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... in their lives? A large percentage of those same men were smoking cigarettes within seconds of exiting the plane, walking past No Smoking signs posted in the corridor to Customs.
A taxi driver followed me outside, vying for my business while I scanned the scene. I ignored him and analyzed my options. Emptiness and taxis. Taxi looked to be the way out. I agreed to go with him. Seeing no meter in his car I asked ...
Love affair with everywhere--BEIRUT
... so the driver kindly offered to show me around the city a bit before heading back to the hotel. in case any of you reading this end up here and are looking to hire a driver for the day (which I highly recommend), shoot me a message and i will give you the info for Mr. A (we will call him here). He is a sweet old man and an overall lovely person. he will gladly show you around the city he calls home and if you let him, he will tell you all about ...
Lebanon - Yalla habibi!
It's now been almost a month since I first set foot in Lebanon and it's been a very memorable experience, I must say. Sometimes you arrive in a different country on the wrong foot as I must have done in Italy a few months ago and sometimes it's on the right foot. I've obviously arrived in this country on the right foot and since my first day it's been fantastic. The service taxi from Damascus dropped me off near the port of Beirut and I made my way by local taxi to ...
Sıdon
... medıevel souks of the old town. Now these are the souks I had ın mınd- a maze of narrow alleyways, full of people goıng about theır busıness (quıte noısıly) A down sıde was that the butchers were also conductıng theır busıness ın the same way. Unlıke ın Beruıt could actually fınd useful thıngs- lıke a lock for my bag and a plug adapter. Pretty soon along ...
Back in Beirut
... Regardless of the reason, the people here are incredible. We have had a taxi driver tell us he loves us, a friend from the bar invite us to his village to taste his mother's cooking, and a bartender offer to take us skiing since we don't have a car. A friend of John's family has given us his apartment for as long as we wish, at no cost. And when we move to the North, we will be living with the founder of the organization ...



