Sahara: The Largest Desert On Earth | Journeys To The Ends Of The Earth | Real History

The Sahara is the biggest desert on earth ... it takes its name from the Arab word for "emptiness". In the dead heart of that emptiness there's a place called the Tenere. The Tenere takes its name from the Tuareg word for "nothing". A nothing the size of France in the middle of an emptiness the size of the United States. It's no wonder the locals call this place "The Land Of Fear”. David Adams retraces the trade routes of the people who call this stove-hot corner of the planet home.
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Name of the music theme

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[@belomark3680]

Desert to mean no water; hence, sahara is the largest.

[@errolneptune3995]

​​@@belomark3680ice / snow isn't water so Antarctica is the largest desert. Google search largest desert and this comes up 1. Antarctic Polar Desert. Antarctica is the largest continent, as well as the largest desert in the world. This frigid wasteland dominates the South Pole with a massive surface area of 5.5 million square miles ( 14.2 million square kilometers)

[@davidgriego278]

All my life I hsve been fascinated by Nomadic people, throughout the world. Their fierce Independence, Loyalty, Pride. Each Culture, has roots in Warrior traditions. You cannot help but respect their traditions! It is a hard life, but the rewards are worth it! This is a Wonderfull Video!

[@millsykooksy4863]

yeah they are very cool, I want one of those swords!

[@Eitner100]

I know one thing fur sure: if I ever visit a desert I will drive a Toyota. In all documentaries about deserts, that brand is always present. Excellent documentary!

[@MarkFranklin-ws5jf]

My Tacoma has 325,000 miles and runs excellent

[@reevus2558]

Its like those Nokia 3310, durable AF. Some people even said its easy to repair and parts easily available from third party or source company, but I dont know that its true or not cause I have no knowledge in mechanical vehicle.

[@misselanys1219]

Scotty Kilmer swears by Toyota. He says they are the best built cars in the country.

[@reevus2558]

Also let's not forget it depends on the person who owns it, oh wait secondhand cars which are overused are sold and still used as military vehicles where they put machine guns on it. And its mostly Toyota's pick-up 🛻

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@@reevus2558 In 1987 Libya decided to invade the neighboring country of Chad. The Chadian Army was poorly equipped with only light trucks. However these trucks had better maneuverability and driver farther in worse terrain the Libyan tanks & APCs. So the Chadians gave the Libyans a good sound thrashing and the whole thing was called the Toyota War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_War

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The reaction of the guides to skiing down the dune was priceless.

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Yea I like that segment, he worked for that decent

[@ansaz14]

They might even make up a song about his feat

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Whitest thing he could've done lol

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This is by far the best ever well produced documentary ever..Period

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absolutely amazing as the guide said "freedom first" no boundaries and no borders. love it really

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I love this documentary so much😊 And proud the citizens who preserve their culture even in harsh climate

[@sufwannawab]

@paras brother well said, but let’s wish that there is no oil found in that precious land, so it can be stayed as it is till the eternity,

[@parasbishnoi_029]

@@sufwannawab yes but I think due to globalisation and modernization their own offspring are not interested to preserve their precious culture . But they also unaware about life of city which is full of stress and tension.

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Beautiful. Such beautiful people. May God bless them

[@iStuwie]

The camera work was fantastic, huge props to the team.

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Halfway into the documentary and I can say it's one of the best documentaries made

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How was the other half?

[@chandquadermadri3522]

Gets better

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Yes toyota is the beast in rough terrain👍

[@pnm3706]

It was one of the best documentaries I've ever watched. No words! Unbelievable people. 👏

[@YusufKhan-mp5vs]

Unbelievable, I just started watching for a minute or two but ended up watching almost without blinking the whole in no time

[@MariaSantana-ul5wd]

What a treasure. The desert is beautiful. Thank you.

[@pravinthanki3879]

Thanks for showing such a great life in Africa 🌍. It's indeed amazing 👏.

[@benukakati9915]

Amazing! One of the best sights I have seen in this documentary in my long years. Good luck, young man, and God be with you.

[@lyudmila2882]

Thrilling, fascinating, beautiful. THIS is travel! Thanks so much!

[@rubywilcox7405]

Such a marvelous story of an amazing group of people and animals! Thank you!

[@westwild75]

نحن لسنا مجموعة من الناس!! ..نحن قبائل نعيش في البراري كسائر الأمم.. We are not just a group of people We are Tribes touareg We live in Sahara like any other Nation

[@rubywilcox7405]

@@westwild75 Thank you for helping me understand you better. With utmost respect to Tribes Touareg.

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Absolutely amazing just like wow! Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful journeys

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What a mind blowing documentary.. absolutely appreciate,, love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@flaviadepaula9383]

Fantastic, thank you for such wonderful documentary. I always have a deep curiosity about the Tuaregs.

