The Saudi Arabia the Western Media Won’t Show You 🇸🇦DIRIYAH الدرعية
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
- We headed outside of the city and checked out Diriyah, we really couldn't believe that this was the capital, a complete contrast to the places we have been seeing in Riyadh. We also went and spent the evening at Boulevard City...had our FAVOURITE burgers EVER... from SALT and just generally explored another modern side of the city.
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love the idea that Saudis are opening up them doors to the world.
Thanks for watching!
Al-Souda is a region in Saudi Arabia in the south. It is a cold region, with a temperature of 17 degrees Celsius, and sometimes to 16 degrees in the height of summer. And it rains a lot🇸🇦☕🤠⛈️⛈️
The restored mud ruins look really cool and it will be even better by 2030. I really want to try one of those burgers from Salt. That square in Boulevard City looks so modern and futuristic with the lights and amazing architecture. I really appreciate all the effort you guys put in to your detailed videos! Can't wait for the next one! Cheers guys!
Thank you for this wonderful video and for showing your lovely explorations in Diriyah. The terracotta structures looked incredible. The city and the mall looked amazing.
Thank you for watching!
@@dabbleandtravel Thank you too. 😄
Welcome! I am one of your subscribers here in Riyadh...
Your Saudi Arabia vlogs have been so useful and eye opening. We go next month for a week. 😅
Hi, very knowledge about the Kingdom good work
Glad you enjoyed it!
Interesting place. 😊 Good video. 👍 Cheers and stay safe. ❤
Thank you as always!!
Welcome to Saudia…come & visit here in Jazan province, Fifa mountains, Farasan Island, Abha…both of will love it here…
You are right. The country has beautiful places to visit in the south. 👍
truly enjoyed this saudi series, v interesting that al hilal, al nassr, ittihad and others are now becoming household names. loved that you lot did saudi on a budget ahah, but w ur views u could prob promote your patreon more. thank you so much for this, was a treat
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching, the patreon is there if anyone wants to support us. Otherwise watching our videos is the biggest support 🥰🥹
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Ohhhhh 😯 😮
Diriyah!!!! 🤩
I love Diriyah, right in the heart center of Riyadh..... The very history of Riyadh and Saud family......
That place has so much history and so much to tell of about!!!..... 💭 😏 😏
Thanks for watching ♥️✨
@@dabbleandtravel
Most welcome
You're most welcome! 🤗 💛
Love the Saudi Arabia from Algeria
Diriyah .. This is one of the huge projects that I would like to see after its completion
You should visit the southern region, it's beautiful
Nice, I want to visit this place
Welcome to Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦❤️
Thank you!
NICE VIDEO WATCHING FROM KHOBAR CITY, SAUDI ARABIA.
Thanks and welcome!
Najran and its water streams are the most beautiful sight in Saudi Arabia
Najran w Kul mantaqah Gharbiyah Janoub Saudiya w Yemen Kul makkan...... 😍 ♥️
Greetings from the Southwest Europe, Iberian peninsula 🇪🇺 🇵🇹 👋🏻
I went there on Saturday!! 😂❤ it was fun but its still under construction so alot of places weren't available
Wondering to see place's
Selalu mengikuti jln2 keko kota ❤❤
Welcome to Saudi Arabia
Al-Hilal
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Wonderful, splendid and beautiful ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much 😀
It's a beautiful country
Love Soudi Arabia LOVE Riyadh 💟💟❤
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Yes Saudi Arabia is beautiful country. As an expat here i can attest to it.Amazed by the vast landscapes and the cultures. Most saudis are hospitable. The food also are Great. ❤🇸🇦🇵🇭
Thanks for watching!
I just visited. It's free before 5pm now and I got there around 4:45pm. They scanned my ticket at the terrace entrance right when I got out of the car. I found it strange because the area seemed super commercialized. I agree, you can see it in like 10-15min. I went to Boulevard city too. Pretty cool. You didn't walk seem to walk down to the fountain show area. I tried visiting Boulevard World next door but I couldnt get in. I tried 4 different credit cards but they all failed payment on their website. I tried buying in person but their "ticket booth" consisted of two guys sitting there pointing you to a QR code to buy online. Disappointing.
The buses have been horrendous on viewing lol , the country is doing well and the people show alot of warmth, super impressed to be honest
They are improving it
Dariya nice place
Molly always loving you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
10:42 Al-Nasr Club is always the best and ever 💪
Lyr
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Saudi Arabia Riyadh is very nice I love Saudi Arabia Riyadh because I'm here for 4yrs nice
beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
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I’m glad you guys had fun! Intercity Bus services are awful across the country. I’d definitely fly or rent a car.
