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An incredible day of driving on the Transfagarasan highway and hiking in the Carpathian mountains of Romania.
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@dhanyrafael Год назад

I made some chapters for you, guys. Enjoy! :) (Gabriel, please pin my chapters as top comment - thanks). 1:00 Driving through an old village from Transylvania 2:20 Preparing to drive through the Trans-Fagarashan (epic road through the Carpathian Mountains - around 2600m alt. peaks) 5:05 Let's drive The Trans-Fagarashan now !! 6:11 Top of the mountain - Balea Lake 8:30 Roads through the misty Carpathian Central Mountains 10:28 The tunnel from Balea Lake 13:23 View of Trans-Fagarashan mountain road from above - breath-taking !! 17:37 A map for the mountain area of Balea Lac 19:24 The Balea Lake, finally the fog has gone !! Mountain weather is so unpredictable !! 22:55 Epic views down the valley from 2500m altitude !! OMG :) Absolutely gorgeous !! 24:56 View of Balea Lake from above. :) Enjoy the scenery. 28:16 Back on the epic road !! :) Let's go, Dacia ! Such a good car. :)

@fadedbones8151 Год назад

Thank you that's helpful

@dhanyrafael Год назад

I tried my best. :) Enjoy, my friend, the epic Carpathian Mountains. :) @@fadedbones8151

@GabrielTravelerVideos Год назад

Thanks for taking the time, pinned.

@ekesandras1481 Год назад

The lodge where he had a Staropramen after the hike is the oldest cabana at Lake Bâlea. It was originally built in the year 1905 by the Siebenbürgischer Karpathenverein, the Saxon alpine club from Sibiu. During communism it was expropriated and by the end of communism just a ruin remained, that was than privatized. A Saxon from Avrig/Freck bought it and renovated it the way it looks today. He also runs the cable car, that goes from the Cascada up to the lake.

@INTUITIVENORSK2303 Год назад

@@ekesandras1481 Very interesting my friend. I must do some research myself.

@nicklindsey3872 Год назад

Romania is now officially the first country i want to visit outside the u.s

@GabrielTravelerVideos Год назад

Awesome, go for it.

@nicklindsey3872 Год назад

@@GabrielTravelerVideos as soon as i can afford to since i'm currently out of a job

@FRESHTAMPA Год назад

My grandpa grew up here . Came to USA at 17 years old by himself

@jillytravels9317 Год назад

Had no idea how beautiful Romania could be, unique buildings, lovely "time stood still" villages, spectacular, lush countryside.....surprised it's not a big tourist destination, although we know what happens with " popular ", lost charm and shops full of cheap tat....certainly a place to visit.....

@tezeu21 Год назад

It is more than this it is incredible, you are most welcomed to vist us

@dacian_1346 Год назад

The western media did all they could to put a bad reputation on the country.

@nicholasmcnally8215 Год назад

I never had Romania down as a potential holiday destination. This guy sure knows how to change the goalposts. It's going on the list ! 😅

@martinc.720 Год назад

I added it to my list yesterday lol He sure influences people.

@jimsy7al Год назад

I've had it down for a long time as more than that, as possibly a place to retire to.

@INTUITIVENORSK2303 Год назад

@@jimsy7al A very beautiful country & surely underrated I'd say. I have visited prior & loved it so much, that I'm now taking my family there very soon. I'm not sure if you've visited Romania, but if you haven't as yet, you're in for a serious treat. It's gorgeous & the people are approachable & friendly. I also enjoyed much of the food. Very rich & tasty offerings abound. I'm a vegetarian, but seriously & sinfully broke the rules in Bucharest, although my discipline has kicked back in & I haven't touched meat since returning home. I really loved eating the very well grilled/bbq'd artisan made thick sausages (served with a deliciously cooked & spicy, onion, garlic, fresh tomato & red pepper sauce) & I was obsessed with the deliciously sweet, homemade, organic, dark grape juice. So good & so full of antioxidants. I loved some of the freshly homemade, flour based, egg, tomato, eggplant, zucchini, leek, potato, polenta, pepper, cabbage & cheesy dishes too. The sweet treats, desserts, baked goods & cakes etc; abound were very good too. I could go on regarding the food, but it's best to be fully surprised once actually there. I wish you well with your future travel & retirement plans. Peace✌

@d947 Год назад

@@jimsy7alsame

@newtubers4676 Год назад

Come in June, best month for traveling here.

