The sun has come out, the temperature has gone up, and the girls have gone practically naked… all are indicators that summer in Lebanon is finally here.
Lebanon’s weather is as diverse as diverse can be. In winter, people can still go out in t-shirts, spend some time on the beach getting a tan, and enjoy the outdoors in every summer way possible while still enjoying a cozy meal by the fire and the white slopes of its mountains. None the less, summer is still different.
Most of the Lebanese expats come back to spend the summer, some to see their families, some of which are here for a quick summer fling, and others are here looking to arrange a marriage (Puppy in the Window Syndrome…but that is another story).
The whole country is up to its nose with people; car rental agencies become all rented out, hotels are up to 103% in capacity, streets that are made to fit 2 million are crowded with about 8 million, reservations to anywhere have to be done months in advanced, and everyone acts as if they are on vacation when the truth of the matter is the alarm clock rings at 6:00 a.m. for them to get up to work.
Women all over the country start dressing as if the only garments available in shops are the short shorts. Jeans ones, black outs, white ones, printed ones, tight ones, lose ones, any ones will be good enough to make the boys’, and in some cases, the girls’ heads turn; that’s the idea. Skin, flesh, skin, flesh, and little is left to the imagination, but hey… it’s hot.
But, by far, the phenomenon that truly makes it summer in Lebanon in that everyone seems to be in heat. Night clubs and beach resorts appear to be a scene from a Discovery Channel documentary about “Wild Sex”.
You could only imagine…
For me, the thing I just love about summer is feeling the heat of the sun on my skin and how a soft breeze cools me down while I sun bathe and how I see my surroundings slightly darken from the shadow of the palm tree above that shades me as the wind blows.
What is your favorite thing about summer?
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