Alone at Lebanon's Unbelievable Baalbek Temple 🇱🇧
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- I visit Lebanon's unbelievable and historic Baalbek temple, one of the crown jewels of the country. I take public transportation to get there from Beirut, finding myself wandering the site alone.
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I'm Jason, a full-time British Travel Vlogger and UA-camr who's been to 53 countries. I've been travelling around the world full-time since 2017. So far, my trips have taken me to Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas.
I have travel series' from many of the world's best (and least) known destinations. I filmed the first vlogs on my channel in the summer of 2016 after spending a year living in China. A proper solo trip around Eastern Europe followed after graduating from University in the summer of 2017, taking me to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Kosovo. This trip marked the start of my efforts to make a UA-cam full-time job.
After that European trip I went heavily into exploring Asia, visiting India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea and Kazakhstan (seeing me cover a lot of Far East and Southeast Asia in particular).
I have also travelled to North Africa and the Middle East fairly extensively over the last five years, filming videos in Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.
To date, I have not yet been to Australasia or South America. Though I am hoping to visit the latter sometime in 2022, along with a first stop in the Caribbean.
I've travelled to North America just once as a UA-camr, visiting Mexico in 2021. Though I have been to both the USA and Canada, this was as a child on family holidays.
In 2022, I took my first trip to Sub Saharan Africa, visiting both Kenya and Tanzania, before making my way to the Middle East, stopping in Dubai on my way to Lebanon.
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When I first entered Baalbek, I had the feeling that takes you back to that era. The vibe is unbelievable full of energy and can even smell the history . It’s something I cannot describe until you visit and experience it by yourself . I truly recommend it ! Fantastic.
You should also it that it was built by bhartiya sculptors ,4500 yrs ago
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Sir, you are wrong labelling our freedom fighters as a terrorist as Christian Lebanese the majority of the Lebanese are supporters of our freedom fighters and we owe them gratitude for their effort to free our south Lebanon from the aggression on our land
Unbelievable video. It is like we are watching directly from there in Baalbek. Very good quality video and good explanation about the temple and its architecture. Thank you very much for this incredible video. Kudo`s to your work on this video.
Ohhhhh!!
Just shows how temporary everything in this world is. So live well and be good to each other. Thanks for the video.
You have such a good attitude. I think it's important when traveling. Flexibility is key. You're brave and courageous. Thank you for this post.
It is insane how well preserved so many of the architectural details are. Truly astonishing.
i could have enjoyed another hour of silent walking around video on this. so impressive. so peaceful.
This place is truly the best of Lebanon. Incredible is not enough to describe it. I stood in awe at the beauty of this temple. It's truly amazing and will definitely go back there.
I just left Lebanon today and didn’t visit here! Was too busy and had other things higher on my list to see, really wish I had the chance though. Lebanon really suprised me, really enjoyed my time there
Hi did you do any filming off Lebanon would love to watch??
@@lydiaayoubz5760 I did and I’ll be uploading videos later! It might take some time to edit but they are coming, thanks for asking!
that shows how packed is this 10,000 square kilometer country
So glad to hear that! I'm American, but I lived there for the better part of three years, and I wish more people knew how awesome it is.
@Stivalis Franco Yes and no. It depends how familiar you are with the culture and country. Like anywhere, there are places you don't go. I wouldn't go to Baalbek alone because it's in the north and is not a very safe area. Tripoli also and the south of Lebanon are less safe. But I did know a lady from Germany who was living in Tripoli. If you stay in the area of Beirut, Jounieh, Byblos, Batroun, which are all quite central and along the coast, It's safer. Just research ahead of time what areas are safe and what taxis to use. Allo Taxi is expensive but safe. In Beirut itself I would avoid the southern suburbs and the Dahieh area. Really, the best thing would be to try to make a friend there before you go who can tell you all the ins and outs. The Lebanese people are lovely and so proud of their beautiful country. If you can make a connection, I'm sure they'll take you all over.
Dear Jason, you have taken some of the best shots of Baalbek I've ever seen. I've been at incredible ruins and megalithic sites from Nan Madol to Rapa Nui to all of Peru, Northern Chile, Colombia, all over Mexico and Guatemala, Malta, Stonehenge, and of course our Asian mega-wonders....but only Baalbek is missing on my agenda, and I envy you!!!! You really did a great job....and now the bloody war and unrest in beautiful Lebanon is so sad, as now I don't feel safe to go there in the next few months. I hope that peace can be had soon. Take care and keep up what you doing, it's great! From Samoa with love, Chief Tupa'i Bruno of Samoa.
