District in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon
Matn District
Matn (Arabic: قضاء المتن, romanized: Qaḍāʾ al-Matn, sometimes spelled Metn, is a district in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut.
The district capital is Jdeideh.
How locals move
Getting around Matn District the local way
- Get inReaching Lebanon by ferry is quite a challenge, the only regular passenger ferry is a twice-weekly service from Tasucu, just outside Mersin, Turkey to the northern city of Tripoli by the Lebanese company MedStar.
- Get inApart from that single passenger ferry, the only way of reaching Lebanon by sea is by cruise ship or — for the more adventurous traveller — freighter travel or a private yacht.
- Get aroundSome mountain villages don't have public transport links between them hence hitchhiking is a way to get around.
- Get aroundThe hitchhiking concept is well understood among the people and locals are keen to pick up travellers even if they don't speak any foreign languages.
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