My father worked on contract in Libya in the 70's and 80's (we lived in Eastern Europe and Qaddafi did business with countries east of Iron Curtain because he didn't like USA and the West in general for political reasons). It was my dad's greatest adventure of his life and just that part of the world was so different from the gloomy, cold, miserable and poor land we came from. He never forgot it and neither did I forget all the goodies and high quality wares he either brought from Libya or was able to buy for good currencies he was paid in for the work he did in Libya, helping to build and develop its infrastructure. He also brought kilometres of photographic films to develop of everything he saw there and it was all so beautiful and exotic. He never forgot the place and had always yearned to go there again just to see it once more, and to take me with him to show me the places he saw before. He never had the chance because Qaddafi's regime fell among a violent revolution and the country had never become stable and safe enough to become a secure holiday destination. Also I've never been thrilled to spend the whole stay dressing in a complete body cover for the sake of the local sense of propriety (and, as both my parents believed, not to attract attention of any possible wrongdoers with my blonde hair and blue eyes). Don't get me wrong, he wasn't a fan of Qaddafi in a slightest bit (in fact first thing after hearing of his demise he shouted: "serves him right, that old per_ert!"), he accepted the contract offer presented to the employees of his company because people in our country were struggling with shortages of pretty much everything and he had a family with two young children and ailing and completely dependent parents to support. But he loved the place and everything about it, even though during his work there he fell from a ladder, got his head cracked and his arm broken open and had to stay in some rather dilapidated hospital and undergo long and painful physiotherapy after his return home. I think his inability to revisit Libya was one of his life's greatest regrets and that he never stopped remembering the land.

@falkenvir

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing his story

@Chrisfeb68

7 ай бұрын

Curious....do you still live in eastern Europe?

@brettmuir5679

2 ай бұрын

This is one of the best comments I have read on You Tube. Very well spoken. Thanks. I would love to hear more. I would love to visit there too

I love these. He's always so respectful to the cultures he visits

@RohanGillett

4 жыл бұрын

He is! And I love how his documentaries are about his subject, not him. Usually, I'm not interested in celebrities at all, but if there was one I wanted to meet it would be him.

@blacksnakeproductions5875

3 жыл бұрын

He truly is. Just fantastic presentation of a culture for us to enjoy as the viewer. This is how such shows should be done.

@eljanrimsa5843

3 жыл бұрын

He doesn't research well and the narration reveals a lot of ignorance/prejudice. He seems much kinder in person.

@kaisanderson9616

3 жыл бұрын

He’s the male Kate Humble lol

@seyiesu923

3 жыл бұрын

@ملقرت ملك صور Sod off

The great documentary creator in the world, I salute him, very polite and civilized gentleman, I love his all documentary, thanks a lot to him.

@flashyvirtouso7423

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with u man , look at how he treat the women. His dashing good looking but hes not a rapist 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

This is easily one of my most exciting documentaries. From the Mediterranean into deep Sahara and an unknown people and culture; with rock carvings and paintings even a chariot, showing that people lived here even before the Roman's!

The ending really struck a cord. Shows that we are all a part of something much older and bigger than we realize

I hope the Brother and Sister, and their Family are still, Safe and Well in Libya.✌💜

So outstandingly made. Beautiful country, interesting people and a wonderful look at an area of the world I probably will never see in person. Thanks for sharing this excellent video online!

@seannorton

2 жыл бұрын

True. Since I have been to the Mojave on a few occasions I am sure that I don't want to go to the SAHARA. Just saying Sahara is kind of scary.

@worldcitizeng6507

2 жыл бұрын

@@seannorton I spend a night in the zagora desert 🏜 in 2015 and another night in the mazuga desert 🏜 in 2017 in Morocco 🇲🇦. Both were organized group tours with mini vans. Hostels connected tourist from around the world visited marrakech and easily found group tours daily, I think it was 65 euro or 75 euro for 2 nights. All group tours included transportation, dinner, breakfast prepared by the Berber. I slept under the stars only needed a trench coat in April. The tour in 2015 included a traditional berber tent with western toilet! Theists were solar power !

I really hope Nijat & David stayed in touch. I really saw a strong connection between the two!!

@ayotundeayoko5861

Жыл бұрын

I can see her brother frowning lol

@mottthehoople693

Жыл бұрын

he has that connection with all his female interpreters

Shame on the evil that destroyed this beautiful country. So sad.

