And again, another two weeks past without much action on the photo front. The weather has become warmer, but it is still bearable without air-conditioning, as long as one keeps the windows all open so that a breeze can come through. At the office things come and go, nothing exciting, one day blends into the other. Fighting started again in Tripoli yesterday, a dozen or so people dead and even more wounded. What for, it is so senseless. It seems that the sectarian divide in this country is breaking open again, the flashpoints being the north and Beirut. Down here in Tyre, and the 'hinterland' it should not be a big issue, since there is really only one confession dominating the towns and villages. Here the big danger is in my opinion the complete breakdown of the government  in Syria, which will no doubt have sever repercussions in this place as they are so dependent on each other. If Syria goes, the link in the chain is gone and it will fall down from both ends. There was a 'credible' threat yesterday against the 'public beaches' in Tyre. Don't know how you threaten a beach, but they should rather engage in cleaning up the mess on the beach and its environs instead of "threatening" it. What probably is under threat from some religious fanatical idiots is the way people coexist here, still, were one can still live and let live. I am asking myself more and more where this people who are behind of all this have been wired wrongly. Is there any help for them to become normal??

But then on the other side, some little hope, as one can see some improvement in the old city quarter of Tyre near the port. Always a bit enchanting, except maybe during the humid and hot days at the peak of summer, new paint has appeared on houses and restoring of old houses is going on. The cobble stones in the streets have been made new and even the wretched beach in front of 'Al Fanar' has been cleaned. Not bad, and a little sign of hope, which is so much needed.

Come on, it really looks good and the guys making looking good really work hard. Since a few weeks now this project is going on, every day a bit more. Lot's of colours, I would hope that the whole area would be renovated like this, it looks nice and inviting.

Below are some photos I took in Beirut for the Graffiti project I am running for myself. There is some really good stuff out there, some which with I could not agree more. The photos were taken with my Canon G10 and the Fuji HS 10, which I decided to get out of the bag and use again. No comment for the Graffiti photos, they are speaking for them self and the young people of this country. But then it is up to these exact young people to not let this country go to the ruins (again) and stand up for what they see is their future.