TROUBLE IN THE MALDIVES | The Dark Side of Paradise
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- I arrived on the island of Dhiffushi in the Maldives, which had been recommended to me as a beautiful island to visit. But it wasn't at all what I was expecting. The beaches were covered with garbage, there were almost no tourists and not many locals, there were ugly abandoned buildings, unfinished construction projects and piles of garbage and building materials scattered all over the island. I sincerely wanted to enjoy my time there, but it was in a rough state and so I had to be honest about that in the video. I ended up leaving Dhiffushi a day early and going to a five star resort on a private island, which I will show in the next video.
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Thanks a lot for watching and safe journeys!
The main reason I knew about Dhiffushi and decided to go there was because of a video I'd watched by fellow travel vlogger William Taudien, who had been there recently. I went back and watched his video, and it looks like a completely different island. Perfect weather, there were other tourists there and no garbage. So it seems that since he visited the island just a month or so before me, everything changed. The rainy season started, tourists stopped coming and as a result I guess they stopped cleaning up the island. This hadn't been the case on the other island I'd visited of Maafushi, maybe because that island stays busy through the rainy season. Whatever the reason, it seems that the issue on Dhiffushi was a result of low season and under different conditions then it's quite a nice island. You can watch William's video here: ruclips.net/video/j4UrMIjqCbI/видео.html
Thx very much for exploring these islands. Do you have any plans to go back to Dhiffushi (and/or Maldives in general) during high season to see the difference if any? Would be interesting.
I don't think I'll go back anytime soon, lots of other places I want to explore. But yes I'd be happy to return to the Maldives sometime in the future and would plan to go during the drier season.
Poor vocal kitty cat when you were eating with Mohammed.
Man!
Poor thing seemed to be starved for attention!!
I felt so sorry for the animal.
Gabriel, I hope you fed the poor thing.
I watch him too
I think the weather totally changed the whole vibe of this place. When I was on this island I saw a lot of incredible views. The beach was cleaned every day and no trash. Seems like the monsoon rain hit the maldives recently.
Yeah I rewatched your video earlier today because I wanted to make sure I actually went to the same island. I couldn't believe how different it looked in your video, it was like two different places. I guess they must have stopped cleaning up the island after the main tourist season was over. So it will probably be nicer again later in the year when they're getting ready for the winter tourist season.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos in Koh Lipe island Thailand it's precisely the same story - I've been going there for years and beginning of May is time to leave the island and most restaurants close until the next high season
It is with this type of video that you make the difference on RUclips. No oversaturated editing, no influencing, no vanity parade. Just the facts, whether good or bad, and your uncanny storytelling talent. Still looking forward to your private island adventure though! Take it easy!
Gabriel is always showing the true way things are so others can make their own mind up :) happy travels brother
Gabriel I wanted to tell you that I am absolutely hooked. I noticed you off and on for many years but never watched more than a highlight or two. I'm regretting that now. Ever since about about about six weeks ago I've been fully hooked and always stop what I'm doing to watch whenever you post something.
Keep up the great work and thank you for your efforts!
Cool man, glad to hear it, thanks for watching.
Gabriel, my husband and I consider you the most natural traveller. The one with the sharpest instincts and the only one who could actually survive any situation you may find yourself in. We admire that, rock on!!
Great series, I am a budget traveler at heart, so seeing the real side of the Maldives helps me plan.
We all are budget travellers!
@@entalpa except reach people. They will just go on vacation with not as much worry about a budget as we, the mortals.
When you say your a budget traveller at heart does that translate to you were a backpacker but feel to old for hostels now ?
So cute the cat! That is the loudest sweetest miow, I have heard. It seems quiet, peaceful there.
I hope its like this when I travel there. This is much better then a tourist filled hole. Gorgeous nature and harmony in isolation and stillness just what the soul needs.
Well said , I raise my chalice to that
Hello Gabriel, thanks for showing the other side of Maldive’s paradise.It’s disappointing to see so much neglect on the otherwise beautiful beach.