Thanks for watching!
Welcome to Saudi arabica
Actually you came in the hottest month in the year
I hope you will come again in the winter
We have riyadh seasons and beautiful weather a lot of outdoor activities also Sahara trips
Hope to see you again
Wow, this is so much better than Serbia. Serbia was just average.
Which camera you are using
you'll love ithra located in dahran
As a westerner living in Saudi, i can attest about the total misrepresentation KSA gets in western media. Its been a very positive experience moving, living and working here. So much to see that youd never know about.
I visited Dirriyah in 2000. There was a lot done then but no restaurants or coffee shops. I got a coffee table book as a gift from the municipality.
Dirriyah rhymes with "ear" 👍👍+1. Al-Khobar/Dammam next?
Exactly!!! 👍🏻
It's not (and, I quote it) "Diraya" but Diriyah!!!! 😅
Lmao 🤣 🤣
@@mikidias Double "r" too. There's a "shadda" above the "r" in the Arabic script, Sara.
@@andrewrobinson2565
Wow! 😯 😮
You know Arabic language writing 📝 🇸🇦!???
So lucky..... 🤩
@@mikidias Studied Arabic at university in the early 1980s. Then 16 years working in Saudi Arabia. I don't have an Arabic keyboard anymore. Retired 👍.
@@andrewrobinson2565
You're so lucky then!!!! 🍀 🤩
I learned basic Arabic language "Fus'ha" with the help of my Saudi friends 🇸🇦 many years ago, but only few basic language.... 😅 😕
I really need to improve my Arabic language skills, in order so I can speak it fluently and be fluent in Arabic, which I honestly am not yet, to be honest... 😞 ☹️
All I can speak and understand is from the TV news on mainstream media platforms 📺 🤓
I feel so Idiot and dumb 😭 😓
I really want to learn more Arabic and improve it, but here in my land it's just impossible, because nobody no school or academy teachs it, only the Arab speakers emigrants teach Arabic but in return they charge LOADS of €€€💶 💶 💶 💶, which I'm honestly NOT available and able to spend it since I know Arabic it's available and affordable online for 🆓
I refuse to spend my precious money on it‼️ 😠
Wallahy..... Haram, Astaghfirullah❗ 🤬
the riyadh season will start at 28th October, and the weather will be way better
the boulevard is double this size in the season
Due to the extreme heat in the summer in Saudi, life starts after 5pm😊
We soon found that out ✨
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Hi Molly and Matt, I am a Saudi Canadian and I live in Canada for 20 years. I wish I was in Saudi to show you around, however thank you so much for visiting my country. I know you are having some issues about filming in some places but believe me, whoever told you not to film is not represent the athorities. He is probably one idiot person. Anyway, if you want to get the best of your visit, then you MUST connect with the saudi local people. They are going to make your visit a lot easier than you think. A few days before you head to your destination in the country, post a video in youtube or facebook or Instagram asking if there is anyone willing to show you around. Best of luck guys
عشرين سنه بكندا (وش حدك) اتوقع هم اللي راح بصلحون لك جولة في المملكة 😂
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“They have too much money.” You are very envious😂😂
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Pray to God to protect you, my son. We are happy when I planted Baghdad before that🤲
Yea
It is normal for you to have everything in your country, and if we have something "too much money" you say ,it is not fair and rude, we do not have a diverse nature, so we build entertainment venues to compensate and enjoy.
That was more of a figure of speech, it's not was intended to be rude
No need to be a sensitive snowflake
@@uhm175 When you repeat it in this tone, like it too much for us, it is disrespectful
It's something that Saudis cannot accept in my experience - any form of criticism. Visitors have to learn to say that everything is perfect to keep the bosses happy 😁.
@@andrewrobinson2565 The sentence is not a criticism, just no need to say it
@@meemm2072 I was speaking more generally. Saudis take any criticism of their country personally. This comes from the country being closed to the outside for over half a century. Now the country is open and criticism is something that the whole population will have to get used to.
If someone criticises something in my country, I sometimes agree and sometimes disagree. It's one person's opinion and NO BIG DEAL.
Anyway, good luck to Saudi Arabia with its projects, but you can't please ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. 🤔👍
First of all, traveling using buses in Saudi is an awful idea from the get go. Public transportation aren't designed for tourists yet. They're mostly meant to transport labors for the most part. Second, I think you guys came too early for tourism. The country isn't built or ready for tourists yet, so most peojects are under construction. There are about 10 mega projects that are being built now to shape the county as a tourist destination as well as multiple public transportation lines like metros and new organized city bus services. I think you guys should come back in 5 to 10 years to truly enjoy it as tourists because it will be different and much better. But, if you don't care about your typical tourist spots then this is the perfect time and you should dive deep into the culture and go to villages and other small cities to meet the locals, instead of focusing on shopping malls or tourist destinations. Stay safe.