@Firdausjahanibrahim Год назад

The Carpathian Mountains is Romania's natural treasure. 🌲🏞️

@angelicacroitoru4946 8 месяцев назад

One of the treasures, we also have Danube's Delta, Bucovina, Maramures

@Firdausjahanibrahim 8 месяцев назад

@@angelicacroitoru4946 Exactly! 👍

@doizece6002 Год назад

FYI in Romania there is 0 tolerance on alcohol consumption while driving. Also if you will frive South from where you are, make sure you won't miss the Poenari Citadel, the real Vlad the Impaler aka Dracula fortress

@GabrielTravelerVideos Год назад

Next video. ✌️

@Ojstra Год назад

Honestly, one of the best travel vlogs I have ever seen. So much mist at the beginning and after that is that magic tunnel on the top of the road where everything changes. It is amazing how green are Carpathians this Summer (because it is more wet with more rain than in ordinary years), just like it would be Spring somewhere in a valley. At 28:51 there are such amazing sceneries just like the road itself at 23:30. The Carpathian Mountains were also a traditional border between kingdoms of Transylvania and Wallachia, so you are in Wallachia now. ;) I hope that you don't miss Sinaia and Buşteni on this Romanian trip as they are also amazing place in Carpathians with imposing castles Peleş, Pelişor and Cantacuzino.

@emilymary1436 Год назад

Peles Castle has to be one of the most beautiful castles I have ever seen photos of, inside and outside.

@ARKILUISS Год назад

GABRIEL IS THE BEST!

@yestohappiness2721 Год назад

Gabriel, yes, CASCADA means waterfall in Romanian. The building where you stopped up the mountain, after the tunnel (min 13:08) is a building for Mountain Search and Rescue ("salvamont" in Romanian). My favorite street food is the one you saw in many of the stands called "langosi" - it's like a cheese empanada - you can get it with salty cheese (feta) or with sweet cow cheese, or with other fillings (feta+dill, etc etc)... yum!!!

@GabrielTravelerVideos Год назад

Great, thanks for the info.

@alinush27 Год назад

Hey Gabe, Alin here, the guy that randomly spotted you while walking through Libertății Square in Timișoara and came up to say Hi. I'm glad you decided to go up to Bâlea Lake, it really is gorgeous out there. Funny thing, I've been there just this weekend as well and actually hiked up the trail you were on, up to the other lake you were mentioning. Can't wait to see more of your adventures. Have fun and safe travels!

@GabrielTravelerVideos Год назад

Very cool. Nice to meet you. ✌️

@Nature_with_Peter_Kane Год назад

What a beautiful country! Really nice video!! So much food to chose from way up in the mountains!! So cool!! Cheers

@dragonfly9209 Год назад

I can't express how much these Romanian videos have captivated me. I don't save many videos---but these are so exceptionally wonderful, beautiful, etc....I zapped them right into a folder I named "travel"...to be enjoyed again and again. Something about this country is very special--thank you Gabriel---for the gorgeous photography and editing....and such a DELIGHTFUL tour of Romania. Love all your series--but this series is a top contender for sure. What a pleasure to sit back and immerse ourselves in all this quiet loveliness. Hectic world comes to a Full Stop ♥

