Beirut, Lebanon || Exploring the Past, Present, and Future
Beirut was my first stop on a 10 day tour of Lebanon. It’s the small countries largest city and is beautifully situated on the Mediterranean coast, surrounded by mountains. The city has a beautiful blend of cultures and perfectly merges it's legendary past with a modern, vibrant way of life. The city has been through a lot in recent history, but the cities resilience is a testament to how vital this middle eastern city is to the region. The city is rising from the ashes but there is still so many scars of a tumultuous past that are very interesting to see and explore. I had a few days here, and this is how it went….
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I have visited 82 countries and Lebanon is definitely in my TOP 3 !!! Amazing nature, very rich culture and history, very welcoming and friendly people, crazy nightlife and very yummy food (I mean really really yummy) ! Beirut has it all ❤ ❤🇱🇧
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree! I would put it near the top of my list as well! Hope to return soon!
@ravivmadar2422
Жыл бұрын
@@thetravelingzam 😍
@foggycraw6758
Жыл бұрын
What are the other two?
@ravivmadar2422
Жыл бұрын
@@foggycraw6758 Italy and Thailand
@foggycraw6758
Жыл бұрын
@@ravivmadar2422 nice
My family moved from Lebanon 100 years ago and it was so surreal for me to visit it for the first time 🙏🏼
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad you got to see your family roots. Amazing country
Bro OUTSTANDING JOB! you showed the beauty of Beirut. I've never seen the new Beirut city in detail like you have filmed.👍
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Glad you saw a new perspective and hope you get to see Beirut again soon
Best video ever seen about Lebanon 🇱🇧
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
So glad you loved it!!
Nice video i miss my country it's been 10 years
@28Justchecking
Жыл бұрын
been 19 years :S
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Wow I hope you can make it back soon.
Lebanon. I was there in 1994-1995 as a UN soldier of Polish UNIFIL contingent. Great times really. One day I will visit Lebanon 🇱🇧 again👍
@thetravelingzam
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! Hope you make it back!
❤❤❤l love ❤❤ Lebanon 🇱🇧
Really enjoyed this, thank you. Lebanon look incredible, very interesting. The Holiday Inn looks like some kind of freaky installation art!
@thetravelingzam
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! It was a fascinating place to visit
Nice video man. I’ll be there in about 3 weeks. You helped me get even more excited!
@Robnas621
Жыл бұрын
Also, really epic drone shots. Those were sick
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Glad it got you excited. You will really enjoy
I love Lebanon 🇱🇧 ❤❤🇱🇧💔💔
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
I loved Lebanon too! Got to travel a lot more so make sure to subscribe to see the coming Lebanon videos
@roaelkadamani7099
Жыл бұрын
😊👍🏻👍🏻🌹
Thank you for sharing our story❤ hope u enjoyed lebanon!
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I hope I was able to share some good parts
Thanks for this video. The food is amazing in Lebanon as well as lots to see and do. It has a rich culture.
@thetravelingzam
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!!
Incredible work! well done - these countries are worth getting drone viewed! thanks for sharing and you got a new Subscriber
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
Toujours agréable de savoir comment est-ce que c'est devenu après l'explosion du 04 août 2021. Merci pour ce beau reportage! Enrichissant, toute cette diversité de cadres à différents points de la ville. Le front de mer, aussi, magnifique! 🌊 🌅 🇱🇧
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. The explosion definitely had a huge impact that can still be felt in so many places
Thank you for sharing. I would love to see Lebanon. x from NYC ❤
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
I hope you make it there soon!
Beautiful city☺
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed my time there!!
Very cool that you visited Lebanon! I've been twice - and have seen the stark impact of the economic crises over the years. In 2010, it was still an incredibly vibrant, sophisticated place full of contrasts - which makes Beirut one of my favorite cities. You can still see conservative elderly ladies in full burkhas taking a walk on the Corniche and then young, hip and probably secular Beirutis in shorts out for a morning jog. Great culture, food, and other offerings. It was sad to see how empty the restaurants and shops look. Beirut Souks was full of life in 2010, less so in 2019 on my second visit and a ghost town in your video. I also noticed the great white curvaceous Zaha Hadid building near Zaitunay Bay, appears to have been abandonded post-explosion - so sad. All the best to Beirut and Lebanon - an incredible city and country!
