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Lebanon (Beirut, Junei, Jabel, Balbak)

Welcome to Lebanon
Welcome to Beirut
Actually much nicer then I expected
Fishermen on the pier
I got a little carried away here
I ain't in Syria anymore
Step 1 - The lift from Junei
Step 2 - The incline
Up we go
At the top mother Harisa oversees all
Me over Junei
Looking down on Junei
On my way to Jabel beach for the day
and the ruins of Babel
Back in Beirut
Where 15 years of civil war still shows its face even after 7 years of peace
Bullets and Bricks
The before and the after
The city is busy quickly rebuilding itself
This one has got it bad
Today the markets occupy the same spaces
There are still some forces in effect
American University of Beirut
Not much different then UCSB
Welcome to Balbak
Massive ruins...
pretty flowers...
lots of scaffolding (setting up for a concert)...
great panoramas...
circling sparrows...
and rapelling Army forces
Shahba, Syria on my way to Jordan (the lavish museum)
where I was taken in and fed good
real good!
My shahba friends pose
A quick stop at Bosra on the way