Emptiness

This is one of the main streets in down town. Normally it is packed and there is noise all over. I walked that deserted area and the only people that were left were military listening to the radio and rejoicing about the plane shot down.

Walking there was spooky because the only thing I could hear was the slight wind.
it felt a bit like in the film "28 days later"









People are scared so they stay home. Even embassies have closed down like the Spanish embassy seen here















The only people that are willing to stay in this area are the journalists that are quite busy and report all the time.

journalists like the ones on CNN are established here and that s from where you get the images.








People are taking the risk to go on the road to Syria despite recent bombings because for them it is safer to take the risk and leave the country than to stay and wait till things calm down or get worse.










Now to finish with my today's tour in Beirut, I decided to pass by the Manara (lighthouse) to see what had happened to it. The top has been destroyed because it had meteorological equipment and some relay antennas.
Now I know why I can t watch Mithbusters on the Discovery channel.... Please, Don't take the Discovery channel away... Its one of the only channels I love