There Grows A Tree in Beirut

I shot this tree (or trunk, rather) near Karantina (East Beirut). Or actually between downtown and the Beirut River (euphemism for open sewer), which is technically Karantina, but it's more to the downtown side.

And as I downloaded this picture, it reminded me of another tree I took some years ago in the Basta region (West Beirut), near the old antique market. Another euphemism. They are very similar. There are quite a few places where they have these trees with massive trunks. There's one huge one in front of the medical gate of AUB, and on the AUB campus there are another three that I know of that dwarf these puny little trunks. I'll make a picture of those and post them as well.

That's all for today; trees that grow in Beirut.