Enjoy your amazing travel adventures.Stay well, stay safe.Great video as always, thanks again 👍🙏🏽
I've always found that decay and neglect feel a lot sadder in beach areas. You almost expect it in parts of a big city, and maybe even the run-down area is the cool area. But at the beach, you want things to be carefree, like there are no problems in the world.
Gabriel is a master of "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade"
Hahah yeah 👍
that beach still looks good though, the water is blue and sand looks so good.
Perspective.. ‘Is this better than where I traveled from’
?’….mmmmm Ya! Nuff said Cheers
I love how you tell it as it is. Sometimes it might not be very pleasant, but it’s good to know the truth.
It’s good that you’ve discovered the capital Male where not many tourists go and showing their way of life.
Truly sorry for the crappy weather. When one travels to a tropical island, one wishes for lots of sun! Rain can make an average place gloomy, but rain on a tropical island can feel dreadful
He was expecting bikinis at bikini beach and got ruins instead lmao
Head to cheap charlie's for that sorta content. He's the degenerate looking after audiences like you.
I hopped on this channel since Manama and have been looking forward to a new video everyday. Thanks for this Gabriel, I'm a fellow travel junkie myself, but my work doesn't really allow me to do it, and your videos do help a lot after a rough day at the office
Cool, glad to hear it.
The cat was the highlight of this video 🥰🥰🥰🐈💖💖💖
The concept of paradise itself is flawed. You want your bag of chips, bottle of water, shrink wrapped food, coffee in a plastic cup and you want it cheap. That is one aspect of paradise but you also don't want to see plastic waste, under construction buildings etc. It seems most people don't know that plastic waste from USA is dumped in poor countries where it ends up in landfills and the ocean and then these people travel and complain how dirty the ocean is. At least some of that is your own waste. Not a specific criticism of Gabriel who I'm sure is more environmentally conscious than most.
I'm assuming you think its the USA's fault for all the trash strewing India's rivers as well? Try looking inward big guy.
I was in Meeru when you videoed this last Tuesday! Even with the bad weather definitely the grass was greener 😂
In 5 years it might be underwater at this rate
I think the Maldives works best if you are prepared to pay for the all-inclusive island resorts to get the luxury all inclusive experience on a beautiful white beach! If you're not prepared to pay for that then go elsewhere like Thailand or Indonesia or Sri Lanka where you get this type of local experience but much cheaper!
GABE wow there's a dark side to paradise in this material world. That's just life kind of like the old Clint Eastwood movie "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." Keep doing your best.
From an ABC News article on the Maldives: "Ibrahim Mubbasir and his family live on the island of Dhiffushi. It is suffering from severe erosion, and flooding has increased from two or three times a year to twice a month. Four years ago, the family's well became unusable because of salt water contamination, leaving them to rely on collecting rainwater. Mubbasir said they only have enough fresh water to last for three more months."
Looks very much like many of Thailand’s current state of beaches. Many are so neglected beyond repair due to no tourists, poverty, and people just not caring about littering.
you are like the O.G. youtube travel vlogger, why don't you have millions of subs???? This strage world...
The Ferral cat was so happy to have visitors.
i love feral cats.
Thank you Gabriel, what a difference between the Islands and the difference of high and low season. Stay safe! 😎☀️🌊❤🙏
Goes to show how utterly full of garbage our oceans are…all those plastic bottles were discarded casually into the sea…awful. Imagine the negative impact on all the sea creatures. It’s good to witness this…because even when cleaned up on shore…that crap comes from the ocean regardless…even the private islands. 😞
Yeah it's all catching up with us now. The Mexican Caribbean is loaded too. So are too many places to mention. Some say we eat a credit card worth of plastic every week.
Thanks for your honesty. I never see real videos on you tube like this.
One thing I noticed, were telltale signs of flooding - probably from the ocean. The sandbags in front of the school were the tipoff. Maybe the combination of a storm surge, coupled with lack of funds for workers, low season, no tourists, and other factors spurred an evacuation or relocation of sorts. Another thing I noticed in Male were lots of floating plastic bottles. I've got think that waste disposal (where to take it), is a challenge. Stuff just ends up in the ocean, and it ends up on various islands.