@INTUITIVENORSK2303 Год назад

So very true my friend. I visited this stunning country back in 2018 & I am planning another trip back there soon. It really is a wonderful travel destination & one that thus far, is still very underrated. We drove through the mountains during the Winter & it truly reminded me of Norge's landscapes. The clouds, the fog, the lakes, the wee cabins abound. So eerily & yet refreshingly similar to Norge's landscapes. So very beautiful abound. Peace✌

@dhanyrafael Год назад

Just wait another 5 years, Romania is building new highways and roads and renovates old cities centers as we speak. Romania is a big construction site right now as Gabriel captured too in his videos. @@INTUITIVENORSK2303

@cherylcronk1786 Год назад

I spent almost four weeks on a road trip in march. I think Romania a must see country. So much variety and so beautiful. I would go back tomorrow.

@dhanyrafael Год назад

13:23 View of Trans-Fagarashan mountain road from above - breath-taking !!

@user-se7zm6wj5i Год назад

Thank you for sharing the spectacular views in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania! The weather condition are regrettable!

@nemeskeripetra85 Год назад

Try the kürtőskalács! Very delicious Hungarian (or Romanian if you want... doesn't really matter) sweet with soft tasty dough inside and crunchy coating! Yummy! It's a must have in this part of the world!

@Ojstra Год назад

He had a choice between kürtöş and langoş on the top of the pass. If this is there in a tourist zone, it surely must be good. ;)

@nemeskeripetra85 Год назад

@@Ojstra Both lángos and kürtőskalács are great streetfoods (though, I think they both existed way before streetfood even became a thing :D). But the latter is simply more unique and it truly is a Transylvanian specialty. I hope Gabriel will jump on it next time. I am pretty sure that when he mentioned that something was smelling great it was the kürtős. :)

@redhorse554det1 Год назад

this was a really eye opening road trip Romania

@ageoflove1980 Год назад

You really helped to put Romania on my map. As I dont drive, I wonder what the public transportation is like. My guess is not too brilliant but inexpensive. Obviously there probably wont be regular busses to places like this, but maybe some tour is possible, or even a taxi might be doable in Romania.

@blogger1851 Год назад

Romania is very well connected through trains. You have private companies like astra trans carpatic /softtrans/ etc and the government ones cfr . Usually the private ones are more looking like bullets. There is a metro in Bucharest and one under construction in cluj. I lovee traveling by trains in Romania especially in the summer when it’s raining or in the winter when it’s snowing it looks like some fairy land. Much better than a lot of other European countries. Also the British Royal Family is Romanian! New info for you...

@angelicacroitoru4946 8 месяцев назад

As you said, it's your guess

@ageoflove1980 8 месяцев назад

@@angelicacroitoru4946 And whats yours?

@dhanyrafael Год назад

22:55 Epic views down the valley from 2500m altitude !! OMG :) Absolutely gorgeous !!

@climate-civilizations Год назад

Especially the weather!

@dhanyrafael Год назад

It started with bad weather and ended with awesome weather. :) That's the mountain weather, ever changing in just a few minutes. :) @@climate-civilizations

@djprojectus Год назад

@@climate-civilizationsYou sound sour...are you jealous,hungarian? Thats not in Transilvania by the way...😂

@dhanyrafael Год назад

Oh, nice ! My wife is Hungarian. Our children speak Romanian, Hungarian and English. :) Let's make peace between nations. Romania and Hungary must become friendly nations. :) We should marry each other and make a single nation in the future. :) @@djprojectus

@djprojectus Год назад

@@dhanyrafaelOk,there are some nice hungarians , especially the womens so peaceful relations can happen😁.Peace👍

@pavelavietor1 Год назад

❤ beautiful❤

@gurpreetsaran1426 Год назад

Epic place to be in never thought of a beautiful place existed in Romania...Thanx for showing it through your lenz👍👌👌♥️

@Danielroams Год назад

One thing I have learned from your mountain adventures in the Himalayas, Switzerland and Romania is the unpredictable weather. My travel time is limited, so I would not enjoy the cold and foggy weather conditions during the summer months. Since you travel year-round, you can make these mistakes and move on to another destination. I would have stayed in Greece. 🇬🇷 That's just me.

