"I keep doing double take because I think I seeing Shakira"

I'm too tired to write much because my jetlagged, heat addled, and slightly hungover brain isn't doing so well. Last night as I was writing I met some Danish and Swedish travelers. We ended up going to a strange club with maybe the worst/most amusing DJ I've ever heard in my life (example: he played a disco remix of that song from The Lion King, naaaaaa mabeyyahhhhh nagisimalahhhh). However, what the music lacked was made up for by the girls (enter quote by one of the Danes, Mass). I went to bed on the roof as the sun was coming up, which was unfortunate because 2 hours later the sun became so hot that I had to retreat into one of the communal spaces to sleep more.

Today I've been walking around, visiting various churches, mosques, and the national museum (Maria, I took pictures of the jewlery for ya). Beirut is really beautiful in a strange way-- the buildings are very boxy and bleak (and many are ridden with bullet holes), but it contrasts with the patches of palm trees and greenery in a cool way. Other than that, I've now been ripped off by two cabdrivers because, by the time I decide I want to take a cab, I'm too tired to finaggle for a 5 or 6 dollar difference, which doesn't mean much financially but on principle irks me.

Anyways, I hope you all are doing well.