Fabulous ruins. How wonderful to have the place to yourself! Thanks for sharing.
I could have watched 30minutes of just views of all the ruins! I must look up the history now, it looks amazing! The intact columns and carvings really spark the imagination, what have they witnessed?
It is really a majestic place ! exceptional, Fantastic! the imprints of history have marked Baalbek, it was a privilege to savor these moments alone in peace! thank you for sharing these magical moments with us, can't hardly wait to watch your next video on Baalbek! Be safe Jason
I've been fascinated with ancient megaliths for years and Baalbek is one on my list to visit. Your video gave a great perspective of the site. I can pause and look in detail at the buildings and surrounds unlike other doco's which give only fleeting glimpse of selected areas. Thanks for making and posting the video and the insight into its location regarding the political situation
Alone at Lebanon's Unbelievable Baalbek Temple is an unforgettable experience. Tnx4sharing full watched.
Spectacular!..columns of temple of jupiter and bacchus are so impressive
Baalbeck is fantastic, one of the most impressive sites in the Middle East.
It is the largest roman temple on earth
And there is 3 temples by the way it's like an roman city
And by the way you can't go to baalbak without eating baalbak pies best pies if all time
Hell no middle east has way more
@@MESSI-fx1ob baalbak is not just important to the middle east it is 3 roman temples one of them being the largest roman temple on earth
Amazing content you’ve posted again Jason enjoying to watch always
Beautifully filmed. Your videos series really sells Lebanon.
Breathtaking!! Thank you for showing us some sites from this gorgeous country🇱🇧
Jason, you probably do not realize that you are going back to roots by visiting Lebanon. The Irish are Lebanese originally according to recent genetics studies. Excellent videos on Lebanon. Baalbek is Breathtaking!
Hey, interesting comment, can you elaborate please? I happen to be both Lebanese and Irish primarily. Curious what the connection is you are making. Thx
@@therealjonnyringolots of lebanese people sailed to ireland and wales back in the day and mixed with the indigenous people there
My dear and beautiful Lebanon 🇱🇧
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Yet another truly fascinating and baffling wonder! There are 1000 ton blocks that form a wall there. Who and how did they move them? All around the world are these unbelievable ancient structures that defy explanation and can drive you crazy thinking about it.
Haunting and majestic!!!! Thanks , Jason!🤗
Thanks for showing our beautiful lebanon not the lebanon they want others to see, lebanon is number one touristic place in middle east with his natural beauty given by god
Fantastic video. Been to Tripoli but it was a tense time for the region and trouble was about. Still enjoyed the local hospitality. Tyre was really chilled and lovely. But definitely want to spend time in Baalbek on next visit. I heard the hotel there is nice too. Looking forward to next roundup video, as the currency/inflation situation seems like a complicated hurdle for someone visiting.
Beautiful experience, beautiful video Jason
One of the epic sites to visit when in Lebanon!
Jason, given your travel dilemma, I would have taken the afternoon bus and spent the evening at a hotel in Baalbek with the following morning being all mine and assuming the initial afternoon was not enough for your needs.
Magical..... Thanks so much for bringing this to life for us
I've visited Baalbek on two occasions. The first time with my parents, i was only young Lebanon had been a war zone but from memory Baalbek itself was packed with tourists. We had been in Syria aswell but when it was a popular tourist destination. The second time it was the 90's and i was working. I visitided the Temple complex again but it wasn't lost on me as much as the first time. The sheer scale and size of the Monolithic stone pillars and the Foundation stones are unfathomable. The place was quiet on this occasion, there were Home office guidlines for the region at the time much the same as now. It would be really good if you could just concentrate on what's in front of you but you are on edge. I don't know about you Jason but it's one of the best historical places i have ever visited. Thanks.
I agree with you, the most stunning temple on planet earth in my humble opinion & I've seen many. Have to exclude the Egyptian, Mexican & Guatemalan pyramids as they're not temples of course.
This was absolutely stunning. Thanks for sharing!
Fascinating. Looking at those ruins really brings home the Hadith, which says: 'Be in this world as if you are a traveller or a stranger.'
Great powers will rise and fall, only our final destination lasts forever.
dude im Lebanese and I applaud you for having the courage of traveling alone there, I personally wouldn't take the bus all the way there tbh, but it's definitely worth the visit for sure!
@@florencetown4024 i love to hear that! I’m glad you had a good experience and hope you visit again! Much love
Is it a dangerous place then?
Amazing video! The best part of Lebanon right there.
I visited last year. Loved it can't wait to go back again one day.
