Beirut + Lebanon

I’ve told this board I’d post pictures from my travels multiple times and never followed up. Well, I’m in Lebanon now and uploaded some pictures.

I’m staying in Beirut primarily but have gone to Baalbek, 15 minutes from Syria and Sour (also called Tyr/e) which is 15 minutes from Israel. Here for awhile and hope to add a lot of other cities to my list.

If you have any questions about Lebanon feel free to ask!

Only posting a few at a time so I can make sure my images work.

First few days of Beirut -


Drinking Arak, a licorice tasting wine / liquor, my first evening in Beirut.


Got some Falafel, which is much harder to find here than in Jordan, and went to Martyr’s Square to see the Mosque.


Maronite Church across the highway from the Mosque. The highway was known as the “Green Line” during the civil war, as it was the border between the primarily Sunni Muslim neighborhoods in the West and the Maronite Christisn neighborhoods in the East. No one spent too much time there, so it was overgrown with foliage during the war, hence “Green Line”.


Sign indicating the Matyr’s Square, which is in between the main Mosque and Church of Beirut. Achrafieh is a primarily Christian neighborhood, with tons of bars, and a surprisingly big gay community.




United Nations ships posted up in the Port of Beirut.








“I don’t feel so good, Mr. Stark ...”




University of Saint Joseph




Helicopter on a cloudy day. It rained a lot here my first 2 weeks. Been a constant sunny 90+ degrees since, with humidity comparable to Houston. Pretty constant breeze though.


Roman ruins and modern buildings just down from the Lebanese Parliament.


The Middle East is clearly not just a desert.


Sunsets here are always remarkable.

In Anjar, primarily Armenian & Christian community, to see Roman & Umayyad Ruins -










A Shia Mosque.






Camels are pretty rare in Lebanon. I’ve only seen this one.

In Baalbek, to see largest standing Roman ruins, hills in the background are Lebanese / Syrian border -




For a sense of scale, look at the man in the bottom center of picture.










Lebanese military post on the border with Syria, at the top of the hill.

Sour, also known as Tyre, in Southern Lebanon. 15 minutes from Israeli border. Tons of alcohol, gorgeous women in thong bikinis, delicious food, and hookah on the beach ... all deep in Hezbollah territory. Not what I expected.


View of the city from a restaurant / club on the beach.


The beach in Sour is open to the public and one of the last remaining beaches to be unaffected by pollution here.


The rest of the city.


The Marina.






More Roman temple ruins in the “old city” of Sour.




Hezbollah and Amal Movement flags in downtown Sour.