Crossing into SAUDI ARABIA | S8, EP34

Number 11 No crazy running around Kuwait City, KUWAIT Season 8 - Eps. 34 Good morning Internet it is 08:50 in the morning and welcome back to the channel Welcome here to Kuwait City in Kuwait Today it's going to be another border crossing It almost starts to look like I really like doing these uh, border crossings Which obviously I don't but it has to be done Uh, when you want to get somewhere I'm just going to catch a breakfast here, there's no breakfast in the hotel where I'm staying But now I discovered this little coffee shop Morning Some haloumi eggplant sandwich and a cappuccino So I'm now right here at the gulf in Kuwait And today I'm going to cross the border into the next big country So that also means no more border crossings for a while once I'm in Saudi Arabia So but, there's basically two border crossings you can take the one here at the coast And you can take the one here in inland Um, and I'm obviously going to take the one inland because I want to explore Saudi Arabia And I don't immediately want to kind of travel down the coast here So I'll be riding to the border here, I think this is about 140 km or something And then I'm hoping to spend the night basically in the first town I come across in Saudi which I think is this one All right Frankie Are you ready? Let's go!

Very excited I'm just yeah, I'm really excited for um. . Oh Let me actually go the other way Yeah, I'm just very excited for Saudi Arabia because I have never been there before Uh, that's maybe also why my stay in Kuwait is quite short Because I have actually worked here years ago So I've been many times to Kuwait before So for me personally You know that makes it a little less uh.

. I'm now riding literally riding in circles Oh, now I understand, okay Anyway, so it makes it a little less uh, exciting for me to be in Kuwait It's also a very small country so Uh, it's not like uh, I could explore here for months But that will be a bit different for Saudi Arabia Which is a lot bigger The only thing is I really need to touch up on my Arabic Because here in Kuwait it was really easy 'Cause most people will speak English here There's only 1, 4 million Kuwaitis and 3 million foreigners living in Kuwait So because unless your father is a Kuwaiti, you will never become a Kuwaiti I believe, no matter how long you're here Probably the number of uh, foreigners compared to Kuwaitis will only increase But that made it quite easy for me to. .

of course, get around here in Kuwait But Saudi Arabia will be uh A different story, I think but my Arabic is so rusty As you well, as you've seen in the previous videos I mean. . I don't really get much further than uh.

. Hello, goodbye and that sort of thing I used to be quite good But there's a couple of things I find difficult with Arabic Is well first of all, they have their own  accents and dialects everywhere I mainly learned Egyptian Arabic, because I was spending quite some time with Egyptians, when I was working in Kuwait But that's different again from what they speak in the Gulf So then I have to learn it again Um, and what I also struggle with in Arabic is that the words change depending on whether a woman says something or a man says something Anyway, before I really go anywhere, I'm just going to fill up I got a new petrol bag which is actually slightly has a bigger capacity than the one I had before And I am going to need that in Saudi So I'm really happy that I have that, so I'm just going to put in a few liters I don't need it full. I just want to test it out a little bit before I really need to use it So total distance for today 245 km and the border crossing So.

. Should be doable I don't think I have that problem like, in Iraq where you're not allowed with a. .

How are you? - Good and you? How are you ma'am, good?

I'm good. How are you? Good - You from?

Holland - Holland Ah and you? Bangladesh - Bangladesh So this one uh, full And then two liters in this one Two liters here? - Yeah Only two liter Two liters?

- Two liters only, yeah Fuel is very cheap here of course as well It's like, 30 cents One Kuwaiti Dinar is $ 3, so Kuwaiti Dinar is very strong currency Huh? The problem - No, not allowed? Not allowed Ah, not allowed Jerry can I don't have, I only have You need can?

No, this is just extra fuel Okay It's okay? Okay - Okay Thank you Okay, thank you Check check I need to check, okay Uh 5,6,7,8 [Dutch] Thank you Bye! Bye So today on my brand new knobbly tires, I'll will only be riding tar, unfortunately But uh.

. Plenty of desert to come so I'm at the border This looks organized I found this little. .

this little bag It's also Mosko Moto That you can stick on top of your tank bag And I had it like at the bottom of one of those bags all this time And then when I was repacking my bags I found it I was like, oh should have put that on. . on top already in Iraq with like the million passport checks but anyway Peace be upon you Hello Where do you go?

