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Exploring Hormuz Island in Iran

good afternoon from bandas here in Iran everybody I escaped the -6° in tetron to go to the very south of the country in BOS hey how are you yeah you good thank you what is your name nice to meet you are you from BAS B good good good yeah nice nice uh warm teron too cold yeah cold cold like this is good this is hot very very hot yeah I don't speak any FY English yeah English English nice to meet you brother I'm going to get a taxi you'll be amazed and how many people think I'm Iranian like 40 or 50 times people have asked me for directions in FY all right look at we're not short for taxis guys so here we are on the south coast of Iran but we're not staying in BND boss we are going to a remote island known as homos but we got to get there hello I need to go to hos Island but I need to catch the ferry you can take take me to the port no Port porty this one all right 200,000 200,000 t yes okay 2 million R it's like $2 okay thank you what is your name name Raza Raza razza razza the man so guys we caught a two flight from tetran where it was -6° and now we're in beautiful 25° weather this is my kind of place with bundus is the most southern city of Iran apart from the islands that we're going to be visiting and we're making our way to homo Island have you been to homo homo good good all right nice nice it's so hot here this is the first time I'm been wearing just a t-shirt very good the first time ever out of hundreds of flights that I've caught someone was ripping a Sig on the plane I could smell it in the air and then the guy next to me again thought I was a Ronnie and he started saying some words to ciga I was like yeah yeah I just went along with it man if it's this hot at this time of year I can't imagine what it's like in the summer so here is fair almost almost thank you thank you okay thank you thank you all right here we go guys we're at the ferry port to go to H's Island now we got to find where we buy the tickets here in Iran they can't blame the cost of petrol for the increase of prices because you fill up your tank it's like 10 cents a gallon which is crazy but this is the Passenger Terminal to go to a variety of islands around here in the southern parts of Iran guys so here you can actually catch a ferry to the UAE I think it leaves a few times a week goes to charer and there's a few other ports as well that you can actually catch to different countries here we go here's the Kim and Mo Hall entrance so hopefully we can buy a ticket yeah hos ticket yeah what time passport cash yes how much 65th thank you what time does it leave time no no what number number we got to figure it out all right well I'm not even going to bother trying to figure out what this says I feel like I'm back in India though guys everyone was pushing in I was like come on I'm clearly in line some people in some countries just I don't know if it's lack of social awareness or just ignorance but they're pushing in like crazy almost what is the seat seat okay thank you no seat all right guys we we're board in the ferry the boat to homo's Island hey it actually looks like it's in pretty good condition which is nice is there seat numbers or any seat anywhere okay thank you yours okay I've tried so many times ask what the seat number is well let's go for the extra leg room in front over the AC this boat H yes okay okay okay thank you all right we're on the right boat guys we got [Music] confirmation welcome to homeless Island everybody all right no idea what to expect up here but new place new place unlocked no thank you everyone speaks to be in fasty guys it's so funny everybody h no thank you no thank you so I booked one of the nicest hotels on the island it's around like a 10-minute drive from where we are but it's one of the coolest hotels I've seen as well but before we go there I'm going to get some food Salam how are you you're good you good good uh no thank you what about eating food food food uh do you want motorcycle rent no thank you maybe tomorrow where is good food you want to know where is good food eating uh here this one's good all right thank you bro so apparently you can rent motorbikes here h no thank you no no no oh should we play this this is a fun game Salam this is your shop can I play how much is it how much hey we're out here vacation on H Island we got to play how much is it English yeah this one three I G oh free all right very good so now I win Teddy yeah how much I it seems like pretty easy yeah how much 3,000 what is this all three of these okay all right all right this is so one so one go guys if I win I get a big teddy bear what's your name let's go yeah You' sh me 10 times already we got maybe that's how they do it is they set it up different look look look this like four bucks a I think I think the top one closer yeah yeah you've shown youve you've shown me a million times look look look look oh that's no no back back so it's 7,000 if you want it closer all right ready [Music] go we just lost seven bucks okay thank you thank you very nice to meet you thank you for stealing my money sure what are they think hey let me see it let me see let me see it no it's okay it's okay no no it's fine I've already lost enough money we're going to lose all our money here