The Most Expensive Hotel in The Poorest Country in the World

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Summary

TLDRThe video follows a traveler visiting Burundi, the world's poorest country, to explore the most expensive hotel there, the presidential suite at Martha Hotel costing $800 a night. Upon arrival, they faced delays and were relegated to a standard room while waiting for their suite. The experience was far from luxurious, with missing requests like raspberries in the room, disappointing dining services, and an ill-equipped gym. Despite the spacious and luxurious suite, the complementary areas failed to justify the high price. The restaurant served limited menu items after a long wait, and breakfast offerings were meager. Ultimately, the traveler concluded that the suite was overpriced and the experience did not meet expectations.

Takeaways

  • 🍹 The traveler explores luxury in Burundi, advertised as the world's poorest country.
  • 💸 A lavish $800-per-night stay at Martha Hotel sparks curiosity.
  • ⏰ Arrival chaos with a delayed room adds initial frustration.
  • 🍇 Requested premium raspberries were missing from the suite welcome.
  • 🍽️ Disappointing meal - limited choices and long waits at the restaurant.
  • 🏋️ Lackluster gym experience with inadequate equipment and mosquitos.
  • 🥚$800 suite but breakfast was just sparse omelets and bread.
  • 🛏️ The spacious presidential suite didn't justify the price tag.
  • 🥂Despite initial excitement, the hotel experience fell flat.
  • 🎬 Traveler's verdict: overpriced stay not worth it.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The video begins with the narrator contemplating a visit to the world's poorest country, Burundi, with a focus on exploring unusual or intriguing aspects. They express a keen interest in experiencing the most expensive hotel in the country, despite its high cost. The narrator books a stay at the presidential suite of the Martha Hotel, costing €721 (approx. $800) per night, and whimsically requests fresh raspberries in the room. They anticipate their visit in two months, questioning whether the costly visit will be worthwhile.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Upon arrival at the hotel, the narrator is met with delays in accessing their room and vents frustration over the service not matching the $800 per night price tag. There is a focus on the narrator's increasing irritation as their expectations are not met, including initial access to leisure facilities like the gym and pool. Eventually, they are granted access to the presidential suite, where they find the room spacious but lacking in requested amenities like the raspberries. The high cost doesn't seem justified by the hotel’s offerings.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:16:10

    The narrator explores the hotel further, including its restaurant, which proves inadequate with poor service and limited food options despite an extensive menu. The gym facilities are also subpar, posing health concerns due to malaria risks. Breakfast, a part of the expensive hotel package, is disappointing with scant options. Eventually, they are allowed a late checkout due to initial inconveniences, marking the only positive gesture. Leaving dissatisfied, the narrator concludes that the hotel does not live up to its exorbitant rate, hinting at better and cheaper alternatives in the local area.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the world's poorest country mentioned?

    Burundi is mentioned as the world's poorest country.

  • How much does the presidential suite at Martha Hotel cost?

    The presidential suite costs 800 dollars per night.

  • What was the traveler's initial experience upon arrival at the hotel?

    The traveler faced a delay as the suite was still being prepared, and they had to wait two hours in a standard room.

  • Was there a bowl of raspberries in the room as requested?

    No, there were no raspberries in the room upon arrival.

  • How was the restaurant experience at Martha Hotel?

    The restaurant experience was disappointing with a long wait and limited food options.

  • What kind of experience did the traveler have at the hotel's gym?

    The gym was poorly equipped with light dumbbells and mosquitos, making it unsuitable for a workout.

  • What was the breakfast offering at the hotel?

    The breakfast consisted only of bread and omelets, which were limited in quantity and unsatisfactory in taste.

  • Did the traveler find the hotel worth the price?

    No, the traveler did not find the experience worth the $800 per night fee.

  • What did the traveler hope to explore besides the hotel suite?

    The traveler also explored the hotel's restaurant and gym.