To Saudi I go with him, okay You motor stay here, you want to come with me Okay Customs sorted Thank you Okay Now passport, I think No wait, I'm not Kuwaiti citizen This one maybe Hi. Peace be upon you From Germany? How are you?

No, Holland Holland! - Yeah Amsterdam! Is this uh.

. immigration? Yeah Before Kuwait, from where come?

Iraq or? Iraq Yeah Türkiye, Iraq. .

Yeah No Syria huh? I don't. .

no Syria, no You from Kuwait? I'm Kuwaiti, yes Ah ha, ah ha good Thank you This one? Goodbye Goodbye Smile smile Goodbye Goodbye See you tomorrow Oh no No, no, not tomorrow!

Bye bye This is how it can be done these borders, you know Very easy, straightforward. You just go in one line and that's it Good morning Okay Bye-bye Oh, there's just some uh. .

no man's land then I thought this was already Saudi but this was still Kuwait Okay Arrival Passports This one and my visa Passenger hall Ah passenger hall, yes Okay You're welcome Yeah Step one done Now customs Welcome! How are you? Good First time First time - In Saudi Arabia?

- Yeah Line four. Line four Line four, yes Yes, sir Welcome! Okay, thank you Line four Bye Sorry for waiting, it takes time on computer Yeah, no No problem Have you been to Iraq or Kuwait?

Yeah, I came from Iraq to Kuwait, yeah Have a safe trip Thank you Go to row number 11. . the last one I go to number 11.

Okay, they  check the bike? They check the bike - Yes Yeah, okay thank you Thank you Number 11 9 Number 11 Last one No no, I'm confused He tell me number 11 so I'm like 9. .

. 11 11 is here Okay Open this one? - Open Okay Little search All good Insurance yes Need to get insurance I think Hello - How are you?

Good and you? Paper? I can buy insurance here?

Here? - Yeah Thank you Hello Welcome to Saudi Arabia! Thank you No more?

Okay Bye-bye Bye Okay All right, all right, all right! I think I'm here! So let me say it Welcome to Saudi Arabia!

Put my gloves back on What a pleasant border crossing See this is how it can be, you know No crazy running around Hi thank you Where are you from? Holland You from Saudi or Kuwait? Saudi Visit our city, my city!

What's your city called? Zulfi Zulfi Will you visit there? I don't know.

Where is it, in the south or? No, we are in the middle of Saudi Arabia In the middle Nice to meet you Bye bye I could do a border crossing like this every day! Yee haa!

Okay, so It is windy out here It's about 100 km left to uh. . the first city Hafar Al Batin I made it Not too far away from here, there's a hotel See, if I can check in there and then uh.

. See if I can find my first Saudi meal I'm hungry What time is it? It's now 3 o'clock So.

. time for a late lunch or early dinner Where are you from? Holland Holland?

Amsterdam! Where are you from? Bangladesh Bangladesh Nice to meet you You know Bangladesh?

I know Bangladesh. I've been Dhaka Dhaka Yeah Where do you eat? Eat?

Restaurant In. . in any place?

Any place You eat Saudi Arabian? Or Holland? What?

You like eat Saudi Arabian? I like. .

yeah Food is good here, no? Not nice! Only chicken.

. . You don't like?

I like. . You like it Okay Nice to meet you See if they have room. 

Ah closed for development and renewal Ah ha That's why it's so empty Okay, have to find another place then Go here Oh, it's a little bit blocked Apartment hotel. . So I got a warm welcome here in this hotel and they even gave me a free upgrade to a suite!

Look, I have a living room. .  and a kitchen And then there's the bedroom and then this is the bathroom I'm quickly going to change uh, and then I'm going to check out one of the restaurants around here I spotted this restaurant right there Let's check that out Where?

Sitting yeah Family in this Oh okay, family Okay I go Okay okay Okay so now I walked into this restaurant Um, but where I walked in was not for me Because I'm a woman so I have to sit in the family section And there it means that look, curtains so I'm kind of in a cubicle That you then, well, if you're here with the family then you can close the curtains But I don't know if I have to close them I'm going to keep them open and then the menu This is going to be very interesting I am just gonna. . you know, I'm just going to order something and see what comes, you know Some soup Okay, well it's good that I'm hungry Look at all these foods, breads This looks absolutely amazing All of it This is a creamy chicken soup Yeah, this is like cucumber.

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