This post is part of a series called Lebanon July 2018 Beirut Lebanon. After Lisbon and Portugal, since we were already in Europe, we thought we would check out a more off-the-beaten -path place; and we ended picking Lebanon. Why Lebanon? Why not? It is in the Levant (a historical term for Lebanon, Palestine (includes…
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This post is part of a series called Lebanon July 2018 More Beirut Lebanon After a good night’s rest, woke up the next day and first checked my Amex account online since I had misplaced my Amex card the previous day. There was still no unknown/fraudulent charges, nor was there any charge from Babar restaurant….
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This post is part of a series called Lebanon July 2018 Beirut to Tripoli The next day, woke up early, checked the Amex CC, and still no unknown charges, nor any payment to Babar. Strange. Had breakfast, checked out of the hotel, and then took an Uber to Rafik Hariri International airport, where I had…
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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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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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