Wow bro thanks for showing .amazing place
That's truly magical... By d way the world's largest man made blocks of stone exist in baalbek... U should have ventured a bit to the other side of the base and also to the interior of the museum on site.. But i guess it wasn't opened yet... Also there's d quarry of the giant stones near to the site
Incredible video. Congrats Jason👏❤️
Impressive ancient site. Thank you Jason for making this video.
What a gorgeous place! I love it.❤😀👍👍
Thanks for visiting my beautiful city, I did not go for over 9 years. we would climb the walls and the rocks and sit on top during the annual festivals, great history
All of your videos are fascinating, but this one is beyond belief. Absolutely spectacular. Such history. Such beauty. To think that Alexander walked in those areas in the 330's BCE. I feel privileged to have seen your fine video.
It is created by Indians sculptors please get your history correct
@@voiceprotechtechnology8106 I have no idea what you are referring to. What I meant was that Alexander walked there, not that he had anything to do with creating the city.
I was born and raised in baalbeck and had so much memories inside this great site. Peoples from baalbeck enter free😊
Hi, may I ask you how to pronounce Baalbek?
I had an amazing visits in Bealbek temple in 2018, and it gives me soo much admiration of that magical place, my experience was like I'm in the 16th century Era that was one of the greatest historical site in Lebanon I've ever seen❤️
Very happy to see Indian architecture still standing in a Mediterranean Nation
why calling roman architecture as indian architecture? instead do something for India which lacks amazing architecture except the Mughal architecture.
@@samtech9622mughals destroyed temples and reconstructed them as mosque....
@@samtech9622 If you don't know anything then should keep quite... What you knw abt India.. Islam came 1400 years back but India has history of 15000 years....We have many temples thousands years old.... And this Lebanon temple has lotus which confirms it's connection with India.... And i suggest you to google about Nalanda University.... World's first university having 9 Million books in library destroyed by Islamic radicals in india....Mughals and Europeans ruined our great cultural heritage ....
@@samtech9622are you nuts have You never seen Indian hindu temples 😂
@@samtech9622you must be Pakistani but guess what this monument was actually made by sculptors from India ....now apply some burnol
Amazing place
What an amazing video off Baalbek the footage was so close up just loved it well done. Been to Lebanon 15 times and never been there 👍🇱🇧♥️
Why ? It's the largest roman temple on earth
@@elaceaceak2357 yes but every time we go it wasn’t safe to go there.But hopefully next trip 💯
@@lydiaayoubz5760 it's just the media like 3 month ago I visited it no problems or you can check david been here on UA-cam also have been there no problem you know that's like saying Lebanon is not safe or tripoli is not safe none of this is true
@@elaceaceak2357 yeh I know I love my country so much I hope to God Lebanon will Rise up with a better and stronger Government and the people will no longer suffer. But next year for sure Baalbek is my first stop 👍keep the good work up mate your doing a great job ♥️🙏🏻
Lebanon is great! I have been to different places in Lebanon! My edge was I can speak arabic so they didn't fool me LOL!!
I’m Irish Canadian and have many Lebanese friends that immigrated here. They’re the nicest people!
Excellent,It fell like I was there too....fabulous camera work..the details🥰🥰🥰🥰
Fantastic and utterly gorgeous!
just a quick note that the check points on the road are Lebanese military and not hezbollah and you never see their military sector on the ground.
Fascinating and most impressive - never knew this site existed - thank you so much, Jason!
temple in Baalbek which is over 4,000 years old. Children in Lebanon schools study that Indian labor, elephants, sculptors and yogis constructed this. It is a massive temple. Some of the foundation stones weigh three hundred tons. Sculptures of lotus flowers are hanging from the ceiling. Obviously, there are no lotuses in Lebanon; it was sculptured by Indians.
Baalbak have 3 roman temples one of them is the largest roman temple on earth and by the way everyone that visit baalbak needs to eat baalbak pies
You are awesome bro I love your vlogging very much.
Jason - Thank you so much! Spectacular!
I am proud as Italian that our ancestor made such beauty
No it was build by ancient indians.
hahah it was made by indian engineers
Very beautiful view, and great video.. thank you from my heart
I felt interested in lebanon bcz of their traditional Dabke dance & music. Explored baalbek thru google maps. but watching ruins thru your video is kinda cool
You my friend are the best in tjese5 travelling videos. Thank you
It would’ve been nice to have some periods where we could hear the ambient sounds, and the birds of the site without the music.
Impressive views of the empty Roman site of Baalbek, it's almost like you are shooting a documentary :-). Nice work Jason!
It isn't Roman, no-one really knows its complete history.
