Poked around Jounieh, among other things it seems to be the seaside playground of the face lift and the animal print. Took the Le Telepherique to Harissa where a huge white statue of Our Lady of Lebanon dominates from the mountain top.
Afterwards we checked out the amazing limestone caves at Jieta. They say they were once inhabited by prehistoric man but I also read that as recently as the mid 1990s they held rocket propelled grenades, shells, howitzer platorms and ammunition all packaged up and safe for the Christians to fire at the Muslims and Palestinians. This part was not mention on the tour that I was on.
I decided to take a bus back to Beirut rather than Zac having to battle the traffic. We stood on the side of the highway and hurled ourselves in front of a passing bus and I hopped in. There were no published fares so the cost is whatever the driver can get you to pay through intimidation. I was probably ripped off but the $2 I paid had to be closer to the truth that the $10 he wanted. When I was finally allowed out at my stop I was then pounced on by other drivers to take me to Damascus!