@Maldives2025 Год назад

what lovely foggy cold views! definitely want a hot drink in those regions :) thanks for giving us this Romanian exploration it has given me some food for thought if I ever go back to Europe to consider a holiday there

@dhanyrafael Год назад

28:20 Nice to see that the authorities mounted steel cables on the sideway of this dangerous road, at least in some zones... Steel cables are better than aluminum bars which destroy the car in case of collision.

@virginianemith Год назад

Beautiful country. Amazing how the clouds lifted in seconds. I enjoy traveling with you. Love the room- only 100.00 ! Thank you

@houseofblack-wg2sz Год назад

Stunning views, Gabe! Loved how described the views of The Romanian Alps.

@millvee1005 Год назад

I'm not sure of anyone else but I love that fog and sleepy looking town in the rain. Enjoyed this video.

@dhanyrafael Год назад

28:16 Back on the epic road !! :) Let's go, Dacia ! Such a good car. :)

@emilymary1436 Год назад

Absolutely gorgeous. The Carpathian mountains are stunning! I'm glad that you are exploring Romania! I am adding to my list of places to visit there.

@wilfredotorres6628 Год назад

Hi Gabriel, That was one hair-raising experience driving through the mountains in the fog. It was worth it the trip reminded me of Scotland or Ireland's similar weather. A trippy experience on the higher elevation trip on those mountains would have been mind-blowing.

@INTUITIVENORSK2303 Год назад

For me, the same but as I have visited prior to Covid, I also found these mountain ranges with the clouds, fog etc; to be very akin to Norge's landscapes. Not too many know this or even see it, but it's true. Some parts of Romania's mountain landscapes, specifically during the Winter months, so reminds me of Norge.

@chireageorge1770 Год назад

0% alcohol behind the wheel, that's the law in Romania. if they give you the test and the drink comes out on the test, they will take your license.

@dhanyrafael Год назад

Damn, that's severe. :( 1 beer should be allowed.

@Slykkpkins Год назад

Yes ok what to Bald n Bankrupt... he talk too much? I follow

@kihelheim7831 Год назад

I'm so stoked you're over there bro! I feel like this is my only chance to be there too LOL. A band called Cradle of Filth has a song funeral in Carpathia, Watch with lyrics I look forward to more!😊

@Kathiewinkle Год назад

Cool place

@jorusnak1998 Год назад

I remember my grandfather who is Hungarian talking about the carpathian mountains and how amazing they. Great video, gabe.

@GoNoGuide Год назад

Now I understood, how you decide to go anywhere. You have a place or destination but you dont rush to go there , you enjoy along the way. That's professional traveler.

@yesman1743 Год назад

If you would have gone to Vidraru Lake you could have seen a lot of bears on the side of the road. Last time I was there I saw more then 10 bears in just 2 hours of driving.

@dhanyrafael Год назад

Bear party I guess :))

@apostolia2124 Год назад

Majestic nature, imposing landscapes...maginificent !!"cold wet miserableness", my gosh Gabe you're so funny sometimes!😅😅✌

@Ojstra Год назад

It is even more amazing that he is still in his socks-sandal style on all his European Summer trip although he has been to Switzerland (even Zermatt with steepy hikes) and Austria, too. :D I don't know how he manages to hike with it, but it looks like he can. :D

@apostolia2124 Год назад

@@Ojstra👍✌

@EnglishmaninMalta Год назад

What a beautiful place ❤

@carmencornelianastase1240 Год назад

WOW!!! That's Great!!!🍀🏞🍀

@effie-montreal Год назад

Really nice scenery nice drive and enjoyable video

@davedeal9152 Год назад

"That... is what I'm talkin' about!" Cheers!

