Beau Rivage Hotel Beirut
Ramlet El-Baida, P.O. Box 114-5013 Beirut, Lebanon
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(2) History of the Harbours
... in a former Crusader church which is now a mosque, and in the many traces of Roman occupation, most notably the extensive Roman baths. Parts of the Roman road from the port inland have also been unearthed – although I find those less obviously recognizable. The Beirut river, a rather humble stream, at least in September, was once spanned by a Roman aquaduct, of which the two sides still exist, and I am sure there are many other ...
(1) Beirut Today
... full of bullet holes – Beirut today is a modern city, with a vibrant economy, judging from the construction efforts everywhere: buildings, roads, fly-overs, everything is being constructed. No sign of economic crisis here! An often-heard complaint is that the old atmosphere has been lost in the forest of concrete, and indeed, the downtown area around the Place d’Etoile and the the clock tower has a bit of a sterile feel. The streets ...
Lebanon
... patch of land. We followed her inside the opening. The land was a mass grave where the bodies of those killed during one of the massacres were buried. In the massacres, the Phalanges killed hundreds if not a few thousand Palestinians. Most were civilian men and women. Photos of bloody piles of bodies were posted on billboards lining the fenced enclosure.
We then met in a room where two women sold the hand ...
Welcome festivities in Beirut
... be able to turn off the air conditioning!
Breakfast is served until 11am, and those of us who arrived last night take advantage of the late start to the day and gather at around 10am for breakfast. Later we walk to a nearby (very modern) shopping mall where even the women who are covered in black are stunningly fashionable. In the afternoon we taxi to historic Beirut and marvel at the ruins still standing from the civil war in the ...
The lure of Lebanon
... Abu Dhabi has to be one of the worst airports I've ever been to. Luckily I wasn't there long before getting on the plane to Beirut where the chaos of the Middle East started. People with way too much carry on luggage, sitting in the wrong seat, getting out of their seat as soon as the plane landed. Insala as they say in these parts (which roughly translated means 'whatever').
So after all my panic of taking out my LP Israel in case they searched my bags and wouldn't let me ...
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