http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Lebanon , Beirut en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 23:47:02 BST Tue, 13 May 2008 23:47:02 BST 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 moreldquofolloserdquo lots of American dollars . Now about Lebanonhelliphelliphelliphelliphellip I think Irsquove said enough. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-269480.html hi how are you http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-267965.html hi http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-267336.html hi from ambaba saida lebanon http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-267059.html 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 t http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-259697.html Wir stehen frh 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 hbsch wiederaufgebauten Innenstadt die an Paris erinnern soll ob ihrer Verschnrkelung bisweilen aber auch Disneyland genannt wird sieht man Flchtlingszelte. Neben pompser Mosche http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-259387.html Who knew a country 34 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 t http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-253031.html some pics http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-236156.html Yousef Omar Aarti an American girl we met in Damascus and I managed to get a share taxi in Beirut for probably the best deal we could ever get 400 Syrian Lira per person which is roughly about 8. It's still a considerable about being that we are in the Middle East the land of oil A Lebanese man also joined our taxi and he turned out to be one of those friendly grandfatherly types. He http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-205082.html Once known as the Paris of the Middle East Beirut was long considered the most liberal and laissezfaire city in the region the joie de vivre is evident. Without a map telling me I was in the Middle East I could be at any coastal city in Southern Europe. Despite the recent troubles the country has been facing and the political instability which adds to the uncertainties about the future http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-202252.html Saabumine oli suhteliselt valutu. Peale ristksitlust eelmise aasta Iraanis kigu kohta ja kolmandat korda le ksimist'' Kas sa testi tahad ikka Sriasse minna'' li piirivalvur templi passi hdes tagantjrgi ''Eks sa ise tead''. Kuna viisa ankeedile mul kllakutsujahotellibroneeringu kohale midagi kirjutada ei olnud siis nneks kell kolm sel unise peaga ei pannud ta thele et olin http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-201836.html The kids and I took a trip down memory lane for me at any rate. We saw where I used to liveschoolswimeat.... It was a short 5 day trip but the first of many Im sure. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-173422.html I was reading the French news today while listening to the lebanese news on tv and the way things are portrayed is a little different not to say completely different.I have been around since it all started 3 days ago and it doesn't look like it is going to stop we all agree on that. Every lebanese and visitors for that matters are holding their breath while waiting to see what the government http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-160954.html I have been in Beyrouth for a couple of days now and I think I fell in love with it.It has a little something that Syria or Turkey didn't have the immense opening to the outside world to Europe to becoming after all the tragedies war terror and destroys once again and for all the party capital of the Middle East. and it is quite succeeding into becoming one.The first impression I had was t http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-159632.html Tripoli Beirut By the end of our first day in Beirut we have found ourselves sat in a tent making polite conversation with alleged terrorist leaders sharing tea with teenagers while being shown posters of martyrs watched an Arab megastar filming a Coca Cola advert passed numerous civil war bomb sites alongside brand new boutique shops been searched by soldiers with machine guns tanks eate http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-149297.html The morning started in an odd fashion.Yours truly was feeling a bit fluish. So Kris being the champ he is decided to take it upon himself to cook up some eggs for breakfast.This was to preceed a rather odd event.Read on.....I layed in bed thinking of what amazing concocution Kris was preparing would it be the omelete of the century eggs benedict or something untill this time unknown to man. I http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-130091.html NYE in Beruit. This had been our goal and we had finally made it.So of course a couple of ciders were due. We had a few celebratory drinks on the terrace of our new digs. The terrace being much more preferable than the room. Kahlid the Jordanian hotel manager joined us for a few and listened to our tunes. Good guy but a touch high strung.Off we ventured into the night. Roadies in hand hey were Au http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-130081.html Saddled up in the morning like a pair of caffenated olympic cyclists.Rode and rode and rode.The riding was quite good going. The Med spread past my head and onto the horizon.It was a deep blue