Photo by Robert O'Dell
This morning I was surprised to read a comment by a woman whose primary residence on the Jersey Shore was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. When asked about the slow pace of the clean-up, she compared the Jersey shore to Beirut.
“It still looks like Beirut if you go down there,” she said. “The town looks like it did after Sandy.”
While my heart goes out to her–and to everyone still affected by the messy legacy of Hurricane Sandy (including many of my friends with houses on the beach)–I couldn’t help but be concerned about this inaccurate comparison.
Because the last time I checked (yesterday)–Beirut looked like this…
Photo by Emily O'Dell
And this…
Photo by Emily O'Dell
And, of course, every day around 8 pm, like this:
Photo by Robert O'Dell
Unfortunately, Beirut in many people’s imaginations is still a Beirut of the past…so I just felt like sharing some of its present beauty to paint a more accurate and complete picture. Long ago it was transformed from a war-zone to one of the most glamorous tourist destinations in the world…so come to Lebanon and see its beauty for yourself!