@joseabad9416

4 жыл бұрын

Time

@byttlejuice145

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, really sad

@kevinfowler8712

2 жыл бұрын

Shame on us Israelites for disobeying Yah's laws

@Smason432

Жыл бұрын

Shame on the comet that impacted the Canadian ice sheet and flooded Atlantis in 11600 bce

@cal2127

Ай бұрын

yeah obama ruined alot

He looked genuinely upset when the brother tagged along lol

@Jacob-bx8hz

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@robertcronin6603

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely...what a buzzkill 😒

@CajunA79

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but something like that gets women stoned to death . Can't be with a male alone overnight without being married.

@kaisanderson9616

2 жыл бұрын

@@CajunA79 that part of the world is stuck in the stone ages yikes

@CajunA79

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaisanderson9616 Yeah, I agree! But to be honest, I don't think I'd want to go with a man I barely know on a week long road trip alone lol! She probably wanted her bro to go .

David thank you for bringing the wonderful world to us

watching from the hospital thanks for brightening my day before I can get back home

This was an awesome series. From the days of my happy teenager days..

24:03 the brother’s face as they discuss how they’re both single and available 😂

@kasunsankarathnayake4873

3 жыл бұрын

indeed

@brittanymesserlie34

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@silentsl4ught3r11

3 жыл бұрын

haha

@EricTricklebank

2 жыл бұрын

I thought that too, she was quite beautiful though.

@CajunA79

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 I haven't reached that part yet! I can already imagine lol!

33:16 - almost like a wallpaper, so unreal, serene, something out of a movie.

damn that dude was SHREDDING on that guitar

@brettmuir5679

2 ай бұрын

Check out Tinarawein. Not sure of the exact spelling

I am honored to be from this country

@SisyphusJP

4 жыл бұрын

Lucas Capobianco thanks Hilary! “We came we saw he died. “

@mimimusa757

3 жыл бұрын

@Lucas Capobianco actually these sites are still not destroyed , there's even anew videos about historical sites in Libya , just because there is war doesn't mean it's destroyed , the war happened in certain places . I am a Libyan who still live there and i can assure that.

@mimimusa757

3 жыл бұрын

@Lucas Capobianco kzread.info/dash/bejne/X4yIt7uNoJrHYbQ.html this is a new video about the south of libya , the beginning shows sabha castle , and later about the customs of twareq ( an ethnic group which lives in south of libya and they are not arab , but they are mostly talking in Libyan arabic so rahalista can understand , cuz he's a Libyan arab ) there's also another video he did about his travel to Tripoli our capital and about Libyan's amazigh who lives in jabel nafosah . If you like you can watch them.

@brettmuir5679

2 ай бұрын

​@@SisyphusJPdidn't she say that in the same context of "who cares now. That is all ancient history now" concerning the attack on the Benghazi Embassy?

Greatly enjoyed this video, also loved the chemistry between David Adams and the female translator, they looked good together!

@aliashbar4217

4 жыл бұрын

Na.....she wasnt interested trust me

@caesarillion

4 жыл бұрын

@@aliashbar4217 I wonder what is the man she fancies.

I love that this kind of preserved world still exists today.

@magnacarta9364

3 жыл бұрын

No women doesnt wear hijab anymore. Now you can buy African slaves, the globalist murdered Libya.

@najia2013

8 ай бұрын

​@@magnacarta9364Shut up, you and your lies about our women and the lie about the slave trade

Greetings from the Sahara desert Northern Mali, I really love Libyans, I felt home when I was in Tripoli

Informative video. You have performed adventurous journey & explored inaccessible, dry & deserted land. Showcase their life style, culture & staying in adversaries. Great ful for this wonderful cinematography.

all the laughing in the car stopped when her brother got in.

A great documentary. Thanks for posting.

Always enjoy historical facts, thank you 👍

I have seen this program a few times and it is still beautiful to watch - from South Africa

This was just fascinating!

Nice video, nice historical info. Thanks

0:03 I really fascinated by this starting sound.

@kwd3109

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, haunting and compelling at the same time.

Every time a new David Adams documentary comes out an angel gets its wings and saves a baby dolphin

Knowledge is brain food :)the man is always intresting.

Another CooL David Adams documentary.

Love this show. This is what should be in history channel. Last real history showing remember them having was naked archeologist and digging fornthentruth with Josh Bernstein. Love good historical shows.

@worldcitizeng6507

2 жыл бұрын

Another Chanel with culture and history is TRACKS, QUALITY contests

It's sad rewatching this series and seeing how almost none of these countries are accessible to westerners, and how bad conditions have gotten for many of the people living in these countries. I wonder what became of his various hosts and hostesses. I hope they're all well, but given the deteriorating conditions across Mali, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Libya, I'd honestly be surprised if all of them were still safe and happy.

@c.i.6950

4 жыл бұрын

And to think we nearly that satanist Hillary Butcher of Benghazi, as US President...

