A placeholder & links covering the whole journey can be found through the link here and below:
Monday 3 March 1997 – Set off early to Beit ed-Dine in the Chouf mountains. [see headline photo and photo below.
Then back through Deir Al-Ahmar…
and on to Sidon, by which time sun had turned to rain. Ruined castle– old souk – patisserie.
Then back to Beirut for tour of green line development – shopping and then rest before dinner with Elias Habre at Al Mijana (beautiful old villa in Ashrafieh (East Side).
Janie had treated the Habre family in London for many years…decades even. Elias Habre was in Beirut at the time and insisted on providing hospitality to us that evening.
Al Majana still seems to be well regarded in 2022 if this review is anything to go by.
All of the Lebanon photos in our album can be seen here and below:
