Lebanon

 Step 1 – Identifying Lebanon

Standard Lebanese licence plates are either long with a blue strip on the left, similar to most licence plates in Europe, or short with a similar blue strip. Licence plates on taxis are notably deep red. You may also find licence plates with other colours.

The official language of Lebanon is Arabic, however English and French are also common to see.

Lebanon is currently the only Middle Eastern country that has official shitcam coverage.

Beware that due to the low quality of this coverage, it will not be further discussed in this guide.

Apart from the shitcam, all of the Lebanese coverage was taken with a Generation 3 trekker.

Lebanon has a Mediterranean landscape, with a lot of hills and rocky cliffs.

While several types of architecture can be found on the Lebanese coverage, it is worth mentioning that many buildings are made of sandstone bricks.

NOTE: These bricks often look very similar to Jerusalem stone, commonly found in Israel and the West Bank.

 Step 2 – Region-specific clues

The Generation 3 trekker coverage in Lebanon is extremely limited, mostly being found around tourist attractions, university campuses and trails. Note that due to the large number of distinct trekkers, this guide will only cover those that are considered pinpointable.

Beirut is the capital of Lebanon and the only covered city with many modern high-rise buildings. While the city might not be clearly visible from all parts of the coverage, you will almost always be able to see urban buildings or infrastructure in the background.

Coverage was taken along parts of the promenade in Beirut, with a grey brick pavement and a large number of fan palms.

Université Saint Joseph, southeast of central Beirut can be recognised by the old, grand-looking sandstone building.

Campus Debbieh of the Beirut Arab University consists of somewhat sparsely built large modern sandstone buildings on top of a forested hill. The ocean can typically be seen far away to the west.

The Lebanese International University (LIU) can be recognised by the many large stone buildings having unpainted bottom floors while the floors above are painted beige.

The University of Balamand has a lot of modern white painted buildings. The buildings often have a very cubic look.

The Lebanese American University, east of Byblos, has a very urban look, with a lot of construction work and large modern buildings.

The ancient city of Byblos is one of the oldest cities in the world and can be recognised by the many old historical buildings, almost all built out of the same type of unpainted stone bricks.

The coverage near Bsharri can be recognised by the large canyon to the south.

In Baalbek you can find a large complex of Roman ruins.

The Mseilha fortress can be found southwest of Tripoli and is built on a monolithic limestone rock.

The only rural coastal road with coverage in Lebanon can be found southwest of Tripoli.