Do sandbags really work against flooding?
Exactly
People here at male throw plastic bottles wrapper any where they wish. The local authority is trying hard to pick up waste every morning and evening. Dustbin is placed everywhere but still they throw nowhere and this is done by locals. They will wake up but that will be late , like my country has started waste management campaign from last few years.
@5:42 Gabriel, you just walked past an instgramable photo opportunity!
I think to enjoy the Maldives at its fullest, you have to stay at a luxury resort on a private island. It definitely seems not to be the right place for us low budget travelers
Thank you for your HONEST reviews, Gabriel.
Welllll..the color of the water was pretty ..seafoam green
Hello Gabriel. why didn't you feed the cat a little?((
Give the poor cat some food, for Pete's sake.
Hey I’m from Maldives , That abandoned building that you saw was a hut they build for boats , you probably need to talk to local and ask why it’s like that rather then just saying anything
Wouldn’t take that much a few boxes 📦 of garbage bags and a few people to pick all that trash up 🆙 so so sad and so beautiful
Thanks Gabe! Your videos are excellent and so enjoyable. Cloudy days and rainy weather are lovely in my opinion, but I know I'm in the minority on that one. You standing in the butterfly wings "making a difference"... priceless!!
Without talking to a local you don’t know why things are like they are
He just goes and spouts off w/o asking the locals.
@@davelawson2564 That is one fault in Gabriel's videos. He does not interact sufficiently, if at all, with the local people anywhere he travels.
@@susiejakes3019 And he goes during off season , bad weather conditions and then complains about it !
I was on this island in 2019 at the start of the season in October. It was fabulous, but now it's hard for me to get to know him, a lot of investments came, he lost his pristine, wild character and I didn't see the garbage then. I felt like a king on the private beach next to the hotel suite, hardly anyone was there and that was a great advantage and this sand in the sun is beautifully white
Felt sad seeing the neglect and pile of trash on the beach. Must be nice during peak season. Hope you enjoy somehow the rest of your stay.
That cat needed some food
Good that you're showing the downsides as well :)
So much potential, I hope they recover. It looks beautiful. Thanks Gabe
Excellent judgement! Reminds me of my trip to Woodward, Oklahoma in april 1947, too windy for my taste too!
how was the beach there?
That cat was freaking my own cats out here at home. That's a loud one. LOL
Thanks, for taking me there.
Good point about the garbage. And maybe they just let the elements take care of it all during low season (though it doesn't make for the best look when Gabe comes through with his in depth coverage)
Looking forward to your continued travels. Have fun!
Even you country have the most dark side so relax 🤙
Very true.
I think a lot of the abandonment has to do with the rising sea levels. Some of the huts had tide debris well into the seating areas. Overall this was another cool and informative video. Thank you again and happy travels!
Horseshit
Best days to visit Maldives is December because it's always sunny and it's the holidays so islands are more active..now is the most rainy days in the year..I think it's bad time to visit..but still I hope you're having a great time here .
Wow,So interesting to see the other side and what you don’t see in the brochures
Two weeks there for Mohamad… ufff. He was trying to stay positive lol.
Oh this just made me sad to watch, however I was pleased to be informed of what the reality can be when travelling somewhere off season. I would be devastated if I had saved for years then ended up being stuck on this island!
OUTSTANDING VIDEO...... One of the best I've seen on YT in 10+ years.....
Hi Gabriel, I think this last island is more than ok! Especially if you want peace and quiet, solitude!
Enjoyed seeing another side to these Islands. Thank you.
DON'T FORGET TO FEED THAT POOR CAT !!! NICE VIDEO!!! ☺❤🌹🐆
Why would someone feed the cat from the few pieces they get for 15 bucks? You crazy? Go on, tell me what a heartless meanie I am.
@@lexsite WHATS CRAZY !!! ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU !!! I PRAY YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ANIMALS !!! YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY HEARTLESS & A CRUEL PERSON !!!
@@lexsite you sure are
It's funny how your own experience can be very different from what everybody else tells you.