this is like gambling at all right from here from this from here 2 it's a scam scam wait I do one more one more one more if I don't get on this go guys [ __ ] lost all our money take this [Music] we have to get this [Music] this is [ __ ] no I'm done I'm done you guys are enabling this CA 1 2 3 4 all right very nice to meet you thank you for stealing my money that's going to be the uh fastest way I've ever lost $10 it looks so easy but I think it's the way they set it up I'm not a terrible athlete guys you sell coffee coffee coffee this one one yeah like that Australia yeah uh yeah thank you thank you I hate you I hate you God I can't believe how quickly I lost that one four five five what is this one very good thank you thank you Luke Luke my name is sh sham Al nice to meet you all right thank you thank you I'm going take a seat what an exciting uh arrival to homo's Island guys look how beautiful it is so there's the mainland of Iran over there it took about 40 or so minutes to get here but the ocean it looks beautiful Salam let's try the coffee this was 500,000 R around uh how much was that like 80 cents or something nice little Espresso shop and then we got this one as well I don't actually that is just coffee we got this little sweet in here dark chocolate they love their sweets in Iran very good very good let's have grilled fish lunch I don't eat fish it's stinky what what else do you have oh this is the fish is is stinky oh that is stiny that is stinky no I'm okay thank you thank you all right nice to meet you bye-bye bye bye see you later bye all right that was a little bit of a detour guys so how should we get to our hotel we have these guys we probably have scooters as well these look like a comfortable ride hello how are you how much to go majara Hotel ma Hotel yes all right whoever gives me the best price I go 10 no one person one me me me yeah yeah yeah Ma Ma how much but if he if he gives any good price how much million 3 million how much for you do you same same same yeah so this is the same yeah yeah I don't know what do we think guys do we get the bike or do we get the tricycle you can do for 1 million 1 million no no that's good price 5 km 5 kilm all right well let's go go all right this is a kid that offered me the bike at the very start I think he got a stitch up there Sal how are you you're good this country Australia Australia your country yeah horos horos very good welcome to thank you thank you thank you no problem no problem only good only good people are friendly here all right bye-bye see you see you so this is the main part of homel Island it's where you're going to catch the fairy in you got the love homel this is uh where the fairy goes in and out but then around the area it's only like a 2 or 3 km Long Island but there's different kind of beaches you can visit different places that are really cool to see and yeah this gives you like the Middle Eastern Vibe when I was in ton it's just you know a big city has a lot of ancient buildings and really cool architecture but now we're back in the desert back in the uh the heat of things but it's freaking windy out here wow yeah maybe it wasn't the besta to go tricycle to to man there's absolutely nothing now it's just rock rock dirt of beach it's crazy oh my God this is going to be like one of the coolest places I've ever stayed wow this is so cool this is where we're staying in the egg Hotel the colard egg Hotel okay thank you Mustafa very good thank you thank you very much nice to meet you nice to meet you have a good day here we are guys at the egg Hotel here in Iran this is crazy all right let's go and check in hello I'm here to check in to the egg Hotel Salam how are you you're good uh I have booking for two [Music] nights I just give you my p p and then this will be easier here you need this [Music] one so we got to do all this this is common in Iran you got to fill out all these ones but this is the uh the map of everything guys how many rooms they have so many this is crazy hey how are you to my country thank you thank you where are you come from my brother Australia Australia but I came from B amazing city in Australia all over Sydney yeah you have you been to Sydney yeah I'm not what I what I say I like this he's my manager manager complex nice to meet you his name is Ali yeah Ali is he the owner yeah yeah of the whole comple how long did it manager when did it open yeah uh we 3 years ago three years it's so cool this is amazing amazing Place yeah traditional Iranian architecture nice yeah how long did it take to build uh I think uh 9 years ago 9 years yeah it's amazing building yeah yeah this is a map yeah this is a map we are here yeah and the restaurant this is a cafe yeah mhm in West oh yeah yeah and restaurant the near the West this restaurant and the beach safety Beach for so you can can I swim here yeah yeah yeah of course nice nice to meet you nice to meet you Luke Luke yeah yeah what what number what number of room am I um I think uh 3 uh 34 334 okay oh the furthest one away nice thank you so guys getting taken to the room in our egg hotel look at this it's crazy this is you have to understand this is a remote island off the coast of Iran and this look the Landscapes over there it's like a volcanic rock and then just in the middle of nowhere you have all these