شو تعمل في طرابزون؟ رحلة ٤ أيام 🇹🇷 4 Days in Trabzon

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I really didn't expect that

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There is no sign that you're in a mosque

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- I expected something beautiful but not to this extent

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- I swear this is the tastiest meal I have ever eaten

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Yeaaaah!

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In the last video, I went on the streets and found 3 random strangers

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Who have accepted to travel with me on the same day

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Wanna travel?

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- Yalla (Let's go)

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Today

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- Yalla

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You're free?

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- Yalla

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Yalla

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However, in this video we will get to know Trabzon Province

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Which we visited

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And it's villages and foods and wonderful experience we have lived there

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We came in the morning, as we arrived

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For breakfast!

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We came to Türkiye so we can't but have a Turkish breakfast

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I just want to hear the crunch

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[ satisfying crunch ]

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We started in a city called Boztepe

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It's a mountain in the city of Trabzon

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Overlooking the entire city

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As you can see from here

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Omar, when was the last time you have traveled?

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- Before Covid

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Before Covid

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- Before Covid

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And all of a sudden you decide you want to travel on the same day?

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- It just happened we were talking about it and deciding on a chance to travel and it has happened

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Unfortunately, today's luck regarding the weather is not so good

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But the area here is amazing, you can come and sit by the view

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And have a cup of tea

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Next!

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[ Sound of the "Adhan" : Call to prayer ]

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[ Saying "Allahu Akbar" : God is most Great ]

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The place I'm currently in

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For the first time seeing it you imagine that it's a

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Church!

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But it's actually a mosque

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I have visited Hagia Sophia in Istanbul

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But this place in Trabzon, in my opinion

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Is weirdest than Istanbul

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Because there is no sign that you're in a mosque

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But you can hear the Qur'an

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وَ لَقَدۡ كَـتَـبۡـنَـا فِي ٱلزَّبُورِ مِـنۢ بَعۡـدِ ٱلذِّكۡرِ أَنَّ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ يَرِثُهَا عِبَادِيَ ٱلصَّٰـلِـحُونَ

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" Before this We wrote in the Psalms, after the Message (given to Moses): My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth " 21:105

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And the feeling is very strange

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But so beautiful

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I mean I'm shocked from the amount of the contradiction happening

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But it's beautiful

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Hagia Sophia mosque in Trabzon has been there since the 13th century or so

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After Muhammad AlFetih came to Türkiye and started the Islamic Caliphate

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They turned it into a mosque for around 500 years

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And then it turned to a hospital, mosque, museum, and whatnot

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But currently, it's an actual mosque

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It's just like the churches you find in Georgia or Armenia

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Which are, I'm guessing, Orthodox churches

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However

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You enter it and hear the Qur'an

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- It's weird, I mean from a church to a mosque

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- Imaginary, bro, science fiction

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I went down to the streets yesterday

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Told them "would you like to travel with me today?"

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They agreed and we then traveled

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- That simple?

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That was it

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I don't know anyone of them

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- Not even one?

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Not one

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Our luck is starting to work for our side a bit

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And it's sunny now and look at how the ocean's color becomes [ tongue flutter ]

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I don't know how to talk anymore, is that alright?

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We just arrived to an area, what was it called?

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- The region here is called Sumela

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You need to pay a ticket costing a 100 Turkish Liras

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Then you take a bus that sends you to the top

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Honestly, out of the best nature hikes I have taken not only in Türkiye but in all the places

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♪ Turkish song ♪

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Whenever I say I'm bored of Türkiye, I find a place that assures me that there are more things to see here

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The entrance of the monastery is like entering one of Game of Thrones' cities

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I didn't expect that

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- Damn, it's so cool

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Imagine that this monastery is built on the edge of a mountain that is almost vertical

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Back is the 4th century or so

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Until now they don't know how this church was built

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But you really get here and wonder how this thing is there in that place

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The drawings are almost still preserved

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Many parts are preserved

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Seeing it when we arrived was like seeing a drawing from a historical story

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It's impossible that this place is real

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Look, look

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We won't leave this place without some drone shots

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Let me fly the drone quickly

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And run away before we get caught by the police

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While leaving the monastery we found a small waterfall on the road

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We stopped for some pictures

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We stopped on the road at a random place

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But the landscape

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Is imaginary

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Feels like you are watching Heidi from Spacetoon

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♫ Music ♫

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- This is a hidden lake

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- Between the mountains

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- It's called Limni Golu

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This lake we arrived at, look honestly the road to here is

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Nicer than the lake itself

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The lake itself is a nice place

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You can come and sit here, obviously there's food

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If you want to drink tea or do something

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What made you agree about coming here?

