Monday 4 May 2009

Remembering Lebanon

The biggest Monolithe in Lebanon. It is in Baalbek and used to lay in a garbage dump

The Plateaux in Lebanon

A lot of Lebanese go away to find fortune in another counry. When they do, they come back and build a huge house in their hometown, however small the town might be, to prove they have made it.

Green and yellow colours of the Hezbollah in the back country

Youth of the party of the future demonstrating on the 4th anniversary of Hariri's death on the Place des Martyrs

Soldier vigilantees. Tricky to get a pic of the army or check points as it is rather a sensitive subject. Soldiers get quite upset about it.

Men going to the commemoration of Hariri's death, 14th February 2009

Beirut coastline

Tanks in Beirut

Hariri as God

Beirut

Post-war Bar architecture in Gemmayzeh

'The Pigeon Hole'

Derelict 19th century building in Beirut

Checkpoint



Beirut traffic... still wondering how they got out of this one


The Intercontinental Hotel, first building rehabilited after the war


Chauffeurs waiting outside the Intercontinental

Bombed cinema outside center city

Roman Baths

Place de l'Etoile in Beirut, the new center


The new Mosque in the center of Beirut, Saudi Arabian Architecture

Center city, Beirut


The souks of Byblos, a bit touristy

Church in Byblos



Byblos, the Harbour

Tempest in Byblos

The Virgin who appeared to save Lebanon, Harissa


View from the scariest cable car in the world on the way to Harissa

Man waiting in the street


The only train in Lebanon

Lebanese beauty

Beirut by night

Do your remember our childhood soda cans? They are still opening the same way there, and the dates of perish are always about three weeks away... It looks like they are exhausting Occidental that were produced centuries ago




Beirut style, black tailored jacket, Russian scarf, red umbrella, all in strong colours

La Corniche


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