"Derelict"- Mugatu, Zoolander
Beirut is the definitly the Derelict range of all the cities I have been to- but the most interesting. I would porobably even vote it up there as one of the favourites. Its absolutely one of those place where you have look beyond- at first glance its just war torn and fallign apart, but when you look carefully you see how stunning it was and still is.
One of the things I have noticed when travelling around is that the cultures that annoy you or you find funny at home aren't the same when you get to their country. Its like the further away from the mothership they are the worse they are. Not the Lebanese, they still keep that real wog boy element about them.
Bearing in mind Lebanon's history, the first thing you are going ot notice is the military presence. Not being used to that or expecting it (yes we are that ignorant) it was a bit of a novelty, expecially when we discovered you're not suppoed to take pictures of any of the soliders or check point. Naturally that was the start of a great new game for us.... military camera spotto. There is nothing funnier than trying to watch western girls miming that they are taking pics of the building next to the military and that their cameras have wide angled lenses (try it, it too is a fun game, especially after booze).
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