>>Bekaa Valley,
>>here it is, smell good. dawerha ya helou
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>Haven't been there since '69. Someday I'd like to see Baalbeck again, but I imagine tourism is a little down right now.
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>You have a beautiful country. I hope someday *all* the foreigners who do not come in peace will leave the Lebanon and let if return to being the properous place i remember. I think one of the best meals I ever had was in a meze place up near Casino du Libon - Yildirim? Yildiz? something like that.

Charles

69, wow, that was the good ol day.
As a matter of fact tehy say this year tourism was on the level of the early 70's.
Now, that the French put their weight behind the US by passing UN 1559 I hope some good will come out of it and the Syrian govt will act like like civilized nation that I unfortunatley doubt. They only understand the stick part.

On the other hand, there will be no peace in the region until the Palestinian issue is solved.

Mo