Phase 1: Lebanon

Ahhh okay,
lebanon. My 10 day trip in and around Beirut:
highlights

It's a beautiful country, one side the mountains, the other the mediteranian. its nice yes, and has amazing food, but i got very sick. I think it was from the water or something I ate, but I spend 2 days in bed and the rest eating bread and rice & im still feeling the effects.
New years: wonderful! best part of my trip there. I spent the day with charlie prince, & we went to a market and there were all these little stores one just selling buttons, all kinds of buttons. one selling eggs; brown, white, light & dark one. boys selling fireworks on the street, which we later bought a bag full of from. and fireworks being set off sparaticaly!
we took a city bus & ate the best falafel i have ever had! (sorry dad)
at midnight, we went onto the rooftop to set off the fireworks, it was amazing.
such a thrill being on the rooftops in beirut just like everyone else, setting off fireworks in the sky.