A day trip to Byblos

After an amazing day amidst the ruins of Baalbek we headed the next day to Byblos. Since the guided tour…

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Baalbek – a Roman Heliopolis

We had spent the morning watching cedars and the rest of the day Roman stones. The last stop for the…

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The Cedars of God

The day trip to Baalbek started with our driver taking us through the Quadisha valley to the last cedars of…

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What else to see in Beirut

Beirut is a large city and you can’t manage to see the main sights in a day. Especially since there…

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Visiting Beirut during the demonstrations

Maybe the title of the post is a bit misleading. I was in Beirut during the demonstrations, but this was…

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What I learned in Cyprus

In 2019 I managed to visit a couple of new countries and Cyprus was one of them. It’s always interesting…

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The doors of Cyprus

The doors of Cyprus are mostly wooden doors with lattice. And they come in all kinds of colors. nothing too…

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A World Heritage Site and Nissi Beach

The next day was our last one and on the way to the airport we drove out to Nissi Beach,…

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A mountain village and swimming around Aphrodite’s Rock

It was our last full day in Cyprus and since Limassol hadn’t been very exciting the evening before (unlike the…

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The many archaeological sites of Paphos

After a day with old stones in Kourion we drove the next day to Paphos. More old stones would follow.…

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