OUR FRIENDS WOULDN'T LET US LEAVE SYRIA
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We tried to leave Syria, but our friends wouldn't let us! After an intense, eye-opening and incredible period of time travelling throughout Syria, we met some amazing people. But it is finally time to leave the country, and travel back corsaing the border on to Lebanon, and then on to a new destination. At least that was the original plan. Syria has been a whirlwind experience from start to almost finish, and this isn't about to change 🙃
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Thank you so much! Us too!! 😍 Hope you are well! 🥰❤️
I didn't want it to end...So Beautiful you touches our Hearts 💕 Beautiful Absolutely Amazing Wonderful People...
Thank you Julia an Matt can't wait for your next Adventure you two are Absolutely Beautiful....
Sending Huge Hugs an Love West Coast Canada 🍁
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I'm Syrian who left Syria 2 years ago, and currently live in Russia, and I gotta say I'm so glad you've enjoyed yourselves and the hospitality there, and I really hope that things get better there in the next few years, so maybe you can make a Syria 2.0 series to revisit your new friends there and make a comparison. Much love❤️
Thank you so much! So glad we could share this series with you ❤️🙏🏼
You picked a good country to immigrate too. So lucky, compared to the way many Syrians are treated in western countries.
@@Aussie_Truth Russians are still racist like any place on Earth. Are you that clueless?
I absolutely loved this Syria series, thanks so much for sharing with us.
I’ve always wondered what Syria was like as a country. This has been a delightful look into a country a lot of people don’t visit a lot at present.
You guys have did this series justice. The people seem so friendly and genuine.
Thank you so much! Really appreciate the support! So glad we could share this series 🥰🤗❤️
After a busy summer and with the weather turning, I'm spending more time indoors and finally catching up on about 4 months worth of your videos. This series from Syria has been both enlightening and humbling. Firstly, because I've learnt how beautiful a country it is and secondly, because given the horrors and hardship that the people have and still are suffering, their generosity and love of their country is clear for all to see. Great content as always, especially when it highlights all the positivity that the Syrians have, which is in stark contrast to a lot of perceptions. Bravo Matt and Julia.
Your video of Syria is what made me subscribe! Forget Capri - the parking the freaking tourists. Wowwiee...the views! The culture is impressive.
That climb (quite literally) was worth it. Yay to the escalator!! What lovely, wholesome people you met there.
Thank you for showing us Syria, before watching your videos i fought Syria was a warzone thank you again from Greece ❤
So glad we could share it with you!! 🥰❤️
Wonderful.....Your Syria series is truly excellent, the place, the people, and....you two !
Thank you so much John, really glad you have enjoyed the series 🙏🏼❤️ Lots more to come 🥰
What a wonderful trip that had to have been. I found myself tearing up a bit as you were saying good-bye to your friends. Saying good-bye is so hard. You are teaching us that westerners are welcome to visit their countries. 💖
So over the moon we could share this experience and these people with you Joanne 🥰 Thank you so much for joining us!❤️
Only with a tour guide. Not on your own!
Ah, Damascus. Visited in 1976 on our way to Yemen. The bazaar, the food, the traffic and the main mosque. I had to put on an almost full chador but it was a beautiful green color and, then, just "exotic" and a bit like getting dressed up for a party. Times have changed. We still use a beautiful tablecloth that we got at the bazaar! Such a lovely video this is. As always, thank you so much (shoukran!!!) for this one. Splendid for you and it brings back memories.
Glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️
wow that view from the top overlooking damascus was incredible. thanks for sharing your experience in syria!
Always enjoy your videos! The Syria series has been great.
Thank you so much Scott! 🥰 Really glad you enjoyed it! ❤️🙏🏼
Thank you for taking us along on your travels thru Syria. The rich history, landscape and friendly resilient people would make it an incredible place to explore!
So glad you enjoyed this series 🥰❤️
I agree this was incredible. The entire series of videos from Syria is more than I would have expected. Safe travels on your next journey/location.
Thank you so much, really happy you enjoyed it 🥰❤️
A great series you gave it your everything as always,cheers!
Thank you so much Nick! Really appreciate your support 🥰❤️
The friends you made are so nice. I know you will miss them. Thanks for sharing them with all of us. I know you will keep in touch with them so please tell them how lovely they are and we so enjoyed seeing where they live.
