http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Tripoli/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Lebanon , Tripoli en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:09:24 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:09:24 BST On Friday the 4th Sophie and I traveled to the village of Kharfoura which is north of Beirut but south of Tripoli. The neighbors of Jemal had a luncheon for us outside Eddie's sister in law who is widowed due to her husband being killed in the '82 war Here are photos from that. http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Lebanon/Tripoli/blog-298875.html Dan says... This trip started out with a lovely little jaunt down Beirut's equivalent of state highway one. The open road driving here is the undisputed worse either of us has seen. If a car is passing a car which is already passing another car and the only option for this first car is to drive on the extreme wrong side of the road to get past both cars at once even if there is another car com http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Lebanon/Tripoli/blog-212580.html If you take a look at the map of Lebanon which is situated at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea bordering Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south you will realize that Lebanon is pretty small. Most people will be surprised that there are unlike most other countries in the Middle East no deserts in Lebanon. The landscape varies from beaches at the coast to mountain ranges wi http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Lebanon/Tripoli/blog-206515.html Apparently Che used to summarize the past month in his diary so I'll try to do the same about my 2 weeks in Lebanon. This should serve to go some ways towards satisfying those who have requested a bulleted summary of where I've been and what I've done.Lebanon is a beautiful country with mountains seemingly rising right out of the sea a gorgeous coastline and great hiking. The people in Bei http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Lebanon/Tripoli/blog-3333.html