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Daytrips from Beirut.

Impressive and quite intact ruins of Baalbek.

The largest Roman pillars in the world, meant to keep the locals from reverting to this new thing called Christianity.

Baalbek is also headquarters of Hezbollah.

Small theater in Byblos (Jbail). See golden shoe for sizing .

Byblos flowers.

I ran into and joined this schooltrip at Jeitta, which was fun. No pictures of the grotto allowed; it was spectacular.

Right after the Doha-peace agreement, I boarded the bus for Beirut. Good decision. Beirutis are celebrating their newfound peace in every possible way. There are not too many highlights to be seen in the city, it is the beautiful people and the atmosphere you’re after. And there is more than plenty of that.

Beirutis celebrating peace by waving the flag.

Beirutis celebrating peace through fireworks.

Beirutis celebrating peace through huge festivals with Arabic popmusic.

Pigeon’s Rock, the only ‘natural’ feature of Beirut.

Picture-perfect Habib family – Pakistanis love to dance.

Dubai-teachers out in Beirut for the weekend.

Nargileh and a gun. Lebanon in a nutshell, I guess.

American University of Beirut. Very American campus-architecture, too.

Waterfront boulevard: the Corniche of Beirut.

Fishermen along the Corniche.

As often, I’ve got the whole National Museum to myself. Nice!