We will for sure 🥰 Can’t wait to meet them all again and share their lives with everyone down the line 🥰❤️❤️❤️
I already knew Syrian ppl were lovely and this video really just confirmed my expectations. I would love to go there just for the warm people
Some of the warmest we’ve ever met ❤️
the life we live is struggle hope and if we're lucky a little bit of fun it was nice to meet you guys take care .x❤ Liverpool (UK)
omg guys I can't believe I'v finished all of your videos *again* ! what on earth am I going to do now hahaha - I absolutely loved this Syria series though, thanks so much for sharing with us. Can't wait to watch your next adventure! xx
loved the series - getting to see somewhere I doubt I`ll ever get the chance to visit so ty ty ty - mwaaaa x
Thank you so much for coming along with us! ❤️🙏🏼
I had never seen a mountain trail with all the stairs. Awesome, nice view
You both really enjoyed there. ☺
We really did 🥰❤️
Thank you to visit my country hope you enjoyed guys and I wish you to come back we all love you ❤❤🇸🇾
Thank you so much for allowing the opportunity 🥰❤️
In ur vids I'm obsessed. Again, thank u for visiting my motherland ❤❤ شكرًا.
Great content, enjoyed this video very much..
Thank you so much 🥰❤️
As always Guys, great content so beautifully done. Hopefully, one day we might chat . Love you guys. ❤ Harriet, Jim and Yuki
Thank you so much guys!! 🥰 Hope you are well? Lots of love from us ❤️❤️❤️
I've had a bit of stomach ick the last few days, found you two and have literally watched tons of your videos!!!! I'm loving these. I'm an American and support Ukraine, but your videos show the innocent, beautiful people of Julia's country. Thank you again 💓
I am Russian who support Ukraine as well. I ran to Georgia.
A very nice couple with a very nice videos thanks for visiting syria and you are always welcome here much love ❤❤
So good!
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Wow, amazing video ❤
Thank you so much 🥰🙏🏼❤️
@@MattandJulia You're Welcome 😄
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great series
Thank you so much! ❤️🥰
Fab vlog…made me laugh so much at the end!!! Take care..Louise xx
Thank you so much Louise! Really appreciate it 🥰❤️
Lovely video.❤
Thank you so much ❤️🙏🏼
Damn what a hell of a trip, you managed to get so many videos out from here, recorded in March and it's almost August. I did enjoy these. it is a shame things arent different politically.
There was honestly just so much to show, both incredible people and sites 🥰❤️
You should visit Lattakia!!! It's so beautiful.
We will in the future, for sure! 🥰
You're welcome! 🥰🥰❤️
Love your videos whatever the title is I'll keep watching
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What an amazing last day!
So glad you enjoyed it Laurie 🥰❤️
Wonderful video 🙂🙂👍
Thank you so much! ❤️🙏🏼
Ohh lord ,that portuguese guy impression of a British (chav) was so hilarious and sooooo acurate 😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂greetings from Spain❤❤
I know right! Too good 😄❤️
Got a suggestion: visit the top countries in the world: Switzerland, Denmark, Australia, the Netherlands. But don't forget to bring umbrellas if you go to the Netherlands.
I'm so disappointed of both of you! How is it possible that you cowardly fled from the ice cream battle!! That dishonor will not be easily forgotten! haha I have no doubt that I would have fought both without thinking twice! What a curious way to make ice cream, I had never seen it before...we will have to travel there to remove the doubt of how it tastes. Great Coda to end this series on Syria. And now to wait for the new adventures that you will offer us in the next vlogs. Love from Buenos Aires...
Hahahaha, thank you so much for making us laugh out loud Alejandro 😁❤️ We disappoint ourselves to be honest. Regretting our decisions a lot 😁 Can’t wait to share the upcoming adventures with you, and thank you so much for making us smile 🥰❤️🙏🏼
I like it when you use local music!
Thank you so much 🙏🏼❤️
I love Syria toooo much. Thanks dear for sharing this video ❤. Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Thank you so much! 🥰 Lots of love to Pakistan 🇵🇰❤️
Great ❤
Thank you very much! ❤️🙏🏼
You crazy kids 🤪😘❤ from Maryland
Thank you so much for the love Gina ❤️🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
I'm Syrian you should try visiting other places in the future i like this video
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Almost first. Love this!
So glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏼❤️
The country may looks a lot of ruins but the people is beautiful. Love to watch you enjoy your stay..
So glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️
@@MattandJulia Oh yes ... its a lot learn from your channel.😃
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i am from syria but i no almost no history there, i like watching these videos to see what people think about the country
So glad we can share it with you ❤️🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing these videos. I got an idea how life is going on in Damascus, Syria.There is someone telling me there still terrorists everywhere.creating trouble and killing innocent people.he said Syria is still a warzone -Philippines
I don't think the title is clickbait! It says FRIENDS, so I assumed they convinced them to stay longer!
About the clickbait comments below, I assumed from the title that the reason you 'couldn't leave' was because of the incredible hospitality and friendliness of the people who wanted you to stay longer. Thankfully, I've been fortunate enough to experience Syrian hospitality from refugees here in Canada. Incredibly hospitable and generous culture. If you want the Canadian equivalent in hospitality, go to Newfoundland. If you do decide to go there, just ask me and I'll teach you the proper pronunciation.:)
Agree totally with another comment on the title. How about: We had to party or friends wouldn't let us leave Syria. Or something like that. Understand you might not want or be able to make political comments. Not a word about Ukraine in all the Russia videos... that I understand, at least that's the view from outside of Russia that you might get in deep trouble for disparaging observations/comments. You are sharing a window on the people, places and lives that many of us will never experience and it is almost always a very positive point of view. That's part of the point for you, isn't it? These aren't BBC documentaries into the "underbelly" of any given government. I would suggest, you couldn't do that without quite a bit of peril to yourselves. Perhaps a book later with more reflection on the politics. For now, I'm happy to see the good side of every single place you go, showing the dignity, humanity and goodness of people. Merci encore. Linda
Hello 🙂
Appreciate your comment, thank you, however it was by no means intended in the way you mentioned. It was a play on words because our friends literally wouldn’t let us leave the country. We don’t see this title as clickbait, as we genuinely weren’t allowed to go by our friends. But we can get where you are coming from, and apologise for any unwanted offence. Unfortunately, CZcams is very fickle and without putting ‘cliffhangers’ in our titles our views drop, drastically. We have access to all of our ‘analytics’ and every time we put a neutral title in, the views (which are what we depend on to be able to travel) are dire.
It is a shame that it has to be that way but we are only trying our best to make sure our videos are watched. Nevertheless, our intention here wasn’t to offend anyone, especially after we’ve spent the last 2 months highlighting everything good and bad around this country. We are all human, and our intentions were pure. We can only apologise for the upset caused ❤️
I so appreciate your reply and explanation. Hadn't realized how much influence a title had on clicking. Dumb me. I just always go to your posts when I see Matt and Julia, no matter the title. Thanks for taking the time to explain it! Happy happy and safe travels. Linda
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Instead of “click bait” why not “Damascus’ great souk”!
Be completely honest with yourself here, would you click on to a video called ‘Damascus: great souk’.
I’m very interested in seeing a great souk in Damascus, or anywhere. I’m 79 years old so I’m not going to make it to Damascus. I have watched all your videos and won’t unsubscribe. My comment was not meant to criticize you but I think some of the other comments were. Keep on traveling while you’re young and healthy.
Indeed, unfortunately so. The idea that people who’ve never met us personally believe they have the absolute right to attack us and criticise our personalities/integrity as people, based on a CZcams video title, is a sad reflection of todays keyboard world.
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Aw, how sweet 😉
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Your travel videos are much more entertaining than Matt and Julia's videos.
Oh. Wait.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TRAVEL VIDEOS!
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Matt and Julia,
Thank you for Syria 🇸🇾 parts I guess you were there in march?
What was the white beverage that you were drinking in restaurant? (Looks like rakı)
I wish peace 🕊 for Middle East countries and rest of the world.
Many greetings from Cyprus 🇨🇾
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed the series 🥰❤️
Yes we were there in March and the drink is Raki (or Arak in Arab countries) 😊
Lots Of love to Cyprus 🙏🏼❤️
The Rusians have a lot to answer for.all the distruction they cause around the world.
Did you have to have your guides in Syria? Or was it a personal choice?
