The Rich Side of Beirut Lebanon Left Me Speechless | Lebanon 2024 

Very sad to see the souks with little or no people. Back in 2001-2005 there was no place for you to walk as it was packed with tourists from around the world. After 2006 - Israel war on Lebanon things changed and since then the decline in tourists and economical situation got worse. The country is beautiful. What a pity! Hope peace returns and everything gets back to normal.

I have visited 86 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 ❤ ❤🇱🇧

aches my heart to see this part of my city look like a ghost town. When I was in school, going here was like travelling to another country, sadly now everything is closed / void of people...

Greenery/trees everywhere in Beirut. Many different neighborhoods to visit. The pre-war Souks of Beirut looked nothing like the rebuilt Souks of today! One certain company with big money making plans rebuilt the area, that did quite well for a few years, only to crash really bad about 8/10 years ago. Streets are empty because nobody has the money to buy things, can hardly afford to buy food! Younger generations work and live abroad mainly in other Arab/Gulf countries. Huge diasporas also in Canada/USA/France .... Lebanese expats pack the country in the Summer season, less so this year because of the war next door ....... Gorgeous country going through really bad times ... problem very difficult to solve! For first time visitors better have someone to show you around and to take you to the mountains/valleys all over and must see places not to be missed.

Nice show... I lived in Lebanon for 17 years.... way back when.... Beautiful country and people

Another nice Vlog from Beirut, thank you Brother Sly

a lot of Lebanese in Africa also specialy in senegal and ghana, liberia, and most west africa countries

Thank you so much Sly for another wonderful video.I really enjoyed it very much 😊 keep em coming !

I so enjoy your travel videos. Thank you Sly 🌎🌍

Great video man, no over the top editing, good old school youtube! Enjoy your trips.

Cool video Sly,stay as save as you can my friend .

You're one of the best and most informative

Huge amount of Lebanese in Canada arriving in late 1800’s. US also

I'm from Ethiopian i love Lebanon ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ i hope Avery things come better very soon.

Thanks for visiting Lebanon and making these videos

Beautiful, precise, and informative as usual.

Nice video dude! Might have been empty because it's Ramadan, and late afternoon. In case you shot the video 11th April or after...

Thank you for your tour presenting Beirut

The Lebanese disapora is significant across the Americas- Mexico, US, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, etc. Going back centuries and long before the inception of many of these countries. Both Salma Hayek & Shakira are ethnically half Lebanese.

Thanks for this video ❤ Beirut

Really enjoyed your videos!!

Thank u for the lovely video ❤

Thanks for sharing

Thank you, sir.

Excellent content! Love Beirut.

Amazing country, the food there is so good

Excellent job!

Beautiful country اتمني زيارة لبنان Thanks Sly

I love your videos Sly!

watching from sydney 🇦🇺

Beirut was and still is the capital of fashion and style in the Mediterranean and I’m not surprised that the Top 15 names in Haute Couture fashion labels are Lebanese.

Nice, visit Batroun sea side, beautiful place

I haven't seen this man in a long time.. Good to see he still travels. One of the very few humble RU-vidrs, and I mean that positively. Good to see Sly again.

Great video

We love you from lebanon 🇱🇧 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Which city are you from sly i enjoy your vídeos

U should go see the mountains they r so nice

The food in that country is epic.

Very nice, Beirut is beautiful

Good job

Oh man….i lived in Beirut for 9 years and left in 2020. It breaks my soul to see how downtown is now….it used to be so vibrant and full of people and all stores open and so full of LIFE! Now it just looks so desolate like you said and it’s just sad….but thank you so so much for visiting and for your content!!

Love your videos, Can I offer you a tour in Tripoli. You can't miss it, I'll show you around

Beautiful kibe here in Kenya is someone's name 😅 amazing 🤩 one love

Very nice downtown.

Annnnnddd it's packed = a introverts nightmare

nice 👍

Nice

Thank you Sly. Lebanon has the best food , most beautiful women and the best 4 season weather you can dream of. It is a wonderful country. Enjoy it .

That building in the beginning looks to be leaning..

The president or prime minister of the country has a huge effect on the country. The country is an extension or mirror of the authority ruling it. Our best days were with rafic hariri(whether you like or dislike him) And our worst days are since 2019 until now (president michel aoun)

I get those vibes that u are awesome in general ..a sweet soul ..i could have showed you few good places too as a lebanese citizen🥳🥰

Those stores and marketplaces look better than what we have in the u s now

My 3 yrs.living in Beirut just prior to the civil war are warmly remembered. Beautiful people, food and country.

The fifa Futsal world cup will take place in Uzbekistan.

