In case you were interested to see how the Naher Al Bared camp battles look like from above...
posted by nbr5 at 6/23/2007 12:37:00 PM
Saturday, June 23, 2007
posted by nbr5 at 6/23/2007 12:37:00 PM
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since nobody showed any interest, I shall add the small detail that I took this pic from the plane on the way back to Beirut.
There I said it.
i thought u took it from ur hometown in Lake-something , i forgot what it is called.
but now i appritiate it more.
actually your photo was very interesting to me but im shy to be the first commenter
it gives a good perspective eh and reminded me of a song i dont like by bette midler 'from a distance, you look like my friend, even though we are at war' it was playing at the jr. high dance.
-suha
wow it's refreshing to hear your remarks. This gives me incentive to do more of this and travel to the end of the world so on the way back I can take more of these from the airplane.
Taha I might go to Alaska. Now seriously.
Thanks suha.
Sounds like a nice song. You hate it because of the jr. high thingie though, right?
The song is kinda cheesy but the words are nice. Maybe I didnt have anyone to dance with so it left a bad impression :) Keep making fotos...
Alaska--I went there and roadtripped with my friend. Its everything you imagine it to be, super vast..unbelievable landscape, really striking...bas i need to people watch and there are not many people to watch so a short time was enough for me unless you like to be at one with nature
offf , najib IS the one to be ONE with nature .
tab lahza , ur misin the important point here ; WHAT are u going to do there. and SHO, now no one can "yhadeek" and why not pass by watanak il tani canada ???
walla ya taha you know me best. what am i going to do there???
Im going to see Nile Mueller.
Plus, no, nobody can yihaddini now that I got the US visa and I better to make the most out of it.
(Does this remind you of the days we used to download or rip stuff just because we could, although we didnt like the music itself? was it called 'istiksab'? :)
as for watani el tani, let me think of it...
meen hada ?
Nile Mueller, University of Alaska Statewide Public Affairs .
sho baddak tshofo tsawi?
alla yer7am il istiksab
Im really amazed how you are abusing google li ghayat dani'at like finding who is Nile Mueller.
Well she works indeed there, and she was in the Baltimore conference and she is the one I asked about Alaska and how to be one with nature there.
On a related point, how big is your music library now?
THIS BIG.
i dont understand, what , where , when ?
suha: your trip sounds very interesting. when did you go there? what time of the year? did you camp? did you fish? any pics? what did you do in addition to walking the trip itself? are there some native indians there?
taha: it's not decided yet but remember my plans to visit the indian reservations and how they crushed my dreams saying only in alaska you might see it authentically? Im trying to pursue the dream.. when? I dont know.. sometimes, MAYBE, this summer, just like they are expecting the civil war...
and taha, if I had blu-ray capabilities, I would have sent you with Mirna a blu-ray of tabadul thakafi...
ah so you like the nature. I was in Alaska like 3 years ago in Anchorage. Ate fish, even bought some and shipped it to baba. i do have some pics but they were before the suha digital era so would require scanning...im not saying no but it will take some effort...maybe in exchange for your portfolio ;) bas trust me its gorgeous. im sure there is more to do than road trip with a best friend and an ipod (bring a car charger) and there are natives, many but like all native have been screwed...oh and we hiked to a giant iceberg, that was cool b/c you could see where how much it had melted over the years --mama earth aint gonna last forever. and be careful of the bears. you have to clap your hands when your hiking to keep them away. i think you could find an indian reservation if you tried. i think they have free health care. ok, i have dominated too much blogspace. oh and make sure you go in summer when there is sun all day and night--which is kinda weird.
I would say a solar charger would do even better.
This is awesome. Were you prepared to hike the iceberg, gear-wise? It should be definitely summer if i go, because it would require less carrying of equipments. the bear experience also is very intriguing. how about wolves?
did you get in contact with the indians? exchanged some cigarettes with food may be?
wow it's getting exhausting to scroll down till the end of this post...
tab i want to go too now.
its probably important to note that we didnt hike the iceberg but to the iceberg. so the only required equipment was a sweatshirt and borrowing my friends hiking pants.
since you sound adventerous (sp?) i had 2 friends who did this 'survival' thing where a plane dropped you somewhere in the middle of the wilderness and you had to survive on what you had... apparently smooth rocks are best for wiping. my trip was different, i slept in a bed a night.
maybe you boys could bond on an alaskan adventure
taha: we're not anymore in the 60's where you decide to go to a place just because you feel like it.
suha: Im not really the adventurous type as much as Im into nature. Im the type who would have in his tent floss and toothpaste and necessary hygiene stuff.
But sometimes to get to the purer areas in nature you need to be adventurous because of the environement. so the challenge is to get to nature while making the experience still as humane as possible.
It's intriguing though how smooth rocks are better for wiping than let's say tree leaves. humm...
Can I ask, if you dont mind, how much some issues cost you, for instance getting there, how much a night would cost, etc... just to have an idea...
bas ya najib am now canadaian , i can go anywhere if i feel like it (ie this is the 60s to me now) .
plus suha iz in falasteen so am not sure she is chekcing zi blog.
hi najib. i dont know if you will scroll all the way down as i did today for some unknown reason. walla you are still into this alaska thing.
you dont have to be a bear killer to be adventerous in alaska, walking to the 7-11 at 2am in total daylight is adverterous to me. btw its good you floss, i wish i did more but i do brush my teeth several times a day, anyways. i think you can do hostels b/c they are fun travelers stop-offs. you can meet other crazies. i would guess they range from like 30$ to 60% a night. i stayed in one in some little town on the coast and it wasnt too expensive and then you can cook in their kitchen too, so it cuts costs. I would account for renting a car and gaz. but its the USA you can rent a car for a good price, im assuming you are over 26 which is the random age insurance companies decided your responsible enough not to pay add'l insurance.
i have yet to do the leaf or a rock, but one day in survival mode i may have to. inshalla no. let me know if you are going and i can ask some more alaska-savvy friends
I did scroll indeed all the way down and exactly for some unknown reason. Welcome back!
well Im serious thinking about this project. The core of the problem is justifying the budget which will be phenomenal, considering the ticket alone coming from lebanon (and then east coast and then extreme west-north coast). and I guess summer is the best bet to be in Alaska for weather consideration, which means peak-season. not to mention all the other expenses. And since my vacation time -as well as my income- is relatively limited, I cant experiment a lot going places and getting lost and losing more money trying to come back, since it'll be my first time there.
Although Im so excited about as an idea, the more I studied it as expenses the more I was confronted with having to be realistic about breaking the bank for such a thing.
The one other place I wanted to go to was Machu Picchu and when I really searched about best deals to go to Peru I found out that ticket alone will be more than USD 3,200. gulp.
So long for these long-distance dreams.
I got to win that lottery ticket.
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Nonetheless, thanks a lot for sharing your experience and stories and offering to ask more about it. I really appreciate it.
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