@fadedbones8151 Год назад

Gabe is Really cranking out the Videos. Masterful job sir. Thanks for the hard work

@vladratcu Год назад

Welcome to Romania 🎉

@mb1636 Год назад

Tunnel was impressive. How long they drill bore thru the mountain is a thing to know. Thanks !

@haiduc4ever Год назад

Set high in the Făgăraș Mountains, the highest mountains of the Southern Carpathians, the Tunelul Capra - Balea Lac is 884m long. The road passing through the tunnel is the infamous Transfăgărăşan (DN7C National Road). At an elevation of 2,025−2,042 m above the sea level, it’s also the highest tunnel of the country. Its construction began in 1972, and the mountain was drilled in the fall of 1973. More than 40,000 cubic meters of rock were excavated with the help of hundreds of people, mostly military for that a year later, in 1974, the inauguration would take place during the rule of Nicolae Ceauşescu.

@eedragonr Год назад

They didn't die too many

@AparatorulPoporului Год назад

Welcome back to Romania Gabe, thank you for this vlogs!

@maolsuperstar Год назад

Wonderful Romania!. A fantastic destination for a road trip, boasting stunning landscapes, captivating cities, and an abundance of castles. Maramures being my favorite region which is further north, is both remarkably rural and captivatingly unique. In my opinion, Maramures stands as the most enthralling area in Romania, where age-old traditions thrive unlike anywhere else in Western Europe. @Garbriel Traveller a video of that area please!!

@Ndsfrees 11 месяцев назад

All built by us germans

@sebit9731 3 месяца назад

@@Ndsfrees Is this german black humor?

@sachinmathur6624 Год назад

If it was Harold, he would take a swim in the lake

@djprojectus Год назад

Superb❤

@nancysotomayor3196 Год назад

Beautifull place 🤩 Love it!!!

@donniesilver4270 Год назад

Still within the Top-Ten ... 👍😄 🏁🏆

@dhanyrafael Год назад

19:24 The Balea Lake, finally the fog has gone !! Mountain weather is so unpredictable !!

@procyon826 Год назад

The building at 13:12 is the HQ of the local Mountain Rescue unit.

@GabrielTravelerVideos Год назад

That explains it. It looked like something official.

@elianegourdeau5920 Год назад

My boyfriend is obsessed with your videos, especially the Greece series! Awesome content!

@dhanyrafael Год назад

2:20 Preparing to drive through the Trans-Fagarashan (epic road through the Carpathian Mountains - around 2600m alt. peaks)

@mirceapintelie361 Год назад

2000m,the highest peak in Romania is 2400m

@davazno1269 Год назад

on that building there was a sign saying "salvamont " , those are the guys that save people on the mountain

@GabrielTravelerVideos Год назад

Cool, good to know.

@JennyGunner-ge3lz Год назад

Beautiful, great that the fog lifted to see that stunning view. Looked like perfect mulled wine weather not sure if you could get any there though. Great video thank you very enjoyable ❤

@djprojectus Год назад

Thanks for the effort,Gabe.👍

@adriancaleanu 11 месяцев назад

I took my bicycle down the Transfagarasan road, on both sides of the tunnel (north and south). 10 minutes into the ride on the south side (from the tunnel towards your hotel) I ran into a mama bear and her cubs, chilling on the side of the road. Luckily she wasn't threatened by me. Awesome experience though!

@GabrielTravelerVideos 11 месяцев назад

Wow, very cool.

@isamaaltaein8672 Год назад

Gabe, thank you for sharing interesting video and showing us beautiful places. We are waiting next video. Chaos

@explorernikita Год назад

Preparing food while driving and enjoying weather in between mountains and clouds. You are just awesome Gab. I am thankful to you. I can just feel the beauty.

@JT-dd1to Год назад

I wish you had more interaction with locals. It would give your viewers a better understanding of life and deep experience of the journey. I like that you go places that’s less traveled.