@stiannobelisto573

4 жыл бұрын

When they become more tolerant, I am sure we will all be able to visit the ancient monuments of our ancestors again

@Apple-mg6jr

4 жыл бұрын

stian w your ancestors? Lol

@sammorgan1963

3 жыл бұрын

@@c.i.6950 She's lying low. Bribeden and Kamala are disposable.

@JM-hn6vg

3 жыл бұрын

@@Apple-mg6jr Romanes sunt.

Absolutely Awesome !!

That was brilliantly made ! Thanks !

superb documentaries - bravo David Adams

Libyan desert...if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere

@MohamedAdnan-md8el

3 жыл бұрын

well, I'm Libyan and I can make it there easily. Does that mean I can make it anywhere?

@sammorgan1963

3 жыл бұрын

@@MohamedAdnan-md8el When in the desert the ways of the desert rule. When in the arctic the was of the arctic rule.

@lcfflc3887

3 жыл бұрын

NOT IN CALIFORNIA, THE TAXES ALONG WILL KILL YOU HERE

I love this channel! Thank you for the interesting content. 👍

Incredible documentary. I learned a lot.

Love the desert landscape

He looks like a young Gordon Ramsey ...

@dropPlaydead

4 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say if he's releated

@rjcs2000

4 жыл бұрын

Not a chance David has a gentle nature and never swears. His docs are just brilliantly done and he respects everyone he meets along the way. First class human being.

@rdhawke7256

4 жыл бұрын

@@rjcs2000 Absolutely right. One rare breed of an Aussie.

@thegemijam9631

4 жыл бұрын

OMG I was going to say the same thing, he sounds and look like him just much hansom ,I thought they might be brothers .

@princevarughese6419

3 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of David Hasselhoff!

Fascinating. Host looks a lot like Gordon Ramsay.

This was excellent.

I’d like to jam with that Tuareg guitarist he was very good. 😎🎸🎶🙏✌️

@anasapsana824

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like ancient gnawa-songs I used to listen in the south moroccan desert 🌄

Remarkably interesting.

Its a heart warming to see two Libyans see their own country. I hope they are ok

Incredible video👌💕😇 Thanks millions!!!!

David Adams is the best.

wow i love this

Fascinating stuff 👍

Well done!

Great show

THANKS ALOT FOR YOUR SHOWING AMAZING THINGS.

Really wonderful. Big thanks. I learned a lot about Libya

Fine documentary. I do take issue with one point: Leptis was founded by neither the Greeks nor the Romans, but rather by the Phoenicians, later absorbed into the Carthaginian Empire. It was a Phoenician/Punic city for the first 500 years or so... Roman Leptis was originally just an expansion of conquered Punic Leptis, which was not mentioned in this film. Otherwise, very enjoyable.

Lovely documentary video👍👍😀

I love you libya ❤🇱🇾

I would love to know how Nijat and her family are doing now.

@cat_terrell

3 жыл бұрын

This was my favorite episode. It's heartbreaking to know their lives must be so changed, now.

@magnacarta9364

3 жыл бұрын

@@cat_terrell Lot of viewers don't seem to be aware that its all been destroyed and war loads and religious zealots rule now.

@nothing2see315

3 жыл бұрын

@@magnacarta9364 Could they even film and travel like this now?

@kierancasey5814

3 жыл бұрын

@@nothing2see315 no way

@TheViralHighlight

2 жыл бұрын

@@magnacarta9364 lol that's not true. Nothing was destroyed.

There is so much to learn about this planet we live on. Thank you

this guy is great

Great work.

Wow , the ruins are amazing that they're still standing! Wow!

Great documentary

It worries me he doesn't have adequate sun protection. Najats brother's family resemblance is striking.

Great "Hollywood" chemistry, I almost wish they drive off into the sun together ❔😜😀😁

@amnesia3014

3 жыл бұрын

And get suntan all over?🥴

@wellhelodeer2680

2 жыл бұрын

People like you are the reason they chaperone those women :P

@CajunA79

2 жыл бұрын

If she's Muslim, she'd be forbidden to be with a non Muslim. Maybe her family would let if he converted?

I wish these types of videos would let us know the damn temperature, wind velocity; look at them: looks like desert heat but they're all wearing parkas like they're in .......Canada.........in November.

@user-sb4ut6dv8y

4 жыл бұрын

Dwight St John average weather in the winter drops to 15-20 during day time and even colder at night time in Libya especially in the desert and some parts of Libya for instance like Ontario’s winter vs Albertas

Those poor octopuses. They are highly intelligent.