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  • 00:00:02
    sipping a cocktail surrounded by luxury
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    not worrying about anything life's good
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    welcome to the world's first country
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    [Music]
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    before coming to Burundi the world's
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    poorest country I was wondering what
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    unusual or strange things could I show
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    to the audience watching this channel it
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    was an amazing journey so far we've
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    experienced a bittersweet arrival market
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    madness we've seen the bizarre crocodile
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    man there was one thing though
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    I wanted to see at any price and I
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    literally mean at any price how does the
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    most expensive hotel here by far look
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    like
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    two months before going to Africa I
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    checked all the websites offering
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    accommodation in Burundi most of the
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    nicer hotels cost around one hundred and
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    fifty dollars per night but one one was
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    way too much the presidential suit in
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    Martha hotel costs seven hundred and
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    twenty one euros which is eight hundred
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    dollars per night I was afraid of this
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    it's an enormous amount of money but
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    will I ever have an opportunity to try
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    something like this I'm booking it
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    and since we're paying this much money
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    for the room it would be nice to have a
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    bowl of fresh raspberries waiting for us
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    there this is a terrible idea
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    all right it's booked see you in two
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    months in hotel market Martha Martha
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    okay
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    [Music]
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    the most expensive hotel in Burundi this
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    is gonna be strange we don't look like
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    presidents No
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    hi hello we have a reservation here and
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    it's a presidential suit yes yes
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    residential suit
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    I'm not kidding it's not a joke
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    [Music]
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    okay okay thank you so many questions
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    will our room be really luxurious will
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    our stay be really worth the $800 how's
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    the food here and perhaps the most
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    burning question of them all
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    will there be raspberries in our room
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    we'll find out soon
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    [Music]
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    two hours but we're paying $800
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    standard room we're going to standard
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    room because the presidential suit is
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    being prepared and it will take two
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    hours well there's nothing else we can
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    do
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    yes we should fill this form okay
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    manager okay ok merci beaucoup it's a
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    messy messy okay so this is this is key
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    this is the key copy okay okay
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    okay so we will wait here
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    [Music]
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    where's that guy I would like to go to
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    the gym to the pool to the bar for $800
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    [Music]
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    it's been 50 minutes I'm going
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    downstairs to the reception because we
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    want to do things and we cannot lock our
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    baggage in our room what the hell is
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    taking them so long we still don't have
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    the card
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    [Applause]
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    let's check the swimming pool I ordered
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    margarita and this is what I got all
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    right um let's enjoy this
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    [Music]
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    so the person efficient is ready yeah
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    perfect
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    okay we're gonna go to the the
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    presidential suit now so in a few
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    moments were finally gonna see the
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    presidential suit that cost $800 whoo
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    I'm very excited
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    now also very cold the water's cold this
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    this is the presidential suit
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    did it in
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    [Applause]
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    [Applause]
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    [Music]
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    [Music]
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    so fast
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    TV here Oh fridge
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    will there be alcohol I would almost
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    forget where are there raspberries there
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    are no raspberries waiting for us
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    no raspberries Ludo well I was kind of
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    sure that they are not gonna be in the
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    Gospels they forgot about this yeah they
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    couldn't they couldn't bring raspberries
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    raspberries and look at this this looks
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    nice no mosquito net of course I can
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    imagine African presidents having
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    negotiations here our horse look like
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    gypsies is this a bride's wedding dress
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    now it's a it's a curtain all right
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    [Music]
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    Wow I'm definitely getting there in a
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    few minutes
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    this is really nice but I'm not sure if
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    it's worth $800 what do you think gypsy
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    is it worth $800 oh we have a suing kit
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    here suing kids art are the presidents
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    of African countries suing a lot or
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    let's check the balcony
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    the view is spectacular of course so far
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    hotel Martha didn't convince us to be
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    worth the insane $800 the presidential
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    suit was spacious and luxurious but the
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    interior of the hotel wasn't any
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    different from a standard nicer one it
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    was time to check out the Martha hotel
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    in more detail there had to be something
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    exceptional that would justify that
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    extreme price but apart from the
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    normal-looking hallways and a strange
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    cinema seat depot we didn't find
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    anything it was time to put all our
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    hopes into two remaining areas the
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    restaurant and the gym we are really
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    really hungry let's try the cuisine of
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    this overpriced hotel
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    if they might fight fifth floor there's
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    a restaurant yes okay
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    [Music]
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    where are the chairs come on Jesse a
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    five-star restaurant well at least
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    there's a beautiful view but you need to
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    turn the remote to enjoy it I mean I can
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    eat like this be very cozy there's not
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    enough space to move like this is like
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    school are we gonna take an exam so this
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    looks like in a church yeah it should be
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    a priest that is me actually this may
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    have been church the church desk it's
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    almost impossible to sit here but
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    there's no space do you have long double
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    or pocket oh no we have lasagna
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    do you have lasagna yeah
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    do you have lasagna okay I'm gonna have
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    lasagna Bolognese this one twice
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    oh you don't have lasagna Bolognese
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    Pizza key lucky - do you have that this
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    is normal you just have to get used to
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    this they always bring you a menu with
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    80 things and they have only 5 you just
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    need to get used to this
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    cheers Cheers we can see the reflection
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    of the view we would have been enjoying
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    if we set as normal people remember that
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    the Sun was shining when I talked to you
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    last time the food is still not here and
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    were the only ones in this restaurant
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    it's been 1 and a half hours look that
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    the restaurant is empty
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    [Music]
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    this was supposed to be our lunch oh
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    it's finally here Wow
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    that's just the regular pizza ladies and
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    gentlemen nothing special and I think it
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    needs a bit of salt all right we're
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    gonna finish this and I'll see you oh
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    I'll see you at the gym
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    yeah so this is the gym it seems that
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    the heaviest dumbbell is only 25 pounds
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    heavy we wanted to work out right now
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    but it's already dark and there are
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    insects flying I think mosquitos are
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    flying around it's not a good idea to
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    sweat here and attract the mosquitos
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    that may carry malaria I don't want to
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    get malaria again so I guess we will go
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    either to sleep or we will go out
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    there's a there's a party going on
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    you're gonna find out in five seconds if
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    we went out we went out yesterday we're
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    about breakfast
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    they have only omelet there's nothing
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    else to eat just bread just bread and
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    omelets $800
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    they have only two omelets left so one
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    for me and one for them also apparently
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    they have ham and cheese somewhere in
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    the back
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    so now it's worth $800 per night the
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    omelet is terrible it's cold and it has
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    no taste even if it was good we cannot
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    have another one our rich breakfast is
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    over just to let you know there are
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    still no almonds here we gotta take a
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    nap
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    see you in one hour it's 4:00 p.m. and
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    we are checking out we are supposed to
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    check out at 11:00 a.m. but the manager
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    told us we can check out any time we
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    want because we had to wait three hours
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    for the room yesterday at least
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    something positive bye bye the most
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    overpriced room in the world
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    [Music]
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    we're leaving hotel Marta disappointed
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    the most expensive hotel in Burundi did
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    not convince us to be worth $800
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    there are several hotels that offer much
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    more for much less here in Bujumbura
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    thanks for watching this episode hit the
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    like button if you liked it and see you
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    next time
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    $800
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    [Music]
Tags
  • Burundi
  • luxury hotel
  • presidential suite
  • travel
  • hotel review
  • expensive stay
  • disappointment
  • Martha Hotel
  • hotel food
  • travel adventure