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10 days in Lebanon (day 2/1) Dog river to Jeita cave to Jounieh

June 13, 2018 – Dog River

Nahr al -Kalb (Dog River) runs 31 km from a spring coming from Jeita to the Mediterranean sea.

There are about 20 commemorative inscriptions (stelae) on the rocks at the mouth of the river. It sum up the history of Lebanon, from high antiquity to the present. It includes Egyptian inscriptions,Assyrian and Babylonians inscriptions,Classical antiquity inscription, Islamic inscription, Colonial and Lebanese inscriptions.

June 13,2018 – Jeita Cave

From Dog River , we headed forward to Jeita Cave. Camera and Cellphones were not permitted inside. This is the most amazing cave I ever seen. So clean, has an access tunnel and walkway for tourist to have safe passage without disturbing the natural landscape.There’s also cableway to transport tourist to the Jeita grotto and a small train on the ground to exit the area. The Cave is divided into two level, the upper level which has the walkway access of around 750 meters. The actual length of the cave is around 2, 130 meters. It has the longest stalactite in the world measuring 8.2 meters long. Gigantic! The Lower level can be access only by electric boat for a distance of 500 meters.

Unique Statue outside the Jeita grotto.

The Guardian of Time Statue

The Phoenician garden at Jeita.

June 13, 2018 – Jounieh

After the awesome trip to Jeita, we headed to Jounieh looking for the best shawerma 🙂 I was hungry and my friend kept on driving, I told him, this shawerma must be worth the trip, indeed it was! And not only the shawerma but the scenery along the shore was fantastic. Jounieh is a costal city about 16 km north of Beirut.

Cheers,

jamilamimi@beautybeyondfifty

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June 24, 2018
10 days in Lebanon (day 1) Pigeon rock Beirut

June 12, 2018 – Day 1

My best friend of 28 years and her family left Jeddah for good so I took the Eid holiday with them in Lebanon. I arrived in the afternoon of June 12, 2018. There was no big fuss at the airport. It was like coming home to my own family. His sister, mom and brother were very accommodating. On landing Beirut,I noticed immediately the beautiful houses on the mountain, the narrow road with up and down hills and yet the cars were all double parked on the streets.You must be a very good driver to reach your home alive 🙂

After 15 year-long civil war,It’s amazing to see the houses that withstand the time, along the newer buildings. The house in front of my friends’ house was built 100 years ago. Wow! Bullet holed building near the newer modern building.I was not able to take photos of the downtown center.

The mosque and churches were also standing side by side. Veiled ladies along side women with crop top. This is just awesome multicultural differences in reality.

Our first destination is Raouché rock (pigeon rock) as tourist, you never been in Beirut if you don’t have the mandatory photo of the rock 🙂

This is a natural landmark which is also known as Sabah Nassar’s rock.

On June 8, 2014, Michael Haddad, paralyzed from chest down climbed the pigeon rock and planted the Lebanese flag on top, as a part “defying disability to the top” raising awareness on water pollution and marine life threats. If you like to read more about him, pls click here

It’s a beautiful sunset for the first day minus the mosquitoes bites that I got from going down to the place 🙂

cheers,

jamilamimi@beautybeyondfifty

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June 23, 2018
flowers for you

It’s been a month since you have passed away…

You said…

No flowers on your grave…

instead..

Flowers are for me…for my smile and my photography…

So, here’s my flowers from Lebanon..every photos I took, it reminded me, how patient you were, waiting to finish my photos, scrutinizing every details , commenting on how I took the shot. Appreciating the moment, though at times, you told me to stop!

you said…

Stop taking pictures…

Feel the moment, smell the flower, appreciate the nature, see the colors…

and I said…

I like to take photos for other people to see the beauty of nature

you said..

They will appreciate your photos not the flowers..they cannot hold and smell it.

And yet, as the days passed you also took photos of every flowers on the streets or shops and sent it to me.

I guess you just want me to be happy 🙂

” no rains..no flowers”

Photos were taken from the mountain of Lebanon by jamilamimi@beautybeyondfifty.(2018 June)

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June 22, 2018
eid break in lebanon

soon…

Ba albek Roman Ruins

will blog later

Happy eid everyone!

cheers,

jamilamimi@beautybeyondfifty

June 16, 2018
will always remember

“the only way to overcome grief is to move with and through it daily as the feelings ebb and flow.”

If I die and not have travelled,

even to those places I wouldn’t mind going,

I’ll still be at peace..

