Bucket List 196: Lebanon!
The Road Travelled · Tales From Lebanon · Photos
Country 99/196: Lebanon. Smaller than Wales, but it packs a hell of a lot in. It’s a nation where Roman ruins lean beside rooftop bars, and where a twenty-minute drive can take you from cedar-covered mountains to pristine Mediterranean beaches. The food’s superb, the people are disarmingly hospitable, excluding the lead-pipe-wielding taxi drivers, and the scenery is spectacular. Batroun and Byblos must be seen to be believed, and ensure you stop at the Old Pub, located in the latter, where you can shade from the intense sun under a Bougainvillea-filled terrace.
The Road Travelled
Tales From Lebanon
Lebanon a Prayer
November 11th, 2025 After the infamous lead pipe affair on Beirut’s outskirts, my trip around Lebanon took a gentler turn with a drive north to the picturesque coastal town of Batroun. The weather was perfect: a sweltering Mediterranean morning under a sharp blue sky. The town’s winding streets were almost empty but for Bougainvillea cascading from stone walls…
Lebanon the Edge
August 13th, 2025 My journey from Damascus to Beirut began not with the predictable comfort of a scheduled bus or taxi, but in a dusty suburb, completely unsure as to where I was, waiting in hope for a shared car to appear. After a while, several bruised and battered vehicles materialised, and I was obliged to resurrect my…
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Lebanon
Country: 99/196 Visited: Spring ’25
