"The Black Diamond" : Lake Asphalt - Trinidad & Tobago [HD]

On New Years Day 2015, I took my kids to La Brea Village, Trinidad - to visit the local Pitch Lake. It wasn't a planned outing but luckily I carried along my camera... On arrival I met a stranger, he introduced himself to us as Ray - and told us that he was a tour guide for the lake. So we got a safe parking spot and then followed Mr. Ray down to the lake, it was there the history lessons started... he asked me to take out my camera and capture photos as we were going along, I decided to do video footage instead.
So this was my visit that I wanted to share with the rest of the world, it was very informative and I met a wonderful old guy... and made a good friend. I didn't walk with any external mic, and the camera was held by hand - I do hope everyone enjoys this short documentary of the Pitch Lake in Trinidad, I provided sub-titles for a better understanding of what was being explained by Mr. Ray.

[@user-vf4pb9dt1r]

I've been to Trinidad, the food is the best food I've ever had and the people are extremely nice, I'm 28yrs old now but when I get old and it's time to retire, I want to spend my last golden yrs there. I fell in love with the Island, the people and the food. Trinidad & Tobago has a special place in my heart. I plan on building a house there so I'll have somewhere to live when I move there.

[@zanelol3555]

You’re welcome to come anytime friend!

[@deduke6544]

Thanks for that knowledgeable interview, the man knows a lot about the history of the Pitch Lake, please keep the videos coming.

[@kennedywong9854]

God bless T&T and make it great again. 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@MichaelEdmund]

Trinidad and Tobago West Indies i love my home.

[@farieeds]

Great, now you got me thinking of going as I have never been. Will look for Mr. Ray when I do.

[@ngwejimfumu299]

If you do find him ask him if he was once called and maybe still called, Chanka.

[@trinidadrm]

I use to live in Trinidad 20 years ago as a missionary and I have been back several more times and it is a great place with great culture food people beaches. I love Trinidad and I returned in Jan 2019 and this same guide took me and my family on this same tour it was extremely interesting!

[@johnfellows2867]

Fascinating video, Ray's awesome !

[@devongannes7767]

thank you mister ray. great video. i love trinidad.

[@benjaminsoans7335]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[@ChannelRandomMy]

I came to see the weird properties of pitch and this was perfect, plus I got a couple of history lessons, and Mr. Ray reminds me of my Uncle. Great vid.

[@janetcousins8287]

Good GarageFreshTVand Mr Ray, very informative

[@thetravelinsagittarian1316]

Wowwwwwww... that's fascinating!💖🇹🇹

[@Akeem_768]

thanx for this upload

[@CoryGEMC]

Very informative, but background music too loud..

[@shevonsinanan2126]

nice vid, I went last year with an official guide who shared more factual information... would b nice if u document more local sites of interest with your amazing camera skills

[@malavideos7113]

that water is really useful though i live in trinidad

[@MrEmruu]

Look at his shoes #lit

[@freshfishin2042]

🔥 fire 🔥

[@Unit_With_Legs]

Real Fiyah! Awesome!

[@FredricSimpson]

Most US citizens think asphalt is made in a factory. Great info.

[@upamanyu.baishya]

It is.its a byproduct of petroleum refining.

[@jamesmidday2167]

AMAZING

[@bulls1777]

Really interesting stuff thanks for sharing.

[@GarageFreshTV]

you're welcome....

[@Sarnarath]

Are there any fossils underneath the lake?

[@PureVikingPowers]

Awesome

[@marcossalgadogarcia]

Are black Diamond meteorite worth something or not.

[@shellyryan1473]

Look the black dirt wow

[@danielp7887]

I live in Trinidad

[@winstonseecharan6321]

Trinidad is the holi land of the Americas we also has a smaller one at mogura

[@ummemahabubajumur4951]

Look at his watch

[@MattQrillz]

*"light ganja, go boom"*

[@agony47]

the background music is drowning out what the old man has to say, why make a video like that, what's more important?

[@jamalj5149]

i wonder if the pitch ever claim any lives

[@rasninja9962]

Jamal J Yes it has. I grew up there and still visit. It's said that it swallowed a village long long ago, before they knew what it was.

[@sampsonvolg2195]

It took animal life. Not human

[@dbrownsugar]

My ante live in la Brea

[@mastermelee2543]

I think I know him

[@afromapouka]

I experienced the lake two years ago and indeed its a wonder, God is really the chief architect of His Creation. The Lake is a living Womb of Creation rather than Water it produces the Stuff for roads and roofs and other products.

[@CharlieMagni]

natural habitat of muk

[@ironfist3956]

Lord All Mighty's creation. A gift of Lord to the humanity. Its strange how Lord's miracles are kept hidden except for a few, from the mainstream media. I see absolutely no documentary on this !! Iam sure u cannot use this tar for free? Or that crude oil?

[@imassakin1607]

Looks like a crude oil field.

