Traveling in to Syria in 2023 is not easy. The country is in the midst of recovering from a 12 year civil war, and entry is restricted, crossings in to this ancient land can only be made by land, from Lebanon or Jordan. We have wanted to travel to Syria for years, the cities of Damascus & Aleppo are some of the oldest & most incredible on Earth and its incredible culture, people and food have always fascinated us. In the heart of the Middle East, in what was Mesopotamia, and on the ancient Silk Road, Syria is at the cross road of civilisations. Even in its very recent history, Syria has been controlled by both the Ottoman’s, the French to name a couple. Each different country has left its mark on Syria, making it one of the richest & most beautiful cultures not just in the Arab world, but on Earth.
Our journey starts in Beirut Lebanon, where we were picked up early in the morning and driven to the border, before attempting to cross in Syria and head straight for Damascus, the historic capital of the country.
Join us for one of the most intense travel days and overwhelming, interesting and crazy weeks in our lives. Welcome to Syria.
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Hope you found this first video interesting? 🙌🏼
Can’t wait to share more of this incredible, fascinating country and it’s people!
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You can't Mossad the Assad 🇸🇾♥️🇸🇾♥️
Look At Bashar Alassad picture , isn’t disgusting ???
I love your videos. Your recent trip to Syria is awesome. I hope to visit there someday. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Take care and safe travels!
I did this trip back in 2006 – I think it was. Very nostalgic to see it again – and to see how things have changed. 😥 We were basically free to move around on our own back then, no guides required – though I do remember a hairy run in with the police when we went on a day trip, but left our passports back at the hotel. All's well that ends well though. Interested to see the rest of the series! 👏👏👏
OH MY GOODNESS! I absolutely love your vlogs, every place you go fascinates me I'm so interested in it all. One thing that I love the most is your enthusiasm and respect for each culture you visit. Thank you for taking us with you, these are places that I'll, likely never be able to visit so thank you again for enriching our eyes, mind and heart with your travels. One question, how can you not purchase something, even if tiny from each place you go, I know you're not there for that but… I would find it very difficult. Do you ever make purchases and mail them back to London? xoxox
How are the temperature?
Very interesting, except for the food eating segment. I went 2X through it.
Every time Julia laughs an Angel gets it's Wings 😘
Thank you for showing me the positive side of Syria!
Love from Indonesia
Hello Matt, and Julia! My name is Tony, and I am a recent subscriber. I love your videos! I can't get enough of following your adventures! The way that the two of you make your videos, makes you feel like you are along for the ride! Keep doing what you do, safe travels, and lots of love from here in the USA!
Syria is the centre of all civilizations and great empires.
I am glad to see Syria standing on it's feet after this long war. President al-assad did a good job to show the sovereignty of his country and don't bow to the pressures from the west.
Viva Syria 🇸🇾
تحياتي للشعب السوري الصمد ❤ من الجزائر 🇩🇿
i saw that lady guide before. i guess with the yes theory team
Not smart right now..
Any country in the world peoples want to work and enjoy life , big hug 🤗 to you and the peoples who guide you pice ❤
Julian in some shots you have a similarity of Kate Winslet in TITANIC.
the moment you said, I am really sorry I can not speak very much 07:24 while holding that Book about Syria said it all actually (goosebumps)
Oh my goodness please be careful! Much love to you both! My prayers are with Syrian people! We people around the world are only used to seeing the horror of war torn Syria. It’s beautiful! Thank you showing us such a wonderful place in Syria! Just stunning
can't wait to not go
There is only one God. “Within the one Being that is God, there exists eternally three coequal and coeternal persons, namely, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” God is the creator of everything and is Sovereign over everything. God has appointed his only Son to judge the living and the dead. We have all sinned and broken God’s law, such as lying, stealing, lusting, anger, and pride. God is Holy, and Just. That is why when God judges he cannot let even one sin from anyone go unpunished and that punishment is eternal hell. We can’t work our way into heaven and our good deeds can’t save us from our sin. The bible says all our righteous acts are like filthy rags. We would perish if we died and faced God with our own righteousness.
The Good news is that God is also Love and Merciful and sent his only Son to save his people from their sin. Jesus who is fully God and fully human, lived a perfect life and never sinned. He willingly went to the cross where the Father took the wrath that his people deserved and put it on Jesus. Jesus paid the price for their sin and died on the cross. He was buried and on the third day God raised him from the dead. God commands all people everywhere to repent of their sins and to put their trust in Jesus. Biblical repentance is a change of mind about Sin. It’s an attitude of the heart, genuinely turning from sin to God. Everyone who repents and puts their trust in Jesus, will have their sins credited to Jesus, and Jesus’s righteousness will be credited to them. Their sins will be forgiven, and they will be given eternal life. When it’s time to face God, he will welcome them into heaven because of Jesus’s perfect righteousness.
Do you guys have any plans to go to Israel? In a time where hatred of Israel and of Jews is becoming more and more mainstream and more and more acceptable I think it would do loads of good if you went to visit Israel, including the Muslim areas such as Ramallah, Nablus and Jenin.
I visited, without a group in 1986. So beauitiful
👍👍
هل يمكنك ترجمت هاذا الفيديو الى الغه العربيه من فضلك انا فتاة سوريه وا ؤريد ان افهم مت تقولون من فضلك ترجمه من فضلك ❤
11:03 Cake!
often cant hear u for the background noise
Good luck and don't call the United States for help if your captured.
U don’t show the date of the video,precise of the Hotel, the security
You can thank the US and Great Britain and Israel for founding ISIS, training ISIS, and arming the separatists and terrorists who tried and miserably FAILED to turn Syria into Libya. Thank you to the West…
Great job guys!! Great to see Ghaidaa as ya'lls guide! To everyone other there, a big hello from Texas!
Hi, thanks for sharing 👍 Julia, didn't you have any problems not covering your hair?
Thank you President Vladimir Putin 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 for defeating ISIS and for protecting the tolerant, secular minded and freedom loving Sunnis and all ethnic and religious minorities.
This is what makes Syria 🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾 so unique and special
شكرا روسيا
🇸🇾♥️🇷🇺♥️🇸🇾♥️🇷🇺♥️🇸🇾♥️🇷🇺♥️
نصيحا بصيطه لا تتحدثا في السياسه داخل سوريا حذرا من فتح مواضيع سياسيه معا اي احد السوريين لا يحبوت ذالك ابداً
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