BEIRUT • walk/bike/drive from Mar Mikhael to Corniche (west)- Mar Mikhael (hipster area, Armenia Street with cafes, pubs, street art), Gemmayzeh, Mohammed Al-Amin mosque, old Palestinian refugee camps, restaurants: Leila Restaurant Zaitunya Bay (Lebanese), Pacífico (Mexican), Pigeon Rocks in Raouche Day 1 Drive to Tyre and back to Beirut Sidon - 40 minutes south from Beirut • Coastal town, souk (market for fruit), Sidon Sea Castle $8 for three people Tyre - 40 minutes from Sidon • Roman Hippodrome Day 2 Drive to Tripoli Jounieh - 35 minutes *be cognizant of traffic • Teleferique gondola Jounieh to Harissa to hike 5.5 km to Our Lady of Lebanon (Sanctuaire N.d. Du Liban, Basílica of St. Paul) • Go out in Jounieh • Jeitta Grotto Caves with stalagmites, stalactites $12 for cable car rides, train, and boat Byblos- 21 minutes • Seaside city, cute shops Batroun-10 minutes • Seaside city Anfeh- 14 minutes • Seaside city Tripoli - 16 minutes (my friend says tension there to skip) • Citadel, walk around city SKIPPED Qadisha(Kadisha) Valley -50 minutes • most ancient communities of Christian monasteries, good for hiking, natural caves SKIPPED Shouf ⁃Shouf Cedar Nature Preserve/BaroukCedar Forest*, Moussa Castle, Beit ad-Dine palace Day 3 Drive to Baalbeck Karak Nouh • Cedar Trees Baalbeck (2 hours from Beirut) • Roman ruins (Jupiter + Bacchus Temple)- $13, The great Mosque (shia)

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Take a look at our Bahamas sailing trip. Some pieces of advice when sailing: 1. Only bring dry fit clothes to wear 2. Bring plenty of tools to fix engine problems 3. Bring Bonnie (like Dramamine for sea sickness) 4. Bring snorkel gear, and extra bathing suits 5. And most importantly make lots of amazing friends!

ASWAN Philae Temple at night (50lbs/student and 100lbs/foreigner, boat is 120/150egp Sail to Elephantine island (public ferry 2egp, 50egp/hr to sail) New Kalabasha (ancient ruins, 30+ min south) El Tabia Mosque/Masjed Altabyah Aswan High damn 30egp Nubian village ABU SIMBEL Option 1 Temples 210egp guided tour get a local to organize 3am and return and 1pm Option 2 Bus TO 08:00, 11:30, 17:00 From 13:00, 16:30, and after Sound Light Show (21:00-22:00).

Dahab is a magical place with great energy. If you are looking to relax, hike, explore, meet great people, kite board, snorkel, scuba dive then you have come to the right place. Dahab is located right on the red sea and has a cute beach town where everything is super affordable. You can fly in into Sharm El Sheikh and get a car from there. The scuba diving and snorkeling is some of the best in the world. You can also drive just a couple hours to hike Mount Sinai and see St. Catherine's Monastery, the burning bush, and the place of Moses.

⁃Hiking: red valley-park before the church and climb the trail up to see sunset ⁃Sunsets and night time hiking in the valleys -ATV ride at night, campfire, picnic, hike ⁃Goreme open air museum ⁃Uçhisar Kalesi- castle, great views of Uçhisar and valleys, 8TL ⁃Ozkonak- underground cave home, 10TL ⁃Hot air balloon ride at sunrise- Rainbow Balloons, $134, ask around to get a local price ⁃Nazar boncugu- blue disks hanging from trees Food Recommendations ⁃Mercimek kofte- lentils ⁃Taze fasulye- green beans with tomato ⁃Testikabob- meat, onion, tomato, prepared in clay jar, crack open lightly ⁃Turkish Raki- drink with fish (bolik), from Anise ⁃Elma Cayi- apple tea