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- Beirut
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- Lebanese Pound (LBP)
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- 3,627,774
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Beirut
Travel Blogs from Beirut, Lebanon
A complete unknown ... Lebanon
... amp; the sheer size of the cave itself & all the formations is something else. We also spent time wandering about Lebanon's 2nd largest city, Tripoli. With some beautiful mosques, awesome souks & great coffee-wallas (sellers) on most corners (not ...
The Jeita Caves of Lebanon
The Jeita Grotto (caves) of Beirut, Lebanon. These caves were spectacular and a "must-see" should you ever find yourself in Beirut. After touring Egypt and Jordan, visiting caves was a refreshing change from all the temples, ...
Mohammed Al.Amin mosque (Beirut, Lebanon)
The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque is a Sunni mosque located in Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. It was built between 2002 and 2007 by the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was buried beside it. It was inaugurated by his son Saad ...
The Hezbollah people were nice to me.
... I could buy a CD. I then was introduced to two more men from Hezbolla and they shook my hand saying, "welcome to Lebanon!" Yes, the Hezbollah area was very poor and rundown but the people that I met were very kind and made me feel ...
Beirut = Nightlife, guns and soap bubbles
It is no coincidence that Manu's gig (to those that don't know her, she is a journalist) in Beirut includes an article about the night life. I have to force myself to my rule of only going out every other night. I can't imagine attempting this to be ...
Paris of the Middle East
... have similar looking notes), the same goes for the car number plates, again most the countries have almost identical plates. Now Lebanon has a natty "EU-esk" blue strip on the left! All coincidence? I don't know. The following day I passed through ...
Tea with Hezbollah
... with their machine guns in their sentry posts is a little disconcerting, that said, by the end of our stay in Beirut and indeed Lebanon, we didn’t look twice at them. The Holiday Inn in downtown Beirut still bears all the marks of the war ...
Even Knights Should Flush
... in, say, Moose Jaw. Anyway, what a change from the rest of our trip to this point. We crossed into Lebanon through tree-lined mountains with spectacular snow-capped peaks in the distance before dropping suddenly down to the Mediterranean where the waves ...
Beyrouth like home
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 ...
Lebanon - Part 1
For a traveller who doesn’t like to move his/her backpack around too much is Lebanon an ideal destination with Beirut its obvious base point. First day I stayed in town and did obligatory sightseeing. Presence of numerous mosques and churches ...
on the Green line
whilst I'm still venturing out for the odd day trip, I'm spending much more time in Beirut than I expected. Whether its the welcome relief of a modern, liberal city after the Arab lands or the incredible recent history of this place, maybe its just the ...
Beirut
1 OCTOBER 2010 - Lebanon Day Trip. Up early again for 7am pick up for Beirut day trip. Feeling a little bit better but definitely could of stayed behind. We met our guide and we set off and after border crossing we stopped in a town ...
warship struck
As if things were not crazy enough. This afternoon (the 14th of july) another missle had been lauched against Southern Berit that sounded extrely loud so ventured up to see the comotion. It was the same vantage point I was at the previous night. We ...
Beirut, Lebanon
... Jamil's house through an organization called L'Hote Lebanais, which offers unique accommodation in wonderful home-stays and boutique hotels throughout Lebanon. Jamil is an artist/ designer and I would guess him to be around 60. He's lived in the same ...
Seige on Beruit
... and heading to Damascus. Well I will do the damascus blogg a little latter. For now other things take priority of excitment. I am in beruit,in Lebonon,and if you havn't heard on the news, what could be discribed as a small war has eventuated. The city ...
lebonon
Hey everyone I am in beirut (sorry mum). And the israelis attacked in the south last night and also the airport was bombed although only the runway. The lebonese are pretty relaxed about the whole thing and reckopn it will be sorted ut by tomorrow. but ...
Bouncing around Beirut
... had backed out of the tour and we needed 10 so it was more expensive. We opted for a day of sightseeing around Beirut instead. We walked around the rejuvenated Downtown, the most expensive urban redevelopment in history after the recent wars. It was very ...
Easter Celebrations
People of Lebanon love traditions, especially religious ones. While we were walking towards the mall, we got caught in this crowd of people, all praying and walking the streets of Ashrafieh together on Good Friday. It was really cool. We walked with them ...
The Fat Man in Red Bringeth Gifts of Dolce Vita
... a pace that Einstein would claim ripped a hole in the space-time fabric. Now, you need to understand that staying in Lebanon (especially Beirut) requires a non-gay manly embrace of the Dolce Vita. The goal is not to get anywhere (especially on time) nor ...
Beirut by Night
Friday: 8/8 Had dinner down town with the family and then gathered for some drinks at a bar in beirut. Went to basement with ...
The Heart of Beirut!
... ancient Egyptian Tell el Amarna letters, dating to the 15th century BC, and the city has been continuously inhabited since. Beirut holds Lebanon's seat of government, and plays a central role in the Lebanese economy with its city centre, Hamra, Verdun, ...
Off to Lebanon!!!
... time in Addis and Ethiopia, I'm finally flying over borders again!!! This is a very very quick note to say that I'm off to Lebanon with Rahel. I am VERY excited to eat Hoummus and Tabouli every day, as well as see beautiful arab women, and a cosmopolitan ...
one last day
Just a quick note from a smokey internet cafe in lebanon. the sights here become increasingly more beautiful as days pass. I will for sure have many pictures to post once I return to addis. We were supposed to go to Baalbek today but for unforseen ...
The Haunted Playground
Any plans I may have had to blog about how Beirut is a place that has divorced itself from its past were quickly left to the same fate as the first abandoned and bullet scared building we saw. This was sill only in the hills behind the city itself but ...
Who says Lebanon's not safe?
... I was to guess it would be as all these countries are always at war so they want borders separated. We arrived at Lebanon’s entry border and were immediately confronted by more weaponry and Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) than I had seen all ...
My clientis not in a hurry
Behind the avocado groves above Beirut is Jeita Grotto - a massive complex of limestone caves. We went, we saw, we spent over two hours walking a broad, flat, easy 600m. If I tried to describe what we saw we'd still be here in ten days, and ultimately ...