And now, the end is near

We're off to our penultimate Karaoke night this evening, our last trip to the south is on Saturday, and I have finished all my work for Bespoke magazine (it's not all bad, you see!!!). We leave in three and a half weeks, and then spend two months InterRailing across Europe! Again, not all bad.

Lebanon has been pretty quiet for the last few months. We've had some top visitors out, gone to Syria on a road trip, and began to organise moving on. The next few weeks are likely to pass really quickly as we are trying to see all our friends individually before we go.

Politically, it really is the case that nothing is happening. Most people I speak to don't mind this stagnation, it is better than riots or bombs. Worryingly though, it seems that the country can just quite happily stagnate for as long as it takes, which isn't going to help it economically or with political reform.