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- I'm in, a 100%

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Sure?

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- 100%

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- I want to run away, bro

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You want to run away? From what?

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[ laughter ]

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- You need to change the mood, I swear

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- I needed to change my mood, a long item since I have changed my mood

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And it's his first time he travels to such a place, he only went to perform Umrah in KSA before

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What were you waiting for?

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- I don't know, you know, work and work pressures

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- There's no time

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But when you were faced with reality, you said let's go

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Is this a waterfall or a faucet here?

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- It's faucet

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A nice faucet, if you want to see a nice faucet

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- You come to Trabzon to Limni

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♫ Music ♫

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Another Turkish day in Trabzon

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Starting of course, with Turkish breakfast

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We will have breakfast and continue our day in nature

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♪ Folkloric music ♪

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Of course Türkiye is very popular for its tea

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You come here and drink 10 cups of tea per day

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And you're still warming up

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So we came to one of the Turkish tea factories to see the method they prepare it in

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As you get there, you can have a tour inside the factory and see precisely how they make it

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I didn't know that this was found in Türkiye

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After getting the harvested tea

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They wash it here

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And then grind it

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And take it to the drying zone

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And then the cleaning zone

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This is what we call red (or black) tea, popular everywhere

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Of course there are many tea types, like green tea

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Which they also add the roasting method

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The method is a bit different but it's all from the same tea leafs

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The smell here, the smell of the roasted tea now

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Is very nice

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And we will go for a tasting experience

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To the different types of tea

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What is this?

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- White tea

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What does it mean?

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- This is the best type of tea in the whole world

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- 1 Kilogram is for a $1,000 !

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We will now try

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The white tea, this tea is made from only one leaf found in the tea plant

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It's used for treatment more than drinking

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It tastes like hot water with just a hint of tea flavor

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And now we have finally discovered how tea comes

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In Türkiye and how it's made

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Now we'll continue by bus, let's go

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To Uzungöl!

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We made it to Uzungöl

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The most popular place in Trabzon you see on Tiktok, Instagram, YouTube, on pictures and stories

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The first place we came to see quickly in Uzungöl is called

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Seyir Terasi

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You can see the whole city from here

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What do you think about the expectation of Muaaz about Trabzon versus the reality?

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- Honestly it was something unexpected

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You didn't imagine this when you decided to come?

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- No, no

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Really

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- I imagined something nice, but not to this extent

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Oh my! Oh my!

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We came to this restaurant called Seflerin Yeri

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It's perfect with the view

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Of the Uzungöl lake

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Food here is obviously tasty

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We ordered Kebab, Kufta, fish

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Everything we ordered was really delicious

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[ Just like Tyson ]

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[ She definitely knows what she's doing ]

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Muhammad Ali, the driver with us

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[ Watch out ]

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Oooh!

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Oh my! Oh my!

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We came for karting

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7 minutes here are for a 100 Turkish liras

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♫ Music ♫

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Amazing, isn't it?

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Really!

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çok çok çok çoky

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- çoky eh?

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çok tamam

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Karting was really amusing

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Woo!

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The only one we didn't get to know in this trip

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Is Marie

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Marie is a Jiu Jitsu trainer

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And the nicest thing was that she got married 2 days ago

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So what made you come on this trip while you just got married 2 days ago?

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- Uhm I don't know, you know it's a nice opportunity

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- I don't usually travel

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Your husband didn't mind?

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- He knows me really well so

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- He's used to this

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So he's using to that

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She left her husband and came with us

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[ laughter ]

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The third day

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Tonight we were booked in this hotel called Shellal (Waterfall)

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It's just at the river

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5 minutes away from Uzungöl

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It's nice to relax and sit with the family in nature

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A perfect option

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And now we are going to have the popular breakfast

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Of Uzungöl

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Yalla

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This place has to trending clip

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You close your eyes like this

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You show the clip of cheese being raised over the lake view

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Everyone knows this clip because it's all over the place

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So we ordered a light breakfast before we go on for the day

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Food is tasty, kind of normal

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It's nice, but the whole idea is the view you're seeing from here which is just imaginary!

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Where are you from?

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- I'm from Syria

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Welcome welcome

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- Welcome, my honor

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Regarding traveling in Trabzon

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I have noticed that it is necessary to rent a car to go to the different places

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Our trip was coordinated with a local company

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I'll leave their information in the description box below for those who are interested

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And now, my dears

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We're going on a rafting trip

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In Rize which is around 1 hour away from Uzungöl

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So let me change my outfit

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Oh! We're on the raft

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It's not scary at all, water is very warm

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And it feels like

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It flows by itself, by itself

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[ Excitement shouts]

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[ Excitement screams ]

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[ Excitement yells ]

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[ Hysterical screams ]

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As you can see, it's all under control

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Selamlar! (Greetings)

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- It's all good, very good, no problem at all

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- Cute and friendly

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- Just needs some place to stop by on the road to have a drink

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[ suggests a drink ]

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- Or something cold

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- Where's your paddle?

