https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-middle-east/to-the-lighthouse-ila-al-manara/ Seeing the World One Step at a Time Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-middle-east/to-the-lighthouse-ila-al-manara/#comment-14251 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:40:03 +0000 http://www.davestravelcorner.com/?p=22847#comment-14251 This is a powerful story that gives a wonderfully different perspective about a place in the “news” that never seems real or inhabited by actual people. Thanks!

]]> https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-middle-east/to-the-lighthouse-ila-al-manara/#comment-14245 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:58:27 +0000 http://www.davestravelcorner.com/?p=22847#comment-14245 Yes, there are some good slopes up there with views of the sea. You can actually go skiing and swim at the beach in the same day because March and April can get rather warm along the coast. I’ve never done it, but I do know some people who have. Sadly, though, Lebanon is suffering from the effects of climate change and there isn’t as much snow as there used to be. Some environmentalists I worked with are worried that the ski industry’s days are numbered. As if the country needs any more problems!

]]> https://www.davestravelcorner.com/journals/destination-middle-east/to-the-lighthouse-ila-al-manara/#comment-14243 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:26:47 +0000 http://www.davestravelcorner.com/?p=22847#comment-14243 Thanks for this well written reflective piece – those are some nice mountains behind the city – is there skiing up there?

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