This post is part of a series called Lebanon July 2018 Sidon and Tyre After leaving Jezzine in the Chouf Mountains we drove east on a nice road to Sidon, on the Mediterranean Sea. We had called and booked at a local B&B at the Latin Church, in the ancient old town souk; another use…
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This post is part of a series called Lebanon July 2018 After leaving Mresti, we drove once again through the Chouf mountain roads to another Druze town called Mukhtara, which is the home of Walid Jumblatt, the defacto Druze community leader, and the leader of the Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party. The Jumblatt family have been…
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This post is part of a series called Lebanon July 2018 Bekaa Valley Winery, Chouf Mountains & the Druze After the drive to Zahle in the Bekaa Valley, we woke up early and walked downhill from our B&B to Wooden bakery, which was open; whilst most businesses were closed, as it was still early. We had…
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This post is part of a series called Lebanon July 2018 Bsharri, Quadisha Valley and Bekaa Valley After leaving Tripoli, we drove east, away from the sea towards Bsharri and Quadisha Valley. The geography of Lebanon is such that there are 2 parallel mountain ranges (Lebanon Mountains and Anti-Lebanon Mountains) that run north-south, with the…
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This post is part of a series called Lebanon July 2018 Tripoli Lebanon After the previous day’s drive from Beirut, plan for today was to explore Tripoli. We got up and checked the American Express credit card situation; still no unknown charges, and still no bill presented from Babar restaurant. At this point, we decided…
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