[@thebeliever7267]

Living in a country neighboring Niger Republic, I am really fascinated by your documentary. We call the touaregs Buzaye and we do business with them before. Now things have changed a little bit.

[@siphokazikazie]

When he grabbed the salt 3:10 of the video. The man is like "and now, are you buying that salt" 😂😂😂😂

[@darrondoss8660]

It pissed me off that he used his bare hands on their salt

[@MarkFranklin-ws5jf]

He asked people before he films guaranteed before he does things to anger them or has bills at the ready

[@lydiarowe491]

A brilliant doco..places that have not changed in the Sahara for many years..truly beautiful scapes with the Tuaregs having the freedom hard won to be able to cross borders as they wish…thankyou..

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'Day after day, night after night' he travels on....in the same set of crisp clean pants and shirt....with 3 4WD vehicles following....with creature comforts. 😜😂

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😂😂😂

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Yeah it's doubtable

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Poor guy, the trouble he has to go through. Nobody knows his sorrow!!!❤😂

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And not a Travel Lodge or Motel in site.🤣

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@@ranjitverdi5702 poor guy!! Ge must have suffered a lot!!🤭😇😅🤣

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This is first English film that I ever watch complete in one time.

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and it is a wonderful film.

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absolutely amazing as the guide said "freedom first" no boundaries and no borders. love it really ❤

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Really! Do you have door to your house/apartment? If so then you’re a hypocrite

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You do realize that they don't mean it, right?

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This Documentary touches my heart the way of living local life in such dry Area with honour and tradition is so especial thanks to Real History team for the the Dacumentory 🙏

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The journey with passion and information . Appreciable❤

[@benardnzioka617]

best documentary i have watched in a while

[@markwaiswa5786]

Thanks for helping us travel the Desert virtually. It is just a marvel. Anice documentary

[@DrRoxie]

Well done, Mate! Thank you for a remarkable journey,, indeed.

[@mtbalpinecounty]

And as well as Silk Road..amazing travels.. Humanities histories..

[@kmkhare385]

Explored awesome places. Deserted & dry. Mind blowing land scape. Inhabitants have tough life. Despite adversaries they are happy. Excellent video

[@frankdunbar4140]

Antarctic - 5.5 million square miles Arctic - 5.4 million square miles Sahara - 3.5 million square miles Arabian - 1.0 million square miles Gobi - 0.5 million square miles Patagonian - 0.26 million square miles Great Victoria - 0.25 million square miles Kalahari - 0.22 million square miles Great Basin - 0.19 million square miles Syrian - 0.19 million square miles Ten largest deserts in the world.

[@Katiesarabians]

Most of us typically think of deserts as sand and bare rock, so the cold places don't so much register as *deserts*, as in dryness- even cold.

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Now for top ten desserts.

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@@louielouie6259 desserts? What do desserts have to do with deserts?

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@@frankdunbar4140 Don't be a Karen, Frank.

[@robbienianalbert2211]

Wrong all wrong the world's greatest desert is surely my ex-wifes' heart...empty......

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Beautiful! And the soundtrack makes is so mysterious. Thanks a lot for your hard work.

[@marytownsend9765]

Truly amazing and incredibly beautiful. Thank you so much for taking me on this adventure of crossing the Saharan desert in the country of Niger. I loved watching you sand ski down the high mound and across the sand. Wow! Ancient customs and kind people taking you into their country and showing you the way and you bring this this adventure into our lives as a gift. You are so kind and respectful. Their world is so remote from the genocide of the Palestinians. I hope they find out what the Israelis are doing and pray it ends now and Israel exists no longer because they have been forced to leave and return to Europe.

[@peterroxofthefuture]

Excellent. David Adams is awesome. Thanks for sharing!

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The music in this doc is top notch 0:47

[@annatyreman794]

Fascinating and fun, i travelled through Algeria yrs ago to an oasis town in the Sahara called Gardiah, as you entered the air became cooler.

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سبحان اللہ ماشااللہ ❤ جزاک اللہ خیراً کثیرا سبحان اللہ یا خلاق العظیم ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MatuSala-7]

What a life! I too a few years before that I crossed the Sahara from Sudan to Libya and then to Europe,and it was my best and worst memories of my life! Sahara is magnificent but the same time deadly!!

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Hello,which means of transport did you use?

[@MatuSala-7]

@@janewangui3984 It was a Toyota pickups and we were almost 30 people and we lost one of our friends and buried him there in the desert,it was really hard and it's a long story to write it here🤗

[@JJfromJ]

​@@janewangui3984The trafficker's truck?

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Il deserto è mitico, è rilassante e adatto alla riflessione, uno dei deserti più belli che abbia visto.

