Wow, I never thought that someone else was supposed to rob me, in my mind they were gonna rob me themselves, but I think that you are completely right, it's much smarter this way, and it definitely explains why they let me film them, and how enthusiastic they were about the filming. It also explains why they only took part of the cash in my bags, and the way they let me go from their house despite the bike being sabotaged, and what the half bald Hadi said when I left by surprise: "good luck"... This "good luck" always remained very mysterious to me, but now it's all clear! And yeah, you are completely right about their two mistakes, without these two mistakes, I would have naively ridden down the Beqaa valley, and then I was surely gonna get properly robbed, that's 100% sure. I am really glad I took this minibus, and that they didn't know that I could fold my bike. It's so great that I was able to just vanish from the Beqaa, without them being able to understand how I could do that, it makes me so happy just to think about them, or those supposed to rob me, looking for me everywhere in the Beqaa, while I was already in Beirut. And now I really appreciate Hadi's phone calls when I was in Beirut, when he was saying all the time "where are you, where are you???"... as if I was gonna tell him... Thank you very much for your comment, it clarifies almost everything.

@@KinoYves That jerk had the nerve to call you to see where you were?!? What an idiot he is, like you were going to wave a flag, "Here I am!". Truthfully Yves, I think you escaped death, so many places they could have gotten rid of your trike and body. No one would ever find you or know who they were. So glad you made a good get away!

@@kmo2959 Yes, he had the nerves to call me for that... And well, I can't be sure of what was their plan for me, but for sure it was very bad, and that's why I wanted to publicly shame those guys, because these guys are truly dangerous. They are not just random basic thieves.

@@KinoYves They truly did not have the best intentions. Merci beaucoup for responding so fast! It is very late here, going on to 3:30am, so I have to get some beauty sleep, although that might take a hundred years worth. 😀 Bonsoir.

@@KinoYves I honestly think you are very lucky.

😁😁😁

@@KinoYves هل حصلت لك تجربة مماثلة في العراق

Yeah, I was terrified. And I trust myself a lot regarding getting out of problematic situations, but I should be careful with the amount of trust I put in myself.

safe in Beirut is funny to hear

Interesting, yeah, that's a very good idea. Thank you very much for the advice.

As I plan to go to south africa, I am wondering what happened to you? Did some people just tried to randomly rob you on the road outside of the cities, or was it while going through a city?

@@KinoYves it happened twice. The first, just outside cape town, time a guy came running to me and suddenly grabbed my handlebar to stop me, while there was another group running towards me from the shanty nearby. Because this happened during daytime on an open road, nearby passing truck driver started honking loudly when he saw my struggle, they all ran back after that. In the second attempt, near a town called Springbok, a group tried to snatch away things from my moving bike. I caught speed and fled off. all in all, africa is a continent of extremes, this will definitely be one of the highlights of your life (for both good and bad reasons lol). one simple rule you can try to follow is that never leave your bike out of sight - even in villages. love your videos man - keep em coming!

@@desitravelr thank you very much for the explanation and for the advice. I guess I have to be ready to face a similar situation at some point.

Yes certainly prepare if ur going to SA it’s inevitable there bro be careful

Indeed

Yes, I was terrified when I escaped.

@@KinoYves i am from baalback but me myself would never visit such remote village and trust these people who look like drug addicts and thieves, whatever what's important now is that you are thankfully safe, and I am just sad you didn't have a good experience with baalback and you didn't meet its truly welcoming people. In Baalback protecting your guest and offering him?her all kinds of love and respect is one of our most important values but these disgusting people didn't do so, what a shame

Oh yeah, I am very happy of the outcome. Somehow I managed to escape with just a few "scratches", so to say.

It's gonna take one of these youtubers to die and then everyone will stop believing in tourism for these countries full stop. It's a shame. Please be careful

I thought Bekaa is safe

@@daniyalbbd5281 the place could be safe, its the people that make it dangerous and how often you will face this shitfaces that think they are smarter, i feel bad for you and as a Portuguese living in France i recognize your french accent eheh safe trips and you are brave sir

yes exactly like not going to the ENTIRE middle east would be a good idea...

Really sorry that it happened to you as well.

In which area were you?

Why do these lousy countries go?😞😑 You have Switzerland, you have a lot of new countries.

@@Bahattin_fm because of adventure.. you can have switzerland but it becomes tiresome its interesting to see different cultures even if ther eis bad things you encounter good things too..

Yes, I am more careful now.

Well defenitely not me. I am very religious and wouldn’t harm anyone or steal a penny from someone. If this guy came as a tourist to my country I would invite him and offer him all the hospitaly I have to offer

Your assumption that most of humanity is inherently bad is dangerous

Right things you are saying

اعتقد ان الجيش قد اثر بطريقة تفكيرك ربما لانك قتلت احد او قتل احدهم صديقك في الجيش فاصبحت تكره البشر

@@rakpak8290 you are one of the light of good in this world brother. And everyone should follow the same. 🙏

Still it's an awesome country to visit

@@KinoYves Definitely! Those ruins are amazing!

Friendly until you put the money away...let's be honest

Exactly, certain communities have it ingrained within them to appear truthful knowing full well they will st@b you in the back at the same time

@@Jughead24 sad reality of life, everyone is nice of they think they are getting something

Kidnappings, wow... that's very bad. Yeah, good that I managed to escape. It was a good lesson, now I try to be more cautious.