@scottfirman

4 жыл бұрын

They are food

@joebowden4065

3 жыл бұрын

Far more natural than the majority of the meat industry. Octopus tastes good as well

@joebowden4065

3 жыл бұрын

Barbara Mulvaney you haven’t had fresh octopus them

Nice historical vlog, and with Nadyat , I think I can stay longer.

@nigelwilliams5653

4 жыл бұрын

you Shure? it never belonged to just some Arabs you knw!

@rvsc2277

4 жыл бұрын

@@nigelwilliams5653 I THINK I AM SURE.

I love the cave paintings.

cool vid

Awesome 🎥🎬 😎

Always good music here.

Hi David,love your beautiful videos ❤❤.Have you done new ones? I would love to watch more😍👍👍

Outstanding representation of video of the end of the Romans civilization footprint on Sudanese desert

Love my African Libya People's much Respect to Them I'm African American Diasporian

Love ur storie BRAVO

+That's it. I'm definitely coming back as a Tuareg woman, they've really got it sorted there. PS loved the programme.

Wonderful documentary of Libya

I love the thumbnail with Johnny Bravo lol. If nothing else, that alone deserves a thumbs up 😄

amazing

now look what the west has done to this amazing country

@elizabethjackson2651

4 жыл бұрын

@heath ongq we blame the white man for his laws, borders, the deceit, corruption, overthrow, genocide of 90% of our people all over the world, division of Africa among colonizer's so they could control the people, stealing our artifacts, stealing all the gold, silver and diamonds destroying scrolls, temples and synagogue changing name of people from godly names to Baal system names,..even the Pharaohs and cities names were changed. A lot of our names are Roman, Greek or Babylonian after their god's. Then you bring in a white Jesus ('...sus-- son of Zeus) 500 years ago, ioesus 1800 years ago, then Christos 300bc with the Ptolemaic period. The Europeans used Sunday school books and commentaries and miseducation through their school system: teaching slaves discipline, white supremacy, wrong words and meaning thru the Wikipedia and Webster dictionaries and made up white history while digging up, destroying, changing images and etc.. .

@almsky211

4 жыл бұрын

Gaddafi could have made Libya and its people one of the richest countries in education instead of spending their money in feeding conflicts and foreign wars.

@thegemijam9631

4 жыл бұрын

@@codewz you forgot a thing " no dignity," the worst health and education system thank god was free,,free salty water twice a week and the rest of the week is going off,the worst payment comparing to country outcomes ,people with high rent houses that they can not afford ,,who the F*&^k you are laying to are you even Libyan , I live in a house with no roof for 25 years ,baying clothes once a year some time we don't have money,at the end someone behind screen write as if we were playing tricks on our precious leader ,who've could kill you just because you have a good reputation or people like you .

@ambehak4758

4 жыл бұрын

@@thegemijam9631 you are most likely an NTC rat supporter or you come from a family of idris loyalists who spreads propaganda about gaddafi.

@kennethsullo3145

4 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethjackson2651 LOLOLOL

The parallel between the last area of Lybia they visited and the Four Corners area, where the borders of Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico meet is stunning. Monument Valley is nearly the same, just a little more vegetation. They rock art Left

Thank you for your beautiful reportage. Of course there is much more to say. But who is going to say it?

Great episode. Sexual tension? Brother does some great blocking.

@robertwashington2161

4 жыл бұрын

3:55 to 4:00 doesn't support that claim...

@heenanyou

4 жыл бұрын

He always does that. David in profile, David in a hot tub, David with his shirt off... You get the idea. Video that could be of ancient artifacts instead of this guy's ego.

@robertwashington2161

4 жыл бұрын

No, just anscestors..She thought he was cute but then the she remembered the naked Romans in the wall and lost interest.. That's when she decided she wanted Italian or black and text her brother to intervene.

@modulator7861

4 жыл бұрын

LOL! Yeah, bro doesn't look thrilled to be there at all... I haven't seen him smile yet...

@rahelhorvat1471

4 жыл бұрын

he liked her, but she wasn't into him and he respected that.

It’s sad to see this footage and look at Libya today. Thanks to Europe and my president at the time, Obama, it’s a war torn wasteland today. Chances are you can’t safely drive that same highway alone in 2021.

