Country Info
- Beirut
- Capital
- Lebanese Pound (LBP)
- Currency
- 3,627,774
- Population
- LB
- Country Code
Lebanon Slideshow
Lebanon
Travel Blogs from Lebanon
$860 for a swim
Mark has never been much of a spender - probably one of the reasons we are such a good match: he is happy to earn money and save money and leave the job of spending it to me ;-) But yesterday, he splashed out in a way that makes me proud! Although we ...
Heading Downtown
Tania doesn't finish work until midday so we knew that we could have a small sleep in and then still head to the gym mid-morning. We both had a good work out (it was way overdue!) but running on a treadmill doesn't really compare to running on the ...
Snowy Cedars - Khalil Gibran
... in India, but snow always sort of eluded me and I was really anxious to see it 'Live' !! A project related business trip to Lebanon in the final stages of winter provided me with the perfect opportunity. It was early March and the time when it stops ...
Back to where it all started
Yesterday, the morning of my birthday I got up early and caught a taxi from my uncle's town of Saida to Beirut. After the short half hour drive, I checked in to the Palm Beach Hotel near the beach and a short walk to 'downtown'. I waited for my cousins ...
really quite ridiculous weather
... could complain. Especially while BBC World News continues to greet us, ever so eagerly, every morning and evening with stories of Europe's "Big Freeze". At times like these I wonder why we were ever worried about whether we would feel at home in ...
hoorah!
What a fabulous day I am having. Not only is the sun shining so brightly that it is actually quite hot, but (much more importantly) WE HAVE FOUND SOMEWHERE TO LIVE! I am so thrilled. I am really looking forward to getting out of the hotel so that we ...
where to study?
so - Ok, I've decided to go to Sana'a to study Arabic. One because it's cheap, two because it's Yemen and I have this attraction to places not so many people go to. But where should I study? What should I do? A google search gives me several hits, so ...
Weekend in Lebanon
Three years after I originally planned to visit I finally made it to Lebanon. This time around Hezbollah and the Israelis cooperated by not stirring up any trouble. Walking along the Corniche in Beirut reminded me of Sarajevo with the bullet ridden ...
Dinner in Beirut
Our restaurant tonight is Feluka, located by the Corniche and near the Sporting Club Swimming Center. We walk in the door, and are greeted with an ample display of fish on ice that were swimming only hours ago. We select quite a variety and have small ...
Into the weathiest country in the East Med
My friend, Chris (Sweden), and Mathias Piana (German doctor) and I took the service taxi from Tartus, Syria into Beirut, Lebanon yesterday; the ride was about 3 1/2 hrs, including the border crossing and heavy traffic around Beirut and Tripoli, Lebanon. ...
Farewell to Lebanon
... of us. There is absolutely nothing to fear about coming here, and one of my most lasting impressions is of local people asking how I like Lebanon, and urging me to tell all my friends to come. I personally cannot wait to come back, and I hope many of you ...
Mary holds top spot for sure...
... our way to the top and I'm glad we did as the view is absolutely breathtaking!! You can almost see all of Lebanon. I'm a sucker for a view and this is just stunning. Before heading down Gary assisted some shorter ladies with their flower throwing (I ...
I've discovered a war zone!
Well it seems my few days in Hungary were well spent to avoid being reached by the worried Lebanese! The ex-priminister was assassinated and so the country is on the edge of ...
Memories
... as may have seen in the beginning. At the end with a bit of shouting and looking angry we got the passports together and got in to Lebanon for just 9€ eachJ. Now in Beirut we have to get the flight tickets that will get us to Iran. We will fly from ...
another swim
Under the motto "once you've paid for it, you might as well use it" (and possibly also, according to how my body felt afterwards, "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger"?), we went for another swim yesterday. That brings us down already to a much more ...
exploring
Beirut is an incredible city. It seems to have made diversity its mission. There is a little of everything. Something for everyone. How can this fail to charm? The roads are clogged with a mixture of battered old Mercedes and Volvos and the latest model, ...
visitor-less again
We have been visitor-less again for a few days now, having waved goodbye to a friend from Holland who stayed with us for much of last week. Although there are benefits to Mark and I having some "alone time" again, such as the fact that it frees up time ...
Beirut - Last Night
December 27 -Beirut Woke up at 10am and took all my laundry to a local place called Washington Cleaners. It was funny trying to talk to the guys working there and telling them to wash everything in cold. Basically I just pointed at everything, said ...
Checking Flights
All packed and ready to go. I'll be leaving my home around 930am Pacific Time, Thursday, May 6th, 2010 to head up to Portland PDX for the flights. No delays/cancellations AND THERE ARENT GOING TO BE ANY EITHER. I seriously cant believe the time has ...
mornings
On weekdays, the alarm goes at 6.30am. This is perfectly acceptable on Mondays and Tuesdays, but by Wednesday it is starting to get a little annoying and by Friday it just seems criminal. Anyway, I get up, take a nice hot shower and sort out some ...
3 days in Lebanon
... to appreciate the grotto without feeling pressured to attempt to capture the beauty of it. That afternoon we went to Tripoli, Lebanon's second biggest city. Wandering through the markets and narrow streets was like stepping back a thousand years. The flat ...
Cry Havoc & Let Slip the Dogs of War
... Harrisburg Area Volleyball Club (HAVOC) golf tournament. For some reason the organizer, Stubbs, has chosen to host this event in Lebanon, about 1 hour north of Harrisburg. Mike and I have played in this tournament for about 5 or 6 years. ...
this is a good one!
I wake and waste as much time as possible in the hotel - eventually checking out when they force me to. The hotel was right on the main high street and so cost me a bit more than I wanted to spend but I didn't really have an option under the ...
3 months already? really? are you sure?
... of things distracting me from thoughts of the uncertain times ahead and I am thoroughly enjoying our current status of working and living in Lebanon, but one day, in what will seem like a flash (or an age, or both), a decision awaits and the door to a ...
Nov 26, 2009
run away to Bcharre
... had amizing view .. Managed by lovely family . then we drive up to the top of the mountine to the highest point in lebanon ! to the Ariz erea .. it's Winter Games Tourist village .. but it was summer and there are few people there ...
a sad welcome home
After a sad short weekend in Holland, Mark and I are back "home" in Beirut. We arrived late last night, just as there was a break in the Lebanese rain. The journey was smooth and as quick as we could have hoped for. I left Mark catching up on some sleep ...
Chat
>nothing too explicit, just cutesy sexy, ok? >>Sure, no problem. >Slow moving, sensual >>Gotcha. hypnotic kinda... >Exactly. And it doesn't have to be easy to see that its you, either. >>And you'll pay me? >Yep. We'll ...