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I read this today on hummusnation, hilarious !! أعلنت بلدية جونية أنها ستنظم لأهالي البلدة رحلة لصيد السمك إلى منطقة المعاملتين يوم الأحد المقبل حيث تقع حفرة على الطريق العام قبالة “بوظة العنتبلي” عمقها متر ونصف المتر، وقطرها حوالي ثلاث أمتار، وذلك بعدما أصبحت من المعالم السياحية في المنطقة بسبب غنى الثروة البحرية فيها وجمالها الطبيعي الخلاب. وفي مقابلة مع أحد أصحاب المحال المجاورة للحفرة، قال المعلم روكز أن الحركة التجارية انتعشت بشكل ملحوظ في…

Best Labneh in Lebanon?

One detail i forgot to mention in my Visit to Ksara post was the stop on my way back at Badiha Massabni shop to buy Labneh and Jebneh Baladiyye. This place has become a traditional mandatory stop for all tourists or Lebanese passing by Chtaura. In fact, this place is so famous that Lebanese diva Fayrouz visited it and took a picture with its owners, and it is not that common that Fayrouz takes pictures.…
Lebanon

Blame it on the traffic…

16 years ago
I spotted this billboard in Sin el Fil today. The message as I understood it: drink a lot, get wasted, pass out, wake up late for work, blame the traffic for being late. Live your ...
Automotive

Monster Wrangler

16 years ago
The video above is of a off-road competition that was held in Lebanon a couple of years back. With tenket il banzeen hovering around LL30,000, I’m sure this guy doesn’t use the jeep to drive ...
Advertising

Saatchi & Saatchi Lebanon now M&C Saatchi

16 years ago
The ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi recently split from the main network and became Quantum. Now they’ve just relaunched again but this time as M&C Saatchi. Good move. You no longer have to say it ...
Automotive

Gumruk… no one wants to pay it!

16 years ago
Ever noticed how no one really knows the full legal procedure of what is required to drive a car with foreign license plates in Lebanon? These are typical conversations I hear every couple of days: ...
Lebanon

Visiting Chateau Ksara

16 years ago
I’ve been looking forward to visiting Lebanon’s most famous wine caves (Ksara, Kefraya, Massaya, Domaine des Tourelles) for a while now and i started off by visiting Chateau Ksara, the oldest Lebanese wine (Since 1857) ...
Lebanon

Darwin Awards

16 years ago
I read an article about the Darwin Awards a while back on Wikipedia. It basically congratulates people who “do a service to Humanity by removing themselves from the gene pool”. The idea is hilarious! I ...
Lebanon

Water in Saudi Arabia

16 years ago
It’s interesting that sometimes in hotel lobbies (not in the gulf) you find an alcohol display for expensive champagnes or other kinds of alcohol. I stayed at a hotel in Dammam last week and I ...
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