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... bravery. It is interesting to wonder which side they fought on during the civil war and it is a far greater emblem of the religious divisions in the country for a taxi driver to have lost an arm for his faith rather than to hang a cross around his rear view mirror. A travel guide: Areas: Hamra - AUB. Posh and expensive $500 room Nice park towards the back - Muslim Good cafe/bar in a inset center Good shop for cheap alcohol inside laziz inset Altcity is cool and ...
Smilie Syria, seriously
... We met Pierre (Another hockey friend of Gary's Tony had organised for us to stay with his brother) and we went back to his place.
Their apartment is awesome, big homely and very smart. We have our own room, a maid, good internet and we were instructed to make ourselves at home and we really do feel comfortable here. We met Tania, Pierre's daughter is very sweet and super friendly as is Pierre.
After showering Tania ...
Lebanon
... asked for our credentials. Passports were not enough. They needed some other sort of credential we did not possess. The soldier pointed us back in the direction we came from, handing us our passports once we turned the car around. We had reached the southernmost limit of where we could freely travel in the country.
A little road in one of the towns led further into the hills, ultimately climbing up and ...
Lebanon - Yalla habibi!
... them and learn about Syrian cuisine. Had it not have been for Barbara, I would have been compelled to go back to Syria as I didn't have any reason for being in Lebanon when so much was happening in Syria, despite all the political protests going on there. Barbara also has her own TV programme on LBC, which is a television station in Lebanon and once a week she chooses a location somewhere in Lebanon to interview people about Lebanese food and each time there's ...
Gemeyze and B-018
... dozens of enormous jelly fish, hundreds of people, and eventually found ourselves tired, hungry and in front of a water front cafe.
We had a late lunch as we watched fishermen out on the rocks. We shared a meze, a mixed grill, and a shisha (hookah). We then went home, napped and prepared for our night out with our Syrian friends.
At 12:15 John and I went to B-018 to meet our Syrian friends who said ...