@mscapeh4451

3 жыл бұрын

islam ruined it after rome fell

@bigchef3394

2 жыл бұрын

@@mscapeh4451 it was in dis array and in decline during the byzantine days

@caymanhunter2612

2 жыл бұрын

@@mscapeh4451 well that's true but Ghaddafi's Libya was decently modern as far as African countries go. So he's also sad that Obamo helped deseat him. Much like Iraq, Libya had a strong repressive dictator but you often need one to hold together such countries

@caymanhunter2612

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigchef3394 that's true especially as the western. Empire well the stronghold outposts we're either abandoned of only latter an extra year before being sacked. Regardless Modern Libya looked better when it was stable under the dictator. But now with no dictator to hold it together its in war

@Byronic19134

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Obomba and Hillary destroyed Libya using the CIA and Arab Springs which is the same exact playbook they are trying in America with BLM and Antifa. Modern Democrats are destroyers of civilization.

Awesome thanks for posting. 🖖🏻🖖🏻👍👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

Giving us insight to the past be it the precious rock art or those you met on your search for what has been lost to the memory of many.⭐

Now I’ve seen it all... a Libyan, Muslim blues guitarist with a Titanic movie sticker on the surface of his guitar.

HA! The look on her face when he says "I too am unmarried". She was like "Oh!" "Reeeally"!?? LOL! That "chariot" in the cave painting looks like a 4 wheel drive model. That cannot be a chariot, it would have been un-manuverable with 4 wheels. Probably some kind of cart.

@SisyphusJP

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if she would have considered marrying him

@another90daystochangethis34

4 жыл бұрын

The painting shows a 2-wheel drive model. Only good evidence of chariots with 4 wheels are the ones of the Sumerians, but then again, in their time, it was a very recent innovation.

@wellhelodeer2680

2 жыл бұрын

@@SisyphusJP maybe you stick to dramas

@SisyphusJP

2 жыл бұрын

@@wellhelodeer2680 maybe poo and pee drink is free

@optimus2g

2 жыл бұрын

@@SisyphusJP I doubt it, unless he converted to Islam.

What would this isolated family be doing living the middle of nowhere. This is an example of avoiding what would have been so interesting to know. Where does this isolated family get it s food or anything else. No attempt to talk about what would be very interesting for the public to learn.

@PACstove

4 жыл бұрын

The focus was on something else. He could have made a small mention, or not.

your very gullible if you think there is not many of them gambling drinking etc, just because they are Islamic does not mean they are automatically pure truthful and never do no wrong

@scottfirman

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they wouldnt show this guy everything would they?

@elongreen8566

4 жыл бұрын

I have to agree, men an vice goes hand and hand no one is perfect save GOD alone.

THANK YOU FRIENDS

Ol David trying to get that!! Lol

I'll bet he was thrilled about her brother tagging along...that's something that would happen to me, for certain - what a buzzkill ...it's tragic how their culture doesn't allow their women to make their own decisions and be their own people...it's a crime against humanity 😒

Nice nice very nice.

Mr. Adam made nice docu's.

I appreciate the modesty of the Libyans - the translator had to be accompanied by her brother.

@kaptainkaos1202

2 жыл бұрын

Modesty? No that’s control of a woman.

@romeosantos7249

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaptainkaos1202 No, Modesty is self-respect.

@lonewolftech

2 жыл бұрын

@@romeosantos7249 sure but this isn’t modesty, it’s enslavement of women due to a religion and use of her body for a males gain…

@kaptainkaos1202

2 жыл бұрын

@@romeosantos7249 you’re gonna mansplain this to me? You have no idea what you’re talking about. When you are a woman you get to describe modesty otherwise you’re just a misogynistic ssshole.

I loved khadafi libya it was paradise.

I think he and the guide like each other. I'm sensing chemistry between them. It seems like they're flirting a little. The brother looks like a pit bull you don't want to mess with. lol

Actually it was the phoenicians who'd founded Leptis magna around 600 BC , the romans took over the city 500 years later

@cujoemblakka1041

4 жыл бұрын

Whose a caananitish People, whose father is Ham..

@elizabethjackson2651

4 жыл бұрын

The leptis magna was a Carthaginian empire 7th century BC. With arenas, arches and etc. Africans were great architects 100,000's of years before other races existed yet... As usual the invaders take over the land. The great general of Carthage defeated the Romans who walked around for hundreds of years stating Carthage must die and finally killed many people taking over Leptis Magna the then largest Roman province and most beautiful...

@ArcturiusPendragon

4 жыл бұрын

Please spell it like it is supposed to be spelled, Finicians. They were Irish Druids. Something the controllers and writers of history do not want us to know.

@JM-hn6vg

3 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethjackson2651 North African Carthaginians, yes.

@gullyfoyle3915

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArcturiusPendragon What a load of absolute tripe and ridiculous pseudo-history. To begin with, there were no "Irish Druids" at this time, nor Celts at all in Ireland in fact--Celts didn't arrive in Ireland for some 200 years after Leptis was founded. So laughable, if only you weren't likely serious...