Moving Forward... » Beirut http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward "A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." - Lao Tzu Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:23:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Beautiful Beirutis celebrate their newfound peace http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward/2008/06/06/beautiful-beirutis-celebrate-their-newfound-peace/ http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward/2008/06/06/beautiful-beirutis-celebrate-their-newfound-peace/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:08:39 +0000 Rogier http://www.van-willigen.net/moving-forward/2008/06/06/beautiful-beirutis-celebrate-their-newfound-peace/ 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.

Doha peaceagreement celebration, Beirut
Beirutis celebrating peace by waving the flag.

Peace-celebrations, Beirut
Beirutis celebrating peace through fireworks.

Celebrate peace! Beirut
Beirutis celebrating peace through huge festivals with Arabic popmusic.

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

Habib-family
Picture-perfect Habib family – Pakistanis love to dance.

Dubai-teachers
Dubai-teachers out in Beirut for the weekend.

Picture says a lot about Lebanon
Nargileh and a gun. Lebanon in a nutshell, I guess.

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

Corniche, Beirut
Waterfront boulevard: the Corniche of Beirut.

Fisherman, Beirut
Fishermen along the Corniche.

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

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