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Lebanon
Travel Blogs from Lebanon
Beside Lebanon - 3
Lundi matin, dernier matin. A Beyrouth je suis retourné au même petit hôtel pas cher et volontiers adopté par les globe trotters d'ici et d'ailleurs : au premier soir à Beyrouth, l'australien qui m'avait abordé sur la Corniche y crechait aussi ; ...
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 adventure begins
I am on the Dartmouth coach heading to NYC, and from there to NJ. I will be spending a few days with family before I fly to ...
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, ...
Lord of the Bekaa // City of the Sun
The Greeks called it Heliopolis, originaly called Baalbek but either way Lebanon's number one historic attraction had a lot to live upto. I'm still to be convinced if visiting Baalbek on a day trip from Beirut was a good idea, I had intended to stay the ...
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 ...
From 2000 metres to sea level for a quid
... invading the USA. And that was coming from a Protastant (he said Anglican but I think he meant Protastant) Christian from southern Lebanon, who I guess, may have pushed his opinions for maybe 10 of the last 25 years with a gun!!!!! On a slightly more ...
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
... 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 torn city and ...
Beside Lebanon - 1
Je débutai mon excursion libanaise par Tripoli, au nord du pays. A vrai dire, ce jeudi 23 après midi, j'étais plutôt en partance pour Byblos, située entre Beyrouth et la deuxième plus grande ville du pays ; Tripoli a en effet été le théâtre ...
Beside Lebanon - 2
Dimanche, lever 5h, bus 5h30. J'avais dans l'idée de quitter le pays dans la journée, après avoir passé quelques temps à Tyr, dans le sud, et à Balbeek, dans l'est. L'objectif d'atteindre le soir Homs, petite bourgade syrienne au nord-est de la ...
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 ...
Lebanon - Part 2
... whole bay and typical Lebanese shore line with hills’ feet touching the sea. There are many Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and visiting them is a unique and possibly dangerous experience, if not conducted with caution. I failed to find a ...
Tripoli
... sure we didn't miss out on these. Once we'd finished exploring the old town we caught a mini-bus up into the mountains (Lebanon does proper mountains, with decent snow and even a few skifields), heading for the town of Bcharre, at the head of the ...
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 ...
Bcharre and the Qadisha Valley
(Sim) I was happy to say goodbye to Tripoli as we boarded the minibus with our sweets in hand and made our way out of the busy city. There was nothing specifically bad about Tripoli, however for us, it did have a bit of an undercurrent, one where you ...
Beautiful Byblos
... . (100's of photos of Pepe and celebrates wallpaper the restaurant wall). Sadly this chapter quickly evaporated following troubles in Lebanon that started in the 70's. What does remain is Pepe's restaurant on the harbour, which we did dine at. Sadly ...
Trying Tripoli
Mark and I decide to get the 9am bus, but after the alarm sounding and a late night we decide to hit snooze and get the 10am. We wake up and Mark organizes it with the hotel owner to get the 10am bus. He then goes to hop in the shower when there is a ...
Baalbeck
We got up early and heade to Baalbeck with Naz and Rashid. Dylan, our American friend couldn't get up. Baalbeck is probably the best preserved Roman ruins in Lebanon and we had a fantastic day walking ...
Baalbek
That afternoon we got one of the local taxi drivers to take us the 1.5 hours over the mountains into the Bekaa Valley, heading for the town of Baalbek. Although the taxi (a 1960's Merc) looked like it's next trip should have been to the wreckers, like ...
Leaving Virginia - sunshine all the way to PA!
... hilly country - so breathtaking - who would have thought there were that many different shades of green?! As we approached Lebanon, we drove through the town of Hershey, PA, with wonderful old fieldstone buildings, a lovely school called The Milton ...
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 ...