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(5) Back to Beirut
... than anything else. In the Beekaa valley, and along the mountains crossings, many army check points have one or more tanks, guns pointing at each of the approaches to the junction. Even though every soldier, every police man seems to be wearing his gun, the role of the army, and its effectiveness, is somewhat uncertain. Many Lebanese will tell you that it is Hezbollah, the Shiite militant faction, that is the real military power in the country, ...
Lebanon Mountains and Bekka Valley
... where Tony lives) and he sent down the 7 year old electrician to show
us how to use the power breakers. Tony speaks French, Arabic and a
little English so some of the conversations were a little ...
Memories
Dear friends and family, today we arrived in Beirut. The capital of Lebanon is located at the coast same as Tripoli were we went before. When arriving in Beirut we started with walking around through the city and founded out that it is a really western Arab nation in the middle of all the more conservative countries. The people seem to care less about religion and are more focus on other things. This is a totally other perspective then what we got in Syria and parts ...
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 reflected the multi religious character of the country’s population. Although the appearance of the buildings in downtown was to be kept historical, the new facades are easily recognizable. ...
Nice, nice, Norwegians
... What a treat, the regular arrival of visitors, fresh to discover the wonders (and chaos) of Beirut and the discovery of the Norwegian contingent in the already friendly ex-pat community to continue to build new friendships.
p.s. apologies for the slight soppiness of this message, but the sun is shining, work is progressing nicely and a long weekend in Cyprus is just around the corner, so life is good, what more can I ...