During our brief stay in Lebanon, particularly Beirut, we discovered something that many others have previously discovered – Lebanon has absolutely delicious food. We regret that we didn’t have all the time in the world to fully explore the cuisine, but we were at least introduced to it. Since then, we’ve made a point to …
Our time leading up to taking a bus to Bcharre was pretty stressful. The night before we left Weligama our host had his family over for his engagement party. Our tuk-tuk did not arrive on time. Kyle had his wallet stolen on our way back up to Colombo, so we had a limited amount of …
At the heart of Beirut, resides Nejmeh Square. A chic historical space in the downtown district of the historical “Paris of the east”. We only had one truly full day to spend in Beirut, after spending a few days previously in Bcharre in the mountains northeast of the city. Because of our limited time and …
The Kadisha Valley and it’s most famous of villages Bcharre is what caught my eye when we first contemplated travel to Lebanon. Its picturesque landscape of rugged mountains, steep cliffs and gorges, and ancient sites seemed to call out. With a little extra convincing, I managed to get Briana to agree to a long route that …
I’m going to start off by telling you that we did not like Lebanese coffee. Excited At First After Vietnamese coffee being such a dream (we’d almost return just for the coffee- though there are plenty of other reasons as well) we were excited to try other regional coffees. We had read that Lebanese coffee …
With our morning spent hiking through the ancient Cedars of God, we now turned our attention and thoughts further down the Qadisha Valley. Our short stay in Lebanon only gave us a few days to spend in the mountain village of Bcharre and we wanted to make the best of it. As much as would …