domes all right I follow you you know I don't know which way we going but this is around 100 USD per night which is I think it was like 90 million Iranian real which is around 100 USD but there's the beach beach front location let's go is this someone's house it's so cool look at this stuff guys look at this it's like I'm in a different planet like I'm literally on Mars This is what it will be like got massive Red Rocks over there you got civilization here this is what Elon has been building out here on Mars got the astronauts El's probably creating his 84th child somewhere in there wow and here is our room 334 and 335 o so we share with somebody hey okay thank you all right guys this is by far one of the coolest hotels I've ever stated it's crazy the AC is absolutely blasting which is needed in the summer here it guess like 45° right now it's like 25 which is great but this is the room I'll show you guys the bathroom in a second but it's so sick it's like just a big dome it's so deceptive I can't even see like how high the ceilings actually are but here we have the bed we got an exit here out to the rest of the uh the places look there's my little alien neighbors hello other parts of human civilization so here's the bed we got internet right there which is great mobile phone slippers water kettle some tea bags if we're feeling oh what are these or the sugar cubes I thought they were lollies I was about to inhale them all yeah got the bed here and then into the bathroom we go wow I'm likeing a nuclear bunker this is crazy and honestly we're in a r so we might actually need it but this is sick oh there's nukes coming the trumpers Trum is buming us hide under here got a nice little mirror there and then into the actual bathroom so it's separated into like three domes you got the main Dome you got the little Dome and then the other dome for the bathroom and this is the bathroom for the hotel this is crazy this is probably the coolest hotel I've stayed in ever it's sick but we're going to do a bed test here what's out this way just desert wow it's so cool but we're going to do a bed test here now typically the Iranian beds are pretty hard they like sleeping on concrete but let's try it out a bed test here at the majar until 100 US deep a night in the little Dome egg room oh my goodness okay I was not joking about concrete this is literally is there even a mattress here listen listen to that look at that where is the flex in this that is crazy no way this is the hardest bed I've ever had in my life no way no this is I'm not exaggerating this is legitimately like ply board listen to that there is no and this is me on top of the duvet this is the bed look at this guys what this is crazy so this is where we're at right now here is uh Iran we caught the flight from tan down here down to BU buen where is it over here then caught the ferry from here and here is the island that we're on guys hos Island so it's l only like 5 km wide and in terms of like other countries around his the UAE the very top Russell kimer but yeah this is where we're at hos Island all right guys oo it's bright out here let's go and explore the egg Hotel this is just like walking up a different world Salam enoy yeah yeah okay three 34 okay yeah thank you I'm Australian we don't wear shoes okay it's so much nicer with the sand on your feet this is the beach that we have guys wow and look at this the the rock formations are crazy it's beautiful but what is there to do here what do you do wow so out there is the Persian Gulf if you go a couple hundred km you'll reach the United Arab Emirates over there is mainland Iran and here we are on a little island that's 5 km wide looks like Mars this is crazy and that's the egg hotel that I'm staying at what a random place to put this hotel one of the best things coming to beaches like this or Rock pools in Australia is just like the random stuff you come across look at these things guys I just Trot on one and it was like super super sticky wow and that's like oh what the what what is this a beach let's get some of this look if you go over to one I think they're jellyfish but they like quiver up when you touch them oh yeah see it all tightening oh it's even squirting a little bit I'm Australian but no Wildlife EXP but I feel like this is where quicksand is formed this kind of stuff but with that being said I'm going to try to walk around there and out to this little island over here let's hope we don't get stuck yeah this is I think legitimate quicksand the thing with quicksand is that the more you move the faster you sink already down to my ankle yeah okay this is this is actually quick s oh my goodness okayo maybe we shouldn't be standing here wow this is crazy look you can see it bubbling all the air that's coming up from down below all right we should probably get off this I'm sinking in really fast uh-oh oh my goodness you're good very nice to meet you where are you from Australia Australia yeah where are you from where are you from where you are what what kind of what city uh in chman chman you here for vacation holiday near the East oh eastan yeah yeah yeah nice you like H good yes it's very good yeah very nice where did you get the scooters from uh in near off Beach the port yeah yes oh very good all right nice to meet you nice to meet