Tag: Lebanon

By Ali Karim

Sidon and Tyre

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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By Ali Karim

Druze and the Chouf Mountains

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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By Ali Karim

Tripoli Lebanon

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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By Ali Karim

Beirut to Tripoli

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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