You thought Maldives could be better ? 🤔
That place where you had a drink would probably be very nice on a sunnier, calmer day, actually. It’s just that the part with the tower looks super unfinished and probably not where you wanna be as a tourist. This for 30 bucks a night, if you want some peace and quiet on a tropical island, is kinda crazy when you think about it.
Digging your shirt, Gabe 👍
The lack of cleaning is similar to Goa..pay and its kept clean. But locals will not clean on their own...imagine when the Monsoon comes you would certainly need to be well away from the shoreline..
Gabriel how sad and disappointing to see the beach like that 😢
Well that's the Maldives crossed off my bucket list!
Maybe the cat was attracted to your leopard 🐆 shirt. One cat to another 😺
That explains it.
I hope they are looking after the cat/s...🐈
That is a local island, where locals live, we don't have money like millionaire resorts to build the island as fast as we like! You started off in a wind battered boat building site(which was clearly inactive due to the pandemic) and then walked around the island in the monsoon(heavy winds and rain), amidst a pandemic showing building sites which have been stopped due to not getting shipments from abroad. Well done.
Thanks gabe for explaining showing the reality as opposied to peoples dreams of soaking up the sun in a tropical paradise, and all along that dream is only really avaliable if your rich enough to stay in a private 5 star tropical all inclusive resort for a week or 2 ,it sort of sums life up really for most people dont belive the hype or the travel agents adverts.
i hope you enjoyed your stay in a five start all inclusive resort i think for some one like you ,you really should stay in these type of resorts for a couple of days a lot more ofton than you do because full time travel is extremily tiring so these type of resorts are ideal for you to re charge your batterys there not thing wrong with a bit of pampering now and again you work hard producing such grate videos plus lots of people who watch your channel i am sure would also like to see what staying in these 5 star all inclusive resort is like now and again as every one likes seeing how the other half live
It is a noble and moral duty, Gabriel to show the less attractive side to a place. because many people save up their hard earned money; for a once in a lifetime, dream holiday.
Most places look less appealing in bad weather and depend on blue seas and clean sand to appear paradisiacal.
Without good architecture or structural beauty; their appeal is virtually zero.
After all, a beach is a beach; wherever you go and looking out to sea; much of a sameness; dependent on sun to provide the necessary colouring in of endless blues; to create glorious panoramas.
Thanks for helping people to be aware of the myth of paradise, when sea and sand are the only components.
Without the veneer of the sun; flaws are obvious.
☀️🌞🌞☀️🙃🤗⛵✨🌻🌻🌻
Thank you for showing us this.
That cat though :D
Thank you very nice video. Good to know as I would never want to visit Maldives looking at this Hawaii much nicer, much more to do, nice weather all year round, available alcohol.....
The island has so much potential. And the restaurant was very nice. It's a shame nobody cares about the trash and run down structures.
It's the western tourists generating that trash. Never forget that.
I love your videos, but I have to say this one felt like a somewhat dishonest representation.
I spent 10 days in Dhiffhusi in January 2018, coming from Australia, so obviously aware of what constitutes good beaches, and having been to various "tropical paradises" such as Fiji, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Zanzibar etc, I can easily say none even remotely came close to being as beautiful as Dhiffushi. Absolutely crystal clear waters, crazy marine life - literally snorkelling right off the beach with sharks and sting rays. True tropical paradise. You chose the shittest time of the year to visit - rain, garbage dumping trade winds, desolate, in the wake of one of the most insanely stupid times in recent history (COVID fear) which no doubt bankrupted most of those construction sites, businesses etc - none of those were there when we visited pre-pandemic.
It's a shame for the locals, because it isn't a prosperous island, and your video likely has cost them a lot of much needed income.
You're lucky you are cute, because otherwise I would bust your chops, sir!
Hey Gabriel, I totally agree with you about the cat. When it was happening I saw you didn't have any food yet so you couldn't feed the cat, although if you had it would probably shut it up. Myself if I were in your place and had food I know I would have fed the cat.
