Walk a hand-drawn Beirut on foot: up Hamra Street, past the gate of the American University, down to the lighthouse at Manara and along the Corniche to the Pigeon Rocks at Raouche.
People on the street talk to each other and to you in Lebanese, written in Arabizi with the English under it. Every line you hear goes into your phrasebook, every place you reach into your passport.
Play small street challenges, keep postcards of the views, and meet friends who are online in the same streets. Free, in the browser, phone first.
Opening Hamra…