Originally Posted by
OccasionalFlyerPerson
I don't have plans to go there anytime soon, but I'm curious about people's impressions of Beirut. Once before I looked it up, and on Google Streetview etc. it looked very westernised, and not that distinctively Middle Eastern. Is that true in real life?
Go if you ever have a chance. One part of the city is very westernized, but the rest is not. The traffic is non-stop getting in and out of the city, but full of energy. Growing up I never thought I'd want to visit Lebanon, and it's definitely in my top 5 of countries I've visited.