Photo: The Corniche, Raouche, Lebanon

Raouche, a neighborhood in West Beirut, is most synonymous with its famous Pigeon Rocks--two huge rock formations, which stand like gigantic sentinels; a popular destination for locals and visitors alike. View the Rocks from the famous Corniche, a wide seaside sidewalk, and peruse cliff-side cafés. A perfect people watching spot: Lebanese women jogging after work, heavily-covered Gulf tourists snapping photographs, food vendors letting their cart’s aroma bring the customers to them, and forceful “fortune-tellers”—a couple of Lebanese pounds ($1.50 USD) should be more than enough to shoo them away.

Canon EOS 400D/Digital Rebel XTi

Canon EFS 18-55mm. lens

Beirut (Hamra), Lebanon

11.08.2007