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It has been hot in Beirut, not just according to weather wimps from the States, but also the locals. So when a breeze came up in early evening, everyone turned out to walk along the sea on the grand promenade, the Corniche.
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Some exercised by running. The promendade is marked in half kilometers as part of the course of the Beirut Marathon.
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More walked, briskly.
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Even Gamel Abdel-Nasser, the Egyptian president and architect of Pan-Arab socialism (1918-1970) strides on his obelisk -- in the direction of one of the universal icons of globalization.
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Some just watch the world go by.
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A lone man casts for fish in the sea.
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And shortly, the equatorial sun will plunge into the Mediterranean.
1 comment:
amazing photos of somewhere i will probably never be able to go. thanks for sharing. :-)
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