colour gentle soft waves lapping aginst the rocky shoreline. I was definately savouring the feeling of my legs pumping along like two little Thomas the Tank Engines.Choo choo choo.After a bit I found Spider http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-130069.html Y los papas de shakira osn de aca http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-129777.html Mauntez woke up this morning in a fit of coughing and spluttering. Being full of sympathy I teased him about his recently acquired cigarette habit timed perfectly to coincide with the onset of an 8000 km bike ride. Still he didn't sound too good and I set about cooking breakfast in the kitchen of our luxurious 3anight hotel while he violently expelled the substances that had accumulated http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-120089.html I had a dream last night that haunted pretty much all day it was about the friends I had made when I'd lived in Sweden and how close and strong our bond had been when we lived in such close proximity to each other. I felt a sense of loss that those times were past us and had a strong urge to reestablish those bonds that have probably faded a little due to the events of recent years. Anyway. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-120069.html Beirut is a pretty cool town a little too cool in fact. Far too much hair product turtlenecks and scarves floating around for my liking. However this mysterious city has been our NYE goal for some time so of course we were going to make the most of itThe booze in Beirut bottle shops is cheap and plentiful in stark contrast to the tendollar beers in the pubs so we decided to get on it o http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-120065.html We set out early to get to Beirut as early as possible. We made good time excited by the prospect of entering this city that we had heard so much about but existed as an enticing mystery to us. After 30km we stopped for a feed at a roadside cafe where we got talking to a Lebanese guy named Saeed about the sights in the Bartroun area. He gave us his number and said that if we were heading back http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-120052.html In the past couple of weeks I have eaten sushi for the first time in months spent New Year's Eve at a rave in the Lebanese mountains got into a car accident and attended a Hezbollah political demonstration downtown. Well it has been a while since I last updated you with my travels. Truth be told the past couple of weeks were rather uneventful probably because I was sick for about a month st http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-119971.html D'you like the look of our swish hotel Thought I'd push the boat out and treat wee Jules to some 5star luxury the gaping holes were good for catching the sea breeze during the balmy nights....Most buildings in Beirut are pocked from the long civil war of the 70s and 80s but there's surprisingly scarce evidence of the recent conflict unless you venture into the Hezbollahdominated suburbs in the http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-97851.html We don't know if itrsquos good or bad to have been there just two weeks before everything started again. From one side we could visit the country but by the other side we know that what we have seen doesn't exist anymore.Beirut really impressed us a modern city with modern buildings just beside old bombed ones scars of the war. The city is really western looking with a touch of Arabic cultur http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-84557.html Samma dag som flygplatsen soder om Beirut bombas sitter jag pa universitetet i Amman i Jordanien och forklarar for en grekisk kompis att det har ar forsta gangen under min resa som jag kanner att jag borde jobba.Sa jag ringer svt de har team pa vag men nat gar snett de kan inte komma fram kan jag ta mig in i LibanonVisst sager jag tvarsakert fast i sjalva verket har jag ingen aning om vag http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-76398.html Okay so I totally skipped everything I was supposed to write about like the rest of my trip around the Middle East and my first fabulous month in Lebanon but now that all takes the backburner to this war we've got over here. Below is an email that I sent out to some people who have contacted me and hopefully this will reach the rest of you. Peace. Subject some thoughts from a very pissedo http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-74888.html Thursday afternoon after school was over 11 of us set out for Beirut. The trip didn't get very far because when we got to the bus station Erin had forgotten to switch her passport when she changed bags right before she left. So Erin and Ashanti stayed behind and got the passport and came a little later. The trip hit another snagp at the border Dragana was not allowed into Lebanon because of he http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-72762.html Det bsta med hela resan s hr lngt trots alla galet fantastiska saker jag varit med om det var nr Jessica kom. Och det smsta och i srklass sorgligaste det var nr hon kte. Usch vad trkigt det varMen innan dess hann vi ta vr sista favoritsallad med avokado tjockt med parmesan och kyckling p Linas f nnu fler visitkort och lften om att f bo i lyxvningar och sommarhus och bli b http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Beirut/blog-65423.html