Day 5 Supplement - Night Walk around Beirut

While Keith stayed at the hotel & rested nursing a head cold, Patrick was out walking around the City.  Here are some of the Beirut nightlife scenes that he was able to capture. 

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A pick up game of football or 'soccer' in an empty parking lot is a nice way to spend a warm evening. Out in front of the AUB is a totally happening ice cream shop.  All hours cars are double and triple parked. Out favorite coffee shop at night, the Modca Cafe. More Modca photos! People, night life, goings on...
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Look closely at the exterior and you will see some very fine filigree as well as a gorgeous ceiling on this fine old house next to the AUB. Along the waterfront or the 'Corniche' everyone comes out to play.  The weather is amazingly warm. While I was taking these pictures I got to talking with three guys, a teacher, a soccer player, and a soldier.   Had a great chat about life, opportunities and the future of Lebanon, with young men like these the future of the country could be assured in spite of the McDonald's.
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Miles of 'tailgate' parties.  Street vendors selling candies, nuts, drinks, and etc.  People sitting ... ... talking, smoking, watching.  Just general life flowing by.  Many people would bring their cars and ... ... open the doors and set up some chair and play stereos.  Some guys with a 'boombox' were dancing in the shadows. The camera cannot capture the beauty and the brightness of the Mediterranean as the moon and lights shine on it.  

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