I am loving this series of the Maldives. I have never been there and don't know that I ever will be able to get there. There don't seem to be much to do in the country except go swimming, I can do that in a lot of other places. I am not wealthy so I have to travel on a tight budget no matter where I go so if I go there I will have to do it in the off season like you are doing.
Take care my friend and look forward to seeing your next video in the resort.
The guy with Gabriel at the table had no regard for the cat's cries of hunger. He had food but made an unsympathetic remark about the cat instead of giving it a few pieces of his food. Heartless! The tone of his voice is so boring and without feeling. Maybe one day he will be hungry and won't get food from someone.
I get that you can’t save the world but… that cat was staving, I have saved many animals in my life but to not recognize distress in the cat is a shame.
See the pinned comment at the top.
I enjoyed Fulidhoo back a few years ago
Hi ..
I agree with you .....mafushi is the most happening island compared to other local islands .i personally experience maafushi last 6months ..
It was great experience in mafushi .
Ahhh!! Feed the kitty🙏🏻🙏🏻
I think i'll stick to Croatia.
Yes, ocean pollution. I see it in the Bahamas all the time too. If you go to the Atlantic side it has ocean garbage. On the Caribbean side beautiful and clean (so far). I still prefer THIS to what I see in Hawaii and Turks & Caicos. Monster Ritz hotels destroying the environment with hideous pricing ! TO me the TRANQUILITY and low-prices make it WORTH it. 😊
exactly..well said!
@@dano336 👍🙏
We, the humans, are excellent when it comes destroying our VERY BEAUTIFUL PLANET. Sad. Thanks for sharing this situation on youtube.....
Walk over to that island on low tide, I used to do that in Buckner Bay (White Beach) in Okinawa back in 1976/7.
In this weather all the beach's are like this. Its not about low season or hight season.and also your in local island so what you expect from there?
if the garbage is from the ocean and currently is low season,maybe it gets cleaned and better maintained before high season...
Kinda reminds me of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Beautiful place but abandoned buildings and trash
Real Maldives with real culture of inhibitions
Are you still in the Maldives?.. if you can you should really come see Addu City..it's the southern most Island.. not very many "backpacker travellers" have gone to that part..( talking about RUclipsrs) but it's really nice here.. much better than male but mostly well developed city life too.. it's a good mix of nature and city life .. and you could get really nice accomodation for reasonable prices too . You do have to get a domestic flight to come here tho..that's the fastest.. easiest and cheapest way.
If u already left the Maldives then maybe another time ..you could come and see the south side
There are a lot more ppl here compared to the islands you are visiting because.. most of the islands near Male'... The locals have jobs in the capital city so they take a boat ride to Male' during day time for their jobs..
It looks interesting, maybe next time.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos cool. Ur schedule is tight I see.. nice u made it to Paradise Island resort 🔥 ♥️♥️🇲🇻
So sad to see this in such a beautiful place...
lol poor kitty :(
looks like a great place to visit with a tent and a hammock , and doing a little wild camping , Solar charger ,
8:20 I think that's the only reason... I understand the obvious disappointment.
You reminded me of Norderney Island north Germany off season 15 years ago.
But it's good you found a good company.. I believe that everything happens or not for a reason.
Weather doesnt look sunny. What season or month do u guys recommend us going to enjoy the sunny days?
Fall season would be better? Just confirming.
I think the cat at the end of the video was trying to argue a different opinion about the island outlook. Otherwise it would be less loud 😹
Oh yeah...
Feed the cat 🤣🤣🤣🤣 nice restaurant and food. The waves sounds relaxing.
It is possible that a storm destroyed many parts of the island and money wasnt available to rebuild so it fell into neglect.
I have noticed that in countries where they are conservative by religion but reliant on tourism,, they offer such places as bikini beach to show tolerance and openess but purposely neglect these places to deter people from using them .
Regardless, it is such a shame to see beauty in ruins .
Give that starving cat some food for gods sake. A strofe from the Stones also comes to mind. Take me to the
airport and put me on a plane.
Its great to see the real world and not what the travel brochures show you, thank you, great work. Have to say though that Dhiffushi is not a great advert for the Maldives. I think I would have got the first available boat out the next day. Keep safe