Beirut, Lebanon Travel Blogs

Baalbek beers and Beirut
Apr 10, 1998

... in the morning and we were off for another fun day of border crossing, sight seeing, border crossing. First border crossing, into Lebanon, stuck for thirty minutes, and then we were off. The first stop was Baalbek. Here is the only Roman ceiling left in ...

Beirut Cont'd
Nov 22, 2008

... After free breakfast at the Crowne Plaza, took a service taxi to downtown for 2,000 pounds. Today was the independence day for Lebanon. I had caught glimpse of it on TV. However, the celebrations were over by the time Diana and I got to Downtown. There ...

Beirut
Nov 21, 2008 (3 photos)

... . Enormous amounts of French and American funds have been pumped into this country, once again, with the hope of preventing Lebanon from falling into the "Axis of Evil". Numerous French and American brands are present here, all the way from fastfood ...

Beirut Cont'd
Nov 23, 2008

... its building have more of an oriental touch. I would expect Jordan's GDP per capita to be between those of Syria and Lebanon, but it's equal to Syria's. Apparently, Syria's output is much larger than what meets the eye. What a difference oil exports ...

Photos
Sep 30, 2005 (5 photos)

Just a few of the many photos I have taken.

Arrival to Lebanon
Aug 21, 2005 (1 photos)

... face eased into a smile and he laughed. "That's okay", he said, "your American". And stamped my passport. "Welcome to Lebanon." Next was luggage claim and customs. I found my luggage, added these to my cart with my carryons and headed towards the customs ...

Crazy days in Lebanon!
Mar 30, 2005 (22 photos)

... done any sightseeing. I have to say, the bus ride there was one of the scariest I've ever experienced. Driving in general, in Lebanon is something of a frightening experience. You seem to take your life in your hands. As far as I can work out, the ...

How to feel out of your element in 5 easy steps
Sep 28, 2005

... the country 2.Do not have convertor for hair dryer, so your hair looks it's craziest when first getting to know in-laws. (Lebanon is 220 V and America is 120 V.) These adapters are not easy to find for high powered profesional hair dryers 3.Live out of ...

Dodging trouble in Beirut
Mar 23, 2005 (13 photos)

... on holiday this time. this is my first foray into the middle east, and its certainly a very exciting time to be in lebanon. i arrived on saturday, and have spent my first few days in beirut, pounding the pavement - ive covered a lot of distance! one of ...

Lebanon
Jul 8, 2006 (14 photos)

... the place gave it an eerie hellish atmosphere. Unfortunately, there was no photography allowed. My last night in Beirut I decided to take in the nightlife. Lebanon is famous for its nightlife in the Middle-East, but I found it to be very pretentious. ...

Beirut, Lebanon
Nov 19, 2005 (5 photos)

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Welcome to america winding down the ...
May 22, 2001 (1 photos)

... some buildings are yet to be demolished and a full of holes from the shell fire, and the restored builings are wonderful. Lebanon also runs dual currency's, the Lebanese Lira and the US dollar which can be a bit confusing at times because some shop ...

Sad for it all to come to an end
Nov 2, 2007 (33 photos)

... .  We had dinner at the Cliffhouse restaurant in my village.  It is build on a cliff with great views overlooking Beirut.  After polishing off a bottle of Johnny Walker with my cousins, it was time to pack and head for the airport.  It ...

Beirut
Apr 21, 2009 (22 photos)

We spent 4/19-4/24 in Lebanon, based in Beirut where Mike's Tata (grandmother) Esmait, Khalo (uncle) Halim, Aunt Selma, and cousins Rana and Razzouk live.  It's also home to many, many friends and family.  It was wonderful to see everyone again ...

Beirut, Part One: Hangin' with Hizbullah
Jul 12, 2007

... luxury apartments, hotels and plush glass-fronted restaurants, but it stood as a graphic book-mark to this painful chapter in Lebanon's fraught history. The billboards, the bridge, the bombed-out hotel - it was a little morbid perhaps, but profound with it ...