If I die and not take you to places you badly wanted to go,

I’ll be stirring in my grave,

for not providing for your passion..

-jun

(July 9,1957 – May 20,2018)

I will always remember you…

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June 11, 2018
lost

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation”

-Khalil Gibran

It was many and many a year ago,

   In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may know

   By the name of Annabel Lee;

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

   Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,

   In this kingdom by the sea,

But we loved with a love that was more than love—

   I and my Annabel Lee—

With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven

   Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,

   In this kingdom by the sea,

A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling

   My beautiful Annabel Lee;

So that her highborn kinsmen came

   And bore her away from me,

To shut her up in a sepulchre

   In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,

   Went envying her and me—

Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,

   In this kingdom by the sea)

That the wind came out of the cloud by night,

   Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love

   Of those who were older than we—

   Of many far wiser than we—

And neither the angels in Heaven above

   Nor the demons down under the sea

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams

   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes

   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

   Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride,

   In her sepulchre there by the sea—

   In her tomb by the sounding sea.

-Edgar Allan Poe

We love old soul, old stuff, nature and all.. gone too soon but will be in our heart forever…

June 5, 2018
Find one hundred ways

Compliment what she does
Send her roses just because
If it’s violins she loves
Let them play
Dedicate her favourite song
And hold her closer all night long
Love her today
Find one hundred ways

Don’t forget, there could be
An old lover in her memory
If you need her so much more
Why don’t you say?
Maybe she has it in her mind
That she’s just wasting her time
Ask her to stay
Find one hundred ways

Being cool won’t help you keep a love warm
You’ll just blow your only chance
Take the time to open up your heart
That’s the secret of romance

Sacrifice if you care
Buy her some moonlight to wear
If it’s one more star she wants
Go all the way
In your arms tonight, she’ll reflect
That she owes you the sweetest of debts
If she wants to pay
Find one hundred ways

Love her today
Find one hundred ways

-Quincy Jones

jun ( valentine 2014)

May 26, 2018
allow me to grieve

A love story of two people who were in love but doesn’t know how deep it was until they got separated and now that they met again..mixed emotion runs deep..confused on how to end their love affair.. tragic and ironic but hopelessly romantic!

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
Saint Jerome

I often think why I like you. I could not single out just one reason. you have so many good qualities as a person and I think it’s the combination of all of these qualities that elevates you from an average woman. your good looks is the least of all these. I’m not going to spend anymore time thinking what is it that makes you look so attractive. It’s enough that I like myself when I was with you.

jun

I thought it will be heaven.. perfect for my dreams, I begun a journey with a partner with a different destination so when we finally “ arrived,” we don’t know where we are..

mi

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May 23, 2018
Casa Santa at Jardin de Miramar

Would you like to see Santa on Summer time?

Me: I wish!

Well, there’s a place in Antipolo City, Philippines called CASA SANTA – a museum of 3,700 Santa’s collected around the world and it is open all year round. There’s a minimum of 5 persons to open the place and each has to pay 180 Php or if you are willing to pay 900 Php even your group is less than five, they will still open it for you. And if you opted just to hang around the place, its free! Garden de Miramar is a three hectare garden event venue.

I took advantage of the “mom’s day” no one was able to say no 🙂

hey santa ! the door is open 🙂

You can find the smallest to biggest Santa in this place, impressive! You can also see his bedroom, dining room and even his bathroom 🙂 Though I must say that the place is dusty and creepy, it should be more festive. Maybe on Christmas, it is a different scenario.(hope so! )

Ladies…ho..ho..ho..ho..seven months to go..

Location: 276 San Jose Ext. Bgy. San Isidro Antipolo City
Telephone No.: 584-3199

Cheers,

jamilamimi@beautybeyondfifty

May 21, 2018
Pinto Art Museum

Art and nature at Antipolo City!

We were lucky the weather was cool and breezy, so we were able to walk around the six galleries.It is about 1.3 hectares of green plants, white building galleries showcasing contemporaries arts, paintings and sculptures of Filipino artist

Every corner, is a nice place to take photos but don’t worry I will not post all the photos so as not to spoil your imagination. This is a lovely place to spend the afternoon.

There are two cafeterias to sit ,relax ,enjoy the food and the scenery. We just had our lunch so we just ordered cheesecake and halo-halo.

Ladies, there are a lot more to see in this museum. Come and see it !

Entrance fees: 200 Php per person

Cheers,

Jamilamimi@beautybeyondfifty

May 17, 2018