Getting to Baalbek Since we got to Lebanon, we planned for Baalbek visit on our last full day in Beirut. We picked Sunday because we were hoping to get less traffic on the way to Baalbek. Baalbek is a short detour on the main Beirut-Damascus…
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Finally it’s holiday time and I hope that I can find some more time to finish Lebanon blog and move to the next country. Since we got back from our last trip, my mom was staying with us for few weeks, then I went to…
Second full day in Lebanon and it was a Friday. Fridays can be tricky in Lebanon. It is not considered as a weekend by law but for Muslims, Friday noon prayer is quite significant and we weren’t sure how much of any city in Lebanon…
Our first day in Lebanon has been amazing so far. We sorted out our transportation for the whole day and we left Beirut early in the morning. Got to Sidon, spent half a day there and after having the most amazing Falafel at Abou Rami…
We finally got into Lebanon and were ready to start exploring. We only had a week in Lebanon and we wanted to see more than just Beirut. fortunately due to the size of the country you can stay in Beirut as your base and go…
Lebanon was on our radar for a long time and we finally managed to fit it into our last trip. It definitely delivered what we expected and went beyond. I’m so excited to go through what we have done and share what we have seen…
Since I have started posting colorful photos of our last trip to Istanbul on Instagram, everyone keep asking on where those photos were taken and how they can get there on their next trip to Istanbul. Searching the internet, you can find some information about…
None of our major destinations for this trip was in Turkey but after lots of research ( I mean a lot ) to find the best deal for getting to middle east from New Zealand, we decided to fly to Istanbul, with reasonable connection flights…
We will start our new adventure by landing in Istanbul. There are few reasons for that. The first one is simple. The cheapest flight and closest to our first destination was Istanbul. And the second reason was we always find an excuse to get back…