you enjoy nah yo risking it bro this is where you're done oh yep he's stuck he's in the quick sand oh he's actually we actually got to go help him he's actually stuck he's stuck hey hey your friend's stuck oh my God I can see it he's he needs help and I might get stuck in the quicksand here oh dude oh you're cooked bro oh well let's leave my stuff there what did you think was going to happen Hur your friends here turn off off off oh man this is thick we have to go this way oh yeah you [ __ ] up bro oh [ __ ] at least the exhaust isn't under yeah oh no yeah this is in this is exactly how you die oh okay okay okay I want I said it was going to happen you probably want to take your shoes off yes cuz it's like really deep oh man the tid's coming in as well we have to be quick all right you ready yes here go this way this way here same go back no no here this this is same this good good sand to the dry part to the dry part we're going into this okay this way here no worries go go left go left left no wonder he got stuck he's trying to take it into the sand oh this guy now he's lost his shoe oh what a fun place what a fun place well I said about 30 minutes ago guys that I'm pretty sure there's quicksand here and I wasn't wrong we're on foot guys we probably have like an hour till the sun sets I want to try to find a place to eat by the beach about 6 km that way I know there's a place there's also these little shops but I'm hoping that if we're lucky someone can come by and pick us up this is crazy though look at this just in the middle of an island in Iran is this not crazy this is madness I'm literally on Mars look at that this is what Mars is like we got our apocalyptic bunker over there this is crazy oh that's right they drive on the right side of the road [Music] hello Salam how are you good good hello hello welcome to thank you what is your name what's your name Luke Luke what is your name it's my name is m Muhammad Hussein very nice to meet you there is place to eat here eating eating yeah like uh like real food not fake food no like uh Kebab or Kebab no no no cake cake cake what about Kebab hey that's what I need to hop on right Kebab is the village uh homos the the Port Port okay all right cake I'll buy a cake drink cold oh yeah you have cold what Gua fruit guava all right is hormos yeah hormos hormos um oh fruit is hormos okay okay what is it guava guava guava can I say zun zun zun yeah tasting taste yes how much real yeah real yeah I give you this yeah okay you can keep okay tasting tasting all right let's try it out all right so this is guava yes is gu no no zun zun okay all right what is zetune zun oh it's like um like passion fruit all right oh wow wow so this is from homos yes yes yes wow this is incredible so delicious it's like passion fruit guys yeah it's so fresh amazing so you are from homos yes yeah and this is your shop oh yeah hands are you got shells as well oh super glue oh no way oh this is so so good so refreshing amazing here I give back to you thank you so much thank you all right see you later bye-bye I'm just thinking back to that guy that got stuck out there with his motorbike sometimes you got to wonder how people get by in life he left it running as it was sinking I told him to turn it off and then his friends came over into the quicksand with their shoes on I'm like bro take it a your shoes off and then all these other buddies came and they got their sandals stuck like 50 cm deep into the quicksand and then he when we were dragging he was trying to take it up into the quicksand I'm like bro we have to go the other way way where it's not quicksand he was trying to like there's the water he was trying to bring it through here I'm like we got to go that way get it out isn't this just crazy though guys this is Iran how Wild wow you from watching C this man no way really in the middle of Iran in hos yes sir where are you from from Poland no way that's soing random it's [ __ ] crazy what the how long have you been watching for uh like two months no way what are you doing here um I'm doing a round trip of Iran no way yeah yeah yeah wow like you inspired me to do this dude that is crazy guys we just been chatting but I was not expecting to one see a foreigner on uh hos Island but uh to see someone that's watching videos that's crazy but you you just said that this is came from Hungary someone the staying in the hostel that you're at yeah my friend from a hostel drove his bike all the way from Hungary to Iran so what's he going to do with it next he's going to come back back to Hungary yeah oh my God so where did he go from like aaban Armenia and like through that way yeah yeah he went through through Ukraine Russia aan that's great here dude that's wild how has it been you so you did the whole island on the the bike what do you recommend seeing here every like 5 minutes there's something to to watch you know you just see like offshoot Road just go there craziest craziest stuff you know you ever seen at least my experience like a lot of people think I'm Iranian because they're like they're so diverse so like a lot of people speak to me in fossy so when I saw you I was just like oh that's like someone that is kind of just looks like a little bit like European and then you stop hey I watch your videos [ __ ] crazy honestly the first