Hizbollah youth, Beirut

April 5th 2007
The first guy who stops me - stern and mustachioed and as grave as a surgeon general’s warning - asks me point blank: “Why are you here?” I take a second to reflect. I’m standing in the middle of the ragged tent city that Hizbollah first began to occupy in Beirut four months ago. A crowd of men, curious and cross-armed and sporting pious little beards, has started to gather, getting a bit ... read more

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Christopher Vourlias

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Chris is an avid traveler and hypercaffeinated writer, criss-crossing the globe and occasionally remembering to call home. Follow me at postcardjunky.wordpress.com. UPDATE, 22 January 2010: For those of you - both of you? - who have been following this blog off and on (mostly off) for the past few years, it's time to officially put it on a permanent hiatus. As much as I love these nutty little essays about my time on the road, they're just a bit too time-consuming to keep up with, given the demands of my freelance work. So for now, my dear TravelBlog, it's time to say adieu, though ... full info

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