{"id":51639,"date":"2017-05-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=51639"},"modified":"2023-05-23T10:51:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T10:51:57","slug":"13-wild-things-that-happen-when-you-take-the-bus-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/51639\/13-wild-things-that-happen-when-you-take-the-bus-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Wild Things That Happen When You Take The Bus In Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>The wheels on the bus go up and down. <\/p>\n<p>  <B>1.<\/b> Your commute is bound to take 20 hours longer than it would have had you walked.<\/p>\n<p>  <B>2.<\/b> At one point or another, the driver will swerve towards a potential passenger, causing you to fly into a strangers lap.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>3.<\/b> You will be exposed to a plethora of the finest dabke music Lebanon has to offer from <i>jenno w notto<\/i> to <i>tirashrash<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" 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