yeah like so many people like ask me for directions in FY I'm like I don't know what you're say bro for me is like H friends come to my home like this hey can I can I hop on can I go on can I hop can I drive with you hey how are you can I help on all right we go with you oh wow hang on all right oh my God I'm spping off okay okay yeah yeah we're good what is your name or orange or or what's your name Luke Luke yeah oh I don't feel safe here maybe I got slow or I hold I hold oh I hold on to you where are you from Australia Australia all right where are you Froman es esah es oh very good oh here is okay for me here I stop here yeah I go I go up there thank you so much got a you saved me so nice to meet you yeah enjoy enjoy the rest of your trip see you bro I I wanted to hop off cuz I was falling off the back I didn't have any foot pedals I was like I know exactly how this is going to end and it's me smashing the back of my head onto the Iranian concrete can you believe that in the middle of the ocean an Iranian Island I meet somebody that's not only just a foreigner I wasn't expecting to see any foreigners here but someone that's watching watch my videos that that's insane insane and I hop on the back of a bike almost fall off three times and now we're going to go up to the top of this hill and enjoy the sunset we still need to find a place to eat though maybe we have to head back into town to do that wow wow I'm on top of the world woo now I'm on top of the world this is crazy this is insane but can you get a better Sunset the this nothing around except for a [ __ ] truck top but let's just let's just walk him out yeah nothing around wow you know it's really interesting when you come to countries like Iran or Afghanistan the ones that you know not your average tourists would visit you always come across really interesting people Victor their first time traveling outside of Europe and he's come to Iran and the guy that lent him his bicycle came from Hungary riding a bike into Ukraine and Russia and then here and it reminds me when I was in Afghanistan and at bamir Lake I met a girl who was paddling around on the boats that you rent there and she had a cat and she drove from I think Romania or Lithuania with her cat in a car all the way to Afghanistan and was going to go up through Central Asia another guy that was with her also Rod a bike from Europe to Afghanistan you really meet interesting people in these countries it's not like you're going to Thailand or some other place where everyone's just they're on like a backpacking trip but it's super interesting the People You Meet plan is to head into town and get some Chow let's do it so here on this island guys it's very well known for its salt Plains and it's salt caves there's a few that you can visit I'm pretty sure this is a salt plane it's so white compared to like the dirt and rock over there so I'm either going to be an idiot that is licking dirt or licking salt right now but it's like muddy underneath look at this it's like Nutella salt but let's see oh this one's really oh I'm slipping I'm slipping oh my god oh what do I do all right let's see if this is salt or if it's dirt oh my God it's actually salt it's so salty what the hell it kind of tastes nice though so it is soap how do I get up from this oh my goodness so it's actual salt look at this I want to get a flake up for you guys it's all just so dirty look how crazy this looks just salt everywhere it kind of tastes good though it's probably going to get me sick but it tastes so salty food again that tractor is back they filled up their bucket of sand I'm going to see if I can get a ride Salam can I come on can I hop on where do I sit up B okay thank you very good that's a tire all right what is your name name Abdul name all right L BL Yeah country Australia your country Iran Iran Hos Hos Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan yeah I'm not confident in my uh seat here oh we should be good but this is the ride oh here good very good very good here's the lady that I bought the guava juice from was it her anyway here's our uh here's the hotel but do we want to get this into town or where is your location where you where Port Port Port no all right let's just stay on my [ __ ] shoe hit the tire almost took my foot off this thing is so close go this way ah okay okay okay okay thank you nice to meet you nice to meet you all right bye-bye they go uh down that way see all right well that got us about half the way to where we need to be look how beautiful it is crazy we've been walking a fair bit Fair while maybe like one 2 km but I think the city center is up ahead what's this ge are up to it's a shipyard the boat the boat man the Seaman hello [Music] Seaman I made it back to the city center guys finally that took like 20 minutes of walking would have taken forever if I didn't catch that tractor let's let's see if there's a cool place to grab a bite to eat up here there's not many restaurants around anywhere else it's just this like part of the port Let's uh check it out Salam how are you are you good good do you have menu menu yes of course thank you where you from Australia oh where are you from yeah from hos no teron oh Teran nice uh what one do you suggest what is good this is just beef Kebab right hiy how are you how are