Hopefully there's a Liam Neeson of UKposts that can make a video of rescuing you if you get kidnapped

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Ohh..what a great culture....ever wonder why we live better, longer.....?

@@Jughead24 its country with falling economy so expect everything and every country had its negative

maybe, but it local bus which work regularly

The guys in bus are syrian refugee according to what they say.

All laughing and joking... stuff nightmares are made of 😂😂

Nah man the bus seemed funny and friendly.... Two dudes from syria randomly trying to communicate with a French dude on a bus in Lebanon

You sounds very weak

Indeed, lesson learned

Well, of you had watched his Egypt episodes,it ends in the same way

@@ponyclub3198 I believe you, Scammers are everywhere

Very true

Thank you, and as you saw in my first videos with them (as long as I was oblivious of the stealing and the sabotage), I never had the intention to show anything bad about them, so I do prefer to show when I meet good people. But I also don't want to falsely show that everyone is good in this world, so if something bad happens to me, I will show it as well. Regarding this video, I really think that most of the family was genuinely nice, especially the parents, but also all the neighbors. And stealing is something very very bad in Islam, that's why, in my mind, as long as all my stuff was in the house of the parents, the guys were not able to take anything from me except some cash, because their parents would have kicked them out of the house if they would have taken other objects. So in the house, I was completely safe, thanks to Islamic rules. So the stealing did not scare me, it just showed me that they were not good people. What scared me a lot is the fact that they cut my rack. They obviously cut my rack with a purpose (you don't cut someone's rack just for the fun of cutting it). If my rack is cut, then I can't carry bags anymore on my bike, then I will need someone's help to carry my bags to go to Baalbek or somewhere else, and then someone who has guns, who already took money from me, will help me, and will be with me and all my stuff, far from the eyes of the family... and that is very scary. So even though this area seems lawless, these people do have a law, it's the Islamic law, and for me, cutting my rack was their way to meet me away from the eyes of the Islamic law (in this case, their family, their neighbors). Well, that's why I felt the urge to escape. And just to add something that Westerners usually don't know, a good Muslim will always be nice to a traveler, because respecting and entertaining a guest is very important in Islam, the Guest somehow helps the Host connect to God.

despite this difficult experience in Lebanon , but when the police in Egypt prevented Mr. Yves from riding and using his bike and detained him for a while in the hotel , he described Iraq as one of the most dangerous countries in the world even though he was not exposed to such a situation during his stay in Iraq , on the contrary , the security forces hosts him in their headquarters when it was late and escorted him with their car to safety .

Why do you think he is doing that? I don't think he has bad motive about Iraq or gain anything by saying bad things about Iraq.

@@AbiyeKetema I don't know what his motives are.

@@loksterization look I agree about saying things about those guys bad things based on assumption or suspicion especially blasting them on the web. From reading some of these comments most locals agreed with him until you said something. I don't think he is meaning bad about the place in general, he is only showing his frustration and fear about what happened to him.

Yes he's dumb to even come to lebanon at such a time and not just that he want to like the most dangerous zones in the whole country like he fucked up bad.

Let him let him he will see with his own eyes !

They don't look broke at all and they have plenty of food. Let's be real. They are just scumbags.

agree with that

That would restrict access to many many countries.

it's entirely possible, and should be considered as well.

That does make sense, it could have been the outcome.

Yes, there are a few bad people everywhere, and you can't always avoid them. And in the end, I did enjoy very much my journey in Lebanon. Thank you

@@KinoYves Thanks very much for your quick responses. D

They did, and I received a lot of insults from those who hosted me, but interestingly, no reaction at all from the greater family of the neighborhood.

@@KinoYves wow so they denied it. was in Lebanon with my non Lebanese wife, and even I was too worried to take her there. Glad you made it out safe!

@@KinoYves what insults did they say to you? Did they admit they stole from you?

Thank you!

La ville du Baalebek est hors du danger.. je suis du Sud.. bien venu au Liban 🤗

Merci, and except this experience, I had a great time in Lebanon.

@@KinoYves 🌷

True, in the end, they will pay for what they did during a long time.

Indeed, in the end I was lucky enough to escape unhurt.

They are clearly not related to hezbollah.. They are Sunni Bedouins... And I think you are also sunni and need to glue every bad thing to hezbollah..

@@the0arabian Yeah Hez.b doesn't need anyone to glue anything on it. Their repertoire speaks for itself.

@@the0arabian how can you 2 still fight with each other about stupid believes where no one could prove that he is right … ppl like you are the explanation why we will have always wars

@@the0arabian the guy said nothing wrong. You need to chill out. He clearly implied hezbollah wouldn’t approve of this

@@alimohammed4709 yes I know he implied that. But he saw clearly they are Bedouins sunnis.. So nothing to do with hezbollah, to bring its name to the scene.

Yes, I have three videos with these guys

@@KinoYves yea I saw..you should come to Greece if you haven't yet..stay safe!!👍🙌

Yeah, that could be an explanation as well.

@@KinoYves Yves, could they have been after your camera and footage? I recall vision of hashish fields? They may have not wanted to be identified. All the best Yves.

@@tillykelp9744 well, in my mind, yes, they were probably thinking in getting all my footage. But hard to be sure.