Totally understand that, very difficult to access to villages with huge cameras lol , there’s only certain things we can go and see at the moment, we were there on our own and there’s not much information online :)
You wrong now is the best time to visit Saudi because is more authentic, in 10 Year it will be like dubai full of gringo
@@themagicportal9084 That's what I said in my last sentence. If you don't care about the touristy stuff then this is the best time to visit because it's as authentic as it gets like you said. Even big cities still have large parts of authenticity in them. But in 10 years they will become financial global tourist hubs just like london, Dubai, Tokyo and every other globalized city, and the authenticity/culture will then be exclusive mostly to villages and small towns that no tourists knows about. I know a lot of youtube travelers prefer the authenticity option, not the touristic stuff, so that's why I was wondering on what dabble and travel want exactly, because it seems they're only going to shopping malls and touristy places that aren't even finished yet. There are way more authentic and cultural experiences to see outside the big cities, but they need good connections to help them get around, meet the locals and see the small towns and it's traditions. Saudi has a wide variety of different Arab cultures compared to UAE and Qatar, the north is different from the south and the east is different from the west culturally. If you go deep you will find a lot of interesting things, not only going to shopping malls.
@@NoThing-ks7oh then it's was misunderstanding thank and take care
This is so wrong! Depends what time you are talking about, as I write now, the public transportation completely changed. CZcams it and select a recent video. And saudi arabia is not about transportation, it is part of the journey, however, getting to know the saudi in their true image, not the false propaganda image that you see in the media is the enlightenment that the world need, just like going to a museum to enrich your imagination and understanding of the past, it’s as important to understand the present
So beautiful Riyadh City 🏙️❤ I ❤️ Saudi Arabia & I ❤️ Saudi price MBS 🎉
Thanks for watching!
It is my city where I lived my childhood
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We still have houses and farms
Welcome to my city
Sorry for my honesty, but Riyadh now it's totally ruined in my opinion 👎🏻 😞☹️
The only place I enjoyed was Diriyah...., anywhere else, it's just like another western capital, like here in my land... Disgraced, but I understand it's focused on tourism..., that's why.... 😕
Personally, I prefer the traditional old sites, that's why I prefer Diriyah, Al - Oullah, mantaqah Jawouf, Kul Gharbiyah w Hejaz w Yemen Kul makkan 😍 ♥️ ..............
Greetings from the Southwest Europe, Iberian peninsula PT
Salam min Jazeerah Iberiya w Bortuqal 🇪🇺 🇵🇹 👋🏻
@@mikidias
Riyadh is beautiful city 👍
I know you’re Prefer old towns
Me too
I love historical places
And welcome to Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 always
@@nemerelnemer5329
Ana habu Al - mantaqah Najd w madinat Ar - Riyadh w Ana habu Al Mamlakat marraaa 🇸🇦 💚
W antha kaman w hayden Ahlan Sahlan w Marhaba bik fil Wattan, Al - Jazeerah Iberiya w Bortuqal 🇵🇹 🤗
Bousa 😙
@@mikidias
Do you speak Arabic?
Why not write of Arabic language
Thanks for watching!
Saudis are not used to the tourist thing, other than pilgrams, who come for a spiritual journey, personally think the locals will get the hang of the tourist scene the more people visit, to them it is as much of a culture shock like it is to tourist. All i can see is you guys enjoying yourselves and having a beautiful experience, be safe and GOD bless
Come to Bahrain! Have drinks, party and experience a more cosmopolitan yet cultural / historical place. Unlike Dubai and KSA we're very down to earth, not rich, and generally full of cool people and easy to make friends
يا زينك وانت ساكت
Hello guys i love you so much enjoy your adventures take care 💖💖💖
Thanks so much
We Indians love u boy 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
I wonder how expats lives In Riyadh seems a nice place but very warm and in door activities mainly. Would love to visit some day
Riyadh gets VERY cold at night and dry, more bearable heat during the day in winter (continental climate far from the sea) 👍.
@@andrewrobinson2565 you live there? If yes do you like it what are the pros and cons
@@ahmadmansee I worked there from 1986 to 2003, lived there permanently with my wife and children for five years during that time.
