{"id":5443,"date":"2023-03-24T18:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T01:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=5443"},"modified":"2023-03-24T18:18:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T01:18:55","slug":"a-little-sidon-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/?p=5443","title":{"rendered":"A Little Lebanon Sidon Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lebanon Bonus Mini Episode - Castles Made of Stone\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MmcTy5H4adw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amman-<\/strong> This is a shorter than usual post about a shorter than usual video on my channel. On the way back to Beirut from Srifa last month, we made a quick stop at the Sadia sea castle. I&#8217;d always wanted to see this place but never had the time or made the time or somewhere between the two. It&#8217;s sites like this that enamoured me of this region to begin with when I first came here 30 years ago. Clutch your fedora and have your hand at the ready above your whip holster for the stones and this little crusade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9167.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5445\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9167.jpg 720w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9167-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9167-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9167-560x420.jpg 560w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9167-260x195.jpg 260w, http:\/\/the-war-diaries.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_9167-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A grand view on the bland new. \u00a92023 Derek Henry Flood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amman- This is a shorter than usual post about a shorter than usual video on my channel. 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