Lebanon, anyone?

supernothing · 15th January 2008, 1:07am

A bit of a long shot, but has anyone ever been to Lebanon? Is it good? I quite fancy Beirut.

Dyno · 15th January 2008, 1:12am

Aye, very good.

supernothing · 15th January 2008, 11:43am

NAW, it's not a joke. It's a real place to go and looks decent. http://wikitravel.org/en/Beirut

**LesMTS** · 15th January 2008, 11:49am

Aye, Lebanon was fine a few years ago but since the 2006 war pretty much all governments are advising against all non-essential travel until further notice.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonely Planet

There is extreme risk to your security in southern Lebanon (south of the Litani River) and we advise against all travel to this region due to the uncertain security situation and danger posed by landmines and unexploded ordnance. UN peacekeepers have been deployed to the area but the situation remains dangerous and unpredictable.

There is extreme risk to your security in the Palestinian refugee camps and we advise against all visits to the camps. Violent clashes between the Lebanese authorities and militants continue to pose a significant risk to safety.

Elsewhere in Lebanon there is high risk to your safety and security and we advise against all tourist and other non-essential travel. The threat from terrorism in Lebanon is high and Western interests may be targeted. Political assassinations, car bombs and grenade attacks have taken place throughout Lebanon in the past few years and the security situation remains volatile.

Edit: The British Government is saying dinnae bother.

supernothing · 15th January 2008, 11:58am

See those Isrealis?!

AWESOMEUS MAXIMUS · 15th January 2008, 12:00pm

what the fuck is that war about anyway?

**catching up with 2 year old news**

All I know is that Lebanon produces the best humous

supernothing · 15th January 2008, 12:08pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Lebanon_War

Bobzilla · 15th January 2008, 12:25pm

My cousins just back from Beirut. And when I say just back he was due to head on to Jordan afterwards but an unfortunate accident in a coffee shop seen him end up in hospital and on a plain home 3 days later.

He's currently trying to go back though as he says he's never been in a friendlier place. He ended up putting his hand through a glass door and knackering all the ligaments and was swiftly whisked off to hospital where they treated him and then papped him off to the local american hospital up the road before flying him home. Every day he was in hospital the coffee shop sent him wee food parcels to see him through the day!

He didnt go with any package tour though. He's part of that network where you post on the internet that folk can sleep on your couch and in return other folk let you sleep on theirs. All in He paid a couple hundred pounds for a flight out to turkey and bused it the rest of the way round the area for pennies.