@DeannaSt Год назад

Yes I’m amazed as well that it’s full of people around and him and he keeps saying “I wonder what this is and I wonder how to get there and I wonder what this is…?” but he is not asking anyone any directions or any information and there are so many people who speak English in Romania actually, 90% of the young one speak English or even more than that. So no good enough excuse not to interact with the locals when you are in a crowded place like that.

@drumetii.2024 Год назад

❤ Romania ❤ Japonia

@RoseN-CJ Год назад

Very pretty views, hope you're next days will be with pleasant weather! have a nice trip :)

@GabrielTravelerVideos Год назад

Today was perfect. 😎

@debabanerjee9131 Год назад

amazing views of the lake and its surroundings looks somewhat similar to the Norwegian Fjords

@bhavearth Год назад

wonderful !

@meghlab2978 Год назад

Hi Gabriel, please do not drive by one hand. why don't put your camera on the desh board.. Keep it up.God bless you.❤❤

@dhanyrafael Год назад

24:56 View of Balea Lake from above. :) Enjoy the scenery.

@somejohndoe3004 Год назад

So many beers so little time. 🍺 Well that video was highly enjoyable. I didn't know Romania's nature was that beautiful. 🙏

@dextardextar Год назад

great vids of a beautiful place, thanks dude.

@SerendipityTravels Год назад

In the 80s a group of us were traveling along the back roads. In those days there were only paper maps and no cell phones. We were lost and the sun was setting. We saw lights in a distance that seemed like a village. We stopped. Had dinner at a hotel. People were odd looking and we kept in catching them staring at us. After we were driving out and leaving the lights we looked back and THERE WERE NO LIGHTS to look back at. We then realized that we did not say a word to each other during the whole time. They were pale. There was music going on couples were ballroom dancing. My chicken was served raw in the middle and I sent it back. Anyway after we were done we proceeded to get into the car and drive out of the village. All of the sudden we approached the place where we were staying - not lost any more. We agreed that we had a strange experience and agreed to return back to the village the following morning. We drove retracing our steps BUT there was no village to be found!!! To this day we will mention that experience - strange indeed. Beautiful country side though! This was somewhere on the outskirts of Timisoara .

@eedragonr Год назад

After the fall of the Roman Empire for a millennium the glorious Rome itself was a little village where ignorant and innocent children were grazing their cows in the ruins. Nothing new and extraordinary for such regions.

@paulsmustache Год назад

Seems it would be an interesting place to visit in the winter too. Best wishes.

@Jose-ht2lw Год назад

Highly enjoying all your constant romanian vids!

@LinzYoutube Год назад

Congrats on almost 600k! I've been watching since you were just over 100 k!

@Passionforkitchen 8 месяцев назад

Beautiful Romania 🇷🇴

@fineday303 Год назад

it's like an artistic film; I'm sorry it's over..hope to see something tomorrow

@eriksmak Год назад

Hi Gabriel, nice to have shortly spoken with you together with my son on the edge of Balea Lake! I even spotted us on camera. Good luck with your videos en travels. We will be following you from now on!

@GabrielTravelerVideos Год назад

Hey there, nice to talk with you guys as well. All the best, have a nice summer and safe travels. ✌️

@Rafa_Llamazares Год назад

Good vid Gabe. That sort of 3 wheels motorcycles are getting more seeing in this part of the world (Europe). Old guys are their target.

@maryg124 Год назад

Awesome views especially from your balcony.

@rumik-stahnke6512 Год назад

Great video 👍😁Thanks for sharing and take care 😁✌

@mirceapintelie361 Год назад

Thats not fog, its simply a cloud since you are at 2000 m altitude1😄

@Rares.E Год назад

Mulțumesc!

@explorewithbaruah Год назад

Nice place could and couldy nice tunel road coverd by heavy cloud going up wards seem to be nice place display so nicely

@bairdseymour Год назад

Love the editing and music.

