent but yeah 70% of it is dangerous
2 / Asia ~ West Asia is pretty dangerous is well but not the whole region 😂 i mean around 50% of west asia is dangerous and 15% is also kinda dangerous but the rest of it is so so amazing i been there believe me .
And the rest of world has some places like those ones .
How about I've been to every country in Africa alone, with the exception of 10 that I'll be visiting in the next couple of weeks. I've been to 180 countries alone and I'm still alive...
Expedition 196 Well that's weird but yeah just put this in your mind Africa is very dangerous and if you went there once don't do it again and do go there again .
Expedition 196 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Qué exagerada. No te pasa nada si no vas tapada a Libia. Me molesta que crean que es un país tan radical.
sweety and creazy but you look very nice with hejab-
Inshallah you becomes moslem:)
why do you travel to these dangerous counties?
تقدر تدخل بلا حجاب من ضحك عليها
You know don't have to ware the hijab just cover up
Lol welcome to Libya 🇱🇾 but u didn’t visit my city which the best city n Libya
hi cassie,i know im commenting behind the schedule,but I found it very odd from u to visit a country that experiencing a civil war-torn if i can call it like that not to mention ISIS!! that's why u had a bad experience in the border it's so suspicious ! the bottom line what did u was thinking by coming to a country there's no diplomatic missions for any country ! how ever the only thing helped u to leave the country safely and believe me on that is your visit to the tourism ministry,and its good though that u didnt get out from Tripoli.
however, next time when u would like to came think wisely and if have any kind of questions u can inbox me any time.
I thought "wisely", and I've lived to tell it. It wasn't as bad as everyone is making it out to be on the media, and the people were very nice.
i hope i didn't offense you in any way and excuse me if i did.
yes we all know the mainstream media can be so misleading and manipulated.
however i'm glad that u loved the culture you are always welcome it just i hoped if u visited us in much better conditions.I hope it will be in the future.tnx 4 replying asap.
Listen, we're all dying, so it's better to not live in fear. I was going after a Guinness World Record and had to go, and I wanted to go. And I'd go back again 10 times. For me, the experience is worth the risk. Marriage is a risk, birthing a child is a risk, flying is a risk, living is a risk. You have to pick your battles.
Expedition 196 I have been watching ur videos. I am kind like to travel I don few countries. All I can say thank u so much u are brave women. I learn so much from u. 🛫✈️
You can enter without a veil. Who told you that you cannot enter Libya, provided that you wear a veil .. The important thing is that I hope you had a good time in my dear country ❤️🌿🏙️