Blogs from Lebanon, Middle East - page 9

Patrice prefers the day when for the fisrt time we went to the sea, the weather was wonderful and we could by souvenirs for our friends and families at the port of Tripoli, then this day was very nice because there was a party organized by one of my cousin and all the girls who had been invited were thinking about the beauty of this boat. I liked met my former uncle at the market, this reminded me my childhood. However, one time some of Lebanon who hates the tourist had on argument against us, we were likely to hit but fortunately we took flight because they was too many. ... read more

The visit of the caves jeita grotto was the most important thing that we had doing. (there is a picture if you want to see). We were on the boat and we had the opportunity to take several pictures. We had also visited the town Baalbeck and its many temples that constituted an exceptional historical patrimony for the country. Patrice wanted absolutely to see a basketball match of Beyrut the capital of Lebanon . Then, we have eat mezzé a flavor culinary of this country besides Wael became sick by eating too much Baklawa a cake too sweet, he couldn’t eat anything for some days. ... read more

I've dreamed for years to visit Lebanon...and here we are...I'm bringing Mari and Leslie with me to visit Beirut and to ski in Lebanon. This is also the 50th country in Mari little country count...a nice milestone! No more roman temples for us these 5 days spent in Lebanon. We could have gone to Byblos, or Balbeek, but decided to leave it for next time. Instead, we will explore Beirut for two days and ski in Mza'ar for 3 days. This entry is only on the fascinating Beirut...fascinating yes, beautiful certainly not. The country has been out of war for less than 20 years, the last big incident happened in 2006 with the bombing of the airport by Israel...not that far away. At every intersection, you still see armored vehicles...some would consider these as tanks, but ... read more

I was not quite sure what to expect from Beirut (or Beyrouth) before I came to Lebanon, coming with the civil war and bullets in the news all the time, but also knowing Beirut was very fashionable, trendy, modern, home to ceder trees, famous clubbing and Lebanese food is one of the most authentic cuisine in the region, that's all. And despite what was the news talking about, finally I am in Beirut. This day is one I have been looking forward to the most. I am not sure if it is because there is so much sad news about Beirut. The Emirates Airlines A330 plane flew over the harbour of Beirut into the runway, it was 4 hours flights from Dubai to Beirut, after my 18 hours flights from Hong Kong and Australia, so I ... read more

My Turkish dorm mate tagged along to Tripoli, we 1st had breakfast at the local Lebanese pizza joint, ummm so good! We walked to the Helou station which was only 5 minutes away, we found the Connexion bus and it left in 10 minutes, they leave every hour I think, a very popular and busy route. Big traffic we hit on the way out of the city, we skirted the coastline, Mediterranean is so blue and beautiful,a few men trying their luck fishing along the coast, then we climbed top the mountains and then back down to the coast, in only an hour we are in Tripoli. We took awhile to get our bearings, we took the LP while standing next to this jewellery shop next door from the bus station, we got shoved to the ... read more