To Jake's Beloved Readers

Hello Jake Keyel fans,

I am writing to you direct from Jake Keyel's current location: Zouk Mosbeh, to describe his current status:

Jake has just spent the past weekend accompanying his (awesome) girlfriend (,or around these parts "friend",) to the mountains for a delightful weekend trip.

They learned about Lebanese culture:
-saw lots of gell-infused hairstyles...in arabic, a mowhawk is called a "spikey"
-learned there is a large australian/lebanese population
-found out saHtain = bon appetit in arabic :)
-saw that lebanese soldiers might drive an ancient shell of a Renault for work, but they probably own a recent-model BMW at home (and they even give free rides to tired hikers if you catch them at just the right time!)

Sampled Lebanon's traditional foods:
-Manoush ( basically pizza on a pita, but fresh, and the bread is thinner than pita...oh, and you eat it for breakfast! )
-Kneffe (Lebanese cheese cake -- much different than in the US, but very tasty!)
-Tawouk (a chicken dish)

They saw some of Lebanon's most beautiful natural sites:

-explored an ancient grotto full of beautiful stalactites (or stalagmites, whichever, both)
-saw the sad but still existent Cedar Reserve, still standing after many abuses of its former abundance
-hiked to the highest point in Lebanon (although there was no signage, so it may be the second highest). At any rate, they were about twice as high as Mt. Marcy in the Adirondacks, at around 10,000 ft. above sea level

a 3 hour bus ride later Jake and that awesome girlfriend were back in Zouk Mosbeh.

Now you might see Jake jogging from arabic class to work, or perhaps catching up on his reading. The girlfriend you ask? Today, she explored the breathtaking and world-famous grotto/cave near Zouk Mosbeh . She spontaneously became friends with a lebanese family also there to see the sights. She claims it was a great first afternoon out on the town on her own....followed promptly by an evening of feeling much less than 100%...however recovery is in sight.

Sincerely,
Vice President of the Jake Keyel Fan Club