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 …
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 …
Upon our arrival to our Airbnb in Beirut, our host introduced us to his father and sister, and offered us watermelon and coffee. When he took us inside of our little studio nearby he showed us that he had stocked the fridge with bread/pita, cheese, beer, juice, and pastries. Needless to say, we didn’t need …