Because I could read the signs and speak the language, I had much less culture shock than Dabble and Travel.
It seems like the Dirriyah staff haven't been trained that KSA is now a tourist destination. The old Najdi habits die hard: bad attitude from uneducated people to foreigners 🤔.
I'm watching the Liverpool footballers going there with interest...
Not an expats but got to know some expats and they loved living here. Riyadh is really hot during the summer for sure, but in the winter it gets pretty cold. Also the nights are not bad in terms of weather
Al nassr the only biggest club in KSA
In historical places all over the world you’re not allowed to take photos not only in Riyadh
Who told you have to pay 100 SR? 100 SR only if you have car and you give the car to reception for parking then they will give the car back once you finish. Other way to park the car to pay 30SR for 3 hours which needs walk to the park area, For Entry it's free and i was there two days ago
The ticket online is that price, on the website 😄
They have an entrance fee sometimes. I dont know why they keep changing but my friends visited long ago and they had to pay, while we didnt when we visited yesterday
@@dabbleandtravel sorry my friend to tell you this 100 SR only for season but now free and people usually come in night not in the morning 😜
Thanks to the wise leadership, this money goes to the welfare of the people and human rights and does not go to drugs like other countries.❤🇸🇦🌹🍃👍
You picked a bad time to come to Saudi Arabia. The weather is waiting for October, and then the activities will begin in the Riyadh season and the Diriyah season
Not really, this vid was recorded several weeks ago old, It's only got uploaded today
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You kept saying "They have so much money, they don't know what to do with it". Maybe it was not your intention, but that came across very disrespectful especially that you repeated it so many times. Take your time and think about that sentence carefully, to understand what I mean.
لا يكثر بس خل الرجال يقول رأيه اذا بتفتح البلد للسياح حاول تتقبل أراء يمكن ما تعجبك
It’s not a bad thing, it’s saying that they’re building things many countries would dream of, because of the wealth in the country ✨
@@NoThing-ks7oh الشخص شكله فاهم غلط لكن ان تشوفه يغلط وتقول اسكت هذي سوالف المنبطحين فقط مالها دخل بلدك منفتح لسياحه بأنه يسيء لك
@@arwazz6711 الرجال كلامه واضح ما اساء ولا شيء عبر عن الي شافه بكل احترام. تراكم ازعجتونا مع حساسيتكم الزايدة كل ما تكلم احد قلتوا غلط علينا. اقرا كلام الرجال فوق شرح وش كان يقصد.
@@NoThing-ks7ohإذا كنت تشوف هذي مو إساءة ما ادري ايش هي الإساءة بالنسبة لك. هذي الصورة النمطية الي نشوفها بالأفلام تتكرر كل يوم والتبرير بدل الاعتذار امر غريب ومخزي من صاحب القناة.
Hello guys, good time
Do you want to come to Iran and visit the most historical and pure historical places?
This is called investing, in the past most of Saudis spend their holiday abroad as there wasn't much to do, so the government decided to invest in these places, simple as that
Definitely. Didn’t say it was a bad thing! Thanks for watching
Looks like they need to work on some things if they want to attract more tourists - which is the plan. Taking pictures at historical sites shouldn’t be a problem and I’m sure there will be training on that and more affordable dining options around popular sites and not just fine dining. The whole area looks a bit dead as well probably because you’re all always out exploring during off peak times.
It’s school vacation + Eid holiday + It’s summer thats why most of the places are empty
It is weird cuz I've visited the very same place and took pictures! Anyways, i agree that the place has to offer more affordable places to eat. Diriya is such a beautiful place and they're still working on it. It is gonna be a must visit site once constructions are done.
Also, it is summer and it is too hot to visit such an open area during the day. Saudi people go out at night due to the sun
@@sultan19h39 yeah that's definitely partly why
@@heart49 Yeah I'm aware so I'm still surprised that they seem to have mostly filmed during the day when no one is around. I would have thought that filming at least once during peak times would've been interesting as there would be some atmosphere for once.
Two times u said this In video 9:25 😅thay have toomuch money.
Can you please explain why it's funny ? being a rich country or a rich person. I really do not understand the point of view of the poor. All I know there is no shame having money .
It is around 4 pm in middle week i just wake up open youtub drinking my coffee my mony work for me
@@zoz1398 brother, did u ask me to reply? With a question mark?
My sentence meaning was deep like the person who have enough of money he will do what is possible in that money , that doesnt mean that im blaming rich people.
I just said in simple words This country has alot of money the place where camels use to stay , rich people has made it a living or visiting place for human.