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
It was definitely a place of contrasts. I can only speak for my experience of the time period that I was there, but I think a lot has changed from the explosion and economic inflation
@mikazukiml3531
Жыл бұрын
I agree about souks but restaurants are full they're packed we wait in line to enter a restaurant because all are going to restaurants XD
Beautifully stunning shots of the city! Very informative too.
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’m so glad you loved it!
Wonderful country 👍👍
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Yes it is! Can’t wait to go back
Nice optics
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!!! I appreciate the love
One of the best videos i have ever seen covering Beirut... Keep up the good work.... Already subscribed and gonna check some more vids of u'rs....noticed at d end that u ventured also outside Beirut.. 👌🏻🎯🥂
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard! I will soon post videos on Tripoli, Bsharri, Baalbek, and Byblos! Thanks for subscribing
@carvingtheway
Жыл бұрын
@@thetravelingzam 👍🏻✨
Excellent video, informative narration ❤️
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!! So glad you found it helpful!!
Most of the damage from the late big explosion in 2020 at the port of Beirut was due to nitrate ammonia which was stored at the port and a big fire caused the explosion.
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Very very sad
❤️🔥🇱🇧❤️🔥🇱🇧
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@roaelkadamani7099
Жыл бұрын
🇱🇧💔😊🌸
I heard they're still picking up the pieces from the Great Explosion in 2020... Still a lot of clean-up, repair, and rebuilding to do...
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Yes it was sad to see and sad to hear all of the stories. In some places the blast still seemed so fresh
Lebanon was Syrian lands you may don't know this.. search well you will find.. french gouvernement has put the border between Syria and the mountains of Lebanon. And you may don't know that most of the lebanese families are syrien origen..
Fittest to survive in Leb. Funny in USA i own a home i have a job , savings. In Leb. Even with family & a support system, right now i'd be homeless & begging
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
It’s very sad.
downtown beirut was destroyed by the 2020 explosion and the 4 years of economic issues
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
It was very sad to see those parts
STUNNING CITY . far better than Paris
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
I’d definitely come here before Paris.
@toassistindo
Жыл бұрын
Two very very different places. What’s to compare?
Ferry corsten backstage dovimentary on youtube
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
👍
Noisey lebanon on youtube
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
gawarmant loos dolar out going
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Hiba ft fonsi por youtube😊
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
😀
The government just removed the victims faces portraits.
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad I could see that and document it before its removal
@wtcashel
Жыл бұрын
Beirut has a functioning rule-of-law based government?
@floss9972
Жыл бұрын
@@wtcashel yes, it does, although not so effective at stopping corruption and the collapse of the economy. the laws only apply to the average citizen. not the elites.
Sadly these videos are as much as I'll ever see of Lebanon, being an Israeli citizen. Maybe one day there'll be peace but I doubt it 😩
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
I pray for peace there as well. :(
@Jewzi123
Жыл бұрын
You should vote for a government that doesn’t engage in ethnic cleaning and apartheid (( isreal was crated by Ashkenazi Jews ( European Jews ) who were promised by the UK to establish a Jewish state in Palestine , what happened to the native Palestinians they were ethnically cleansed and Apartheid , you should be ashamed of yourself how can the victims of nazis become the modern nazis .
@alanzemsky7695
Жыл бұрын
I pray for peace too!
@savagewarrior4384
Жыл бұрын
איכס, לקקן
@yuvalw7543
Жыл бұрын
@@savagewarrior4384 אמא שלך עליי בפיתה דרוזית עם זעתר ולבנה אחשילי היקר
When Rafik Hariri died...LEBANON DIED
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
:(
@user-bi3kk2hc7e
6 ай бұрын
Lebanon is still alive
Why are you making travel videos about Beirut when there are Palestinians that are being oppressed just to the south?!? Free Palestine 🇵🇸
@mikazukiml3531
Жыл бұрын
Now that's a funny comment
@thetravelingzam
Жыл бұрын
I was making a travel video of the places I have been recently.
@adnanamin3068
Жыл бұрын
What is wrong with making a travel video?
@toassistindo
Жыл бұрын
@@adnanamin3068 have you heard of the Palestinians???
@adnanamin3068
Жыл бұрын
@@toassistindo yes I have heard. So what???????? You still eat right?????