Text size – +

Beirut or bust

Link By Michael Kurtz | May 20th, 2008

DAMASCUS, Syria – With no time to waste, and reports on the ground of an end to fighting in Lebanon, we head through the mountains to Beirut. Less than a week after a short civil war engulfed the country, we were hesitant to visit Lebanon but after receiving words from friends in Beirut that fighting had ceased, the decision was made to go. Enter Beirut in today’s photo gallery.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 and is filed under travel life. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

add your comment

About LongJaunt Equal parts lighthearted jaunt and in-depth journey, this intimately documented trip around the world has one goal: to bring you along for the ride.

see all globe blogs

contributors

Thushan Amarasiriwardena

, former Senior Multimedia Producer at The Boston Globe, has always loved telling a great story. Combining his eye for visual story telling and his technical background in computer science at North Carolina State University, Thushan has reported on business, sports and travel for The Globe.

Michael Kurtz

, graduated with a degree in Ethnomusicology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His thesis research focused on the intersection of race and music in Northeastern Brazil. He worked previously as A&R and Production Coordinator for Putumayo World Music, an international music record label based in New York City.

Brian Rogers

graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies, and has traveled extensively in Latin America.

Alicia Conway

is LongJaunt's home base chief and a Technical Producer for The Boston Globe. She joined and contributed with the team out in England, Kenya, Tanzania, The Netherlands and Thailand.