you good good what's your name I'm Luke Luke uh you have what is this one sh local food here and L oh nice can I get one please and this is one of this simple yeah just yeah do you want chicken or meat or both of them I'll get both please both okay uh this is Arabic show that have um potato and um a little Chim short I don't this this one's okay yeah okay uh W something yes please and just do you have water like cold cool water water water C water water yeah just cold cold water okay thank you so much I'll just sit over here all right we found a spot guys sha does it get any uh more orani than not I don't think so but these are like the traditional places that you eat kind of this the seating area it's not tables you just like sit here you take your shoes off which my goodness I need to do I'll wash my hands first actually and then uh then we'll eat we'll Feast here on the islands of Iran hey this is the guy that I called a seaman he's drugged out bro he's tripping yes yes this way yeah okay take yeah where are you from Australia where are you from Iran Iran andan from homos or different place no tan oh nice when did you come to homos uh 4 months ago yeah for work for work for life life change my yeah situation is it a nice nice place to live but very difficult yeah why income is very low and uh price for for R home yeah High very high and uh water is very low oh yeah uh and um gas for uh cooking very low oh yeah uh just nice place just nice place but for life in summertime it's hot what in summer hot like yeah like really hot very very 55° no way oh my goodness that's crazy so what do you do in sum summertime far you you sit inside 50 that's crazy wow hey it's the SE man hello all right nice to meet you nice to meet you 55° that's wild all right this is our spot for the next little while guys hell yeah Salam Sean how are you okay what what do you need you driving boat huh I don't know I don't understand you want cigarette you already have lot ni men's come to bed all right what is your name huh am nice to meet you do you want your water now yes please yeah now thank you okay all right H lot of PE he's going back to be a Boatman going to go ship out to seea thank you so much perfect thank you so guys we got the the uh the Sha the Iranian sha mixed with chicken and beef here on a remote island what I've noticed so far with hormos is that it's a very hipster place a lot of people come here from the other cities and not even just hos but Teran it's surprisingly hipster like people dress really well and people are like I don't know how to describe it but there's a city or a part of Sydney called New Town that's very like hip and like you know drop not like bad drugs but like LSD and acid and smoking weed and like music and ay that kind of vibe there's a lot of that in teron as well garlic garlic oh tomb right extra tomb that's what we did it in Lebanon but yeah we're going to try it out guys let's uh let's see oh yeah [Music] the Middle East man they through shiam so [Music] well so [Music] good oh wow the chicken is good the beef or lamb is good then you go to get they sholic sauce like that wow this oh my God extra Tom let's go yeah it's so simple just meat in there some lettuce the sauce and then obviously wrapped up like that but this is how we do it get extra tomb on there [Music] so good honestly you can't you can't come to the Middle East and have a bad sh this is incredible lost a little bite here this has been the needed meal this is what I was looking for when I first arrived like 8 hours ago I just wish there was more of it that's a shame you know I was thinking back to that scam game that we played as soon as we arrived my first go that was free I nailed it they hook you in like that and then they misplace it specifically I think the top one sits slightly more forward so you hit that and then the ball just misdirects it's not coincidence that I hit it the first go when it was a free one and then as soon as I start paying money I don't win even when it's 10 cm ahead of me damn yeah what a mill what a way to end the day it's so delicious how much is it okay here so good so good one water and one uh mix yeah mix uh this 3 11 yeah yeah you can keep it's fun yeah no no no yeah like TI yeah so nice to meet you guys nice to meet you look thank you so much 12 hours ago I was in tran where it was 8° it was freezing I wouldn't dare be outside at like 5 or 600 p.m. it's too cold but here it's like 7:00 p.m. we're by the ocean we got a shorts on and a t-shirt this is the life this is the island life guys earlier today though so many taxis and stuff here but there's no one here anymore I don't know where to where to get one maybe this guy there Salam can you take me to my hotel majara hotel hotel yeah no no no majara ma yeah in this one yeah yeah one one how much 2 two no two oh okay two okay all right usually you get like 8 to 10 people on here that's why when I first got here as well they asked how many people I was just like just one he charged me 3 Milli this guy wants uh two for the same same distance but that was a little journey over to the remote island of homos guys this is a Vibe out here this is such a sick Place super excited to be here and we're going to explore more of it in the next video so thank you for watching I'll see you guys then