@terriealexander2344 Год назад

thanks

@ChrisDrone33 Год назад

You and Robert Polasek are the real grekophilos! I saw also almost 20 islands in Greece. Do not miss Lefkada, Skyros and Kythira. I saw now you are in Romania, do not miss Maramures area. Regards, Cristian

@Fjord_ Год назад

24:16 that "thing" might be a drift trike. On RU-vid I see some videos with more/less similar engines driven on the Transfagarasean. Then it can also be a "three-wheel motor cycle".

@Nature_with_Peter_Kane Год назад

I think I'm 10th today 😅 That's what happens when you're busy making morning coffee lol. Cheers Gabe!

@thortessem271 Год назад

Hi from Arizona

@alinamargineantu6011 Год назад

You need to go back there in better weather condition, to see the beautiful landscaping

@elizabethcraig5825 Год назад

Very nice adventure, so beautiful. Did Frankenstein and Dracula originate from Romania? It just reminds me of the scenery from the movies.😊❤

@dhanyrafael Год назад

I don't know about Frankenstein, but Dracula and vampires for sure. Our grand grand fathers even put a big nail in dead people's hearts so that they won't return as the living dead, as werewolves, as vampires or any other mythical figure. Some do it even today in some remote villages. Dead should stay dead. :)

@GabrielTravelerVideos Год назад

Dracula, yes: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZIAcTKIOOdI.html

@eedragonr Год назад

The important modern writers of the 19th century like Edgar Allan Poe described the very real terror of the time to not be buried alive. For different reasons it was discovered that people being buried in a deep coma or a "clinical death", because medicine was not enough developed to prove someone 's death, awoke in the grave dying a terrible death by suffocating. I know the case of a lady who asked one of her terrorized best friends to stab her heart with a dagger after her death to be sure that she won't be buried alive. On the other side an ancient belief was that a person could be not visibly possessed by an evil devilish spirit (and yes the popular name of the dynasty of Vlad was "the Devil"), even being a faithful, normal good one. Once dead the evil could come back to the world in the villages bringing especially mental illnesses like psychosis or depression or illness and pandemics killing the livestock and the animals. It's a collective psychosis. Like the belief that the sorcerers are bringing misfortune, diseases and death of the people. Some have a limited intelligence and are not able to understand or learn scientific truth. They will keep their fantastic, mystic, supernatural beliefs and refuse the scientific explanation. The church oppose these ancient beliefs as not being theologically Christian. Legally attacks on the dead people are punished.

@eedragonr Год назад

I have discovered that there are large regions where a secret highly symbolic gesture is still performed on the body of the dead by someone very close from the family : with a nail they will make a wound on the arm of the dead one. I don't know if they are aware of the origin and the significance of this ritual.

@eedragonr Год назад

@@dhanyrafael"they shall not come back as a tool of an evil devilish spirit"

@claudiaberger9639 Год назад

0:15 Finally, buy yourself a pair of shoes. They cost less than your hotel bill or your meal at a restaurant. And when you no longer need the shoes, give them to someone who doesn't have them. Then your social ego is also satisfied.

@peyo31 Год назад

I like your intros with music, you should some more often Gabriel!

@tombuddy100 Год назад

29:30 Amazing lodge, next the the creek. Could you hear the creek burble from the lodge? Is there is a more relaxing and soothing sound than a creek burble?

@GabrielTravelerVideos Год назад

Yeah I could hear it from the room, very relaxing background music.

@dhanyrafael Год назад

5:05 Let's drive The Trans-Fagarashan now !!

@mazziecat Год назад

That's a trike, Gabe!

@usedbrickie9166 Год назад

Thanks Gabriel great stuff, still top dog in the YT industry and you've never given up after all these years 🌎and hanging in there today. Super Job Cheers. What do you think downhill skateboard Olympics on that road?