@Karabhilu I know Baal was a Canaan/Phoenician Pagan God of fertility. Maybe Muslims and Jews are ashamed of the connotations, since there is some talk of baby sacrifices, but I'm pretty sure it is of Levantine origin. Still people like to refer to it as Roman because the Romans added some bits.
Brand new it must of been off the charts.... perciate the video Hombre interesting musings prime cut..... And always Carry a large caliber revolver for safety 🦺.
Great video! I visited Lebanon & Baalbek in the late 2000's & was absolutely gob smacked by the Temple of Bacchus, the biggest Roman temple on the planet. Words can hardly describe it so it was fab to see it again on film. Sadly I broke my leg as we were returning to Beirut but the help of locals & healthcare was fantastic, sadly I couldn't continue on to Syria with a pot on my leg so had to come home. I did get to Syria the following year where the sites were also stunning before the 'evil ones' tried to destroy them. Great work Jason!
No it is hindu temple
@@shashikanth_tadoori Think you should have a word with UNESCO about that then!
@@motownkat3257 even UNESCO could not gather proper information ... Romans only added to the existing structure and later by Arabs but if you check with locals you will get an idea...let go ego nothing wrong in learning or accepting
@@shashikanth_tadoori 😂 so that's why they covered it in Latin inscriptions, used typical Roman techniques & decorations & Corinthian columns, oh & worshipped Bacchus & Jupiter too, the list is endless.... Indians did indeed build beautiful temples IN INDIA. I rest my case.
@@shashikanth_tadoori delusional
My biggest compliments for having the courage to go alone to such a dangerous place as Balbeek. I didn't have it unfortunately
Dear cla,
Baalbek is not a dangerous place.. it's 100 for cent safe.. I'm lebaneese, and I tell that people in Baalbek are very nice and good and they like people from all the countries..
Don’t believe the media they’ll give you the news they want you to hear, in this day and age you should make your own judgment.
@@flower9144 Thank you
Absolutely amazing 🇱🇧❤️
What a magnificent historical site.
The Forum in Rome is a bunch of fallen stones in comparison
Great video
nice Video. Thank You🔆🔆🍒🍉
Lebanon will rise again no matter what they did, lebanon will never die
You are certainly adventurous. How interesting this is. John in Chicago
Absolutely stunning!
Excellent vlog on the ruins of the awesome,grand, ancient temples of Baalbeck.
It just goes to show how low the lebanese cultural tourism is/fell. Sad. But glad you enjoyed it
I went to Baalbeck long time ago but your video has motivated me to revisit!
Amazing.
All the best Lebanon.
Impressive! Thanks for sharing Jason, if I ever get a chance to visit Lebanon this is definitely a must-visit IMO.
omg that place is amazing
I must say you are indeed fearless to attack the failed transport system without company... as a lebanese myself i used it at most 5 times in my life...
Amazing. I will have to go there soon.
You should go to Paestum if you want to see unbelievable temples. (Italy)
Not quite on the same scale as Baalbek though.
Beautiful vlog Jason keep going bro 👌✊
Jason you are very sweet and you do such good job and you history knowledge is absolutely amazing 🤩
I had the not explained experience: walking around those majestic colunas, even the ones in Roma are not tall as that ones, in the templo of Jupiter. I felted transport in time. So sad no many people in the world know, and visit; about Baalbek( Heliopolis ) The megalitcs in the base of the foundations still not explened who did that. Lebanon its a fantastic country nice people and great food.
Are you still in Lebanon?
Imagine seeing this thousand's of years ago for the first time. It doesn't seem possible that humans could have built it up like that. Let alone executed the foundations. Why is this not one of the 7 wonders of the world?
Very informative video!
Woww, amazing
🇩🇿🇩🇿Please go to Algeria, it has become a beautiful country
When are you going to Morocco my friend, it is beautiful 🇲🇦🇲🇦👌
I bet it was beautiful in it's day. The climate was wetter to.
Best.
Thank you so much, it looks like an ephemeral experience in the quiet and solitude of a place so filled with history and the love of those who built it.
me who lives in Baalback and get to see these places everyday :))
Nice archaeological site . Extremely good carvings .Romans built great structures . Extremely Unsafe for tourists
Please come to India Assam please i loved ur video love from Assam
Fascinating video.
Looks so beautiful
Very nice video. As you said the next day in Election day, that's why there is no visitors at that time. Have a nice journey and Good luck
The huge stone blocks weighs more than 700 tonnes and up, they are the most interesting thing to see there, how did they do it?
4300years ago indian peole are construct this temple..... Plsread total history of balbek temple..... Thetotal granite was collect from egypt through canals... Indian elephants and workers are constructed this temple.....