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I'm African, but I knew nothing about the Tuareg until I watched this documentary. I envy the narrator

[@jabulanirambwawasvika1683]

I have learnt a lot i didnt know there are amaizing people living in the heart of Sahara desert! Thank for your wonderful documentary!

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Thank You, I truly enjoyed your video!

[@thennakoneranbanda6634]

Thanks David.Amazing documentary.

[@lynnerose1422]

Thank you! I really enjoyed watching that especially as it’s been a drizzly day here in Scotland.

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Thanks to you tupe and this guy for his braveness for going beyond to discover and take all these beautiful Videos thanks for sharing appreciate and enjoy watching your documentary ❤

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Loved it so much. Superb piece of work...

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This is priceless! Thank you! Its like going back in time😃😃

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Magical, thank you for sharing! Greetings from Culebra, Puerto Rico

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i really enjoyed to watch this episode thank s for sharing

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I cant believe you walked up that sand dune you skied down. You made it look easy

[@billyd5528]

Fantastic , what a wonder filled hour of knowledge ! Smiles Billy D

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Real history, true story. Fascinating journey into Fascinating people survive in their natural way. Perhaps science and technology is not necessary in life, but then nice to have in order to ripe benefit of what the earth has to offer. Thanks for the efforts and keep up the good work.

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superb video graphy, excellent documentary, wonderful people and their lifestyle .

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Some people might not gifted to travel,we must thanks to beautiful journalists full of wisdom who make these videos blessing AMEN.🕎🌍🌃🙏💞💞💞

[@AmaranathRanatunga]

Fantastic documentary. Thank you so much for your fine effort.

[@javedfazal59]

Fascinating and an eye opener! Excellent documentary!

[@Manish_3333]

Perfect evidence of how islam makes humans primitive.

[@robwashers]

A year ago I drove from the French Alps to the Sahara -(ferry across the Med) what surprised me most was how bloody cold its gets at night in the desert !!

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I swr bro

[@brianstuart88]

Enjoyed this, well done, the guy is pretty cool, sking down dunes and stuff 👍

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Superb documentary!

[@bobsingh7949]

david adams is agreat story teller and journalist. thanks mate. you are a great human. what is he up to now?

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Learning more from this journal is so good

[@artpostud]

thank you for the documentary

[@thebittertruth5381]

"They don't regard borders" "Freedom first" The true mentality of the Tuareg Warriors of the dessert.

[@sunalineemoore906]

So much Wow..! Wow ! In this beautiful..amazing Sahara the biggest sand ocean on earth and in this strong ambition of you guide me to know in another wonderful part of the earth ...thank you so much indeed🙏🥰⚘👍🏻🤗

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Absolutely beautiful documentary

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Nicely documented ..good background at regular intervals

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Bravo! Great journey!

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I like this Documentary & this channel ❤❤ Great channel

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Just love this documentary so much

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Stunning and amazing beautiful looking people,I thank all journalists for programming videos of other countries you are amazing Amen,🕎🌍🌃🌄🙏

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Absolutely beautiful story!

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Execllent documentary❤

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Fantastic documentary ❤️🥰🥹🤗

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You make great videos! I wish to join you in your journeys!

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Fascinating. Intriguing.

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This is quite fascinating. Thanks

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Very nice, I enjoyed watching your video

[@wnfernand]

Amazing!! just spellbound after watching this!!!

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Fantastic documentary😊

[@kforest2745]

It always looks so sheen the desert. Love the music of the cultures that originate there.

[@Europeanspadubai]

Absolutely excellent... sort of documentary need on a long haul flight...

[@mikethomp1440]

These are truly free people. They live and breathe the freedom we only talk about in the west.

[@atifnasimkhan6629]

I liked the Ski part of your journey most.

[@SeventhDoorOpen]

great work. everything about this video is good

[@MareeyaKim]

i love this kind of documentary ❤😊😊

[@user-rf5ig5bx2q]

Wow! The tradition surrounding the camel race is a marvel

[@SmilingGrizzlyBear-qk5dd]

Wowwwww!!! What a beautiful look of sun rise and sun set in Sahara desert .

[@zendevil13]

Man i love desert it makes me calm and peaceful. I wish to visit these places in the future

[@nazuddin6346]

Awesome Skieing❤

[@madelainedinodano4702]

Amazing, great job/documentary to this journalist and his team and his all his guides

[@younus4686]

Beautiful documentary

[@joelb.l719]

So sensational a discovery,so emotional a milestone..what an achievement....I can't wait to host you in the pearl of Africa and take you through all East and Central Africa one day

[@ronaldpretzel7170]

Thanks for the journey

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EXCELLENT .. Love the place

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Wow so beautiful video. Thank you from fiji island

[@lalsitara]

Very interesting to watch. Really enjoyed

[@hansolowe19]

The part with the touareg was beautiful.

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