Baalbek is where one of the greatest Roman ruins in the world, Heliopolis, is located. Baalbek is in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, near the Syrian border on the main road from Beirut to Damascus. Much of…
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Where’s Israel?
It’s not every day that your average tourist itinerary includes a stop at the Musee de Mleeta, affectionately known as the Hezbollah Museum, but my husband, David Lewis, has arranged for us to have a…
Genuflecting Beirut Style
Under the guise of “when in Rome, do as the Romans,” on our first full day in Beirut, my travel partner Mary and I decide to go to church. There’s a large Greek Orthodox Church…
Sunset in the Achrefiah
The Rafik Hariri International Airport is a happening place. Not just because it’s named after this famous slain Sunni Prime Minister who was car-bombed on Valentine’s Day a few years ago — his death a…
Whistles and Flashlights in Haiti
Our visit to KOFAVIV may have been the most emotionally challenging stop on our Haiti tour. Willa explained that KOFAVIV (Commission of Women Victims for Victims) is a center for young women who have experienced…
Carnival in Jacmel
You travel to Haiti, this country that is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. A country without a stable government and has just experienced a natural disaster of unspeakable proportions. The last thing you expect…
Lunch with the Sisters
You have to laugh because Ananda Leeke, the Ambassador for the Heart of Haiti program keeps talking about the “Digital Sisterhood.” While in Haiti we lunched with the sisters, but this time, it was actual Sisters…
PR-tinis and Port au Prince
Here’s what I love the most about social media. It connects you with people whom you really are destined to meet but simply never would. We become intertwined in new and unusual ways and build…
First Night in Haiti
Navigating your way out of the Port au Prince airport is no easy task. First, you are attacked by the heat, a crowd of men all surging around you offering to take your bags, security and…
Erzulie & Ananda
Dateline: Miami I haven’t been to Miami since Blogalicious, my all-time favorite blogging conference celebrating the diversity of women bloggers. For Blogalicious, I shacked up at the glam Ritz Carlton on South Beach. This time…