We got on the road early toward Lebanon. We had to get thru bunch of paper work leaving Syria then a bunch more to enter Lebanon. Like that was not enough, the Lebanese border guards demanded more “follose” = lots of American dollars $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Now about Lebanon…………… I think I’ve said enough. [View Full Entry]

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hi how are you [View Full Entry]

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hi from ambaba saida lebanon [View Full Entry]

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Wow, I never thought I would get here... Yes, Lebanon, famous for wine, Lebanese bread and civil war. I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to spend a day there, to see it post civil war and find out what it was really like behind all the hype. I can attest that it's a lovely, friendly and scenic place. While there are lots of seriously armed soldiers around, particularly around the border areas, that's not different from any other of the surrounding countries. We started off early from Damascus and travelled to the ruins of Baalbek in Lebanon, an old [View Full Entry]

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Wir stehen früh auf und klappern das Stadtzentrum von Beirut ab, wobei unser Vormittag der Stadt sicherlich nicht gerecht wird. Die Stadt bietet so viele Kontraste, dass es fast erschreckend ist: Neben der wirklich hübsch wiederaufgebauten Innenstadt (die an Paris erinnern soll, ob ihrer Verschnörkelung bisweilen aber auch Disneyland genannt wird) sieht man Flüchtlingszelte. Neben pompöser Moschee eine ebenso pompöse Kirche (Frohe Ostern übrigens!). Man bekommt in jedem Laden Alkohol! Eins ist aber sicher, als wir ins Service-Taxi nach Damaskus steigen: Ich komme wieder. Zu Damaskus will ich an dieser Stelle nicht allzu viel verlieren, ebenso zur „sportlichen“ Fahrweise des Taxifahrers [View Full Entry]

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From the moment I stepped into Beirut International Airport, I knew that Lebanon was going to be a very different travel destination. Armed military and police scoured the arrivals hall and I had to pass three passport checks in order to enter the country - and on each occasion every page of my passport was checked twice - once forwards and once backwards. The immediate impression of Beirut is the perpetual state of traffic gridlock, but away from families and friends strolling the Mediterranean-flanked Corniche, and the buzz of students congregated around the cheap eateries outside the American University of Beirut, [View Full Entry]

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Who knew a country 3/4 the size of Connecticut would have so much to offer? We did. That is why Emily and I spent our February Eid break in beautiful Lebanon, home to Beirut, or the "Paris of the Middle East" as many say. While flying in it was surreal enough to see the snow tipped mountains pop up out of the sandy brown Arabian Peninsula. Snowboarding on those mountains with amazing views of the Syrian Jabal an Nusayriyah range to the east and the Mediterranean to the west was over the top. It was not the record snowfall pristine CO [View Full Entry]

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Hello all! Guess what? I got a cool Australia boomerang key chain with a kangaroo on it for my room key from my Aussie friend! It’s pretty. I’m looking at it now. So as of tomorrow, when I will send this email out, I will have officially been at school for exactly one week! Today I went to Bath. It was fine. But we didn’t really have much time there to appreciate it. We go there a little after 11 and had to be back on the bus by 3:45. However, I did see the baths, and we did go to [View Full Entry]

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some pics [View Full Entry]

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