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Me?

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- Yeah

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Where's HIS paddle!

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Good job for the person who lost the paddle

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- My bad!

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Now you'll need to work for 3 days to pay for it

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We're done with rafting

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çok teşekkür ederim (I thank you very much)

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God bless you, kolay gelsin (good luck)

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We stopped on the road at the Zilkale castle in Rize

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But I don't know why the microphone stopped working

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Anyways, this castle lives from the 14th or 15th century

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But we don't know many stories about it

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We went then to Palovit waterfall

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And regardless of the beauty of the waterfall

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The strongest thing there was the corn cob we ate

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At this nice lady's place

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I swear to God, guys, the tastiest corn I have ever eaten

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If I have known the corn here is this tasty, I would come here for the corn and not the waterfall

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- I swear this is the tastiest corn I have ever eaten

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Yeah for real

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- I swear by God, this is legendary, legendary!

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You're in this video now, be happy about it

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[ laughs happily ]

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I can't believe how tasty it is

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Yumm

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How does she make -- I mean what is her secret to preparing such a tasty corn

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Tell me how

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[ speaks in Turkish ]

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- The water used to boil corn is from the river

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- That's one

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- And second of all, she says she's adding some love to it

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- And she loves what she's doing

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So the secret is that she harvests the corn herself

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Peels it, boils it in river water

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And sprinkles love over it

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This is the magical recipe for the tastiest corn in the world

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- And I'm very happy

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- I am very, very happy that I have seen you

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- I swear this is the best chance I have had

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My dear

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- I swear, for real

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Abu Hmed is watching the behind the scenes for the 1st time

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He feels ecstatic

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- True, true, it's the first time for real

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Wow!

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Look at this place

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We're going to the waterfall, the road that gets you there is very beautiful

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It's had a bridge I don't know it feels like walking in a tree

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Look at this guys! This is in Türkiye!

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I haven't expected it, it's really similar to Ajman back in my hometown actually

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We just arrived to the place we're spending the night in which is in Ayder

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And this is only from outside

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Wait until you see the inside, the place is really imaginary

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Oh my!

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♫ Music ♫

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Honestly, the bungalow here is magical, it's built on the river itself

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This is our bungalow

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On fire! On fire!

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4th Day

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I woke up at dawn today, we went on a bus to get to a region

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That I have seen a lot in pictures of Trabzon and it's like

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Above the clouds

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But the road to here was very bad

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It took around an hour or an hour and a half on very bad roads

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But the views are extraordinary

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The mountains with tips full of snow

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And we have reached the top now but

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We still have this small hill

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By foot, and we expect on the other side of the mountain to see the clouds

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♪ Local music ♪

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- Of course, this is Tulum (Bagpipe)

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- It's special to the Black Sea region

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- To the North of Türkiye

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- Its sound is very soft

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Our luck wasn't that good with the clouds

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So, the view is very pure

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But our luck is good with the mountains

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This area is called Huser, a part of the Kaçkar mountains

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The mountains we're seeing in front of us

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Altitude is more than 3500 I expect

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And because we're in the beginning of summer, there is still some snow I expect that it stays for the whole season

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On high altitudes

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No one is here but us

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I don't know where people are, why isn't there anyone around?

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After a beautiful morning, I came back to the hotel

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Or the bungalow we were in, or the hut

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Guys, it's really very beautiful

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This hut is called Fortuna bungalow

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We will have our last breakfast in Ayder

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And then say our goodbyes to this region

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Let's go

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We're back in the morning to have breakfast in Keyf restaurant

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The breakfast with the view of waterfalls in Ayder

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Is really fascinating

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We haven't seen anything of this yesterday

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But we're now seeing it

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We're leaving from Rize airport, there is an airport in Rize now, not everyone knows that

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And it's time my trip ends

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Goodbye, my friends. Peace, guys

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Bye bye, see you later

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Peace, Yahya

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- Peace

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Bye bye

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- Bye bye! 👋

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That's it, may God bless you, I hope you liked the video

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May God increase your travels

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See you in the upcoming video

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Peace!

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Subtitles by Omar Younes

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Follow me on Instagram @Ibnhattuta

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Our luck is starting to get a bitta-- bitta--betta-- a bit better

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It's not working out