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Middle East » Lebanon » Tyre March 11th 2019

Monday March 11, 2019 – I got up just before 7am, thinking that if I was going to have enough time to hit two towns as a daytrip that I’d better be quick. And I was right. I was out the door by 8am, stopping in at nearby Wooden Bakery to get a chocolate pasty and ask how much I could expect to pay for a taxi to the Cola intersection, where I would catch my bus. She said no more than 8000, but when I asked for service (share taxi), he quoted me 4000, which is double the normal share taxi but expected since the distance was longer. From there I got a bus to Sidon, known here as Saida. It took about an hour and only left when reasonably full, so we arrived around ... read more
Crusader Sea Castle
View from Crusader Sea Castle
View from Crusader Sea Castle

Middle East » Lebanon » Tyre July 6th 2014

6 juillet, troisième jour. Tyr & Sidon. 13:31, Sidon, café. Au programme de cette troisième et avant dernière journée au Liban : le Sud avec Tyr, et Sidon. Levé aux premières lueurs, je prends mon premier « service » pour me rendre à Cola. Les services sont un moyen de transport très courants au Liban. Ce sont en fait des espèces de taxis collectifs : le chauffeur ramasse et dépose des gens les uns après les autres à l’endroit de leur choix. C’est assez avantageux car, en plus d’être convivial, le prix de la course est divisé par le nombre de personnes qu’il y a dans la voiture. Au début, c’est assez déroutant surtout que tout le monde parle arabe, mais « Cola » est une station assez importante pour que je sois compris. Cola, hub ... read more
Tyr
Tyr
Tyr

Middle East » Lebanon » Tyre December 7th 2011

I never thought I’d go so far as to say that Roman ruins are boring, but as I walked past a handful of teetering columns on a street in Jbail (I couldn’t bring myself to pay to see them from a closer vantage point), I realized that, to me, that’s just what they are: boring. I used to feel awe next to the marble megaliths. I used to feel small. Now, I feel nothing. The only stirring within me is one that approximates irritation. I’m bothered because I feel like I should be impressed and that my lack of reverence reveals me as an uncultured ingrate. But I am thankful to the Roman Empire for the advances it brought to modern civilization, such as the alphabet and the sewage system. I only ask why they had ... read more
Ruins in Jbail
Jbail/Byblos
Jbail beach




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