Again you try to offend us
our cities not only a place where camel can live
we have a history if you are an Arab which I assumed based on your name you know about Al-Yamamah where Riyadh city is today
why is it not good or it is racist to call Africa the jungle
but it's okay to try to insult the Saudis
he is just envious 😂
Do you like Saudi Arabia!
I think I only found 10%. And 90% remains that you haven't discovered yet 😅.
So much more to see!
How did you not see the Boulevard city Fountain!!! You came all the way this place just to miss it? AAH
Pretty sure they saw it/come to it,
It's called editing,they only showed some places, not all of them
we did show it! ♥️✨
You said it right. They have too much money and they dont know what to do with it.
Not always a bad thing haha!
And what would you have done with it? The country is diversifying it's economy while providing entertainment to it's people. You wish to have that
this city was founded in 1446 by the first grandfather of the current royal family he called maneaa almridy abut unfortunately the city was totaly destroyeted by the ottoman army in 1818 , they burned the houses and the trees and killed everybody in the city including the animals
خربوها يوم رمموها .. يازينها على طبيعتها الاوله
Thanks for visiting. But your comment on that Saudis have too much money and do not know what to do with !!!? .
It’s called sarcasm
@@dabbleandtravelwe call it envy.
Hey guys, have loved all your videos going back to the Balkan ones and we actually took some inspiration from you for our own Balkan itinerary. I'll be honest, I'm a little disappointed that none of these videos about life in Saudi Arabia have really delved into the issues facing normal Saudi women, gay people etc. A Saudi woman from Leeds is currently serving a 35-year prison sentence for tweeting in support of dissidents having been arrested when she returned home for a holiday - Salma al-Shehab. Do either of you think this sort of thing should be highlighted when making a series of videos promoting Saudi? Not sure if this is paid content that you're doing on behalf of the Saudi government or your own completely independent trip, but I'm honestly a little disappointed you've glossed over a lot of these very real issues so far. Would love to hear your thoughts on this.
I wonder if you would say the same thing to people vlogging about China and not commenting on the Uighur genocide, and how about Israel and their destruction of Palestine? And I’ve yet to see a travel vlog about America, which highlights its gun crimes.
What does politics have to do with tourism.. Now women have all the freedom in Saudi Arabia. If you did not know that, this is your problem.. Now the whole world knows that, so you see many people coming to Saudi Arabia, and their women live freely and were never restricted to anything
If you love sedition and the killing of the Saudi people, they do not have time for your satanic ideas. If they do not like what is happening in terms of development, openness and freedom for Saudi women, they do not have time for extremists like you. We thank you for exposing the dark side of your attacking personality.
It is unfortunate that we are interviewing a person who wants to return Saudi Arabia to its closure from the world and make it besieged, even though it is the richest country in heritage and the most important country from which civilizations emerged.
@@angelicaaltaf Yeah actually, I would, so I don't really understand your point? It'd be wrong to gloss over China's genocide in Xinjiang and the Israeli treatment of Palestinians just as much, but they're not doing that. I started watching these guys cause their videos felt very genuine. This feels a little bit like they're ignoring the bad stuff because they're potentially being paid to promote the country.
@@HkOoM What is Salma Al-Shehab in jail for then, if Saudi women have all the freedom in the world? Why are women's activists like Loujain al-Houthal in prison, if Saudi women have all the freedom in the world? Do you agree with the way these women have been treated in state custody? Are women (or men) free to criticise Mohammed Bin Salman?
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I told you, this is a policy that has nothing to do with claiming rights because it has been given full rights.. Saudi Arabia today, the whole world sees that it has given all rights and will not force the other party to remove the veil or wear the veil by force. It has complete freedom, including travel, driving, work or dress, and we are not in In France, let us impose a fine on the one who wears the hijab, or if she does not find money, or she refuses and demands freedom, then she is imprisoned. Those with this lady are extremists and do not accept the West, and it is permissible to expose you
It is well known that those with the Brotherhood reject tourism in Saudi Arabia and attack it even if it is from Western countries, but their goal in Saudi Arabia is tourism in any way, and this is extremism and treachery by working with the enemies of peace on earth
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Brother read Muslim holy book(quran)
L book, didnt like it, could try a sequel tho whens quran 2 coming
@@anicechannel7735 What's L Book?
Is explore for ur businesses earnings
Hopefully as non Muslim become Muslim view's
Ur Missions Hopefully just explore and earnings from u tube
Hopefully u must impressed and appreciate saudi arabia
I was in Riyadh for 26 years and left in 2014
Do much has changed
O bisited Diriyah amf it was nothing like I sre now in your video