You have to have a guide at the moment 🙏🏼❤️
Nice visit other countries too love from INDIA ☺. My eng may be weak 😁
Absolutely we will 😊
@@MattandJulia First time talking with some foreigner ,thanks for your reply 🤩
Of course! Lovely to meet you 🥰❤️
This is VERY confusing. Damascus looks amazing. You had a great time. People seems fabulous. But the Foreign Office website basically says you absolutely must not go there or you will probably die. When did you go there? 4 months ago? Is it even legal for me to visit there (because of the sanctions etc)?
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The title scares you so you are intrigued to know what happened. Then you are pleasantly surprised! :)
So glad you enjoyed it Doreen! Really appreciate it 🥰❤️
I am surprised that Julie does not have to dress more modestly in Syria. She does have long sleeves but no head covering.
There actually a large Christian minority here in Syria (and many Muslims) who choose not to wear head coverings, it’s not required by law like other countries in the region ❤️
Thanks for that info.
What a phenomenal walk, OMG. The pair of you would have been so sore for days after that.
Hopefully, once things settle down, they'll have a cable car going to the top.
I can only imagine what it would have looked like before America's proxy war.
The last three Matt and Julia videos that I watched used "click bate" titles that implied dire circumstances for the couple, but ended up having little to do with the content. I find this strategy to be insulting, so while I enjoyed the videos prior to this new tactic, I am dropping the subscription.
How on Earth is “Meeting Syria’s Most Secretive Man”, “What it’s like to be tourist in Alleppo” and “Partying with a local family in Syria” clickbait? This feels a little bit like jumping on the bandwagon to be honest.
"To be honest," I'm not sure what "bandwagon" you are referring to. Plus, I have never viewed the three videos that you mention. My comment was about other recent videos where I felt that the title was a bit too dramatic for the content. Instead of jumping straight to "denial," just keep this in mind as you create future videos. I really do wish you the best in the future, but based on my recent experience with your postings, and especially with your response above, I really don't want to be a subscriber.
Why should you be able to voice your opinion any which way you desire but me not be able to reply?
I understand that you are fully entitled to feel a certain way and your opinion is fully valid, however, just bare in mind, we are two people trying our best, and comments like this and the others under this video actually encourage personal attacks on us and our character as people.
Over the last 24 hours we’ve had some incredibly mean personal digs, calling in to question everything about us.
We go to a lot of effort to make travel videos for people to watch and enjoy.
Forgive me for getting a little defensive among a barrage of abuse after putting our heart and soul in the everything we do.
What did you expect titling a video something along the lines of being trapped in Syria... Are you really that obtuse? Then to get offended when a subscriber has an issue with it? 😂
Boo hoo
You guys have any plans to visit Iran? If not you really should.
While it is interesting to see countries that most tourists would never venture out to, your Syria visit does beg the question - in a world so large, why pick a country where there's a reasonable risk to life?
Why not? Safety was guaranteed by the tour company and we wanted to visit the cradle of civilisations.
Did you guys count how many photos of the beloved president are there?
Matt, this may be a little controversial, but I'm genuinely asking if you can visit Kunashir or Crimea. Again, this is just a suggestion from me.
It's just sad how Assad's regime destroyed Syria und is keeping to destroy it😢
Why are there so many guys with you at almost all times, and especially surrounding Julia?
The majority of the guides are male, and on balance the majority of tourists too ❤️
so you were surprised you problems in Syria?!
what did you expect, Epcot?
Something similar to Epcot, but a little more like Magic Kingdom, to be fair.
Merhaba is Turkish!
And also used in Arabic, interchangeable with “Asalam Allekum” 🙂
merhaba
Arapça merḥabā
1. isim ► selam:
"Sıkı fıkı dostluklarını değil, şöyle uzaktan bile merhabalarını istemiyorum." - Mahmut Yesari
2. ünlem (me'rhaba:) "Geniş ve mamur yere geldiniz, rahat ediniz, günaydın, hoş geldiniz" anlamlarında bir esenleşme veya selamlaşma sözü:
Merhaba, arkadaş! Hoş geldiniz.
Kaynak TÜRK DİL KURUMU genel Türkçe sözlüğünden aldım.
Damascus is one of the most important cities in the history of the world. Thousands of years of history and intellectual and cultural innovation. A treasure. What the Americans have engineered here is beyond unforgivable…Ukraine is just waking up to what has happened to them…and whose fault it is; the Syrians have always known.
No need to have gone to syria... you could've seen all of that in germany too lol
We are very happy with our choice to go to Syria, it’s an incredible historical country with beautiful people 🙂
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