Le Bristol Beirut
Mme Curie Street, Verdun Beirut, Lebanon
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Lebanon Trip Recap
... including the best preserved Roman hippodrome in the world).
We meandered through the town, checking out the three different archaeological sites, then wandered around the town's Christian quarter before returning to our car and driving back to Beirut.
The rest of the evening and half of the next day were spent in Beirut, watching the sunset from the beach and doing the bulk of our present buying/souvenir shopping.
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Lebanon
... a pastry, Neil was sitting with two Lebanese young men. He told me the internet was down. "Oh yeah, internet. How are you going to find the way to that one monument you wanted to see?"
"Well, without the internet I probably won't find the ??? Monument."
"Are there other places with internet?"
"It sounds like the internet is down throughout town."
"Bummer man." For me it was not ...
First day in Beruit
... all was well as got guided up the staırs.
Sleep dıdn't go that well because of loud pounding musıc from nearby (was a sunday nıght ffs!) After a chat wıth a fellow guest - a Brit doıng research ın Lebanon for an onlıne pot magazıne, fınally got out and about by lunchtıme. In the lıght of day could actually see that the hostel wasn't ın such a secluded spot after all. ...
Byblos (Maya's Hometown)+ Batroun
... During the 3rd millennium BC, the first signs of a town can be observed, with the remains of well-built houses of uniform size. This was the period when the Phoenician civilization began to ...
Back in the west
... Kadisha valleys and the cedar trees. We were lucky to meet a Lebanese couple, Ezzo and Roula who were nice enough to give us a ride to Beirut; due to massive protests in Beirut on Sunday (in commemoration of the assassination of Rafik Harriri) buses throughout Lebanon were canceled. I met up with Roula and Ezzo again on Tuesday night for a couchsurfing meeting and the next day they took me and another backpacker for a trip to the south of Lebanon. Here we saw (next ...



