Not the snappiest of titles of blog entries, but has anyone stopped to think how much creativity is required to keep them all original? Well, terminology issues aside, a day trip from Beirut just had to be experienced, mainly because Lebanon is a compact nation where a trip from A to B can usually be accomplished in the course of a day trip. This particular itinerary appealed, as it combined the ancient (the town of Byblos), with the cavernous (Jeita Grotto) and those essential sweeping views (the statue at Harissa), although you could sense that, according to the day's weather, and passengers' requests, the order in which these took place could be entirely flexible and open to debate. For whatever
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