[@badgersbollocks1119]

Tar sands

[@Mr3344555]

Read your comment at 2:06...

[@earlrussell1026]

You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus the anointed is Lord! Repent and be baptized and believe the Gospel.

[@snowkracker]

Definitely one of the worst ways to die.

[@I_leave_mean_comments]

Dude... what is with the sound? Check your levels, mang.

[@dbrownsugar]

And I live I in Trinidad like my ante ples do not hate me for my on kids is call the pitch lake because it is blak and have oli in it

[@felishasmith2613]

Godsent Child please your spelling is very irritating and what you are saying makes no sense ... but u made me laugh.

[@irvinjones1841]

I cant hear one word the man saying with that annoying backround music

[@healthyperson7825]

With the amount of murders in Trinidad and missing people maybe some have been discarded in there

[@erickamekonapeper4007]

Someone should be bottling this methane! You can sell methane like gas or natural gas it’s energy! You guys can make a fortune from the methane alone then you process your Asphalt and export it! You will NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY ANYMORE! YOU HAVE A BLESSING NOT A TRAGEDY! 😏🖖🏼❤️🇺🇸

[@veterannz]

Shouldn't Al Gore stop the methane leaking

[@seanmastro6782]

Hmmm.....crude oil export, revenue import for Trinidad. why are you playing in it, when it can bring revenue???

[@sampsonvolg2195]

That is water it is good for skin. It clean the skin.

[@Bradlee297]

Trinidad do not own the pitch lake anymore

[@factscheckeddall4221]

Yes Trinidad owns it's pitch lake always did stop talking Carl do a research please

[@trinihammer]

@@Bradlee297 yes Trinidad does own the pitch lake however china gave them a billion on the condition they can take what they like from the lake no questions asked.

[@amijackman9437]

Too bad that the British took and owns the Pitch late,which was granted to them in exchange for independence ,you cant win with the 1 percent greed.

[@porkulate]

You LYING ASS, RACIST FOOL! 'Company Overview Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago (1978) Limited (Lake Asphalt) is a wholly owned state enterprise situated in Brighton, La Brea, Trinidad charged with the commercial development of the Pitch Lake of Trinidad and Tobago, the world’s largest deposit of natural asphalt. The company has been involved in the mining, refining, manufacture and distribution of high quality road building materials and other asphalt related products for over one hundred years and is a global organization with distributors and alliances in five of the seven continents of the world. Lake Asphalt processes and exports Trinidad Lake Asphalt (TLA), which is mined from the Pitch Lake in La Brea. TLA, the company’s flagship product is recognised around the world as the superior modifier for refinery bitumen and has been used on every continent in the world over the past century in a number of applications including the paving of some of the largest roadways, highways, bridge decks, racetracks and airport runways across the globe. Apart from TLA, Lake Asphalt manufactures and markets a range of Cationic Bitumen Emulsions produced in its state of the art Bitumen Emulsion Plant. The Company is also a distributor of Refinery Bitumen, a range of coatings that use TLA as a base branded as the LASCO Range of Products, and a mixture of TLA and Refinery Bitumen known as TLA Blend (AC), all of which are used locally and exported regionally and internationally. Lake Asphalt is continuing its history of innovation through ongoing investment into its Research and Technology capabilities. The Company is continuously involved in research and development ensuring that it’s competitive advantage is maintained as well as its commitment towards maintaining the reputation that its products enjoy on the international market. Today, the company holds several patents, the most significant of which is a patent for Pelletized TLA. Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago (1978) Limited is a State Enterprise under the purview of the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries of Trinidad and Tobago. Next time you decide to open your BIG FAT NASTY MOUTH to spread your RACIST DAMN LIES woman make sure you have the damn FACTS FIRST!

[@amijackman9437]

WoW, maybe you should stop giving power to people , how this makes me a racist,stop ranting before you get a stroke , Not because it has Trinidad and Tobago name on it means that the British dont own the majority stake on it, I stand my my opinion,you dont own me or the net either, you just a sorry ass looking for validation by force,this doesnt get you real respect from people,thanks for taking the time , but i am not interested and insults is nothing but wasting your time and breath.Go and meditate and take your tablets before you get a heart attack for nothing lol

[@porkulate]

Aimless Jackson: Stupid and IGNORANT to the very bitter end! You go girl.

[@amijackman9437]

What will it take to get into that tick skull that i can type and state what i want, And if by being stupid i achieved 3 houses ,one beach house ,40 acres of land mortgage free before the age of 40,not to mention a patent for a product on its way to market,and have traveled all over the world ,well thanks for the you go girl, a well earned achievement by my own effort and hard work,and yet i dont have to insult people to get my message across,its obviously you grew up around people calling you stupid when it fact it takes a first time to know a theory to become knowledgeable on an issue,i feel sorry for your children,please dont breed.we dont need any more hurt children to contribute to any more pain passed on by their broken parents.

[@porkulate]

Aimless, Are you on CRACK chile? Steups!