DAY 218

Early in the morning. Some are sleeping, some already prepare for marching. Since we are a small group a morning rockstar is not always there.

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Malika (France).

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Lisa (Switzerland).

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On the way to grab a morning coffee before marching.

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Morning coffee in Tyre.

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Anna holding flags on the morning circle.

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Tom (Germany).

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Our princess Felicitas. (Germany), Felicitas came to the march again, this time alone. That was her first single journey abroad.

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The morning circle.

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Malika, the march master, Ismahan as security and Anna, the navigator. Old habits...

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Alex (Germany) stayed behind and organized the logistics stuff.

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The morning circle.

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Felicitas (Germany).

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Marching in Tyre.

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Ismahan (France).

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Felicitas (Germany).

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Lisa and Jasmine (Switzerland); Tyre, Lebanon.

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CMFA group marching along the Tyre corniche.

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Anna and Ismahan marching along the Tyre corniche.

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Jasmine and Feli marching north.

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CMFA group marching along the Tyre corniche.

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CMFA group leaving Tyre.

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CMFA group leaving Tyre.

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The group left Tyre and took a small road, along the bananas plantation.

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Anna (Poland) at the 5 minutes break.

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Marching through the banana and watermelon fields. We have met many Syrian refugees working here.

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Feli at the 5 minutes break.

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Marching through the banana and watermelon fields. We have met many Syrian refugees working here.

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A short "pit" stop for the group. Marching in Lebanon is the most difficult from all the countries we had been to. The average temperature in August is 28 Celsiuss.

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"Don't go to Syria" is the most common advice.

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Malika on the head of the march.

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"Peace to Lebanon, Glory to Korea" says the inscription on the concrete blocks protecting the UN contigent.

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Lisa (Switrzerland) taking a rest at a security forces post on the way. It was strongly prohibited to take any pictures of military installations in Lebanon but during this short break, soldiers allowed to take some shots.

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Tom, Lisa and Anna during 5 minutes break.

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New Lebanese "habibi".

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CMFA on the way. The man on the bicycle joined us later. After we were controlled by the security forces and Hezbollah police, he left the group in panic.

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Anna and Tom.

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Taking a rest during the hottest hours.

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Malika (France) taking a rest.

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Having a rest in an exposition of a furniture store. We sat on the sofas and march magic started. The group was offered juices, coffee and a lot of attention. Its a pity that we couldnt stayed overnight on these comfrotable beds.

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Locals proposed us beverages and coffee.

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Lebanese hospitality. We were allowed to stay and were offered beverages and coffee.

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Malika (France).

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Felicitas posing to a photo with the shop owner's grandson.

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Ismahan taking a rest in the shadow.

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Anna (Poland).

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Looking for a restaurant to rest and eat CMFA broke the rule to stay at the seaside. We decided to avoid villages, knowing that we can cause some confusion. On the way up to the village I was stopped by Hezbollah policeman who demanded to show my passport. As soon as we enetered the village more and more people were using their phones to make some emergency calls. After some minutes more Hezbollah representatives arrived and asked as to leave the village.

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Malika and Ismahan taking a rest in the shadow.

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