Yacht Club I think is in Zeitouna Bay (ZAY-TUNA BAY). Went there 2022 and man it is the MOST bougie as you would say

What the hell is this Beirut?? There's hardly anyone there! It's crazy. How awful. But I lived there so long ago, after the end of the Six Day War when I was only 23. I married a Lebanese Muslim in the US; I'm an American. This place you're in now looks nothing like the Beirut that I knew. And no, it's not empty because you went through on a Saturday. It looks like an ugly dead zone, an alternate universe within a lively, diverse city. But thanks for showing us what you saw there.

15:51 they are all over West Africa too many of them in Ghana

how was internet, safety, banking?

Hey, Sly, where have you been these days? No news from you

Sujuk is a spicey Armenian sausage that is worth trying if you get a chance.

Im Leb born in Boston. I stick to villages much easier to meet pp, invite you in their homes. Area you covered is most gentrified, stuck-up, self-centered, no Lebanese feel to it. I go to Zahle, Jdeeta next to it, (my family tribe) villages like Kfarneess, Wadee-sitt. Alay is allright. I wish you can carry conversation with a local about their take on economy , culture

Seattle sounders is 1 of the 32 teams that will bereceive 50m dollars from fifa for having qualified for the fifa club world cup 2025.

heard the pricing are expensive as the us the us dollar

If u still here in beirut i would take you offroading and let u see snow and our mountains

👍🏾👍🏾

Lebanese diaspora in Mexico fasho 🇲🇽🇱🇧

The food you got is not really Armenian food. It is Lebanese food inspired by Armenian cuisine and culture, it is common in Burj Hammoud and Mar Mekhael (Saint Michael) area in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon.

Which country would be good for me based on your experience and this criteria 1.The U.S. Dollars is very strong 2. Beautiful Traditional Black Women and Friendly Black People 3.Safe 4.Nics Infrastructure 5.No Language Barrier ( English Speaking Country) 5. Good Food ( Natural No Processed Food) Based on my requirements which country have you been to that checks most or all of these boxes

12:28 if you came here 10 years ago it would’ve been filled with people :(

Can someone tell me what happened to Beirut souks, i was there in 2013 it was so busy and vibrant, why the stores are closed and where are the people, or he was filming during the weekend or something

Where this place in Beirut thank you Australia

still in lebanon bro? stay safe

like how much things cost there compared to usd ?

it does look beautiful as fuck ngl

I dont know why everyone who visit leb must talk abt the civil war but if they visit europe they never talk abt ww1 or ww2 !!!as if thr war only happened in leb !

Are you Haitian?

Super sako on youtube.

come to batroun

thank you the videos are very useful

The president of the Dr is off lebanese descentnt.

Looks like some cities in spain

May God rest his soul.. Solidaire is AlHarriri's legacy.

Go to jounieh batroun jbeil and harissa..go to the north bcharre ehden. Unfortunately after the blast the city is mostly empty except for mar mkhael and hamra…

The producer of drake is lebanese.

Wow.... I was there 10 years ago and you couldn't walk because of the amount of people.. This is so sad to see BUTTT what is beautiful to see, is how the little markets are FILLED with people. PEople are going back to locals shopping :)

3:34 is called Dolma mate.

Shame on Lebanon government for not standing with Palestine for allowing Starbucks Coffee and Zahara store to remain open! Shame on you!

You're in Lebanon and don't know what Grape Leaves are? Come on man.

Thé taboulé is a verrrrry Lebanese salad with borghol inside. It does not belong to others !!! Borghol is precooked crushed wheat

i live in beirut,i can help you to get more beautiful places

Take Nothing Personal , but you misunderstood the whole country concept ..Lebanon is not a place to go and reside in one place... it's a small country ... so one day for ( beirut - jounieh - jeitta ) - one day for chouf , one day for ( batroun and byblos and all it's surrounding ) - one day for south Lebanon - one day for baalbek - one day for chowen .... so on ... but definitely you don't spend 3 days in one city !!! .... It's not Istanbul or London or St. Petersburg or rome ..... !

Wondering what is the black population haven’t seen any out shopping. Nice video.

im starting to think your trips are all simulations.

every poor country and city has their rich and affluent areas, im an aussie and i always ask people thats better, to be POOR like literally struggling to pay rent and buy food in a "rich country" or to be rich in a poor country, like not super rich like private jets but rich as in have access to US$ etc... in a poor country like zimbabwe or lebanon or cuba etc... whats better?

Leave the city ,explore outside

Why did you learn nothing about the country before going?

Come to Iran, buddy.

It looks like an empty European city with no life. It's kinda sad.

Tip: say bonjour instead of marhaba. We rarely use marhaba

Meh.