I enjoyed this journey in Lebanon: beautiful landscapes and nice encounters.
There are some interesting aspects of Lebanon: the Lebanese Civil War (the exile of Lebanese people, Beirut divided into two parts,the unemployment-Claude Njeim working as taxi driver-,), the Lebanese society (Elie Wehbe-the journalist-speaking about the Lebanese democracy, Dalia Khamissy-the photographer-speaking about the Lebanese women, the importance of the family), the nightlife in Beirut (Karim George Zein-the lawyer-, Josiane Biat and the discotheques), Beirut as a great construction site (Raya Daouk and the protection of the architectural heritage, the archaeological excavations), Tripoli-the second town of the country-(Mahmoud Sharkass, the soap maker, the olive tres and the olive oil for the making of the soap, the traditional know-how), the Qadisha valley-Unesco World Heritage site- (the hermitagesa and monateries, the Maronite faith, the convent of Saint Simon Aytoo-Sister Marine-), the Lebanese cooking ( Georges Souaird and the production of labné-fermented milk, Maria Doueihi and the Tawlet restaurant founded by Kamal Mouzawak-the rediscovery of the tradional Lebanese cooking-use of many vegetablles-, Sayed Zakhia and the making of water rose also used in cooking).
I enjoyed the encounters of Sophie with Chadia , the female taxi driver , with Tania Hadjithomas Mehanna ( the walk through the town, the meetings with Victor (the lighthouse) and Mona (the Yellow House, with Charbal Hawat,the driver, with Johnny Tawk (the boat tour in the Jeita Grotto and the walk in the upper part of the grotto) , with Elias Khlat in Tripoli, with Aline Tawk in Bcharré rgion (the Lebanon cedar), with Mouhamed Wehbe in Baalbek, with Michel de Bustros in and Fabrice Guiberteau in Kefraya and with Hania Osta (the abandoned synagogue and the falafels); nice encounters with very kind Lebanese men and women.