Fall in Beirut
Sep 29, 2005 (10 photos)

Well I have been here in Lebanon just over a month now, and my travel journal has been seriously neglected. It's been such a whirlwind and I have stayed very busy. I will share bits and pieces, and try to catch up a bit on what I have been up to. The ...

All Better in Beirut
Dec 13, 2008 (5 photos)

... diarrhea was gone (so I thought) and after a goodnight's sleep I would be ready to hit the streets of Beirut and say hi to the friendly people of Lebanon. I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night with that familiar rumble in my stomach telling me I ...

Beirut, Tyre & Baalbeck, Lebanon
Jun 5, 2009 (31 photos)

... the tragic assassination of Rafiq Hariri a few years ago and the opposition, Hezbollah, reinforcing the continued mistreatment of Lebanon by Israel and the international community in many of their ad campaigns and hot topic issues. Since most Lebanese are ...

Touchdown Beirut
Jul 10, 2006 (10 photos)

After arriving in Beirut we took time out to chill by the Mediterranean, walk the Cornice (soon to be bombed) and enjoy the fine cuisine.

Off to Beirut
Oct 31, 2007 (17 photos)

... other side.  As we began driving up to my village in the mountains, Katrina started getting a little uneasy.  The roads in Lebanon are very narrow and close to the side of the mountains.  The higher we got, the more nervous she got.  ...

5 days in Beirut
Sep 1, 2009 (15 photos)

5 great days in Lebanon....OK, it was a little bit exhausting, tuesday morning I came back from Sarajevo and tuesday night I departed to Beirut. With the hotel we didn´t have much luck ("well, I see your reservation was canceled" (???) and "of course you ...

Lebanon the Beautiful...Part 3/3
Jul 15, 2008 (74 photos)

... .  It was both of our first times in Beirut, we had no map, but decided we were invincible throughout our entire time in Lebanon.    First we had a worker from the hotel show us partway where to go and then we were on our own.  After ...

Lebanese, if you please!
Feb 20, 2006 (5 photos)

... in a place that is chock full of so many potentially dissonant religious and political groups should not be minimized. Lebanon has not only instituted stabilizing regulations such as the requirement that power be shared between a permanently Christian ...

Us and the Jehovah Witness Guy
Oct 6, 2008

... came over and started talking about religion. I expected something like this to happen in a place like Jerusalem but not on a beach in Lebanon. It didn't take long for us to realize that the guy was a Jehovah witness. We were 4 open minded guys so we ...

Beirut in 48 hours
Mar 7, 2007 (35 photos)

... matter further and said to myself that i'll make the best of the next 2 days.   Once the bus entered Lebanon, I thought it would be wise to start organizing my accomodations for my 1st night in Beirut. However, my telecom ...

Beyrouth like home
Oct 23, 2008

Extraordinaire. C'est un adjectif assez intéressant, dont l'usage traduit quelque peu l'évolution brutale et indépassable de nos sociétés occidentales : sur le chemin du tout le monde pareil, la consommation et le bonheur pour tous, sortir des normes, de l' ...

Sunrise suprise
Aug 23, 2005 (8 photos)

... am Rooster wake-up call 4:45 am Rooster wake-up call 5:00 am Okay Okaaaaaaaaaay I am up!! It's my first day in Lebanon, and apparently the rooster has chosen my particular window to do his crowing at. On my first day after doing a little unpacking, ...

Never were so many luxury cars driven so badly!!!
Oct 22, 2009 (5 photos)

... question "what is the greatest challenge you have ever faced?" we shall in all seriousness reply "successfully crossing the road in Beirut!" Having done so however, what an incredible city it turns out to be. A mixture of restored elegance side by side ...

Bombed bridges + the greatest temple in the world
Apr 5, 2007

Coming soon

Beirut, Part Two: just what the doctor ordered
Jul 22, 2007 (54 photos)

After an afternoon involuntarily spent in the company of Hizbullah, our first evening in Beirut was a thankfully more light-hearted affair. Beirut is famed for its thriving nightlife and party atmosphere and we were eager to sample it on our night on the ...