Lebo Land Part 1

All,

I thought I would do some more on the blog and keep you all updated on my Levant Travels, well I arrived into Beirut almost 2 days ago, and it’s been non-stop really, from the moment of successfully securing a visa and meeting Dala and Mohammad at the airport to me writing this whilst watching Croatia hammer the Germans.
I arrived at night, and after dropping my stuff off at Mohammad’s I made my way with Moe and Dala to Beirut downtown and I found a city that is truly of vast contrasts. One minute will be driving by some beautiful European esque grand building then I’ll be next to some shacks that wouldn’t look out of place in my mothers homeland of Bangladesh...Then I’ll be looking at this grand beautiful mosque, which will be placed next to Church that if I wasn’t mistaken has a twin in Western Europe!
Today I had the freshest fish I have had in a long time and it was so nice, we went to this seaside town in the south of Lebanon near the Israel boarder, the food was just amazing and the people in the south were really nice, I was surprised I mean I heard they were nice in the south but they really were, and man the people were so beautiful, not just the girls but the guys as well, I know it might sound gay, but I’m just saying this lebo land is FULL of good looking people! I fit quite nicely in lol!! It’s like everywhere I’m looking there is a hottie around the corner, however in Beirut is where you meet the lebos u know and hate, where they are very unapproachable to like I’m approaching I’m jus enjoying my time with my friends but I been witnessing it.
To be honest the biggest thing I noticed was how all the different fractions get on and the role the army is playing in the country with all the checkpoints! Today I saw some of the UNfil people and tanks and was quite cool but scary to think that presence was around, thats the problem I have with lebo-land with all these constant reminders I’m not in safe hands, it makes u feel slightly trapped, and though those who live here think it’s great that the police and army have checkpoints and are around most corners but it just shocks me to c such a military presence in civil situations.
Anyway I better head out but inshallah I will write again soon...